Souls gained as a phantom

[guy.lateur]

I've been in the habit of putting my white/golden summon sign down for some jolly boss coop. Sometimes, however, I seem to receive a lot less souls for a victory than I'd anticipated. Do you need to deliver the killing blow on the boss or something?

[AcidSpew]

Depends on which NG the summoner is. Apparently phantoms receive 25% of souls, so NG+1 boss will give less souls than NG+2 etc.

[Frostipanda]

I think it depends on what new game they are, if someone summons you into their first run you're not gonna get a lot but if someone summons you into new game +1 you're gonna get much more.

What's your level by chance?

[guy.lateur]

SL 155, so way over-leveled.

Still, I sometimes get like 3k where I'd usually get 50k. Seems like a pretty big difference. But maybe the jump from ng to ng+ is indeed very significant -- and I tend to get Lucky..

[RdRStar]

I got over 300,000 for killing a white phantom once :D

[guy.lateur]

Originally posted by rarnick:

I got over 300,000 for killing a white phantom once :D

I'd personally consider that to be unethical, or at least not done. But hey, that's all just a matter of opinion, right?

Really, though, 300.000? That seems like an awful lot, considering I get 55k for soul of cinder.

[Darthzz]

I used to farm as a summon for a certain boss. Just equip Symbol of Avarice, Silver Serpent Ring, Shield of Want, and Crystal Sage Rapier.

[RdRStar]

Originally posted by guy.lateur:

Originally posted by rarnick:

I got over 300,000 for killing a white phantom once :D

I'd personally consider that to be unethical, or at least not done. But hey, that's all just a matter of opinion, right?

Really, though, 300.000? That seems like an awful lot, considering I get 55k for soul of cinder.

I guess the guy was kind of a big deal. He didn't seem overleveled or much like a hacker really. It was really weird. At the time I thought it must award souls based on the number the phantom was holding, but I think it's supposed to be based on their level?

[guy.lateur]

Originally posted by rarnick:

Originally posted by guy.lateur:

I'd personally consider that to be unethical, or at least not done. But hey, that's all just a matter of opinion, right?

Really, though, 300.000? That seems like an awful lot, considering I get 55k for soul of cinder.

I guess the guy was kind of a big deal. He didn't seem overleveled or much like a hacker really. It was really weird. At the time I thought it must award souls based on the number the phantom was holding, but I think it's supposed to be based on their level?

You mean the total number of phantoms present in the fight? So the more phantoms the less souls gained?

I also seem to remember something about gaining a certain percentage of the souls the guy you killed would need to spend to level up. But that might have been invasions or something.

[RdRStar]

Originally posted by guy.lateur:

I also seem to remember something about gaining a certain percentage of the souls the guy you killed would need to spend to level up. But that might have been invasions or something.

Yeah this. But I can't imagine someone being high enough to award 300,000+ souls. Not legit anyway.

I think the pve gains are like 25% of whatever the host receives like acidspew mentioned.

[guy.lateur]

Originally posted by miao:

I used to farm as a summon for a certain boss. Just equip Symbol of Avarice, Silver Serpent Ring, Shield of Want, and Crystal Sage Rapier.

Thanks for the tips! I usually have the Ring and the Shield equipped, but I always forget to put the Symbol on after a boss fight. Which really is a shame, because it was generously donated to me be a good fellow of this community.

Didn't know about the Rapier, which I have just transposed. The item description doesn't say anything about souls gain, though, just about item discovery.