Vertebra Shackle is a Multiplayer Item in Dark Souls 3.

Vertebra Shackle

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A special bone collected by members of the covenant of Mound-makers, discovered in the corpses of their victims.

Only one such bone is found in the vertebrae, and the Mound-makers believe it to be a shackle of the gods. In their minds, each victim is another connection, an addition to the family."

 

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.

 

 

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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    • Anonymous

      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.

      • Anonymous

        From 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.

        • Anonymous

          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.

          • Anonymous

            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.)

            • Anonymous

              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

              • Anonymous

                Looking for some help farming on Xbox, anyone willing to help or trade invasion kills?

                Username: yermo#6120

                • Anonymous

                  Please...Someone...I need 26 more shackles and i cant stand farming anymore :( im on Xbox: VN Darkhorse im on NG+ atm

                  • Anonymous

                    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.

                    • Anonymous

                      i need help to farm for playstation pls, dm on insta “@fairyboy444” these are taking the longest to farm by far

                      • Anonymous

                        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.

                        • Anonymous

                          if anyone want to farm for each other covenant items hit me up. Tired of dealing with pvp 95885975 My code for steam

                          • Anonymous

                            Need someone to help me farm these and other covenant items. I’ll also help in return ;)
                            Steam friend code 206919189

                            • Anonymous

                              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.

                              • Anonymous

                                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.

                                • Anonymous

                                  Need help farming these and other covenant items. Will return the favor. PSN:Bub63664. send me a friend request if interested.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Can someone help me farm vertebrae shackles please? I'm willing to help others get other items too. PSN: Cornelius_Pippin

                                    • Anonymous

                                      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

                                      • Anonymous

                                        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

                                        • Anonymous

                                          Can anyone please help farming those, after farming the darkmoon cov. ones… i‘m just terribly exhausted…

                                          Psn: Berserk-Kham

                                          • Anonymous

                                            Psn - o0AssassinUK0o (letter o number 0 then vice versa) get in touch if you'd like to trade kills for these

                                            • Anonymous

                                              Anyone willing to trade kills for these on PS? PSN: o0AssassinUK0o (thats letter o then number 0 and vice versa on the other side)

                                              • Anonymous

                                                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...

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  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.

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    Anybody willing to help me farm those shackles. In exhanche I will help with anything you want. Steam : 322210941

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