Demon's Souls: How to Free Sage Freke and Get Poison Cloud

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Demon’s Souls’ Botetaria features many fearsome enemies that players must fight their way through to vanquish the Fog that smothers the land and ensnares lost souls. To save the world from the all-consuming Old One, the Slayer of Demons must make use of every tool available to them in Demon’s Souls, including the Soul Arts from which the Old One derives its colossal power.

One Soul Art that’s utility cannot be overstated is the Poison Cloud sorcery, which is invaluable to players facing high HP enemies. Perfect for dispatching Demon's Souls'high-level Black Phantoms, Poison Cloud lets players kill enemies without them noticing, making it a cheesy, but altogether justifiable, way of killing. For players looking to attain this special spell, this guide will show them all of the steps they need, beginning with releasing a certain NPC from a grim fate.

Demon's Souls: How to Get and Use Magic

In order to get their hands on the Poison Cloud spell, players must first free Sage Freke, the Visionary, from his cell in the Prison of Hope. As such, they will need to travel there via Archtone of the Tower Queen in the Nexus. Players can find this up the stairs, next to the shattered archtone leading to a mysterious land of cut content.

Following their arrival at the Prison of Hope, players will need to head left along the narrow pathway flanked by cells. It's worth noting though that when playing Fractured Mode, the world is mirrored, so all directions are their opposite. On the balcony at the end, players should be sure to grab the West 3F key from the wall on the other side, taking care to avoid the Mind Flayer to its right.

After grabbing the key and killing the Prison's gruesome Mind Flayer, players should head down the narrow