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Dark is a type of elemental damage in Dark Souls III.

General information[]

Dark is one of four elemental damage types in Dark Souls III, inflicted on and by certain enemies, items, weapons, and spells.

This element is generally ineffective against:

Dark damage is a common weakness among:

Defense[]

To lower Dark damage received, it is necessary to raise the Dark defense stat.

Stats[]

While leveling up any stat early on will grant Dark defense to some extent, Faith will increase it most efficiently.

Items[]

  • The Black Bug Pellet provides a temporary increase in Dark defense when consumed.

Equipment[]

Rings[]

Shields[]

  • The Crest Shield offers the highest Dark damage reduction of the standard shields at 86 Dark defense.
  • Havel's Greatshield and the Cathedral Knight Greatshield tie in having the highest Dark damage reduction of the greatshields, and any shield, at 87 Dark absorption. Cathedral Knight Greatshield infused with Dark Gem and upgraded to +9 has over 99 Dark defense

Armor[]

Utilization[]

Items[]

  • Weapons that are not elementally infused can deal Dark damage with the augmentation of a Human Pine Resin or with the miracle Dark Blade.

Armor[]

  • With the addition of the Ringed City DLC, there is the Blindfold Mask, which increases Dark damage dealt but decreases Dark absorption.

Infusion[]

Weapons[]

Catalysts[]

Several catalysts gain innate bonuses when casting Dark spells:

Sorceries[]

Pyromancies[]

Miracles[]

Rings[]

  • The Dark Clutch Ring increases one's Dark attack by 15% at the cost of -10 physical absorption.

Ammunition[]

Enemies[]

The following is a list of enemies and bosses that can deal Dark damage.

Lesser enemies[]

Invaders and NPCs[]

Bosses[]

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