Dark Souls: How To Defeat Dark Sun Gwyndolin
Dark Souls is packed full of fascinating lore, drip-fed to its audience through interesting item descriptions, finely crafted environments, and narratively tied boss fights. These serve to shine a light on supposed prophecies, questioning how far we should go to hold onto prosperity.
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The deities of Dark Souls are arguably some of the most flawed, scrupulous, and morally complex characters in the series. One of these individuals is Dark Sun Gwyndolin, an optional boss that explores the history of Anor Londo, but is also troublesome to find. We’re going to explain his location, what to bring, how to defeat Gwyndolin, and the rewards for doing so.
In Anor Londo, go to the Staircase Tower and turn the lever anti-clockwise until it won’t go any further. Go down the stairs and head over the bridge towards the bonfire. This is the Darkmoon Tomb bonfire, but you’ll need to open the entrance to access the boss fight. There are two ways to get here:
The first option involves getting the Darkmoon Séance Ring in The Catacombs. To find this, go across the rotating bridge trap that Patches controls and through the fog gate, this leads to a room with a staircase guarded by two skeletons, a doorway, and a breakable wall. Smash the wall and beware of the skeleton archers on the other side.
In this secret room, there’s a ledge with two more skeletons below it. Drop down the ledge and run straight ahead through the passage. A giant skeleton will drop through the ceiling, blocking the path between you and an open sarcophagus. The ring is in this stone coffin.
If you’ve got the Lordvessel and not many souls to lose, running past all the enemies to nab the ring will likely result in death, but
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