i dont quite understand the dark sigil hollowing deal.." spoiler "?

[Honkey]

what is the downside of the 5 free lvls?
what is the difference of buying the purging from the lady that spawns vs healing from the fire keeper?

thanks

[Tie]

If you heal the Dark Sigil, Yuria leaves.

[SOLOMON]

It's just to get another ending if you advance the plot with Yuria.

Healing it will cause Yuria to leave the shrine forever (until NG+ anyways) since it takes away your dark sigils. Purging I think just gets rid of the hollowing so your character doesn't look like a gross undead. Otherwise the only thing hollowing affects is the stat increase to weapons that are infused with a Hollow Gem.

[GrayHound]

Originally posted by Honkey:

what is the downside of the 5 free lvls?

You look ugly, nothing more. Healing it is a waste of souls. Just get to the next NG+ and it's removed automatically.

[God_of_madness4]

ok so being hollow sets you down a path towards the usurption fo fire ending although being hollow wont automaticaly give this ending. healing from the fire keeper gets rid of the dark sigil full stop and its price is just under the 5 levels you would have had to pay for them normaly from what i can tell. the purging stone only undoes the hollowing level but leaves the dark sigils. curing dark sigils yuria of londor leaves so if you do make sure you get a purging stone from her first. but if your under a certain hollow level(still look normal) you wont need to use it

[Wicked]

Tried something out; healing it won't do anything but changing your appearance, you won't look like a raisin anymore. Hollowing does not cause the auto summoning covenant to be broken (Farron / Darkmoon). Hollowing but causes you to be limited to 1 phantom only.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Lawliet:

Tried something out; healing it won't do anything but changing your appearance, you won't look like a raisin anymore. Hollowing does not cause the auto summoning covenant to be broken (Farron / Darkmoon). Hollowing but causes you to be limited to 1 phantom only.

You have to stay fully hollowed in order for Yuria to stay in the shrine, which is for an alternate (really ♥♥♥♥♥♥) ending. Not worth it, in my opinion, plus to heal the hollowing you have to pay the equivalent cost to those 5 free level ups you gained, so unless you want the ending, don't bother.

[Bytemancer]

Honestly hollowing more of a hassle, I'd rather get the 5 levels myself, not look like beef jerky, and not be limited with summons (i never use help but it reduces red sign summoning to).

[Honkey]

i healed with the fire 65k souls. can still only summon 1 phantom

[McSlashed]

Originally posted by Lawliet:

Hollowing but causes you to be limited to 1 phantom only.

If you used the Dried Finger while hollowed, you can summon 2 phantoms.

[Honkey]

i was in the road of sacrifices. i summon i guess

[ACE [NP]]

Originally posted by Honkey:

i healed with the fire 65k souls. can still only summon 1 phantom

Oh god. Have you checked if you're still hollowed? Curing dark signs means nothing if you're already hollowed. First remove hollowing and then cure dark signs.

[Xariot]

Originally posted by |ACE|:

Originally posted by Honkey:

i healed with the fire 65k souls. can still only summon 1 phantom

Oh god. Have you checked if you're still hollowed? Curing dark signs means nothing if you're already hollowed. First remove hollowing and then cure dark signs.

I was under the impression that curing the dark sigils also removed all hollowing.

[SNOW SOS]

It's more of a story thing to be honest. Besides being hollowed or human under your armor the only real effect is the outcome of the ending depending on if you choose the right actions or not.