Dark Souls: How To Defeat The Four Kings

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The expansiveness of Dark Souls is one of its most championed qualities, alongside the detailed lore and diverse range of boss fights. One such boss — or rather bosses — can be found in the ancient ruins of New Londo, The Four Kings. They were considered so threatening that the city was flooded to prevent their escape, drowning its inhabitants.

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Not only can this fight become overwhelming very quickly, but it can also prove a nightmare just to get there. So in this guide, we’ll be covering how to reach the Four Kings, what you can do to prepare for them, and ultimately, how to defeat them.

The Four Kings are found beyond the Lower New Londo Ruins in the Abyss. First, you’ll need to get the Key to the Seal from Ingward to drain the flooded ruins.

Secondly, New Londo is filled with ghosts. Because they are cursed beings, you must become cursed to fight them, otherwise, your attacks will pass through them and your armour and shield will not protect you.

There are three ways to engage in combat with the ghosts:

Finally, to go into the Abyss without being consumed by it, you’ll need to kill Great Grey Wolf Sif in Darkroot Garden to get the Covenant of Artorias ring.

Whilst you don’t need to wear the ring through the New Londo Ruins, you must equip it and keep it equipped during the Four Kings boss fight to not instantly die. Once defeated, you can remove the ring.

The Four Kings will deal massive physical and magic damage. Making high magic defence armour and items such as the Crest Shield an excellent choice. Also, you’ll be burning up stamina fast in this fight, so the Cloranthy Ring, Grass Crest Shield, and even Green Blossom will be very useful at dealing damage quickly