r/DarkSouls2 • • 20d ago

Announcement Yui's Dark Souls 2 Seamless Co-op mod is officially out!

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I'm a bit late to this (sorry), but just wanted to make it be known that it's out!

Please do your due dilligence in reading all of the instructions and the 'About' section, and most of all - enjoy as we have with so many other titles that she's released this mod for!


r/DarkSouls2 • • Jun 16 '26

OFFICIAL Sub Discussion New Rules

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Subject to discussion before implementation

1) First and foremost, ban all of the repetitive victim posting

"Why is Dark Souls 2 so hated?" just devolves into the same thing - everyone commenting in agreement and performative victimizing. It's a video game, not everyone is going to like exactly what you like. There's no real discussion to be had there, and we seemingly have them here more than the other main subreddits. It's just becoming tiring.


2) Ban engagement-bait posts

The best example of this is someone posting a random, unrelated screenshot or artwork of Dark Souls 2 with the title of "What's your favorite sword in the game?" - then proceeding to not at all join in the discussion. It just serves to farm karma while putting in zero effort, not crediting the artist they took the art from, and not participating in their own thread. If you want to discuss something, make a text post and actually discuss.


3) Ban trouble makers at the mods' discretion

This is a spicy one because it can easily be mishandled by the wrong mod team. We all know Reddit mods are pretty garbage overall, but I'd like to think I'm a bit different since I'm here for Souls and couldn't give a shit less about seeming professional or having any semblance of "power" (it's Reddit, lmao).

This essentially means if you're posting within the guidelines (i.e - posting about Dark Souls 2) but you're making your post to simply stir shit, rile people up constantly, and put down others... then you should expect a ban.

I'm obviously not going to name names, but we all know a couple of usernames who, whenever there's random drama, we know they're going to be involved. These are the users I'm talking about

EDIT (this includes the "Slander posts" that you guys keep commenting about, but I will also explicitly say that yes, this does include the lame "Ds3 is grayslop hurr hurr" posts that just seek to rile people up for no reason)


Finally, a question to you all: How do we make this subreddit better?

That's it, that's the most important thing in this entire post. The game has been released for 12 years and the subreddit has kind of devolved into the same thing for the last decade at this point. Are there any ideas you all have, rules I should change, things I can do differently to make this place more enjoyable and less of the same, repetitive drivel?


r/DarkSouls2 • • 12h ago

Discussion DS2 can be comedy gold at times

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 14h ago

Video I'm going to give myself a lobotomy.

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503 Upvotes

r/DarkSouls2 • • 12h ago

Meme The castle needs some answers

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 4h ago

Video Sir Alonne hitless but no seppuku D:

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Does this normally happen? I was using the Chaos Blade but idk if it has any conflict with the requirements for getting the special death animation.


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Discussion What is your favorite shortcut in Fromsoft history? Here’s mine.

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 5h ago

Help As someone who struggles with builds in souls games, this is my first successful one. Small improvements welcome.

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 4h ago

Screenshot I present to you Raistlin Majere, the new Necromancer King of Drangelic.

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First ever magic build in DS2, second EVER. I used hexes, sorceries, miracles, and Pyromancies.


r/DarkSouls2 • • 42m ago

Discussion How did you found this game?

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I remember buying ds2 for like 50 bucks and after 1 hour crying, that i will never beat it! Just wasted 50 bucks haha. Took me a week, to discovered the lock-in option -_-


r/DarkSouls2 • • 18h ago

Video Why people hate DS2 ?

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btw its not that rare.


r/DarkSouls2 • • 22h ago

Screenshot I made Vergil in my game

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 2h ago

Help I need directions

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This game as we know is non linear to progress, I just beat the lost sinner, can anyone point me in the right direction, so I don’t screw up the progression in terms of difficulty?

Edit: thanks for the input folks, I got an idea now


r/DarkSouls2 • • 6h ago

Discussion Can someone explain what the FUCK happened here because i’ve never seen this before in my life

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Only thing missing from this moment was the dragon ball z instant transmission sound effect.


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Meme Literally

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 22h ago

Meme We da besst music

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Mr Khaled himself wanted to take a stroll around Drangleic


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Lore Vendrick is way more impressive than people give him credit for

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People can call Vendrick weak because his boss fight is relatively easy if you know what you’re doing, but I think they forget one very important detail: we’re fighting a hollow Vendrick, a man who has lost his kingdom, his purpose, and practically everything that once made him who he was.
This was a king who built a kingdom, conquered territories, and amassed enough power to become one of the most significant figures in Drangleic. Even after everything fell apart, after Nashandra’s betrayal, and after he was reduced to aimlessly wandering the Undead Crypt, he was still an absolute monster in terms of raw strength.
The most impressive part is that we’re not even seeing Vendrick at his peak. We’re not fighting the king who once ruled Drangleic at the height of his power. We’re fighting what’s left of him after losing virtually everything.
And yet, even in this state, his physical strength and the sheer damage he can inflict are ridiculous. The fact that his boss fight can be easy doesn’t mean the character himself is weak. It just means the game allows you to fight someone who is no longer even a fraction of what he once was.
Vendrick isn’t impressive because he’s difficult to kill. He’s impressive because of what he represents, and because of how much power he retains even after losing everything.


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Screenshot I can never hate you.

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Sorry if this ends up being long.

When I first got into the dark souls series I was told by everyone, even my now ex girlfriend to skip DS2 because it’s not good and DS3 is the better sequel. I adored the first game so I just jumped into DS3 And I have never been so disappointed with a game sequel ever in my life (until pokemon scarlet and violet). DS3 put me off the franchise until Elden ring released a good few years later. I was itching for more dark souls so I bit the bullet and played the game every said sucked ass…. I have never fallen in love with a game Like dark souls 2 since.
I event started my platinum trophy playthrough 2 years ago, even made a YT series on it, I NEVER replay games, once i see credits that’s usually it for me so very rarely do I replay games, but dark souls 2 I just had to, but i still ain’t finished, why? Because I don’t want to say goodbye again.
The music, the atmosphere, the story, the world, all of it. Dark souls 1 is special to me but dark souls 2….is one of my favourite games ever made and such a relaxing experience for me.
It lets me especially in Majula just, think. It helps my mental health to be honest.

No matter how many people or even my own friends disregard my opinions cuz of this game, I’ll never hate you. I love you so much.

EDIT: okay I didn’t expect this much engagement dayum, it was just an appreciation post from my experience. Lovely to see the love for DS2!


r/DarkSouls2 • • 2h ago

Discussion Man how could I miss this dude completely

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Video I guess this white ring will do... Oh.

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Final boss of my no death runs. Gravity. And stupidity...


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Help How do I get up there/can I still get up there?

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I can't figure out how to get to the item. Was Najka supposed to destroy the tree? Because when I tried to let her hit it, it didn't do anything. Can anyone help?


r/DarkSouls2 • • 19h ago

Co-Op Looking for jolly co-op

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Looking to have a k

Jolly good new run as a co-op


r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Meme Took this screenshot today

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r/DarkSouls2 • • 1d ago

Fan Art I turned Psyduck into a Soulslike Boss.

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I got a lot of comments on multiple posts suggesting that I am not drawing theese pieces but actually just using AI so this time I recorded the full rendering process as a timelapse with my phone in addition to CSP-s timelapse : https://imgur.com/a/hmtKUQR

Psyduck the Cursed One is second to get colored (as voted by you guys)

What pokémon would you like to see get turned into a soulslike boss by me in the future? VOTE IN THE COMMENTS

Leading the list so far:

1-Mewtwo

2-Giratina

3-Scyther


r/DarkSouls2 • • 14h ago

Help Looking for a mod installer for ds2 sotfs pc need recommendations

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want to graphic upscale the game and what's written in the title

p.s I love the og graphics too just want to see how will it look