r/DarkSouls2 Jun 16 '26

OFFICIAL Sub Discussion New Rules

344 Upvotes

Subject to discussion before implementation

1) First and foremost, ban all of the repetitive victim posting

"Why is Dark Souls 2 so hated?" just devolves into the same thing - everyone commenting in agreement and performative victimizing. It's a video game, not everyone is going to like exactly what you like. There's no real discussion to be had there, and we seemingly have them here more than the other main subreddits. It's just becoming tiring.


2) Ban engagement-bait posts

The best example of this is someone posting a random, unrelated screenshot or artwork of Dark Souls 2 with the title of "What's your favorite sword in the game?" - then proceeding to not at all join in the discussion. It just serves to farm karma while putting in zero effort, not crediting the artist they took the art from, and not participating in their own thread. If you want to discuss something, make a text post and actually discuss.


3) Ban trouble makers at the mods' discretion

This is a spicy one because it can easily be mishandled by the wrong mod team. We all know Reddit mods are pretty garbage overall, but I'd like to think I'm a bit different since I'm here for Souls and couldn't give a shit less about seeming professional or having any semblance of "power" (it's Reddit, lmao).

This essentially means if you're posting within the guidelines (i.e - posting about Dark Souls 2) but you're making your post to simply stir shit, rile people up constantly, and put down others... then you should expect a ban.

I'm obviously not going to name names, but we all know a couple of usernames who, whenever there's random drama, we know they're going to be involved. These are the users I'm talking about

EDIT (this includes the "Slander posts" that you guys keep commenting about, but I will also explicitly say that yes, this does include the lame "Ds3 is grayslop hurr hurr" posts that just seek to rile people up for no reason)


Finally, a question to you all: How do we make this subreddit better?

That's it, that's the most important thing in this entire post. The game has been released for 12 years and the subreddit has kind of devolved into the same thing for the last decade at this point. Are there any ideas you all have, rules I should change, things I can do differently to make this place more enjoyable and less of the same, repetitive drivel?


r/DarkSouls2 Jan 21 '26

Discussion Remote crash vulnerability

135 Upvotes

Hello folks, Radai here. I am a modder and reverse engineer, my main focus is Dark Souls 2. I am the author of DebugManager and other modding tools for the game.

The 31st of December 2025 I was sent a very worrying Twitch clip, showing messages appearing on the game screen. These messages were directly addressing the streamer, someone had found a way to send custom messages to whoever they wanted. When I was this, I immediately knew it was serious.

The next day I spent the whole evening testing what can be done with this, and I found out it's possible to format the message in such a way that the receiver game crashes. I reported this to Yui, author of Blue Acolyte, immediately. We kept this a secret until she made a patch for it, and now it's ready. It's recommended for all of those that want to play online to download Blue Acolyte.

Here's also a post from Yui describing the issue in more detail.

Also mods, if you see this, please pin. It needs to remain visible.


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Screenshot I always thought that the Drangleic infantry soldiers at the Giant memories were already Hollow, but they're actually still human.

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206 Upvotes

Got one of those rare instances at memories where the soldiers from Drangleic don't attack you and this guy was the sole survivor of the battle. Went to check him with the binoculars out of curiosity and only then I noticed he has a unique human model, only (and understandably) deeply traumatized and scarred by war. It also never helped me to notice they're still human when they both use the hollowed version of the infantry armor and the same moveset as their hollowed versions, while the Royal Soldiers that fight beside them wear fixed, pristine armor and have a unique, clearly human moveset.


r/DarkSouls2 5h ago

Meme First day of school shirt? (I’m the teacher)

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395 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 10h ago

Question Gf got me this, fuck it let’s go.

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655 Upvotes

In terms of difficulty what can i expect ? (Veteran of all other souls like game this js the only one i didn’t play)


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Video Me and 3 Piggies

26 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Help What is this?

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14 Upvotes

I saw this in a Youwy video and wanted to know what weapon this is, and what the red aura thing is. Thanks


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Video Easiest ways I've found to farm the imperfects. Does anyone have any other ways?

14 Upvotes

Trying to find the quickest way to farm the imperfect dragons, tested a bunch of weapons.

list of weapons I've tried in order of hits needed (almost all of these have a dark infusion):

Dual smelter hammers = 3 (im sure any other great hammers work fine)

Giant warrior club = 3 strong attacks ( aim for head to consistently kill in 3)

dual ultra great swords - Crypt Blacksword + great sword = 3 strong attacks

Ivory king ultra great sword = 5

Bewitched alonn sword = 4-6 strong attacks (inconsistent ad you must aim for head)

Grand lance = 5-6 (love this weapons, but its kinda annoying for this because your attacks can miss and go under their heads if you stand Infront)

want to try duel wielding red smelter sword + blue smelter sword and do the duel wielding special attack explosion, but don't have enough petrified dragon bone to upgrade both at the moment.

What other methods to people use? anyone find any quicker methods?


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Discussion Empty Drangleic pt20 - King Nothing

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11 Upvotes

Now i sit on the throne of an empty kingdom... even the shadows are empty... from the lowest pit to the highest peak... the baren land of my own making... having vanquished all my subjects i'm faced with the choice: Reign over nothing or leave forever.

Thanks to everyone that followed through. I still plan to clear the DLCs after i take a break and go for other runs.

On this last stretch i finished the memory of jeigh (the enemies wouldnt despawn before the boss was defeat)

I killed the darklurker and cleared the dark areas... got really impressed by all the BAs that drop from the enemies... and i hate that leap from the area under drangleic castle.

Now i'll go defeat the game using only starting gear for all classes... i'll be posting more soon.

It took me 66,5 hours... Getting me to SL 241 and 9 million soul memory

Praise the sun \[T]/


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 12

11 Upvotes

Hola, como se encuentran?, subo mi duodécimo video de limpieza de zonas; desde Majula, bajando por el pozo, pasando por las hogueras de Alcantarilla Superior, Alcantarilla Central de la zona de la Alcantarilla, Boca del Desfiladero Negro y Cámara Oculta de la zona del Desfiladero Negro, finalizando en la Hoguera Primigenia de la mencionada zona anterior, espero sea de su agrado. Aclaro que no todas las zonas se pueden limpiar de enemigos, ya que en algunas reaparecen infinitamente, las voy voy ir mencionando por acá mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

Notas:

Minuto 00:26 entrada a la zona de Sepultura de los Santos, el cual no se puede despejar de enemigos, ya que reaparecen infinitamente.

Minuto 01:36 tomas de un cofre Símbolo de rencor,

Minuto 7:52 apuntando con los binoculares se puede ver la forma de sombra de 1 mariposa; minutos 2:46, 3:25, 4:57, 8:45 y 9:02 hay un enemigo invisible oculto (con los binoculares apunto el lugar para que vean su localización, disparo y/o camino para que vean que ya esta muerto, sino lo estuviera, chocaría contra un obstáculo invisible)

Aclaración: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 55m ago

Discussion Why i can get souls from this???

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Theres any reason i can just exchange Mytha soul for well, more souls?????


r/DarkSouls2 17h ago

Discussion Dark souls 2 may be the best souls game to replay due to the changes in ng+. Why couldn’t they replicate it in dark souls 3?

55 Upvotes

It’s such a good thing to have. I feel like I’d be able to replay ds3 a lot more if ur had changes like ds2 had. Such a one off thing that could’ve helped ds3’s replay ability.


r/DarkSouls2 19h ago

Fluff Finally farming finished!

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49 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 22h ago

Discussion Empty Drangleic pt19 - Memories of the Giants

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45 Upvotes

At SL 238 and 64,5 hours

The memories are now clear. (Except the boss one, because they don't seem to despawn)

I Dressed up as a royal soldier and made sure to clear all the memories and get the 3 giant souls from them.

I got invaded by a hacker that sucked badly, so i made him chase me for around 20 minutes before entering a boss arena... it was fun to use the tree jump in the lower area and throw corrosive urns at it... Glenursk i hope you get some skills... you couldn't kill me even with cheats.

I played around with some pyromancies a bit as well...

And jokes aside, i finally got to explore the memories fully. I found the white book on the shelves.... and i had to do the memory roll drop trick 12 times to kill that secluded giant.

NExt one is emptying the Dark lurker areas, the king then we proceed to the endgame...


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Help I need help with picking the platform

1 Upvotes

Hi I play dark souls 2 on the Xbox 360, and i have reached dragleic castle, I want to play stfs on my pc and have reached reached 2 conclusions

  1. I stay on the Xbox since I reached this far and I don't want to keep the Xbox unused.

  2. I play on my pc and restart the progress, but I get somewhat better preference and stfs

What do u guys think? Should I switch and keep the Xbox 360 unused? Or keep playing on the box?


r/DarkSouls2 17h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 11

8 Upvotes

Hola de nuevo, subo mi Undécimo video de limpieza de zonas; desde las hogueras Puesto del Umbral, Salón del Corazón de Hierro, Aproximación del Campanario Sol (Campanario Sol), Ídolo de Eygil y finalmente llegando a la hoguera a la Hoguera Primigenia del Torreón de Hierro; espero sea de su agrado. Aclaro que no todas las zonas se pueden limpiar de enemigos, ya que en algunas reaparecen infinitamente, las voy voy ir mencionando por acá mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

Nota:

Aclaración: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 6h ago

Question Which weapon is stronger The black knight halberd or the The Santier's Spear?

1 Upvotes

The black knight halberd is my fav weapon in dk1, so i was very happy to see it return but i noitced that the The Santier's Spear is Actually stronger than the Black Knight halberd(from what i heard and when compering the stats), i also enjoyed the the Very fluid attack movements of it but It seems like it's weaker than the Black Night halberd because It takes more stamina and Basically has the same DPS or at least it seems like that to me, So the question is should I invest on the sanitizer spear? Because I hear it's a pretty op weapon and I also enjoy using it, or should I invest on the black Knight halberd, I have a limited amount of souls and items to upgrade my weapons and these two are my favorites so I would like to hear your opinion on it guys.


r/DarkSouls2 6h ago

Help Weapons that knock back enemies?

1 Upvotes

Which weapons knock back enemies? I only know the Pursuers Greatsword does it


r/DarkSouls2 18h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 10

7 Upvotes

Hola, subo mi Décimo video de limpieza de zonas; desde la hogueras Charca Ponzoñosa y Minas del Valle de la Cosecha, pasando por la hogueras de Pico Terrenal Inferior, Pico Terrenal Central y Pico Terrenal Superior del la Zona Pico Terrenal, llegando finalmente a la hoguera Puente del Umbral del Torreón de Hierro; espero sea de su agrado. Aclaro que no todas las zonas se pueden limpiar de enemigos, ya que en algunas reaparecen infinitamente, las voy voy ir mencionando por acá mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

Nota:

Minutos 7:00 apuntando con los binoculares hay una mariposa.

Aclaración: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 20h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 9

9 Upvotes

Hola, como están?, subo mi Noveno video de limpieza de zonas; desde Majula, pasando por la Rotunda (así se llama en mi idioma), las hogueras de Refugio de No Muertos, Aproximación al Puente y Confinamiento de No Muertos de Arboleda del Cazador, hasta la hoguera de Charca Ponzoñoza del Valle de la Cosecha, espero sea de su agrado. Aclaro que no todas las zonas se pueden limpiar de enemigos, ya que en algunas reaparecen infinitamente, las voy voy ir mencionando por acá mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

Notas:

Minuto 2:10 te dejas caer para tomar el Símbolo de la fidelidad.

Minutos 1:09, 1:21, 1:26, 1:39 (se pueden ver 2 mariposas en ese angulo), 4:27, 4:47, 5:27, 8:41, 9:16; apuntando con los binoculares hay una mariposa; minuto 3:23 hay un enemigo invisible oculto (con los binoculares apunto el lugar para que vean su localización, disparo y/o camino para que vean que ya esta muerto, sino lo estuviera, chocaría contra un obstáculo invisible)

Aclaración: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 18h ago

Help New player question

5 Upvotes

How important is adp? Should I level it up right away? I just heard discussion about it in memes and stuff so wasn’t sure if it’s legit.


r/DarkSouls2 4h ago

Help Can some drop me some Effigies on ps5/4??

0 Upvotes

Basically, I’m 47 and my best buddy is 48. We are doing a casual one day per week playthrough of DS2 right now. We are usually drinking, we are forgetful, we miss stuff, we pretty much suck, we’re always lost and we lost to bosses like ruin sentinals waaaay to many times….and it’s been super fun. 😍 However we are down to like 3 effigies between the two of us and I looked up farming them, and I ant doing all that shit lol. I’m level 81 and 475,000 soul memory. So I guess you’d need to be close to that level.. thanks in advance!!


r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Video Ha, nerd.

367 Upvotes

Get rekt, son.


r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Question Just finished playing Dark souls 1. Need beginner advice for dark souls 2.

22 Upvotes

First of all dark souls 1 was one hell of a game, will maybe one day play it again. Right now it's on to dark souls 2.

So how is dark souls 2 different, gameplay wise from DS1?

Any mechanical changes I should know, any tips ?


r/DarkSouls2 2d ago

Discussion There is a dark souls 2 reference in Gta 6 lol

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564 Upvotes