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PvE Sin

You will acquire NPC Hostility Sin by doing the following:

• Anger an NPC by attacking them and damaged over 10% of their HP or killing them.
• Anger a Covenant leader by doing something against their approval.
• Angering Alvina of the Darkroot Wood.
• Attacking Crossbreed Priscilla
• Angering Gwyndolin  (by going beyond the Darkmoon Tomb gate)
• Killing Gwynevere. (Permanent PvE Sin)

Removing PvE Sin:

• You can remove pve sin or Npc Hostility Sin by requesting for an Absolution, serviced by  Oswald of Carim.

Effects of PvE Sins:

• Angering NPCs will not give any negative result.
• If a player obtained a permanent PvE sin by killing Gwynevere. The members of the Blade of the Darkmoon covenant can invade you only  in a certain place which is in dark Anor Londo.

PvP Sin

You will acquire PvP Sins by the following:

• Being indicted by another player online which will give you +1 sin, and will leave you open to invasions from the Blade of the Dark Moon faction.
• Getting kicked out of a covenant with one of the followings:
  • Blade of the Dark Moon
  • Chaos Servant
  • Forest Hunter
  • Princess Guard

• Removing PvP  Sin:

  • The only way to remove your PvP sin is to be invaded and killed by the members of the Blade of the Darkmoon covenant which will reduce 1 point of sin at a time until your sin points is gone.

• Effects of PvP Sins:

  • Players who are listed in the Book of the Guilty can be invaded by Blade of the Dark Moon covenant using the Blue Eye Orb,