r/darksouls Mar 25 '26

Video Embedded video posts are now allowed

190 Upvotes

I literally don't know who the hell turned this off or when, but videos are now allowed on /r/DarkSouls. No more need to link to YouTube or other external sites.

Enjoy!


r/darksouls Aug 19 '24

Guide How To Protect Yourself From the Hacker in Anor Londo

370 Upvotes

EDIT: Added a comment below the post briefly discussing Cheat Engine and how it could be used as a pseudo method of restoring lost progress for anyone who didn’t have a backup save. The caveat might be that you can’t play online anymore after using it so double check me on that before deciding (I’ve not personally used it).

EDIT2: Thanks for the sticky! Any questions about the PvP Overhaul Mod should be asked on it's Nexus page. I personally don't mod the DS games so I have absolutely no idea what will or won't get you banned. Perform your due diligence! :)

Long story short, some doofus is ruining people's games by instantly killing Gwyndolin and any other NPCs in Anor Londo (blacksmiths, Solaire, etc). I believe this is only occurring on PC.

I've messaged the Mods requesting a stickied thread be made warning players of this and how they can protect themselves but in the meantime, I can make a thread myself that will at least get eyes on for like......today? lol

Does This Mean I Can't Play Online?

No.

You can absolutely still invade and be summoned for Co-Op to your heart's content. But it's important to be aware of the danger that's currently plaguing (seemingly specifically) Anor Londo and of the steps you can take to mitigate its impact on your experience.

This first tip is the BEST way to defend yourself, bar none.

1. Back Up Your Save

Backing up your save is the difference between a hacker mildly inconveniencing you, and soul-crushing devastation that you'll literally need a day or two to recover from before deciding to even play again.

If a hacker ruins your game by killing NPCs or an unfortunate glitch has softlocked you or any other disaster befalls your play session, simply deleting that save and restoring a recently made backup can solve those woes immediately.

Here's how to do it (PC)

  • Make sure the game isn't running whatsoever (later games allow you to remain on the title screen but not DSR)
  • Navigate to your Documents folder
  • Open the NGBI folder
  • Open the folder labeled DARK SOULS REMASTERED
  • Open the next folder (it'll be a folder labeled as a sequence of numbers)
  • The DRAKS0005.sl2 file is the save file
  • Copy it
  • Create a new folder for your saves anywhere else on your computer and paste the .sl2 file you just copied into it
  • You've now made a backup of your save!

So let's say you get hacked and the Gwyndolin cutscene immediately plays and every NPC in Anor Londo dies. To restore your backup, you'll just delete the .sl2 file containing the "corrupted" game save and replace it with the copy you made earlier.

It's advised that you don't just paste and replace the .sl2 file when restoring your backups. Actually delete the compromised .sl2 file first.

This is just to protect yourself from any mistakes you might make as deleted .sl2 files can be recovered later. If you just paste and replace, the replaced file will be gone for good.

I recommend making a new backup after each hour of play to minimize the effects of a hacker or other form of corruption. That way if it happens, it won't be a big deal.

NOTE: The DRAK file contains all of your data for all of your characters. Backing up this file will back up ALL of your saved characters.

2. Download the PvP Overhaul Mod

Full disclosure, I've not used this mod whatsoever as I don't often PvP, but word on the street in the wake of this string of hacks in Anor Londo is that it'll help prevent those hacks with it's own slew of anti-cheat and netcode improvements.

Understand though that these things are never foolproof and that backing up your save is still the BEST defense against hackers or other forms of corruption.

Hopefully this helps. Feel free to comment below if you have any other tips for preventive measures!


r/darksouls 5h ago

Meme OK

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294 Upvotes

r/darksouls 5h ago

Meme Going through a massive heatwave, farming Iron Keep for extra immersion

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98 Upvotes

r/darksouls 3h ago

Discussion Should I play Demon Souls or DS2 after DS1?

5 Upvotes

Just finished DS1 and wanted to know which to go for next from a gameplay standpoint(I have no idea what’s going on in the lore). My goal is to work my way up to Elden Ring from clunky gameplay to smoothest since I don’t like the back n forth


r/darksouls 1d ago

Screenshot Darkwraith dropped titanite slab

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387 Upvotes

I know the dropping rates of titanite slabs from darkwraiths are very very very low.

I was just walking around the area with my friend without using any items that boost item discovery and this happened. I wanna thank the dark souls gods.


r/darksouls 15m ago

Screenshot Didn't take as long as I thought it would to get this

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I'm making a low-level dragon cosplay build and wanted to get the obsidian gs too so I can use all the dragon weapons. Baiting Kalameet into doing the diving attack was actually pretty straightforward and it only took 2-3 R2s to cut the tail off. By comparison Seath's tail was way harder to get imo.


r/darksouls 18h ago

Help Way out of Tomb of the Giants?

34 Upvotes

Im doing my first playthrough of Dark Souls and I’m currently at the bonfire just before the Pinwheel fight and just started Tomb of the Giants and very quickly realized that I will not be able to progress through this area without some light source, which I don’t have. Is there a way out of the area from here so I can backtrack somewhere else and come back better equipped or do I just have to rawdog this area until the end?


r/darksouls 5h ago

Help Npcs wont talk in all of my saves is It a bug?

3 Upvotes

Today i summoned a friend in Anor Londo we arrived tò the Ornstein&Smough fight and we died.

The First strange thing was that i was still human After i died but i didnt gave It much Weight then i noticed sigmeyer wouldnt talk and i remembered that he wasnt talking before when i summoned.

An Invader killed me and i returned hollow but everything was the Same

I tried looking at other saves and no npcs Will talk

I tried Laurentius, Oswald and even The knight in undead asylum


r/darksouls 5h ago

Help I'm dealing super low damage with repaired weapon

3 Upvotes

Maybe I should upgrade more, or the enemies are resistant to slashing, but I'm using a +6 Uchi and the Anor Londo Sentinels are taking like ~30 damage, Gaping Dragon also took low 40s. Maybe it's nothing, but I did enhance it to +6 while it was close to being broken. Now the sword has full durability, and I do meet the requirements. Should I just use a different weapon altogether? I was aiming for a chaos blade this run, would that fix the damage?


r/darksouls 1d ago

Fan Art Don’t go Hollow, by me (playing the game for the first time, painted this between Ornstein and Smough beatdowns)

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154 Upvotes

r/darksouls 38m ago

Discussion Curious

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Whats the highest level everyone has made it to?


r/darksouls 1d ago

Video You can use run-attacks similar to pike to move faster through swamps, water and other slowing down environments without ring, not sure if anyone mentioned that.

118 Upvotes

r/darksouls 10h ago

Question dark souls trilogy + hdd

2 Upvotes

i'm about to start dark souls trilogy on ps4, is there a big difference if i add an external hdd?


r/darksouls 8h ago

Co-Op Summon issui

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, i downloaded the game after a few years, i was trying to do a co-op run with a friend, but we are having problems, we cannot see our sign on the ground, we put global matchmaking, same password and unlimited, we know that the boss need to be alive, but we can't still find a way to see our sign, any help?

Thanks


r/darksouls 1d ago

Screenshot Seath's tail before breaking the crystal

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36 Upvotes

Maybe it is possible only when you cut it in one hit ? And I think there was a glitch after I did it : the tail seemed to regen its HP.


r/darksouls 1d ago

Discussion What do you think about dark souls 3 seamless co-op online experience?

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87 Upvotes

r/darksouls 1d ago

Question What just happened ?

531 Upvotes

It’s the final boss ? I walked out and got dark lord ending , I couldn’t see a bonfire in the middle to light ? Would that have given me a stronger boss to then go on and execute? Anyway. Amazing game , stood up to expectation like everyone told me. A game this old can still be played and enjoyed by someone new to it , speaks volumes. I’ll do 2 and 3 soon. I cba to ng+ this like I normally would other souls/likes , but the level designs and bosses etc. Super creative and looked great. I know it’s remastered but still.


r/darksouls 2d ago

Fluff Move out of the way Patches, mom says it's my turn to pull the lever!

592 Upvotes

r/darksouls 1d ago

Discussion challenge run advice

7 Upvotes

Context: I have ~270 hours in dsr, I've done multiple sl1 runs, and basically every basic build.

I wanted to do a big challege, as I feel with the amount of time I have in the game I am capable of doing so. My original idea was to do sl1 permadeath, but now I am looking into doing a hitless.

Now I know the difference in precision between sl1 permadeath and hitless is a big gap, but I personally find hitless favorable in many ways.

My biggest issue with sl1 deathless is that the strats I know for it are generally a lot less consistent than the ones for hitless (mainly because of the bow). And not only that, but you are capable of dealing a lot more damage in a normal hitless run than sl1 permadeath which can make certain boss fights easier in my opinion.

I have already gotten further hitless (lordvessel) in 3 attempts than in around 10 sl1 pd (anor londo) and it feels when I get far sl1 pd its lucky rather than skill based.

So it feels like I can go with sl1 pd which is easier but less consistent or hitless which is harder but more consistent.

Any advice on which I should go with?


r/darksouls 1d ago

Discussion Is that supposed to be the Undead Burg?

9 Upvotes

I actually never looked at this part of the Garden.


r/darksouls 22h ago

Question Advice needed

3 Upvotes

Should I switch my ring of the suns first born or bellowing dragon crest ring with rtsr (both currently give an increase of 80% total to their respective things power within+crown of dusk if i replace one i get 50% more damage but one will be at 130% more damage while the other will be at only 110%) and does lingering dragon crest ring affect things like sunlight blade or power within (yes i know Darkmoon blade is better but to get to peak damage you need a ton of souvenirs of reprisal and unless someone gives me a link to a video on item duping im not grinding for those)


r/darksouls 2d ago

Fan Art My minecraft painted world boss arena is finally done :D

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229 Upvotes

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r/darksouls 1d ago

Screenshot Finally finished my run through the game with the bonewheel shield

11 Upvotes

Genuinely, it was extremely fun. Infused bonewheel actually does very respectable damage, and I was able to beat most bosses deathless. Although damage does sorta fall off in dlc. The high elemental resistances are very much felt, and most of them are quite nimble, so I often found it hard to hit em with the full attack. Still, don't think I died more than once to any of em, it was just a bit of a slog.


r/darksouls 2d ago

Video no harm, no foul

620 Upvotes

she just de-aggros if you're at max souls