PVP darkwraith invasion level zone guide:

[JupiterXOXO]

hello everybody, i've seen alot of people asking about what levels are good for what areas to invade in, i'll give a list of areas and proper levels to invade at. The levels i am providing are for darkwraiths (invades ppl higher level than them) and are for invading people going throught the game for the first time around.

Also, the darkwraith invasion sl formula is (ten levels plus ten percent of your current level) lower than your current level and up so for example a lvl 50 can invade people lvl 35 and up. These level recommendations will allow for continuous invasions (less than 5 minutes between each invasion) but are all limited to my own experience.

n/a means you can't invade here
? means i haven't invaded here b4

undead asylum: n/a
Firelink shrine: n/a
Undead burg: 15
undead parish: 25
the depths: 25
blighttown: 25
quelaag's domain: n/a
great hollow: n/a
ash lake: n/a
sens fortress 25
painted world: 35
sanctuary garden: ?
oolacile sanctuary: n/a
royal wood: 65
oolacile towndship 75
chasm 75
darkroot garden 20
dark root basin 25
valley of drakes n/a
new londo ruins 35
dukes archives 50
crystal cave 50
catacombs 25
tomb of giants 35
demon ruins 25
lost izalith 35
kiln of first flame 100

personal characters:
1. character at lvl 15 to invade anywhere anytime, and can grief new players in burg
2. character at lvl 25, and invade at bottom of blight town, sens fortress, depths and garden
3. character at lvl 50 to invade at anor londo ( a lil high for this area) and dukes archives
4. character at lvl 75 for dlc areas and kiln

Most popular pvp areas:
Duels:
1. kiln (high level duels sl 100)
2. undead burg (mid level duels sl 50)
3. anor londo (mid to high level duels)
4. dark root garden
Invasions:
1. sens fortress (for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ chameleons, and thin bridge force miracles)
2. depths (dunno why just popular)
3. blight town (thin ledges and poisonous swamps)
4. catacombs (for built in trap levels and cross bridges)

hope fully this helps others, and if you want reply with what areas you invade in and at what levels. Once again this is invasion lvl recommendations based on my experiences, and are based on what lvl allows for the most invasions.

[hghwolf]

Most of these seem a little low. Like 10 SL too low. I can get a lot of play with a SL 35 in Sens and I get a fair bit at SL50 in Anor Londo too, just for examples. I`d bump these up by ten, some like Lost Izalith even twenty.

[JupiterXOXO]

yea the levels are roughy 10 level lower cause this way it allows for maximum invasions. i've tried invading at those areas at 10 levels higher and it significantly reduces invasion rate

[hghwolf]

See I`ve tried that and I noticed no significant lessening in the amount of succesful invasions I got.

[JupiterXOXO]

i agree with the anor londo tho cause i invade there with a sl 50 for new game plus invasions. and areas like lost izalith i maintain the 20 lvls lower cause people keep dying over and over to the bed of chaos they don't reverse hollowing, so the lower level gets more invasions.

[voiddp]

I also think that u are using wrong formula, there is no -10SL only -10% from the wiki's data

[JupiterXOXO]

about the formula, i've heard of both and it seems to be 10 levels plus ten percent lower and up cause my lvl 15 can invade people at lvl 5, which is not 10 percent less, but rather 10 levels lower

[voiddp]

Up - is unlimited and it is 100%.
For low - how did you calculate level of people you invaded?

[hghwolf]

He might have asked. I assume he just guesstimated though.

The thing is, there are average SL per Area charts. Darkwraiths want to be a little lower than that to have a decent invasion pool while still being not significantly weaker than the target.
And there`s the problem that you can only invade up so far as well. Sure the game will match your SL10 with a SL 200 but only if he`s litteraly the only human player in that area.

[Elendil]

There are good people that crystal out when they see the host player having weak equipment. Some even drop items before leaving. But those are rare.

[JupiterXOXO]

well the game is really designed for griefing, if you want to duel you can do that too, but don't just throw away invasions (which mostly are greifing) since you don't really get end game gear till you reach anor londo, which is when you get lightning weapons. Invading anywhere before that is essentially all greifing. And greifing can be really fun, of course you can just swing a lighting zwei or claymore and just kill everybody with it, but the fun kicks in when you don't invade traditionally, and use chameleon to trick or force to ♥♥♥♥ noobies off cliffs or use the levers in the catacombs. This guide are just some helpful information for people to use for just that, since if you so choose to invade at lvl 100 the ng+ players you invade are most likely not gonna fall for funny tactics such as those.

[cua_bien02]

Huh? I'm in my first playthrough. Already SL 40 and haven't rung the Blighttown bell yet. Am I leveling too fast then?? (Farmed a little bit soul in the Darkroot Garden with the Artorias Crest.

[JupiterXOXO]

yea you're about 10 levels too high, but it's fine, these levels are recommendations for people that are trying to invade, so the levels should be 10 levels or so lower than yours.

[Barnett]

what about if your using a blue eye orb?

[JupiterXOXO]

if you are using blue eyed orbs, you should be instead roughly 20 levels higher than the sugguested levels, since blue eyed orbs invade down, and you'll want to be around 10 levels higher to invade in the specific area

[cua_bien02]

İlk olarak Saverem tarafından gönderildi:

yea you're about 10 levels too high, but it's fine, these levels are recommendations for people that are trying to invade, so the levels should be 10 levels or so lower than yours.

So it means that I'll have a harder time invading in the Darkroot Forest? How about if I join the Forest Hunter Covenant? Will I still be able to invade as part of that covenant?