Lordvessel | Dark Souls
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| Lordvessel bestowed upon the chosen Undead who is destined to succeed Lord Gwyn. The chosen Undead is granted the art of warping between bonfires. To open the final door, place this vessel on the Firelink Altar, and fill it with powerful souls. |
Lordvessel is a Key Bonfire Item in Dark Souls. The Lordvessel is a crucial item in Dark Souls that allows the player to warp between bonfires, significantly easing travel across the game's interconnected world. While possessing the Lordvessel, the player can warp from most bonfires, but only a select few can be warped to directly. To enable warping to these bonfires, the player must first rest at them, which registers them as available warp destinations. This feature becomes especially useful for accessing key areas and shortcuts as the game progresses. Key Bonfire Items are special items used only at Bonfires or at the Lordvessel within the Firelink Altar. They enable core progression functions, including upgrading equipment, managing inventory, and unlocking fast-travel capabilities to key Places.
Lordvessel bestowed upon the chosen Undead who is destined to succeed Lord Gwyn.
The chosen Undead is granted the art of warping between bonfires.
To open the final door, place this vessel on the Firelink Altar, and fill it with powerful souls.
How to obtain Lordvessel in Dark Souls
- This item can be obtained from Anor Londo.
- It will be granted after the boss battle with Ornstein and Smough.
- After the battle, take the rotating elevator up to the next level. Find the bonfire right outside and a giant bronze door will accompany it. Here you will speak with Princess Gwynevere. She will give you the Lordvessel, or will drop it if attacked.
How to Use Lordvessel in Dark Souls
- The Lordvessel will allow the player to warp between bonfires, just by possessing it.
- Most bonfires can be warped from, but only a few can be warped to. The warp locations must also be rested at to be made available.
- The Lordvessel must be placed in Firelink Altar, to gain access to the areas sealed by the Great Lord.
- To place the Lordvessel, speak to one of the Primordial Serpents; Kingseeker Frampt or Darkstalker Kaathe.
- The Lordvessel can also be placed by jumping into the hole in Firelink Shrine, after you obtain it, but at the expense of betraying both of the Serpents.
- After placing the Lordvessel, it must be filled with the souls of: Seath the Scaleless, Four Kings, Gravelord Nito and The Bed of Chaos, to gain access to the final area; the Kiln of the First Flame.
- After placing the Lordvessel, the altar in Firelink Altar will also double as a bonfire, and will be kindled by offering Lord Souls. When fully kindled it offers 20 Estus Flask.
Lordvessel Warp Locations in Dark Souls
The Lordvessel can only teleport you to these bonfires:
- Firelink Shrine
- Altar of Sunlight (Across the bridge over Undead Burg, guarded by the Hellkite Wyvern)
- Chamber of the Princess (Anor Londo)
- Anor Londo (Darkmoon Knightess room)
- Darkmoon Tomb (Anor Londo)
- Altar of the Gravelord (Gravelord Nito's Tomb, only accessible after defeating Nito)
- Daughter of Chaos (Queelag's Domain)
- Stone Dragon (Ash Lake)
- Painted World of Ariamis. Note: the player can only warp-to this location and cannot warp-from it.
- The Abyss (After defeating Four Kings)
- Depths (locked room by slime hallway, close to a Humanity farming spot)
- Undead Parish (By Blacksmith Andre & the entrance to Sen's Fortress)
- Tomb of the Giants (The first bonfire overlooking Demon Ruins in the distance, right next to Patches)
- The Duke's Archives (On the library balcony overlooking the Crystal Cave)
- Crystal Cave (After defeating Seath the Scaleless)
- Sanctuary Garden*
- Oolacile Sanctuary*
- Oolacile Township*
- Chasm of the Abyss*
- Artorias of The Abyss DLC only
Remastered additional bonfire:
Dark Souls Lordvessel Note & Tips
Note that placing the Lordvessel on the firelink altar will cause the primordial serpents to disappear from the game in the following situations:
- If Frampt is at the firelink altar when placing the Lordvessel, Kaathe will disappear from the game;
- If Kaathe is at the firelink altar when placing the Lordvessel, Frampt will disappear from the game;
- If neither of the two primordial serpents is on the firelink altar when placing the Lordvessel, both will disappear from the game (This is possible by jumping through the hole where Frampt keep);
All of the above situations are possible even if you have spoken to both serpents. What causes them to disappear is whether or not they are on the firelink altar at the time of placing the Lordvessel. This means that it is impossible to keep both serpents in the game when placing the Lordvessel on the firelink altar.
- This item is not needed to join the Darkwraith covenant. It only requires the Key to the Seal held by Ingward, who drop it when killed. However, if you place the Lordvessel before speaking to Darkstalker Kaathe you will betray the Darkwraiths and not be able to join them again during that playthrough.
- Being "warped" to the Firelink Altar by Frampt is not considered as a betrayal by Kaathe, you can use a Homeward Bone to safely leave this area.
