Consumed King's Garden

By this point in NG+0, you should have upgraded your main weapon to +9. Only farm enemies in this area if you want Titanite Chunks. The Cathedral Knights and Pus of Men drop Large Titanite Shards and Titanite Chunks. The clerics drop Blessed Gems. Titanite Chunks and Blessed Gems are rare drops even if you equip the Gold Serpent Ring+3 and the Symbol of Avarice. If you want to farm souls in the Consumed King's Garden, I recommend you to use an ultra greatsword such as the Cathedral Knight Greatsword or the Lothric Knight Greatsword.

While 2-handing a Raw infused Cathedral Knight Greatsword+9, each Cathedral Knight has a lot of absorption, cannot be easily staggered, and cannot be stun locked with a fully charged R2. The ground level of the garden is patrolled by 3 Pus of Men, each of whom is dangerous by itself and the difficulty is compounded by the toxic swamp in this area. A Pus of Man is vulnerable to fire. Unless you have a fire weapon that has a lot of damage output, I would recommend you to avoid the ground level of the garden, especially the Pus of Men. Most enemies in the Consumed King's Garden drop Titanite Chunks, making the garden an attractive place for farming Titanite Chunks even before you reach Archdragon Peak. If you have not reached Archdragon Peak, I would recommend you to farm Titanite Chunks in the garden. For souls, avoid the garden and try another area such as Irithyll. A Silver Knight is easier to fight with a melee weapon than a Pus of Man or a Cathedral Knight.

Starting from the Dancer of the Boreal Valley bonfire, climb the ladder, turn left, head down the staircase, and kill the lone Cathedral Knight standing near an elevator. Go up the staircase and through the shortcut door and kill all enemies in the area: 2 clerics and 3 Thralls. Ensure you dispatch of the clerics first as quickly as possible, otherwise they would buff the Thralls. Then proceed to the elevator shortcut to Oceiros' boss room, take the elevator down, and jump on a ledge where you would find the Dragonscale Ring. Kill the nearby cleric as quickly as possible. Finally, eliminate the 2 Cathedral Knights one at a time. In NG+0, equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+0, Shield of Want, and Symbol of Avarice, each round yields approximately 22,812 souls.

Farming souls: Consumed King's Garden, Dark Souls III

Below are some data on the approximate amounts of souls you would obtain if you use the above route for soul farming in various NG cycles. The data were gathered while equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+3, Symbol of Avarice, and Shield of Want.

• NG+0: 27,999