The Soul of Cinder is the final boss of Dark Souls III. This guide provides strategies and details for overcoming this formidable foe. While specific tactics for the Soul of Cinder are not detailed in the provided source material, general boss fight information and NPC interactions related to endings are available.
Boss Fight: Iudex Gundyr
To face Iudex Gundyr, proceed forward from the start and descend the stone steps into a courtyard. Here, you will find a statue with a sword embedded in its chest. Interact with the statue to remove the sword, which will animate it and initiate the boss battle against Iudex Gundyr.
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| Fire Keeper | - Obtain the Eyes of a Fire Keeper in Untended Graves and give them to the Fire Keeper.
- A summon sign will appear after defeating the Soul of Cinder, allowing you to summon the Fire Keeper for the End of Fire ending.
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| Greirat of the Undead Settlement | - Free him from his cell in High Wall of Lothric using the Cell Key, found near the Tower on the Wall bonfire.
- Talk to him and agree to look for Loretta; he will give you a Blue Tearstone Ring and move to Firelink Shrine.
- Obtain Loretta’s Bone from a hanging body in the Undead Settlement (cut down from a balcony in the first house past the bonfire).
- Talk to him at Firelink Shrine, and he will let you keep the ring.
- After reloading the area, he will give you the Curl Up gesture.
- After defeating a boss, Greirat will offer to scavenge for items; sending him out will result in new inventory items for sale after you defeat another boss.
- He will offer to scavenge again after you gain access to Irithyll of Boreal Valley (specifically, after crossing the bridge to the Boreal Valley). He will die if you are not following Siegward of Catarina's questline.
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