Recommended Level by Location | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

High Wall should be SL10-SL15.

Undead Settlement SL15-SL20.

Farron Keep SL25-SL35 (the higher you go the more ganks you'll encounter).

Cathedral & Catacombs SL35-SL50

Lothric Castle & Consumed King's SL60-SL75.

Untended Graves SL65-SL80.

Grand Archives & Archdragon SL75-SL90.

Kiln SL90+.

Both DLCs (which aren't even mentioned lul) SL90-SL125.

NG+ is SL100+ at the mimimum.

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This guide is useless.. Everyone is different. I'm usually at around sl28 when I get to Cathedral and maybe 40 at Irithyll. People won't have the same playestyle and some suck so they level as much as they can early on or over level their weapons. It's all just guess work.

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DS first timer. Right now I'm in Profaned, SL60. I have cleared Anor Londo. I'm not gonna level up for a while.

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I never tried to farm in any place. Just killed the bosses and used most of the souls they gave me. And ı am still overleveled lik 5 or 10 for every place. Wtf lmao

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Killed dancer on sl30 after 69 tries,farmed the castle and got my +9 weapon,then went to the dlc for slab and defeated friede and demon prince on sl70,and also nameless king at sl80,and I'm still struggling in irithyll and haven't even got past gwynevere's painting

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dlc tho??

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Also looking for co-op in the soul level 120+ range

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Is coop still running strong? Just started my first playthrough and it seems empty, safe for some more bloodstains here and there.

Started off good with some summonings on the High Wall of Lothric at Level 7 but througout Undead Settlement and now in the beginning of Road of Sacrifices with Level 16, no sign, no one summoning me, safe for one of our favourite golden boys that i saw on the ground shortly.
I may be underleveled a bit compared to the guide but within which level ranges do you guys play rn?

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I don't understand, why every time, when I start new game, and firstly come to High Wall of Lothric fresh without leveling or upgrading weapons, why I get invaded by guy with weapon like dual ultragreat swords from Ringed city or kata made from Midir Soul. Every single time.

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They need too nerf the boss in irithyll because i WAS LEVEL 67 and it took me 3 DAYS

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Doing a sl 1 run and catacomb of carthus took literal minutes

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If you click on the individual pages for these locations, they have different level ranges listed from the ones here. This needs updating, lol.

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If you click on the individual pages for these locations, they have different level ranges listed from the ones here. This needs updating, lol.

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what about weapons that use twinkling titanite or titanite scales

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I’m at Ariandel Chapel level 51 and no summon signs here

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What? This is bullshit! Im level 77 and I’m having trouble in Lothric Castle!!

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On my first run I was SL170 by the end, so on my second I capped myself at SL80 until I beat gael... It was harder but way more fun

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so like what level should i be going into NG, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7?

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I'm Not upgrading weapons Till anor londo, because every run i dunno which weapon i should use xd

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This needs updating

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Laughs in SL75 Dreg Heap

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If everyone would just stay at SL-1, then summoning/invading would be way easier. :)
What is the point of levelling-up anyway? Fashion Souls?
(to be fair, this would be a valid reason)

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High Wall should be SL10-SL15.

Undead Settlement SL15-SL20.

Farron Keep SL25-SL35 (the higher you go the more ganks you'll encounter).

Cathedral & Catacombs SL35-SL50

Lothric Castle & Consumed King's SL60-SL75.

Untended Graves SL65-SL80.

Grand Archives & Archdragon SL75-SL90.

Kiln SL90+.

Both DLCs (which aren't even mentioned lul) SL90-SL125.

NG+ is SL100+ at the mimimum.

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And then there's me who didn't buy the DLC so I was SL 802 when I fought Midir (and still died twice)

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I came here because this is my second soulsborne game and feel as if most of the bosses have been pretty easy...I was looking forward to a fight with the dancer and beat her first try without much of a fight...I'm level 70 with a +7 sharp infused astora UGS quality build (favoring dex a bit over strength). I really don't think its because I'm good. I stopped summoning for boss fights because it made them all easy and I'm still beating them first shot...I didn't really farm very much, just a little from the maggots and silver Knights, but mostly for items not levels...I dunno!

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The princess are so hard I can't kill them I'm lvl 81also and doing a str build too

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It’s so hard to not spend souls in this game. Especially as someone who plays PVE mostly and rarely dies in NG because of being so familiar with the game.

I hope Elden Ring bumps up the matchmaking gaps a lil more because sometimes I’m in the mood for PVP but then realize I’m too overleveled for a certain area.

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I was doing dancer of boreall valley as third boss bcs i killed emma and i thought thats boss i have to do xd with lvl 30 xd

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Lol I had a +2 axe and was lvl 40 at champion Gundyr haha

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me in anor londo with a level 60 build with 40 vig and 30 end: laughs in deep astora greatsword

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Yeah I definitely over leveled here. I didn't know you could just home bone out of the soul of cinder fight so I beat the entire game first and that made me level 120(I did grind a bit) so that's 50 levels above the average. With this playthrough I killed dancer because I forgot dancer was optional when you first are at lothric, and got an early +10 too so I was decimating most bosses.

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I'm interested in rec lvls for dlc areas too. Just finished the painted world first playthrough. Friede defeated solo at sl 104. Anything less would have been difficult tho I do have some inefficiencies in my point distribution. Started as herald to chase some sort of dex/faith style build ya know... I felt like soft caps in end and Vigor were almost necessary. Unless you play darksouls like a god of course.

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Bruh, i get two shotted by Lothric on sl 120, but im almost twice the recommended level?!

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You thought you could defeat the speedrunners, wiki.

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me when the

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I must have done something wrong then, since i got to Irithyll at SL52 and a +7 weapon, having killed the Dancer early and farmed large shards/chunks by the Greatlance lothric lancer

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Looks like is Twinking™ time

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I don't get why people have to force a low level especially if you aren't playing online. I play pve and i like to get some supplement spells and stuff so who cares if my attunment is 18 just so i can have spook and hidden body and a buff. Then i want some luck to get some items, and some vitality so i dont have to wear crown headpiece all game. who cares if you got 30 vitality and 30 luck, just play your game its pve, everyone is a try hard in dark souls, let them fight online.

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yo...lvl 70 in archdragon peak...83 in ng+ wtf...im lvl 78 and im stuck on the DANCER...guess im not madefor dark souls.

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This chart feels like way too low... I have to actively try not to overlevel with souls in my inventory and even then I'm 20 levels ahead of the curve

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So here we have the recommended level and upgrade ranges. But what are your recommendations as to which areas are fun to invade in? I'm asking fellow invaders here.
For example if you try invading in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley you'll have a huge area where it's often impossible to find the host.
For farming covenant items I recommend the first bonfire after demon prince. You'll often invade into an area where the host has just died, because apparently a lot of people die to the orange archers.

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I'm pretty new to dark souls 3, and the soulsborne genre as a whole. So far my friend who has over 300 hours on ds3 has carried me through my first playthrough. At the moment I am sl 78 and am ready to start a ng+. I feel like although my sl does seem a little low I do need to work on my skill at understanding my enemies and how to fight them. After looking at the comments here I am realising just how toxic people are and how oblivious they are at realising their own mistakes. Not trying to be toxic, just saying my opinion.

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Whoever made this is complete bull****. I'm at level 125 and still getting my ass kick Archdragon Peak and also trying to defeat lothric. It's toxic man.

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Bull**** lvl 70 in Kiln of the First Flame. Im 120 and getting my ass whooped by SoC

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if only ds3 community wasn't so trash and toxic...

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Doing my first solid play through over this summer, and I regret farming (easy to do esp on Farron watchdogs) bc I was too high lvled to do a lot of stuff and missed my opportunity to do Farron covenant. My suggestion for anyone as noob as me is to do covenant stuff ASAP bc it’s a good time. Later game don’t worry, you can always put on Aldrich faithful for a fight, and if ur +70 SL people on NG+ might be able to spawn for bosses. But most bosses are harder w/ too many guests and the NPC helpers aren’t ****. Oh yeah, take those Pilgrim levels early before he dies and you seal off ur FTH build from half the dark miracles lol

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First time i reach Kiln of the Frost Flame I was 105. I spend a lot of time with winged knights xd

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Not a good player here only have beaten one of the Soulsbornekiro games, but I was wondering if somebody could make a suggested levels for bosses page I need a level for Nameless King and Soul of Cinder (I am 84 +10 weapon)

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I beat the game at soul level one I don’t know whether I should be sad or happy

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on my first ds3 playthrough i fought off dragonslayer armor alone at sl 45 ;v;

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Heh

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Not a veteran but have played Dark Souls 8 years ago and I picked up Dark Souls 3 deluxe edition in Steam Golden Week sale. I did some jolly co-operation for Dancer of the Boreal Valley. Before I knew, I had 180k souls so I levelled up since it will be a waste not to. I am already at SL 65 with +6 Heavy Claymore in Catacomb of Carthus (I haven't even started this area). Obviously, I am over-levelled for invasion here. Should I keep levelling up or should I wait until I finish Anor Londo or should I go to Ashes of Ariandel.

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i'm wayyy too underleveled for this bs. sl 32 at catacombs

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Anybody SL 351 yet?

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How do Special or boss weapons affect the matchmaking?

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invader here what level are people when in Ringed city DLC

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It does say for matchmaking, bosses will be easier or harder depending on your build and playstyle, if you loose to a boss five times in a row its probably worth leveling up once or twice, rinse a repeat till you succeed.

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lmao this is about wrong - 5 levels

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What about DLC areas? I'm almost SL70 but I am too weak to beat corvian knight...

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What are the recommended levels for NG+7?

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How do people stay that low, i am level 110 when reaching ringed city, i do not farm souls and buy many consumables/upgrade materials, i also kill aldrich after competing the dlc. Are people not leveling on purpose or are they dying so often, they can use ring of sacrifice if they are afraid of dying before retrieving. I don't know but these recommendations seem very low-ish.

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I'm soul level 10 and I'm in grand archives so about that

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i am SEVERLY underleveled for irithyll. only level 35 on my first ever play through ;-;

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I have the DLC, so I always screw myself over as far as getting randoms because i'm sl40 at the cathedral with a +10 weapon lol

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I really don't get these recommendations... if you level naturally, as in buy all equipment/items you need and then spend the rest of your souls on levels, then you'll be WAY higher than these recommendations. On my first playthrough I was level 85/90ish by the time I reached Lothric Castle, and that was after buying most spells and a lot of items. What are people spending their souls on??

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My policy for making area specific builds or whatever is to go by upgrade level per 10 SL, up to 80, past 80 I just go right to +10.

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I guess always having the souls+ ring equipped made me a little overleveled... oh well, it's my second playthrough so I'm not missing out on much.

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The weapon upgrade level for invasions is still valid in 2020, but the level is not. Five levels lower would be more accurate for every area.

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Kiln of the First Flame - level 108 myself. did not ever grind, but had helped a friend with coop some areas. i guess you have to purposly not level up or be losing souls to be so underleveled

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God damn-it I wish I looked this up before playing.

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this is wrong, you should always be sl1

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im sl 33 and raging at smouldering lake lol

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Can i clear Untended Graves, loot everything, kill everything, and still link the fire?

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Catacombs felt easier than both Cathedral and Farron

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From what I've encountered this chart is no longer accurate. It seems like players are more active with lower soul levels in each area. My rough estimate is that people are more around 10 levels lower than what the chart says in each area.

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From what I encountered, pontiffs is the best place also the bonfire before that, Wear either a way of blue so players your lvl will be summoned to you from another location, also u can be a sentinal (same thing but reverse) also a blade of dark moon which also reacts as a summon sign from a distance, just keep faith and have patience, I'm at all 181 and at pontiffs with ng ++ and I'm getting it pretty good so maybe you guys ain't putting your signs in the right place, or fully max your weapons your equipping, so try this out and let the world know the proof

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Can i trust this in 2019-09-26 ?

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Are these levels still good in 2019?

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And if my weapon is a boss weapon that only upgrades to 5+? does it scales the same way so that in smouldering lake i can already have my weapon maxed out?

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question, does the difficulty of the game scale more with new games or am i good once i hit SL150+?

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Well, i guess that's why I'm almost always solo. Friede 34lvl, pontiff (irythill )44. ..

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Best SL60 weapon upgrade level for pvp and summons?

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I was wondering why I couldn't find anyone... I'm SL 35 in Catacombs..

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Would not recommend the wiki-recommended level and upgrade for Catacombs of Carthus. I'd actually recommend being lower on the range rather than say, lvl 49 with a +4 weapon. With a +10-capable weapon (i.e. not something that maxes out at +5, which count as double their normal value) at +4, I could find but ONE person to summon and he was inexperienced and got himself killed immediately. I'd aim for a lower level for that place or higher, possibly. On my other characters, I was usually at a different range and found people, though to be fair, the catacombs suck. People just don't want to coop there. It was a good range for the boss, though, fortunately. Two summons were there without effort.

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I'm lv32 , first play of the game, and already went to Irithyll with the doll. This level might apply only for easy-gaming. This is for "match making" but who the hell can beat champion gravetender early?

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NG, SL90 (+6/+3) Where can i find my most invasions? Was hoping to get summoned as a blue, but I guess I may have outdone the area past pontiff.. oh well.. now just tryna find the next best thing.. am I forced to upgrade my weapons past (+6/+3) just a guy tryna get Darkmoon blade haha

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How many times you have to lose souls to be so low level in area like Anor Londo? 50level? lol

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what lvl should you be in game 4

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Does Estus level count? (undead bone shard i mean, i know that i can have it at 15).

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Is this info still accurate in Jan 2019?

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How is the Cathedral of the Deep considered more difficult than Farron Keep? I think the only reason less people go there first, is less people find the Crystal Sage first. That area is marginally more easily traversed than the poison swamp, fast enemies, and Dark Wraiths of Farron. Not to mention the difficulty difference between the Abyss Watchers and the Deacons is pretty significant too.

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and the dlc?

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Will storing my +6 weapon at a bonfire on my sl35 character let me get more invasions?

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These days you wanna be going with at least +3 after level 25, much more summons and PVP.

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Where do we invade if SL35-40 with +6 weapon? Kind of hard finding world to invade nowadays.

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Can you get summoned by the host without a password if your normal weapon is let's say +4 when host has +3 weapon?

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Damn but im level 317

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This chat sucks

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I think its pointless to use have a +2 weapon for invasions. either go +1 or +4 for low sl pvp because if someone is going to upgrade it there weapon with titanite they're not just going to stop at +1 or +2. So either go +1 if you want to match up with +0's and go +4 if you want to match up with = +3's and +4's.

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So if I made a SL 30 build and wanted to use a boss weapon, should it be a +1 or +2?

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