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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash

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Styles

Member
I have had iT with the *optional boss spoilerz*N
amless King. I've struggled through the first half with the wonky camera
, now, can you at least give me one jab? Just one. JFC.
 

Roussow

Member
What made (npc spoiler)
Patches
show up in my game?

I randomly found him in Firelink, he apologized for doing me wrong -- as per usual, thing is I don't remember meeting him or being tricked by him in the world. It's quite strange, I forgave him and he became a vendor. I'm kind of spitballing with the theories here, but he was selling Siegward's Catarina armor (it's not clear whether it's his personal set), is it implied because I failed to find Siegward somewhere he was murdered by Patches? Please keep the answer vague if the quest is likely to resolve itself, although that's super unlikely I'm sure.
 
CotD is weird because it has one at the very beginning and then another after a flight of stairs. Makes that previous bonfire totally pointless to the point where I forgot about it, and was about to commend the CotD for having only one.


Overall the game has a unbalance placement of bonfires. Some places you won't get one for a long ass stretch and others you'll get one right after another.

Considering only useful bonfires, CotD actually does only have one. Which is why I love it. You end up finding two shortcuts back to the exact same one.
 

Auctopus

Member
What made (npc spoiler)
Patches
show up in my game?

I randomly found him in Firelink, he apologized for doing me wrong -- as per usual, thing is I don't remember meeting him or being tricked by him in the world. It's quite strange, I forgave him and he became a vendor. I'm kind of spitballing with the theories here, but he was selling Siegward's Catarina armor (it's not clear whether it's his personal set), is it implied because I failed to find Siegward somewhere he was murdered by Patches? Please keep the answer vague if the quest is likely to resolve itself, although that's super unlikely I'm sure.

This happened to me too. He's done something that you just haven't noticed yet. Don't worry, it won't impact your playthrough.
 

laxu

Member
I found something you might like mid game ish

a ring that gives you normal appearance despite being hollow.

That or any helm that covers you face.

Oh I don't mind the appearance, it's just that as you die more you gain more hollowing and apparently at 99 you no longer can retrieve souls when you die. So you got to remove hollowing from time to time which costs 4500 souls at least. Not that much but it adds up over time.

I guess I just gotta "git gud" and not die...
 
This has possibly been asked already, but didn't want to backtrack incase of spoilers.

When you beat the game,
does NG+ start immediately like in Bloodborne, or is it more like Dark Souls 2 where you can explore and catch up with anything you missed and start when you're ready?
 
Oh I don't mind the appearance, it's just that as you die more you gain more hollowing and apparently at 99 you no longer can retrieve souls when you die. So you got to remove hollowing from time to time which costs 4500 souls at least. Not that much but it adds up over time.

I guess I just gotta "git gud" and not die...

That ain't true.
 
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vocab

Member
What made (npc spoiler)
Patches
show up in my game?

I randomly found him in Firelink, he apologized for doing me wrong -- as per usual, thing is I don't remember meeting him or being tricked by him in the world. It's quite strange, I forgave him and he became a vendor. I'm kind of spitballing with the theories here, but he was selling Siegward's Catarina armor (it's not clear whether it's his personal set), is it implied because I failed to find Siegward somewhere he was murdered by Patches? Please keep the answer vague if the quest is likely to resolve itself, although that's super unlikely I'm sure.

patches pulls a patches. If you cheated the 20k key by doing the jumping tree thing it won't make sense. As soon as you go in the tower and come back he locks the door and leaves you to die so he cant loot your body when you starve to death.
 

Tecnniqe

Banned
Man this game is soooo good, finished blind run with my main around the 30 hour mark (+/- a few hours) and started a guided tour as deprived and my God is it great.

Building a melee warrior at the moment and trying to keep my weight under 70% is proving tough with my fashion :p

Need them level. Gonna grind it some more today as see if I can get everything I missed and see one of those other ending ;)

Also had a massive PvP battle, something like 3v3. Was crazy <3
 
This has possibly been asked already, but didn't want to backtrack incase of spoilers.

When you beat the game,
does NG+ start immediately like in Bloodborne, or is it more like Dark Souls 2 where you can explore and catch up with anything you missed and start when you're ready?

You get the option. Later on you can initiate it at Firelink like DS2
 

laxu

Member
Considering only useful bonfires, CotD actually does only have one. Which is why I love it. You end up finding two shortcuts back to the exact same one.

I like that you don't have to fight thru that dog and archer section again, those are probably the two most annoying enemies in the game.

What I don't like is that to get the shortcuts open takes several rather long loops littered with enemies. Fuck those twin blade guys especially, they will follow you to the ends of the earth.
 

sappyday

Member
patches pulls a patches. If you cheated the 20k key by doing the jumping tree thing it won't make sense. As soon as you go in the tower and come back he locks the door and leaves you to die so he cant loot your body when you starve to death.

I bought the key and missed him at the CoTD and he still appeared and talked to me as if he betrayed me.
 
N

Noray

Unconfirmed Member
These stupid pussy fucks who invade me and I sit there giving them a proper 1v1 with no allies and then they run away when they realize you're going to lose... Pure cancer. Sorry but I'm quitting the game and you're getting jack shit.

Conversely, when I invade and all the host does is keep running away forever... like, what's your endgame here buddy. At some point you're gonna fight. Fight me or kill yourself, don't waste both our time.
 
Really? So the only drawback of hollowing is the appearance and apparently
an alternative ending
?

Well, I didn't know about the part you spoilered so I kind of regret quoting the post, but yeah, as far as I've seen, appearance is the only drawback.
 
consumed king
was a pushover for an optional boss
just got this bonus level to take care of then the final boss and onto NG+ after i horribly murder all the NPCs
fucked up the third ending so ending 2 it is
 

SatansReverence

Hipster Princess
Holy shit wut?? That is horrible.. Can you reply to the notification asking them to notify the kids to "git gud"?

It's the same as it always has been.

Kid gets invaded, kid dies, kid gets mad, kid reports.

Only difference now is that those reports for some incredibly stupid reason actually hold weight.
 
Well, that's all the non-final bosses sorted, now that I've trashed the N
ameless King
. He wasn't even THAT difficult, he was quite challenging but also quite fair and a pretty enjoyable fight.
He's basically Ornstein 3.0.
Funnily enough, I couldn't help but think of D
emise
from Zelda: Skyward Sword when fighting him. Actually beating him requires careful timing, a bit of patience and a not-fat setup.

Now, to savescum the endings!
 
I sent him out to
Irythill
. I'm currently in the
Profaned Capitol
.

Did you send him AFTER you had already beaten all of
Irithyll
?

If the answer is yes, then I'm not sure, and I suggest you beat the boss of that area and then check to see if he's back.

I remember we talked earlier about Siegward being in
the dungeon
. Did you meet him in
Irithyll
before that?
 

Veelk

Banned
Greirat's survival is tied to other NPCs..
Onion bro being on the same area to save him and Patches not knowing where he is looting.

Well,
onion brother was there, and I murdered patches the moment I got his stuff off him.
So what gives?
Did you send him AFTER you had already beaten all of
Irithyll
?

If the answer is yes, then I'm not sure, and I suggest you beat the boss of that area and then check to see if he's back.

I remember we talked earlier about Siegward being in
the dungeon
. Did you meet him in
Irithyll
before that?
Uh..... I don't recall the order of events too much. And yeah, I beat the jedi pope already.
 
things to know/do before going to NG+? Like is my 10+ dark sword still good or do I need a new one, also does anyone have a full NPC quest guide yet since I missed pretty much all of them.
 
Well,
onion brother was there, and I murdered patches the moment I got his stuff off him.
So what gives?

Even if Greirat WILL come back, he absolutely won't until
you've beaten another boss (any boss) after sending him out.
So, you might not have seen my previous response yet, but I'll ask again.

WHEN did you send him out, and have you
beaten a boss since then?
 

Rurunaki

Member
Well,
onion brother was there, and I murdered patches the moment I got his stuff off him.
So what gives?

If this is Irythril there's one way to check if he's gone.
go to the sewers where the centipede women are leading to the Kitchen where Onion bro is suppose to be. If Greirat is dead then his body should be there to loot his ashes from.
 

Veelk

Banned
If this is Irythril there's one way to check if he's gone.
go to the sewers where the centipede women are leading to the Kitchen where Onion bro is suppose to be. If Greirat is dead then his body should be there to loot his ashes from.
Yeah, just checked.

Will pour one out for you buddy.
 
So, if i never joined the mound makers covenant in my New Game, but found where to give them covenant items, will i still receive the covenant rewards for 10 and 30 of those items? Or will i have to wait till NG+ and join it first.
 
Oh I don't mind the appearance, it's just that as you die more you gain more hollowing and apparently at 99 you no longer can retrieve souls when you die. So you got to remove hollowing from time to time which costs 4500 souls at least. Not that much but it adds up over time.

I guess I just gotta "git gud" and not die...

Pretty sure im at 99 (not hard once you have
all your free levels
) and i can still collect my souls on death.
 
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