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[Wallachia]

I totally just got 10000 souls randomly...what???

I had that happen too.. Turned out the dragon died, and not by my hand.. WTF!

 

[spwbym]

I shot the red dragon on the bridge from the tower with the knight on it near the boar. After I hit it the dragon jumped on the bridge and disappeared, I start walking away and got 10k souls.

 

[SUBZERO-08]

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Do you have pyro spells or upgraded your flame to at least +5 or so? The giants get owned pretty easily by fireballs/fire orbs

Yeah, I'm a Pyromancer. Does upgrading the glove make your fire magic stronger? I thought I read someone say that it only makes punching stronger.

 

[UrbanRats]

Yeah, I'm a Pyromancer. Does upgrading the glove make your fire magic stronger? I thought I read someone say that it only makes punching stronger.

Wait, you can punch with it?

 

[Augemitbutter]

Yeah, I'm a Pyromancer. Does upgrading the glove make your fire magic stronger? I thought I read someone say that it only makes punching stronger.

yes, it does. keep upgrading.

 

[weekend_warrior]

I haven't beaten the Capra demon yet. How hard is that enemy under the stairs after the blacksmith? I think I'll try him next and then head on down to the depths after I farm some souls.

You can just run past him and explore Dark Roots if you want.

I have a question for people out there. Which blacksmith can upgrade my weapons/armor past +5? I've given the one guy two embers

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The one by the butchers, and the one you find past the butterfly boss

The blacksmith that you gave the Large Ember

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thats the butcher one

to. Go to the 'modify weapon' option in the dialogue box to ascend past +5

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Is there a guide somewhere with an easy to understand explanation of how upgrading weapons and armor works? What does +1 mean, etc?

I've got that awesome looking hardcover guide book on back order from Amazon, but who knows when that will show up.

 

[sixghost]

Is there a guide somewhere with an easy to understand explanation of how upgrading weapons and armor works? What does +1 mean, etc?

I've got that awesome looking hardcover guide book on back order from Amazon, but who knows when that will show up.

I'll do my best to explain it, give me a second though.

Your very first upgrade path with most weapons will be Normal+1-5. You'll need somewhere between 1 and 3 titanite shards to advance your weapon/armor each level. Doing this raises the attack power of the weapon. You can buy these from the Undead Parish blacksmith for 800 souls, or find them randomly from most enemies.

Once you get to +5, which is the end of the first upgrade tier, you need to "ascend" your weapon. To do this you need to find things called "_____ Embers" such as Large Ember, Divine Ember, etc.

Each ember will essentially send your weapon down a specific upgrade path. Large ember will open the Normal +5-10 path, Divine Ember down the Divine +1-5 path, etc. This tier of upgrades requies Large Titanite shards, which can be bought from the Merchant in Sen's Fortress, or found as loot.

This process happens again once you max out the 2nd tier, forcing you to ascend again.

Hopefully that's clear enough.

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

Posted this in the OT, but I guess this thread is probably the more appropriate place...

Got a question for everyone here, after reading a lot of discussion about weapons/elemental attributes/and scaling.

My character is a beast. My current STR is about 73 and my Dex is around 73, as well. I primarily use a Black Knight Halbred+5. But, I want to experiment with some new stuff and possibly give some elemental weapons a try. Is my level too high to really see any true results, though, that would be above what I have now? On regular enemies I'm dishing out close to 500 per shot, and with bosses I clock in around 250-350.

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I'll do my best to explain it, give me a second though.

Your very first upgrade path with most weapons will be Normal+1-5. You'll need somewhere between 1 and 3 titanite shards to advance your weapon/armor each level. Doing this raises the attack power of the weapon. You can buy these from the Undead Parish blacksmith for 800 souls, or find them randomly from most enemies.

Once you get to +5, which is the end of the first upgrade tier, you need to "ascend" your weapon. To do this you need to find things called "_____ Embers" such as Large Ember, Divine Ember, etc.

Each ember will essentially send your weapon down a specific upgrade path. Large ember will open the Normal +5-10 path, Divine Ember down the Divine +1-5 path, etc. This tier of upgrades requies Large Titanite shards, which can be bought from the Merchant in Sen's Fortress, or found as loot.

This process happens again once you max out the 2nd tier, forcing you to ascend again.

Hopefully that's clear enough.

Ah, that does make sense. Thanks so much! I already gave the ember from the Capra Demon to the Blacksmith at the bottom of the Undead Parish. Can I only upgrade one weapon beyond +5 with the ember, or does it unlock that ability for all of my weapons?

What's the difference between normal, divine, etc?

 

[Shawsie64]

I accidentally killed the undead merchant now cant buy a bow.. Can anyone please tell me where can I find one?

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

I accidentally killed the undead merchant now cant buy a bow.. Can anyone please tell me where can I find one?

Pretty sure Blacksmith Andrei sells bows.

 

[Shawsie64]

Pretty sure Blacksmith Andrei sells bows.

Ok thanks alot

 

[Zakkath]

Dunno if this link has been posted, but I think it can be helpful to many players here : http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/

 

[Giard]

Hello, newbie here...

I was wondering what an Illusory wall was. A lot of messages are pointing to one, but I can't seem to do anything with the wall. I'm close to

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a sniper tower near the beginning of the game, after escaping from the asylum. I had to kill 3 skeletons and the sniper in the tower to get here. If I go down some stairs there's a knight too strong for me to beat.

I'm hitting it, nothing's happening. What do I have to do?
Also, is there another way to jump besides running and tapping B/circle?

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

Hello, newbie here...

I was wondering what an Illusory wall was. A lot of messages are pointing to one, but I can't seem to do anything with the wall. I'm close to

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a sniper tower near the beginning of the game, after escaping from the asylum. I had to kill 3 skeletons and the sniper in the tower to get here. If I go down some stairs there's a knight too strong for me to beat.

I'm hitting it, nothing's happening. What do I have to do?
Also, is there another way to jump besides running and tapping B/circle?

Usually, you just need to run through the wall. It's basically just a false wall with a passageway behind it. Pretty sure, though, there aren't any illusory walls near you in that level - could just be another player who put down a fake hint to get folks stuck.

 

[Giard]

Usually, you just need to run through the wall. It's basically just a false wall with a passageway behind it. Pretty sure, though, there aren't any illusory walls near you in that level - could just be another player who put down a fake hint to get folks stuck.

Thanks!

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

Thanks!

No problem. It also goes to show you you can't always trust those "try jumping" message, too.

 

[DualShadow]

Usually, you just need to run through the wall. It's basically just a false wall with a passageway behind it. Pretty sure, though, there aren't any illusory walls near you in that level - could just be another player who put down a fake hint to get folks stuck.

I thought you had to hit them?

That's what I had to do to one in Dark Forrest or whatever it's called.

 

[KoreanBarbecue]

I thought you had to hit them?

That's what I had to do to one in Dark Forrest or whatever it's called.

I used to think so, too. But I know 100% that there's on in the New Londo Ruins that I just ran right through with no weapon hit beforehand.

 

[RiccochetJ]

The blacksmith that you gave the Large Ember

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thats the butcher one

to. Go to the 'modify weapon' option in the dialogue box to ascend past +5

That's the weird part. I gave it to him, but I'm not seeing any weapons or armor to upgrade past +5

 

[elty]

That's the weird part. I gave it to him, but I'm not seeing any weapons or armor to upgrade past +5

You need to click modify weapon first, which give you the option to upgrade to +6 or magic, fire, raw, or divine weapon.

 

[RiccochetJ]

You need to click modify weapon first, which give you the option to upgrade to +6 or magic, fire, raw, or divine weapon.

OH MOTHER FU...

First menu option... staring me right in the face. My eyes were always focusing on the 'reinforce' part of the menu. God damn I feel like an idiot right now.

 

[DualShadow]

I used to think so, too. But I know 100% that there's on in the New Londo Ruins that I just ran right through with no weapon hit beforehand.

Ok cool, is there any special indicator to find these walls, the only 1 I've found looked normal.

 

[BarrenMind]

Whoever you were, thank you for helping me finally kill Quelaag tonight.. I have always relied on the kindness of strange phantom mage builds

 

[GhostWriter24]

Im at the bonfire near the gargoyles, SL 24...anyone wanna kill these bastards or want to help me out? PS3 version.

 

[BaronLundi]

Dunno if this link has been posted, but I think it can be helpful to many players here : http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/

But http://darksouls.wikidot.com/ is much much better.

 

[Styles]

Does Crystal Ring shield scale with stats?

I'm in he Depths, is lvl 25 enough to get me summoned?

 

[sixghost]

Ah, that does make sense. Thanks so much! I already gave the ember from the Capra Demon to the Blacksmith at the bottom of the Undead Parish. Can I only upgrade one weapon beyond +5 with the ember, or does it unlock that ability for all of my weapons?

What's the difference between normal, divine, etc?

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/upgrade

Posted this in the OT, but I guess this thread is probably the more appropriate place...

Got a question for everyone here, after reading a lot of discussion about weapons/elemental attributes/and scaling.

My character is a beast. My current STR is about 73 and my Dex is around 73, as well. I primarily use a Black Knight Halbred+5. But, I want to experiment with some new stuff and possibly give some elemental weapons a try. Is my level too high to really see any true results, though, that would be above what I have now? On regular enemies I'm dishing out close to 500 per shot, and with bosses I clock in around 250-350.

Any advice is appreciated!

I'm not sure what the scaling rank of that weapon is, but at 73 in STR/DEX, I'd wager that switching it to a lightning+5 would be a downgrade. If not, STR/DEX scaling is much worse than I thought.

 

[Sotha Sil]

Okay, might be a common thing, but I just gained humanity in-game with my pyromancer... Is that a common thing? I was fighting an enemy, he died, and boom, +1 humanity.

This game never ceases to surprise me.

 

[BaronLundi]

Okay, might be a common thing, but I just gained humanity in-game with my pyromancer... Is that a common thing? I was fighting an enemy, he died, and boom, +1 humanity.

This game never ceases to surprise me.

It's probably not directly because of the kill itself. I've gained humanity several times while idle or out of combat.

Many theories out there to explain those random triggers (time played, souls acquired, another player's using/offering humanity...) but I don't think there's a definite answer yet.

 

[Phonomezer]

Yeah, I'm a Pyromancer. Does upgrading the glove make your fire magic stronger? I thought I read someone say that it only makes punching stronger.

Laurentius can upgrade it to +15

Not sure about the other Pyromancers.

 

[IrishNinja]

GODDAMMIT.

wasted like an hour trying to get the Iaito - i know the location, can't make the leap! i watched a handful of YT vids as well; even stripped down, i can't get that kinda air - i just fall in front of it and either perish or land on the bridge below, half-dead.

i'm holding circle to get a bit of momentum, then tapping forward + L2 for the leap, but it doesnt clear the distance, regardless of what angle i jump from (left, right, or off the small plank slightly stand out). how do you do this?

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I'll try to make it quick :

I went to duke archive, met Seath in a room, got pwned, ent to jail, got out, now in the archives I found a passage to a forrest ad a crystal cave : Is it the god path or shoud I go back to seath ? Did he move to the crystal cavern ? Kinda confused here.

 

[Trevelyon]

is there a

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warp

bonfire near or after

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Nito

and how many bonfires total are in the Tomb of the Giants?

I have two so far, one near

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Patches

and another a little further down, then there's a long stretch to Nito's lair that's been tripping me up.

 

[tokkun]

GODDAMMIT.

wasted like an hour trying to get the Iaito - i know the location, can't make the leap! i watched a handful of YT vids as well; even stripped down, i can't get that kinda air - i just fall in front of it and either perish or land on the bridge below, half-dead.

i'm holding circle to get a bit of momentum, then tapping forward + L2 for the leap, but it doesnt clear the distance, regardless of what angle i jump from (left, right, or off the small plank slightly stand out). how do you do this?

Don't jump using the jumping attack.

Hold circle to run, then quickly release and tap it again to jump.

 

[scosher]

GODDAMMIT.

wasted like an hour trying to get the Iaito - i know the location, can't make the leap! i watched a handful of YT vids as well; even stripped down, i can't get that kinda air - i just fall in front of it and either perish or land on the bridge below, half-dead.

i'm holding circle to get a bit of momentum, then tapping forward + L2 for the leap, but it doesnt clear the distance, regardless of what angle i jump from (left, right, or off the small plank slightly stand out). how do you do this?

Haha, yeah, you're doing it wrong. It's strange that the tutorial/intro doesn't teach the running jump. But you have to hold O to start dashing, and then tap O again to jump.

 

[IrishNinja]

goddammit. first try when i knew how.

thanks guys!

 

[Akkad]

I'll try to make it quick :

I went to duke archive, met Seath in a room, got pwned, ent to jail, got out, now in the archives I found a passage to a forrest ad a crystal cave : Is it the god path or shoud I go back to seath ? Did he move to the crystal cavern ? Kinda confused here.

Yeah, he is there.

 

[ShaneB]

Im at the bonfire near the gargoyles, SL 24...anyone wanna kill these bastards or want to help me out? PS3 version.

This is when I love and hate these games, lol. Been stuff on that boss as well, and was listening to the latest GamersWithJobs podcast and they discuss co-op in Dark Souls.

It hits me then too, well damn, why don't I just summon help and get through it that way.

I kinda wish it had an in game journal as well, I mean I've met a bunch of people it games, and thinks are so obtuse at times, it all gets forgotten so quick, names go by quickly and I forget a lot of stuff. I know the wikis are there, but eh... ah well, minor complaint I guess, I knew what I was getting into!

Also around that gargoyle area a question, the guy in the cage, the message said try attacking. I don't really need an explanation, just a simple yes or no if the guy is good or bad.

 

[tokkun]

I don't really need an explanation, just a simple yes or no if the guy is good or bad.

He is bad, but you will get better stuff if you free him and let him do his thing.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I'm ragins so much !

Upgraded Baldr Shield to +10 to get artorias shield, but it seems it doesn't work with that shield ??

Can anyone tell my wich shiel to use ? thanks !

 

[Soulhouf]

Are there any equipment equivalent to the Old King set in Demon's Souls? (zero handicap on stamina regen + good protection + a ring that increases stamina regen).

 

[Akkad]

I'm ragins so much !

Upgraded Baldr Shield to +10 to get artorias shield, but it seems it doesn't work with that shield ??

Can anyone tell my wich shiel to use ? thanks !

According to the guide it should work. Are you taking it to the right blacksmith.

 

[EasyMode]

Are there any equipment equivalent to the Old King set in Demon's Souls? (zero handicap on stamina regen + good protection + a ring that increases stamina regen).

I'm not sure about the armor, but the

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Cloranthy Ring found in the Great Hollow boosts stamina regeneration. There's also the Grass Crest shield which also regens stamina slightly, and apparently stacks with the ring.

My own question is: does this game have an equivalent to the Morion Blade in Demon's Souls?

 

[Darklord]

Aside from being able to do more stuff online like having players enter your world is there any other reason to take human form? Like if I can 1 humanity should I use it to turn human?

 

[ShaneB]

He is bad, but you will get better stuff if you free him and let him do his thing.

Knew i'd open a can of worms. Bad how?

 

[prodystopian]

I beat Anor Londo and killed Ceaseless Discharge. Is there a reason to go to Catacombs or New Londo first, or should I just choose one or the other?

Knew i'd open a can of worms. Bad how?

He will

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kill someone. If you let him do that, you can fight him later in the game and get his armor and some humanity. If you don't you get humanity and a ring I think.

 

[Baha]

I guess I'll repost my question here since the OT is moving too fast:

Question regarding Warrior of Sunlight for you NG+ players out there, if you did co-op in your first playthrough, does that count for NG+ or do you have to meet the requirements again? Also, kinda spoilerish but also related to that same covenant:

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After giving ten medal, I hear you are given a choice between 2 spells (one dependent on you having a soul to trade for). Does this mean you need 20 medals (10 per run) if you're going for a platinum? Or can you get both spells in NG+?

 

[ShaneB]

He will

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kill someone. If you let him do that, you can fight him later in the game and get his armor and some humanity. If you don't you get humanity and a ring I think.

Thanks

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And I'm glad you didn't say any names. I figured he was basically another Yurt. Makes me curious, but I have no idea who most people are just yet, so who knows. I guess it's a case of the armour being much better than the ring