DLC or Soul of Cinder

[Halcius]

Hey, I'm getting to the end of the game for the first time (bought for myself for Christmas) and I'm wondering what the penalties are for killing Soul of Cinder before vs. after Gail. I've heard that Gail is "the end of Dark Souls", and chronologically that makes sense. For the game specifically, it seemds that defeating the Soul of Cinder leads to the credits and NG+. I've also heard you can essentially have free play in the world after defeating Soul of Cinder, with the option to go NG+ at Firelink.

I'm not getting a lot of clarification from Youtube or the wikis. What order should I do Ringed City vs. Kiln of the First Flame?

[Anarchy]

I usually go for Cinder then Ringed city. It's 1 of 2 ways to get to the Ringed city. You can also access Ringed City if you complete Ashes DLC.

[Sabaithal]

Honestly, I prefer to do Soul of Cinder last, after the DLCs and bonus areas, and everything else. Condering Yuria vanishes post-cinder, yet she has extra dialog for the DLCs, I do think you are supposed to do the DLCs first.

Also killing Souls of Cinder gives you the option to NG+, but it does not force you to. You can stay in your current game if you want, and start NG+ from the shrine bonfire whenever you please.

[Halcius]

Yuria my main ♥♥♥♥♥ so I'm going for them extra snippets.

[Anarchy]

@sabaithal Didn't know there were extra dialogs from that. I'll try your preference this playthrough.

[Ziggy]

You can finish the main game normally, you will be asked if you want to start game 2 and just click no. You will have the whole DS world free to transit, including to complete some side quests.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Anarchy:

@sabaithal Didn't know there were extra dialogs from that. I'll try your preference this playthrough.

Specifically for Ariendel. Not sure if she has Dialog for the ringed city, given the nature of that place... Wouldn't surprise me if she did though.

[大菠萝]

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