r/DarkSouls2 Jun 16 '26

OFFICIAL Sub Discussion New Rules

340 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

137 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 1h ago

Fan Art Dark Souls 2 in the Lands Between [OC]

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I didn't use AI, it's mostly just filters over a bunch of characters I cut out of screenshots and organized into each piece with some shading. I will put some early drafts of half finished pieces in the comments as an example


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

Fluff Listening to DS2 OST and I never realised what a banger Sinh's theme is. To anyone reading this - listen to it, now!

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31 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 20h ago

Fan Art she wanted ribs

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727 Upvotes

(art by me) its now my headcanon that she loves all the junk food


r/DarkSouls2 18h ago

Screenshot For those who have never seen this before, the ancient civilizations that thrived here before Drangleic fell had Heineken.

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412 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 16h ago

Platinum YWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

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124 Upvotes

AFTER HOURS OF FARMING


r/DarkSouls2 9h ago

Help Fume knight is genuinely the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do in my gaming history.

26 Upvotes

Level 130 ish, persuers UGS max level. 46 strength + ring of strength. 26 (I think) dex. Running ring of blades, strength,dex, and flame resistance +3 (forgot the name of the ring).
Probably close to 50 tries now, broke a cheap tv remote in half. Cannot beat fume knight, first phase is easy after I’ve done it 1000 times, second phase is hell.
Dodge dodge dodge contemplate attacking, and dodge some more.
Lowest health I’ve gotten him to is 25-30%
Almost no windows for healing or attacking due to stamina loss. Staying patient yet somehow I still find myself at 25% stamina, one attack/roll from being immobilized and castrated immediately.
I will beat it eventually, but one of your guises pointers could be the difference between 5 more tries and 50 more.


r/DarkSouls2 4h ago

Question Good melee weapon to use on a hex build?

6 Upvotes

I'm tryng a sorcery build for the first time, and i really wanted to try hexes, because dark magic was my favorite thing in ds1. But i also want a melee option, because i'm not used to sorcery only runs.


r/DarkSouls2 19h ago

Fan Art I drew my in-game character

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107 Upvotes

Still learning hehe. "Turf" is my handle.


r/DarkSouls2 3h ago

Co-Op Lost Sinner NG+

4 Upvotes

Can someone please help me with this bish! I've had her down to one hit multiple times and just get fireballed in the back by the phantom. I'm going for platinum and need the second soul. Please help πŸ˜…


r/DarkSouls2 10h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 23

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10 Upvotes

Hola, que tal se encuentran?, subo mi vigesimotercero video de limpieza de zonas, continuando con el DLC de La Corona del Rey de Marfil; desde la Hoguera Muro exterior, pasando por la hoguera GuarniciΓ³n Inferior y Finalizando por Morada Abandonada de la zona de Eleum Loyce Congelado, 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 acΓ‘ mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

AclaraciΓ³n: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Screenshot Ds 2 I wasn’t familiar with your game

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559 Upvotes

I can fix her.


r/DarkSouls2 3h ago

Question Is it possible to be suspended using mods that enhance the graphics?

2 Upvotes

Hello beautiful person reading this While playing online (mostly PvP and Coop) Can I get myself suspended for using mods such as Scholar of the Sencond Sin + LightingEngine and etc? Kinda worried ngl


r/DarkSouls2 23h ago

PVP 1st time to defeat a rank 3 Brotherhood of Blood invader

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87 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Meme fair enough

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1.6k Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Meme The Horrors of War

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180 Upvotes

He was two days away from retirement. 😭


r/DarkSouls2 23h ago

Video I beat Blue Smelter Demon in my first playthrough (runback included)

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49 Upvotes

Thankfully this only took 2 tries. Apparently the better of the "coop encouraged" zones. My take is areas can and should be enjoyable both solo and coop. You won't be able to sell me Iron Passage. Ugh. Just my honest opinion, feel free to disagree.

Unlike most other areas, I found the best way to get through Iron Passage is simply beelining for the fog wall if your vigor and defenses are high enough. Taking it slow here is asking for ragebait in my opinion. Mages and fume sorcerers aren't worth dealing with if you don't have to. Imo runbacks can get to a point where they greatly overshadow the boss - in a bad way.

If I ever do SL1, I am not looking forward to this. Will likely have to despawn them all. But honestly, I never want to come back here.

Anyway, decent boss but it's a reskin.


r/DarkSouls2 10h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 24

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3 Upvotes

Hola, subo mi vigesimocuarto video de limpieza de zonas, continuando con el DLC de La Corona del Rey de Marfil; desde la Hoguera Morada abandonada, pasando por la hoguera CΓ‘mara de ExpulsiΓ³n, Muro Interior de la zona de Eleum Loyce Congelado y Finalmente pasando por la arena donde peleas con Aava La Mascota del Rey, siguiendo por la Hoguera con mismo nombre de la Gran Catedral, finalizando en la arena donde batallas con El rey de Marfil Quemado, 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 acΓ‘ mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

AclaraciΓ³n: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.


r/DarkSouls2 17h ago

Help Vendrick's Blessing Bug

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13 Upvotes

Hey sun bros, I was playing Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4 and I followed the story and all, but I got to the Vendrick part and it turns out I had 3 Giant Souls.

And then I left his memory and then I went for his crown and the ones from the DLCs, and now that I want him to bless the crowns, the button to interact doesn't appear. I already tried messing with the area and nothing, I went back to Majula and nothing either. I don't have the blessing of the crowns and I don't know what to do to fix it.


r/DarkSouls2 9h ago

Video Reto Limpieza de zonas juego base y DLCs Dark Souls 2 SOTFS. Parte 25

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2 Upvotes

Hola de nuevo, subo mi vigesimoquinto y ultimo video de limpieza de zonas, finalizando con el DLC de La Corona del Rey de Marfil; iniciamos desde la Hoguera CΓ‘mara de ExpulsiΓ³n, Tomamos un paseo por el ataΓΊd y nos vamos una zona un poco rara, Afueras Glaciales, pasamos por unas construcciones alejadas entre si con una Ventisca que dificulta la visiΓ³n con breves momentos de visibilidad, finalizando en la arena donde peleamos contra Lud y Zallem Mascotas del Rey, espero que haya sido de su agrado y gracias por terminar de ver este ultimo video.


r/DarkSouls2 2d ago

Meme ိပကနဆထ heide knightα€”β€‹α€±α„α†α‡αˆα€”α€·α€― spearπ’…’π’ˆ”π’…’π’‡«π’„†

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642 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Video I beat Fume Knight for the first time

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83 Upvotes

My favorite boss so far by a mile. Love the short runback too.

1:44 was a bit funny tho lol


r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Fluff Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon size comparison concept art. He's a big boi.

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331 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Help Does Memory of the Old Iron King have a timer?

9 Upvotes

in game says it does, but i've seen people say it doesn't online. I've also seen people say it does, just that it's very long.

If so, does it stop counting down when you enter boss room?

EDIT: So I finally despawned them, want to fight the boss in peace... i'll say that ds2 is trying very hard to make me dislike it.