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Dark Souls 3hardly needs an introduction. As infamous as it is difficult, the series' finale pulls no punches, and you’ll be wandering the bleak and beautiful settings as you venture to link the first flame - or leave the world in darkness. Naturally, along the way, you’ll be getting better gear and equipment to face the enemies and bosses as they grow stronger and harder to kill.
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Each boss in Dark Souls 3 has the potential to reward you with a weapon, which will be very powerful, but could be very demanding. You’ll want to get your hands on these relics of power to make your journey easier. With lots of unique weapons and powers to get through, you’ll want to consider your choices carefully - you cannot have them all.
Soul Transposition, Explained
In Dark Souls 3, the only way to get any boss weapons is through thetransposition of their souls.Ludleth of Courland, sitting on his throne in Firelink Shrine, will assist with this.
This Lord of Cinder will transpose your boss souls intoboss weapons, spells, and shields. Each boss soul can produce different items, butyou can only choose one of the items, so choose wisely.
Ludleth can only transpose souls once you have gifted him theTransposing Kiln, a reward fordefeating the Curse-Rotted Greatwood. He will be able to transpose the souls of any bosses you give to him intopowerful items that you won’t want to miss out on.
How To Get Boss Souls
Getting boss souls is the hard part of the bargain.A boss' soul is only rewarded once you have defeated that boss, along with any other reward they provide. These boss souls can becashed in for souls or can be transposed into powerful items.
The first boss, Iudex Gundyr,does not drop a boss soul. This is believed to be because his soul was already claimed by you in the future past, when you go back in time to defeat Champion Gundyr.
You only get one of these souls per boss, so what you decide to do with it must be well-considered.
How To Get Every Boss Weapon
Below is every bossmelee and ranged weaponthat can be awarded in Dark Souls 3, and what bosses you’ll be prying them from. Also listed are theweapon’s damage, stat requirements, and soul cost.
Special effects
14 strength
18 dexterity
1,000 souls
20% extra damage to hollows
11 strength
19 dexterity
Restores a little HP upon killing an enemy, and also poisons enemies
30 strength
0 souls
Causes frostbite
13 strength
Increases item discovery by 50
18 strength
20 dexterity
20% extra damage to abyssal creatures
24 strength
10,000 souls
20% damage boost against abyssal creatures
12 strength
9 intelligence
9 faith
Also deals fire and magic damage
13 dexterity
13 faith
28 strength
12 intelligence
12 faith
Also deals fire damage
20 strength
8 dexterity
10 intelligence
10 faith
17 strength
15 dexterity
3,000 souls
Also deals magic damage
22 strength
10 dexterity
The charged heavy attacks deal fire damage
38 strength
7 strength
16 dexterity
5,000 souls
Deacons of the Deep
8 strength
12 dexterity
Doubles as a staff
40 strength
16 strength
11 dexterity
26 intelligence
A fully charged attack shoots a projectile
10 strength
14 faith
26 strength
14 dexterity
Received by combining Lothric’s Holy Sword with Lorian’s Greatsword through Ludleth. This requires item duplication glitches or New Game+
22 dexterity
18 faith
Also deals lightning damage
15,000 souls
11 faith
Also causes magic damage
17 faith
Can cast miracles
Awarded right after defeating the boss
17 intelligence
Only deals fire damage
40 dexterity
19 strength
20,000 souls
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How To Get Every Boss Spell
If you’ve a magic build instead, then here are all thesorceries, pyromancy, and miraclesthat you may transpose your boss souls into.
18 intelligence
1,500 souls
15 intelligence
15 faith
20 intelligence
22 faith
45 faith
50 intelligence
40 faith
25 intelligence
How To Get Every Boss Shield
There aren’t many, but for youshieldenthusiasts, there are a couple of items to get from souls.
