Dark Souls III

Persistent Pilgrimage Checklist

Early Estus & Undead Bone Shard Tracker

Tactical Combat Ledger

Early-Game Boss Affinities & Weaknesses

LOCATION: Cemetery of Ash
WEAKNESS: Fire (Phase II) / Frost / Parry
IMMUNITY: Poison / Toxic / Bleed
REWARD: Coiled Sword (3,000 Souls)

Phase Transition: At 50% HP, the dark Pus of Man erupts from his shoulders. His hitbox becomes massive, but his black serpent form takes heavy bonus damage from Firebombs found on the cliff ledge before the arena. His halberd thrusts in Phase I can be parried with a small leather shield.

LOCATION: High Wall of Lothric
WEAKNESS: Dark (Deep Battle Axe) / Lightning
IMMUNITY: Frostbite / Poison
REWARD: Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt

Phase Transition: Roll directly underneath his belly during Phase I. When he roars to begin Phase II, he will always perform three consecutive frost-charge dashes across the hall—dodge sideways three times, then punish his long frost-breath animation from behind with Gold Pine Resin applied.

LOCATION: Undead Settlement
WEAKNESS: Fire / Slash / Pale Egg Sacs
IMMUNITY: Bleed / Poison / Frost
REWARD: Transposing Kiln + Boss Soul

Phase Transition: Its bark is impervious to normal strikes. Target the pale pustule sacs on its left wrist, left ankle, and groin first. Once the courtyard floor collapses into the pit below, stay at medium distance to bait its pale hand slams and avoid the acidic pool beneath its trunk.

LOCATION: Farron Keep Perimeter
WEAKNESS: Lightning / Backstabs / Stagger
IMMUNITY: Bleed (Resistant) / Poison
REWARD: Cinders of a Lord + Wolf Blood Soul

Phase Transition: The first Lord of Cinder duel. In Phase I, a third red-eyed Watcher rises and will attack the boss himself—use him to split aggro. In Phase II, the Wolf's Blood coalesces into a single flame-trailed Greatsword: never roll backward into his lingering fire wake; roll diagonally past his left shoulder and backstab his flip-slam recovery.

I • Untended Graveside

Cemetery of Ash

II • Ashen Sanctuary

Firelink Shrine

III • Outer Ramparts

High Wall of Lothric

IV • Foot of the Wall

Undead Settlement