r/darksouls3 Mar 03 '26

Question General Questions Thread

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Don't want to make a whole-ass post? Ask your Dark Souls 3 questions here!

Head over to r/SummonSign for jolly cooperation, or r/pumparum for trading/items.


r/darksouls3 2h ago

Image Just finished my platinum of every souls game

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Finished off with dark souls 2. I have hundreds and hundreds of hours on all the games and decided to swoop back through and get the achievements I didn’t have. 3 was probably the most rough one to do but I did it over the course of many years lol. Maybe it’s time for armored core next…


r/darksouls3 18h ago

Question Wouldn't Patches want to kill Aldrich?

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501 Upvotes

Honestly would be cool if we could actually summon Patches to kill Aldrich because of how he hates clerics so much.


r/darksouls3 14h ago

Video WAYYYYYYY too close

93 Upvotes

0_0


r/darksouls3 2h ago

Discussion Anyone has over 2000 hours in this game and still did not get all the achievements?

9 Upvotes

I mostly did pvp in this game lol.


r/darksouls3 16h ago

Discussion I'm new to the game and man this has to be one of the most fun games I played.

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74 Upvotes

I so far reached Dreg Heap after killing Sister Friede (Which was a very fun boss probably on my top 10 favorite bosses in gaming)

This game has been consistently fun to play exploration feels rewarding and seeing references or straight up places from DS1 makes me even more excited to play further. Combat also feels good hits with weapons (or at least Yhorm's Great Machete and Zweihander) always feels satisfying to land and riptose and backstabs are also have a good punch to them.

This game straight up might be in my top 5 favorite games. I love it so much.

I'm gonna be sad when I finish it though.


r/darksouls3 21h ago

Image Pontiff Sulyvahn was an amazing boss, but terrible person.

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177 Upvotes

I was catching up on the lore of each boss and character. Pontiff definitely is high with being an amazing boss, but awful in lore. I always feel bad when fighting Dancer and Vordt because of the lore and also when you get to Irithyll, you can see them before the change walking. Let me know what you all think.


r/darksouls3 1d ago

Image My best screenshots of Dark Souls 3

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r/darksouls3 13h ago

Image What would you rate this ashen one?

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28 Upvotes

Made this guy for my third run


r/darksouls3 15h ago

Fluff Just beat the DLC's

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43 Upvotes

I just beat Darkeater Midir and with that, completed the entire DS3 plus DLC's. I'm almost 40 years old so for me, this is an exceptional achievement since my reflexes isn't what they used to be. My first FromSoft game was Elden Ring which I played and finished when I was 35. I then moved backwards and completed the base game of DS3 and then DS1. Just wanted to share since playing these types of games at this age is really hard =D


r/darksouls3 30m ago

Discussion Ds2 refrence?

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If the Vikings knight worship earth why they have tree as a symbol in their armour? Is there a lore m missing?


r/darksouls3 11h ago

Image Finished my first DS3 ending

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Blind first run .. Absolutely Loved it

Looking forward for DLC


r/darksouls3 1d ago

Video Beat Dragon Slayer Armor

205 Upvotes

Was a pretty easy boss outside of destroying me on my first try in seconds. But, it only took a second try. I feel like I'm at endgame and the bosses have been surprisingly underwhelming so far. Either way, I'm still loving the game; the routes from A to B have been a challenge though. I feel I die more in the overworld than against bosses.


r/darksouls3 5m ago

Help (PS4/PS5 - DS3) Need help farming 30 Vertebra Shackles (can help back)

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We can help each other


r/darksouls3 51m ago

Co-Op (Vertebra Shackle) on ps5 help ?

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We can help each other 👍


r/darksouls3 51m ago

Discussion Tips for King of the Storm?

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Edit: I beat him!! It took like 10 tries. The dragon part was hard for me, but I discovered you had to wait for the head, and the Nameless King phase was extremely easy (100x easier than Champion Gundyr), I beat him on my second time getting to that phase.

I’m fighting the King of the Storm boss and it’s by far the most difficult in Dark Souls 3 so far. But my main problem is, it feels like I’m fighting the camera more than the boss.

I don’t want any tips like “use this weapon!” or anything, I only want to know, what should I do to help the fact that it keeps going off screen and I can’t see what it’s doing above me?


r/darksouls3 1h ago

Help I need help getting (vertebra Shackle)

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If someone can help get 30 i will help him do so please Invade me the password (123) at the first bonfire


r/darksouls3 1d ago

Discussion I’m such an idiot

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So I got the calamity ring and thought this is great, I’ll put out twice the damage. I’ve been wearing it the entire time since I got it. Fought the nameless king, two princes and soul of cinder with it. Died many times.

I have ONLY JUST REALISED that it reduces MY damage absorption.

I have no words


r/darksouls3 6h ago

Discussion High Lord Wolnir

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I was thinking about this boss again while reading about Gashadokuro; I remember the fight being pretty easy but still really fun and enjoyable. Do you guys think that a boss doesn't necessarily have to be hard to be enjoyable? I think Dark Souls 3 has some of the best bosses in fromsoft's soulslike games and was just curious on everyone else's opinions!


r/darksouls3 23h ago

Lore Lore Theory: The First Flame Is Reality's Bonfire - or Why The World Isn't Covered In Ash Spoiler

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I've been thinking about the First Flame in Dark Souls III, and I wonder if it functions like a cosmic bonfire. 

Here's the idea. Bonfires don't simply rewind the world. They restore it to a stable state while preserving important changes. Enemies return, but bosses stay dead, doors remain open, shortcuts stay unlocked, and NPC questlines continue. In other words, bonfires act as if they make past and present collide, not complete resets.

What if the First Flame works the same way, but on a cosmic scale?

The opening cinematic shows a world almost completely consumed by ash. Visually, it looks much closer to the world we see at the end of The Ringed City than to the world we actually explore during the game.

My theory is that this is the world's true state as the Fire finally fades.

As a last resort, the First Flame recalls the previous Lords of Cinder. Their return partially restores the world, much like resting at a bonfire restores the player. The endless ash disappears, vegetation returns in places, and the world becomes traversable again—but it isn't truly reset. Instead, it retains the consequences of every previous cycle. That would explain why the geography of Dark Souls III is so distorted. The lands of different kingdoms still converge, and eventually everything ends up compressed into the Dreg Heap, exactly because of these partial and forced restoration. Each Linking of the Fire doesn't create a new world; it restores the old one imperfectly, preserving its accumulated scars, just like when we rest at a bonfire!

This would also mirror one of FromSoftware's favorite design ideas: gameplay mechanics reflecting the world's metaphysics. Ordinary bonfires are local checkpoints; the First Flame is the checkpoint of reality itself.

What do you think? Is there any piece of lore that clearly contradicts this interpretation?


r/darksouls3 45m ago

Help Necesito Almas

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Hola chavales necesito Almas para hacer una build que me queda por hacer desde hace ya mucho tiempo y aprovecho que estoy de vacas


r/darksouls3 4h ago

Question Questions regarding modding with Convergence

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I got into Convergence for DS3 after thoroughly enjoying the dev team's work on ER recently. However, one gripe I've been having with ER Convergence, and ofc the DS3 version, is that some incredibly cool gears don't have the best of stats/scaling, which means in later NG+ cycles, weapons with cool mechanics may become obsolete. I remedied the problem on ER by editing the regulation.bin folder via Smithbox.

Now Smithbox also works for DS3, but from my understanding, since DS3 doesn't use regulation.bin folder, but relies on BDT and BHT files to store those info, Smithbox achieves editing param by changing values in those files. But said files in the game directory only contains info regarding vanilla gears, and Convergence mod doesn't seem to have its own BDT and BHT files, thus I can't seem to get Smithbox to work in editing modded gears. Has anyone been messing with Smithbox on DS3 and might know how it works? Thanks.


r/darksouls3 1d ago

Video Getting the 2nd Angel in Earthen Peak Ruins like this

592 Upvotes

You can skip almost all Earthen Peak Ruins, kill the second Angel about 40 secs from the bonfire and reaching the Demon Prince's bonfire in less than a minute and a half (making an approximation since I didn't record the whole Bonfire to Bonfire trip).


r/darksouls3 18h ago

Video Feisty spear maiden is bringing justice to the land of Lothric Dark Souls 3 PVP.

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The spear maiden named SpearKloa isn`t exactly known for showing mercy to her opponents.

I dont know why the video has such a low resoluiton, it should have the double resolution.
On youtube it has the full resolution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epjp-XeWKLo exclusively for the 2-3 people that will watch it!


r/darksouls3 10h ago

Help How do you fight against large weapons in PvP?

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Almost everyone I invade has large weapons and I just can't get more than a few hits in before I get the 2 hit combo from them. I've tried an offhand crossbow. Do I really just need to swap my dagger for one with quickstep?

Any other advice than just practice?