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I'm right before Anor Londo bosses and I need to soul farm to level 69 so I can use soul spear. I would also like to upgrade my pyromancy glove and buy the remaining spells that I can. At the moment I'm level 59. The dragon bridge isn't enough anymore, even with the update. Right now, I'm farming Valley of the Drakes. I kill 2 drakes per run, which gets me 2000 souls in 2 minutes. There has to be a better way. Are there any better places where I can soul farm?

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  • I'm not off topic nor am I asking for anyone to join my game I'm asking for areas to soul farm. I'm not asking for insults or negative responses. I kindly asked for someone to kindly be helpful as you are not.
    – Josh
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 14:55
  • I edited your question so that what you're asking is clearer. Hopefully that will help you get the answer that you're looking for.
    – Brian
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 15:02
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    Don't forget about quelanna in blighttown when you're upgrading your pyro glove. Not only does she have some good pyromancies but she also allows you to "ascend" your glove, offering extra upgrades!
    – slow_excellence
    Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 5:55
  • There is an article about this: darksouls.wikidot.com/soul-farming
    – klm123
    Commented Aug 16, 2016 at 6:10

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Two areas that come to mind for quick soul farming are the forest hunter's area in the Darkroot Garden and the Painted World of Ariamis.

Darkroot Garden - Purchase the Crest of Artorias from the blacksmith in the Undead Parish for 20,000 souls (this initial investment can quickly be earned back). Next, go down to the forest from the undead parish and head toward the giant stone doors. Use the crest to unlock the doors. In the next area are several NPCs each worth 1000 - 3000 souls. There is a bonfire hidden behind an illusion wall in the ruined structure just before the crest door. The 2 knights in heavy armor and the archer will not respawn but it is still worth it to farm the sorcerer, cleric, thief and bandit. To use this method you must not be in the forest hunter's covenant.

Painted World - Requires a bit more effort to get to but is a bit more efficient if I recall correctly. First you must return to the undead asylum by climbing to the crow's nest in Firelink. In the asylum return to the cell you started the game in and retrieve the Peculiar Doll item. Next, go to the room with the giant painting and white robed enemies in Anor Londo. If you interact with the painting while you have the doll you will get transported to a new area. The new area contains the phalanx enemies (deformed enemies with spear and shield) that are easy to farm once the shortcut to the bonfire has been opened up. Once finished farming the only way to leave the area is by heading to the arena where Priscilla is and jumping off the ledge.

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    The phalanx enemies were the best farming in the game iirc. On NG you can get 10,080 souls from them with just the covetous silver serpent ring. I was able to cut down my farm time to under 1 minute on them using the great scythe and attacking them from behind. Wide sweeping attacks are best for these guys so the zweihander, greatsword, and various halberds should work. If you have the symbol of avarice it brings up your souls earned to 13,000 which is the max efficiency you can get for them.
    – slow_excellence
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 17:49
  • If you have pyromancy or miracles Great Fireball and Wrath of the Gods both work very well for easy kills.
    – Dustin
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 18:02
  • What about soul duping ? It's not real farming but it doese it's work and its the quickest way to get those 10 lvl he whants.
    – GEnGEr
    Commented Aug 26, 2014 at 9:27
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I take it that you're building an Int build then.

I myself have a dex build and have been farming in anor londo myself a lot by parrying silver knights. After a few tries you get their patterns down and they yield a lot of souls. Because of the crit damage from the parry/riposte you get 20% extra souls.

  • Silver Knight (spear/sword) : 1000 souls
  • Silver Knight (dragonslayer bow) : 1300 souls
  • Silver Knight (spear/sword) Crit : 1200 souls
  • Silver Knight (dragonslayer bow) Crit : 1560 souls

I am not sure how well an int build can exploit this, but they are my primary source of souls.

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Since you're in Anor Londo, you can go to the first bonfire and farm the sentinels. They go down fast with a bleeding weapon. This area is also not open to invasion if I remember correctly.

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In addition to Monkeez answer, Painted World was my favourite place to farm. Using Poison Mist (bought from Engyei in Queelag's Domain) you can poison most of the Phalanx in one hit. Then, while they're dying, you can either run down toward Priscilla (kill everyone on the bridge) or clear out the Annex. By that time the poison will have killed most of the Phalanx enemies, leaving only a few to pick off.

So roughly looking at ~30,000 souls in 5-7 minutes.

Repeat as necessary!

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The baby skeleton just before nito drop humanity and they always come back. Goldserpent ring and silver help a lot when you tire go feed the humanity to the Kingseeker Framp at fire link shrine .

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