Despite launching all the way back in 2016 when everything at least *seemed* a little bit more normal than it does now, Dark Souls 3 nonetheless has endured as a premium example of how to do this whole Dark Souls business right. Stuffed with all manner of fiendish bosses, danger ridden areas and rewarding side quests, we’ve taken the opportunity to break down all of the Dark Souls 3 bosses, areas and side quests in order. Praise the sun! (or something)
Dark Souls 3 Bosses In Order
Like any Dark Souls effort worth its salt, Dark Souls 3 is absolutely filled to the brim with double-hard, big baddie types that have a thing about wanting to put you six feet under as quickly as possible. From the initial scrap with Iudex Gundyr through to the final, controller-chucking showdown with the Soul of Cinder and every optional boss in between, here is every Dark Souls 3 boss in order.
1. Iudex Gundyr
2. Vordt of the Boreal Valley
3. Curse-Rotted Greatwood (Optional boss: Go to the massive courtyard area close to the end of the Undead Settlement zone and you should start to see some violet flowers. This will mean you’re in the right place.)
4. Crystal Sage
5. Deacons of the Deep
6. Abyss Watchers
7. High Lord Wolnir
8. Old Demon King (Optional boss: The Old Demon King can be found in the Smouldering Lake. To reach that location you must ensure that the wooden bridge prior to the High Lord Wolnir boss fight is destroyed. Once the bridge has been removed, the resulting path below will take you to this boss.)
9. Pontiff Sulyvahn
10. Yhorm the Giant
11. Aldritch, Devourer of Gods
12. Dancer of the Boreal Valley
13. Dragonslayer Armour
14. Oceiros, the Consumed King (Optional boss: You must defeat the Dancer of the Boreal Valley first and collect the basin she drops as loot. Simply place that basin on the statue in the room after she dies and a secret ladder triggers. Climb the ladder, take the first path to your left and then you’ll come across Oceiros, The Consumed King.)
15. Champion Gundyr (Optional boss: Once Oceiros has been felled, walk down the hallway until you hit a dead end. Strike the wall with your weapon and the newly revealed secret corridor will take you to the Untended Graves where you’ll find Champion Gundyr)
16. Lothric, Younger Prince and Lorian, Elder Prince (Two bosses for the price of one)
17. Ancient Wyvern (Optional boss: You must first reach Archdragon Peak which can only be accessed with the Path of the Dragon gesture that you can loot from a fallen foe near the optional Oceiros boss battle. Once collected, head to the Irithyll Dungeon and locate the meditating dragon statue. Use the Path of the Dragon gesture here and you’ll be transported to the Archdragon Peak. At this point just keep moving forward until you reach a gate because beyond this point the Ancient Wyvern waits for an almighty scrap)
18. Nameless King (Optional boss: Travel to the Archdragon Peak and proceed through the dungeon until you find a lever next to a massive bell. Simply pull said lever and a path will be revealed, setting up an epic confrontation with the fearsome Nameless King)
19. Soul of Cinder
Dark Souls 3 Areas In Order
There’s no getting around it – Dark Souls 3 is a massive, massive game with a broad swathe of locales that reach all the way from the Cemetery of Ash tutorial area, through to rapid-fire misery of the Cathedral of the Deep, here are all the Dark Souls 3 areas in order.
1. Cemetery of Ash – Opening tutorial area
Bosses found in this area: Iudex Gundyr
2. Firelink Shrine
Bosses found in this area: None
3. High Wall of Lothric
Bosses found in this area: Vordt of the Boreal Valley; Dancer of the Boreal Valley
4. Undead Settlement
Bosses found in this area: Curse-Rotted Greatwood (optional boss)
5. Road of Sacrifices
Bosses found in this area: Crystal Sage
6. Cathedral of the Deep
Bosses found in this area: Deacons of the Deep
7. Farron Keep
Bosses found in this area: Abyss Watchers
8. Catacombs of Carthus
Bosses found in this area: High Lord Wolnir
9. Smouldering Lake – Optional area
Bosses found in this area: Old Demon King (optional boss)
10. Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
Bosses found in this area: Pontiff Sulyvahn
11. Anor Londo
Bosses found in this area: Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
12. Irithyll Dungeon
Bosses found in this area: None
13. Profaned Capital
Bosses found in this area: Yhorm the Giant
14. Consumed King’s Garden – Optional area
Bosses found in this area: Oceiros (optional boss), The Consumed King (optional boss)
15. Untended Graves – Optional area
Bosses found in this area: Champion Gundyr (optional boss)
16. Lothric Castle
Bosses found in this area: Dragonslayer Armour
17. Grand Archives
Bosses found in this area: Lothric, Younger Prince and Lorian, Elder Prince, Crystal Sage
18. Archdragon Peak
Bosses found in this area: Ancient Wyvern, The Nameless King (both optional boss)
19. Kiln of the First Flame – The Final Area
Bosses found in this area: Soul of Cinder
Dark Souls 3 – All Side Quests In Order
Dark Souls 3 is generously stuffed with side quests for wannabe adventurers to tackle, but much like other Souls titles, these side quests can be a little tricky to find. Luckily for you, in this part of our Dark Souls 3 guide we’ll be letting you know where you can kick off these side quests. Please note though, this assumes that you’re progressing through the bosses and areas in a fairly linear fashion, as outlined by our previous lists.
• Hawkwood (Area – Firelink Shrine)
• Greirat of the Undead Settlement (Area – High Wall of Lothric)
• Leonhard (Area – High Wall of Lothric)
• Greirat of the Undead Settlement (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Cornyx of the Great Swamp (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Siegward of Catarina (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Yoel of Londor (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Yuria of Londor (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Leonhard (Area – Undead Settlement)
• Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim (Area – Road of Sacrifices)
• Anri of Astora and Horace the Hushed (Area – Road of Sacrifices)
• Sirris of the Sunless Realms (Area – Road of Sacrifices)
• Hawkwood (Area – Road of Sacrifices)
• Orbeck of Vinheim (Area – Road of Sacrifices)
• Unbreakable Patches (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Unbreakable Patches Part 2 (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Fire Keeper (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Siegward of Catarina (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Irina of Carim, Eygon of Carim and Karla (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Anri of Astora (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Leonhard (Area – Cathedral of the Deep)
• Sirris of the Sunless Realms (Area – Farron Keep)
• Yoel of Londor, Yuria of Londor, Anri of Astoria and Lord of Hollows (Area – Farron Keep)
• Orbeck of Vinheim (Area – Farron Keep)
• Hawkwood (Area – Farron Keep)
• Anri of Astora (Area – Catacombs of Carthus)
• Anri of Astora (Area – Smouldering Lake)
• Anri of Astora Part 2 (Area – Smouldering Lake)
• Greirat of the Undead Settlement (Area – Irithyll of the Boreal Valley)
• Sirris of the Sunless Realms (Area – Irithyll of the Boreal Valley)
• Anri of Astora and Yuria of Londor (Area – Irithyll of the Boreal Valley)
• Siegward of Catarina and Greirat of the Undead Settlement (Area – Irithyll of the Boreal Valley)
• Siegward of Catarina (Area – Irithyll Dungeon)
• Hawkwood (Area – Irithyll Dungeon)
• Siegward of Catarina (Area – Profaned Capital)
• Anri of Astora (Area – Anor Londo)
• Sirris of the Sunless Realms (Area – Anor Londo)
• Leonhard (Area – Anor Londo)
• Greirat of the Undead Settlement (Area – Lothric Castle)
• Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim (Area – Lothric Castle)
• Sirris of the Sunless Realms (Area – Lothric Castle)
• Fire Keeper (Area – Untended Graves)
• Hawkwood (Area – Archdragon Peak)
• Fire Keeper (Area – Kiln of the First Flame)
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