Dark Souls III
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50 free Dark Souls III trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Dark Souls III closed out one of gaming's most influential trilogies in 2016. It is faster than the two games before it, packed with returning faces and places, and built around boss fights that players still argue about years later. This quiz covers the whole game: the bosses and how they are beaten, the characters who wait at the hub or turn up along the road, the kingdom of Lothric and the areas beyond it, weapons and items, covenants and the message system, and the two expansions that end the story. A few questions look at the people who made it and how it was received. It is written for anyone who has rung the bell and pushed through the fog, whether you finished the game once or know every shortcut by heart. Questions begin with the things every player knows and move on to deeper lore, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which first boss of Dark Souls III kneels motionless until the player pulls the Coiled Sword out of his chest?
Iudex Gundyr
Iudex Gundyr sprouts a black, serpent-like mass once his health drops below half, which greatly extends his reach. He is weak to fire throughout, so the firebombs found nearby shorten the fight.
Q 02Which series creator returned to direct Dark Souls III after only supervising the development of Dark Souls II?
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Hidetaka Miyazaki called the game both a turning point and a big closure for the series, saying his studio wanted to make new things rather than keep producing Souls games.
Q 03Which PlayStation 4 exclusive was developed in parallel with Dark Souls III and shares its director?
Bloodborne
Bloodborne was built by a mostly separate team, and critics linked the quicker pace of the newer game to the studio's work on it.
Q 04Which city of the gods from the first Dark Souls returns in Dark Souls III as a cold, night-bound ruin above Irithyll?
Anor Londo
Anor Londo stood in bright daylight in the original game. Many years later it has become a realm of night and cold, and a Lord of Cinder waits inside its old cathedral.
Q 05Which recurring Souls trickster calls himself Unbreakable in Dark Souls III and wears a stolen suit of armour?
Patches
Patches was left out of Dark Souls II because the series creator was not directing it, and a similar corpse robber took his place there.
Q 06Which cheerful knight arrives unsummoned in Dark Souls III to help fight his old friend Yhorm the Giant?
Siegward of Catarina
Siegward of Catarina walks in during the opening cutscene, and because the game counts him as a story event rather than a summon, the boss gains no extra health.
Q 07Which weapon, found beside the throne in Yhorm the Giant's arena, can bring him down in a handful of charged strikes?
Storm Ruler
Storm Ruler keeps its charge once the blade glows, so a player can drop the stance, dodge several attacks and still release the stored blast later.
Q 08In Dark Souls III, what does a player receive whenever another player rates a message they left on the ground?
Restored health
Restored health is the reward for a rated message, so a well-placed hint can top up its author in the middle of a fight somewhere else entirely.
Q 09Which Lord of Cinder in Dark Souls III is a whole legion of swordsmen first found fighting among themselves?
Abyss Watchers
Abyss Watchers share a single soul that passes from one body to the next, and a red-eyed corpse that rises mid-fight attacks its comrades as readily as the player.
Q 10Which Dark Souls III starting class begins at Soul Level 1 with every attribute set to 10?
Deprived
Deprived begins with only a club, a plank shield and a loincloth, yet its flat stats make it a favourite for challenge runs that never level up.
Q 11Which Japanese studio, later the maker of Sekiro and Elden Ring, developed Dark Souls III?
FromSoftware
FromSoftware began the project in mid-2013, before Dark Souls II had even been released, and built it as the third and final entry in the trilogy.
Q 12Which publisher's American arm called Dark Souls III its fastest-selling title after the game launched in 2016?
Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco shipped three million copies within weeks, half of them in North America, and the game was the best-selling title in the United States in April 2016.
Q 13Which blind maiden in Dark Souls III, her eyes hidden by a white crown, lets players spend souls to level up?
Fire Keeper
Q 21Which Dark Souls III boss fights with two greatswords, one aflame, and conjures a phantom copy of himself mid-fight?
Pontiff Sulyvahn
Pontiff Sulyvahn's clone always moves first, so every swing it makes is a warning that the real sorcerer is about to repeat the same attack.
Q 22Which optional Dark Souls III boss, worshipped by villagers, takes damage only when the sacs on its body are burst?
Curse-rotted Greatwood
Curse-rotted Greatwood drops the Transposing Kiln, the tool that turns boss souls into weapons and spells, so skipping this optional fight means giving those up.
Q 23Which colossal skeleton boss in Dark Souls III takes damage only when players smash the bracelets he wears?
Fire Keeper cannot be lost for good: if a player kills her she reappears when the area reloads, and she goes on levelling them up without turning hostile.
Q 14Which Dark Souls III consumable raises maximum health by 30 percent and must be active before a player can summon help?
Ember
Ember also refills health when used and lasts until the player dies, and the same boosted state returns for free every time a boss is beaten.
Q 15Which Lord of Cinder in Dark Souls III is a former cleric who fights wearing the god he is slowly consuming?
Aldrich
Aldrich fights with his victim's own bow and catalyst, and once his health falls far enough the catalyst is wreathed in fire.
Q 16Which optional Dark Souls III boss spends the first phase of his fight riding a winged blue beast?
Nameless King
Nameless King is called by ringing a bell, which plunges the whole area into foul weather that lifts only once he has been beaten.
Q 17Which Dark Souls III boss can be triggered early by killing the priestess Emma?
Dancer of the Boreal Valley
Dancer of the Boreal Valley guards the only way into Lothric Castle, so killing Emma lets a bold player reach the late game long before the story expects it.
Q 18Which blacksmith from the first Dark Souls returns in Dark Souls III to upgrade weapons at Firelink Shrine?
Andre
Andre also turns the Estus Shards scattered around Lothric into extra flask charges, up to fifteen in all, and sets how they are split between the two flasks.
Q 19In Dark Souls III, what are undead warriors called who once failed to link the fire and are later resurrected?
Unkindled
Unkindled such as the player's Ashen One are raised to hunt down the Lords of Cinder who abandoned their thrones and to bring them back.
Q 20Which resource, restored by the Ashen Estus Flask, do spells and weapon Skills consume in Dark Souls III?
Focus points
Focus points replaced the fixed number of casts that spells had in the earlier games, and players choose how many flask charges go to refilling them.
High Lord Wolnir
High Lord Wolnir leaks a cloud of darkness from his ribcage that kills almost instantly, and he creeps forward until slow players are pinned against the wall.
Q 24Which optional Dark Souls III boss dies instantly to a single plunging attack on its head, whatever weapon is used?
Ancient Wyvern
Ancient Wyvern need not be fought head on at all: players run past it, climb the ruins through ordinary enemies and drop onto its skull from a ledge above.
Q 25Which Lord of Cinder stays on his throne at Firelink Shrine and turns boss souls into weapons for the player?
Ludleth of Courland
Ludleth of Courland was the only Lord who stayed when the others abandoned their thrones, and even after he dies his empty seat still performs the service.
Q 26Which elder brother of Prince Lothric fights beside him in Dark Souls III and is revived each time he falls?
Lorian
Lorian can be brought back again and again, so the battle ends only when the younger prince himself is killed, however much health his brother has left.
Q 27In which crumbling Dark Souls III location, entered from Irithyll Dungeon, is Yhorm the Giant fought?
Profaned Capital
Profaned Capital has a reclusive master: he was the descendant of a conqueror of old, asked to lead by the very people his forebear had once subjugated.
Q 28Which first Lord of Cinder from the original Dark Souls lends his moveset to the Soul of Cinder's second phase?
Gwyn
Gwyn's style appears only after the final boss has cycled through stances that copy player builds, a nod to everyone who linked the fire in the earlier games.
Q 29Which Dark Souls III enemy can drop the Symbol of Avarice helm and is knocked out by throwing an Undead Hunter Charm?
Mimic
Mimic chests give themselves away by the chain at their side, which lies straight and points toward the player, while the chain on a real chest curls inward.
Q 30Which katana do Dark Souls III players win by defeating the Sword Master outside Firelink Shrine?
Uchigatana
Uchigatana builds up bleeding with every hit, and a Mercenary can swing it two-handed straight away without spending a single level.