Vertebra Shackle is a Multiplayer Item in Dark Souls 3.
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Vertebra Shackle Usage
- Used to increase Mound-Maker Covenant allegiance at the Sacrificial Altar in Undead Settlement, Pit of Hollows.
Vertebra Shackle Location
- One is gained from defeating mad spirit Holy Knight Hodrick after he invades in the Undead Settlement. A Vertebra Shackle will not be obtained upon killing him after summoning him near the Crucifixion Woods bonfire.
- +Item Drop from Carthus Swordsman Skeleton in the Catacombs of Carthus (Very Rare, ~0.8% at 100 Kills with Item Discovery of 100, tested on 100 Kills with 499 Item Discovery).
- +Item Drop from Carthus Gravewarden Skeleton in the Catacombs of Carthus (1-2% chance - based on 100 kills).
- Test 2: 3% Chance (Based on 100 kills with 486 item discovery).
- Addendum: A good place to farm these offline is just outside and to the right of the first Catacombs of Carthus Bonfire. Equip the Crystal Sage Rapier, Symbol of Avarice and switch to a luck build. Run past the rolling skeleton ball and pull the two Gravewarden skeletons into the path of the returning ball. Simply run back to the bonfire, rinse and repeat.
- Test 2: 3% Chance (Based on 100 kills with 486 item discovery).
Notes
- You will earn a Vertebra Shackle after you fulfill your duty when invading as a mad dark spirit (by killing the host of embers or by killing enough phantoms).
- Defeating an invading Mound-Maker as a Host of Embers will reward you with a Vertebra Shackle.
- This does not apply if the invading Mound-Maker invaded by means of White Sign Soapstone.
- You can also earn one by defeating a Mound-Maker as a defending Blade of the Darkmoon, alongside the normal Proof of a Concord Kept. (There may be more ways to earn as a phantom, this is the only one I have experienced).
- You can also earn one by dealing the killing blow to a mad dark spirit as a phantom.
- A cheesy way to farm Vertebra Shackles is to get a friend to summon you via the Red Sign Soapstone and allow you to kill them repeatedly while you are a Mound-Maker. They do not need to have their Ember to summon you, and if they stay near a bonfire they will have no risk of losing any souls they may have. They don't even have to be near your level. Set a password so only they can summon you, and farm away. Profit.
- You may offer these in mutliples of 10 by pressing LB - 10 and +10 RB.
- One may be offered to Pickle Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow to receive the Lucatiel Mask once per playthrough.
- This item is not able to be given to other players.
Trivia
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AnonymousFrom the first Carthus bonfire. Switch to a weapon with Perseverance so you can poise through their attacks. Big weapons like the Great Mace can knock them down which is helpful. Hollow infusion is also good since it'll scale with your luck.
At 99 luck and 42 strength I'm able to kill them in NG+2 with one charged heavy. With good positioning I can kill both in one swing.
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Looking to trade kills for this today. PSN. ID- joeyjoejoejnrjoe
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looking to trade kills for this and other covenant items on PSN. ID- floatslikerock
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Looking to trade kills on Xbox X/S - BOOSEWA - I'll probably forget I posted this, so add/message me
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Run in the tunnel, turn right, avoid the ball or roll at the side of it and drink estus, enter the tunnel left, on the exit of that tunnel start swinging greatsword until both skeletons are destroyed, loot some titanite, lagre titanite, some shield or curved sword, sometimes ember. Run back. If it was fast there is no ball. If it was slow the ball is just coming - then need to wait (lose time) or the ball will hit (lose time). Back to bonfire.
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looking to trade kills for this and other covenant items on PSN. ID- floatslikerock
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Looking to trade kills on Xbox X/S - BOOSEWA - I'll probably forget I posted this, so add/message me
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looking to trade kills on psn - apukami. First catacombs bonfire. Level 125.
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i got all 30 without external help just by gind the 2 skeletons near the bonfire
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looking to trade kills. PC, catacombs of carthus, pw is help
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Looking to trade some kills. Steam code: 131211171. I'm currently on NG+
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Looking for someone to trade kills to farm these. My steam friend code: 297945542 (I'm on NG+ but if we have the same password I think it's not a problem to summon/be summoned by a NG char.)
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Looking for someone to trade kills with to farm these. my steam friend code: 297945542
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Looking for someone to trade kills with. Please message me. PS5 NG+ DementedTurnip
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Anyone want to trade kills with me to farm these? My steam friend code is 107449062
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Okay, Proofs was bad, but this one SUCKS. Maybe it's just me, but the skeletons are way less predictable than the silver knights, you have to fight them 2v1 (with the knights you can generally kill the first one before the second one notices you) and it might just be my imagination, but I SWEAR the skeletons are either always turtling behind their shields, thereby reducing the damage of my point blank Sunlight Spear to the point where it needs two casts to kill them, OR they're spamming their stupid invisible roll that somehow does so much poise damage that it knocks me out of my poise casted spell animation. GIVES ME CONNIPTIONS
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Looking for some help farming on Xbox, anyone willing to help or trade invasion kills?
Username: yermo#6120
Can someone help me farm these? im on Xbox: VN Darkhorse im on NG+
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Please...Someone...I need 26 more shackles and i cant stand farming anymore :( im on Xbox: VN Darkhorse im on NG+ atm
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Does anyone want to trade kills to farm these? My PSN ID: LBoss239
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i've farmed both these and the proofs, and i gotta say that farming these is way more hellish than farming the proofs, i just gave up at one point and decided to do it online, and it was such a breeze, since you don't even have to kill the host to get one.
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If anyone wants to trade kills for these on steam my fc is 127987644
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Anyone wanna help each other farm for these?
Psn: MC_Tubbs_420
This is as wicked and inhumane to farm as mound-makers lore would suggest, 10/10 immersion
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I'm tired of farming alone, can anyone help me? I'm on ps5 ID El_Serchh
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If anyone wants to do it together, let me know. I am on ps5 (Qu1ck_un1on)
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If anyone wants to do it together let me know. I am on ps5. Text to "Qu1ck_un1on"
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i need help to farm for playstation pls, dm on insta “@fairyboy444” these are taking the longest to farm by far
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you need 40 shackles to max the covenant and get the weapon and pyromancy required for the achievements. at a 3% drop rate, that means you'd need to kill the carthus gravewarden skeletons 1,333.33 times. killing two at a time, that's 666.6 runbacks to the bonfire. if you can manage to kill them and get back to the bonfire in 30 seconds each time, that's a *minimum* of 5.5 hours farming. that sounds ****ing miserable.
Anyone interested in getting those? Help for help. My PSN: LAREEF
Lets farm some shackles, if someone’s interested. My PSN: LAREEF
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Hey there,anyone's interested in farming this? We'll take turns. Steam:1231615334
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If anyone’s interested in farming, we can help each other. My PSN is tim_q_ak
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Write a message on psn to H0chmuT_ for farming (with zero as 0). Help for help
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if anyone want to farm for each other covenant items hit me up. Tired of dealing with pvp 95885975 My code for steam
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If anyone wants to help me farm I'll happily help in return. PSN: Phantom0270
Tip:Quitting out mid-farm will increase the drop chance for the next kill. My friend got 30 in 2 days and he's laughing at me
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Need someone to help me farm these and other covenant items. I’ll also help in return ;)
Steam friend code 206919189
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if anyone wants to farm these for eachother add me on discord: kob#4315
I'd appreciate any help farming these, of course I'd help in return :)
Steam friend code: 102747694
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If anyone wants to help each other to farm covenant item, add me on discord Scorn#7672
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Anyone who will want to farm these and vice versa? PSN : schaapguy
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Is there anyone who'd help farming these, I only need 19 more
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if anyone down to help each other add me on discord
_FANTASY#1760
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Need help with farming 20 of these. Will drop an item of your choice if you help.
PSN: Dommmando
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Need help farming these. We can take turns if you need to farm them as well.
PSN: Dommmando
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If anyone wants to trade kills for these on Xbox I'm gt AncientLeader46.
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From the Catacombs of Carthus bonfire, it takes ~2 minutes (in first play-through/ng+) to take out all 8 of the Carthus Skeletons in the area.
Starting from the bonfire, turn right and roll through the skeleton ball. As soon as you enter the hallway just after the skeleton ball, pop a Rusted Coin. The coin lasts 60 seconds which is just long enough to kill the first 5 skeletons.
The 1st and 2nd Carthus Skeletons are just outside the hallway, and the 3rd is a bit further down and needs to be killed twice (unless you have a Blessed weapon). After killing these 3, jump down to the floor below and dash to the first set of stairs where the skeleton that controls the rolling ball is located. Kill the 4th and 5th Carthus Skeletons here (one is an archer) and your Rusted Coin effect should be ending any second.
Proceed down the hallway to find the 6th Carthus Skeleton which also needs to be killed twice (unless you have a Blessed weapon). Kill it once then pop a second Rusted Coin, then kill it again when it respawns. Then run down the stairs and kill the 7th Carthus Skeleton. Head down the cave to your right and the 8th and final Carthus Skeleton is located at the end. Then use the Coiled Sword Fragment or Homeward Bone to go back to the bonfire and repeat.
The drop rate is still awful, but you can rest assured that you're killing as many as possible to increase your odds. Good luck.
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Ledo's Great hammer special attack clears the two carthus skeletons easy peasy.
Yes,I'm farming these. Yes,it's hard. No,I don't need your help now stop posting your ID's in comment section
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You can save time by rolling into the bone ball to get though but you still take damage
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I need some help farming these things pls :(
PSN: spaghettisample5
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Anyone want to help farm for these? I’ll return the favour! PSN: OJFrostie
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Need help farming these and will return the favor, PSN: Karlinnn__
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Need help farming these, willing to help others with the same. PSN: Karlinnn__
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Either I got really lucky or the Cathus Ninja (near the Ashes, the one with white eyes who needs to be killed twice unless you use blessed damage) drops these quite often. I had him drop 3 of these in 4 attempts. So here is my strategy: I use a Heavy Infused Great Mace, Blessed weapon (miracle), rusted coin, Crystal Sages Rapier, Symbol of Avarice, 10 Luck. A total of 375 without coin and 425 with. Run left and down from the Carthus Bonfire (If you have 40 Stamina you outrun the Ball) Go left again and buff with blessed weapon and coin behind the pillar where the First Carthus Ninja is. Loot him and go Up the stairs where the Illusory Wall was. There you'll Encounter the Guy who needs to be killed twice but with blessed weapon you'll make short work with him. Run down the corridor where you'll Encounter another Ninja, the Ball controlling Skelly Boi and an archer. Kill the Ninja and Archer for another Chance for th vertebras. (Skelly Boi only drops alluring skulls i think) And finally, rinse and repeat. If you have the coiled sword fragment, perfect. If not, stack Up on bones. You'll need them. Also good luck.
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Need help farming these and other covenant items. Will return the favor. PSN:Bub63664. send me a friend request if interested.
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Can someone help me farm vertebrae shackles please? I'm willing to help others get other items too. PSN: Cornelius_Pippin
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Hey I need help farming vertebrae shackles. Can someone help me please? I would be willing to help others get covenet items too. PSN: Cornelius_Pippin
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Hey, I'm very new to the Fromsoft series, my first plat was Bloodborne. I am currently on 74% with DS3. Anyone willing to help me farm the relevant covenant items?, please.
PSN: retro_fluency
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grinding these is one of the most miserable experiences ive ever had in a souls game
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Need around 20 of these, red sign soap, will return favor.
Steam: 175944507
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Can anyone please help farming those, after farming the darkmoon cov. ones… i‘m just terribly exhausted…
Psn: Berserk-Kham
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Red sign soup stone for 29x, I'll do the same for you
Steam code: 160933033
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Anyone on Ps4 wants to help me grind these , after farming for sun medals and proofs im dead
psn RuiMask23
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Psn - o0AssassinUK0o (letter o number 0 then vice versa) get in touch if you'd like to trade kills for these
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Anyone willing to trade kills for these on PS? PSN: o0AssassinUK0o (thats letter o then number 0 and vice versa on the other side)
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Based on my 100 kill testrun I can confim a drop chance of 3% (item discovery 486). Unfortnunately I got the drops until kill 30, so 70 kills without yield...
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can anyone trade 10 of this pliz?
i beg
steam invite: 101238342
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anyone can trafe 10 of this pliz?
https://steamcommunity.com/id/george_orlow/
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Guys tbh. I've farmed 20 of them with lv 75 in 4 hours on a weekend Day (28 duels in total). If you can cheese Gankers it works well.
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Anybody willing to help me farm those shackles. In exhanche I will help with anything you want. Steam : 322210941
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i really need help farming shackles and proof of conkept kept :D steam: 53371424
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Psn Scott_w89 I need 27 shackles :( anyone willing to help farm?
I spent several months farming these shackles, and only got up to 10. Then I realized something about invasions... they suck. I'm sick of Carthus Bloodring Invincibility Spammers and Parry Gods.
I'm getting kinda desperate, because I really want to get the Warmth spell to complete that "All Pyromancies" achievement, so I'm just gonna post my Steam ID here if anyone wants to trade kills. My Steam code is 909891743.
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