

The items are scattered around Dark Souls 3.

See our tower walkthrough for more information.įirelink Shrine's blacksmith, who can upgrade your weapons, shields with Gems and Coal and your Estus Flask with Estus Shards.

This will give you access to the Tower, other previously inaccessible areas of the shrine and a number of useful items. You can take a break from level upgrading and save up 20,000 souls to purchase a tower key from the Shrine Handmaid. If you give her Umbral Ash - items hidden throughout Dark Souls 3 - she'll sell you a wider selection of items. Later, can heal the Dark Sigil.įirelink Shrine's dedicated merchant, who sells consumable items and armor. Be sure to follow his initial dialogue to its conclusion to receive the Collapse gesture. For many hours, he'll do little more than repeat his complaints. Hawkwood is Dark Souls 3's resident forlorn and crestfallen knight. At the beginning of the game, that menu lets you warp to the other bonfires you've lit and one area you haven't - High Wall of Lothric, your next destination on the game's critical path.

Do that, and you'll create the Firelink Shrine bonfire.įirelink Shrine is Dark Souls 3's hub, and resting at a bonfire allows you to invoke the Travel menu. Approach it, and you'll be prompted to insert the Coiled Sword you received from defeating Iudex Gundyr. Speak to him, and he'll give you five Cracked Red Eye Orbs, which allow you to invade other Dark Souls 3 players' worlds, if you're inclined to be a troublemaker.Īfter leveling up and talking to the NPCs, head to the pile of dust in the center of Firelink Shrine. The final NPC, Leonard the Ringfinger, is leaning next to the largest throne in the room, and he has some ideas about how you should spend your time. Speak to him to hear some creepy and cryptic information, though there's little you can do with that information right now. There's another non-playable character, Ludleth of Courland, sitting in the second throne from the left. She's the Shrine Handmaid, and she serves as a Firelink Shrine's general store, selling a wide assortment of consumable items and even some armor. On your way to Andre, you'll find an old woman sitting in a chair. Head down the long, straight tunnel that runs underneath where you walked in, and you'll meet Andre, a blacksmith who will help you upgrade your weapons and estus flask. When you arrive at the Shrine, speak to the woman near the bonfire, the Fire Keeper, to level up.
