Q: Oh shit, I got invaded! What do I do?
A: Hope your invader isn’t a real jerk. This being unlikely however, your options depend on the type of invasion. Some invasion methods allow you to challenge the boss, banishing the invader back to their own world. If that’s off the table, go gloriously to your death (or victory!) and make your way back to your bloodstain. Note that your invader will not be hurt by the monsters in your world, so be cautious!
Q: What are the different covenants?
A: As of this writing there are nine covenants with a rumored tenth covenant in the Prepare to Die edition. Each covenant can be joined through one NPC. Joining another covenant while you are already bound to another can put a “black mark” on your “record” and the “Honor Police” might come to “write you” a “ticket”. There is a guy who will help you fill out all the proper paperwork to leave a covenant without incurring this penalty, so use him! Note that Clerics and Knights both start off in the Way of the White.
Q: How do I summon people?
A: Soapstone! Red soapstone will summon hostile phantoms for PvP (up to three at a time). White soapstone will summon people for jolly cooperation and assistance with bosses. White and red soapstone are gained at different points in the game, you do not start with them.
If you see a white or gold summoning sign on the ground, touching it might make a friendly player join your game. If you see a red or blackish-grey sign on the ground, touching it will summon a PvP opponent. If you see a big pulsing eyeball on the ground, touch it for fun and see what it does!
Q: What are these messages that I can read everywhere? Can I make one?
A: Those are messages left by other players that can warn you about dangers or tip you off to hidden items or areas. Keep in mind that you are playing a game on the internet, and it might not always be wise to trust the messages. You can leave your own messages with orange soapstone, which can be bought from the first merchant you (should) encounter.
Q: I can’t find anyone for coop!
A: (Thank you to MoonwalkInvincible for this oft asked for answer.)
In general, these levels, with about 10-15 levels difference will get you consistant summons for the bosses of these areas.
In a more mechanical sense, GFWL w/ Dark Souls uses a P2P system. Your best bet for multiplayer in Dark Souls is to load the save you want to play and leave Dark Souls running at a bonfire for 15-20 minutes, or do something else in game.
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FAQ: Advanced Survival Tactics
Q: What can I do at a bonfire?
A: What can I do at a bonfire?
At the bonfire you can;
- Level up
- Unhollow
- Kindle the bonfire you’re at
- Manage your inventory
- Repair and upgrade equipment (once you have certain items that can be gained fairly early on)
An additional bonfire function is gated by late game progress, but is extremely helpful!
Q: My weapons suck! How can I upgrade them?
A: Find or buy titanite and give it to a blacksmith! There are
Titanite Shards: Used in lower-level upgrades of regular weapons and armor
Titanite Chunks: Used in higher-level upgrades of regular weapons and armor and lightning weapons.
Titanite Slabs: Exceedingly rare (like one or two per playthrough, so don’t waste them), one of these will upgrade your weapon or shield to the highest level in the Normal or Lightning path (or Raw or Crystal but seriously don’t do that).
There exist titanite shards, chunks and slabs in different colors, too! Just in case you were wondering if this could get any more complicated! Also twinkling titanite, demon titanite, and dragon scales can be used to upgrade weapons, armor, and shields.
Note: the ONLY titanite upgrade materials that can be purchased from vendors in the game are Titanite Shards, Green Titanite Shards, and Twinkling Titanite, so spend them ducats wisely!
Q: What is the best build for (PvP, PvE, looking boss)
A: For your first playthrough, just go with whatever feels natural and looks cool. We have players in the other thread that have beaten the game at level 1 with no shield and only using fist weapons. Literally any build is viable for PvE. PvP is a whole other kettle of fish, but don’t worry about that for now!
Q: What is poise?
A: Poise is what you get by wearing heavy armor and it allows you to resist stunlock. Poise is extremely important for PvP and not so important for PvE. The higher the number the better, but there is no need to obsess over it on your first playthrough. If you are an absolute sperglord statwhore and need to know NOW, then good Poise breakpoints to shoot for are 53 or 76.
Q: What is shield stability?
A: Shield stability is a very important stat for both PvE and PvP. It represents the percentage of damage that the shield will absorb; the rest gets transferred to Stamina or Health. The higher the number, the better!
Q: How does weapon scaling work?
A: Each weapon scales in effectiveness with one or more stats. The scaling modifiers are (from best to worst): S, A, B, C, D, and E. The better the modifier, the higher bonus damage you get. Upgrading certain weapons can better the scaling modifier.
Q: What is up with all of these upgrade paths? What do I spend all of my precious shards on?
A: Elemental weapons (Fire and Lightning) LOSE stat scaling but add significant elemental damage. Magic and Enchanted weapons will change to scale heavily to INT. Divine and Occult weapons will change to scale heavily into FTH. Chaos weapons will gain some Fire damage and additional damage based on your liquid humanity (the number in the black circle at the top left of your HUD). Crystal and Raw weapons will increase your noob status and make it more likely for experienced players to taunt you.
Q: I found a Dragon Scale!
A: Cool! Those can be used to upgrade certain rare weapons and for leveling up in a specific covenant. They are hard to get, hold onto them.
Q: I found an Eye of Death!
A: These are very handy for our poor, oft abused Gravelord friends. They are only used for PvP purposes in the Gravelord Servant covenant. That covenant is a broken piece of shit and the eyes are hard to come by. Trade them for TF2 hats and Magic: The Gathering rares.
Q: Some jerk just invaded me and made fun of me! He had this really cool shrug and I want that shrug.
A: This is the Dark Souls gesture system. You start off with several of these, accessible by a menu wherein you can set your favorite gestures for easy access. You can learn more from NPCs, though a few are locked behind covenant ranks. Praise the Sun!
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- You lose souls (currency and xp combined) and humanity on death, but you can retrive them by absorbing the green orb left at your corpse. If you die on your way there though, they're gone. So. Early on, don't hold on to thousands of souls, especially if you're going into uncharted territory. Spend them on items and levels, you don't lose those.
- In the same way, you can consume the soul items to gain souls the currency, only use them right before you level or buy something.
- You can wear heavier armors but the big thing is blocking and dodging, especially dodging. How fast you can roll and otherwise get the hell out of the way of an attack that is almost certainly going to wreck most of your health is dependent on your Equip weight. Dark Souls appears to have several more levels of equip weight than Demon Souls, and I think the fastest one we know of is at 10% of your equip weight.
- For the love of god, get the Orange Soapstone (or whatever it's called) from the first merchant, because without it you can't write messages or rate them. And writing messages (whether to be helpful or troll newbies) is one of the best parts of the online. Also, rating messages positively will make them stay around longer, which is good for the ones that are actually helpful.
- You must have a specific item to cast spells. Pyromancy, Miracles, and Sorceries each require a different item (Pyromancy Flame, Talisman, Catalyst respectively). You can refill your casts of a spell by resting at a bonfire.
- By offering Humanity to kindle a bonfire (must not be Hollowed to do so), you can increase how many Estus Flask charges it will give you to rest there. By default, it gives 5, but you can upgrade it to 10, 15, and I believe it maxes out at 20, but I'm not that far into the game myself, so someone can correct me on those if necessary.
- Class only determines your starting class, items, and soul level. Soul level determines how much it costs to buy the next level - going from 1 to 2 is cheaper than going from 2 to 3, and so on.
- The pyromancer is probably the best bet for new players, starting as it does with a decent weapon and pyromancy right off the bat - fireball is very handy for much of the early game. Pyromancer also starts at soul level 1, the only class to do so, so you level up faster initially.
- Really, though, one could make a case for any class at all except the deprived, which starts with no armour and shit weapons. It ceased to matter what your class was after an hour or two.
- You pick a gift at character creation. All of the items can be found elsewhere, and most are dubiously useful. The Skeleton Key is the best gift, because it will be a while before you're able to buy it, and it's handy from the get-go.
- Oh, and general tip - you will die, you will lose souls and humanity because you couldn't get back to where you died. This is not a big deal. Try not to stress because you've just lost 10,000 souls and 7 humanity and died a second time. You'll make that all up again before too long.
- In the same way, you can consume the soul items to gain souls the currency, only use them right before you level or buy something.
- You can wear heavier armors but the big thing is blocking and dodging, especially dodging. How fast you can roll and otherwise get the hell out of the way of an attack that is almost certainly going to wreck most of your health is dependent on your Equip weight. Dark Souls appears to have several more levels of equip weight than Demon Souls, and I think the fastest one we know of is at 10% of your equip weight.
- For the love of god, get the Orange Soapstone (or whatever it's called) from the first merchant, because without it you can't write messages or rate them. And writing messages (whether to be helpful or troll newbies) is one of the best parts of the online. Also, rating messages positively will make them stay around longer, which is good for the ones that are actually helpful.
- You must have a specific item to cast spells. Pyromancy, Miracles, and Sorceries each require a different item (Pyromancy Flame, Talisman, Catalyst respectively). You can refill your casts of a spell by resting at a bonfire.
- By offering Humanity to kindle a bonfire (must not be Hollowed to do so), you can increase how many Estus Flask charges it will give you to rest there. By default, it gives 5, but you can upgrade it to 10, 15, and I believe it maxes out at 20, but I'm not that far into the game myself, so someone can correct me on those if necessary.
- Class only determines your starting class, items, and soul level. Soul level determines how much it costs to buy the next level - going from 1 to 2 is cheaper than going from 2 to 3, and so on.
- The pyromancer is probably the best bet for new players, starting as it does with a decent weapon and pyromancy right off the bat - fireball is very handy for much of the early game. Pyromancer also starts at soul level 1, the only class to do so, so you level up faster initially.
- Really, though, one could make a case for any class at all except the deprived, which starts with no armour and shit weapons. It ceased to matter what your class was after an hour or two.
- You pick a gift at character creation. All of the items can be found elsewhere, and most are dubiously useful. The Skeleton Key is the best gift, because it will be a while before you're able to buy it, and it's handy from the get-go.
- Oh, and general tip - you will die, you will lose souls and humanity because you couldn't get back to where you died. This is not a big deal. Try not to stress because you've just lost 10,000 souls and 7 humanity and died a second time. You'll make that all up again before too long.
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LoneSilverWolf said
*points to magnum* he's right, you know.
Don't cheerlead.
Awson said
Because he's bad or because you're great?
I just want a reason :c
edit: Any reason.
Jorick said
This should be neat. I haven't been very active at all lately, so I'm interested to see who'll take the king of spam thing this time around. I'm thinking maybe Dervish, since people seem to be idolizing and fellating him similarly to how they were acting toward me last time the awards happened.
If Dervish wins I'll put a fucking shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger with my toes
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