

There are mushroom beetles in the broken house just ahead, guarding some purple moss clumps. Update: as of the latest Dark Souls 3 patch, the Hidden Body sorcery will allow you to sneak past angels - and they deal out less damage than before. Remember how we all realised that it was easier just to live with toxicity and poison and just cure it on the other side of a swamp traversal rather than try to prevent it, at which point it stopped being much of a challenge? Yeah, well, with an angel firing on you, that strategy falls apart. You need to move between areas of shelter from the projectiles, but also be ready to run back to another shelter point if the angel begins cursing.Īlso, ah ha ha: there’s a toxic swamp. If you see golden light coalescing around you, move, soldier you’re in a high concentration of curse, and if you stay still it’s an instant kill.

So in this next area, you’re not only exposed to the fire of an angel, but this one has a new trick. There’s a thief waiting below, whom you can snipe – and should, because things get very hairy down there.Īs with the area around Earthen Peak Ruins, there are heaps of treasures here we won’t be stopping for until we take down the guardian angels, so bear that in mind if you’re tempted by something. Advance down the tunnel and stop before dropping down. Start at the Earthen Peak Ruins bonfire and head to the stone ruin where you shelter from the angel. We really recommend doing this loop after you've fallen down the root system on the cheesy route if you get frustrated you can just get on with things, and getting rid of the middle of the three angels makes it much easier to navigate the upper root system when you're exploring later. If you want to, know that it kicks off part way through the Earthen Peak Ruins to Within Earthen Peak run if you don't know how to get to the tunnel leading to the swamp area, head on over to that article to get the scoop.

If you don't want to do this, feel free to totally ignore it. There's an NPC battle, some great loot, and a chance to take down that damned angels that would have bothered you if you've been exploring this area. It's worthwhile having a poke around in here though, either before you proceed to the next area or after you've done everything else. This path is the way you're "supposed" to get to the first boss, The Demon Prince, but it's much harder than the cheesy way we took in the main fork of the walkthrough. This section of our Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City walkthrough explores a totally optional area. Take down that angel, explore a poison swamp and battle a desert pyromancer in this optional Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City area.ĭark Souls 3: The Ringed City walkthroughĮarthen Peak Ruins to Within Earthen Peak
