Cheats and Exploits - Dark Souls Guide - IGN (2024)

Halfway Help For those of you that have a hard time in the beginning of the game. When you make it out of the undead asylum your droped off at the fire link shrine from there head down the stairs toward the top of the torch, just keep going down. From here search the area untill you find a chest with an item that allows you to attack the ghosts.Dont go to far in but if your lucky one of the ghosts will drop one of the daggers they use, it can easyly be useded thruought most of the game it upgrades with twinkiling titinite but is well worth it. Wg 0.5 bleed x200 starting att.144 and it kills ghosts withought the need for a curse.

Confirmed as of june 22nd 2014

This is a great way to ensure you stay one step ahead of the game, although maybe not max your stats straight away. Keep in mind, however, that as the difficulty increases, so will the number of souls required to buy/level/etc., and new soul items will be required to perform this exploit efficiently.

The first spot this exploit becomes available is directly after defeating the Moonlight Butterfly in Darkroot Garden. Place the Soul of the Moonlight Butterfly (SotMB) in a quick-item slot. Cycle through until it is equipped. Now, press START (or the corresponding button on your platform [controls listed are XB360]) and open your item inventory. Ensure that Estus Flasks are still the first item, and you have not rearranged your inventory. It is also recommended, especially when learning the exploit for the first time, that you equip a slow-attacking weapon, such as the Zweihander, to get the timing right - once perfected, almost any weapon is usable. Exit the menu and ensure you are in a safe area; a corner is preferred, but not necessary.

This exploit works by tricking the game into using an Estus in place of the item, but giving the item effects.

To do the exploit is fairly simple. Attack the corner wall (or wherever you happen to be standing). Make sure these are full swings, and not simply deflecting off the wall. About mid-way (near one-third; just practice with the timing) through the attack, press X to use the SotMB. Quickly afterwards, whilst still in the attack animation, press START, A, A, and A again to use an Estus Flask. A confirmation box will then appear. Select "Yes" to use the SotMB. This gives 1200 souls, keeps the item in your inventory, and drains a single Estus use. Keep in mind this works with empty Estus as well.

If you happen to mess up during any part, don't panic. Just simply select "No" in the confirmation box and try again. Most errors only result in a use of the Estus Flask anyway.

You can repeat this process as many times as you like. Any item with a confirmation box can be used, such as Homeward Bones. Remember not to grind too much with low-value souls, as later in the game you aquire much better returns (the second exploitable soul is Queelag's, worth 8000; almost seven times more souls per exploit).

The Nest Exploit

There is a way to exploit hawk girl's item trading when you return to the prison. You can get infinite amount of twinkling titanite and demon titanite by doing the following:

Demon titanite: drop 1 prism stone in hawk girl's nest and exit the game. Load your safe file and you will be right where you left. Before you pick up the already converted item, drop another prism stone and then pick the demon titanite. Exit and load again with another demon titanite waiting for you. You can repeat until you get 99 of the said titanite. This only works if you have not previously traded the prism stone. If that is not the case you can do it in a new game or new game +.

Twinkling titanite: the very same steps as demon titanite, but you would need to drop blooming purple moss clump. The reward is 2 twinkling titanites.

Note: both prism stone and blooming purple moss clump can be purchased from the undead merchant (female).

• • This will be patched with the upcoming 1.04 patch **

(However, Twinkling Titanite will become purchasable in 1.04)

• Notice*

This is the most difficult game created, be careful before "cheating". This game keeps track of something as trivial as betraying your covenant, as you might be invaded by dark spirits from new game +, or new game ++ if in your new game +. Also some game aspects may become unavailable (such as hero summoning of the witch before the moonlight butterfly battle.) or areas removed due to cheating.

I recently Discovered an Exploit and was not familliar with the rules of editing this page. If this is the wrong location I appologize and request that some one move it to the proper location.

**SPOILERS**

For this to work you must either be thief class or have chosen the master key as your "gift" at the start of the game.This exploit will make killing the Taurus Demon unnecessary turning the undead burg into a humanity farm.

After arriving at fire link shrine level up so that you have as few souls on you as possible as this is risky and you may die a few times when attempting this. From there descend to new londo ruins and take the staircase leading to vally of drakes and unlock it. Cross the bridges and head towards the undead dragon and sprint past him, once you are out of range of his attacks allow your stamina to recover then sprint past the 2 blue drakes in your path to the elevator that leads to the Dark Root Basin bonfire and rest at it to give you a check point for this next part. From there head up the ramp and run past the spear weilding dark knight, he will stop chasing you before you reach the crystal geko, and head to dark root garden there will be one bush monster in your path if you feel confident you can kill him feel free to otherwise run past him towards the titanite demon in the basem*nt of the building with the black smith, he is slow and easily dodged so run past him and up the stairs to the bonfire of undead parish rest there for a check point and to recover if necessary. From this bonfire go up stairs and head along the path to the undead church, dont start sprinting untill you are half way up the stairs as you will need your stamina, dodge the hollow warriors and sprint past the knight with the wall sheild to the elevators in the undead church and enter them to return to fire link shrine. at this point the Taurus demon can be bypassed, however if you want to make it even easier to bypass him return to the bonfire above the black smith.

From the bonfire above the black smith head towards the undead church again this time sprint left instead of entering and dodge the hollow soldiers you need to swing far right to avoid the sword of the first one and far left for the second one then up the stairs you can run normal here to recover stamia just before the balder knight start sprinting and run right and head towards the gian boar (you may need to open the gate if so you will likely die doing so but it willl be open for your next run) straiph left arrond the hollow warriors and sprint down the left edge of the staircase and run to the left side of the next staircase and off the edge of it avoiding the flaming cart, this path will tie up the boar for a moment so you can recover some stamina by running normal for a few yards, sprint towards the final stair case aim yourself at the left side of the stairs and and jump just before reaching them to avoid an arrow and the last hollow warrior in the parrish, turn left into the passage way and slide down the ladder to save time. Put up your shield and run along the edge of the room of the rats to avoid them and head out onto the edge of the bridge there will be a spear man in your path (this is the toughest part) target him and kick him off the edge, then run straight for the passage in the middle of the bridge once you are inside turn right and go through the door way kick down the ladder and use it to get to the bonfire Undead Burg. Celebrate you did it! Undead Burg can now be farmed for humanity untill you kill the taurus demon.

You will now have access to the merchant and the underside of the bridge now if you wanted to obtain the drake sword.

To make all of this a little bit easier I recomend grabing the dragon crest shield from infront of the undead dragon.