Phantoms

General Information

When connected to other players online for Co-op or PvP, players who are guests in a host's world will appear as a phantom.
Phantoms are designated a recognizable color to establish their friendliness or hostility to a host.

Some of the eight colors are shared by the available multiplayer items, meaning the phantom's color alone does not distinguish the covenant they belong to in all cases. The Undead Match will select phantom colors based on covenant.

Effects of Phantoms

Phantoms prevent resting at bonfires or quitting the game while in a host's world and most have unembered HP by default. Additionally, all phantoms have halved Estus Flask and Ashen Estus Flask charges rounded down, with Siegbrau and Divine Blessing being unaffected. Phantoms may have icons by their name related to the Undead Match or downscaling.

Enemies are friendly to invaders; they can be walked through and cannot hurt the invader (with exceptions). Invaders are sent home if the host enters a boss fog gate. Phantoms can drop and trade items between players, but certain items and gear higher level than a player's matchmaking range cannot be traded. DLC items can be dropped to players without the DLC.

Note: Enemies that are naturally hostile or able to hurt other enemies will be able to damage invading phantoms.

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• Weapons, Shields, and Catalysts beyond the highest reinforced
• Materials, Estus Shards, Undead Bone Shards, and Umbral Ashes
• Spells
• Boss Souls
• Covenants and their offerings, such as Rosaria's Fingers and Pale Tongues…
• Key Items
• Items with unlimited usage, such as the Coiled Sword Fragment, Church Guardian Shiv, Dragon Torso Stone…

White, Yellow, and Purple Summons in the world increase the strength of enemies/bosses, but can't fight/interact with NPCs. Allied players, including Covenant Phantoms, are incapable of hurting or parrying each other, and may heal or Buff each other.

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	1 Summon				2 Summon				3 Summon
Enemy	HP	Phys	Ele	Resistance	HP	Phys	Ele	Resistance	HP	Phys	Ele	Resistance
Standard Enemy	1.25	1	1	1.5	1.35	1	1	1.5	1.5	1	1	2
Strong Enemy	1.25	1	1	1.5	1.4	1	1	1.5	1.5	1	1	2
Vordt	1.3	1	1	1.5	1.8	1.075	1.075	2	2	1.1	1.1	2.5
Greatwood	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Crystal Sage	1.5	1	1	1.5	1.8	1.1	1.1	2	2.5	1.15	1.15	2.5
Deacons of the Deep	1	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	2	1.5	1.4	1.4	2.5
Abyss Watchers	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
High Lord Wolnir	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Old Demon King	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Pontiff Sulyvahn	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.05	1.05	2	3	1.1	1.1	2.5
Aldrich	1.5	1	1	1.5	1.8	1.05	1.05	2	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.5
Yhorm the Giant	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Dancer	1.5	1	1	1.5	2.25	1.1	1.1	2	2.8	1.2	1.2	2.5
Oceiros	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Champion Gundyr	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Dragonslayer Armour	1.5	1	1	1.5	3	1.1	1.1	2	3.5	1.15	1.15	2.5
Ancient Wyvern	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
King of the Storm	1	1	1	1.5	1.2	1	1	2	1.5	1	1	2.5
Nameless King	1.3	1	1	1.5	1.8	1.1	1.1	2	2.2	1.15	1.15	2.5
Twin Princes	1.5	1.1	1.05	1.5	2.7	1.2	1.1	2	3.3	1.3	1.2	2.5
Soul of Cinder	1.5	1	1	1.5	2.8	1.05	1.05	2	3.1	1.1	1.1	2.5
Gravetender	1.65	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.8	1.2	1.2	2	3.6	1.3	1.3	2.5
Greatwolf	1.55	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.2	1.2	2	3.3	1.3	1.3	2.5
Sister Friede	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.25	1.15	1.15	2	2.8	1.2	1.2	2.5
Father Ariandel	1.5	1	1	1.5	2.25	1.1	1.1	2	2.8	1.2	1.2	2.5
Blackflame Friede	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.25	1.2	1.2	2	2.6	1.25	1.25	2.5
Demon Prince	1.65	1	1	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.1	2	2.6	1.15	1.15	2.5
Judicator Argo	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Painting Guardian	1.5	1	1	1.5	2	1.1	1.1	2	2.3	1.15	1.15	2.5
Halflight	1.8	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.64	1.2	1.2	2	3.06	1.25	1.25	2.5
Darkeater Midir	1.35	1.03	1.03	1.5	1.7	1.06	1.06	2	2	1.1	1.1	2.5
Slave Knight Gael	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.5	2.2	1.2	1.2	2	2.6	1.3	1.3	2.5

• Phys and Ele are AtkPowerRate increases.

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Soul Signs

Soul Signs are used for summoning or invading other players for Co-op or PvP.

Image	Type	Created By	Conditions for Seeing	Purpose
	White Summon	White Sign Soapstone	Embered and area boss alive.	Co-op
	Gold Summon	White Sign Soapstone	Embered and area boss alive.	Co-op
	Purple Summon	White Sign Soapstone	Embered and area boss alive.	Co-op PvP
	Red Invader	Red Sign Soapstone	N/A	PvP
	Gold Invader	Red Sign Soapstone	N/A	PvP
	Purple Invader	Red Sign Soapstone	N/A	PvP

Warning

On the PC platform, multiplayer can be unsafe due to malicious cheaters² without the protection of mods.

List of Phantoms

There is a limit of one invader and two summons/blues per world, however, the Dried Finger can increase this to two invaders and three summons/blues per world. Summon Signs placed by the Red Sign Soapstone can by default allow two of Red Invaders, Gold Invaders, Purple Invaders into the world, and five with the Dried Finger.

White Summon

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	The phantom sends their Soul Sign to the host by using the White Sign Soapstone	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a white Soul Sign while embered and the area boss is still alive
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Assist the host for Co-op	To have assistance
	Obtain Souls during the process; obtain 25% Souls and an Ember when the boss is defeated	-

Gold Summon

a.k.a. Warriors of Sunlight, "Sun Bros"

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	The phantom sends their Soul Sign to the host by using the White Sign Soapstone with Warriors of Sunlight equipped	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a gold Soul Sign while embered and the area boss is still alive
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Assist the host for Co-op	To engage in jolly co-operation
	Obtain Souls during the process; obtain 25% Souls, an Ember, and Sunlight Medal when the boss is defeated	Obtain a Sunlight Medal when the area boss is defeated

Purple Summon

a.k.a. Mound-makers, Mad Phantoms

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	The phantom sends their Soul Sign to the host by using the White Sign Soapstone with Mound-makers equipped	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a purple Soul Sign while embered and the area boss is still alive
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Assist the host for Co-op or engage the host, or any other phantom, for PvP	To have assistance or provide an enemy for PvP
	Obtain Souls during the process; obtain Souls and Vertebra Shackle when the host (or phantoms) are defeated	Obtain Souls, estus, and Vertebra Shackle by killing the phantom

• Possesses some invader properties, such as being summoned at invader spawn points rather than the Soul Sign and leaving the world if the host enters a boss fog gate
• Up to three phantoms of any type can be killed as an alternative method for Vertebra Shackle, based on the amount of phantoms in the world upon first entering

Red Invader

a.k.a. Dark Spirit, Invader

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Using a Cracked Red Eye Orb or Red Eye Orb	The area boss is still alive
	Using a Red Sign Soapstone	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a red Soul Sign
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Engage the host, or any other phantom, for PvP	Provides an enemy for PvP
	Obtain Souls killing other phantoms; obtain Souls and an Ember by killing the host	Obtain Souls and estus by killing the phantom

• Will have embered HP if summoned by an embered host

Gold Invader

a.k.a. Warriors of Sunlight, Dark Spirit, Invader

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Using a Cracked Red Eye Orb or Red Eye Orb with Warriors of Sunlight equipped	The area boss is still alive
	Using a Red Sign Soapstone	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a gold Soul Sign
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Engage the host, or any other phantom, for PvP	Provides an enemy for PvP
	Obtain Souls killing other phantoms; obtain Souls, an Ember, and a Sunlight Medal [1] by killing the host	Obtain Souls and estus by killing the phantom

• Will have embered HP if summoned by an embered host

[1] Sunlight Medal is additionally rewarded to all other invaders in the world

Purple Invader

a.k.a. Mound-makers, Mad Phantoms, Invader

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Using a Cracked Red Eye Orb or Red Eye Orb with Mound-makers equipped	The area boss is still alive
	The phantom sends their Soul Sign to the host by using the Red Sign Soapstone with Mound-makers equipped	The host chooses to summon a phantom by activating a purple Soul Sign
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Engage the host, or any other phantom, for PvP	Provides an enemy for PvP
	Obtain Souls and Vertebra Shackle by killing the host (or phantoms)	Obtain Souls, estus, and Vertebra Shackle by killing the phantom

• Will have embered HP if summoned by an embered host
• Up to three phantoms of any type can be killed as an alternative method for Vertebra Shackle, based on the amount of phantoms in the world upon first entering

Covenant Phantom

a.k.a. Watchdogs of Farron, Aldrich Faithful, Spears of the Church

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Watchdogs of Farron, Aldrich Faithful, or Spears of the Church equipped	The host is in Crucifixion Woods, post-Pontiff Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, or Spears of the Church boss fight while embered [1] and the area boss is still alive
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Engage the host, or any other non-covenant phantom, for PvP	Provides an enemy for PvP
	Obtain Souls killing other phantoms; obtain Souls and covenant items by killing the host	Obtain Souls and estus by killing the phantom

• Watchdogs of Farron will automatically invade the Crucifixion Woods as long as Abyss Watchers are alive
  • Rewarded with Wolf's Blood Swordgrass
  • Up to two invaders can be in this area at a time, three with Dried Finger
  • Summon limit is reduced to one in this area, and two with Dried Finger
• Aldrich Faithful will automatically invade the area post-Pontiff in Irithyll as long as Aldrich, Devourer of Gods is alive
  • Rewarded with Human Dregs
  • Up to two invaders can be in this area at a time, three with Dried Finger
  • Summon limit is reduced to one in this area, and two with Dried Finger
• Spears of the Church can replace Halflight, Spear of the Church as a boss for online players
  • Rewarded with Filianore's Spear Ornament (or host)
    • Spears of the Church are granted additional ornaments for each phantom the host summoned if successful
  • Rarely, players that attempt to invade or be summoned in this area can instead become a Spear of the Church
  • Stronger based on the number of opponents, but cannot drink Estus Flask (Ashen allowed), Divine Blessing, or Siegbrau

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Number of Opponents	FP	Stamina	Stamina Regen	Absorption	Poise	Passive Poise	Resistance	Aux Damage Taken
1	1.10x	1.10x	+3	+10%	+10	0	1.20x	80%
2	1.25x	1.15x	+3	+45%	+20	41	1.60x	70%
3	1.35x	1.20x	+5	+65%	+33	63	2.10x	60%
4	1.45x	1.30x	+6	+75%	+50	85	2.60x	55%

[1] Embered state not required for Spears of the Church

Blue Sentinel

a.k.a. Blues

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Blue Sentinels equipped	Way of Blue is equipped while invaded [1]
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Help the host to kill hostile phantoms	To have assistance in killing hostile phantoms
	Obtain Souls killing hostile phantoms; obtain Proof of a Concord Kept by successfully protecting the host [2]	-

• Invaders gain a Forked Pale Tongue upon slaying a Blue Sentinel

[1] Covenant Phantoms will not cause Blue Sentinels to be summoned
[2] Proof of a Concord Kept can be obtained by either killing invaders or if the host enters a boss fog gate

Blade of the Darkmoon

a.k.a. Blues

Phantom Color	Method of Connection for the Phantom	Method of Connection for the Host
	Blade of the Darkmoon equipped	Way of Blue is equipped while invaded [1]
	Goal of the Phantom	Purpose for the Host
	Help the host to kill hostile phantoms	To have assistance in killing hostile phantoms
	Obtain Souls killing hostile phantoms; obtain Proof of a Concord Kept by successfully protecting the host [2]	-

• Invaders gain a Forked Pale Tongue upon slaying a Blade of the Darkmoon
• Blades of the Darkmoon gain Proof of a Concord Well Kept by killing Red Invaders with Aldrich Faithful equipped

[1] Covenant Phantoms will not cause Blades of the Darkmoon to be summoned
[2] Proof of a Concord Kept can be obtained by either killing invaders or if the host enters a boss fog gate

Estus and Soul Rewards

The number of Estus is reduced as any phantom. Available flasks are divided by two and rounded down.

Estus Flasks (normal)	Estus Flasks (summoned)
0	0
1	0
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	4
10	5
11	5
12	6
13	6
14	7
15	7

• Same applies for Ashen Estus Flask

Estus charges are awarded to some players in the world upon a phantom's death, varying on phantom type without going over the flask's max. If the player is filled on estus or is awarded two, it will be split into the Ashen Estus Flask.

• If any invader dies, the Host is awarded with two estus; if any blues die, invaders are awarded two estus
• If any invader dies, summons and blues are awarded with one estus; if any summons die, invaders are awarded one estus

Soul rewards vary based on phantom type, and are awarded to some players in the world upon a phantom's death.

• Hosts get 15% of Souls spent on invader's last level-up
• Invaders get 4% of Souls spent on host/phantom's last level-up
• Hosts gets 2% of Souls spent on summoned red phantom's last level-up
• Summoned red phantom killing host gets 1% of Souls spent on host's last level-up

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NPC Phantoms

You may summon or be invaded by several NPC phantoms, and you don't need to be online for this to happen, although you still need to be embered. Additionally, NPCs are capable of summoning the player or in one case can be invaded by the player.

Note As of Patch 1.05.1, Regulation 1.09, NPC invaders (except for Mound-makers) will not invade if Steam is Offline.

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Summons

Name	Locations	Requirements	Notes and Rewards
Lion Knight Albert	High Wall of Lothric	Vordt of the Boreal Valley and Dancer of the Boreal Valley alive	Leaves if Emma is killed
Sword Master	High Wall of Lothric	Vordt of the Boreal Valley alive Must be defeated in Firelink Shrine
Holy Knight Hodrick	Road of Sacrifices	Crystal Sage alive [1]	Purple Summon
Eygon of Carim	Road of Sacrifices	Crystal Sage and Abyss Watchers alive Irina in Firelink Shrine and questline unbroken	Must speak with Irina of Carim in Firelink Shrine
Anri of Astora	Cathedral of the Deep	Deacons of the Deep alive Must have left Road of Sacrifices
Horace the Hushed	Cathedral of the Deep	Deacons of the Deep alive Must have left Road of Sacrifices
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Cathedral of the Deep	Deacons of the Deep alive Sirris' questline unbroken
Yellowfinger Heysel	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive Must be defeated once, Pale Tongue offered to Rosaria, and three flames extinguished	Grants Proper Bow Gesture
Black Hand Gotthard	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive	Grants By My Sword Gesture
Londor Pale Shade	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive Must have five Dark Sigils and Yuria's questline unbroken	Grants Duel Bow Gesture
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive Sirris' questline unbroken
Great Swamp Cuculus	Smouldering Lake	Old Demon King alive	Spotted Whip and Cornyx's Set in Undead Settlement
Knight Slayer Tsorig	Smouldering Lake	Old Demon King alive Must be defeated in Catacombs of Carthus
Anri of Astora	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn alive Anri must have left the Church of Yorshka
Black Hand Gotthard	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn alive	Grants By My Sword Gesture
Londor Pale Shade	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn alive Must have five Dark Sigils and Yuria's questline unbroken	Grants Duel Bow Gesture
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn Sirris' questline unbroken
Eygon of Carim	Lothric Castle	Dragonslayer Armour alive Irina's questline unbroken
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Lothric Castle	Dragonslayer Armour alive Sirris' questline unbroken
Hawkwood the Deserter	Consumed King's Garden	Oceiros, the Consumed King alive Must have left Firelink Shrine
Sword Master	Untended Graves	Champion Gundyr alive Must be defeated in Firelink Shrine
Hawkwood the Deserter	Archdragon Peak	Nameless King alive	Leaves if Nameless King is fought
Orbeck of Vinheim	Grand Archives	Twin Princes alive All of his sorceries bought, including scrolls
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Grand Archives	Twin Princes alive Sirris' questline unbroken
Londor Pale Shade	Kiln of the First Flame	Soul of Cinder alive Must "wed" Anri and Yuria's questline unbroken
Yuria of Londor	Kiln of the First Flame	Soul of Cinder alive Must "wed" Anri ​and Yuria's questline unbroken	Black Set in Firelink Shrine
Slave Knight Gael	Painted World of Ariandel	Sister Friede alive [2] Must not have entered The Ringed City	Appears in Phase 2
Amnesiac Lapp	The Dreg Heap	Demon Prince alive Must be at the Earthen Peak Ruins Bonfire
Slave Knight Gael	The Dreg Heap	Demon Prince alive
Shira, Knight of Filianore	The Ringed City	Darkeater Midir alive Must have accepted her request Filianore must not have been interacted with
Unbreakable Patches	The Ringed City	Halflight, Spear of the Church alive Amnesiac Lapp questline completed

[1] Does not prevent the host from resting at a bonfire or quitting the game
[2] The host does not have to be embered to summon

Invaders

Name	Locations	Requirements	Rewards
Holy Knight Hodrick	Undead Settlement	Curse-rotted Greatwood alive [1]	Vertebra Shackle
Yellowfinger Heysel	Road of Sacrifices	Abyss Watchers alive	Heysel Pick [2] Xanthous Crown [2]
Londor Pale Shade	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive Yuria of Londor's questline broken	Manikin Claws [2] Shade Set in Firelink Shrine [3]
Yellowfinger Heysel	Farron Keep	Abyss Watchers alive	Heysel Pick [2] Xanthous Crown [2]
Longfinger Kirk	Cathedral of the Deep	Deacons of the Deep alive	Barbed Straight Sword Spiked Shield Armor of Thorns Set by Rosaria
Knight Slayer Tsorig	Catacombs of Carthus	High Lord Wolnir alive	Knight Slayer's Ring Grants My Thanks Gesture
Creighton the Wanderer	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn alive Must be defeated with Sirris during her questline	Dragonslayer's Axe Mirrah Chain Set in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
Londor Pale Shade	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Pontiff Sulyvahn alive Yuria of Londor's questline broken	Manikin Claws [2] Shade Set in Firelink Shrine [3]
Alva, Seeker of the Spurned	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Yhorm the Giant alive	Murakumo Alva Set in Irithyll Dungeon
Daughter of Crystal Kriemhild	Untended Graves	Champion Gundyr alive	None
Livid Pyromancer Dunnel	Painted World of Ariandel	None	Floating Chaos
Seeker of the Spurned	The Ringed City	Halflight, Spear of the Church or Darkeater Midir alive [4]	Wolf Ring +3
Silver Knight Ledo	The Ringed City	Halflight, Spear of the Church or Darkeater Midir alive [4]	Ledo's Great Hammer
Moaning Knight	The Ringed City	Halflight, Spear of the Church or Darkeater Midir alive [4]	Blindfold Mask

• Dark Spirit Destroyed: All NPC Invasions & Items

[1] Does not prevent the host from resting at a bonfire or quitting the game
[2] Rewarded only upon first defeat
[3] Must be defeated both times
[4] The host does not have to be embered to be invaded

Player Summons

Name	Locations	Requirements	Notes and Rewards
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Irithyll of the Boreal Valley	Sulyvahn's Beast must be defeated Sirris' questline unbroken	Allows Creighton the Wanderer to invade Rewards a Blessed Mail Breaker and Silvercat Ring in Firelink Shrine
Anri of Astora	Anor Londo	Anri's questline unbroken
Sirris of the Sunless Realms	Undead Settlement	Curse-rotted Greatwood and Aldrich, Devourer of Gods defeated Sirris' questline unbroken	Sunset Shield in Firelink Shrine Sunset Set in Undead Settlement

Trivia

• Various unused phantom colors remain in the files.

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Footnotes

1. Miscellaneous Data Multiplayer Scaling

2. Hackers can place invalid items in your world, which can be prevented with the Blue Sentinel mod by LukeYui

3. Miscellaneous Data PvP Souls

4. PC NPC Invasions not triggering offline

5. ZullieTheWitch