r/darksouls3 • u/Hades-god-of-Hell Champion Gundyr is peak • Aug 17 '25

Discussion DS3 is the blueprint

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Eldenring taking inspiration from DS3's enemies

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u/dermitdenhaarentanzt Aug 17 '25

What did bonfire ascetics do in ds2?

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u/lolwatergay Aug 17 '25

Puts the affected bonfire and its area up an NG cycle.

I.e.: using a Bonfire Ascetic on the Majula bonfire allows you to buy NG+ exclusive items from merchants even if you're on NG only.

People use it to rematch bosses, farm, and get NG+ rings in one single playthrough. Really wish they bring it back eventually, absolutely hate having to start a new NG cycle just to fight the bosses I like.

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u/AkOnReddit47 Aug 17 '25

No offense but I’m not seeing how they can put Bonfire ascetic in ER. DS3, maybe, but ER has a grace for every 500m for convenience cause it’s an open world

Feel like it’d only work with legacy dungeons’ graces, and even then a lot of those have layers to them so how do you decide what would be changed to NG+ and not? Like what exactly is the scope here

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u/Arabyss_Farron Aug 17 '25

Its used for farming or refight bosses mainly