Sunday, October 30, 2011

Can I get information about the covenant in-game in Dark Souls?

Question

I've talked to the miracle teacher near the Firelink Bonfire, and I've joined the White Covenant. I've read here that the covenant put some restriction on what you are allowed to do, however, I've not been able to find this information in-game.

Is it possible to figure in-game what are the restriction imposed by the different covenant? Otherwise, what are the different covenant, and what restriction do they put on the player?

Answer

There's no way of finding out all of the information for the covenants in-game. Some things are hinted, others you will find through trial and error. For in-depth information regarding covenants I advice you to check one of the several Dark Souls wikis, such as these: Dark Souls Wikidot, Dark Souls Wikispaces or Dark Souls IGN Wiki Guide.

As a general rule, joining a Covenant and following it's rules provides you with one or several rewards. Sometimes, there's also a penalty for betraying a Covenant (killing a NPC aligned with such Covenant or joining a different one).

There are nine covenants in the game.

Here's some info I gathered from my first play-through and some info digging. (This list is not complete):

Way of White

Rewards

  • Grants immediate access to Miracles sold by Petrus of Thorolund.
  • Grants higher priority to be matched with online players of these Covenants:
    • Way of White
    • Warrior of Sunlight
    • Princess's Guard

Penalties

  • Lose one Estus Flask

Blade of the Darkmoon

Rewards

  • Awards the Blue Eye Orb
  • Awards the Blade of the Darkmoon Covenant Ring

Princess's Guard

Rewards

  • Awards the Ring of the Sun Princess
  • Grants higher priority to be matched with online players of these Covenants:
    • Way of White
    • Warrior of Sunlight
    • Princess's Guard
  • Grants access to unique Miracles:
    • Soothing Sunlight
    • Bountiful Sunlight

Path of the Dragon

Rewards

  • Awards the Everlasting Dragon Eye
  • Awards the Dragon Head Stone
  • Grants you the chance to challenge other players online to earn Dragon Scales

Forest Hunter

Rewards

  • Awards the Cat Covenant Ring

Warrior of Sunlight

Rewards

  • Awards the Lightning Spear Miracle
  • Awards the Praise the Sun Gesture
  • Grants higher priority to be matched with online players of these Covenants:
    • Way of White
    • Warrior of Sunlight
    • Princess's Guard

Penalties

  • Takes the Lightning Spear Miracle away from you

Darkwraith

Rewards

  • Grants you the option to buy the Cracked Red Eye Orb
  • Grants you a Humanity absorbing attack

Gravelord Servant

Rewards

  • Awards the Gravelord Sword
  • Awards the Gravelord Sword Dance Miracle
  • Grants you the ability to earn Souls and Eye of Death for killing cursed players

Chaos Servant

Rewards

  • Awards the Great Chaos Fireball Pyromancy

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