Covenants - where to join? | Basics Dark Souls Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Covenants are alliances with various characters. There are certain rules, responsibilities and privileges related to each of them. During the gameplay you can change the membership many times but that can lead to unpleasant consequences.

Way of White

Description: thanks to this covenant you'll be able to easier connect to other players in order to help them.

How to join: Talk to Petrus in Firelink Shrine or with Reah in Undead Parish (after saving the character from Tomb of Giants).

Warrior of Sunlight

Description: Another faction for online play fans. It turns your character in other players' worlds into a golden phantom. If you're the member, you'll find easier white signs of other people, to summon them to your world.

How to join: Your Faith has to be on 25th level. If you help others to kill bosses, this requirement is lowered by 5 points for every successful assistance. To check whether you meet requirements, go to Undead Parish and find a bonfire under the gate, where red wyvern were sitting. If you can pray next to altar, you'll join Covenant.

Rewards: Miracle: Lightning Spear, Miracle: Great Lightning Spear - you'll obtain it for sacrificing 10 Sunlight Medals, which you get after fighting with boss along with other players. These medals must be sacrificed by the altar.

Gravelord Servant

Description: This is a dark pact with Nito, terrifying character. By joining him you can obtain a weapon.

How to join: You can meet Nito in Catacombs, before fighting with Pinwheel. In one of tunnels you'll find Titanite Demon. Search for an empty coffin, away from other objects. You need to have an Eye of Death in your equipment. When you get closer to his place, you'll move to the Nito's chamber and you'll be able to talk to him. After joining the faction you can Eye of Death, to make play more difficult for some other players.

Rewards: Gravelord Sword, miracles Gravelord Sword Dance. You obtain them by giving Nito Eyes of Death. There are several of them in the game but they can also be obtained by killing some cursed players.

Princess's Guard

Description: Another Covenant for co-op fans. It provides better and easier connection between members of this group. It also allows using miracles Bountiful Sunlight and Soothing Sunlight (from Duke's Archives).

How to join: You have to talk to Gwynevere after the fight with Ornstein and Smough.

Rewards: Sun Princess Ring.

Forest Hunter

Description: A faction for PvP fans, where you'll fight with players who get to the deeps of Darkroot Forest.

How to join: Talk to Alvina the cat in Darkroot Forest, near the arena where you fight the wolf. Answer "yes" to all her questions. After that equip a ring you got from her - you'll be called to the forest if needed, to help fighting other players. After the fight you'll be moved back to the previous location. If you lose the fight, you'll get back to the bonfire and you won't lose your souls. If you're the member of this covenant, you can't attack ally NPCs in the forest.

Rewards: Divine Blessing, Ring of Fog - for killing few players.

Path of the Dragon

Description: Another PvP faction. You'll attack players who posses Dragon Scales.

How to join: You have to talk to the dragon at the end of Ash Lake. From now on you can use Everlasting Dragon Eye, to attack other players. After killing another person you'll obtain souls and Dragon Scales. If you lose the fight, you won't lose anything. Earned Dragon Scale can be given to the dragon, to increase your level.

Rewards: Dragon Head Stone (your head turns into dragonoid head breathing fire) and Dragon Torso Stone on 30th faction level (turns you into a dragon).

Blade of the Darkmoon

Description: Yet another PvP faction, where you hunt down players breaking rules of other covenants.

How to join: Talk to boss Gwyndolin, residing in Anor Londo. You'll obtain from him Blue Eye Orb and Darkmoon Ring - you can use them to visit worlds of other players.

Rewards: Darkmoon Blade, Darkmoon Talisman (level 10) and other enhancements. Levels can be increased with Souvenir of Reprisal - items dropped by killed players.

Chaos Servant Covenant

Description: A spider-woman faction. You have to offer her Humanity.

How to join: After fight with Queelag, go behind her arena and search for the hidden passage (take a look at location's description). Talk there with White Spider. You can offer her Humanity. Warning! If you break the pact, you'll be infected and your head will turn into an egg, consuming half of souls. You can cure this with Egg Vermifuge - this item can be bought at Eingyi (a servant sitting next to the spider). What's interesting, with egg on your head you can buy spells Poison Mist and Toxic Mist from him.

Rewards: Chaos Great Fireball, Chaos Firestorm on 30th level + shortcut to Izalith.

Darkwraith

Description: A real PvP faction, where you can do what you want. Of course if you can join it, which is not an easy task.

How to join: You can join this covenant after killing the boss in The Abyss. You can't also talk to Frampt before that and do not put Lordvessel on an altar under Firelink Shrine. After the fight you should see Kaathe, a female version of the dragon, similar to Frampt.

Rewards: Dark Hand (a weapon stealing Humanity on hit), Red Eye Orb (on 10th level), Darksword (on 30th level). You gain levels by killing players.