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Fighting a Level 45 host as a Level 16 invader isn't fun, chasing hosts through the poison swamp and not seeing them for ten minutes isn't fun, watching Yellowfinger Heysel get infinite Estus isn't fun, waiting half an hour only to be aggroed by someone who's already in the Crystal Sage fight isn't fun, and abandoning singleplayer because you don't want to overlevel the hosts isn't fun. Meanwhile, Aldrich Faithful has a more interesting layout, better balance in the levels, and you'll be summoned from Level 60 - 90 and/or +6 - +10 within a couple minutes of joining the covenant.

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So there are these two pathetic hackers sitting in the Crucifixion Woods, who will disable your black crystal by making you take a small bit of damage when you use it no matter where you are. they will attack you at 1000% speed and heal you at the same rate so that your weapons and armor break in a couple seconds. then if you run away they teleport you back with some sort of hack idk what. Then after they do all that they will kill you with some sort of rapid lighting gun nuke thing. If you do nothing or point down at them then they teleport you across the world map to crash your game. Really pathetic and i feel sorry for such people. You know this game is the only good thing going on in their lives. Glad my life isnt that ****.

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My first invasion was in Crucifixion Woods. One of these guys ran up to me and spammed R1 with a straight sword. I was still in basic knight armor since I had just started the game. I was really nervous and didn't know what to do. Since I was unaware of the bad frame data on medium shield parry, I began mashing L2 out of desperation... And suceeded! I riposted him, and when he ran away, I went after him and spammed R1, just like he did before. After killing him, I tried to point down because I had heard that was what the cool kids did. Except I accidentally pointed up. Twice.

Probably the most embarrassing death that invader has ever had.

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Can someone explain to me wtf is going on? A bunch of twinks fighting with strange rules you don't know? What

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As of May 23rd 2024 this covenant is very active on PC at SL 27 and +3. Feels really good.

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beware the twinks of DS3, they love this area

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If you aren’t an OG dark souls player that legit can pvp you are gonna hate the swamp (I enjoy it)

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Only tryhard pvp arena right now. Shame, wanted to have some fun playing the game for the first time.

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im boutta jump of a bridge

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I find a hard time to invade someone, im SL40+ might be that...im ****ed

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I did it. I have the 30!
Now Dark Souls 3 is in the Steam promotion, so it only took me 2-4 hours to get all of them.
Don't kill The Abyss Watchers and be on SL 28.

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I have not been able to invade a single player that doesn't have late-game equipment and meta tactics, as well as at least two other phantoms that are the same and gank me if I try to go for the host. If I had to try to get these legitimately, I'd either have to play by the meta myself, or deal with an abysmal disadvantage in a game that clearly wasn't properly balanced for PvP. It's a shame, because the occasional Dark Souls PvP encounters can be so much fun when they're not treated like one-thousand-dollar tournaments.

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Has anyone noticed the spawns for watchdogs break sometimes? I've seen watchdogs be spawned into the pontiff area, archdragon peak, even ringed city. I wonder if there's some unpatched bug treating them like a mad spirit, because the times I've witnessed it there were other invaders.
I don't think they are hacking because every time the watchdog acts confused as hell.

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vigor gouge, dried finger, murky lapp covenant

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Wish instead of constantly joining animation-cancelling hosts with 2 different summons and a bunch of dark-moons I could actually invade a normal progressing player and get the god damn grass.

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prepare to witness a world of toxic gankspam worse than darkroot garden

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Why am I not unlocking the achievement??

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So whats the deal of this covenant now? Literally its a pvp arena now. And whenever i get summoned as a wof creatures already cleaned and at low level host carries 3 different weapons, half naked plus tears of denial. I bet this area is running by chinese now its always the same tactic every time!

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These brave warriors invade lone hosts who just entered the area with at least three people and the backing of every mob in the area. So gallant. Bunch of ganking cowards.

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I just want to point out that you can actually be harmed by the giant crabs in the area leading to the Crystal Sage boss.

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I've seen Watchdogs invade the cleansing chapel area twice today. I was a red while it happened.

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You people are damn persistent. I've never been invaded so much in one area before.

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if you were to run past the two watchdogs without killing them, and head into farron swamp to join this covenant, once you returned to crucifixion woods, would they still be hostile to you?

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I am still invading as a watchdog even after killing both sage and abyss watcher. Perhaps Wolnir also counts?

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Watch dogs of farron shy away from shields, right? So why is it that their idol, artorias of the abyss, USES A SHIELD?
And a covonent reward, IS A SHIELD! Or is that undead legion?

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**** wish the servers were back up on PC

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Is it possible to leave the watchdogs of farron covenant? I didn't realize I'd get summoned for PVP and now I'm getting summoned three times every five minutes (no exaggeration)

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best covenant

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soo if i undertand correctly, once you kill both bosses you are no longer summonable?

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I need a tip on how to farm swordgrass

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furry covenant

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The extra chromosome covenant.

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SL19 +2 and it's working like a charm. I was initially planning to level up until SL25, but once I got the covenant I kept getting summoned once every 1 or 2 minutes. Not only were the summons quite fast (particularly refreshing compared to being a Blue Sentinel or Darkmoon Blade), but also the people I kept invading were alone and just progressing through the area. I assume if I were to level up I'd run into more gankers and fight clubs, but either way, I managed to get my covenant rewards surprisingly fast.

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Really aggravating that the covenant is used as a PvP Arena setup with a hiding host. I never find just a normal progressing player.

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Bruh why can't watchdogs invade in farron keep why is it just crucifixion

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We watchdogs go woof.

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Just met a pair of lovely Farron Watchdogs in Crux Woords - they killed Heysel & the Mad Phantom, waved at me & then I got smooshed by a pike hollow because I wasn't paying attention.

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dollar store aldrich faithful

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anyone farming covenant items add me steam code: 411753863. EU prefered idk if you we can play otherwise. Current SL135

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There might be something wrong with the summon range. I am SL 195 and I feel like the Watchdogs that invade me are like SL 80 at most, since they do little damage and they have like 600HP. I feel bad about it

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Whats the point of being summoned at lvl 30 against people in full havel set and I fast roll ar level 300?

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this is the covenant with some of the best items for new game+, but also the worst one to farm online in my opinion. this is why you level up luck and get item find.

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theyre not called watchdogs of farron, theyre called shrek's soldiers

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hey retards: DONT attack the red glowing man, he is on your side stupid ****ing clowns

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At SL25 +2 i was getting nonstop invasions on PC. Only problem is that a bunch of those ended up being timed out.

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With 465 luck I got all 30 in about 80 minutes which is a huge achievement for me but bone and ear is harder to drop it just takes longer.

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This was probably never talked about but, is there some kind of hard summon trigger if you're Exactly on or above 20?

'Cause me and a friend are trying to see if we can invade each other specifically to farm Wolf grass at around 13 no upgrade level.
But seemingly the game does not want to cooperate even with dried finger up.

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So this covenant only works in low soul level? How about 80-100 or 120?

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Just finished getting my swordgrasses from invasions at SL40 +3. Took like 5ish days of playing for like 2-3 hours a day.

So, wasn't super fast, but not terribly slow either. Farming is probably faster at this SL, but way less interesting. Went a hell of a lot better than getting Proofs for the Darkmoons. I'd guess that it would be much faster around SL 30 +2.

Also, for whatever reason, I literally never got summoned into the poison swamp. I was always summoned into the clearwater area before the ladder. Seemed like a lot of hosts had beaten the Abyss Watchers already and were going for the Crystal Sage (probably due to my being SL40). So when you get in you may want to make a mad dash to the Crystal Sage fog, since that's where 80% of the hosts were headed, and a large chunk of them tried to sprint past the enemies into the fog as soon as I spawned in. On the plus side, you probably won't need many purple mosses.

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Hey is this covenant working? Need the covenant items.

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TIL that invaders weren't kidding when they said gank squads are a serious problem in this game. I figured they were exaggerating. They definitely aren't.

I am only in this covenant to pick up the trophy. In 2/3rds of my invasions so far, the host has cleared the entire area, and summoned 3 friendlies and 1 purple or red. Literally all of them just spam R1 every time an invader comes in. There's no finesse or epic trolling about it. It's like a weird obsession these people have.

Anyway, I recommend blocking (like blocking them on console, not using a shield) them if you're just trying to get the trophy. No point in playing with these people, period.

I don't really like invaders, and I don't like invading, either. But these dedicated gank squads are way more cancerous than twinks ever could be. I don't know what their goal is, but if I get gank squads too much I just start ganking every host I come across, even if they look desperate to survive. I need the swordgrasses. So what they're doing is probably counterproductive. The more of my time they waste, the less likely I am to let a host go. And I WILL be getting those swordgrasses from someone. I don't farm this stuff.

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No Shrek playthrough is complete without joining

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People in this covenant are irritating. I’ve been hanged up on so many times from all kinds of invaders. When I’m yanked to defend the forest and I’m getting overwhelmed by my opponent, half the time the other watchdog doesn’t help or take over.

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Best spot to farm Wolf's Blood Swordgrass (and pale tongues, both of which you'll need if you want the All Rings and All Spells achievements)? Outside Farron Keep perimeter bonfire. But *how* to run the loop? One way which speeds up the loop, kills more Ghru, and makes things easier: after exiting FKP bonfire, stay right. Youll find a sleeping Elder Ghru - kill it: a one or two hit weapon is actually faster than a backstab, but to each their own. Proceed forward on the right until the Poison Ghru pops out. Kill him too - the others shouldn't spot you. Go to the top of the little hill the Poison Ghru was in front of and take out the Shield Ghru. Over in the corner, between the wall of the Abyss Watcher's arena and the rocks, is another Poison Ghru. Kill him too. Now, if aiming just for Sword Grass, go to the entrance of the Abyss Watcher's arena and take out the two sleeping shield/spear Ghru - they should wake up one-at-a-time if you start with the one closest to you. If you leave them alive, there's actually a fairly decent chance they kill the Darkwraiths and survive. Speaking of darkwraiths - by the time you finish off the shield Ghru, they should be mopping up the crowd of Ghru you bypassed earlier. If you want to avoid a fight, simply go back the way you came and (while you're doing that) the Darkwraiths should keep wandering, leaving the dead Ghru (and their $w33t L00t) for you to pick over.

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Can anyone please help me with 20 bloodgrass? I've been farming for 6 hours with coins, avarice, and rings, and only have 10... PSN WolfWoodring.

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That ring aged poorly as a rank 2 reward after the nerf it got. But then again, I never agreed with creating a higher tier of an item that's essentially a one-per character deal. It quickly devalues the item once you go to the next NG cycle. And even if you don't, you now got access to the highest tier via DLC. Plus it's just odd that only one ring out of the four of Gwyn's Knights has higher tiers.

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Farming in keep ruins intensifies...just kill me already

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This covenant can be pretty fun at the level 30 range. High level Dark Souls PvP is fairly regulated - everyone has similar health, about the same stamina, and then a soft cap in one or two different attack-centric stats. Low level PvP is much different, with 'vigor' builds that soft-cap on health while using only simple starting weapons, and nobody uses nearly as many Weapon Arts (let alone the ones that decimate health bars). Most gank squads with a couple phantoms, the summons have only triple-digit health, if they even pass the 800 mark.

It's a completely different environment where rookies and vets mix together using much more basic equipment, and where fundamentals like zoning and positioning are used to overcome ganks rather than getting a good weapon arts combo. Just beware the twinks -- it's definitely possible for someone to come in with only a +3 weapon, but a +5 Estus Flask for some intense chugging.

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I let a normal invader kill me like I usually do (since I usually get invaded as soon as I join an area, and PvP ain't my specialty) and as I died I got a notification popup that a Watchdog was invading me. Not sure what triggered the late invasion from him.

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is there anyone give this ring to me? My last achievement im still %97

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Watchdoge

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The covenant of r1 warriors

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Is there a way to directly invade as a Watchdog? Waiting is such a pain, even in the recommended level range.

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Confirming for myself on PC; started getting invasion as late as SL37 with +2 weapons. Forgot about the summon range and leveled up to 45, then the frequency of invasions dropped drastically to about 1 every 15-25 minutes. I've gotten 21 swordgrass total; 19 from invasions, about 7 of which earned after getting to 45; the other 2 were super lucky drops from the goats in the space of 5-10mins. Not impossible, but super slow.

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Are there any players at metalevel for this covenant? I'd rather get the sword grass from people than farm it from the goats.

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Already halfway through, but the moment it detects that you've got over ten, it stops calling you around, even when people are clearly in the area... Seriously, what gives?

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swamp boyyys
cool and blue
if you come in the swamp
they come for you

friends with the crabs
friends with hollows
you go through the swamp
and they will follow

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Stupid idea to tie the covenant item only to being summoned. Even Subros can get medals from being summoned for duels, so why can't Farron watchdogs?

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Please I need help to farm these goats to get that stupid ring or just drop to me because its useless its only for the achievement Steam:seu jorgi777

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Does sharing the ring still work for the trophy?
If yes, please add me on PSN: Tool_Spirit

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Annoying furry cov

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You are all retards. Stop attacking the invader you stupid brain dead ****ing weebs

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Worst. Covenant. Ever

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If anyone has the wolf ring on ps4 and wouldn't mind meeting up to let me borrow it to get the trophy it will save me a bunch of time. I'll give it back afterwards

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This covenant does not work at soul level 150+, I need that wolf ring though! Guess I’m grinding ng+ ghru’s for days lol

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This convenant is the onky thing between me and all game trophies. I am never summoned (guess bc I'm in a very high level) and cannot go on and have the wolf ring for my last trophy :'(

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This is like blades of the darkmoon, but done right. You actually have a goal in this covenant, unlike those fakemoon gankers.

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As far as I can tell, there isn't much PvP in lower level areas at all. Playing over the course of an afternoon, I was summoned twice as a Watchdog, which I suppose is an alright chance. I'll stick with them but it's very obvious that summons are rare. Not many people spend time in Farron Keep.

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I recorded myself and another watchdog get summoned to the smouldering lake

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Oddly enough As a Watchdog I was summoned to the Grand Archibes once on NG+2.

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does a red with this cov. drop double blue rewards?

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Is SL 33 too much for this? I'm being summond kinda rarely

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It’s muh swomp. NOW GIT!!!

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The funny thing is that we re defending the dead warriors s rest while the undead curse is at it s peak.

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(STEAM: nxtcxdx) Hi Im triying to get all of the ds3 achivements but the covenant rings and spells are very hard and grindy to get. I just need the wolf ring and the obscuring ring in order to skip the Watchdogs of Farron and Rosarias grind for this rings. I read in a post that just holding the rings would count as if I got them for the Master of rings trophy. I would be very gratefull if someone would let me, at least hold, those ring. Thank you.

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Fairly certain the honor left in the low lvl pvp community for ds3 has completly diminished at this point. I've gone through worlds again and again, and all I see are either; A: Gankers (worse yet when the red phantoms decide to buddy up with the host), B: Hackers... why host your world for pvp if you lack the skill to even partake?, and C: Maxed estus chuggers or other forms of item advantage (like having +3 rings or something)... just... just no. Honestly, I'd suggest for anyone to avoid low lvl pvp entirely... well unless your one of the pre-mentioned scumbags. Just do mid-high lvl pvp, even if the invader has the advantage, you still have a more reasonable chance.

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I have a question: can Hawkwood's Swordgrass be offered to the Old Wolf?

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What happened to people being classy when invading and not using their estus’s like little *****es

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How do you leave a covenant

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Hey. To the lapdogs that kept invading me and the boys last night, let's play again sometime. We had fun >=]

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Unless you're low-SL, this covenant is about as stagnant as the swamp you invade in

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How in the hell I'm being summoned as WoF in Undead Settlement. Im SL 34 and WoF sigil is glowing all the time.

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What if i kill crystal sage but not abyss watchers? Still able to get invaded by watch dogs?

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DF solo in Woods, is it normal to get 3 Watchdogs at the same time in that scenario?

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A connection error occurred. Returning to your world

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i have a problem ive given over 30 swordgrass and still not gotten the second covent teir reawrds any iea why?

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Nearly 2020 and the Reds are still *****ing idiots

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was having fun invading a couple dudes who were camping in the woods to fight, me and another invader nearly bested them and a farron guy comes along and hits us in the back, smort

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Ah, the other covenant where the reds only fight you when you're killing the host.

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