StrickenBiged Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hey PSNP, So I found the weird, hunched over sorcerer guy in the Firelink Shrine last night and he asked whether I wanted to draw out my true strength. I said, "hell yes!" Guy gave me a attribute point and I thought that was that. Then, after dying a few times, I found that I was starting to look a little... skeletal. I then noticed a "hollowing" stat in my character stat screen. Went back to speak to the sorcerer and he offered me another attribute point. Sweet! I also noticed that I've now got a Dark Sigil on my inventory after I spoke to the lady who lets you level up - I am so bad with names in these games, I know - offered to heal it (for an extortionate amount of souls!). So, my questions are: What the hell is going on? Do I want to be hollow? Is it sort of like the insight stat in Bloodborne? What happens if I reverse it? Do I need to do it for any trophies? Thanks all. All the best. P.S. I'm sure I could just look on the wiki page but 1) I hate the ads there - they crash my machine more often than not, and 2) I prefer to speak to a community about these things - you get better answers. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonemankane Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 the effect of hollowing does nothing to you just makes you look like a zombie, however if you keep getting the dark marks from the guy and keep going with it you can get the evil ending of the game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmFanatic Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 You can get 5 free attribute points per playthrough of Yoel. Every couple of deaths you can go back to him and draw out your strength. After doing this 5 times he will die as he has fulfilled his duty aand will then be replaced by NPC Yuria. This is the start of the usurpation of fire ending which you'll want a guide for as it's very easy to lock yourself out of that ending. There is no downside to the hollowing or the Dark Sigil other than what you look like which if you're like me and always have a full suit of armour on, doesn't matter anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeus Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 And as far as I know there aren't any negative effects other than the total destruction of your character's face, which can be mitigated by wearing a s3xy helmet. I mean, this is Fashion Souls 3, why would you not wear a s3xy helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 So far there's been no confirmed sideeffects next to becoming beef jerky. There has been speculations of hollowing lowering your priority in online matchmaking, but no concrete evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmFanatic Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 So far there's been no confirmed sideeffects next to becoming beef jerky. There has been speculations of hollowing lowering your priority in online matchmaking, but no concrete evidence. My hollowing level is 99 and I have no big issues being summoned or summoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thanks for the info everyone. the effect of hollowing does nothing to you just makes you look like a zombie, however if you keep getting the dark marks from the guy and keep going with it you can get the evil ending of the game This is the start of the usurpation of fire ending which you'll want a guide for as it's very easy to lock yourself out of that ending. When you guys say that you can get the evil ending this way, is it always the case that you will? I.e. If I'm hollow is that my only option, ending-wise? Am I locked out of the other ending(s) as a hollow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dernop Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) just to confirm: according to the wiki and personal experience, i can also attest to no sideeffects beside the visual one. and you even need it for the usurper ending, so yeah, trophy relevant edit: ah, ninja'd Edited April 19, 2016 by dernop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonemankane Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thanks for the info everyone. When you guys say that you can get the evil ending this way, is it always the case that you will? I.e. If I'm hollow is that my only option, ending-wise? Am I locked out of the other ending(s) as a hollow? you can drop it all near the end like I did, once your about to fight the final boss and are ready to go you can make a back up save here and use the fire keeper to get rid of the dark marks so you won't get the evil ending but the cost of it is well a lot and also it will take away 5 levels from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 you can drop it all near the end like I did, once your about to fight the final boss and are ready to go you can make a back up save here and use the fire keeper to get rid of the dark marks so you won't get the evil ending but the cost of it is well a lot and also it will take away 5 levels from you. Ok, cool. I guess I'm going for the Hollowed ending on this PT then. I plan on playing the game in NG+ and NG++ anyway for all the endings, so I don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmFanatic Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Ok, cool. I guess I'm going for the Hollowed ending on this PT then. I plan on playing the game in NG+ and NG++ anyway for all the endings, so I don't mind. Did you get the 5 free levels and get Yuria to show up before you beat the Abyss Watchers? Because if not then you have already locked yourself out of the usurpation ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Did you get the 5 free levels and get Yuria to show up before you beat the Abyss Watchers? Because if not then you have already locked yourself out of the usurpation ending. Oh, right. No, no Yuria in my Firelink yet, and yeah, I have just defeated the Abyss Walkers. Well, maybe I'm going for a different ending then. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowReplicant Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Oh, right. No, no Yuria in my Firelink yet, and yeah, I have just defeated the Abyss Walkers. Well, maybe I'm going for a different ending then. We'll see. Don't worry about it, the Yuria quest and that whole ending is so obscure it's not really meant to be done on your first playthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Anyone know if Hollowing carries over to NG+? Not that I'm anywhere near NG+ yet, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dernop Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Anyone know if Hollowing carries over to NG+? Not that I'm anywhere near NG+ yet, just curious. pretty sure it does, wiki say so too: http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/New+Game+Plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 pretty sure it does, wiki say so too: http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/New+Game+Plus Dammit. Might have to undo this Hollowing thing then, and get myself back on track for a different ending while I figure out what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dernop Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Dammit. Might have to undo this Hollowing thing then, and get myself back on track for a different ending while I figure out what's going on. the hollowing stat has absolutely NO effect on anything besides how your character looks, whatsoever. just to make sure you are aware of that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 the hollowing stat has absolutely NO effect on anything besides how your character looks, whatsoever. just to make sure you are aware of that?! Yeah, but if I'm going to look ugly, I at least want to get something out of it. Far prefer my guy looking fresh. Looking at the wiki, I may have screwed up the usurper ending. I did the Watchers of the Abyss before taking 5 levels from Yoel, and before the Cathedral of the Deep. Yuria has still turned up. I've popped into the Catacombs too, but not completed it. Finished the Cathedral last night, and the Blue Sentinels have both turned up in my Shrine. So I'm not sure if the wiki is being too prescriptive and I'm actually "ok", or whether I've already fucked up the usurper ending. Everything is happening as the Wiki says it should be, even though I've done things out of order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellbornHunter Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Yeah, but if I'm going to look ugly, I at least want to get something out of it. Far prefer my guy looking fresh. Looking at the wiki, I may have screwed up the usurper ending. I did the Watchers of the Abyss before taking 5 levels from Yoel, and before the Cathedral of the Deep. Yuria has still turned up. I've popped into the Catacombs too, but not completed it. Finished the Cathedral last night, and the Blue Sentinels have both turned up in my Shrine. So I'm not sure if the wiki is being too prescriptive and I'm actually "ok", or whether I've already fucked up the usurper ending. Everything is happening as the Wiki says it should be, even though I've done things out of order. I'm not entirely sure, but it sounds to me like you should still be fine. Just talk to Yuria, keep up with anri's quest and make sure you don't kill the boss in the catacombs before doing what is required for anri's quest first. I also really disliked looking hollowed but I waited until I got my 5 free levels in each playthrough before healing the dark sign which didn't really matter to be honest, because at that point it cost me 1.4 million souls to undo the mark, so it might just be the same if you heal the mark as soon as you finish the usurpation ending and then just use souls to level if you want (and you get the added bonus of no longer looking like a dried raisin sooner). Edited April 22, 2016 by HellbornHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm not entirely sure, but it sounds to me like you should still be fine. Just talk to Yuria, keep up with anri's quest and make sure you don't kill the boss in the catacombs before doing what is required for anri's quest first. I also really disliked looking hollowed but I waited until I got my 5 free levels in each playthrough before healing the dark sign which didn't really matter to be honest, because at that point it cost me 1.4 million souls to undo the mark, so it might just be the same if you heal the mark as soon as you finish the usurpation ending and then just use souls to level if you want (and you get the added bonus of no longer looking like a dried raisin sooner). Thanks. Yeah, I think that's the case. The wiki is internally inconsistent. The Endings page suggests I should be fine, so far, but the page I read earlier says that I've already fucked up. I'll try and follow the Endings page route, and see what happens. Would quite like not to look like jerky tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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