Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-3514681-20140509211653/@comment-6003396-20140509232805

Human Effigies are not infinite, though. Even as drops, as enemies will stop respawning after a while and there are only so many Bonfire Ascetics. If you are conservative with how and when you use them, you'll be fine. If you use one after every death, you'll probably run out.