Casting a Sorcery with a Catalyst.
- For other uses, see Sorcery (disambiguation).
Sorcery is a form of magic in Dark Souls.
General information[]
Sorceries are cast by catalysts. Catalysts usually scale with the Intelligence stat, although there is one exception.
Most sorceries can be purchased from various merchants found throughout the game. Some are found as lootable items.
There are more sorceries than either pyromancies or miracles. While pyromancies focus on offensive spells and miracles focus on defensive and healing, sorceries include a variety of utility and augmentation spells as well as a range of offensive spells.
All forms of offensive sorceries cause Magic Damage, which is typically effective against iron armor, tough scales, and other physically resilient materials.[1]
Lore[]
Sorcery is said to have originated with Seath the Scaleless, the "grandfather of sorcery".[2] The ancient land of Oolacile has its own sorceries, which are an "approximation" when compared to modern Sorcery[3] and are characterized by augmenting the weapon or body, rather than causing offensive damage. Manus, Father of the Abyss is the source of at least one Abyss sorcery.[4]
The other Abyss sorceries are said to be discovered by an Oolacile sorcerer on the brink of madness[5], they differ from normal offensive sorceries, which are derived from souls, in that they draw power from humanity[note 1] and cause both Magic and Physical Damage due to their "weighty" nature.[6]
Big Hat Logan of the Dragon School in Vinheim played a role in the development of numerous sorceries.[7][8] During his infatuation with Seath in the Regal Archives, Logan developed new sorceries and boosted existing ones.[9][10]
Sorceries[]
| Sorcery | Effect | Uses | Req. Slots |  Int. |
Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soul Arrow |
Fires Magic projectile. | 30 | 1 | 10 | Ranged Magic | |
 Great Soul Arrow |
Stronger Soul Arrow, slower cast time and fewer uses. | 20 | 1 | 14 | Griggs OR Logan |
Ranged Magic |
 Heavy Soul Arrow |
Stronger and slower Great Soul Arrow. | 12 | 1 | 12 | Ranged Magic | |
 Great Heavy Soul Arrow |
Stronger and slower Heavy Soul Arrow. | 8 | 1 | 16 | Griggs OR Logan |
Ranged Magic |
 Homing Soulmass |
Conjures Soulmasses that seek targets within range. | 10 | 1 | 18 | Griggs OR Logan |
Ranged Magic |
 Homing Crystal Soulmass |
Stronger version of Homing Soulmass. | 10 | 1 | 24 | Big Hat Logan | Ranged Magic |
 Soul Spear |
Fires a powerful Magic Soul Spear. | 4 | 1 | 36 | Griggs OR Logan |
Ranged Magic |
 Crystal Soul Spear |
More powerful version of Soul Spear. | 4 | 1 | 44 | Big Hat Logan | Ranged Magic |
 White Dragon Breath |
Creates a straight line of crystals along the ground. | 20 | 1 | 50 | Big Hat Logan Drop |
Ranged Magic AoE |
 Magic Weapon |
Augments right hand weapon with Magic. | 5 | 1 | 10 | Griggs OR Logan |
Support Magic Augmentation |
 Great Magic Weapon |
Stronger version of Magic Weapon. | 3 | 1 | 15 | Anor Londo Chandelier |
Support Magic Augmentation |
 Crystal Magic Weapon |
Strongest
Offensive Augmentation Sorcery. |
3 | 1 | 25 | Big Hat Logan | Support Magic Augmentation |
 Magic Shield |
Raises Stability of left hand shield. | 5 | 1 | 10 | Griggs OR Logan |
Support Augmentation |
 Strong Magic Shield |
Stronger version of Magic Shield. | 3 | 1 | 15 | The Duke's Archives Chest |
Support Augmentation |
 Aural Decoy |
Creates a diversion to lure enemies. | 20 | 1 | 10 | Griggs of Vinheim | Support |
 Hush |
Silences the caster's movements. | 6 | 1 | 15 |
Sen's Fortress |
Support Augmentation |
 Fall Control |
Reduces damage and noise from falling. | 10 | 1 | 15 | Griggs of Vinheim | Support Augmentation |
 Hidden Weapon |
Augments right hand weapon. | 3 | 1 | 14 | Dusk of Oolacile OR Elizabeth |
Support Augmentation |
 Hidden Body |
Masks the caster's presence. | 3 | 1 | 14 | Dusk of Oolacile OR Elizabeth |
Support Augmentation |
 Repair |
Repairs equipped weapons and armor. | 1 | 1 | 14 | Dusk of Oolacile OR Elizabeth |
Support |
 Cast Light |
Casts light on the caster's surroundings. | 3 | 1 | 14 | Dusk of Oolacile OR Elizabeth |
Support |
 Chameleon |
Transforms caster into an inanimate object. | 11 | 1 | 14 | Dusk of Oolacile OR Elizabeth |
Support Augmentation |
 Remedy |
Cures all negative status effects. |
4 | 1 | 16 | Blighttown Chest |
Support |
 Resist Curse |
Cures Curse buildup. | 4 | 1 | 16 | Ingward | Support |
 Dark Orb (AotA) |
Fires a giant Dark Orb. | 12 | 1 | 16 | Oolacile Township Chest |
Ranged Magic Physical |
 Dark Bead (AotA) |
Fires multiple Dark Orbs. | 6 | 1 | 16 | Chasm of the Abyss Corpse |
Ranged Magic Physical |
 Dark Fog (AotA) |
Creates a cloud of Poison fog. | 2 | 1 | 18 | Oolacile Township Corpse |
Ranged Poison AoE |
 Pursuers (AotA) |
Similar to Homing Crystal Soulmass but stronger and slower. | 3 | 2 | 32 | Trade Soul of Manus with Snuggly the Crow | Ranged Magic Physical |
Achievements/Trophies[]
- Note: Even on the PC version, the Abyss Sorceries are never needed to obtain the achievement.
References[]
- ↑ Soul Arrow description.
- ↑ Moonlight Greatsword description.
- ↑ Dusk of Oolacile dialogue.
- ↑ Pursuers description.
- ↑ Dark Orb description.
- ↑ Dark Bead description.
- ↑ Soul Spear description.
- ↑ Homing Soulmass description
- ↑ White Dragon Breath description.
- ↑ Crystal Magic Weapon description.
Footnotes[]
| Magic |
|---|
| Miracles • Pyromancy • Sorcery |