RSS: Dark Souls – Recommended Levels for Areas and Bosses
Being the correct level for each area is extremely important in order to find other players summoning and being summoned for coop play as phantoms. Dark Souls will only match players that are +/- 10% in levels, so this can be very restrictive. See the Daydull article for tips on how to maximize your chances to make the summoning signs work in another article.
With the non-linear layout of the game, it is sometimes very tough to know what area to visit next, so this will also ensure you aren’t too outmatched by the enemies in the area.
Dark Souls Recommended Summoner Level for Areas:
Undead Burg ( 5 – 10 )
Undead Parish ( 10 – 20 )
Lower Undead Burg ( 20 – 30 )
The Depths ( 20 – 30 )
Blighttown ( 30 – 40 )
Quelaag’s Domain ( 35+ )
The Catacombs ( 30 – 50 )
The Great Hollow ( 50+ )
Ash Lake ( 50+ )
Darkroot Garden ( 20+ )
Darkroot Basin ( 35+ )
Valley of Drakes ( 40 – 60 )
Undead Asylum Revisited ( 30 – 40 )
Sen’s Fortress ( 40+ )
Anor Londo ( 45+ )
Painted World of Ariamis ( 60+ )
New Londo Ruins ( 60+ )
The Duke’s Archives ( 60+ )
The Abyss ( 50 – 70 )
Crystal Cave ( 50+ )
Tomb of the Giants ( 70+ )
Demon Ruins ( 60+ )
Lost Izalith ( 75+ )
Kiln of the First Flame ( 60 – 80 )
Level 20-30 at lower undead burg? 30-40 at blighttown? That is ridiculously high.
I was level 27 when I entered Lower Undead Burg for the first time. That was with no farming. :s
Probably a lot lower than that. There are lots of exploits (darkgarden farming), early and late-game weapons (drake sword, lightning spear), etc that you can get early. I’m SL 25 and more than halfway through all the areas. Not trying to game the system, just making life a little easier through the nasty bosses.
I think you misunderstood, dollargeek. They arent recommended levels for the areas. They’re recommended levels for getting summoned/finding people to summon,