Dark Souls 3: High Lord Wolnir Boss Guide
Dark Souls 3 is the last game in the series. The third entry offers unique areas as well as boss fights that you will have to complete in order to reach the next zones. A few bosses in Dark Souls are what many players call Gimmick Bosses. These enemies are different from the regular boss you face as you have to use one mechanic made specifically for this battle.
Related: Dark Souls 3: Crystal Sage Boss Guide
High Lord Wolnir is one of these Gimmick Boss fights — quite an easy one compared to others. Here is all you need to know about the boss and how you can defeat him.
High Lord Wolnir is a boss located in the Catacombs of Carthus. After interacting with the cup, a cutscene will play out and teleport you to the boss room. You will appear in a dark arena with an item in the middle glowing. As soon as you approach the item, the boss will emerge, and the battle will commence. You can pick the item to get Grave Warden Pyromancy Tome.
If you fail to acquire the item and the boss fight ends, you can pick it up from the corner of the room with the bonfire near the stairs.
There are no summonable NPCs in this fight. You will have to face the boss alone, or you can summon an online player using an Ember and calling a player through their White Sign Soapstone. Summoning an online player does increase the health of the boss, but as this is a Gimmick Boss fight, it will take you the same amount of bracelets to destroy so that the boss perishes.
The boss fight is not optional and you will have to defeat Wolnir to proceed further into the game. Defeating the boss will drop 22,000 Souls and the Soul of High Lord Wolnir. You can transpose the Soul back at Firelink Shrine to acquire Wolnir's Holy Sword or Black Serpent. If you do not
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