The Depths

Navigate the treacherous Depths in Dark Souls Remastered. This guide details enemy encounters, item locations, NPC interactions with Laurentius, and strategies for survival.

This place will be long and quite arduous to get through. From Firelink, make your way back to the area underneath the Capra Demon. Before entering the Depths, grab the Large Soul of a Lost Undead by the gate then open the door and head inside.

Down the stairs, we will run into the Basic Hollows again who are a bit sturdier then last time but shouldn't be too much of an issue. There are two of them here at the bottom of the stairs. Afterwards double back past the stairs, killing another Hollow here and grabbing the Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier at the end.

Go down another level here and kill some more Hollows. There are some Torch Hollows so avoid being caught in their attacks. Torch Hollows are very dangerous if you don’t block their attacks as they can easily kill you. Drop down at the back and look up to the left to see a new enemy.

--Butcher--

Butchers are large enemies, usually accompanied by some Undead Dogs. They are quite clumsy and slow and a backstab or two is enough to defeat them. They shouldn't be too much of a threat.

Drops: Sack*

*Guaranteed to drop when all Butchers are dead.

Kill the Butcher here and go up into the room to find another NPC stuck in a barrel. Make sure you roll here to avoid hitting them or he may aggro and we need this guy for a Trophy.

--NOTE--

Laurentius is a Pyromancer who has a mini questline and a shop for us to use. The questline is as follows:

Step 1: Free him in The Depths

Step 2: Shop available at Firelink Shrine. Will give you a Pyromancy Flame and allow you to upgrade it to +15.

Step 3: Will become Hollowed in Blighttown if you are part of the Chaos Covenant or possess one of Quelaana's unique pyromancies and answered "YES" when he asks you about the Pyromancy at Firelink Shrine. Say "NO" when prompted to keep him as a shop keeper. You can still fulfil the first two conditions as long as you didn't answer "Yes" at any point.

The shop is as follows:

*Required for a Trophy

Make your way back to Firelink and level up. You want to have 12 Attunement and be level 24 to unlock a new spell slot. Go talk to Laurentius and say "NO" when prompted. You will get the Pyromancy Flame. You also want to buy Fireball and Combustion here as we will use them in particular areas. Finally, make your flame Pyromancy Flame +3 at least here with the remaining souls. You can buy the left over Pyromancies at a later point.

--NOTE--

Since we have picked up a lot of useful equipment recently, I will just show you what you should have equipped at this point if you want to follow along with what I have.

Feel free to run your own setup. You can probably replace Wolf Ring with another ring if you so choose and we will swap the Flame for a Bow if needed as well. Remember to attune Combustion as well before you leave.

Make your way back to where we killed the Butcher and freed Laurentius. Run all the way around and open the wooden door at the end. Proceed down here, ignore the item and kill the Torch Hollow ahead. Sprint all the way through here, zigzagging to avoid some enemies and rest at the bonfire at the very end.

Go back to the item we passed and if you look above, you will notice a new enemy. Try and walk rather then sprint for the item as the enemy will jump on you.

--Slime--

Slimes are very easy enemies and often spend their time slowly crawling up to you. They like to cling to ceilings and grab you passing underneath so keep your eyes peeled. Otherwise, they are extremely easy to defeat. They do tank a few hits but your Pyromancies will make quick work of it.

Drops: Green Titanite Shard, Large Titanite Shard.

Grab the Soul of a Nameless Soldier for your troubles. Make your way back up to the Butcher and go through the hole in the wall. In the water are some Hollows and Undead Dogs so deal with them. Kill the second Butcher and the Dogs up the stairs here. If both Butchers are dead, you will get the Sack. When all the enemies are dead, grab the Large Ember from the chest. The Large Ember can upgrade base weapons further. Drop down the hole behind the Butcher's desk.

Walk the perimeter of this upper area to grab a Spider Shield. Down in this pit is a Giant Undead Rat. Toss a few Firebombs to kill it quickly. Drop down once it is dead. Grab the Sewer Chamber Key against the gate. Grab the Soul of a Nameless Soldier at the back of the room.

To the left here is a narrow passageway with a Soul of a Nameless Soldier in it. The following route will avoid all the holes in the ground which we don't want to fall down. Go left and kill the Rat in the corridor. There is a Rat on the left at the end but don't go up this path. Go right and then left to go into a much larger area.

In here are a couple of Large Undead Rats which shouldn't be too troublesome but they are accompanied by a Channeler. Play it smart, bait the Rats one at a time and deal with the Channeler at the end. This Channeler is quite a nuisance as leaving it alive will allow it to buff the boss of this dungeon. Since it won't respawn, we have eliminated that threat. To the left, two Rats will leap out of the crates. Right in the corner here is a Large Titanite Shard. Now, proceed through the fog wall on the other side of this area.

Grab the Soul of a Nameless Soldier around the corner. Run through, ignoring the passage