Multiplayer

Issues & Fixes

TCP port 27014-27050

UDP port 4379

UDP port 4380

UDP port 3478

Multiplayer Advice

Multiplayer Matchmaking

Undead Burg: 1-15



Undead Parish: 1-20



Darkroot Garden and Basin: 1-25



Darkroot Forest: 1-80



Lower Undead Burg: 10-25



The Depths: 10-30



Catacombs: 15-80



Blighttown: 20-35



Sen's Fortress : 25-45



: 25-45 Anor Londo: 30-55



Painted World of Ariamis : 30-80



: 30-80 New Londo : 40-80



: 40-80 Lost Izalith : 40-80



: 40-80 Tomb of the Giants : 40-80



: 40-80 Duke's Archives : 40-80



: 40-80 Artorias of the Abyss : 45-80



: 45-80 Kiln of the First Flame : 60-80



: 60-80 Newgame+* 80-135

Invasions

While I suggest playing by yourself on your first playthrough, remember that people may be waiting for you should you need help.Dark Souls creates a P2P IP Pool of other players as you play the game. If you're having trouble with connecting to players, perform the following1) To gain quick connection with other players' signs, ghosts and phantoms install the Dark Souls Connectivity Mod.Download: http://wulf2k.ca/PC/DaS/DSCM.html Alternative Link: https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/1047/? Follow the instructions provided and keep it running each time you play.2) If you have anymore issues, open these ports:Is it okay to summon on first playthrough? I'd say you might miss out on all a boss may offer but 1v2 boss fights may be daunting to newcomers. I'd recommend trying to place your White Soapstone sign to travel to another world so you can help another player, use the experience to learn the fight to do it solo in your own world, guilt-free!But, if you want to summon the help of another player, you have to kindle Humanity at a bonfire. This will let you transform to Human form (shown by clearer skin and a white border around the Humanity meter at the top left of the UI) to summon help from other player White Soapstone signs.You may gain Humanity by helping another player beat a boss to obtain one soft Humanity point and use that to kindle.The range in which you can summon or invade is dictated by your Soul Level (SL), insert your SL value into this calculator to work it out for you:If you're worried about security against hackers, Dark Souls PVP Watchdog is a wrapper you can use to see if you're connecting to player nodes effectively.Download: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/849/? (Be advised that it may cause performance issues.)Sugestions of SL ranges you should be to likely find players around to invade or help:Hover over the black text to reveal area name spoilers.NG and NG+ (and onwards) each interact with eachother. e.g. a SL20 invader in NG+7 can invade SL19 players still in NG.If you've beaten the game before, consider trying to summon everyone you see. Keep the game alive and entertaining for other people while having jolly co-operation!Invading is fun! Invasions is a big reason why Demon's Souls was a cult hit and how this series' multiplayer got so popular it's been copied by other videogames ever since.Try to be creative with builds focused around a limited Soul Level range around the above areas. Make a SL20 Upper Blighttown invader with Greatbow, make a glass cannon, make a lowbie bullier, anything!If you're running a high SL invader try not to go above SL135 as the recommend PVP meta is SL125 to SL135.