Pyromancies
Pyromancy is a simplistic form of magic which, unlike Sorcery or Miracles, does not demand investment in stats to make full use of. It makes use of only one Catalyst, the Pyromancy Flame , and neither it nor the spells it utilises have any stat restrictions. Anyone can benefit from Pyromancy providing they have at least some Attunement, making it a popular addition to most playstyles.
The damage of pyromancies is determined by the spell and the power of the Pyromancy Flame, which can be upgraded and ascended to provide a greater output of damage. It is worth noting that although the Pyromancy Flame's stats seem to imply that it scales from Intelligence, this only applies to the damage dealt by its physical fist attack. Although Intelligence does not affect pyromancies spells directly, Pyromancies are still classed as Sorcery, and as such will benefit from the damage modifiers of items such as the Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring.
| Image | Uses | Slots | Description/Notes | Acquired from | Cost | Type |
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 Fireball |
8 | 1 | Standard pyromancy of the Great Swamp. Hurl fireball. | Laurentius, Quelana and starting spell for the Pyromancer class. | 800 | Ranged Attack Very Small AOE |
 Fire Orb |
6 | 1 | Pyromancy which improves upon Fireball. Hurl fire orb. | Laurentius and Quelana | 8,000 | Ranged Attack Small AOE |
 Great Fireball |
4 | 1 | Ultimate fireball pyromancy. Hurl giant fireball. | Quelana | 20,000 | Ranged Attack AOE |
 Great Chaos Fireball |
4 | 2 | Hurl giant chaos fireball, leaving a large amount of temporary lava | Joining Chaos Servant covenant (Daughter of Chaos after Quelaag) | Covenant | Ranged AoE Attack |
 Firestorm |
20 | 1 | Primal pyromancy taught by Quelana of Izalith. Erect fire pillars in vicinity. Note: Uses 17 uses per cast. |
Quelana | 30,000 | Big AoE Attack |
 Fire Tempest |
20 | 1 | Primal pyromancy of Quelana of Izalith. Erect giant fire pillars in vicinity. | Quelana gives it to you after finishing her favor. | Gift/Drop | Big AoE Attack |
 Chaos Storm |
20 | 2 | Erect localized chaos fire pillars which leave blobs of temporary lava Note: Like firestorm and leaves a little lava behind. |
Rank 2 in Chaos Servant (30 humanities total) | Covenant | Big AoE Attack |
 Combustion |
16 | 1 | Elementary pyromancy. Create powerful flame in hand Note: Good 'melee' range spell, very quick too. |
Laurentius and Quelana | 500 | Melee Range Attack |
 Great Combustion |
8 | 1 | Pyromancy which improves upon Combustion. Create powerful, giant flame in hand. Note: Very good melee range spell. |
Quelana | 5,000 | Melee Range Attack |
 Fire Surge |
80 | 1 | Pyromancy foreign to the Great Swamp. Create a surge of flame from palm of hand. Note: Rapid fire spell you can cast while moving. |
Drop from the Bloated Dredge located after passing two illusory walls under the well, in Painted World of Ariamis. | Drop | Short-Ranged Attack |
 Fire Whip |
80 | 1 | Primal pyromancy taught by Quelana of Izalith. Sweep foes with fire whip. Note: Uses 21 uses per cast. Note:Hits twice/cast |
Quelana | 10,000 | Short-Ranged Attack |
 Chaos Fire Whip |
80 | 2 | Sweep foes with chaos fire whip with lava traces Note: Leaves lava behind for a bit. Follows same mechanics as Fire Whip. |
Chest in Lost Izalith - turn right at the boss fog, it is down the path and around the corner guarded by a Chaos Eater. | Treasure | Short-Ranged Attack |
 Poison Mist |
3 | 1 | Breathes out a cone of poison mist that fills the surrounding area causing poison status. | Swamp in Blighttown, Eingyi, the Egg-burdened NPC near the Daughter of Chaos sells this. (You need to be an Egg-head to be able to purchase this.) | 10,000 | AoE |
 Toxic Mist |
1 | 1 | Breathes out a cone of toxic mist that fills the surrounding area causing toxic status. | Eingyi, the Egg Burdened NPC near the Daughter of Chaos. (You need to be an Egg-head to be able to purchase this.) | 25,000 | AoE |
 Acid Surge |
2 | 1 | Pyromancy foreign to the Great Swamp. Emit acid which corrodes weapons and armor damaging their durability. Does not affect user. | In the graveyard area to the right side as you enter near the edge of the cliff in the Painted World of Ariamis. | Treasure | AoE Attack |
 Flash Sweat |
3 | 1 | Covers the player in water, reduces fire damage. | Laurentius | 2,000 | Buff |
 Iron Flesh |
3 | 1 | Self-buff, raises defenses and poise. Note: User becomes heavy and unable to move freely: can only walk, can't run, sprint, roll, or jump. |
Laurentius | 2,000 | Buff |
 Power Within |
1 | 1 | Increases Attack and Defense but gradually drains HP | Blighttown (Underneath the Parasitic Wall Hugger) | Treasure | Buff |
 Undead Rapport |
7 | 1 | Advanced pyromancy of Quelana of Izalith. Charm undead and gain temporary allies. Melee ranged support spell with about 2 second cast time. |
Quelana | 10,000 | Melee Range Attack |
 Black Flame |
8 | 1 | Similar to Great Combustion. Melee-range pyromancy. Main difference with Great Combustion is that when Black Flame is blocked, it consumes a much higher amount of stamina than Great Combustion, making this pyromancy great for breaking guards. | Found on a corpse in the Chasm of the Abyss. (AotA Only) |
Melee Range Attack |
Anonymousthe lack of real stat requirement to use some pyromancies spell is another poor balance of this game ......
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It costs an arm and a leg to fully upgrade a pyro flame, but once it is upgraded ANY character with ANY build can equip it and be a full-blown pyromancer. The only stat that affects pyromancies in any way is DEX as it increases cast speed from 35 to 45.
So if you are ever stuck on a boss, pyro is always an option no matter how you messed up your build.
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I find this glitches I double and triple check to see if I have all the pyromancies and I do have them all. I'm not sure why it's not giving me the achievement
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how to make any boss a joke:
-Great combustion
-Black Flame
-Crown of dusk
-spell damage buff ring
-ascend pyro flame to 5+
Congrats now you can destroy every boss in the game apart from centipede demon this guy is immune to fire :(
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Pyromancy was (and still is) arguably one of the best ways to play ds and have an amazing time melting through things with ease.
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best magic if you want to focus on other attributes like strength and dex
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There are 16 offensive pyromancies (13 if we exclude mist ones). There are then 4 support pyromancies (7 if we include mist ones). Then there's a total of 20 pyromancies, 19 if we exclude the one from the DLC.
They are really good, in general, quite sad with how they nerfed magic in Dark Souls 3
This doesnt use faith or anything? Cool maybe ill do a soul magic and pyromancy build when i get dark souls
Okay, I got the achievement, turns out Chaos Fire whip was the last one I needed. I was so busy with the bed of Izalith, I missed the location right next to it.
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I quintuple checked, I have all pyromancies but no achievement... Am I just fuqqed or is there some workaround to get it to trigger?
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heyo can i get some help? i want to use 6 pyros with my build, one chaos, one tempest and great combustion/black flame and undead rapport so what pyros should i choose?
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How to be easy be OP in early stages of the game (before Sens Fortress or even before ringing both bells) without twink builds, killing bosses on low lvl or doing other crazy stuff that require mad skillz:
Step 1: Get to the Andre and buy Crest of Artorias then farm easy souls chessy way to get "money" required for next steps (u will need 20.000 souls for this)
[do it as fast as possible since this way you can also quickly boost your stats to became stronger]
Step 2: Get to the Lower Undead Burg and free Grigs, then get from him Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring (u will need 20.000 souls for this)
[at this point this won't help much unless you are using sorceries]
Step 3: Get to the Depths and free Laurentius, then get from him pyromancy flame +15 along with his pyromancies (u will need 162.800 souls souls for this)
[you will already feel some nice power with this set]
Step 4: Get to the Blighttown to meet Quelana, then get from her ascended pyromancy flame +5 along with her pyromancies (u will need 275.300 souls souls for this)
[from this point you will easy dispach stronger enemies using pyromancies only]
Step 5: Get to the Darkroot Basin and get Crown of Dusk (no souls required but you will need to kill hydra, golden golem and then talk to Dusk two times)
[this final peace of the puzzle combined with the others will allow you do some crazy damage - burning most enemies with ONE hit using stronger pyromancies]
Step 6 [optional]: Not enough? Well... Collect other pyromancies such as Power Within (Blighttown pickup) or Great Chaos Fireball (Chaos Servant reward) to inflict even more damage!
You want still more? No problem... All of this can be combined with 45 Dex for fast casting and Red Tearstone RIng (Dragon Valley pickup) for extra damage when at low health. On the other hand you can wear Dusk Crown Ring (Hydra drop) instead for extra castings.
All of this can be done without Master Key before ringing both bells and can also be used on focused physical builds with two exceptions (10 Int will be required to buy first ring and of course you will need buch of Attunement Slots to keep your firey aresal ready to... FIRE!
And don't tell me you don't love the smell of burning fireballs in the morning...
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Is the great chaos fireball really worth the second slot? actually, are any of the chaos pyromancies worth the second slot?
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Guys! Don't forget that you can equip the Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring and Crown of Dusk to drastically increase the power of your pyromancies and spells! Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring ( acquired from Greggs of Vinheim in in Lower Undead Burg) raises ALL spell/pyromancy power by something like 20%-25% when equipped, and the Crown Dusk headgear (acquired from Dusk of Oolacile after defeating both the Hydra and Golden Golem in Darkroot Basin) also increases spell/pyromancy power by about 25%. Both of these can be equipped simultaneously to boost your total power by around 50%!! I cannot stress how powerful this is, especially once you acquire stronger Pyromancies and fully upgrade them. Finally, to increase the number of casts for pyromancies, equip the Dusk Crown Ring (also acquired in same way as Crown of Dusk) and this will allow you to cast 50% more spells, at the cost of lowering your health a bit. This is an incredible setup that becomes VERY OP once your pyromancies are leveled up. Take advantage of these boosts for maximum power!
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How high does my Dex need to be to have decent casting speed?
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Hey can anyone tell me what i should to level up to get Pycromancy 2 , i want to use great chaos ball, my int and faith 25 btw
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Can anyone tell me if pyromancy or avelin cost stamina in the remastered version?
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Do pyromancies start to become worse in each ng cycle, as their damage is set?
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Imagine a fire buff weapon with ascended pyromancie flames +5
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So Power within is Dark soul's version of the Kaioken, damages body in exchange for increasing the user's attack power.
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So how do the scrolls work? Are they a one time consumable with that many uses, or is it that many uses until you go attune at a campfire again, but you can attune infinitely?
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I see there’s a little confusion on the dusk crown and bellowing ring both buffs apply to sorcery and pyromancy as well as hexes cast with a staff I believe
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Pyromancy damage doesn't scale with any stat, however it does benefit from the casting speed increase of dexterity. At the casting speed cap of45 dexterity your casting speed will be roughly 15% faster (spell dependant) this means it synergizes well with high dexterity builds. Good weapon choices include the Balder Side Sword, any curved sword (My favorite is the gold tracer, the gold streaks make it look like it's on fire), Life Hunt Scythe and Great Scythe, Katanas, and sometimes spears. However, from a pvp perspective, pyromancies don't have a lot going for them. Mostly I stick to Black Flame for guard and poise breaking, as it's a very fast casting short range spell that does Ultra great sword damage. The spells that summon pillars can be used to bait someone at a distance into running in for a backstab, only to get caught up in the storm. And any spell with "Chaos" in it's name leaves little puddles if lava that are okay at catching people rolling towards you or turtling behind a shield off guard. But you know, if you're going for a dexterity build, the flame weighs nothing and you can get a few attunement slots on any starting class for 3-5 points. So why not?
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Is there a set/armor which increases Pyro-Damage in any way? (despite Dusk Crown)?
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Is this best for a Pyro Strength build and or a combo of all 3 Pyro+Str+Dex+Int+Fth? As a Mega Powerhouse against bosses and I know there's some bosses that are immune to Pyro, trying to come up with a kickass build with my Pyromancer character. Also trying to kill both bosses in Anor Londo namely the fat boss and the boss with the spear that moves fast and is always on my ass when I am trying to kill the fat boss 1st, if there's any advice I welcome it and thank you. I know I am also trying to collect all Pyromancies and Sorceries spells to unlock the trophies for these and for faith spells trophy as well.
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goddamit i killed the egg guy on my pyromacy characters rip me
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Would the White Hair Talisman count as a catalyst since it is able to use both miracles and pyromancies?
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If I max out my pyro flame will I get the strongest weapon achievement?
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Can anyone tell me how to be able to cast pyromancy spells?
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Just noticed that in dark souls remastered, the pyromancy flame has int scaling. Does this only increase the fire punch attack damage or does it also increase spell damage?
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Does the level of your pyromancy flame effect the matchmaking in any way?
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any good recommendations about good pvp pyromancies? i have 5 attunement slots. mostly i want to fight with a sword and have them as a back up or an alternative solution.
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I feel like pyromancies and dark magic were always being experimented with in terms of how they work
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That moment you realize you have all pyros except for the most basic*****: sweat n' iron flesh... :c
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Do pyromancies has int or fai requierement ? They only scall on pyromancy flamme level ?
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Help! How do I level up my pyromancy?? I am only at an 2 and I accidentally killed the egg dude and answered yes to laurentitus. What now????
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