Dark Souls 2 /r/DarkSouls2 - Salty Sunday.

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• /r/DarkSouls2 - Salty Sunday.
• When you first make it to Drangleic Castle, it kinda feels like finally making it to Bowser's Castle
• The pursuer really honors his name
• Today is the day I platinum Dark Souls 2 Scholar of The First Sin
• Guide to all NPC quests/achievements
• All Petrified Dragon Bone farming methods?
• A warning to PC players: Hackers at it again today.
• Finished DS2 blind'ish - it was a journey
• I might be overleveled
• What’s this statue/shrine of the last giant in FoG?
• Good PVE / PVP strength build?
• What’s a recommend place to farm human effigies?
• DS2 OG on PS4?
• SL1 - The pit in Majula...
• Searching dir jolly cooperation in Iron King DLC
• Fume knight ng+ sm 9.4m
• I just chose to leave the throne for the first time after fighting Aldia for the first time.
• I never want to see the Smelter Demon again.
• Is there a reason so many phantoms leave?
• Lost all my estus flasks
• Is it possible to do the Inherit __ Equipment trophies after the game?
• How To Beat Vendrick
• After blood and tears i finally managed to 100% this bad boy!

/r/DarkSouls2 - Salty Sunday. Posted: 22 Aug 2020 11:10 PM PDT Today's Salty Sunday is brought to you by the Frigid Outskirts. Summoned into a gank squad on the Iron Keep Bridge? Died to Fume Knight for the 100th time? Think you're getting boned by SOTFS? Grab a spoon and watch your blood pressure soar! All complaints are welcome here. Just keep things civil and follow the Posting Guidelines in the sidebar. Helpful Information for New Users Be sure to check the /r/DarkSouls2/wiki page, where you can find community-created tips and research threads. Please help build the wiki! You only need 10 karma within /r/DarkSouls2 to contribute. submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

When you first make it to Drangleic Castle, it kinda feels like finally making it to Bowser's Castle Posted: 23 Aug 2020 04:50 AM PDT I mean, you spent a good while gathering all those souls to FINALLY make it to a dark, rainy and creepy castle. I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense but I hope you know what I mean Edit: Iron Keep too submitted by /u/jackle7896 [link] [comments]

The pursuer really honors his name Posted: 23 Aug 2020 09:30 AM PDT submitted by /u/WinterEchoes03 [link] [comments]

Today is the day I platinum Dark Souls 2 Scholar of The First Sin Posted: 23 Aug 2020 04:06 AM PDT Just reached the soul limit for entering drangleic in NG++ and all I have to do is buy the last 2 spells I need. Goddamn this was a stressful ride, but that's what makes this great. submitted by /u/MNVO16 [link] [comments]

Guide to all NPC quests/achievements Posted: 23 Aug 2020 11:43 AM PDT Or, How to Make Friends and Influence People to Give you Their Stuff ​ Greetings skeletons! u/RJSSJR123 asked for a guide to the achievements, so I figured I would throw this together real quick! I'll cover all the NPC achievements first, then the leftover quests and interactions. Heavy Spoilers ahead! ​ Achievements There are a total of 9 achievements linked to NPC questlines. 1: Curious Map NPC: Cale the Cartographer He can be found in the Forest of Fallen Giants; exhaust his dialogue and he will move to the Majula Mansion. You must light all 8 fires on the map within the Mansion, each of which is lit either by defeating a boss or getting a key item. Kill the Last Giant Kill the Lost Sinner Kill the Old Iron King Kill the Rotten Kill The Duke's Dear Freya Obtain the King's Ring Kill Throne Watcher & Defender Obtain the Ashen Mist Heart After completing every item on that list, go and talk to Cale. He will give you his equipment, and the Curious Map achievement will pop. ​ 2: Change of Clothes NPC: Rosabeth of Melfia This quick quest is almost always finished during normal gameplay. Go to the Shaded Woods, and use a Fragrant Branch of Yore on Rosabeth. DO NOT PULL THE SWITCH SHE WAS BLOCKING! THERE'S A LARGE AMBUSH THAT WILL PUT HER AT HUGE RISK! After she recovers, talk to her. She will ask for clothes; give her whatever you like, but know that you cannot get back any equipment you give her. Although the option will always be in her Interact menu, you only need to give her one piece of equipment to satisfy this requirement. Upon doing so the Change of Clothes achievement will pop, and she will move back to Majula. Go talk to her to receive your glorious reward: one Prism Stone! Try to contain your excitement. ​ 3: Gathering of Exiles For this achievement, you will need to find and send to Majula all 7 possible NPCs: Merchant Hag Melentia; exhaust her dialogue in the Forest of Fallen Giants and defeat the Last Giant. Cartographer Cale; exhaust his dialogue in the Forest of Fallen Giants. Licia of Lindeldt; exhaust her dialogue in Heide's Tower of Flame. Carhillion of the Fold; with at least 8 raw INT, exhaust his dialogue and defeat the Flexile Sentry. Rosabeth of Melfia; unpetrify her, give her a piece of equipment, and exhaust her dialogue. Stone Trader Chloanne; exhaust her dialogue in Harvest Valley. Laddersmith Gilligan; kill Mytha the Baneful Queen and he will move to Majula himself. Once all NPCs have been moved to Majula the Gathering of Exiles achievement will pop. ​ 4: Moonlight Greatsword NPC: Benhart of Jugo You will need to exhaust his dialogue in each of his locations, starting at the entrance to the Shaded Woods, while summoning him to fight 3 bosses, successfully i.e. he must be alive when the fight ends. If he dies, die or warp out of the fight to retry. There are 4 places you will encounter him along his questline: Near the entrance to the Shaded Woods. Drangleic Castle, near the Central Castle bonfire. Forest of Fallen Giants, sitting near a fallen giant past the Pursuer's boss arena Memory of Orro, near where you spawn in. The bosses he can be summoned for: Prowling Magus Looking Glass Knight Elana, Squalid Queen Giant Lord Throne of Want fights; note that these don't seem to count towards the quest You can use Bonfire Ascetics to complete his fights. Prowling Magus is the easiest, while Giant Lord is the fastest. If he has trouble staying alive, you may consider using healing Miracles to prop him up, or using the Redeye Ring to keep aggro off him. After satisfying the fight requirement, and exhausting his dialogue at each location, go talk to him in the Memory of Orro and he will give you his equipment, and pop the Moonlight Greatsword achievement. ​ 5: Holder of the Fort NPC: Captain Drummond He can be found laying on some rubble at the beginning of the Memory of Vammar. Kill the Giant Lord, and exhaust his dialogue to receive his Drangleic Helmet, and pop the Holder of the Fort achievement. ​ 6: Lucatiel's Trophy NPC: Lucatiel of Mirrah This questline is much like Benhart's; you must find and exhaust her dialogue at 5 locations, while summoning her to defeat 3 boss fights. As with Benhart, she must be alive when a boss dies for it to count. DO NOT TALK TO HER AT HER FINAL LOCATION (ALDIA'S KEEP) UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED HER FIGHTS - IF YOU TALK TO HER BEFOREHAND HER QUESTLINE FAILS Her locations: No-Man's Wharf; Scholar: Found in the building up the first set of stairs, to the left; Base Game: Standing next to the bonfire. The Lost Bastille; in the tower straight ahead of the Tower Apart bonfire. Earthen Peak; Scholar: just past the entrance of Earthen Peak, in a room down in the poison water; Base Game: At the Lower Earthen Peak bonfire. Black Gultch; From the first bonfire, stick close to the edge. Before the first tar pools you can spot a small ledge below. Using a torch is strongly advised to see it. Drop down and follow the path to find her leaning against a wall. Aldia's Keep; at the Foregarden bonfire. Again, do not speak to her unless you are sure you satisfied the fight requirement. Her fights: Flexile Sentry Lost Sinner Smelter Demon The Rotten Again, Bonfire Ascetics can be used. Flexile is arguably the easiest, and the Rotten is the fastest. As with Benhart, you can prop her up with Miracles and/or use the Redeye Ring to keep aggro off her. After satisfying her boss fight requirement and exhausting her dialogue in the first 4 locations, find her at Aldia's Keep. Exhaust her dialogue to receive her gear, and pop the Lucatiel's Trophy achievement. ​ 7: Smith for Life NPC: Steady Hand McDuff Have him perform one of each type of infusion, then exhaust his dialogue to be gifted a Titanite Slab and pop the Smith for Life achievement. ​ 8: Garrulous Miser NPC: Laddersmith Gilligan Defeat Mytha the Baneful Queen so he moves to Majula, then buy his most expensive ladder. He will gift you his equipment, and the Garrulous Miser achievement will pop. ​ 9: Reflections of Disembodiment NPC: Head of Vengarl Find Vengarl in the Shaded Woods; in the foggy area, hug the left wall until you come to a clearing with a round stone structure. Vengarl is on a pile of rubble. Exhaust his dialogue to receive Vengarl's Helm and pop the Reflections of Disembodiment achievement. ​ Non-Achivement Questlines There are 24 remaining NPC interactions, of which 3 are major questlines. Milibeth Kill all 3 Ogres in Things Betwixt (requires a Fragrant Branch of Yore in SotFS) then exhaust her dialogue. She will give you the Handmaid's Ladle. Strowen Speak to her after obtaining the King's Ring and she will give you 6 Human Effigies. Blacksmith Lenigrast Spend 8,000 souls on smith services (upgrade/repair) and exhaust his dialogue to receive the Blacksmith's Hammer. Stone Trader Chloanne Spend 20,000 souls and talk to her for a Twinkling Titanite. Carhillion of the Fold Speak to him with 30+ INT to receive the Northern Ritual Band +1. Crestfallen Saulden Die 100+ times and speak to him for the Ring of Steel Protection. Send 4+ people to Majula then speak to him for a Soul Vessel. Maughlin the Armorer Spend 16,000 souls at his shop, then speak to him with 0 souls to receive the transparent Aurous Set. Licia of Lideldt Speak to her with 30+ FTH to receive her equipment. After lighting 3+ Primal Bonfires and retreiving the Crushed Eye Orb from the Undead Crypt, use it in the Rotunda room to invade and kill her. Mild-Mannered Pate Completing this questline requires following Chreighton the Wanderer's as well. Speak to him in the Forest of Fallen Giants, then spring the trap by entering through the gateway that closes behind you. Come back and exhaust his dialogue. Summon Pate for the Last Giant fight, and defeat the boss with Pate still alive. Next, speak to him in Earthen Peak, and he will give you his armor (thanks u/rnj1a for the correction!). Retrieve Great Heavy Soul Arrow and open to one-way door in his room, then exhaust his dialogue. If you have followed Creighton's questline as well, the two can be found fighting in a room near the top of Brightstone Cove Tseldora. You can help Pate kill Creighton, but if you already got his gear then you will not get any reward and will forfeit Creighton's rewards. Creighton the Wanderer Completing this questline require following Mild-Mannered Pate's as well. Unlock the Undead Lockaway in Huntsman's Copse, then exhaust his dialogue. Find him in the Shaded Ruins, in a tower just before the Najka fight, and exhaust his dialogue. If you have followed Pate's questline as well, the two can be found fighting in a room near the top of Brightstone Cove Tseldora. Help Creighton kill Pate, then talk to him to receive his gear and the Tseldora Den Key. The key unlocks a door at the bottom of Tseldora, behind a breakable wooden door. Open the trapped chest within to hear a line from Creighton and receive the Engraved Gauntlets. Royal Sorcerer Navlaan This questline is the most extensive and convoluted in the game, by a long shot. Just go read the wiki for yourself. Seriously. Blue Sentinel Targray. Obtain a Token of Fidelity, then speak to him in the Cathedral of the Blue. Speak to him while Rank 3 in the Blue Sentinels to receive his gear. Gavlan Buy 15,000 souls worth of goods from him, then speak to him for the Gyrm Greataxe. Straid of Olphais Unpetrify him, near the end of the Lost Bastille. He requires 3+ INT and 3+ FTH to initiate dialogue with him. Trade 4+ boss souls with him, then speak to him for the Black Robe Set. Felkin the Outcast Requires 8+ INT and 8+ FTH to initiate dialogue. Talk to him with 20+ INT and 20+ FTH to receive his Hexer's Set and Sunset Staff. Grave Warden Agdayne Speak to him after obtaining the King's Ring to get Agdayne's Set and Darkdrift. Titchy Gren Speak to them while Rank 3 in the Brotherhood of Blood to receive their set. Darkdiver Grandahl Speak to him after defeating the Darklurker to receive his Dragon Chime. Magerold of Lanafir Spend 10,000+ souls at his shop then speak to him for the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +1. Give him the Petrified Egg from the Dragon Shrine to unlock the Dragon Remnants covenant, which he leads. Head of Vengarl Kill his body (SotFS: past a petrified Lion Warrior near Manscorpion Tark. Base Game: Just past the Duke's Dear Freya fight) then speak to him. He will add the Red Rust Scimitar, Red Rust Sword, and Red Rust Shield to his shop inventory. Manscorpion Tark Equip the Ring of Whispers when you want to speak to him. Kill Scorpioness Najka then talk to him for a Fragrant Branch of Yore. Kill The Duke's Dear Freya then talk to him to get the Second Dragon Ring, and (in SotFS) the Black Scorpion Stinger. Chancellor Wellager Speak to him after defeating the Giant Lord to receive the Royal Dirk and Espada Ropera. Speak to him again after defeating Throne Watcher & Defender for the Llewellyn Set. Milfanito After freeing the Milfanito at the top of Drangleic Castle, speak to the two in Shrine of Amana for a Fire Seed, and a Divine Blessing. If you haven't killed any of them, and have 0 Effigies in your inventory or storage box, you may use the altar in Shrine of Amana to become human. Alsanna, Silent Oracle Farm up to 50 Loyce Souls from the Charred Loyce Knights, then speak to her for: * 5 Souls = Loyce Gauntlets, Loyce Leggings * 15 Souls = Loyce Armor * 35 Souls = Loyce Helm * 50 Souls = Soul of Alsanna, Silent Oracle. ​ Okay, that's it! Hopefully it's helpful. Although I threw this together quickly (and mostly just referenced the wikis) I'm reasonably sure I got it all, and that it's mostly right. Feel free to chime in with any corrections and I'll edit as necessary. I'll probably come back and touch this up some in a bit, as well. submitted by /u/JoeyTheSchmo [link] [comments]

All Petrified Dragon Bone farming methods? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 06:32 AM PDT Greetings, skeletons! I'm back again (after a 3 day internet outage :| ), ready to jump into testing once more. Next up on my list is Petrified Dragon Bones. I think I have all the viable methods, but as always I'd love everybody's input! The criteria for a method to be tested/included: Offline-only; as ever, my guides are for all players. Not all people can play online, so online methods will not be included, even were I able to test them. Not that there even are any for PDB, afaik. Maybe Dyna & Tillo? Corrected by u/TheHittite below. The Bell Keepers reward them, because of course they do. The method must work in either version of the game, on current patch. The method must be viable; applies mostly to Ascetic runs, which I suspect are far less popular/useful in general. There's ~15 total Ascetic runs, only a fraction of which look any good. I do intend to test Reindeer, though as much for a potential guide on Frozen Wastes as for drops. Also because I'm a stubborn bastard. I currently have a total of ten methods up on the block: Drops from enemies: Great Basilisk; this one is a bit tricky given it's different location (IIRC) in base game vs Scholar, but the drop rate should be the same. Theoretically. I hope. Dragon Acolytes The Imperfect Reindeer sigh Ascetic runs: Iron Keep; there's 3x total listed in the vicinity of the Smelter fight, but I'll need to test which bonfire they are connected to before I know if it's viable - if it requires fighting Smelter then it almost certainly isn't. Without even mentioning the inefficiency, I don't see people wanting to spend an Ascetic and fight NG+7 Smelter for just 2-3 PDB. Aldia's Keep; this may include the Great Basilisk - I've seen conflicting information on whether/in what conditions they respawn. Great Basilisk respawns normally, so no reason to fold it into the Ascetic run. Dragon Aerie, as ever. There's 2x lootable, plus 4x from Crystal Lizards, plus 1x from one of the Drakes, totaling 7x PDB. Dragon's Sanctum Chests; 3x PDB & 3x TT. Testing was already done on this method for the Twinkling breakdown, and it looks pretty solid. Lair of the Imperfect; there's 3x PDB lootable (plus 1 Soul of a Great Hero, for what that's worth). Clashes with farming The Imperfect themselves, though. Brume Tower; fextra lists 2x lootable near where you get the Scorching Iron Scepter, but it remains to be seen if they're close enough to a bonfire and consistent enough to be viable - after the suprise I got from TT routes here, I'm not about to discount it out of pocket. Advice or routes appreciated! There's two things I currently need confirmation on: Locations and respawn conditions for the Great Basilisk, for base game.both base game and Scholar. E: Aldia's Keep Basilisk confirmed to respawn. Anyone know about the Shaded Woods GB in non-Scholar? The wiki lists PDB as a possible drop from the Drakes (Drakes? Wyverns? Dragons?) in the Aerie. I've not seen it and I've killed many of them. Is this a base version thing? Am I just obscenely unlucky? E: It seems the random drops are base version only. In Scholar it is a guaranteed drop, but only from one Drake. I'm also soliciting tips/info on Acolytes, The Imperfect, and Reindeer - general strategy, good weapons/spells/builds, elemental weaknesses, routes - anything you've got for me! All that said, if there's anything else I'm missing, please let me know! Thanks, as always! Side note: as an excuse to dust off my web dev skills I've been building a website dedicated to farming guides/info for (eventually) all the Soulsborne games. It's starting to come together, but I can't for the life of me come up with a good name. Don't be afraid to throw some suggestions at me :D submitted by /u/JoeyTheSchmo [link] [comments]

A warning to PC players: Hackers at it again today. Posted: 23 Aug 2020 12:15 PM PDT Just lost my save to the hacker "Hitler". From what I know he targets players in the Arena. He sets all your stats to 1 and, in my case, might corrupt your save. Do yourself a favor and backup your saves! I wish I had! Lost a ~50 hour character and probably won't be picking the game up after this. Good luck to all. submitted by /u/XxGenericNamexX [link] [comments]

Finished DS2 blind'ish - it was a journey Posted: 23 Aug 2020 04:28 AM PDT Some people shame DS2 a lot, some praise it, but never believe anything without trying. I decided i give it a try, and it was a great journey, i am happy i did it. I saw a few of the bosses before, this is why i call this blind'ish, and not totally blind, but pretty close :) After i finished the main game, i looked up a few things, which bosses may i have missed, and sadly Aldia was not available because i already beat Nashandra, but beat all other bosses, with the DLCs as well, it took almost 69 hours. Most of the bosses in main game were pretty easy, but there were a few exceptions. Here are the most remarkable bosses for me, the good and the bad ones. The cool bosses: Darklurker (best boss of base game for me) Fume Alonne Ivory king (without the soldiers part) Pls NO ones: ruin sentinels gargoyles grave robbers king's pets (because of the outskirts area) submitted by /u/MicolashTV [link] [comments]

I might be overleveled Posted: 23 Aug 2020 12:07 PM PDT SL 63 with a +4 club at Heides Tower of Flame submitted by /u/dqdennis [link] [comments]

What’s this statue/shrine of the last giant in FoG? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 09:16 AM PDT I was hoping i could add a pic but it's the wood statue up by where the eagle takes you to lost Bastille, enemies are attacking it and it lets me examine it but nothing happens. I've googled so much and couldn't find anything about it. Also i hear what sounds like a dragon breathing when you here and I'm scared submitted by /u/eddy_brooks [link] [comments]

Good PVE / PVP strength build? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 10:27 AM PDT Still on 1st playthrough and have gone up to level 80ish with 20 vig 20 end 20 vit 28 str 10 dex 20 adp and base everything else. What are some good caps in the stats for a level 150 build? I was thinking 50 str would be good but I don't know how effective my stat planning is submitted by /u/NotABadMon [link] [comments]

What’s a recommend place to farm human effigies? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 10:17 AM PDT Trying to get some effigies and I'm having no luck in shrine of armana or upper ramparts. Any reccomended locations? submitted by /u/Jameslinden2 [link] [comments]

DS2 OG on PS4? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 01:49 PM PDT I own DS2 on Steam, but I was looking to get it on PS4 as well. It seems like the only version of DS2 available on PS4 is SotFS. Is that correct? And if I were to buy SotFS, is there a setting to change the game back to the vanilla enemy placement? I don't like the SotFS changes, personally. (Sorry if this has been asked before. I couldn't find a post about it, if it was.) submitted by /u/DoctorDungus [link] [comments]

SL1 - The pit in Majula... Posted: 23 Aug 2020 12:58 PM PDT Doing a SL1 run and I can't survive that fall or buy the ring or ladder from the Irish NPC - is there any way down there or an alternative route so I can get to black gulch etc? submitted by /u/De4dgone [link] [comments]

Searching dir jolly cooperation in Iron King DLC Posted: 23 Aug 2020 08:10 AM PDT Playing on PS4 Just entered the DLC with my mage and would be happy, if someone would join me. My Soulmemorie is kinda high, because of farming: 5106359 I'm Level 209 btw Sorry for bad english :D submitted by /u/Flexi_Ringo [link] [comments]

Fume knight ng+ sm 9.4m Posted: 23 Aug 2020 11:34 AM PDT I tried to beat his ass a couple of times now i just only come close to the end but each time he gets me with that flame sword 😒sooooooo pls some halp someone i only have 2 humman effidgy submitted by /u/gagagabgab [link] [comments]

I just chose to leave the throne for the first time after fighting Aldia for the first time. Posted: 22 Aug 2020 10:16 PM PDT That cutscene, Aldia's monologue, then the credit music hits you. God damn. I think DS2 has given me more non-combat "holy shit" moments than the other two. Also Aldia is possibly one of the coolest characters in Dark Souls. submitted by /u/da_qtip [link] [comments]

I never want to see the Smelter Demon again. Posted: 22 Aug 2020 06:07 PM PDT I've spent my only game time this week farming sunlight medals to get the sunlight spear and chose to do it as I reached the iron keep. So I stuck the agape ring on and just kept offering my help, I just stayed here because the activity has been so high. Ive had an absolute blast helping people and seeing the same people get summoned alongside me sometimes but going from zero medals to 30 plus all the times the host died in the boss I feel like I could do the first part of iron keep and smelter with my eyes closed after this week, I'm so happy I'm moving on now lol Thanks to all those who summoned me and helped me on my quest! Sunlight spear obtained. submitted by /u/cd-Ezlo [link] [comments]

Is there a reason so many phantoms leave? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 10:02 AM PDT I've been summoning phantoms when i see their white signs down and I'd say for about every 10 i summon, 7 leave before even moving. Why is it as soon as people get summoned they seem to just use a deprecation crystal and leave right away? submitted by /u/eddy_brooks [link] [comments]

Lost all my estus flasks Posted: 23 Aug 2020 09:56 AM PDT I'm quite far through the game (just defeated vendrick) but I have lost all of my estus. They are not in my inventory or item box submitted by /u/gamergeekht [link] [comments]

Is it possible to do the Inherit __ Equipment trophies after the game? Posted: 23 Aug 2020 09:47 AM PDT Can these be done, before NG+ or are all of these tied to questline I have to follow through the game? submitted by /u/RJSSJR123 [link] [comments]

How To Beat Vendrick Posted: 23 Aug 2020 03:18 AM PDT I have 4/5 of the Giant Souls due to not having killed the Ancient Dragon yet This guy easily goes through my shield after the first hit I'm using a Greatsword atm, the only weapon I've really leveled up and I can't exactly get more Titanite Chunks so easily submitted by /u/CarlManvers2020 [link] [comments]

After blood and tears i finally managed to 100% this bad boy! Posted: 22 Aug 2020 06:39 PM PDT It took me like 200 hours (granted a lot of time was spent afk), but i finally did it. https://imgur.com/a/VN3Vj38 I don't want to see a falconer ever in my life again. Most of the Ds2 achievements were ok, but that sunlight spear is a pain!! I was SM 28 mil. I would get summoned twice an hour at best. I screwed it up since i never thought that it would make me hate myself later. It was nice and i had some good fun and i'm proud of myself (i'll give myself a pat on the back). So ds2 done. I also did ds3 100% now onto ds1. What a ride this is. I just felt like i wanted to share it with someone so i can forget about it after. submitted by /u/Leinchetzu [link] [comments]

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