What Keepsake did you choose ?

[Victor the wildlife hunter]

so thinking my self as smart i choose cracked pot and i got 3 but the game also removed three from the playthrough, there are more than enough golden seeds in the game and i have opened almost every imp statue and still have 21 stonesword keys left , so what is best keepsake to choose and what did you choose ?

[Enderspoons]

Most of the Keepsakes are (in my opinion) dud picks because they are already very accessible without picking them as Keepsakes.

Here's my personal tier list.

Always a Great Pick
- Lands Between Rune — You get $3,000 for free, which is a massive boost at the start of the game. This item essentially gives you a few extra starting levels.

- Golden Seed — An extra flask for earlygame is a very welcome insurance against taking damage, especially since the Tarnished's defensive stats are so bad that you might as well be a twig.

Here's the ones that I think are more situational but still good picks:

Good Pick but Situational
- Stonesword Key — Being able to unlock a gate right away is very significant. You can use it right away on Fringefolk Hero's Grave (and that's not a bad idea), but you can also save it for a different gate, like the one in Summonwater Village blocking the stamina regeneration talisman.
This one's more situational because stonesword keys themselves are fairly common.

- Bewitching Branch — This item is actually a pick for lategame. Bewitching Branches are exceedingly rare, and these are especially useful against bosses that summon flunkeys, such as Commander Niall.

Situational but Meh
- Boiled Prawn —15% physical damage negation is massive for our Tarnished, given its propensity to die after taking 2-3 hits. However, five pieces is a very small amount to stretch across earlygame until you meet Blackguard Big Boggart.

- Shabriri's Woe — This lets you juggle aggro with a jolly cooperator or a Spirit Ash more easily. This would be a stronger pick if you couldn't already pick one up in early-midgame.

No Point in Picking
- Crimson Amber Talisman — More health can mean the difference between taking two hits or three. A paltry 6% difference is very shallow however, and you can already buy one earlygame from a merchant within 5 minutes' walking distance of the First Step
(Weeping Peninsula, Castle Morne Rampart grace).

- Fanged Imp Ashes — This Spirit Ash's only notable quality is unlocking the Albinauric Rise in Consecrated Snowfield. Earlygame, there are several other Spirit Ashes within Limgrave that you can replace with Fanged Imp Ashes until you progress to Liurnia. It suffers the same accessibility problem as Shabriri's Woe.

- Cracked Pot — Cracked Pots are plentiful everywhere, and having one more pot earlygame makes basically no difference as the selection of pot craftables is incredibly limited.

[Sonnenbank]

the "earliest" halfway decent farming spot when you dont have knowledge about the church with teleporter is the Giant @ Doorway bonfire where u get torrent.

its about ~ 1000runes per kill and a kill takes 1minute
this location can be reached within 3 minutes of the game

So 3000runes only saves you about 5-10 minutes of playtime.

I personally would say thats completely irrelevant rather than a massive boost

In the end it doesnt matter what you choose
its a small bonus no matter what you choose
and you could be perfectly fine without choosing anything

[Ulmace]

Автор сообщения: Sonnenbank

the "earliest" halfway decent farming spot when you dont have knowledge about the church with teleporter is the Giant @ Doorway bonfire where u get torrent.

its about ~ 1000runes per kill and a kill takes 1minute
this location can be reached within 3 minutes of the game

So 3000runes only saves you about 5-10 minutes of playtime.

I personally would say thats completely irrelevant rather than a massive boost

In the end it doesnt matter what you choose
its a small bonus no matter what you choose
and you could be perfectly fine without choosing anything

its all a small bonus, but seeds are gated, somewhat, 1 extra seed will give you 1 extra flask for a while.

[ReflexShift]

Golden Seed for me as well.

[vamirez]

On my first char I had the Fanged Imp Ashes - and they are quite strong for a long stretch of the game (if upgraded ofc).