Dark Souls 3 features a total of 25 bosses, each posing a unique challenge that tests your skill, patience, and strategy. Each boss you take down in the game shapes your character's journey through Lothric and your own journey as a player. However, completing the game does not mandate taking down every single boss in the game, giving you the option to skip a good number of them before facing the final foe.

Whether you're a newcomer or a Souls veteran trying to accomplish everything that Lothric has in store, the following is a complete list of all the bosses in Dark Souls 3, including those encountered in the Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City DLCs.

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All Dark Souls 3 Bosses In Order, Including DLCs

Abyss Watchers, a boss in Dark Souls 3

The following is a detailed list of all Dark Souls 3 bosses in order, including their locations, difficulty, and rewards for beating them:

Boss Name

Location

Difficulty

Rewards

Iudex Gundyr

Cemetery of Ash

Easy

  • Coiled Sword
  • 3,000 souls

Vordt of the Boreal Valley

High Wall of Lothric

Easy

  • Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt
    • Transpose to acquire Vordt’s Great Hammer
    • Transpose to acquire Pontiff’s Left Eye
    • Consume to acquire 2,000 souls
  • 3,000 souls

Curse-Rotted Greatwood

Undead Settlement

Easy

  • Transposing Kiln
  • Soul of the Curse-Rotted Greatwood
    • Transpose to acquire Hollowslayer Greatsword
    • Transpose to acquire Arstor's Spear
    • Consume to acquire 3,000 souls
  • 7,000 souls

Crystal Sage

Road of Sacrifices

Medium

  • Soul of a Crystal Sage
    • Transpose to acquire Crystal Sage’s Rapier
    • Transpose to acquire Crystal Hail spell
    • Consume to acquire 3,000 souls
  • 8,000 souls

Deacons of the Deep

Catherdral of the Deep

Easy

  • Souls of the Deacons of the Deep
    • Transpose to acquire the Deep Soul spell
    • Transpose to acquire Cleric's Candlestick
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 13,000 souls

Abyss Watchers

Farron Keep

Hard

  • Cinders of a Lord
  • Soul of the Blood of the Wolf
    • Transpose to acquire Farron Greatsword
    • Transpose to acquire Wolf Knight's Greatsword
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 18,000 souls

Old Demon King

Smoldering Lake (Optional)

Medium

  • Soul of the Old Demon King
    • Transpose to acquire the Chaos Bed Vestiges spell
    • Transpose to acquire Old King's Greathammer
    • Consume to acquire 10,000 souls
  • 18,000 souls

High Lord Wolnir

Catacombs of Carthus

Easy

  • Soul of High Lord Wolnir
    • Transpose to acquire Wolnir's Holy Sword
    • Transpose to acquire the Black Serpent spell
    • Consume to acquire 10,000 souls
  • 22,000 souls

Pontiff Sulyvahn

Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

Hard

  • Soul of Pontiff Sulyvahn
    • Transpose to acquire the Greatsword of Judgment
    • Transpose to acquire the Profaned Greatsword
    • Consume to acquire 12,000 souls
  • 28,000 souls

Aldrich, Devourer of Gods

Anor Londo

Hard

  • Cinders of a Lord
  • Soul of Aldrich
    • Transpose to acquire the Darkmoon Longbow
    • Transpose to acquire the Lifehunt Scythe
    • Consume to acquire 15,000 souls
  • 50,000 souls

Yhorm the Giant

Profaned Capital

Easy (With Storm Ruler)

  • Cinders of a Lord
  • Soul of Yhorm
    • Transpose to acquire Yhorm's Great Machete
    • Transpose to acquire Yhorm's Greatshield
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 36,000 souls

Dancer of the Boreal Valley

High Wall of Lothric

Hard

  • Soul of the Dancer
    • Transpose to acquire the Dancer's Enchanted Swords
    • Transpose to acquire the Soothing Sunlight spell
    • Consume to acquire 10,000 souls
  • 60,000 souls

Oceiros, the Consumed King

Consumed King's Garden (Optional)

Medium

  • Soul of Consumed Oceiros
    • Transpose to acquire the Moonlight Greatsword
    • Transpose to acquire the White Dragon Breath spell
    • Consume to acquire 12,000 souls
  • 58,000 souls

Ancient Wyvern

Archdragon Peak (Optional)

Medium

  • Dragon Head Stone
  • 70,000 souls

Nameless King

Archdragon Peak (Optional)

Very Hard

  • Soul of the Nameless King
    • Transpose to acquire the Storm Curved Sword
    • Transpose to acquire the Dragonslayer Swordspear
    • Transpose to acquire the Lightning Storm spell
    • Consume to acquire 16,000 souls
  • 80,000 souls

Champion Gundyr

Untended Graves

Hard

  • Soul of Champion Gundyr
    • Transpose to acquire Gundyr's Halberd
    • Transpose to acquire the Prisoner's Chain Ring
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 60,000 souls

Dragonslayer Armour

Lothric Castle

Hard

  • Soul of Dragonslayer Armour
    • Transpose to acquire Dragonslayer Greataxe
    • Transpose to acquire the Dragonslayer Greatshield
    • Consume to acquire 15,000 souls
  • 48,000 souls

Lothric, Younger Prince & Lorian, Elder Prince

Grand Archives

Hard

  • Cinders of a Lord
  • Soul of the Twin Princes
    • Transpose to acquire Lothric's Holy Sword
    • Transpose to acquire Lorian's Greatsword
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 85,000 souls

Soul of Cinder

Kiln of the First Flame

Very Hard

  • Soul of the Lords
    • Transpose to acquire Sunlight Spear
    • Transpose to acquire Firelink Greatsword
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 100,000 souls

Champion's Gravetender & Gravetender Greatwolf

Ashes of Ariandel DLC (Optional)

Medium

  • Valorheart sword & shield
  • Champion's Bones
  • 60,000 souls

Sister Friede

Ashes of Ariandel DLC

Very Hard

  • Soul of Sister Friede
    • Transpose to acquire Friede's Great Scythe
    • Transpose to acquire Rose of Ariandel whip
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • Titanite Slab
  • 72,000 souls

Demon Prince

The Ringed City DLC (Optional)

Hard

  • Soul of the Demon Prince
    • Transpose to acquire the Seething Chaos spell
    • Transpose to acquire Demon's Scar sword
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 100,000 souls

Halflight, Spear of the Church

The Ringed City DLC

Medium

  • Filianore's Spear Ornament
  • Titanite Slab
  • 80,000 souls

Darkeater Midir

The Ringed City DLC (Optional)

Very Hard

  • Spear of the Church Covenant
  • Soul of Darkeater Midir
    • Transpose to acquire Frayed Blade
    • Transpose to acquire the Old Moonlight spell
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 150,000 souls

Slave Knight Gael

The Ringed City DLC

Very Hard

  • Blood of the Dark Soul
  • Soul of Slave Knight Gael
    • Transpose to acquire Gael's Greatsword
    • Transpose to acquire the Repeating Crossbow
    • Consume to acquire 20,000 souls
  • 120,000 souls
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Released
March 24, 2016
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood Violence
Developer(s)
From Software
Engine
havok, proprietary engine
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Franchise
Dark Souls
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