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Why the game filled with lots of useless items

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There's a spell to make your weapon invisible if that's a problem for you

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Hey lads,
Maybe someone can help me out.
I finished the whole game (just finished the DLCs with Gael) and I wanted the ring and the staff. So i farmed the tongues and gave them to Rosaria.
Rosaria is dead btw, because after Leonhardts quest I purchased the miracle for the soul.
But you can still use her service and that is what i did. I gave her all the tongues in some portions (1, 8, 1 - the ring) (19-1 - the staff). So i just got the items like something you grab up, but they do not appear in my inventar.
I restarted the game, reloaded the area, looked at different spots like Leonhardts place (next to the throne) but i can't find them.
I got them, but not in my inventory.

Has someone had similar issues and found a solution for this?

Thanks in advance.

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Not essential for practicality, but it makes fight clubs more angsty; when you shoot the host in the head with a great arrow (:

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This ring is entirely essential for using the White Birch Bow

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Remember fighting heysel in Farron swamp for the first time and i was with zero estus waiting for the ****er to come out when all of a sudden i see sorceries fliyng around so i take the bow and transform wannabe Jeremiah in an invisible pinholder.
Good times indeed

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why would I want a ring that only works on human players, when the game does not even support other human players?

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It's true that greatarrows can be seen regardless of the ring, but you can change positions and prepare a good old ambush way sooner than what the gonkers would take getting there

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Don't use dragonslayer greatarrows if you are sniping with this ring. The arrows are visible at all times (even if it hasn't been fired), meaning they can easily be spotted by other players. Onislayer arrows are significantly smaller, making them much more difficult to spot.

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Might be a dumb question but can hosts see binoculars?

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JOHN CENA RING JOHN CENA RING

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Galaxy brains wearing it and casting Tears of Denial are hilarious.

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Obscuring Ring......

Someone is ringing at my door ?
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"Ring ring !"

....... Laugh at my joke please...

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The most fun ring in the game as an invader. And i'm not even talking about the silly gimmick stuff like bow sniping or whatever.
This thing provides the most important thing of all: strategic advantage. The ability to able to stalk the host and his friends, without them IMMEDIATELY sprinting towards you as soon as they see a bright neon red/purple "I'M HERE, KILL ME NOW" target in the distance... It provides a LOT of opportunities to carefully consider your approach and find a perfect opportunity for a strike.

Here's some funny stories i had in last 3 days:

First story: i invaded host and his friend in Irithyll. I decided to prepare a fairly predictable and simple ambush around the corner of the tunnel that leads into the infested sewers. I saw the host&co go past the tunnel, but they never came back for some 2 minutes. So i decided to go check on them.
Guess what they did? They decided to hide as illusory mimics at the very end of that balcony right near the door towards bonfire. You know the one. The absolutely pointless long cliff that serves no purpose... Besides this, i suppose.
I IMMEDIATELY saw the statue of a boy standing at the very end of the cliff. For some time i considered my options and... This was too good of an opportunity to pass.
Switched to hawk ring, greatbow, prepare WA, fire. The guy didn't see it coming and went straight to depths. I'm sorry, whoever you were, but this was just too good.
The host was hiding in the corner of the stones which was a little bit smarter, but uh... I bodyblocked him. He never stood a chance. I'm so sorry, but goddamn was it fun.

Second story: invasion at Carthus Lake this time.
Host, summon, and then they also summoned the big boy Tsorig for extra firepower. Aaaand.... They decided to clear the demon ruins while at it. Aaaaand... The host and the summon both got TOXIC'd by the local goatmen. I stalked them until they found the corner with the stone demon - you know the one - and threw a couple of Loyd talismans at them. Didn't had to land a single hit - they both just died from the toxin, summon first and host after as she was running away at fullspeed. I barely managed to catch up to her just to make the "prostration" gesture.

What a weird feeling - feeling guilty as hell, but at the same time it's the most fun experience to have as an invader, compared to the usual experience of being R1 spammed by multiple people. No other item in the game provides experiences such as this.

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Can you still get this ring in ng+

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How does a ranged spellcaster or Pyromancer even counter this? I spawned into an undead match and I assume the guy was wearing this because I couldn't see him at all, and never did. I spend the whole match running around the Kiln getting hit whenever I stopped, never once saw him. That's ridiculous. This ring is the single cheapest thing in the game, and there is no counter to it but you wearing the same ring, which doesn't really counter the other ring as much as needlessly complicating an invasion or match by making both players aimlessly search for each other.

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The Ring of Cowards

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Dear every single greatbow sniper who uses this ring in invasions: We can see you because of the arrows. It looks super goofy. That is all

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It does not hide tears or power within fix u mitazaki

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If you're against someone with an obscuring ring, you should also use an obscuring ring, this will cancel their stealth advantage assuming you don't have effects such as TOD, RTSR or an arrow lodged in your head.

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What happen if you equip this ring then cast Chameleon? Will it negate the ring's effect? Or will the ring's effect stay the same? In which case it might awkwardly ruin the stealth because I'd imagine when the enemy approaches you'll fade in as say, a statue.

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Good for ambushes and sniping(?). Make sure you do not have any particle effects and, for the ring to be at its peak, stay more than 10 meters away from players. You are as good as invisible if you don't have hidden body.

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The most essential invasion ring tbh.

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the ring description on the Rings page does indeed say that enemies must be closer in order to notice you.

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Wait so on the rings page it says it shortens the alert distance on pve enemies, but on here it says it doesn't. Which one is it?

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Remember that invader waiting patiently near the judicator in Ringed City swamp, never saw that great arrow coming to his forehead. Those were good times...

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Anyone up for a round of five-finger fillet?

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Are items you use still visible. For example an estus flask?

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Look at all the idiots responding to the post below being super harsh about the deal proposed when when it's clearly being proposed by a new player judging by the fact that they dont realize you can buy unlimited chunks relatively early and the fact that they don't just farm the rewards which are particularly easy to get on that covenant by fighting blues. You're all leaving responses pointing out what's obvious to people who know the facts presented above with snobby attitudes like that player would even know why you're saying its a bad deal.

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offering two titanite chunks in exchange for this ring xbox gamertag: psycho se7en.

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BUFF SMOUGH’S T H I C C N E S S

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i think this ring is just bullsh1t , when I wear it for sniping across large area or across a bridge, etc. everyone see me while no buff active , no knifes/arrows stuck in me and no aura and yet everyone see me and always come shoot me way past the 10ish meters of the effect , but everyone i’ve seen use it becomes completely invisible at the about 10 meters range of effect 0/10 would use this lie again , me that dreamed to make a ghost build since 6 months will never be able to do so with my best bet that doesn’t work

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i was spotted for some reason by a player that was across the bridge to wolnir isnt that more then 10m?

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wish they hadnt nerfed it quite so hard, somewhere in between now and pre-nerf would have been perfect because now if they chase you you cannot get away and reposition unless you do some shenanigans or they are braindead.

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The single most important ring to any invader. The same people who ***** about how group invasions are impossible are also the same people who don't understand the point of a ring that allows you to utilize guerrilla tactics rather than sprinting into a group and wondering why you got your ass handed to you.

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You'll never see it coming!!!

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This ring needs to be NERFED -_-

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I guess the ring just doesn't work sometimes because I just got sniped by a phantom while I was wearing it.

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Gankers will never see me coming... hehehe

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This ring actually works against invader NPCs, if you mix it with Hidden Body.

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Now you see me. Now you don't.

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I trolled 4 aldrich faithfuls today in anor londo with obscuring ring + slumbering dragon crest ring for well over 30 minutes. They could not find me at all and I just kept firing my bow at them chipping away their health + seed of giants. Basically they gave up and went home.

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If you are a Blade of the Darkmoon or a Blue Sentinel; GET THIS. Grind it from the Darkwraiths at Abyss Watchers bonfire, or invade for it, but get this ring.

Invaders (like the Dipsticks they are) never see you coming when you've got their srubby tricks up your sleeve ;)

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After having earned the Obscuring Ring once in NG, I attempted to earn a second copy in NG+; however, upon delivering to Rosaria the required 10 Pale Tongues, I did NOT receive a second Obscuring Ring. Is it impossible to earn more than one Obscuring Ring per character? I mean, legitimately--not through trade with other players. Thanks!

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Current range is if you are at the Grand Archives bonfire you wouldn't see someone at the base of the staircase straight ahead. If they step OFF the staircase onto the floor, they become visible just then.

Not tested on my side, but told that Vordt's GH's particle effect DOES disappear w/this ring. However, it seems to lag 1-2 seconds, like the particles already in the air have to dissipate as they normally would.

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Also used by Leonhard when you invade into his world

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Almost required if you invade, in my opinion, due to gank squads. At least if you're a caster.

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i had this ring but it dissapeared :S

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Yeah, primarily useful for those who don't buff, but otherwise the cheapest yet most amazing ring I've ever seen, because it allows hit and run tactics and if the host continually heals you can hide and regen with blessed items. Unfortunately it can kind of be abused, it's good not many people use it because if a host did I have no idea how you'd find them and with one person it isn't very nice as I've already had people get so distracted they get killed by mobs, and that's really unfair but...well, in some cases it's absolutely warranted. Ok, I'm sorry, but I'm too proud of this story.

Once upon a time there was a gank squad of 3 people who I wound up invading, alone. They were sitting up where Ledo invades near the ringed city street bonfire, all cocky and throwing down their "Hey" stones and standing by the edge emoting...I slowly snuck up a bit behind the far one, pulled out a milwood greatbow, and shot them off the ledge. One down. Now the other two are still a bit cocky and trying to draw me into Ledo's room so they could gang up on me. I waited around for a bit, occasionally taking pot shots when they'd pop out to try to taunt me, and eventually one separated and came down the path a bit and I hacked him up with my Exile's greatsword. 2 down. The last guy isn't quite so cocky anymore and I take off my obscuring ring, replace it with a silvercat. I wasn't sure if I'd use it, but the host had no problem chugging estus (I didn't use a single one throughout), and I was unembered, so after beating on him and having him keep healing finally we eventually fell over the ledge. Because I had the ring I took nothing, he took most his health. He heals full, we fall to the ground. We both swing, both hit, he dies. I feel like I'm predator. Not so cocky now, eh?

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Yes, Tears of Denial are visible even when using the Obscuring Ring AND at the appropriate distance to be hidden.

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did this stop working? it's not showing up in my status bar and i dont see any efect on myself

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Any visible particle effect on your character is visible from a distance, as far as I know. Including Tears of Denial. But I imagine a list may need to be made after testing.

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Where's the bleed boster ring?

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Could anyone care to confirm if the obscuring ring makes you invisible for a second after coming within distance of the enemy? It seems to be that way for me i sneak up on so many people in such. A wide open space

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https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4kd81s/psa_obscuring_ring_heres_what_you_can_and_cant_see/
If you don't want to open the link...
What you CAN'T see when someone is wearing the Obscuring Ring

All weapon buffs, this includes buffs from Pine Resins such as Gold Pine Resin, Carthus Rouge etc. You also can't see spell weapon buffs such as Lightning Blade (I never tested Darkmoon Blade, Crystal Magic Weapon but I assume they are the same too.)

Profaned Greatsword (Flame buff from the Weapon Art is hidden, but not the animation)

Immolation Tinder (You can't see this weapons fire effect it has, and you can not see the light it produces on the walls/ground)

I want to clarify on this part because someone misunderstood this information, although weapon buffs can't be seen from a far distance (when the Obscuring Ring's effect is working making you invisible) the weapon buff will be seen when the Obscuring Ring's effect is not working (you are within lock-on range and the enemy can see you.) So if you have a Darkmoon Blade buff on your weapon, everyone can see it close range.

THIS MEANS IT'S SAFE TO WALK AROUND WITH A WEAPON BUFF IF YOU HAVE THE OBSCURING RING ON. THEY WILL NOT SEE IT.



Important thing to note

People were saying that wearing the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring will hide the aura/spells, this appears to be incorrect. I tested the following things; Green Blossum, all Bug Pellets, Crystal Soul Mass, Storm Curved Sword weapon art and drawing Great Arrows. All these things could still be seen while wearing the Obscuring Ring and the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring. This could be different for other spells/consumables etc. but I assume it is not any different.

UPDATE - Tears of Denial is hidden by using the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring



What you can see when someone is wearing the Obscuring Ring



Consumable Items

Drinking Estus (Drinking normal or Ashen Estus will show the particle effects and the Estus flask)

Drinking Empty Estus (Drinking normal or Ashen Estus when the flask is empty will not show particle effects but will show the Estus flask floating in the air)

Binoculars (these can be seen floating in the air when used)

Green Blossum (leaves a green aura around your body)

Repair Powder usage (shows gold particle effects of item being used)

All Bug Pellets ((leaves a colored aura around your body (green, yellow, red, blue etc.))

Mossfruit (leaves a white aura around your body )

All Moss Clumps ((shows a colored aura around your body when using the item then it disappears (red, light purple, dark purple))

All throwing Knives (these can be seen appearing out of midair when they are thrown)

All Firebombs (these can be seen appearing out of midair when they are thrown)

All Dung Pies (these can be seen appearing out of midair when they are thrown)

Lightning Urn (these can be seen appearing out of midair when they are thrown)

Alluring Skull (these can be seen appearing out of midair when they are thrown)

Undead Hunter Charm (leaves a white aura around your body)

Duel Charm (leaves a gold aura around your body, doesn't last very long)

Rusted Coin (shows gold particle effects when using this item)

Young White Branch (Note that being in disguised form by using Chameleon or Young White Branch deactivates Obscuring Ring you will be seen at all times)

Prism Stone (these appear out of midair when you use them)

Using Consumable Souls (shows a white particle effect when using this item)

Black Crystal (shows a clear/purplish wavy particle effect when used)

Dried Fingers (shows a clear/purplish wavy particle effect when used)

All Carvings (these appear out of midair when you use them)

Transforming into a dragon with Dragon Torse Stone (shows a big shock wave and particle effects when you use this item)

Using Dragon Torso Stone (shows shock wave and leaves a red/orange aura around your body)

Dragon head Stone (if you use this item and hold it, it can be seen but if you only tap use once you won't see it)

Twinkling Dragon Torso Stone (you can see the huge arms it creates)

Twinkling Dragon Head Stone (you can see fire and big dragon head)



Weapons

Chain Spin Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Chained Dance Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Champion's Charge Weapon Art (Gundyr's Halberd) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Charge Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Cresent Blade Weapon Art (Crescent Moon Sword) (You can see the green projectile it shoots but not while it's charging)

Dancer's Grace Weapon Art (Dancer's Enchanted Swords) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Darkdrift Weapon art (Darkdrift) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Darkmoon Arrow Weapon Art (Darkmoon Longbow) (You can see the white wind effect it creates)

Feast Bell Weapon Art (Eleonora) (You can see it's particle effect)

Flame Whip Weapon Art (Witch's Locks) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Flame Whirlwind Weapon Art (Demon's Fist) (You can see the flame particle effect)

Frost Blade Weapon Art (Pontiff Knight Curved Sword (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind and the frost blade particle effect)

Galvanize Weapon Art (You can see particle effect ans the buff it leaves behind)

Hold Weapon Art (Katanas) (You can't see anything unless you active it with R1/L2 then you can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Impact Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Leaping Slash Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Lightning Charge Weapon Art (Dragonslayer spear) (You can see the lightning bolt it shoots out but not while charging and you can see the yellowish/whiteish particle effect it leaves behind)

Neck Swipe Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Oath of Sunlight Weapon Art (Sunlight Straightsword) (You can see the animation and the particle effect it adds to your body)

Onislayer Weapon Art (Onikiri and Ubadachi) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Pacify Weapon Art (Yorshka's Spear) (You can see the purple effect it makes when casted but not the buff it leaves on the weapon)

Perseverance Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it produces)

Richard's Lunge and Press Weapon Art (Richard's Rapier) (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Sharpen Weapon Art (you can't see the sharpen blade effect it only the initial sharpen animation)

Shield Splitter Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Spin bash Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Spin Slash Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Spin Sweep Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Stance Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Steady Chant Weapon Art (You can see particle effect)

Stomp Weapon Art (You can see the white particle effect it leaves behind)

Storm King Weapon Art (Storm Ruler) (You can see the particle effect just as the weapon gets buffed, you can't see it mid buff or once it's buffed)

Tornado Weapon Art (Storm Curved Sword) (You can see the white wind particle it creates)

Warcry Weapon Art (You can see wind looking effect and follow up white particle it leaves behind)



Rings

Carthus Milkring (when rolling this ring leaves smoke particles behind which can be seen)

Lloyd's Sword Ring (leaves a red buff around your body, only when HP is full)



Ammunition

All arrows drawn back can be seen

All bolts drawn back can be seen

If you are hit by a great arrow and the arrow is stuck on your body, you will be able to see the floating great arrow



Spells

Tears of Denial (You can see a floating white/goldish aura on your body)

Homing Souls Mass/Crystal Souls Mass (You can see them floating above players head)

Cast Light (You can see the light floating around)

Iron Flesh (You can see the initial fire when you cats this pyro, I assume it would be the same for the rest but we ran out of time testing)



Random stuff

A bunch of weapon attack will hit the floor mid swing which give off sparks/dust/rocky type particles, these can be seen while wearing Obscuring ring.

Some weapons normal attacks such as R1/R2 also gave off a very faith white particle effect while swinging which can be seen too.

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"The wearer's position can be given away if they have an arrow drawn back, have an arrow or knife stuck into them, or are under the influence of a negative status effect that has a visual, such as poison."

Not entirely true. Your position will be given away when you are under ANY status effect/buff that has a visual effect, also when they are positive.

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This want mixing with the hidden body spell. When I casted HB, my phantom stayed solid, but when I removed the ring my phantom became transparent. Anything I missed?

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this is the most satanic thing i see, again, today. keep off when you care for yourself in Jesus' Name.

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Got horrible results when trying to sneak up on people when wearing this ring and being in Mound-Makers. Thought i'd get a sneaky trollshot off with a bow but nope, they just saw it coming and started to shoot at me :)

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just did a test with my friend. it was nerfed by a little bit. before you can get to an enemy player and lock onto them and still be invisible. now the new range has been pushed back by about 5-10 feet. the range at which you can be seen is the range at which you can lock onto the enemy player. if you can lock onto another player, they can see you.

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I did a test with my friend. It seems that the distance at which you become invisible has been pushed back by about 5-10 feet. as a rule of thumb now, if you can lock onto an enemy player, that's the range at which theyll be able to see you.

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When you invade as a mad phantom, can they see you?? I invaded multiple times, and i have no effects on me, and the host saw me from very far away. I dont think the ring is effective when you invade as a mad phantom..

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Is it the same or is there a difference?

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I've seen (har har har) people using this ring in fight clubs to prevent people from seeing there fighting style... since you have to be within fighting range to actually see someone with this ring on... so fight club spectators just get to see a single guy getting smacked repeatedly... or they just see thin air die right before there eyes.

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Some buffs like tears of denial still show with this ring on, using the slumbering dragoncrest ring turns off the visual effects of all your buffs

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are weapon buffs shown when you are invisible? for example do u see the darkmoon blade buff even when u are out of range ?

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donz know if it is true but it seems that the aura from loyds sword ring isnt shown when invisible

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What is this invisibility!? True ninjas wear the I try dark ring and crouch behind walls with invisible ninja powers.

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The equivalent rings in demons souls and dark souls both worked against npcs, so I figured this would be the same; but I haven't noticed any difference in the range that enemies can detect me. The deacons outside of the pontiff bonfire are still pelting fireballs at me from a mile away.Is this only for PvP now, or is it bugged?

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If you have this ring on, it does NOT mask the green, frothy "Increase Stamina Regen" buff granted by rings/shields.

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Tested this ring briefly with my friend because there's little info here. You don't become visible until about 2/3 lock on range. You have to fully move out of lock on range to go invisible once seen though. It's really effective for a mage to be a cheap sniper. Used it to get all my Human Dregs. Although it's also frustrating to be a mage facing one of these so it's a double edged sword.

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This ring is evil. Just a huge pain in the ass.

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in demon souls it has several uses not just pvp, the old hero fight was easy with the ring, can i reduce aggro with it ? it was my go to ring in the Shrine Of Storms.

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Has the same effects when the user is far away. Useful for sudden backstabs. Just thought it would be nice for some trivia of it.

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Are there any example videos of this ring?

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Are you tired of territorial covenants that just don't seem to work? Can't get summoned as a blue for your life? Did you like the idea of the Rat covenant from Dark Souls 2? Have I got the solution for YOU! For the low low price of just 2000 souls and 10 Pale Tongues, you too can make your own world a deathtrap for those pesky "Sunbro" invaders and Purpals! Once you are rank 10 in Rosaria's Fingers, all you have to do is purchase the Dried Finger from the Shrine Handmaid and get invaded yourself until you get a Seed of a Giant Tree. Then, pick your favorite location in the game (level appropriate of course), equip this ring, pop the Finger and a Seed, and sit back and let the souls come flying in! You can even equip the Way of Blue covenant to give our unemployed Bluebros a meaning to their life! For maximum stealth, go grab the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring from Orbeck so you can really become the master of your own world.

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Does this ring work on bosses?

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Why rip out your mother's tounge? Anyway, is there any lore on who's Rosarias children?

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so many hosts using this ring and hiding in a corner until I get tired of searching and crystaling out.seriously, are you so afraid of dying that you will stop playing your game, and spend 5 whole minutes hiding?

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While i was invaded by a mad spirit using this ring i noticed that whenever he nocked an arrow the arrow was visible floating in the air, thus giving away his position. I also believe any persostent projectile that hits them, such as from a bow, also remains visible.

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You can use it to hide in plain sight from phantoms. Seems to work until they're in around lock-on range.

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Why are all firstborns in dark souls let downs to their parents?

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Only lowers the mobs max sight distance up close it's useless

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Looks like for now this Ring remains an Obscurity

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Wondering if this was the item used by the NPC invader in the swamp?

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if this is as good as the ring of fog in DS1 its gonna be really overpowered in PvE

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so this ring makes invisible from far distance? cool item

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