Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-28293846-20160424153359/@comment-27019589-20160424155240

First starters, Welcome to the Wiki Jethro!

So to answer your question, what you do with your extra gear is entirely up to you, you can  keep the items you get, you can leave them for other players, or simply discard them. I'd suggest  holding onto your extra gear, mostly because each thing serves some purpose or deals a different  type of damage. For example, in Dark Souls II the Manslayer and the Uchigatana deal the same  damage types, but the Manslayer also has an innate Poison buildup. To conclude, you can do  whatever you want with your spare gear but i'd recommend keeping them, might need it someday.

-Red