Lothric Castle

The 3 Lothric Knights near the Lothric Castle bonfire are a good source of Large Titanite Shards, Titanite Chunks, Embers, and Refined Gems. They also drop Sunlight Medals, but the drop is rare even if you equip the Symbol of Avarice and Gold Serpent Ring+3. Clerics drop Blessed Gems, the drop rate being rare. In NG+0, by the time you reach this bonfire you should have a +9 weapon. Each Lothric Knight can easily be stun locked by a fully charged R2 of an ultra greatsword having a thrust R2. While 2-handing a Raw infused Cathedral Knight Greatsword+9, 2 hits with a fully charged R2 and an R1 are enough to kill 2 of the regular Lothric Knights. If you're using a straight sword, 2-hand your weapon and hit with R1 because Lothric Knights tend to turtle behind their shields. While 2-handing a Raw infused Broadsword+9, as long as a Lothric Knight is blocking with his shield, 3 hits with R1 are sufficient to break his guard.

I recommend you start from the Lothric Castle bonfire and make your way to the Dancer of the Boreal Valley bonfire. First, lure the nearest Lothric Knight to the bonfire and kill him as quickly as possible before the nearest cleric buffs and/or heal him. Then quickly dispatch of the 2 nearest clerics. Lure the spear-wielding Lothric Knight away from the third cleric so the cleric won't be able to buff and/or heal the knight. If you want, use 3 or 4 Throwing Knives against this Lothric Knight to trigger him to run towards you. Kill the knight as quickly as possible before the cleric has a chance to approach you. Now approach the third, red-eyed Lothric Knight slowly to trigger him to walk away from the remaining cleric. When the knight is a safe distance away from the cleric, run to the cleric and eliminate him as quickly as possible. Finally, kill the remaining Lothric Knight. For this route in NG+0, equipping the Silver Serpent Ring+0, Shield of Want, and Symbol of Avarice would earn you approximately 22,572 souls.

Farming souls: Lothric Castle, 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: 27,702