Not every treasure chest is as helpful as it seems. Sometimes, you'll get near one and find that it is actually a dangerous Mimic. Your best bet is to hack apart any chest you find, so that you can get a head start if it winds up having a life meter. However, another trick is to stand nearby, outside of potential striking range. Watch the chest closely for several seconds. If you see any movement, such as an opening and closing lid, that's your cue to get offensive.
Easy "Covenant: Aldrich Faithful" trophy
This covenant is located in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley after the Pontiff Sulyvahn boss fight. Run outside from the Pontiff Sulyvahn bonfire, then go left up the stairs. Run directly through the sleeping giants and go up the stairs and enter the room at the end. Pass through the illusory wall in the rear left corner and use the ladder to go down into a watery chamber. Defeat the two rat-lizard mini-Bosses here. Note: Lure them with a ranged attack from the ladder to fight them individually. Archdeacon McDonnell will be in the rear left corner of the room, and will give you access to the covenant.
Easy "Covenant: Blade of the Darkmoon" trophy
From the Anor Londo Bonfire, set the elevator spiral staircase to the top position. Run down the stairs and look at the horizon, away from Anor Londo to spot a distant bonfire on a tower. To reach it, you have to use an invisible walkway directly from the stone pavement you are standing on. No jumping is required. The invisible walkway travels in a straight line up until it is directly parallel to the bonfire. Once there, roll down to reach it. Either shoot arrows into the ground or use prism stones (which are sold by the Shrine Handmaid in Firelink Shrine) to see where the invisible path is found and where it ends. The woman that allows you to join the covenant is next to the bonfire.
Easy "Covenant: Warrior of Sunlight" trophy
There is a large bonfire near the beginning of the Undead Settlement area, with a lot of enemies standing around. Walk near the left side of the area past the fire into a dark alley. Open the door there to find a room full of hanging bodies. Drop down the hole in the floor to the right of the entrance to find the Warrior of Sunlight talisman.
Easy Uchigatana
If you want the Uchigatana katana, you'll have to defeat the master swordsman who wields it. You'll find him near the top of Firelink Shrine. However, you don't have to fight him fairly. You can ascend carefully to the rooftops and then run along them. You should see the swordsman, running along the base of the wall, hoping to duel. From your vantage point, you can safely take him down with shots from the Soul Arrow spell. Just make sure you don't run out of magic in the process, or you'll have to drop down and finish the job the old-fashioned way.
Firelink Shrine Trades
If you know what items to leave with the crow near Firelink Shrine, you can receive some nice rewards. Just keep track of what you provide as an offering, since you can only leave a particular offering once. The list below lists the items you can leave, along with their corresponding rewards.
Alluring Skull - Hello Carving
Avelyn - Titanite Scale (x3)
Black Firebomb / Rope Black Firebomb - Titanite Chunk
Blacksmith Hammer - Titanite Scale
Coiled Sword Fragment - Titanite Slab
Divine Blessing - Very Good Carving
Eleonora - Hollow Gem
Firebomb / Rope Firebomb - Large Titanite Shard
Hidden Blessing - Thank You Carving
Large Leather Shield - Twinkling Titanite
Loretta's Bone - Ring of Sacrifice
Moaning Shield - Blessed Gem
Prism Stone - Twinkling Titanite
Saint-tree Bellvine - Help Me Carving
Shriving Stone - Call Over Emote / I'm Sorry Carving
Undead Bone Shard - Porcine Shield
Vertebrae Shackle - Lucatiel's Mask
Xanthous Crown - Lightning Gem
Free Respecialization
1. Find the character named Rosaria, and select "Reallocate Stats." You must not have used all five Respecs. 2. Choose the new stats that you'd like the character to have. 3. Select "Rebirth," this will apply the stats to your character. 4. At this point, STOP. You will be in the same menu where you chose "Reallocate Stats." Wait for the game to save your data. At no point should you exit this menu. 5. Exit the game. Either turn off your system, or go to the system menu and exit the game. Do not exit the menu to close the game by normal means, you must kill the program while the menu is still selected, right after you allocated your stats. If done correctly, when you start up the game again, your stats will have changed, but the number of times you may choose to reallocate stats will stay the same.
Gestures
Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding gesture.
Applause
Speak with Leonhard after he appears at Firelink Shrine and get the Cracked Red Orbs. Then, talk to him again to get the key to the locked door under the Tower on the Wall Bonfire in High Wall of Lothric leading to Darkwraith. Kill the Darkwraith to get a Red Eye Orb then speak with Leonhard again to learn the gesture.
Beckon
Speak with Yoel of Londor near the Foot of the High Wall Bonfire.
Bow
Available by default.
By My Sword
Summon Black Hand Gotthard and he will perform the gesture.
Call Over
Trade a Homeward Bone with the crows.
Collapse
Meet with Hawkwood.
Curl Up
Give Greirat of the Undead Settlement a Loretta's Bone.
Darkmoon Loyalty
Speak with Sirris in Firelink Shrine.
Dignified Bow
Meet the Yuria of Londor.
Duel Bow
Get five Dark Sigils by leveling up with Yoel. Then summon the Londor Pale Shade, who appears at various locations.
Hurrah!
Speak with Blacksmith Andre.
Joy
Available by default.
Jump for Joy
Available by default.
Legion Etiquette
Pray to the Old Wolf statue found in the Farron Swamp.
My Thanks!
Fight the Knight Slayer Tsorig in the Demon Ruins.
Patches Squat
Speak with Patches at the Firelink Shrine.
Path of The Dragon
Learned from corpse after Oceiros, the Consumed King. It is required to access the Archdragon Peak.
Point Down
Available by default.
Point Forward
Available by default.
Point Up
Available by default.
Praise the Sun
Pray at the Altar of Sunlight in Lothric Castle.
Prayer
Meet with Irina.
Proper Bow
Kill Heyzel in the Farron Keep and get a Pale Tongue to the Rosaria's Fingers Covenant. Extinguish three flames and you will see her summon sign at Keep Ruins Bonfire. Summon her to get the gesture.
Prostration
Reply negatively to Patches when he apologizes.
Quiet Resolve
Speak with Horace at the Halfway Fortress Bonfire.
Rejoice
Obtained during the Siegward questline.
Rest
Rest at a Bonfire.
Silent Ally
Obtained from Orbeck of Vinheim after he relocates to Firelink.
Sleep
Learn Toast from Siegward of Catarina then speak with him again after he has gone to sleep.
Stretch Out
Go to the Profaned Capital near the first Bonfire and learn it near the corpse found there.
Toast
Speak with Siegward of Catarina after killing the demon.
Wave
Available by default.
Welcome
Speak with Cornyx in the Undead Settlement, then at the Firelink Shrine.
Havel's Armor
Find the Havel NPC in Archdragon Peak. Kill him and he will drop his weapon and a Greatshield. Now, make your way to the bridge located above Farron Keep. There, you should find a set of armor resting next to the stray demon. The armor only appears in that location if you have first killed Havel at Archdragon Peak.
How to Defeat Vordt of The Boreal Valley
Vordt is the Second Boss you will be encountering in Hall Wall of Lothric after Ludex Gundyr. Vordt is a Knight or we can say a fallen knight has turned into a beast and you must take him down. He has the ability to walk on all fours also wields a mace in one hand. Taking him down will be easy only if you have the right equipment like you must have an Armor or any item that will boost your frost resistance to blocking Vordt's ice attacks.
Now taking Vordt down should be an easy task, simply stay close to his Rear side and wait for him to swing his attack, once he is done it's time to charge him with your light weight attacks and the roll away from him. If you manage to drain his 50% of the health which will make him angry and he will start charging attacks 3 times more than normal, then with some ice attacks from his mouth. SO Repeat the same tricks to get behind him, wait for the right moment and then charge with Heavy attacks until you get him down. Once you Defeat him he will drop Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt and 3000 souls.
Infinite experience
Bonfires currently respawn enemies. Thus, once you reach the Firelink Shrine, use the bonfire. Then, teleport back to the first area and all the enemies will have respawned. You can kill them again with minimal difficulty and work your way back to Firelink Shrine. Repeat this as many times as desired. This can be done with any bonfire to respawn enemies. To get more HP and survive longer, ember yourself while doing this. After you ember yourself, use a dried finger. This increases the amount of souls you gain for a limited time, but you have to be embered for this to take effect. Additionally, equip the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring to get even more souls between rests at the bonfire. Note: This exploit was performed on patch 1.04 of the game. It will eventually get patched. To avoid not being able to use this exploit, either do not install new patches before using this exploit or delete the patches. You can avoid patches being installed by disconnecting from the internet until you are ready for the game to install new patches.
Infinite souls
This exploit can be used with any of the Boss Souls you acquire after defeating a Boss. It can be very difficult to do at first, but once you get the timing down it becomes much easier. First, clear the tool belt of any items. Next, add an empty estus flask to your tool belt slot. Equip a shield that lets you parry (for example, the Knight's starting shield). Then, add a Boss Soul to one of your quick item slots. Make sure there are no other items in your quick item slots. Finally, while holding D-pad Down the entire time, perform a parry (L2), then during the parry (when the shield is parallel to your character's shoulder -- just one frame before he starts to drop it down), very quickly press Square, Options, X. Another method is while holding D-pad Down the entire time, press L2, then quickly press Square(3), Options, X. If done correctly, the equipment box will appear for a split-second and you will get a prompt to use the soul and the HUD (that displays the quick item slots with the Boss Soul in it) in the bottom left corner will have disappeared. If you do not see the equipment box briefly appear and the HUD is still visible, select "No" when prompted to use the soul. Otherwise, you will use the soul and not retain it. If the equipment box did appear briefly during the button sequence and the HUD has disappeared, select "Yes" to use it and get a lot of souls and still have the Boss Soul equipped. Repeat this process as many times as desired. Note: It is recommended to create a cloud or USB backup of your saved game before attempting this exploit. Thus, if you make a mistake you can restore your saved game from the cloud or USB and try again. Additionally, this glitch was performed on patch 1.03 of the game. It may get patched. To avoid not being able to use this exploit, either do not install new patches before using this exploit or delete the patches. You can avoid patches being installed by disconnecting from the internet until you are ready for the game to install new patches.
Infinite Souls (Exploit)
By taking advantage of a special exploit, you can use a Boss Soul and it will remain in your inventory. Thus, you can generate as many as 20,000 souls every seven seconds or so, just by repeatedly consuming the same Boss Soul. The exploit is valid through at least patch 1.03, but will likely be fixed at some point after that. Before you begin, make sure that you save a copy of your file in case something goes wrong. Then, carefully complete the following steps.
Equip a shield that allows you to parry, such as the starting shield for the Knight class
Place a Boss Soul in your first Quick Item slot and equip all items in any other slots.
Place an empty Estus Flask in your first toolbelt slot.
With everything set up as indicated above, hold DOWN on the d-pad and be ready to quickly follow the next step indicated in the process.
While continuing to hold the DOWN button, parry and then quickly enter the following button combination, starting as the shield's position is parallel to your character's shoulder: L2, SQUARE, OPTIONS, X.
You have to time things very specifically, or the process will not work and you'll use up your Boss Soul without the opportunity to exploit it.
If you perform the exploit properly, a confirmation box will appear and your item select option will vanish. You will be able to consume the soul while it remains in your inventory. If you perform the exploit successfully eight times in a minute, that works out to 160,000 souls. If you maintain that rate, it works out to more than 9 million souls per hour.
Irithyll Straight Sword Location
In order to obtain the Irithyll Straight Sword, you must travel to Undead Settlement area. Travel to the tower from where someone is showering Arrows at you from the start. At the entrance of the Tower, you see someone coming up from the elevator who is actually Siegward of Catarina. Use the elevator to head down to the basement and then head towards the room where you will the Frost Knight. Now he is very quick with his attacks so he can kill you in seconds if you aren't guarded. If you try attacking him with fire he will give up really faster rather than normal heavy combat. Once you take him down he will drop Irithyll Straight Sword, so grab it and start using it.
Save Ember for Emergencies
Ember raises your life maximum, and in the process, it restores your life to the higher total. That's always useful, but it's especially useful when you're in a grueling battle with a powerful opponent, such as a boss. Save Ember until those occasions, and put it to use when you need it most. Not only will you gain a max HP boost, but you'll take advantage of some much-needed healing that would otherwise be wasted.
Snuggly the Crow items
Get close to the nest above Firelink Shrine to talk to Snuggly the Crow. He will trade items for specific things that are dropped in her nest with the "Leave" item option in your inventory. Note: You can only do one trade per playthrough, however this resets with each New Game+. Warning: Do not exit the game with an item still resting on the ground before the trade has been completed or you will lose it.
Traded item
New item
Alluring Skull
Hello Carving
Avelyn
Titanite Scale
Black Firebomb
Titanite Chunk
Blacksmith Hammer
Titanite Scale
Caitha's Chime
Help Me! Carving
Cleric's Sacred Chime
Help Me! Carving
Coiled Sword Fragment
Titanite Slab
Crystal Chime
Help Me! Carving
Divine Blessing
Very good! Carving
Eleonora
Hollow Gem
Firebomb
Large Titanite Shard
Hidden Blessing
Thank you Carving
Homeward Bone
Iron Bracelets
Large Leather Shield
Twinkling Titanite
Lightning Urn
Iron Helm
Loretta's Bone
Ring of Sacrifice
Mendicant's Staff
Sunlight Shield
Moaning Shield
Blessed Gem
Priest's Chime
Help Me! Carving
Prism Stone
Twinkling Titanite
Rope Black Firebomb
Titanite Chunk
Rope Firebomb
Large Titanite Shard
Saint-Tree Bellvine
Help Me! Carving
Seed of a Giant Tree
Iron Leggings
Shriving Stone
I'm sorry Carving
Siegbräu
Armor of the Sun
Undead Bone Shard
Porcine Shield
Vertebra Shackle
Lucatiel's Mask
Xanthous Crown
Lightning Gem
Yorshka's Chime
Help Me! Carving
Solaire's Armor
You can unlock armor that looks like the armor Solaire famously wore in the first Dark Souls game by heading to the roof of Firelink Shrine with the proper items in your possession. First, buy the Belltower Key from the Firelink Handmaid, who will require 20,000 souls. Then ascend the tower toward the bridge. From there, you can drop to the roof and find a nest, where a strange voice calls to you. Leave items in the nest and the crow will give you something else in exchange. It's possible to leave several items (only once each) that will award you the pieces of the desired armor. The list below indicates which items you can offer to receive the desired armor pieces.
Homeward Bone - Iron Bracelets.
Lightning Urn - Iron Helm.
Mendicant's Staff - Sunlight Shield.
Seed of a Giant Tree - Iron Leggings.
Siegbrau - Armor of the Sun.
Transposition
Boss Souls can undergo transposition to be transformed into weapons, magic, and other items. They can also be converted to a large amount of souls. Transposition is done through Ludleth of Courland at Firelink Shrine. Before starting you will need the indicated Boss Soul and the Transposing Kiln, which is obtained from Curse-Rotted Greatwood.
Soul of Aldrich: Lifehunt Scythe, Darkmoon Longbow, or broken into 15,000 souls.
Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt: Vordt's Great Hammer, Pontiff's Left Eye, or broken into 2,000 souls.
Soul of Champion Gundyr: Gundyr's Halberd, Prisoner's Chain, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of Consumed Oceiros: White Dragon Breath, Moonlight Greatsword, or broken into 12,000 souls.
Soul of Dragonslayer Armour: Dragonslayer Greataxe, Dragonslayer Greatshield, or broken into 15,000 souls.
Soul of High Lord Wolnir: Wolnir's Holy Sword, Black Serpent, or broken into 10,000 souls.
Soul of Pontiff Sulyvahn: Greatsword of Judgment, Profaned Greatsword, or broken into 12,000 souls.
Soul of Yhorm the Giant: Yhorm's Great Machete, Yhorm's Greatshield, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of a Crystal Sage: Crystal Sage's Rapier, Crystal Hail, or broken into 3,000 souls.
Soul of a Demon: Demon's Greataxe, Demon's Fist, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of a Stray Demon: Havel's Ring, Boulder Heave, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of the Blood of the Wolf: Farron Greatsword, Wolf Knight's Greatsword, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of the Dancer: Soothing Sunlight, Dancer's Enchanted Swords, or broken into 10,000 souls.
Soul of the Deacons of the Deep: Cleric's Candlestick, Deep Soul, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of the Lords: Sunlight Spear, Firelink Greatsword, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Soul of the Nameless King: Storm Curved Sword, Dragonslayer Swordspear, Lightning Storm, or broken into 16,000 souls.
Soul of the Old Demon King: Chaos Bed Vestiges, Old King's Great Hammer, or broken into 10,000 souls.
Soul of the Rotted Greatwood: Hollowslayer Greatsword, Arstor's Spear, or broken into 3,000 souls.
Soul of the Twin Princes: Lothric's Holy Sword, Lorian's Greatsword, or broken into 20,000 souls.
Various Trophies
Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation 4 trophy rewards.
Trophy
How to unlock
Ancient Wyvern (Bronze)
Defeat Ancient Wyvern.
Archdragon Peak (Bronze)
Reach Archdragon Peak.
Champion Gundyr (Bronze)
Defeat Champion Gundyr.
Covenant: Aldritch Faithful (Bronze)
Discover Aldritch Faithful covenant.
Covenant: Blade of the Darkmoon (Bronze)
Discover Blade of the Darkmoon covenant.
Covenant: Blue Sentinels (Bronze)
Discover Blue Sentinels covenant.
Covenant: Mound-makers (Bronze)
Discover Mound-makers covenant.
Covenant: Rosaria's Fingers (Bronze)
Discover Rosaria's Fingers covenant.
Covenant: Warrior of Sunlight (Bronze)
Discover Warrior of Sunlight covenant.
Covenant: Watchdogs of Farron (Bronze)
Discover Watchdogs of Farron covenant.
Covenant: Way of Blue (Bronze)
Discover Way of Blue covenant.
Crystal Sage (Bronze)
Defeat Crystal Sage.
Curse-rotted Greatwood (Bronze)
Defeat the Curse-rotted Greatwood.
Dancer of the Boreal Valley (Bronze)
Defeat Dancer of the Boreal Valley.
Deacons of the Deep (Bronze)
Defeat the Deacons of the Deep.
Dragonslayer Armour (Bronze)
Defeat Dragonslayer Armour.
Embrace the Flame (Bronze)
Become a Host of Embers for the first time.
Enkindle (Bronze)
Light a bonfire flame for the first time.
High Lord Wolnir (Bronze)
Defeat High Lord Wolnir.
Iudex Gundyr (Bronze)
Defeat Iudex Gundyr.
Lord of Cinder: Aldritch, Devourer of Gods (Silver)
Defeat Aldritch, Devourer of Gods, Lord of Cinder.
Lord of Cinder: Lothric, Younger Prince (Silver)
Defeat Lothric, Younger Prince, Lord of Cinder.
Lord of Cinder: Yhorm the Giant (Silver)
Defeat Yhorm the Giant, Lord of Cinder.
Lords of Cinder: Abyss Watchers (Silver)
Defeat the Abyss Watchers, Lords of Cinder.
Master of Expression (Silver)
Learn all gestures.
Master of Infusion (Silver)
Perform all forms of infusion.
Master of Miracles (Silver)
Acquire all miracles.
Master of Pyromancies (Silver)
Acquire all pyromancies.
Master of Rings (Silver)
Acquire all rings.
Master of Sorceries (Silver)
Acquire all sorceries.
Oceiros, the Consumed King (Bronze)
Defeat Oceiros, the Consumed King.
Old Demon King (Bronze)
Defeat Old Demon King.
Pontiff Sulyvahn (Bronze)
Defeat Pontiff Sulyvahn.
Supreme Weapon Reinforcement (Silver)
Reinforce any weapon to the highest level.
The Dark Soul (Platinum)
Acquire all trophies.
The End of Fire (Gold)
Reach "The End of Fire" ending.
The Nameless King (Bronze)
Defeat Nameless King.
The Usurpation of Fire (Gold)
Reach "The Usurpation of Fire" ending.
To Link the First Flame (Gold)
Reach "To Link the First Flame" ending.
Ultimate Bonfire (Silver)
Reinforce a bonfire to the highest level.
Ultimate Estus (Silver)
Reinforce the Estus Flask to the highest level.
Untended Graves (Bronze)
Reach the Untended Graves.
Vordt of the Boreal Valley (Bronze)
Defeat Vordt of the Boreal Valley.
Walls Have Secrets
Don't just blindly trust that things are as they appear in Dark Souls III. Often, you can find what appears to be a wall and it's actually only an illusion. Make sure that you check walls in suspicious places by slashing at them with a weapon, particularly near archways. Sometimes, you'll find a hidden path that is well worth exploring.
