Purging Monument



The Purging Monument is a location in Dark Souls III: The Ringed City.

It is a small, separated area in The Ringed City, home to a rather unnerving "sculpture" conformed by what appears to be a mass of flesh and bones, perhaps the remains of innumerable Hollows which apparently have filled up and poured out from an old well.

Its access is linked to the "humanity riddle" and consists of an area with a few, albeit powerful enemies, a bridge, and the monument itself.

Questline
Amnesiac Lapp makes the first mention of this monument's existence and tells the Ashen One how he has been running in circles searching for it throughout the swamp without success, his intentions being to cure himself from his Hollowing in the hopes of regaining his memory, who he was, and what what his real name in his past life.

The player can then embark on a mission of finding the monument and return to Lapp to inform him of its location, progressing with this through his questline.

Access


Finding access to the Purging Monument is not so obvious at first and requires the player to solve what has come to be known as the "humanity riddle". The solution consists in casting the Chameleon spell to transform oneself into a Humanity Phantom and approach the entrance to this area. Doing so will trigger a ladder to descend, granting access.

Inside, two Ringed Knights and one Judicator Giant can be encountered. Near the giant are stairs going down. Once at the bottom of the stairs, fall on the right and cross the bridge to get to the monument.

Services


The Purging Monument provides a number of services to the player depending on their current status in a way similar as Velka's statue does in the Undead Settlement:
 * Request Absolution: Allows the player to be absolved from their sins. If they have not sinned, a message will appear telling them so. Cost: 100×SL (Soul Level).
 * Request Dissolution: Allows the player to reverse Hollowing. If they are not currently Hollow, a message will appear telling them so.
 * Reinstate the King's decree: This option will only appear if Judicator Argo and Halflight have already been defeated, allowing the player to revive them and face that boss fight once again. Cost: 500×SL.

Items

 * Dragonhead Shield