Prepare to Die Edition for Dark Souls. Catchall list/page for new content and changes in the PC version. Please use the more comprehensive Artorias of the Abyss (Expansion) page instead.

Changes

Weapons

• Eagle Shield - physical damage reduction to 95%
• Elemental weapons have lower AR
• Greatswords and Curved Greatswords attack slower
• Blocking drains more stamina
• Less stability increase in greatshields when upgrading
• Quelaag's Furysword - decreased fire damage -Stats are still the same 90/255.
• Strength weapons receive some hyper armor. - Only Abyss Greatsword confirmed. [need more info]
• Some shield types have deflection when used in PvP [need more info]
• Stamina consumption increased for spear/rapier attacks from behind a shield.
• Black Knight Greataxe has reduced damage [needs confirmation]

Equipment

• Dark Wood Grain Ring - flip now applies when equip load is at or below 25%
• Hornet Ring - nerfed to 30% critical bonus
• Symbol of Avarice - slower HP degeneration [needs confirmation] -Still depletes 5 hp per tick.
• Elite Knight set - total poise increased to 46
• Mask of the Father - nerfed to 5% equip load increase
• Mask of the Mother - nerfed to 10% HP increase
• Mask of the Child - decreased stamina regeneration [need more info]
• Gargoyle Helm - increased drop-rate from Bell Gargoyle

 

Spells

• HCSM/HSM now do less damage [needs confirmation]
• Chaos Pyromancies buffed, humanity damage bonus is increased [needs confirmation] -Still doesn't scale with humanity.

Gameplay

• Critical hits do less damage. This includes riposte and backstabs.
• Medium roll is faster/all rolls have been buffed [need more info]
• Gravelords receive humanity when an infected player dies to a BP mob [needs confirmation]
• Changes to poise [need info and confirmation] - No obvious changes to poise.
• New warpable bonfires in: Undead Parish (above Andre), The Depths, Painted World of Ariamis (note that you cannot warp from this bonfire), Tomb of the Giants, Duke's Archives, Crystal Cave [additional warps to new areas also]
• Crystal Golem AoE attack inflicts Curse status. [this is also present in the console versions, but the duration of the effect is so short that it's easily missed]
• Reah of Thorolund no longer can be drained 12 humanity (with Dark Hand), she now has 0 - Not true. She can still be drained for 12 humanity. (tested once she moved to the chapel)

Glitches

• Bottomless Box glitch removed
• Dragon Headstone glitch removed
• Spell switch glitch removed
• Prism Stone item duplication glitch removed
• Bow backstab removed
• Dropping of undroppable items (Estus flask, Dark sign ect.) can no longer be dropped.

Misc

• Dark Anor Londo NPCs no longer respawn
• Environmental lava damage increase
• Increased souls gained for killing certain enemies [need more info]
• In-game description of the Pendant fixed: "A simple pendant with no effect." "Even so, pleasant memories are crucial to survival on arduous journeys."

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New Content

NPCs

• Elizabeth - Merchant
• Marvelous Chester - Merchant - Black Phantom
• Lord's Blade Ciaran - Appears at the Artorias battle site after beating him. Trade Soul of Artorias for Dark Silver Tracer and Gold Tracer. Drops: Lord's Blade armor set.
• Hawkeye Gough - Must use Crest Key to unlock tower, from which he will shoot down the Black Dragon with his bow, allowing the player to fight it.
• Sif jr - Phantom.

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Bosses

• Sanctuary Guardian
  Drops: Guardian Soul, Guardian Tail (cut off tail)
• Artorias of the Abyss
  Drops: Soul of Artorias, Armor set must be purchased from Domhnall of Zena.
• Manus, Father of the Abyss
  Drops: Soul of Manus
• Black Dragon Kalameet (optional)
  Drops: Calamity Ring, Obsidian Greatsword (cut off tail)

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Weapons

• Obsidian Greatsword - Obtained by cutting off the tail of Kalameet.
  Greatsword, Attack Type: Regular
  Two-handed R2 does a large AOE blast that inflicts DPS and uses 50 durability per use.
• Guardian Tail - Obtained by cutting off the tail of the Sanctuary Guardian.
  Whip, Attack Type: Regular
• Dark Silver Tracer - Gift/Drop from Ciaran.
  Dagger, Attack Type: slash/thrust
• Gold Tracer - Gift/Drop from Ciaran.
  Curved Sword, Attack Type: slash
  Cannot parry while in offhand but retains offensive moveset except for running attack.
• Four-pronged Plow - Rare drop from scarecrow gardeners in the Royal Wood.
  Spear, Attack Type: Thrust
• Abyss Greatsword - Ascend +10 Greatsword with Soul of Artorias.
• Stone Greataxe - Rare drop from Stone Knights in the Royal Wood.
• Gough's Greatbow - Gift form Hawkeye Gough after slaying Kalameet.
• Gough's Great Arrow
  Can only be used with a Greatbow.
• Cleansing Greatshield - Found after rescuing Sif in Chasm of the Abyss.
  Greatshield, Attack Type: Thrust
• Manus Catalyst - Ascend any catalyst with the Soul of Manus.
  Halves castings, high mag adjust (>logans, <cystal), heavy melee attack.
• Oolacile Catalyst - Dropped by Bloated Sorcerers.

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Armor

• Guardian set - Found throughout the Royal Garden.
• Artorias' set - Sold by Domhnall of Zena after killing Artorias.
• Lord's Blade set - Dropped by Ciaran.
• Gough's Armor - Dropped by Hawkeye Gough.
• Chester's set - Dropped by Marvelous Chester.
• Bloated Head - Rare drop from bloated resident.
• Bloated Sorcerer Head - Rare drop from bloated sorcerer resident.

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Items

• Calamity Ring: Causes the wearer to take double the damage from everything.
• Broken Pendant: Key to enter DLC.
• Silver Pendant: Blocks dark magic for a brief moment.
• Crest Key: Key to access Hawkeye Gough.
• Elizabeth's Mushroom: Healing item. Regenerates HP for 30 seconds.
• Purple Coward's Crystal: Multiplayer. Exit battle of stoicism.
• Carvings:Spoken Gestures:
  • Hello - I'm Sorry - Very Good! - Help Me! - Thank You.
• Guardian Soul: Use unknown/no use, Can be consumed for 12,000 souls.
• Soul of Artorias: Ascend a +10 Greatsword with the Soul of Artorias to create the Abyss Greatsword. Give soul to Ciaran to recieve the Dark Silver Tracer and Gold Tracer.
• Soul of Manus: Ascend a Catalyst with the Soul of Manus to create a Manus Catalyst. Trade soul with Snuggly for the Pursuers spell.

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Spells

• Black Flame (pyromancy)
  Slots: 1, Uses: 8, Magic Type: Pyromancy, ReqParam: None
• Dark Orb (sorcery)
  Slots: 1, Uses: 12, Magic Type: Magic, ReqParam: 16 INT
• Dark Bead (sorcery)
  Slots: 1, Uses: 6, Magic Type: Magic, ReqParam: 16 INT
• Dark Fog (sorcery)
  Slots: 1, Uses: 2, Magic Type: Magic, ReqParam: 18 INT
• Pursuers (sorcery)
  Slots: 2, Uses: 3, Magic Type: Magic, ReqParam: 32 INT

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Gameplay

• Optional New Sif intro. It only happens if you rescued him in the Chasm of the Abyss before fighting him in Lordran.
• A few new dialogue lines from Dusk of Oolacile.
• Battle of Stoicism - New PvP mode, that consists of an arena. To join, the player must first beat the boss Artorias the Abysswalker.

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