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A community dedicated to Dark Souls 2, game released for PC, PlayStation 3 and 4, Xbox 360 and One.

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Event Calendar - 2023

Event Game When?
Return to Lordran Dark Souls 1 January 6th - January 20th
Return to Drangleic Dark Souls 2 February 27th - March 13th
Return to Yharnam Bloodborne March 24th - April 7th
Return to Lothric Dark Souls 3 June 13th - June 27th
Return to Boletaria Demon's Souls October 4th - October 18th

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3

Ornstein?

https://preview.redd.it/uargth0z4a4e1.png?width=150&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7c2ac31526bce5c26fa605d435d145cffc7901a

So is this is the same Dragonslayer you fight in DSR,or its just his brother or something lmfao?

18 Comments
2024/12/01
18:24 UTC

1

DLC access?

So how do I access the DLCs?

1 Comment
2024/12/01
18:21 UTC

1

Ps5 first dlc help?

Uh yeah title about sums it up, yall wanna help with first dlc?

0 Comments
2024/12/01
15:08 UTC

79

Dirty fucking rats hate these fuckers.

7 Comments
2024/12/01
14:02 UTC

28

Is this a known tech? I pulled it off by accident so I thought I'd share it

7 Comments
2024/12/01
13:28 UTC

2

Another December. Time to post my beautiful abomination.

Hohoho

1 Comment
2024/12/01
13:23 UTC

9

what does the red symbol mean?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
13:22 UTC

5

What happens if I join company of champions after clearing an area?

Say I’m farming for an item and I’ve wiped out the enemies permanently and they no longer respawn. Will joining the covenant repopulate the area if I’ve already hit the 12 threshold? I know a bonfire ascetic would, but that’s different.

4 Comments
2024/12/01
13:17 UTC

1,576

It is how it is

131 Comments
2024/12/01
12:58 UTC

0

Almost forgot how tiresome Ruined Sentinels can be

Have two newish chars started. One aimed at Roaring Halberd Dark build and one Santiers Spear build.

Former took them down first time. Granted stayed atop and cast Dark Orbs for a lot of it. This 2nd felt fairly safe, with my +6 Lightning Mace and casting Magic Weapon on it to boot. But 3 deaths later, and having to do this reclear of area is enough to be a bit rage inducing.

It's more about luck in this battle many times. Last was going well enough but got the slam attack that took most of health so tried to heal quick, but focused on me and did jump attack and it was all she wrote.

Very, very, angering. Do not feel like doing this again.

Edit: Oh and sporting Drangleic Shield too, so good blocking. Was feeling pretty confident and even took down first one up on ledge without taking any damage. That's why so aggravating to die.

28 Comments
2024/12/01
12:41 UTC

25

What a game! Glad I didn’t skip 😅 10/10

The exploration, the soundtrack, the lore and characters managed to astound me once again even after playing all the other FROM games. I get huge Elden Ring vibes from this game and I loved using my Hexer build which made these playthroughs an extremely unique and fun experience. However I do need to finish my NG++ run because I missed Aldia 😭😭😭 with that being said I CANT WAIT TO START DS3 FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! PRAY FOR ME 🙏

2 Comments
2024/12/01
12:36 UTC

32

Is Heidi’s tower of flame the most beautiful location in fromsoft history?

I think so!

53 Comments
2024/12/01
12:27 UTC

205

Welcome to Dark Souls II

15 Comments
2024/12/01
12:06 UTC

3

why is rolling a suicide?

i feel like my rolls aren't exactly rolls. i just started the game (i'm an hour in) but it feels like i call for death anytime i press circle. how am i supposed to fight?

27 Comments
2024/12/01
11:33 UTC

2

Looking for spoiler free directions...

I am not sure where I am supposed to go at the moment.

I killed the big spider and got that primal bonfire, as well as the sinner. Now I went down the hole in majula, but there was just a rat king and I don't want to waste lockstones here because it seems like a good place to waste them if you don't know what you are doing.

I wasted my branch of yore, sadly..

Everywhere I go it says "produce the symbol of the king" or "get mightier souls"

I am really tired of blindly running around and talking to every possible npc with no real hints.

What the hell have I missed?

18 Comments
2024/12/01
10:14 UTC

0

is 2 more like 1 or 3

i absolutely despise 1 but love 3 because the mechanics are smooth and immediate. which one is it more like

15 Comments
2024/12/01
07:39 UTC

0

Be me

  • downloaded pirated ds2
  • I started as a sorcerer
  • regretted my decisions
  • Only can have broken sword and small knife as close range weapon only
  • i sometimes ran out of sorcery scroll amt or whatever that is
  • only have one f***ing attunement slots making it more challenging
  • used great soul scrolls only for defeating boss
  • also use boss souls to upgrade my levels thinking that there is no other use than that
  • everything becomes easier
  • realized that I can also have pyromancy
  • become an overpowered mob
  • still weak at close range combat unless I am using combustion
  • went to around 55 in Intel and vitality
  • my next goal is to upgrade my faith to reach 55
  • things become harder again
  • realized that I have reached to the snowy tower which there are electric summoning resistant to magic mobs
  • realized that I should have gone to the night moon castle
  • still hard to me since i am mostly close to enemy when in combat except in boss
  • got stuck after defeating 2 dragonriders in first try
  • just chill out to majula to listen to music
  • still stuck
  • went back to castle
  • took me forever and still could not find anything that much until I realized that I need to feed the gaint stone a soul
  • thought about quitting the game cuz I could not accept my foolishness
  • did not play the game after I did feed the gaint stone a soul
2 Comments
2024/12/01
06:49 UTC

55

Just bought DS2 again so I can mod and 100% it all over again. Wish me luck

12 Comments
2024/12/01
06:19 UTC

14

Okay Cave of the Dead absolutely sucks

No one actually likes this right?

(I'm sure one contrarian will be like "well ackually I like it..." but really, no, you don't)

37 Comments
2024/12/01
05:16 UTC

0

Did they really need to add a toxic effect to the Sinh fight?

Bridge too far IMO

18 Comments
2024/12/01
04:49 UTC

360

TIL; you can deflect firebombs with your attacks

I've played this game countless times and just found out (entirely on accident) that you could do that

30 Comments
2024/12/01
04:09 UTC

0

It's over. Finally

Well thats it for DS2 i didnt do the dlcs so i might do that tomorrow,last boss was really easy honestly but here we go.Overall 6/10 for me as entire game.

21 Comments
2024/12/01
03:04 UTC

3

I just got a key near these three giant Salamader things. What door or doors does it open? I think it was called 'Old Iron Key'.

They killed me too.

3 Comments
2024/12/01
02:28 UTC

26

Guide to Surviving Frozen Outskirts: Hit Them Really Hard

1 Comment
2024/12/01
02:21 UTC

1

I have beaten all of the main bosses in ds2 but the shrine of winter door is not opening

I’m on Ng+ if that’s anything

4 Comments
2024/12/01
02:18 UTC

5

Order of DLC?

I think I'm circling the endgame of my first playthrough. I killed Vendrick, cleared the Dragon's Shrine(left the dragon alive), and did like three giant memories, the king memory, and the dragon memory.

I think I'm right at the end of base game(unless I missed another memory?)

So I think that just leaves DLC. Is there a preferred order to tackle these? Something that makes sense for lore/story? Practicality reasons? I know I've ran across a bunch of the gates/portals for the DLCs but I really don't know which is which offhand.

Any suggestions?

6 Comments
2024/12/01
01:28 UTC

0

In need of guidance

So, after playing Bloodborne on ps4 and Elden Ring on ps5, I finally got around to playing Dark Souls on their horrendous PC-ports (Got them on sale many years ago). DS1 was a blast and pretty simple to get the needed mods installed and activated.

Now I seek guidance for DS2 as the process just to get the game playable for me seems quite daunting. With this I mean the QoL mods like PS button UI mods, enhanced graphics and what not. As I’ve gathered I’m required to install GeDoSaTo before I can repeat the process of the way I installed mods for DS1. OK, simple enough, or so I thought. For this to work I need to disable secure boot. Is this safe for my PC? If so, do you have any recommended mods for a first time playthrough? Thanks in advance.

4 Comments
2024/11/30
23:56 UTC

1

Just collected my first Fragrant Branch of Yore, where should I use it?

There’s the statue outside of Majula and another one in Lost Bastille, which one makes the most sense for me to use it on?

35 Comments
2024/11/30
22:06 UTC

0

Question about spells in ng+

i want to get the platinum ds2 SOTFS on console, i know i have to go ng++ for all spells cause some are sold only in ng+ and ng++, can't i just bonfire ascetic the bonfire where the merchant is ?

4 Comments
2024/11/30
21:20 UTC

98

Dark Souls 3 has some of the same stuff that people hate on DS2 for

I'm a little over 30 hours into Dark Souls 3. This is my first ever playthrough. I've noticed that Dark Souls 3 retained a lot of the things that people say are problems in Dark Souls 2. Being able to Warp to and from any bonfire that you've visited right from the beginning. Constant ambushes by multiple enemies. Disconnected level design. Enemies that pretty much instantly turn to hit you wherever you've rolled in the middle of their attack. The list goes on and on. I am really enjoying Dark Souls 3, though it has definitely frustrated me quite a bit in certain places. Really looking forward to every new area that I get to. I have to say though, after 30 plus hours, Dark Souls 2 is still my favorite.

160 Comments
2024/11/30
20:43 UTC

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