High Wall of Lothric

At this point in NG+0, you should have obtained the Silver Serpent Ring+0. If you chose Rusted Gold Coins as your burial gift, consider farming the mimic for the Symbol of Avarice. However, at this point in the game, your pool of HP is rather low so equipping the Symbol of Avarice is a very dangerous option. To be safe, don't equip the Symbol of Avarice unless you are confident in your ability to fight the Lothric Knights. Enemies along this route drop Titanite Shards, making them ideal farming fodders if you want to upgrade your weapon to +2 or +3 before you fight Vordt. The regular hollows drop Raw Gems, which allow you to infuse your weapon for high base damage output but at the cost of losing any weapon scaling. There is also a guaranteed Raw Gem from killing the Crystal Lizard near a Pus of Man. The (red-eyed) Lothric Knights drop Embers and Refined Gems, but the drop is rare if you have the base Item Discovery of at most 114 and without using any items to boost this stat. The first time you kill the lone red-eyed Lothric Knight you are guaranteed a Refined Gem.

Before fighting Vordt, you might want to farm souls to get a few levels. Starting from the High Wall of Lothric bonfire, kill the nearby crossbow enemy who is sitting, leaning against a wall. Jump down and kill the two enemies near the shortcut elevator: one wields a Greataxe and another is sitting, propped against a wall. Take the elevator down and kill all 5 enemies nearby: 1 is walking and the other 4 are trying to ambush you. Make your way down the staircase, killing the crossbow enemy and the longsword-wielding enemy. Proceed to kill the 3 enemies outside of Vordt's boss room and the 4 Lothric Knights outside of Dancer's boss arena. Lure each Lothric Knight to the door of Dancer's room. While you are inside Dancer's room, the Lothric Knight wouldn't be able to enter the room. As the Lothric Knight slowly retreats while blocking with a shield, break his guard and riposte. While 2-handing a Raw infused Broadsword+2, 2 hits with R1 are enough to break the guard of a normal Lothric Knight who wields a medium shield, and 1 riposte and another R1 are sufficient to kill him. You require 3 hits with R1 to break the guard of the Lothric Knight who wields a great shield, and 1 riposte and another R1 to kill him. The red-eyed Lothric Knight requires 3 hits with R1 to be guard broken and 3 ripostes to kill him. Equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+0 and without using the Symbol of Avarice, each round in NG+0 earns you approximately 2,590 souls.

Farming souls: High Wall of Lothric pre-Vordt, Dark Souls III

After you have defeated Vordt, farm the 3 enemies outside of his boss room and the 4 Lothric Knights outside of Dancer's arena. To slightly offset the HP draining of the Symbol of Avarice, equip the Blessed Red and White Shield+1 found in the Undead Settlement. Equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+0 and the Symbol of Avarice, each round in NG+0 yields approximately 3,236 souls. With this ring, but excluding the mimic head, each round in NG+0 earns you approximately 2,151 souls.

Farming souls: High Wall of Lothric post-Vordt, 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. Note that the route starts from the High Wall of Lothric bonfire. The data were gathered while equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+3, Symbol of Avarice, and Shield of Want. Each number within parentheses is the approximate percentage increase from the previous NG cycle.

• NG+0: 6,116
• NG+1: 25,826 (422.3%)