Power Within is a Pyromancy in Dark Souls. To cast a pyromancy, you must use a Flame or Special Weapons that can cast Pyromancies.
Pyromancy of Carmina, who harnessed the power of flame to actualize the inner-self. Short strength/endurance boost, but lose HP.
Excessive power eats away the life-force of its caster, and like all dangerous spells, Power Within was kept secret for eons.
Usage
- Personal Buff. Cannot be used if any other personal buffs are active, or vice versa.
- Duration: 100 seconds.
- Increases Attack power and Stamina regeneration, but gradually drains HP.
- Increases all damage dealt by the user by 40%
- Increases stamina regeneration by 30 per second
- During the duration of the spell 100 visual pulses (1 per sec) will happen. On each of those pulses, the player loses 1% of their max HP (rounded down). This also means, that a player having a maximum HP of something that is not divisible by 100 will survive the full duration of the spell with minimal HP left.
- The Lingering Dragoncrest Ring extends the duration of the effect to 150 seconds. The amount of visual pulses stay the same, they are only happening every 1.5s now, basically giving you more time to heal yourself through the damage.
- There is no easy way to cancel the spell once applied, it will even continue its duration while resting at a Bonfire. Only death, warping with the Lordvessel; or using a Homeward Bone, the Homeward Miracle, or the Darksign will end it.
- It is possible to "safely" use the Red Tearstone Ring in conjunction with Power Within by reducing the character's max HP to near 200, which can be achieved by being both cursed and wearing the Dusk Crown Ring with a low vitality stat, then equipping the Sanctus when both Power Within and the Red Tearstone are active. Sanctus's meager regeneration will then be adequate to offset the HP drain, keeping the player alive while maintaining the Red Tearstone effect.
Acquired From
- Blighttown (Underneath the Parasitic Wall Hugger)
- Video Location Timestamp 8:39
Notes
- The total duration of the spell consists of 101 ticks of HP loss unless the Lingering Dragoncrest Ring is equipped, which lowers this amount to 99 ticks.
- Power Within is a Self Buff and interferes with other such buffs (i.e. Great Magic Barrier, Green Blossom, Transient Curse, etc.). As long as it's active it's not possible to cast other Self Buffs and vice versa.
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v Same poster here, it seems power within boosts soul gain by 20% on those knights, I havent tried other enemies yet
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Does power within boost soul gain?
I warped to the Anor Londo bonfire and used it on the giant knights, I killed one of them, got 1500 souls but then I backed away, used power within, and then I was getting 1801 souls. Could be a bug but if it does truly increase soul gain thats probably useful to list down
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There was never something in the souls games like DS1 power within.
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Fits into nearly any build, I would say a must-have for most playstyles.
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Does not add hp granted by mother's mask or tiny being's ring into "max hp", use that information as you will ;)
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Power Within + Red Tearstone Ring + Dragon King Greataxe R2 = Nuke
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With at least 10 attunement and this whatever build you’re running is set for ng+ to ng+7
cast this and have a lot of poise(+77). Twohand weapon and just keep spamming R1 and R2 at boss,forget the dodge button.
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If you want to test how much health you can regain from both the server and the ring of the evil eye, just cast this. It's going to drain all your health unless you heal, so if you go on a massacre without taking damage you can accurately gauge the amounts for each. i tested this with my pyromancer character and killed all the smiling friends-looking mfs in oolacile township, i gained around 700 health.
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you never know true fear until you get invaded by a giant dad and they cast this **** and run at you
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Ah, you were at my side all along. My true mentor. My power within.
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Even if you play some non-magic pure physical build it's still worth getting single spell slot (10 ATT only) specially for this pyromancy. Don't think much. Just get it and use it.
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I don’t think I would have got through Four Kings on NG+6 without Power Within.
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3rd bullet point under “Usage”
Someone please correct “divideable” to “divisible”
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Why use Black Flame on Giant Dad when you can cast Power Within and pwn even more casuls with Bass Cannon?
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tip for my one-shot dudes out there, if you pair the sanctus shield while having 10 vit + being cursed + dusk ring, the hp loss of this pyro gets nullified by the regen of the shield!
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I have 40/40/50 on my str/dex/faith. My zweihander +15 with darkmoon blade has more than 1000 AR. So if i also use this, i would practically have 1400 AR which is quite impressive
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This thing + Crystal Magic Wapon is basically easy mode.
Even the broken sword its viable with this
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so this is pretty much unlock your brain limiters and use your body at 100% while destroying it kinda thing
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Why is the icon for the buff a blue shield with an arrow pointing up? That icon implies you have better armor or better blocking, but the buff basically does the opposite; it makes you more fragile.
These are the thoughts you have while farming
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this is disgustingly powerful and non balanced. its awesome.
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"Pyromancy of Carmina, who harnessed the power of flame to actualize the inner-self." I like this as it nods to the idea that the spell isn't 'applying a buff' on you, its a way to gain access to your true power.
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This is incredible for a spell that takes absolutely zero investment aside from finding a pyro flame on a non-magic character
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Imagine if you were a havel and could combine this with wolf ring and stoneflesh
absolute nightmare
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This, combined with the effect of Elizabeth's Mushroom, would be super overpowered ultra berzerk mode if it was possible.
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Had some blue turtle pop this. I could have probably backstabbed him but instead I r2d him twice with my silver tracer. Ah, the sweet joy of watching someone panic in the face of a slow and inevitable death. If you cast this just hope you don't get toxic.
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I know I’m late to the party by many years, but all I have to say is this
KAI-OH-KEN!!!!!
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At 35 Vitality and Ring of FaP I have 1459 hp. Power Within ticks 14hp per second. Leaving me at 73/1459 hp at the end of the duration.
However, with the Lingering dragoncrest ring, the hp drain was the same at 14hp but I ended up with 59/1459 hp at the end of the duration. While the dragoncrest ring will boost it's duration and tick slightly slower, it can also tick one time extra.
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This pyromancy is amazing I don't how I would defeat Kalameet and Artorias without it
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fantastic spell in PvE, I use it to demolish bosses by casting it before crossing the fog or shortly after, depending on the situation it might not be worth it. keep in mind it drains 1% hp during 100 seconds so having at least 1 estus is a must. against certain foes the health drain might not be worth it, especially things like dark or silver knighs or giant guards against whom the fights might take a while.
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It's about to be power without you being alive in a moment : 3
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can you die using this, or does it automatically stop at 1 hp? haven't bothered trying it yet
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Is it compatible with the Dragon Stone roar buff? The article seems to imply no, but has anyone tested it?
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Definitely the best pve spell in the game (ok maybe second to dark beads) because it can fit on any build and buff any damage. It is more dangerous in pvp though, because players will take advantage of the health drain
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"I've got the powers within
Running through me
My favorite color is "oh my god, *****"
I'm wearing black gloves through your mall, I'm rich
You wanna check my pockets but
I've got the powers within"
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Power within and black flame make an amazing addition to a melee invader
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If somebody uses this in pvp, hit them a couple of times then spam lloyds talismans.
I have done testing on PW's affect on weapon buffs and I found that at least on DSR on the Nintendo Switch (I have it on console, but I do testing on Switch) Power Within does affect weapon buffs including, the magic weapons, the blade buffs, and the resins. This is because Power Within doesn't affect AR at all, it increases the damage you do with your attack by 40%. I used a +0 Broken Washing Pole and Sunlight Blade, then both with and without Power Within, and while the base damage was around 10 without buffs the difference between w/ and w/out Power Within was around 100 damage, leaving the only explanation to be that Power Within affects weapon buffs.
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If someone wants to know how much HP is reduced per second, it's 1%. I am impressed this page does not mention this.
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Since when do I get 20% more souls from a dead enemy when using Power Within?
Was that always like that?
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You cannot safely use it with Red Tearstone Ring, or this could just be a remaster thing. Red Tearstone Ring is percentage based.
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If you have an account that’s higher than NG++ then you need this spell. I’m on NG++++ and this spell helps kill the bosses a lot quicker
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hey it say 73% stamina regeneration my question is did the spell stack with another stamina regeneration boost item like Mask of Child, Chloranthy ring, and Grass Crest Shield?
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Can you use this and another buff, for example, gold pine resin or miracles?
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The effect can also end by quitting and restarting the game
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i just spend 2 hours gaering everything needed for the kaioken buff (PW+RTR+Sanctus) it didnt work, hp dain is faster than its regeneraion
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Pretty busted pyromancy, I've been using this with my Strength build and i mostly use this as "Melt bosses before they can blink" spell, or as "Finish off tough bosses before they react" spell.
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It says that it will not work with personal buffs and I just realized that it includes transient curse. I was going to the 4 kings and had the curse active for the ghosts and power within will not show active until the buff expires.
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Power within not working. Andcyes I tried to attack an enemy, no damage differences. And I don't have anything equipped with buffs. I've tried pwi on two different characters, same issue.
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Reminds me of that scene from spongebob... THE POWER WITHIN!
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I use a chaos zweihander and power within. I only have 16 str and 10 dex and I do 800 to 850 dmg per swing. This is actually busted.
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Best pyromancy in the game. On a STR build I used the Man Serpent Greatsword at 40 STR, 30 FTH for Sunlight Blade, and then Power Within. I saved this combo for boss fights. Even at just +10 I was doing insane amounts of damage. It's a great build for taking out the Four Kings quickly. At +15 MSGS nothing could stand in my way. I dominated everything and everyone I came across. I really felt like a king or a deity.
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Does the damage buff of Power Within scale with the level of my Pyro flame ? Or I can just keep it at level 1 to use ?
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I play in the PC the remastered one, and when u are to die to the boss, just close the game. When u come back, u are with all flask in front of the fogs door. But, the power within cant be cast again, u need to teleport to the bonfire or die.
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So, If I applied a buff to a weapon, say Sunlight blade, is power within increasing my damage output by 40% before or after the buff is calculated?
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if u do use the ring to extend the duration wouldn't bountiful sunlight off set the self damage for the first minute?
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Is dealing 6 dmg per tick for 99 ticks without the lingering ring and total dmg is 594 i have 698hp
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Great for soul farming allows for almost permanent running and 40% dmg boost allows for overkills which net 20% more souls
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the most OP spell perfect for every boss fight, plus it with ring of fog +10 upgrade weapon 4 hit kill Nito for cheese cake yo!
Depending on your starting class, it takes a max of 2 levels to get the attunement slot to use this thing. Pyromancy Flame is 0 weight so this is probably worth having for every build unless you're already using all your lots for something else.
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