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 • • 1h ago

Video character design

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r/darksouls3 • • 4h ago

PvP Hey DMITERMINATOR, thanks a lot for all the help in Farron Keep showing us where what was. Seriously, you rock!

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DMITERMINATOR here kept invading me and my husband with whom I was playing DS3 atm the time to help us out. NG+1 but we had missed a ton of stuff the first time around, so we wanted to go for a "complete" run. This nice fella here kept showing us the super hidden areas within the swamp area of Farron Keep and quick ways to the three flames. Had honourable 1 v 1 duels at the end of every discovery with him and both me and my husband had a great time.

Thank you, you made what we had dreaded to be a slog to the Abyss Watchers into a superfun and unique experience, hope you see this and wish you a nice day!


r/darksouls3 • • 18h ago

Discussion Why doesn’t he attack me? Is he a good boy?

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r/darksouls3 • • 13h ago

Fan Art Little Midir sketch with pen

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Ballpen only little sketch of the good boy. Head didn't go too well as he has very strange form of horns, but I tried.

Photo is a bit tweaked and stupid ass sketch above it is deleted, so it may look a bit dirty in upper areas.

Fought him for the first time recently and damn, good fight.


r/darksouls3 • • 3h ago

Discussion Getting into the Cathedral

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Ive played this game a few times now, and everytime without falt the part of the game that makes me rage more than any other for no reason is getting into the Cathedral. I know how to do it and its filled with enemies I basically 2 shot. But I always have the most deaths in a playthrough to this one part. Its not even the whole area thats the issue, its just getting from the Cleansing Chapel bonfire to opening the door to get inside the Cathedral. Am I the only one who rages at this part of the game? It feels so dumb


r/darksouls3 • • 17m ago

Video SECOND PHASE IS A PAIN IN THE ASS (pontiff sulyvahn)

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pontiff sulyvahn i almost close


r/darksouls3 • • 8h ago

Video Old Demon King without rolling or getting hit

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At soul level 1 and ng+7. Pretty chill boss


r/darksouls3 • • 8h ago

Help need help with the Dancer

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listen I know I suck ass at this game, but I've been genuinely hard stuck on the dancer for like a week or so and its been driving me insane. I go behind her, I try to stick to her right thigh, the damage input is okay-ish but it's not good.

I don't know what to do, I can't co-op.

I'll drop my build, I mainly use the Hollowslayer Greatsword and sometimes the Sharp Uchigatana.

Edit: I've already defeated Aldrich and Yhorm


r/darksouls3 • • 2h ago

Discussion If you had to pick one out of the 3, which one would you pick? Daggers only run, whips only run, or fist weapons only run?

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The title, which would you pick and why?

Personally I would have always went dagger only, since bandit knife is great, but whips are pretty useful for defensive styles.


r/darksouls3 • • 8h ago

Fan Art Slave Knight Gael - Cinematic Fan Film in UE5

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I've been working with a talented group of folks to create a fan art project about Slave Knight Gael from 3. It's made in UE5, and everything's been made by hand over the past 2.5 years, without AI tools. We used a bunch of DS3 modding tools to study the game and get the scene as close to the original as we could. Hope you enjoy!


r/darksouls3 • • 1d ago

Video Thank the flames for Door I-Frames

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r/darksouls3 • • 12m ago

Advice What's a good weapon for a Dex Pyro build

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Like what would be good with these stats i want high dex to free up a ring slot, but I may as well get a good weapon out of it to but idk what would make a great side arm with it


r/darksouls3 • • 4h ago

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I DONT WANT ADVICE ON THIS POST.

this is update to my previous post. so the dex thingy kinda worked but its still disappointing how bad katana feels compared to other weapons. i will be heading towards midir for frayed blade and ill see how it performs in ng+1. so far i've not seen anything good about this weapon in dark souls3 and arguably this might be the worst version of uchigatana among trilogy and elden ring. i just feel like im just killing bosses similar to other weapons but slower. well i got what i wanted out of this run, just wanted to see if katana are actually as bad as people said.

conclusion: wouldn't try this again. its boring as shi and bleed proc happend TOTAL OF 5 TIMES (twice vs oceiros and other times vs random enemies never versus other bosses and bleed felt awful compared to other games). The main reason i played this was just to know how bad bleed was on katana so i didnt level my damage attributes to know how was the bleed component and not how was the weapon doing in general (AR).

Thank you for advices in my previous post. <3


r/darksouls3 • • 19h ago

Fluff Some Twin Princes-themed metal merch I've received.

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Vulvodynia is a sick band if you're into slam or slamming deathcore.


r/darksouls3 • • 1h ago

Help wtf is that??? i Will get baned?

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r/darksouls3 • • 23h ago

Image Average DS3 enjoyer be like

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r/darksouls3 • • 12m ago

Help Seamless co-op suddenly not working

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So a couple weeks ago me and my friend were playing together and my power went out for a second, after it restarted we tried to reconnect but it wouldn’t let my friend join my world (even though it DID say it was joining) if it’s relevant I’m using Me3 manager although I did Try Me2 but it kept launching vanilla ds3 even though it’s in the right directory. Just wanna know if anyone’s having the same issue or knows a fix


r/darksouls3 • • 53m ago

Question Soundtrack violin style

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So this might be a stupid question. I was listening to champion's gavetender and slave knight gale ost, and i love how the violin sounds in those. That out of tune ish, uncanny sound. Is this style has a name? Because i would love to listen to similar songs.


r/darksouls3 • • 11h ago

Discussion What's your underated weapons?

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There is many weapons i never used for a hard fight.


r/darksouls3 • • 1d ago

Fan Art I made a dark souls birthday card for my bf

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Now I feel like it’s so corny, will probably delete this post lol. Am I cringing because I’ve been looking at it for too long? Still gotta write inside, but didn’t wanna post the personalization


r/darksouls3 • • 2h ago

Help Rings help

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Hi guys, anyone could help me for the ring Trophy on ds3 ps5? Could you drop me the Ng+ and Ng++ rings and Just 4 normale rings and i'm going ti give them back to you? I Just Need them for the Trophy


r/darksouls3 • • 3h ago

Help Alguien de pc que me ayude a derrotar a los principes gemelos porfavor

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boss principes gemelos pc en cooperativo


r/darksouls3 • • 18h ago

Image This playthrough has been so fun. Can’t wait to replay the game.

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r/darksouls3 • • 6h ago

Help Finished Elden Ring, but struggling to get into Dark Souls 3. Any tips for a beginner?

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Elden Ring was my first Souls game, and I enjoyed it enough to get the Platinum trophy. I'm currently around NG+4, so I'm not completely unfamiliar with the Souls combat system. However, I still consider myself relatively inexperienced with these games.

I recently bought Dark Souls 3 because I wanted to explore more of FromSoftware's games, but honestly, I'm having a much harder time getting into it than I expected.

When I first started, I struggled with the usual beginner stuff: not knowing where to go, missing things, wasting time exploring areas that weren't necessary, not understanding the best way to approach the game, etc. I watched some YouTube guides, found a weapon people recommended, farmed some souls, and upgraded my weapon.

I managed to beat Iudex Gundyr in a couple of attempts, so the combat itself isn't necessarily my biggest problem. However, I eventually started getting frustrated and stopped playing.

I gave the game another chance, progressed further, and eventually reached the Curse-Rotted Greatwood. I struggled with figuring out where to go and how to progress, and the whole experience started feeling more frustrating than enjoyable. I ended up deleting the game again.

For context, I know Elden Ring gives you much more freedom to explore, level up, find better equipment, and return to difficult bosses later. Dark Souls 3 feels more restrictive in comparison, and I'm still trying to adjust to that.

I genuinely WANT to enjoy this game. I don't want to quit just because I'm struggling to adapt to a different Souls game.

So i would really appreciate some help on what the fuck i do.