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Dark Souls III eGuide (Steam) Weapons, Armor, Magic, and Tools Tools

Critical Items

These vital items are crucial for your survival. The Estus and Ashen Estus Flasks allow you to restore your HP and FP, while Embers restore you to full health should you perish, restoring your lost HP.

Estus Shards and Undead Bone Shards are rare items that upgrade your Estus Flasks, giving you more uses, and more powerful uses respectively. Keep an eye out for these on the maps throughout the walkthrough. If you can sneak ahead to pick these up even if you aren’t prepared for another area fully yet, do so!

Estus Flask
Fill with Estus at bonfire. Restores HP.
The Undead treasure these dull green flasks.Fill with Estus at bonfires, and drink to restore HP.The journey of an Undead has always traced the bonfires, and no journey of import has been made without an Estus Flask.
Ember
Gain strength of flame, boosting HP until death.
No Unkindled can ever truly claim the embers that burn within a champion’s bosom, which is precisely what makes their yearning for warmth so keen.Gain the strength of flame and increased max HP until death.With the strength of fire, the summoning signs of Unkindled become visible, and seekers of embers can be summoned to join in co-operation. But beware, the embers may also attract invaders.

Effect: Gain 30% HP and can use White Phantom signs, and host co-op or be invaded in multiplayer.
Ashen Estus Flask
Fill with Ash Estus at bonfire. Restores FP
Undead treasure these dull ashen flasks.Fill with Estus at bonfires, and drink to restore FP.Quite befitting of an Unkindled, an Ashen Estus Flask turns a bonfire’s heat cold.
Estus Shard
Increases usages of Estus Flask
A shard soaked in Estus.Give to the blacksmith at the shrine to increases usages of the Estus Flask.In the old days, it was rare to see an Estus Flask far from its owner, but this shard offers hope, however shattered.
Undead Bone Shard
Burn in shrine bonfire to increase Estus recovery
Undead bones that yet burn.Cast it into the shrine bonfire to boost the recovery provided by the Estus Flask.The bonfire’s cinders are the bones of Undead, and a bone that still burns is a fresh cinder indeed. Before feeding upon death, one must first pray to it.