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Can I say that I absolutely love the Betrayal Ending where the Ashen One decides to kill the Firekeeper?
Can I say there is an reason why I think the Ashen One attack the Firekeeper for?
The Ashen One had to endure an unbelievable amount of suffering and Death by being forced to go on an "Mission" by the Firekeeper to kill and collect 4 extremely powerful souls to kill the Soul of Cinder.
I think that the Firekeeper is an Manipulative Bxtch that is using the Ashen one for her goal by faking to be like an mother figure to him (im gonna say the Ashen one is a he) so he would be comfortable to do her bidding for her and make him go through all the pain and torture across lothric for the link of flame.
When he summoned her to hold the last embers of the dying flame, he must have realized that he's been used all this time for the Firekeeper to have the Flame all to herself
So with this realization and all the suffering and frustration of all the enemies he killed and died to, he strikes hatefully at the Firekeeper and Stomps and Grinds her face to the ground to take the last flames from her cold blooded hands that he deserves, he finally has some true warmth in his hands and offers the flame to the dark sky to show that he has won.
I just had to express what I felt I think was the reason why he attacked her for, and I love this ending so much its one of my favorite endings of all gaming for how dark it is or maybe because I am just sadistic LMFAO >:)

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So the worst ending is the best ending? Like
1. Just keeps the cycle going.
2. Stops it but she tells you that the embers of like lords past will reappear at some point, so it's the same on the long run.
3. I still didn't get it, but for the video I saw is the second ending anyway.
4. You keep the hollow alive and rule over the most twisted world possible, but I guess that's the best you can do?

I need a fourth game with a really good ending, beating up the Ashen One (4 is my canon ending) since I guess you'll need his soul now to whatever you want to do.

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The Soul of Cinder fight was absolutely phenomenal, they really nailed to hit us with the feels.

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i literally beat dark souls 3 from start to finish in just one sitting to get the ending achievement, then i found out just now after the ending that i don't get the achievement if i kill her, L me i guess lol

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Was the Abyss Watchers the most epic fight among the Lords of Cinder? In my opinion, yes.

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Which one is the bad ending?

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I might have found a secret in the end of fire ending. When you get controls back for the choice if you wanna get the unkindled ending, if you instead just run away from the firekeeper, sprint blindly anywhere away, you don't hear the "ashen one, hearest thou my voice still", just silence until the end credits play. Either this or me holding B skipped the cutscene, but still, anybody going for this end should try it!

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Pretty lame endings, all things considerex

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I warped back to firelink shrine then went back to complete ending 4 and it played ending 1. I did everything right but that's the only thing i did differently, warp back to the shrine. why did that happen?

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If I kill the soul of cinder, after the cutscene you can stay in the same world or it just starts a NG+?

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That third ending eluded me to this day

Time for another nostalgia dip

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did everything right yet Yuria didn't give the dialogue? Why????????????

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RE Anri and the small army of skeletons before her / him at smouldering lake. If you walk slowly and hug the right hand invisible wall as tightly as possible they wont wake up and give chase.

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If I kill abyss watchers but don't get to catacombs yoel keep alive?

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yoel doesn't die when you enter the catacombs, he dies after you reload the area, someone please correct that.

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Wait no gael?

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Just for confirmation before I go making any mistakes, I can still summon the Firekeeper and do ending 2 even if I've completed Yuria/Anri's quests up to the wedding, right?

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dang it did not realize I had to give they eyes back before soul of cinder

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cool

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Your information is false, where you find Anri before* wooden the bridge, he is on a separate path in the upper path behind the bridge,, be warned you have to fight a ton of skellies just to get to him.

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I’m just here to point out that in your steps for Lord of Hollows ending, you stats to NOT kill the assassin in the Church, but if you go to the Church’s page on the wiki, it says if you do not kill it, it will kill Anri and lock you out of the ending. Kind of an opposite telling here, which is it? Last thing I wanna do have to start all over because I did or did not kill it.

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Who in their mind would think Yoel would die after killing Abyss Watchers?

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if youre going to get unkindled ending at least do it wearing john dark soul drip

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can i play ashes of ariandel dlc and get the Usurpation of Fire ending?

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So yeah, I had a glitch that completely locked me out of the End of Fire ending. The Firekeeper's summon sign never showed up even though I did everything required.

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im pretty sure im the only person who has the linking the fire ending as their favorite. its so perfectly haunting.

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Been fighting SoC wasting my embers

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I'm a bit confused about the last ending. Yoel dies only if you enter the Catacombs? And why does the guide say that the questline ends prematurely since Yoel's death is a core part of it?

Also, is it possible to kill SoC before Gael, or does killing SoC lock you out of the DLC?

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Never should has there ever been a heavier quotations then those on the word "wedding" here.

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I think gael is more fitting of a final boss for lord of hollows while soul of cinder is more fitting for end of fire and linking the flame

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ENDING QUESTION.
I did just get into ng++ doing "usurpation of fire" ending in my ng+. So I still have dark sigils on me.
I was wondering if I can do the normal ending even with dark sigils on me. Since thats the last ending Im missing I wanna be sure about it.
If so, I would like to know if I can recruit yoel as well so I can lvl up those 5 free lvls and get the normal ending or it is nedeed to get off the dark sigils.

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Potentially worth noting unless I'm the only one that got worried about this:
For the Usurpation ending, when you're about to interact with the fire at the end, it somewhat confusingly still says "link the fire" as the command, despite that being exactly what you don't want to do. But that DOES lead to the Usurpation ending if you've taken the proper steps.

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Doesn't giving Firekeeper soul locks out usurpation of fire ending ? You need to remove point 1 for getting all endings.

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Test

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I love how all endings are kinda mysterious and sad in a way

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Bought this game and all the DLC's on sale a year ago but never had the time to play

Flash forward to me binging this game over winter break before heading back to college, this game creates such an awesome atmosphere between visuals, movesets and soundtrack. Got ending two, time to go for #1 and #3

Thank you, Dark Souls. For real tho

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After two weeks of fighting the soul of cinder I don't care what ending I got. I'm just glad i can say I beat this unnecessarily hard game

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Given that the Dark Souls games apparently take place in a multiverse, all of the endings are canon. I never played two, but the Untended Graves in Dark Souls 3 could be the outcome of refusing to link the flame in Dark Souls 1. Incidentally, it is apparent that the fire is supposed to eventually fade, but that the cycle is unending. The great ocean that Aldritch dreamt about is most likely the coming of a new age of ancients, which would replenish the world and give a new flame kindling. It's essentially what happens in life: Something dies, it's body goes into the ground and provides nutrients to the soil, and new things are born from it. It is a perpetual cycle, but Gwynn keeping the flame going ate up all the nutrients, humanity, causing the world to decay. Now the cycle will be able to finish and restore the world.

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So that's why i didn't get the End of Fire ending achievement cause when the firekeeper said kill me and snatch these eye at me so i killed her. damn.

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I finally got the 4th ending

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I told Anri where Horace is and still got Ending 4 btw.

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why is the 4th ending so complicated?

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can you get the usurpation of fire ending and anri's straight sword in one playthrough?

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Why does "Betrayal Ending" link to this page, then the term "Betrayal Ending" is not used for any of these endings? Which one is the "Betrayal Ending"? Why link it here with that term and not the actual term used here to identify which ending it is?

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Just my two cents but the Usurpation of Fire ending shows us that the curse has been broken seeing that the sun goes from red to white (perhaps humanity?) even the Unkindled ending where you steal the flame has a red ecylpse so its clearly that simply not rekindling turns the world dark but something regarding the dark sigils breaks the curse and through that ends the cycle, love to hear more but i doubt we'll ever get a conclusion.

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So I can cure my hollowing through the velka statue but not through the firekeeper? This is accurate yeah?

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I finished "The Usurpation of Fire" ending but didn't get the achievement, please help

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True ending!

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Secret 5th Ending:
You, Gael and Patches, the last three sane humans piss on the flame and let it die along with all of Gwyn's dreams

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That's a bruh moment

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Low key been wondering if the usurpation ending is the prelude to Elden Ring...

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Happy to notice anri lives as a hollow in the fourth ending (he/she shows up in the final cutscene kneeling with the other hollows).
Surprised that the marrying ritual was actually effective in the end.

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There should be a secret ending boss fight whereby firekeeper steal the 5 flames of the 5 lords as they are descending, thus starting the secret final boss fight!

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Thank God it's finally over. Now I can go back to DS2 and have a good time

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So can I get the 5 free level ups from Yoel but still be able to get To Link The First Flame or The End Of Fire without healing my dark sigils?

I'm just making sure beforehand so that I don't have to end up shelling out over 1 million souls to avoid the Usurpation ending.

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To be honest, I kind of feel bad for the firekeeper in the 3rd ending. I went with that ending and when I saw that you *SPOILER ALERT* step on her head, it broke my heart. I absolutely loved the firekeeper and seeing myself betray her after all those things she did for me...

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I wonder, what does the protagonist become after usurpin the Flame? I mean, the four Lord Souls are a tiny part of that Flame and those Four were powerful enough to literally reshape the world. Now, Ashen One consumes the whole Flame, even if it's very weak at that time. What is he after that?

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So if I were to do all these steps:
• aquire the summon sign for the Firekeeper,
• upload my game via PS+ before the fight,
• beat The Soul of Cinder without her,
• download my game,
• and then summon her for the fight,
I can get both trophies for endings 1 and 2 in one play through right? This is basically what I did to get the Bloodborne platinum. I already have the trophy for ending 4.

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Well did my ng++ with this ending now... i thought finally i get the platinum trophy but nope i just missed to exhaust 1 Dialog Option with anri and missing 1 Gesture =/ a whole new ng+++ for 1 gesture ... but the game is great =)

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there is actually a "mistake" here you dont have to kill Horace to get ending 4 i got it in my first playtrough without even finding him

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Cleaning my dark sigil cost 650k souls.......

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I just saw how many steps the 4th ending was and realised I have just done the hardest ending ever.

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Somehow I did ending 4 without a guide.

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I just finished my first playthrough, and got the usurpation of fire ending without even knowing the steps :P, i screamed and cried and pooped

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I've been playing this game since it came out. I seem to have just discovered a fifth ending. Do End of Fire, and rather than killing the Firekeeper, walk away from her. The game skips the little bit of dialogue she gives when the screen goes black. Not very exciting, but still a different ending.

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How anybody knew the specifics to get Ending 4 is beyond me, so many steps, lol!!

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:(

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Just do the steps to get all 4 endings available.
Kill the soul of cinder
Quit the game
Upload saved game to USB storage
Do one ending, get trophy
Quit game
Overwrite saved data with USB stick
Do another ending
Get another trophy
And so on....

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Try finger but hole

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THE CHARGED ATACKKK

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Mfw no achievement for killing the fire keeper and i have to do an entire new playthrough to get the ending steam achievement.

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:)

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#6 is part 1 and 2 is one of the most confusing things ive ever read. Finding this somewhere else. Proof read please.

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I've finally beat the soul of cinder, and now... I feel complete...

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For ending 4, steps 5 and 7 are not mandatory if you don't go to smouldering lake.

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I hate that the Hollow ending is locked behind mandatory levels. Is it wrong to want the chance to choose between all the endings without locking myself out of one? Also It doesn't feel the same without Yuria, and I like having all NPCs at Firelink.

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This guide is mistaken... There is a FIFTH ending:


"YOU DIED"

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This might seem like a stupid idea, but what if, at the last cutscne of End of Fire, your character is equipped in a way that they can't attack? Like having an unusable spell and twohanding a spell tool? I got this curiosity after triggering this ending by throwing a Sunlight Spear at the firekeeper

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I feel like the correct ending is to let the fire fade, everyone seems so tired of the linking of the flame.
Linking the flame only prolongs the inevitable and all the gods are dead, it's time for a new age, even if it means the ashen one and fire keeper must live through all that time since it's their duty to link the fire

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How to get all 4 endings, 1. Obtain firekeeper soul and give it to the firekeeper. This will allow her to heal your Dark Sigils.
Is that not out of order there? Won't that void the Usurpation of Fire ending?

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So here is a scenario, I summon Yuria (Did all of her quests), but I give the firekeeper eyes to the firekeeper. When I defeat SoC, can I still collect Yuria's stuff after doing The End of Fire ending?

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the fourth ending is so incorrect

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To the Sun Bros still playing the game and helping out, thank you. Just finished my first playthrough of DS3 and this has been the first time I've experienced the multiplayer aspect of the games to this extent.

Cheers.

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How fitting there is no achievement when you stomp the Fire Keeper. Just don't do that.

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I have cleared the game first time with the "Usurpation of Fire" ending, but I want the the two shades to help me um the other endings to fight against Soul of Cinder. Can I do the entire questline of Yuria, summon her to the final battle and return to Firelink Shrine to cure the Dark Sigils to do the other two endings? Or is this not possible?

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for anyone else wondering the same, you can kill the boss, touch the flame, and not start NG+. it lets you pick to stay in NG and start NG+ at firelink shrine instead.

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going for ending 4. at what point can you collect yurias gear before or after touching the fire? does touching the fire automatically send you into a newgame?

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Can I help Anri kill Aldrich and stil get the usurption of fire ending?

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Bruh

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Hmm... I've been thinking lately about letting the fire fade and then I remembered the sunless realms (world in which we help sirris), it is as the name suggests sunless and therefore dark as if the fire faded, flame gives light and this reminded me about a certain spell from ds1, a spell which in that part of the trilogy was to be frank quite useless but it's description had an interesting information in it: "Light is time". Hmm... If light is time and the world without flame has no light then, wouldn't the "Letting flames fade" ending make the world in fact timeless? What I mean by this is: if you let fire subside in ds1 then it's no wonder we don't see it in any other game, because in those world's time stopped flowing. Sorry if this makes no sense.

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I did the wedding and got terrified when my character stabbed her face with the avowal sword jesus im only 9 years old no joke

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What happens if I already talked to anri and Horace at the halfway fortress and then started going to get my true strength from yoel?

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Will the DLC look all dark and everything if I let the flame die out?

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If I choose to let the fire fade, will I still be able to play the DLC’s in that same playthrough?

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That “”””””””wedding””””””””
It hurt me

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Ok thank you that helps I’m been procrastinating from moving on

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That’s where I went but I also killed the high lord ring man just before killing Horace

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I just killed Horace in smoldering lake and went back to Anri but she not there only a glowing light on the ground is did i do something wrong by chance or should I continue and and see if she’s at the church

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Can I still summon Yuria in the final boss fight in step 4 of "How to get all 4 endings in one playthrough ( Can only choose one in the end though )" ?

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