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| Offerings | Rewards |
| 0 | Dark Hand Your Dark Hand steals 1 humanity Can buy Cracked Red Eye Orbs from Kaathe |
| 10 | Red Eye Orb Dark Hand steals 3 humanity |
| 30 | Darksword and Darkwraith Armor Set Dark Hand steals 6 humanity |
| 80 | Your Dark Hand steals 10 humanity |
Darkwraith is a Covenant in Dark Souls. This is a hidden covenant in the game, obtained by speaking to the primordial serpent Darkstalker Kaathe in The Abyss. Through this Covenant players will be able to obtain the Red Eye Orb which is an invasion item with unlimited uses. Joining this Covenant will award you with the Dark Hand, a fist weapon with the ability to steal humanity from another player by using its strong attack.
Note: Once you have defeated the Four Kings boss, you will not need to wear the Covenant of Artorias ring anymore (until NG+) to enter The Abyss.
Joining
- Kill Great Grey Wolf Sif and receive his ring, Covenant of Artorias, which will allow you to access The Abyss. You will have to do this even in New Game+, as the game takes away the ring upon completing the game.
- Branching path:
- Do not speak to Frampt after obtaining the Lordvessel and do not place it on the firelink altar. Then speak to Ingward in New Londo Ruins to receive the key to open The Abyss. After joining the covenant, Frampt will disappear. If you accidentally speak to Frampt but have not yet placed the Lordvessel, you can still use Homeward Bone, after doing so you can trade with him normally although the Lordvessel is not placed.
- If you wish to join the covenant before obtaining the Lordvessel, you may kill Ingward to receive the key to open the door to The Abyss.
- Entering The Abyss starts the battle against the Four Kings. Defeat them to proceed.
- Speak to Kaathe, the primordial serpent, at The Abyss. He will ask you a question: Answer YES or you won't be able to join the Darkwraiths. You will have the option to Enter Covenant.
Effects of covenant
- Cracked Red Eye Orb can be bought (costs 3,000 souls)
- Kaathe gives you a Dark Hand (can be dropped on Darkwraith knights). You can equip it on the right hand slot and press R2/RT to do a 'humanity absorbing' attack. Amount of humanities absorbed is dependent on covenant level. This attack can be done on NPCs or online human players. Conversely, equipping it on the left hand equipment slot turns it into a 'blackhole-like' shield.
- Dark Hand behaves the same for all players including non-members, but you steal more humanities per absorption depending of your Darwraith covenant level.
- Kaathe gives you a Red Eye Orb at +1 covenant level.
- If you fail to defeat your target when you invade, you do not lose your status as human. You do, however, drop a bloodstain that contains all the souls and humanities you had before you died, and this bloodstain will disappear if you leave another bloodstain, either by dying in your world or being defeated while invading again. But so long as you pick up the bloodstain between invasions, you will not lose anything.
- lf you do kill your target, he or she may put an indictment upon you.
Pictures of the Dark hand and the Dark Armor & sword. Click image to make it popup larger.
Rank Requirements
Each humanity turned in nets you a point towards your next rank.
| Rank | Humanities Offered | Rewards |
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| 0 | 0 | Dark Hand Your Dark Hand steals 1 humanity (the same amount as non-covenant members) Can buy Cracked Red Eye Orbs from Kaathe |
| +1 | 10 | Red Eye Orb (This item will allow you to invade indefinitely) Dark Hand steals 3 humanity |
| +2 | 30 | Darksword and Darkwraith Armor Set Dark Hand steals 6 humanity |
| +3 | 80 | Your Dark Hand steals 10 humanity |
Betrayal Penalties
If you betray or leave the Covenant, you will lose the ability to:
- Use Red Eye Orb.
- Purchase Cracked Red Eye Orbs.
Bugs
If you go near Kaathe while a member of the Princess Guard Covenant, he will DISAPPEAR for the rest of your playthrough. Absolving your sins does not cause him to reappear (supposed to be fixed, need confirmation)
Notes
- You can only invade people whose soul level is higher or equal to yours, or at max 10% lower than yours.
- Killing the host (or a phantom) yields 10% souls of the hosts (phantoms) recent level up cost
- The Darkwraith covenant is the forebear of The Brotherhood of Blood (DS2) and Rosaria's Fingers (DS3)
- The color of this eye orb is based on the Red Eye Stone, obtained by killing The Maiden in Black in Demon's Souls.
- Some believe Darkwraiths to be revolutionaries, defenders of the human race, but they might just be evil Humanity.
Achievements/Trophies
- Covenant: Darkwraith - discover Darkwraith covenant. (25 points + Silver Trophy)
Anonymousi play the PTDE version of the game, and going near Kaathe while being a member of the Princess Guard Covenant did not cause him to disappear; i'm still able to interact with Kaathe normally without any issues.
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do you get optional lines from kaathe after reaching rank 3?
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"If you go near Kaathe while a member of the Princess Guard Covenant, he will DISAPPEAR for the rest of your playthrough. Absolving your sins does not cause him to reappear (supposed to be fixed, need confirmation)"
I can confirm this to be fixed in the Remastered version as of 18/02/2024. Currently a member of the Princess Guard covenant and I've had no trouble approaching or speaking with him.
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Leaving the covenant after give 80 souls causes the ability to steal 10 souls of the dark hand disappear?
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Just got to +3 invading in Blightown and Sen's Fortress... I get it now.
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The real ones know who is the only true second boss in this game (after poor Ingward ofc, I'm sorry old man but your watch has come to an end)
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Hide Darkwraith Threads, Ignore Darkwraith Posts, Do Not Reply To Darkwraith Posters.
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Taking down chumps, their overleveled buddies AND getting paid? Aww sweet.
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CRAAAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIN THESE WOOOOOUNDS THEY WIIIIIIIIIIILL NOT HEAAAAAAL
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Yeah...Kaathe disappearing when you are a member of the princess guard is NOT a glitch.
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They always loathe the low level twinks but tbh how else can you farm so much humanity in such a short time without grinding? Riight, theres no other way. So very practical for low sl runs just to rack up defenses. Nothing personal.
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fairly new to dark souls, tried invading as a sorcerer and got walloped by Havel. Jr 10/10
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I just wanted the armor set so I could look like skull knight lol
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Can I re-join the Darkwraiths if I abandon them?
I want to open the Chaos Servant shortcut to save Solaire, but I can't do that until I place the Lordvessel.
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There are 3 types of people in ths covenant, the guy who wants to pvp, the edgelord guy, and the guy who makes sl1 builds only for bullying newbies.
The fact that you cant join them after so much as interacting with an npc in firelink shrine is evil
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Is the achievement for this glitched? I joined, but didn't get the "Discover" Achievement. Fix?
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Do the dark wraith knights in New Londo still attack you in new londo? Like it does for the forest hunter covenant
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this is my favorite covenant in the entire series, and every other "evil pvp" covenant that came after it had a **** motivation in my opinion
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Artorias' sword says it does extra damage to darkwraiths, is this finctional for the player as well or just lore? like if you go fight Artorias while in the darkwraith covenant does he deal more damage?
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does the red eye orb stop working if you leave the covenant then rejoin it at alliance +0?
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Worth joining just to suck the life out of Petrus before sending him out of this world
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the people who join this covenant parents never loved them and regretted not aborting them
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is it normal when you put on the wraith armor to get a massive urge to kill and or steal the humanity of every living being
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Does leaving the covenant at a high tier reset how much humanity the dark hand steals?
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time to reap the world of its humanity my fellow wraiths in the name of the four kings
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I just dropped 30 humanity on Kaathe, bit by bit but did not receive any darkwraith items (It said I ranked the covenant up too). Any ideas on what I can do to get it working?
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I'm doing a run where I get every weapon... is there a way for me to get the Darkwraith sword but not anger Frampt?
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The covenant was obviously locked behind sif and the four kings to counter twinking but this also had the side effect of players being naturally OP just to get the red eye orb. Once you obtain it on a low level character you’ll already have a bunch of powerful gear just from the journey so OP twinking just became the norm. The remastered version made this a little less extreme but it’s still pretty dominant. The main benefit of accessing the orb early in DS3 is that you can often be invaded by players with similar early game gear as you and even if the weapon matchmaking wasn’t in that game there would still be a lot of normal non twink invaders which I’d argue makes for some of the most memorable moments in these games.
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I simply love this covenant. I do my best to fight honorably, as much as the other player allows. If I get wind that you summoned someone I'm gonna take you out by whatever means necessary before your help arrives and it's two or more against one. If you're AFK then I'm gonna do a courtesy bow, some shield movement and a few circles around you. If you still gone then I'm gonna dark hand and steal humanity but this still allows a fair"ish" fight if you come back. After I've taken all I can and you still gone then it's your own darn fault for being online, human and AFK in an invadable area. Price of stupidity is hollowed at the bonfire when you come back and hope you weren't AFK in the Catacombs in a hot zone you cleared out. Risky business gettin them souls back but maybe you learned a lesson.
Off my rant lol. I really like this covenant all in all. I usually do lvl 60 builds and start with around 30 humanity. I like to think that with each victory I become stronger because humanity boosts your stats all the way to 99. Earning my way there is gratifying. I currently have 4 different builds I use just to hone in proficiency (a mage, pyro tank, melee tank and a faith build). Next build may be a ninja build but I really want to do a Darth Vader cosplay build. Sure for some good laughs. I got a lot of inspiration for my builds from a Youtuber named Crozyn.
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I became a level 1 dragon invader at the undead burg and it took a lot of honest work to set it up completely solo but something is off this time around. I just can’t get any enjoyment out of it when most of the people are 100% beginners but I had an unbelievable amount of fun during my brief co op period to join and rank in the sunlight covenant before heading to the darkwraiths. I guess I’ll stick with co op for this guy.
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Where do they find the description? “Some believe Darkwraiths to be revolutionaries, defenders of the human race, but they might just be evil Humanity.” Because I looked everywhere and can’t find any lore claiming this.
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when talking to kaathe, there is an option (first one) "demand covenant item", which is weird.
what does it do ?
I already had a dark hand prior to joining
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I die a bit more inside every time I see an invader using mask of the mother and hollow soldier waist cloth who’s only strategy is to BS fish over and over. Despite the advantages I couldn’t imagine playing a game for the meta and doing nothing creative with your builds
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Started NG+ went str8 to sig got the ring went str8 to 4 kings joined dark wraiths. Then I rang both bells and Frampt shows up like it never happened.
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I've completed 2 playthroughs and i'm still afraid of joining darkwraiths
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Is it possible to be a darkwraith and enter the DLC in NG? I was thinking about this for a long time...
Question for the Remaster... Can you rejoin the Darkwraiths via a Bonfire if you cause Kaathe to disappear at any point or will leaving after that lock you out of them? Mainly asking because I want to keep Frampt's little Titanite-breakdown service open. Granted it's more of a convenience thing, but still.
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do you need to have the artorias ring equipped every time you go to the abyss bonfire?
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So i tested it and the princess guard bug is indeed fixed he was there and i was able to leave them to join Darkwraiths
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Stupid question: if you leave the covenant does your dark hand go back to stealing just 1 humanity?
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If you’re a member of the Darkwraiths, can you be invaded by other Darkwraiths while human?
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If you carry over this covenant into NG+ does Frampt instantly run away from you as soon as he appears?
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lifehunt scythe + dark hand + darkwraith set feels so good to be an edgelord
You can talk to Frampt before seeing Kaathe and still join the Darkwraiths. Just don't place the Lord Vessel. Did it just today.
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Oh no never mind I just had to talk to him after I placed the lordvessel
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I answered yes and he’s like “ok here we go gunna eat so don’t squirm.” I never got the option to join
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If I jump down where Frampt is to get to the lordvessel altar, would Kaathe consider it a betrayal and therefore not let me join the darkwraiths or just not show up at all?
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Do I keep the Red eye Orb and covenant if I go to NG+ and choose Frampt to be my Lordvessel pal? I wanna have the forest open for invasions and still be able to the DLC
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Dark Souls' at it again with the "don't do the thing, before doing the other thing or you can't do the first thing, unless you already did the thing, in which case you better not have talked to that one guy or else you'll never be able to do the thing and then you'll have to kill someone because they decided to put a glowing parasite on their head"-shenanigans
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Great now I have to start a new character cause I already talked to Frampt
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So I cannot join the Covenant anymore after talking to Frampt with the lordvessel, can I? So I cannot get the Armour Set for this complete run?
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I got the red eye orb but not the armor set and I have him 30 humanity still nothing any ideas?
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On step 4 of how to join the covenant it says if you answer "No" you will not be able to join but you still can, you just have to let him take you to the lord vessel alter and and use a homeward bone or die and fall back down to the abyss where you fight the four kings and talk to him then he will let you join.
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So fucking stupid that you can't join this covenant (and therefore can't obtain the red eye orb, a crucial multiplayer item), if you talk to Frampt. How the fuck are you supposed to know that? Frampt gets basically pushed in your face everytime when you are at the Firelink Shrine. Fuck I hate Dark Souls sometimes
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Apparently you can't offer more than 100 humanity. After offering 100 I got a message that said "Cannot offer more. Well done."
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Note: The Wiki is wrong in regards to the amount of humanity you steal. Getting to +3 rank does increase the number of humanity you get from lifedrain, BUT each NPC has only a set number of humanity to steal/drain.
For example, Griggs of Vinheim only has 3 humanity, while solaire has 5. Big Hat Logan has none even though he appears in human form.
If you use it in PvP I recommend combining it with Tranquil Walk of Peace.
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So I’m playing the remaster and have given him over 30 humanity but I haven’t gotten anything, is there a reason why?
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I approached and spoke to Kaathe as a princess guard and he didn't run for it. So that bug is fixed as far as the remaster is concerned.
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So, I joined the darkwraiths, offered up my humanity... No red eye orb. I got a dark hand from Kaathe, and I even got the dark set when I gave him more humanity, but he refuses to give me the red eye orb. Halp
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Today I was a princess's guard that went and killed the four kings and talked to Kaathe and deposited the lordvessel Kaathe is still here and I'm now a darkwraith.
WAKE ME UP WAKE ME UP INSIDE!! SAVE MEEEEE
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