Content provided after the initial release of the game.
For the release of the game for PC, additional content was added to supplement the original game.
The additional content was later provided for download for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
Access
- Accessing the Additional Content1:
The three prerequisites
- Kill the Hydra in Darkroot Basin
- Kill the Golden Crystal Golem in the back of the Hydra's lake in Darkroot Basin to free Dusk of Oolacile. (You may need to quit and reload the game or leave and re-enter the area for the Golden Crystal Golem to appear.)
- Place the Lordvessel in the Firelink Altar.
The above steps will allow the Crystal Golem in The Duke's Archives to add a Broken Pendant to your inventory after it dies. You can kill the Crystal Golem before saving Dusk, but it will not give you the Broken Pendant. As long as the Broken Pendant is in your inventory, it doesn't matter whether Dusk is alive or not. She may be dead, and you can still access the Additional Content.
Then, follow these steps
- Go to The Duke's Archives. There will be a Crystal Golem near the elevator after the first bonfire.
- Kill this Crystal Golem. A Broken Pendant will be added to your inventory automatically.
- Go back to where you fought Dusk's Golden Crystal Golem in Darkroot Basin; a portal will appear there.
- Examine this portal. A cutscene will trigger. After the cutscene, you will be in Sanctuary Garden.
Areas
- Battle of Stoicism
- Battle of Stoicism Gazebo
- Chasm of the Abyss
- Oolacile Township
- Oolacile Sanctuary
- Royal Wood
- Sanctuary Garden
Armor
Weapons
- Abyss Greatsword
- Cleansing Greatshield
- Dark Silver Tracer
- Four-pronged Plow
- Guardian Tail
- Gold Tracer
- Gough's Greatbow
- Gough's Great Arrow
- Obsidian Greatsword
- Oolacile Catalyst
- Manus Catalyst
- Stone Greataxe
Spells
NPC
Enemies
Bosses
Boss Souls
Rings
Keys
Miscellaneous
Notes
- The additional content was released for PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 23, 2012, for North America, and October 24 for Europe and Australasia priced at $15/1200 Microsoft Points.
- The PC version is called "Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition." The downloadable content for consoles is called "Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss."
- The Additional Content was included in Patch 1.06 for consoles. Purchase of 'Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss' from the respective PlayStation/Microsoft store merely unlocked the content.
- A Japanese and Asian language and (English language) on disk version for the PS3 only (that includes the additional content) was made available on October 24, 2012.