What are these white ghosts I keep seeing?

[☆Orion☆]

I'm new to Dark Souls so I have no idea what these are, but I keep seeing these white ghosts. They disappear after a bit.

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other players doing stuff in their own game, can't interact with them; blood pools, deaths of other players in their games

[Jork]

Think of them as livestreamed projections coming into your game - those ghosts are other people in real time.

The bloodstains are basically replays you can do of how someone died.

[Mud]

They are other people playing the game. Don't worry , it's normal.

[jords321]

They are other players, you can't interact with them

[Vahvi]

All da lives ya jerked away ovuh da years!! Dey coulda been people man ... DEY COULDA BEEN PEOPLE!!!


But no ... dey ya dirty tissue ghosts!!!


YA DIRTY TISSUE GHOSTS!!!

[☆Orion☆]

Oh okay, so basically it's just a live version of other players. Thanks bros.

[Magus]

Originally posted by Bootychalk:

I'm new to Dark Souls so I have no idea what these are, but I keep seeing these white ghosts. They disappear after a bit.

These lands are twisted and winding undead. You may catch glimpses of warriors from other worlds during your travels. Pay them no heed and focus on your task at hand.

[Rhapzody]

They're spooky ghosts out to stab you when you're not looking.

[Berthe au gros pif]

Originally posted by CheeZeSunBro:

If I can see them, can they see me too? And if so can we have a little 4 second rave?

Occasionally that happens :p I had people wave back at me, although rarely, so I would tend to think that when you see somebody they can see you too.

[ben10球#beastmode]

Originally posted by Jorkfriend:

Think of them as livestreamed projections coming into your game - those ghosts are other people in real time.

The bloodstains are basically replays you can do of how someone died.

they are not real time... they are not live

[AcidSpew]

I had impression that the colored ones were live and the white ghosts were not, because I would keep seeing the white ones even when servers were down (patch maintenance etc).

[Yal]

Yeah, they're basically recorded and replayed (not live) stuff other players have done. I'd guess they serve two purposes: show you other players are struggling with the same stuff you do and thus encourage you... and give you ideas for new equipment loadouts to try.

[Berthe au gros pif]

Originally posted by Yal:

Yeah, they're basically recorded and replayed (not live) stuff other players have done. I'd guess they serve two purposes: show you other players are struggling with the same stuff you do and thus encourage you... and give you ideas for new equipment loadouts to try.

hum some of them are definitely live. Or at least in dark souls 2 it was that way. I had people react to my emotes, or just fool around with me in random places.

[Darth Invader]

Had a sign down at Freida's chapel once and saw ghost then I swear I was summoned by the same person about 30 seconds later. If it wasn't the same person it was someone with the exact same weapons and gear. Bummer if those ghosts aren't live.

[Kaizen]

I don't think they're exactly current but also not not-live. Quire sure there's some kind of delay but I couldn't say how long
So, I doubt there'd be any actual interaction with them.
I've never had that happen, ever. In any souls.
Also, the gear you see on them is not actually exactly reflective of one is wearing, proven by your own blood stains.