How to play online?

[Poppy]

I have no clue how to play online

I'm pretty new to the game and i'm finding it really fun soo far, i've seen other people playing online. I feel that playing online with someone would be alot more fun than playing by myself, but i have no clue how to start a multiplayer game - or to even open my lobby.

Once i find out how to play online, feel free to add me to play together. I'm at the High Wall of Lothric at the moment.

(Not looking for a carry, just someone to play with in general. I still want the sense of a challenge, not a level 2,147,483,647 to one shot everything.)

[Sevensins]

Unless you specifically chose to play offline at the main menu you should always be online. As for coop with another person, that can only be done by using an ember on yourself, and interacting with a summon sign that has been placed on the ground. To play with someone specific however, there is an option in-game through the menu where you can set a password, and when both people are using the same password you'll only see their signs.

[Poppy]

@Sevensins, i've found the option to set a password. But i'm not too sure what you're saying about an ember or a sign?

[renbou]

If you could add me as friend I'll be glad to explain

[Sevensins]

A player can purchase a White Soap Stone from the Shrine Handmaiden in the Firelink Shrine, which can then be used to place a summon sign on the ground, and then anyone who is embered and within an appropriate level that walks near where they placed the sign can then see it and interact with it. Embers you can either purchase from merchants, find randomly throughout the world, or get as mob drops, and they do two things. The first, allowing you to interact with other players, and the second, increases your overall HP by 30%(I believe its 30%, don't quote me).

[Poppy]

Originally posted by Sevensins:

(don't quote me).

You've been quoted >:)

But on a serious note, thanks for the help. I'll keep my eye out for a white soap, hoping i'll find one soon so i can get an online game going :D

[Sevensins]

Just remember, you have to be embered to be able to see them. Also, I suppose that I should mention that using an Ember isn't actually the only way to become "Embered", you can also become embered by killing any boss, or by invading a player and killing them.

[Sticky White Stuff]

Being embered is also allowing your front door to be open to invaders. It's like an invitation. When you are solo, you mostly won't get invaded. But the more phantoms you have, the bigger the chances to get an invader. The White Soapstone can be used unlimited amount of times, and you can place yours while being un-embered, this way you can play with someone random (or your friend) as a co-op phantom.

[t103left4dead]

You should be online by default. If you are in an area where a boss is yet to be defeated then you can be invaded, although the more phantoms you have the more likely you are to be invaded and you can purchase an item from the Firelink Shrine handmaiden called "dry fingers" for 2,000 souls that will make it even more likely to be invaded by other players; beware that dry fingering will allow an additional person to invade so, being new, you might want to avoid that while alone.

You can summon people if the local boss is still alive, too. White and gold summon signs/summons cannot directly hurt you and to summon a white/gold phantom you have to be embered. Purple signs, red signs, and redish-orange signs can hurt you; these are usually used for PVP fights and can be summoned even with the local boss being dead, which is why they are also commonly used for trading items or muling items for people.

If you run out of embers, you can farm them by placing your own coop (white/gold) sign down and helping other players defeat bosses in their world. You can also farm souls this way by killing anything in other players world without risk of losing anything upan death as a phantom; however, you can lose items as an invader or hostile summon (purple, red, redish-orange). To place down a coop sign, you have to buy an item called "white sign soapstone" from the handmaiden at Firelink Shrine for 500 souls. To place a hostile sign down, you have to kill a specific, non hostile enemy that you may miss if you don't know how to get there or that the area even exists. It's called a "red sign soapstone."

Purple signs can fight you or invaders. They are meant to be unpredictable and chaotic, although, more often than not, they attack the host. Although this is just my experience and is anectdotal.

Passwords can be placed for summoning any type of summon sign. If the player being summoned is a lot higher level than the host they will be scaled down in health and damage to some degree, but are probably going to still be stronger than the host and can use all of their higher level items that you may not have the stats for. To set a password press start, go to network tab, find where it says "password" and type it in, then hit enter. You can now summon anyone with that password, but nobody else who doesn't have it. It must be typed exactly the same (capitalization sensitive). Try not to pick a common password like "123" or "1234." You can summon a friend via password and then, once they are being summoned, erase the password and summon other people.

[Poppy]

Originally posted by Sevensins:

I believe i have figured out how to do it, thank you soo much.

Originally posted by GLUE:

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I have just experienced my first invader, and he had unlimited health. :/ Great

[Dr Trager]

Originally posted by Hagar | Trading Cards:

@Sevensins, i've found the option to set a password. But i'm not too sure what you're saying about an ember or a sign?

If you haven't died since defeating Ludex Gundyr, you should already be in an embered state. If you've died, you will have to use an ember in your inventory. Visual clues that you are embered is an increased health bar, the aesthetic glowing "ember" cracks on your character's attire & the square icon (displays your covenent) to the left of your HP bar also has this emebered effect. Being in an embered state increases your max hp by 30% and opens the door to multiplayer - both co-op AND invasions. Summoning a phantom will also increase your invasion priority.
If you want to help others as a phantom, you can buy the white sign soapstone from the shrine handmaid. To invade you can obtain a red eye orb by doing Leonhard's questline. If you want to be summoned for duels, you need kill the passive mangrub sorcerer in the Catherdral of the Deep, near Rosaria's bed Chamber. (You might want to look up the last two)

[Poppy]

Originally posted by t103left4dead:

You should be online by default. If you are in an area where a boss is yet to be defeated then you can be invaded, although the more phantoms you have the more likely you are to be invaded and you can purchase an item from the Firelink Shrine handmaiden called "dry fingers" for 2,000 souls that will make it even more likely to be invaded by other players; beware that dry fingering will allow an additional person to invade so, being new, you might want to avoid that while alone.

You can summon people if the local boss is still alive, too. White and gold summon signs/summons cannot directly hurt you and to summon a white/gold phantom you have to be embered. Purple signs, red signs, and redish-orange signs can hurt you; these are usually used for PVP fights and can be summoned even with the local boss being dead, which is why they are also commonly used for trading items or muling items for people.

If you run out of embers, you can farm them by placing your own coop (white/gold) sign down and helping other players defeat bosses in their world. You can also farm souls this way by killing anything in other players world without risk of losing anything upan death as a phantom; however, you can lose items as an invader or hostile summon (purple, red, redish-orange). To place down a coop sign, you have to buy an item called "white sign soapstone" from the handmaiden at Firelink Shrine for 500 souls. To place a hostile sign down, you have to kill a specific, non hostile enemy that you may miss if you don't know how to get there or that the area even exists. It's called a "red sign soapstone."

Purple signs can fight you or invaders. They are meant to be unpredictable and chaotic, although, more often than not, they attack the host. Although this is just my experience and is anectdotal.

Passwords can be placed for summoning any type of summon sign. If the player being summoned is a lot higher level than the host they will be scaled down in health and damage to some degree, but are probably going to still be stronger than the host and can use all of their higher level items that you may not have the stats for. To set a password press start, go to network tab, find where it says "password" and type it in, then hit enter. You can now summon anyone with that password, but nobody else who doesn't have it. It must be typed exactly the same (capitalization sensitive). Try not to pick a common password like "123" or "1234." You can summon a friend via password and then, once they are being summoned, erase the password and summon other people.

That is a very long... It might take me 2 or 3 responses to thank you.

[Sticky White Stuff]

Originally posted by Hagar | Trading Cards:

Originally posted by Sevensins:

I believe i have figured out how to do it, thank you soo much.

Originally posted by GLUE:

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I have just experienced my first invader, and he had unlimited health. :/ Great

It isn't usually like that. Did the hits register (Sound, Blood, Stagger) or was it like you were slashing thin air? Because there are some super laggy connections when the invader can hit you, but you can't hit them. Or vice versa. Also use Way of the Blue so the Blue Sentinels and Darkmoon Blades will help you when you get invaded. Usually if the connection is laggy, they can hit the invader for some reason.

[Poppy]

Originally posted by GLUE:

Originally posted by Hagar | Trading Cards:

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The dude had a massive club looking weapon. I was attacking him, the animation was playing of his character flinching. But his health bar was not moving, then the dude one shot me

[Poppy]

Right at this point, the post is getting too overwhelming for me to respond to every comment. I thank you all soo much, i've never seen such a non-toxic community. //Post Locked