Multiplayer doesn't work

[Tready]

I've played this game for a long time, I have a friend playing now. I can't join his game. He's unable to see my summon sign. We've tried with passwords and without. Is this just broken now?

[SnakeshyperTTV/Kick]

Did he kill the area boss?

[CannedZephyr]

Originally posted by Tready:

I've played this game for a long time, I have a friend playing now. I can't join his game. He's unable to see my summon sign. We've tried with passwords and without. Is this just broken now?

above comment is 60-80 percent time the correct assumption, if the area has no objective, you cannot summon there, but you can summon near some specific graces and open areas, i haven't looked into which areas are deemed but none the less, you must keep an open objective to operate the multiplayer function.
also, but not obvious to every single player

version of games used
offline
region enabled
when summoning, the host must use the multiplayer tool AFTER the joining player uses the multiplayer tool

[Tready]

Thanks to you both for the response. The area is Crumbling Farum Nazula. I've cleared the whole area...he has not. We tried summoning at Dragon Temple and Dragon Temple Lift. Neither worked. Same game version, neither of us offline, and multiple combinations of before/after "multiplayer tool" (summoning finger sign by me and furcaling remedy use by him).

[CannedZephyr]

Originally posted by Tready:

Thanks to you both for the response. The area is Crumbling Farum Nazula. I've cleared the whole area...he has not. We tried summoning at Dragon Temple and Dragon Temple Lift. Neither worked. Same game version, neither of us offline, and multiple combinations of before/after "multiplayer tool" (summoning finger sign by me and furcaling remedy use by him).

farum azula is one of the places specifically dictated by objective, however, if he has not done any of it, and is summoning you, there is no reason for the obstruction in multiplayer, it should work just fine. you may not be able to summon him though. try the using the finger to manually write your sign next to a site of grace nearest an objective summoning totem (totem before a boss area or side quest area)

[nfinite.recursion]

Make sure you both set a multiplayer password, not a group password. If the password is unnecessarily complex, one of you may be misspending it. Use something simple like 1234. If you still can't summon, both of you quit to the title screen, log in, and reload your save. If that doesn't work, try putting down a red duelist's sign. If that works but the gold co-op sign doesn't, then that means the area boss is dead.

[CannedZephyr]

also, setting both multi and group password has solved all multi problems for me as thus far over 2 console types out of 3

[Tready]

We tried all of your suggestions last night except for two. We'll try nfinite.recursion's idea of using the red duelist sign as a test and CannedZephyr's idea of both multi and group password. Thanks for the ideas and assistance!

[Memfis]

♥♥♥♥ this game we set passowrd wanted to play and id doesnt work ... is it that hard to put ot playeres 2gather....

[Shadowlords420]

Ik this is a PC Group but noticed the same thing on ps5 I Can't summon my friend plus he has the dlc and me as well He put his sign down i use call remedy but nothing shows up

[Echo Hitomi]

I have a different issue when it comes to multiplayer on ps5, I can be summoned to my GF's world but once there I cant attack ANYTHING. Game just doesnt register me being there at all, some enemies done even load in for me. But other than that I can run around with her and watch her do anything for as long as I want. This games multiplayer is a joke and this devs dont give a crap about their community, game has been out for 2 years and co-op is still garbage, what a joke.

[hydrogen peroxide]

the coop is ass bro I cleared the plaxidus dragon somewhere in farum azula and want to enter my friend world since he does not cleared it yet , I WASTED AN HOUR TRYING TO FIND SOLUTION AND NON WORKING

[Cheese Wizard]

I can summon other people just fine. Just not my friend. does anyone here know what that is about? we are the same level and have done the exact same things

[Mr. Worldwide]

Originally posted by Floppy Wizard:

I can summon other people just fine. Just not my friend. does anyone here know what that is about? we are the same level and have done the exact same things

Most of the problems I've had have happened when I tried to summon a friend close to an area that was previously a boss, a good example was the small boss fight in the city before Margott (Godfried?), it didn't let me summon him there, maybe because the boss was already dead or because it's close to an area that was previously recognized as a boss arena, but once I moved my sign to Margott's entrance, he could see my sign and summon me almost instantly. Try keeping an eye out for where you summon your friend and test different places.

[Dante9006]

Old thread but, did anyone ever figure this out?

[EF_Neo1st]

I just re-read, you set password ...

Well, I dont know what could be happening.
Already happened that with password some people could not summon me while for others I was being summoned (even without password) so I dont know what could be the cause.