Raw Broadsword+9 & Knight's Ring

High Wall of Lothric

The Dancer must be defeated to open up two areas that contain Titanite Chunks.

Dancer of the Boreal Valley

SL1 Dancer of the Boreal Valley, Dark Souls III

This boss is especially weak against dark. Purchase Dark Pine Resin x 3 from the Shrine Handmaid and use the resin to buff your Raw Broadsword+7. Always position your character at the right leg of the Dancer to limit the variety of her attacks. Both the Dancer and your character should be at the centre of the arena as much as possible to allow you maximum visibility and unhindered movement.

Consumed King's Garden

Estus Shard at Consumed King's Garden, Dark Souls III

Titanite Chunk x 4 at Consumed King's Garden, Dark Souls III

Light the Dancer of the Boreal Valley bonfire. Climb the ladder, turn left, and head for the elevator near the Cathedral Knight. Ride the elevator down to collect an Estus Shard. You should now have 11 uses of the Estus Flask. Collect Titanite Chunk x 4 scattered throughout the area. Use these to upgrade the Raw Broadsword to +8. The hardest parts of collecting these chunks are avoiding the Pus of Man and trying not to be inflicted with toxic from the environment. Purchase all Blooming Purple Moss Clumps from the Shrine Handmaid prior to visiting this area. Obtain the Magic Stoneplate Ring. This is dropped by one of the Cathedral Knights in front of Oceiros' arena.

Lothric Castle

Farming Titanite Chunk at Lothric Castle, Dark Souls III

Light the Lothric Castle bonfire. Each Lothric Knight has a good chance of dropping a Large Titanite Shard. Farm these knights to upgrade any other secondary weapons to +6, e.g. the Blessed Caestus and the Knight's Crossbow. It is safe to farm the Lothric Knight x 3 between the Dancer bonfire and the Lothric Castle bonfire. The Lothric Knights cannot go past the hallway connecting the ladder to the Dancer bonfire.

Location of Red Tearstone Ring, Dark Souls III

Light the Dragon Barracks bonfire, activate the elevator shortcut leading to the Dancer bonfire, and proceed to collect the Red Tearstone Ring. This ring is useful against bosses that can one-shot you. Equip the ring and use some means of decreasing your HP low enough to trigger the effect of the ring. The Symbol of Avarice is useful for this purpose, so is Dung Pie but you must also consume a Blooming Purple Moss Clump. Once the effect of the ring is activated, you get a boost to your damage output.

Location of Knight's Ring, Dark Souls III

Location of Braille Divine Tome of Lothric, Dark Souls III

Grab the Knight's Ring, which raises your Strength by five points to allow you to two-hand or one-hand various weapons. For example, equipping the Knight's Ring allows you to one-hand the Knight's Crossbow. The ring also slightly raises your defense and resistances. Below where the Knight's Ring is located can be found the Braille Divine Tome of Lothric. Give the Tome to Irina and you can purchase Magic Barrier from her. You cannot use the miracle yet until you have obtained the Priestess Ring. Magic Barrier together with the Magic Stoneplate Ring and Blue Bug Pellets can help you to survive the magic attacks of Aldrich. Collect a Pale Pine Resin, useful against the Dragonslayer Armour.

Titanite Chunk x 4 from Lothric Wyvern x 2, Dark Souls III

Titanite Chunk x 4 and Large Titanite Shard x 2 are dropped from the two Lothric Wyverns. Use the Knight's Crossbow to kill one wyvern and the other wyvern should also die. Now you must kill the Pus that infect one leg of each wyvern. The Pus is vulnerable to fire so use (Black) Firebombs. Killing each Pus would deposit Titanite Chunk x 2 into your inventory.

Titanite Chunk x 9, Twinkling Titanite x 10, Raw Gem at Lothric Castle, Dark Souls III

SL1 NG+7 Cheese the Outrider Knight at Lothric Castle, Dark Souls III

Titanite Chunk x 9 can be picked up as treasures from corpses throughout Lothric Castle. Furthermore, Twinkling Titanite x 10 can be collected from corpses, treasure chests, and the Crystal Lizard x 2. You should now have enough Twinkling Titanite to upgrade the Irithyll Straight Sword to +4. Upgrading the weapon to +5, the maximum possible upgrade level for this weapon, requires a Titanite Slab. You might also want to consider using the Irithyll Rapier. The rapier is dropped by the Outrider Knight found in the basement underneath the two Lothric Wyverns. This weapon builds up the frostbite gauge of an enemy like the Irithyll Straight Sword, but the rapier has a faster R1 animation than the straight sword version.

Undead Bone Shard at Lothric Castle, Dark Souls III

Collect an Undead Bone Shard, which is found underneath the bridge where the two Lothric Wyverns breathe fire. With this, you should have an Estus Flask+4. A Raw Gem is found on a corpse near a Hollow who throws Undead Hunter Charms. The corpse is near the two Lothric Wyverns. You will need this gem to infuse the Dragonslayer Axe, a weapon obtained by following Sirris' quest line.