Dark Souls 3 Cheat Codes, Soul Farming & Builds

Dark Souls 3 Cheat Codes, Soul Farming, and Best Build Guide for PS5 and PC depends on your platform: PC players can use a community Cheat Engine table in offline mode, while PS5 players must rely on efficient soul-farming loops and strong character builds. 
The routes and setups below cover early, mid, and late game progression without removing the need to learn enemy patterns.

Dark Souls 3 is built around risk, timing, and gradual improvement. As Hidetaka Miyazaki has explained, the series is not meant to be difficult “just for the sake of being difficult”; the challenge is designed to make success feel meaningful. 
Cheats can reduce that challenge, so use them carefully and keep them away from online characters.

Dark Souls 3 Cheat Codes on PC

Dark Souls 3 does not use traditional button-based cheat codes on PC. 
Instead, players in the modding community commonly use a Cheat Engine table, often identified through searches for “DS3 CT” or the Phokz table. These tools alter values while the game is running.

Only use a cheat table with an offline character. Do not connect to multiplayer, invasions, or co-op while cheats are active. 
FromSoftware can detect unusual game data, and an account may be restricted or banned for cheating during online sessions. 
Back up your save before testing any third-party tool, and download files only from a trusted Dark Souls modding source.

Common Cheat Engine functions

• Infinite Health: Keeps HP at its maximum value.
• Infinite FP: Allows repeated spell and weapon-skill use without normal FP costs.
• Infinite Stamina: Prevents stamina loss from attacks, sprinting, and rolls.
• Max Souls: Sets the current soul total as high as 99,999,999.
• Infinite Estus: Stops Estus Flask charges from being consumed.
• No Clip: Lets the character pass through walls and some terrain.

For a safer alternative, use cheats only to test a build in a separate offline save. For example, you could compare a Strength weapon with a Faith buff before committing valuable upgrade materials. Players who want a standard progression route can use this Dark Souls 3 stat and upgrade guide instead.

PS5 and PC Version, Save, and Offline-Mode Differences

PS5 players use the console version of Dark Souls 3 through backward compatibility rather than a separate native PS5 edition. 
The game does not support Cheat Engine on PS5, and console players cannot install PC tables or modify running values through normal system features.

PC players should create a separate offline save before testing any modding tool. Steam Cloud can restore an unwanted save or synchronize altered data, so keep a manual backup and avoid switching the test character into online play. 
On PS5, use the console's save-management and cloud-backup options carefully because restoring the wrong file can overwrite legitimate progress.

• PC: Use trusted files, launch in offline mode, and keep modified characters separate from online saves.
• PS5: Rely on normal leveling, respecs, farming routes, and co-op rewards.
• Both platforms: Do not connect a character with altered inventory, levels, or equipment to multiplayer.

Patch behavior, loading times, and controller settings can differ between PC and PS5. These differences affect farming efficiency, but they do not change the basic soul routes or build priorities described below.

Dark Souls 3 Soul Farming Routes

Soul farming is the practical option for both PS5 and PC players who want to level up, buy upgrade materials, or test several weapons. The best location changes as your damage, survivability, and access to fast-travel bonfires improve. 
The figures below are useful working estimates, but actual results vary with New Game cycle, soul-boosting equipment, loading time, and how quickly each enemy dies.

Early game: High Wall of Lothric

For characters around levels 1 to 30, start at the Dragon Barracks bonfire. The nearby Lothric Knights are strong enough to teach spacing and shield discipline, yet close enough to make a repeatable route.

• Method: Defeat the two Lothric Knights near the bonfire.
• Reported reward: About 1,000 souls per knight.
• Loop time: Roughly 45 seconds.
• Estimated rate: About 80,000 to 100,000 souls per hour.

Use backstabs, guard counters, or safe single hits rather than trading damage. If the knights take too long to defeat, normal exploration may be more efficient than farming because it also provides weapons, titanite, and practice.

Mid game: Farron Keep

At levels 30 to 80, the Keep Ruins bonfire provides a compact route. The slugs are easy targets for most builds, while the nearby Elite Knight offers a tougher fight and a larger reward.

• Method: Kill three slugs and the Elite Knight near the door.
• Reported rewards: About 800 souls per slug and 1,200 souls for the Elite Knight.
• Loop time: About 60 seconds.
• Estimated rate: Roughly 130,000 to 160,000 souls per hour.

Pyromancies, wide weapon swings, and fire damage can clear the slugs quickly. 
Spend your souls at the Firelink Shrine before testing the route if you are carrying enough to make one death costly.

Late game: Archdragon Peak

For levels 80 to 150, farm near the Dragon-Kin Mausoleum bonfire in Archdragon Peak. 
The dragon-kin enemies in the Nameless King area provide a stronger return, but they can punish careless attacks with heavy damage and fast counters.

• Method: Defeat four dragon-kin enemies near the summon area.
• Reported reward: About 2,000 to 3,500 souls per enemy.
• Loop time: Roughly 90 seconds.
• Estimated rate: About 250,000 to 350,000 souls per hour.

Equip the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring and the Symbol of Avarice to increase soul gains by as much as 44 percent. The Symbol of Avarice drains health, so watch your HP between fights and carry enough healing to prevent an avoidable death.

Legitimate Late-Game Soul Farms and Co-op Farming

Once you reach the Grand Archives, the three Winged Knights on the rooftop become one of the most reliable legitimate soul farms.
 They are dangerous, but their close placement makes the route efficient for characters with a fully upgraded weapon and enough damage to defeat each knight quickly.

Use the Grand Archives bonfire, take the elevator toward the roof, and isolate the Winged Knights whenever possible. Backstabs, plunging attacks, rapport, and carefully timed buffs can shorten the route.
 If the enemies survive long enough to surround you, a safer Archdragon Peak loop may produce more souls per hour in practice.

Co-op is another useful late-game option. Place a summon sign near a boss fog or a popular bonfire and help other players defeat bosses such as the Twin Princes, Soul of Cinder, or DLC encounters.
 The reward varies with the boss, host progress, and successful completion, but co-op also provides practice without risking the souls on your own character.

• Wear soul-boosting equipment when the route is already consistent.
• Return to Firelink Shrine before carrying more souls than you can afford to lose.
• Use a password for friends, or leave matchmaking open for a wider pool of hosts.
• Choose co-op when you want souls and combat practice rather than a repetitive solo loop.

Soul-Gain Equipment and Farming Efficiency Setup

For maximum soul gain, combine the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring with the Symbol of Avarice and a shield of want.
 The Symbol of Avarice drains health while equipped, so put it on just before the final enemy dies or remove it immediately after the reward appears if the route allows.

The Shield of Want can be held during the final defeat to increase the reward, while the Mendicant's Staff provides another situational soul bonus when used correctly. 
These bonuses are most valuable when the equipment does not slow the route or cause deaths. A lower bonus with reliable clears is usually better than a perfect setup that requires frequent healing.

• Core item: Covetous Silver Serpent Ring.
• High-risk bonus: Symbol of Avarice, with health recovery or careful timing.
• Off-hand option: Shield of Want for the final kill.
• Situational option: Mendicant's Staff when its requirement and timing fit the build.

Measure farming by complete loops rather than the reward from one enemy. Include travel, loading screens, healing, and failed attempts when comparing routes. 
A route that takes 60 seconds with no deaths can outperform a larger reward that takes several minutes or regularly sends you back to the bonfire.

Use this quick progression plan to choose safe tools, farm efficiently, and build for reliable PvE success:

1. On PC, create a separate backed-up save and use any Cheat Engine table only while fully offline; never bring modified data into multiplayer.
2. On PS5, skip cheat tools and start with the High Wall of Lothric route, clearing enemies you can defeat consistently before returning to the bonfire.
3. Move to Farron Keep for mid-game farming, then use Archdragon Peak only when your build can clear its enemies quickly and safely.
4. Prioritize Vigor and your main damage stat before chasing maximum damage, and spend souls regularly so one death does not erase your progress.
5. For an accessible PvE setup, combine a Strength-focused weapon with Faith buffs, appropriate infusions, upgraded Estus, and enough stamina for repeated attacks and rolls.
6. Before each boss, adjust your weapon, armor, rings, and damage type to cover the encounter’s resistances, range, and attack timing rather than relying on raw stats alone.

Dark Souls 3 Best Build Guide for PvE

A dependable PvE option is a Strength-Faith build. It combines the high physical damage of a greatsword with weapon buffs and defensive miracles. This setup works well for normal enemies and gives you useful tools for boss attempts.

• Starting class: Knight.
• Level 120 targets: 40 Vigor, 30 Endurance, 40 Strength, and 40 Faith.
• Weapon: Lothric Knight Greatsword with Lightning infusion.
• Spells: Lightning Blade, Sacred Oath, and Tears of Denial.

Lightning Blade raises weapon damage, Sacred Oath improves offensive and defensive performance, and Tears of Denial can prevent one otherwise fatal hit. 
The original setup is reported to deal about 600 to 900 damage per swing against many enemies, including DLC bosses, although the number changes with defenses, buffs, upgrades, and attack timing.

Do not spend every point chasing damage. Vigor and Endurance make the build easier to use because you can survive mistakes and complete longer attack strings.
 If a boss resists lightning, rely more on the greatsword’s physical damage and adjust your infusion or buff choice.

Stats, Soft Caps, Infusions, and Weapon Upgrade Progression

Build planning becomes easier when you treat soft caps as stopping points rather than mandatory targets. 
Vigor gives especially strong returns up to about 27 and 40, with diminishing gains beyond that. 
Endurance is commonly taken toward 40, while Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, and Luck often give useful damage returns around 40 and again at higher investment depending on the weapon or spell.

Strength receives a major two-handed benefit because the game applies a 1.5 multiplier to effective Strength. This can let a heavy weapon meet damage targets with fewer points, leaving room for Vigor and Endurance.
 Attunement should be raised according to the number of spell slots and FP needed by the build rather than pushed to a fixed value.

• Heavy: Favors Strength and is effective on many large weapons.
• Sharp: Favors Dexterity and usually suits fast weapons or quality Dexterity builds.
• Refined: Favors balanced Strength and Dexterity investment.
• Raw: Helps early characters with low offensive stats, but usually becomes less attractive after scaling stats rise.
• Dark, Blessed, Lightning, and elemental options: Suit hybrid or caster builds when their relevant stats and buff plans support them.

Upgrade one dependable weapon before spreading titanite across several options. Reinforce the weapon that matches your current stats, test its moveset, and then invest in a second weapon for a different damage type or range. 
A properly upgraded ordinary weapon is often more useful than an unupgraded weapon with a theoretically stronger scaling profile.

Quick reference for safer progression:

• Keep Cheat Engine strictly offline; back up your save before testing any table.
• PS5 has no Cheat Engine support; use legitimate farming and respecs.
• Farm High Wall early, Farron mid-game, and Archdragon Peak late-game.
• Choose the soul route you can clear consistently without dying.
• Strength-Faith combines strong melee damage, buffs, and survivability.
• Prioritize Vigor before damage stats to survive boss mistakes.

Dark Souls 3 Best Build Guide for PvP

For PvP, the original recommendation is a Dexterity-Bleed build. It uses rapid curved-sword attacks to build bleed while maintaining enough health and stamina for invasions or duels.

• Starting class: Mercenary.
• Level 120 targets: 40 Vigor, 35 Endurance, 40 Dexterity, and 40 Luck.
• Weapon: Carthus Curved Sword with Blood infusion.
• Rings: Pontiff’s Right Eye, Pontiff’s Left Eye, Chloranthy Ring, and Carthus Milkring.

A bleed proc is described as dealing about 15 percent of an opponent’s maximum health. Against a player with 1,500 HP, that would equal about 225 additional damage per proc, before considering normal hits or defenses.
 Two procs combined with three standard attacks can defeat many lightly defended players in under 10 seconds, but experienced opponents may space away, parry, or use bleed resistance.

Bleed is strongest when you pressure without becoming predictable. Alternate running attacks, quick off-hand actions, and short pauses to catch panic rolls. For a broader matchup plan, see this Dark Souls 3 PvP weapon and ring guide.

PvP Matchmaking Levels, Upgrade Tiers, and Status-Effect Counters

Dark Souls 3 matchmaking considers both soul level and weapon upgrade level.
 A level 120 character with a fully upgraded weapon generally belongs in a different matchmaking range from a low-level character carrying an early-game weapon, so avoid upgrading a weapon far beyond the level range you intend to use.

For a standard endgame build, level 120 to 125 and a fully upgraded weapon are common reference points. 
Staying near that range makes it easier to find duels and invasions, while lower-level invasions should use equipment and upgrade levels appropriate for the intended area.
 Password summons can bypass normal level restrictions for friends, but downscaling does not make every high-level build perfectly equivalent.

• Bleed: Use Bloodred Moss Clumps, the Bloodbite Ring, and armor with better bleed resistance. Avoid allowing repeated hits to fill the meter.
• Poison and toxic: Purple Moss Clumps, Blooming Purple Moss Clumps, and Poisonbite Ring reduce the impact of buildup.
• Frost: Fire damage can reset frostbite buildup, while frost-resistant armor and a calculated retreat help prevent the proc.
• General counterplay: Keep distance from status-focused weapons, punish whiffed attacks, and do not roll repeatedly in a panic.

Status effects are strongest when paired with pressure, not when used as the only plan. Carry a secondary weapon with reliable physical damage so an opponent with high resistance cannot shut down the entire build.

Boss Tips for a Faster Progression Route

Abyss Watchers

During phase one, the Watchers often attack one another. Keep one enemy occupied while the other creates an opening, then punish safely rather than rushing into the group. 
In phase two, the fire trail remains for about 3 seconds. Roll through the fire as it appears instead of retreating across the arena.

Pontiff Sulyvahn

Try not to fight Pontiff and his clone at the same time. Stand in a position that encourages one target to approach first, then attack during the recovery of a missed swing. 
His grab begins with both arms raised; roll backward as soon as that animation starts.

DLC Areas, Bosses, and Build Adjustments

The Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City add difficult areas, aggressive enemies, and bosses that can expose weaknesses in a standard build. 
Enter the DLC with a fully upgraded main weapon, enough Vigor to survive long combos, and a backup damage option rather than treating the areas as another early-game farming route.

Sister Friede rewards patience and punish windows because her phases include invisibility, wide scythe attacks, and rapid repositioning.
 The Demon Prince encounter is more manageable when the party controls which demon is defeated first and brings damage that remains reliable against both forms. 
Darkeater Midir has high health and strong resistances, so learning to attack the head is generally more valuable than trading hits against the body.

Slave Knight Gael has long combos and delayed attacks that punish early rolls.
 A balanced melee build can stay effective by preserving stamina for defense, while casters should maintain enough distance to avoid being cornered. 
Faith and Intelligence builds may need to change spell selection when a boss resists their primary element.

• Carry a physical or neutral-damage weapon for resistant enemies.
• Raise Vigor before adding another damage stat if normal attacks can kill you in one combo.
• Use buffs during genuine openings instead of forcing them at the start of every phase.
• For co-op, divide roles between consistent damage, healing or support, and safe resurrection opportunities.

The DLC is also a useful test for build flexibility. A setup that clears one boss quickly but has no answer for resistance, range, or delayed attacks may need a weapon swap, a different infusion, or a modest respec at Rosaria.

Soul of Cinder

In phase one, Soul of Cinder rotates through four weapon move sets. Watch the weapon change to anticipate the next range and attack pattern. 
Phase two echoes Gwyn from the first Dark Souls, so players comfortable with parrying may use standard sword attacks as openings; the original strategy describes successful parries as dealing about 40 percent posture damage.

In Dark Souls 3, the strongest advantage is not a cheat or a perfect build, but the patience to turn every defeat into a better attempt.

FAQ: Dark Souls 3 Cheat Codes and Soul Farming

Can I use Cheat Engine on PS5?

No. The PC Cheat Engine table is not a PS5 feature. Console players should use soul-farming routes, legitimate respec options, and efficient builds instead.

Is it safe to use Dark Souls 3 cheats online?

No. Use cheat tools only in offline mode with a backed-up save. Online use can expose your account to penalties from FromSoftware.

Which soul farm is best?

High Wall of Lothric suits early characters, Farron Keep is useful in the middle of the game, and Archdragon Peak has the highest reported late-game return. Choose the route you can clear consistently without dying.

What is the easiest build for PvE?

The Strength-Faith Knight setup is a flexible choice because it combines strong melee damage, buffs, and survivability. 
Keep Vigor high enough to survive boss mistakes before investing heavily in damage.