Cleansing Chapel
Before moving on to the next area, return to Cemetery of Ash. Spend some time fighting the mini-boss: Ravenous Crystal Lizard. You will encounter this mini-boss several more times during the course of your playthrough.
7. Mini-boss Ravenous Crystal Lizard, Dark Souls III
Purchase the following items from the Shrine Handmaid:
- Bandit's Knife. While two-handing, use its weapon art to help you easily traverse swamp areas. The Cleansing Chapel has two swamp areas where the weapon art of the Bandit's Knife is useful. A Dagger has the same weapon art and is less expensive than the Bandit's Knife. However, the Bandit's Knife is useful against various bosses so it's worth your time to farm enough souls to purchase the weapon now.
- Torch. The graveyard area near the Cleansing Chapel is rife with zombies whose maggots can cause bleed. While equipping the Torch in your left hand, maggots won't be able to build up your bleed bar. You must be able to see the Torch in the left hand of your character. Another way to remove your bleed bar is to consume a Bloodred Moss Clump. At this stage in the game, you don't need to purchase this consumable item. Spend your souls on a Torch instead.
- Undead Hunter Charm. You must first give the Paladin's Ashes to the Handmaid. Use an Undead Hunter Charm to allow you to easily fight the Mimic found within the Cleansing Chapel and other Mimics scattered throughout the game.
- Charcoal Pine Resin and Charcoal Pine Bundle. Zombies and most enemies at the Cleansing Chapel are weak against fire. The area boss is also weak against fire. Stock up on Charcoal Pine Resin/Bundle.
Warp to the Crystal Sage bonfire and make your way to the Cathedral of the Deep bonfire, from whence you push forward to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire. Gael is prostrating near the Cleansing Chapel bonfire. Don't talk to him yet. Light the Cleansing Chapel bonfire, proceed through the area, and find some ways to open the two shortcut doors near that bonfire.
8. Cleansing Chapel, Dark Souls III
Grab the following items:
- Paladin's Ashes. This is located near the Cathedral of the Deep bonfire and guarded by an enemy.
- Estus Shard
- Undead Bone Shard
- Lloyd's Sword Ring. While equipped, as long as your HP bar is at least 98% full you would receive a 10% bonus to your damage output. Grab this ring and equip it immediately.
- Deep Braille Divine Tome. Don't give this tome to Irina, otherwise her questline would be ruined and Eygon would be hostile against you.
- Deep Ring. Guaranteed to drop once you killed the lone deacon near a buttress.
- Blessed Gem. This will be used later on to infuse your Caestus. A Blessed Caestus would slowly regenerate your HP, but unlike the Blessed Red and White Shield+1 a Caestus is lighter on your weight ratio.
Defeating the two Giant Slaves would provide you with enough Large Titanite Shards to upgrade your Raw Broadsword to +4. You will meet Patches and Siegward. Proceed with their questlines as shown in the above video to have Patches be your merchant. It's OK to light the Rosaria's Bedchamber bonfire, but don't talk to Rosaria to ensure that you don't ruin Sirris' questline.
The area boss is a gang known as the Deacons of the Deep. The boss is weak against fire and can easily be distracted by Alluring Skulls. Have at least 10 Alluring Skulls. Purchase them from Patches if you need any more. Anri and Horace's summon signs are located near the boss arena. Summon them to help you fight the boss. Consume a Red Bug Pellet and equip the Flame Stoneplate Ring to boost your fire defense.
Having defeated the Deacons, return to Firelink Shrine and exhaust the dialogues of Anri and Horace. Spend some time wrapping up various loose ends as shown in the videos below.
9. Location of Fire Keeper set, Dark Souls III
10. Cheese the Wyvern at High Wall of Lothric, Dark Souls III
