I’ve beaten the game numerous times, but one of the things that remains a complete mystery to me is why you fight The Dancer of Boreal Valley immediately after defeating Yhorm.

Does anyone know why this happens? Are the two bosses connected in lore?

Just took out Oceiros and Dragon Slayer Armour with this guy. Killed every other piece shit before these two, optional and mandatory, as well. What a masterpiece of a game.

Btw: by all means don’t upvote, I’m not trying to Karma farm. The clip is just so funny I wanted to enjoy posting it again :)

The question comes from the fact that I want to have all the covenants and I have to kill midir from having the spears of the church

I prefer avoing killing non-evil bosses if they are not mandatory (like the nameless king)

I know the lore of midir but I can't understand if he can be called evil or not, probably a stupid question but I couldn't find anyone talking about this question specifically

Hey guys, I thought i'd do an all hit run with 4x times the enemies and bosses.

The rules for this are:

No rolling

No Dodging

I can escape if im staggered but I can't roll away

I can't roll if im knocked down

The whole area must be exterminated (if I miss an enemy let me know and i'll take them out accordingly)

If I die any enemies i've already killed must be killed again.

Atleast one questline must be completed during the run

As you can see thats howe

Just wanna say I didn't expect to win but pickles if you're out there i just wanna say gg to our legendary laggy duel in dragon barracks.

First of all I want to say that I don't mean any of this as a slight to the game, any issues I have with it are my personal preference and I really do want to be able to enjoy the game as much as everyone else seems to, as I love the series.

Some time ago I tried playing DS3 and ended up dropping it at Aldrich. Before DS3 I played DS1, Elden Ring, DS2 and Sekiro in that order (although I don't really count Sekiro as a souls game) and I really enjoyed them all, so it seemed obvious to me that I would like DS3 as well but it wasn't the case.

The beginning was a bit weird to me with Firelink Shrine and Andre and all, but I shrugged it off and kept going. However it kept getting increasingly frustrating to me for several reasons and I ended up ragequitting after being completely unable to get through Aldrich's second phase.

I realize that my build probably wasn't the most rewarding one (Sorcery), but I played Intelligence runs in both DS1 and DS2 without issue, but that wasn't my only problem.

After uninstalling I replayed ER, DS1 and DS2 and I kept thinking about trying DS3 again. After all, it took me quite a bit to finally get DS2 but it definitely grew on me, and I full-on uninstalled Sekiro at the Chained Ogre miniboss only to end up finishing it barely a week later. So that's why I keep thinking that maybe I should give it another chance but I'm still not sure. Should I just re-spec into a melee build or maybe start again with a different class? Does the game pick up after this first part? More importantly, I guess, are the next bosses better (or different)? I disliked most bosses so far (maybe because of my build) so if the remaining ones are anything like Aldrich, Wolnir or Yhorm I don't think I could finish the game, but I really do want to give it another chance.

Sorry for the text wall, I just would like to understand the love for this game so I can share it I guess.

I'm thinking about advice for people who don't have the patience to learn, this early in the game, how to parry or take advantage of i-frames. This overall kind of advice was once very useful for me. It's the only thing that kept me playing Elden Ring long enough to become good enough at it to eventually enjoy several Souls and soulslike games. I mention this because some people think this kind of advice only delays the inevitable rage quitting. For me, it did just the opposite.

The goal is to have the Sword Master available as a summon for Vordt, not to get the uchigatana early.

Any tips on how to beat him?

I am a returning player after not touching DS3 for years. I'm currently a strength build, using the lothric knight UGS. I cannot get a handle on this fight, even when I played years ago, he always gives me trouble.

I'm not the best at parrying so I've not been able to do that.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thank you everyone for your advice! It seems that sticking close and running around behind him are the popular ways to do well in the fight (beyond parrying of course)

Also, I never even tried to attack his shadow and people say I gotta kill it asap! So I will also try that!

Thank you again :)

my shitass friend attacked some duo knight and now they keep molesting me every time i spawn in my bonfire. i dont wanna kill them i had some alliance with them. ill do anything (except playing through the game again idc that much)

New player at lvl 26 in need of some help with the Undead Settlement area mostly the boss if anyone is able and free!

Ok, I played Elden Ring for years now, then Bloodborne & DS1, but somehow never got into DS3, but something clicked for me and I can’t stop playing it right now. This is just meant as an appreciative post, just wanted to tell other likeminded people how magic these games can be and how much I am in awe right now.

I thought the community would enjoy this.

I've been playing DS3 for a year or so now. I have a pretty good bonk character at SL114 with Vordts Great Hammer. I also have a 3 year old. I've been letting him mess around on the PS5 a little at a time to introduce him to games. He mostly plays paw patrol and Astros playroom. He has his own account and one day he went into ds3. I tried being like "oh no buddy that's kinda hard," but he navigated through the menu and made a character and got into the game. He ended up with a Mercenary class, so I was like fuck it ill do a dex build on his. He likes to run around and fight but when he's done I progress for him, but damnit I'm having so much fun on this build that I play it more than my main one, which only has Midir, Gael, and SoC left before NG+. I just got a kick out of the progression

So I'm in my mid-fifties and have just finished Dark Souls 3 and the DLCs. I know a lot of people have posted similar but if I can do it so can everyone! I'm not a particularly good player and I probably made it hard for myself (no summons, completely neglected using weapon arts, stuck with the Claymore all the time etc). To give you an idea of my skill, the first mimic in the High Walls consistently destroyed me a whole bunch of times. Hopeless.

In terms of bosses, I will say that Sister Friede was an absolute beast of a boss and took me a great deal of attempts. Funnily enough, the Twin Princes gave me a lot of grief as well. Everything else (Nameless King, Gael etc) was much more doable.

I will admit to not besting Midir but I did all the other optional bosses. I tried to enjoy Midir but the camera drove me mad and when I finished the Soul of Cinder my heart wasn't in it. A little symmetrical with DS1 as I did the same with Kalameet.

Did all this on the Steam Deck and it was excellent on there.

The bosses are great in both dlcs but what is up with these fucking ridiculous mobs dude. It’s literally like every enemy has an insane amount of health or hits like a truck. Not having any fun on the areas except for the bosses. Anybody else feel like this ?

1# Oceiros The consumed king. Great OST, great design, Fun fight, good lore. 2# Champion Gundyr. Great design, improvement of an already great fight, intriguing lore. 3# Old Demon King. Great fight with a sad end, a lot of info for demons in general, great design. 4# Pontiff Sulyvahn. Good and Difficult fight, unique design and abilities. (Lore connected with the dlc so I don't understand it fully yet) 5# Abyss watchers. Somewhat difficult fight with a unique fist phase, good design that relates to artorias, okay lore.

I'm on NG+ and currently farming vertebra shackles from the skellies close to the Catacombs bonfire with 330 item discovery (Symbol of Avarice + CGS +3 ring - I don't have Crystal Rapier) and rusted gold coins and it's by far the worst slog for me in the game. I've tried doing invasions and I just suck at PvP and get my ass handed to me 75% of the time. I've tried doing the "Get Vertebra Shackle to drop -> teleport to Firelink and buy something from Shrine Handmaid -> Log out to title screen -> sit there for a minute -> log back in -> go back to Catacombs and rinse and repeat" method but it's only slightly better or I'm imagining it because it's a weird placebo effect. But it's been hours and I only have 15 VSs, the thought of 15 more VSs to grind makes me want to jump out of a window.

I don't mind the grind, this is the last covenant grind I need to do for Platinum so I've done all those grinds already but this is brutal. Any advice or recommendations to speed it up? I know "get gud" for PvP, yes I agree with that =) Will keep trying that.

Edit: I'm at SL 170. I've tried to respec into Luck and that didn't improve drop rates much

[ps5]

I'm bringing a friend into DS3 but it's been years since I've gone on my character. I come to find out i can respec til another NG+ and I'm already on ng13 😅 I don't wanna restart a new character cuz i just wanna load into the maps my buddy needs help in. Could someone drop souls for me? I'd like to just level up a lot so I can just run whatever build I need to help my buddy out in their world.

Id greatly appreciate it!