Dark Souls III Guide (Steam) NPC Questlines
Ludleth of Courtland
Ludleth is one of the Lords of Cinder. He sits on top of his throne, in the Firelink Shrine. Talk to him early on to see how the small but ominous fellow is doing.
Once you kill the Curse-rotted Greatwood, you should return to Ludleth and give him the Transposition Kiln that you receive from that boss. This lets Ludleth turn the special souls that you get from bosses into special items. Many are weapons, but spells and rings are in that bunch as well! If you don’t see things that you like, you can still convert the boss’ materials into Souls later to try and buy others things or to raise your level.
If you kill Ludleth, you get the Skull Ring (it makes you easier to detect). Ludleth returns from the dead, and he takes the whole thing in stride.
Should you progress Anri’s storyline far into the game, he will leave Anri’s Straight Sword with Ludleth for you to retrieve.
Transposition Kiln
| Item | Cost | Boss Soul Required |
|---|---|---|
| Giant’s Chain | 0 | Champion Gundyr |
| Crystal Hai | 1500 | Crystal Sage |
| Crystal Sage’s Rapier | 0 | Crystal Sage |
| Soothing Sunlight | 5000 | Dancer |
| Dancer’s Enchanted Swords | 0 | Dancer |
| Deep Soul | 0 | Deacons of the Deep |
| Cleric’s Candlestick | 0 | Deacons of the Deep |
| Demon’s Greataxe | 0 | Demon |
| Demon’s Fist | 0 | Demon |
| Dragonslayer Greataxe | 0 | Dragonslayer Armour |
| Dragonslayer Greatshield | 0 | Dragonslayer Armour |
| Lightning Storm | 5000 | Nameless King |
| Storm Curved Sword | 5000 | Nameless King |
| Dragonslayer Swordspear | 5000 | Nameless King |
| White Dragon Breath | 10000 | Oceiros |
| Moonlight Greatsword | 10000 | Oceiros |
| Chaos Bed Vestiges | 5000 | Old Demon King |
| Old King’s Great Hammer | 0 | Old Demon King |
| Hollowslayer Greatsword | 1000 | Rotted Greatwood |
| Arstor’s Spear | 1000 | Rotted Greatwood |
| Sunlight Spear | 10000 | Soul of the Lords |
| Firelink Greatsword | 15000 | Soul of the Lords |
| Boulder Heave | 0 | Stray Demon |
| Havel’s Ring | 5000 | Stray Demon |
| Greatsword of Judgment | 3000 | Sulyvahn |
| Profaned Greatsword | 3000 | Sulyvahn |
| Lothric’s Holy Sword | 5000 | Twin Princes |
| Lorian’s Greatsword | 0 | Twin Princes |
| Vordt’s Great Hammer | 0 | Vordt |
| Pontiff’s Left Eye | 0 | Vordt |
| Black Serpent | 0 | Wolnir |
| Wolnir’s Holy Sword | 0 | Wolnir |
| Yhorm’s Great Machete | 0 | Yhorm |
| Yhorm’s Greatshield | 0 | Yhorm |