How to unlock the door in Shaded Woods?

[Jorge Manrique]

I have already killed and bonfired those "4 primal bonfire bosses" and talked the herald, I don't know what else to do, any hints?

[Enderspoons]

The most common Great Soul people tend to forget is the one in Brightstone Cove Tseldora — alas, The Duke's Dear Freyja isn't actually the Great Soul bearer for the area: The dragon-corpse strung up in webs at the back of her arena is. You may have forgotten to pick up the red-colored item drop that dribbled out of its mouth at the end of the fight and still need to go back for it.

Alternatively, there is a second dev-intended solution that you can use: If your Soul Memory (a running tally of every soul you've ever picked up, tracked in the top right corner of the "Status" menu) is 1 million or higher, you can brute-force your way in with the strength of your own soul all by yourself.

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Originally posted by Jorge Manrique:

I have already killed and bonfired those "4 primal bonfire bosses" and talked the herald, I don't know what else to do, any hints?

King Vedrik and his ring are gentle to you.

[Jorge Manrique]

Originally posted by Enderspoons:

The most common Great Soul people tend to forget is the one in Brightstone Cove Tseldora — alas, The Duke's Dear Freyja isn't actually the Great Soul bearer for the area: The dragon-corpse strung up in webs at the back of her arena is. You may have forgotten to pick up the red-colored item drop that dribbled out of its mouth at the end of the fight and still need to go back for it.

Alternatively, there is a second dev-intended solution that you can use: If your Soul Memory (a running tally of every soul you've ever picked up, tracked in the top right corner of the "Status" menu) is 1 million or higher, you can brute-force your way in with the strength of your own soul all by yourself.

After research I found out I may be mising a kings ring? (which I located the place and will be trying it tomorrow). (This may be for other boss unrelated to that door tho).

I have revisited every single place and I believe I have all 4 souls on inventory (noticed that tseldora is different) and I kinda remembered picking that specific soul when I fought the boss, however, I will visit that place again just in case.

[they got me for my foams!]

depending on your NG, you need a certain amount of soul memory to open the door to the shrine, besides killing 4 great souls

[SafetyPin]

Originally posted by Jorge Manrique:

Originally posted by Enderspoons:

The most common Great Soul people tend to forget is the one in Brightstone Cove Tseldora — alas, The Duke's Dear Freyja isn't actually the Great Soul bearer for the area: The dragon-corpse strung up in webs at the back of her arena is. You may have forgotten to pick up the red-colored item drop that dribbled out of its mouth at the end of the fight and still need to go back for it.

Alternatively, there is a second dev-intended solution that you can use: If your Soul Memory (a running tally of every soul you've ever picked up, tracked in the top right corner of the "Status" menu) is 1 million or higher, you can brute-force your way in with the strength of your own soul all by yourself.

After research I found out I may be mising a kings ring? (which I located the place and will be trying it tomorrow). (This may be for other boss unrelated to that door tho).

I have revisited every single place and I believe I have all 4 souls on inventory (noticed that tseldora is different) and I kinda remembered picking that specific soul when I fought the boss, however, I will visit that place again just in case.

What you want to do is go back to the Ruined Fork Road, and take the path to the left. Progress through Drangeic Castle, Shrine of Amana, and then, at the end of the Undead Catacombs, you will find the King's Ring.

[Crypto Gamer]

You need to kill the four great souls.

IMPORTANT once you kill the big spider boss you need to manually collect the soul.
The other 3 bosses just need to be killed.
With all 4 souls, the door will auto-open once you are close to the shrine.

OR you need to have a certain amount of soul memory fro the start of that playthrough cycle and then you can manually interact with the door at the Shrine.

The shrine is located in the shaded woods there is a bonfire and then the route has 3 different paths one of the paths will lead you to the shrine,the other towards the mist and the other towards and Ogre+loot.

On NG it is one million souls memory to manually open the door.

Then you can pass the Shrine and head into Drangelic Castle.
Herad will tell you more.

The king's ring is found later.

Another tip there are certain"statues" that will absorb the soul of a close fallen enemy.

This is a way to open some doors, mechanisms, etc. (some optional, some mandatory).

Souls absorbed by the Statue will not give the player souls.

Good luck on your journey.

[Jorge Manrique]

Originally posted by TK:

I guess OP was trying to open king's gate, when he should go to shrine of winter?

right now I just killed looking glass knight, got to next zone, not sure at what point I am now.