Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
Dark Souls Remastered full walkthrough guide: every area, boss, secret and more
Approach the massive painting in this hall. If you have the Peculiar Doll in you possession (obtainable when revisiting the Undead Asylum) you’ll be transported to an optional level. Be warned that once you rest at the bonfire in this world, you cannot leave until you meet the boss. You may want to gather some fire-resistant gear, at least two Humanity, and 50-100 arrows before entering this painting.
Soon after crossing the bridge, you’ll find a bonfire. We suggest kindling this bonfire if possible, as it is the only one in the level.
As you climb the tower in front of you, be wary of weak undead. They’re usually no threat, but when attacking in numbers or from around a corner, you could find yourself losing life quickly.
There’s a new enemy here called a Bloated Undead. They will spit fire from a distance and explode in a toxic cloud if you kill them via standard means. Using fire to kill them safely or roll away as soon as you deal the killing blow. Using a spear or other long weapon keeps you out of range of their death cloud.
On the roof of the tower you’ll find a Soul of a Brave Knight in the corner. Once you pick it up, two Crow Demons will attack. Use Pyromancy if you have it, and be careful of their wind-up grab attack, which deals heavy damage. These enemies can be backstabbed.
From the roof, look for a patch where the snow is melted and drop down to claim a Dried Finger. Leave this tower and cross the bridge to the next one. Once inside, make sure to look for an exit leading to a balcony where you can cut down one of the hanging corpses (you can grab the item from the ground later).
At the top level of this tower you’ll find yourself on some ruined wooden rafters. Jump across the gap and climb down the nearby ladder leading outside. Proceed until you reach a room with two rats and a chest. Inside the chest, you’ll find a Painted Armor set. Climb back up the ladder and exit this second tower, heading for the large, circular tower at the center of the level.
Enter then exit the tower to your left and head across the massive bridge. During your walk, the Undead Dragon will awaken.
This one is slightly more dangerous than the one you fought in the Valley of the Drakes, so once he wakes up, run back to the tower and up the stairs to your right that lead counter-clockwise up the tower. Stand in this staircase (pictured above) and use your arrows for an easy victory.
If you don’t have arrows, simply coax the dragon into spitting his poison goo in one of three directions, run to the side to avoid it, then attack one of his hands or his head during the lengthy animation.
Make sure to nab the Dragon Scale and the Blood Shield from the bridge after the fight. Now reenter the central tower and descend to its lowest level. Pass through the fog door.
Welcome to Phalanx. Unless you have a great Pyromancy skill like Great Chaos Fireball, try to avoid Phalanx for now (and most times; it respawns). Run directly past it and through the wooden double doors to open up a shortcut leading to the level’s first bonfire. Go back and defeat Phalanx if you wish. Scour the area for loot, then head to the portion with the many skewered corpses.
If you head down here in human form (which we highly recommend), the NPC black phantom King Jeremiah will attack. He is a powerful Pyromancer and wields a whip, so get quickly close and go for backstabs before he can cast his stronger spells. Defeating him gets you the nifty Notched Whip (and his armor later). Also in this area is the Pyromancy Acid Surge skill (behind a short wall).
Jump to Section
- Firelink Shrine
- Undead Burg part 1
- Undead Burg part 2
- Undead Parish part 1
- Undead Parish part 2 (First Bell)
- (OP) Grinding for Souls & Finding Goodies in Darkroot Garden
- Lower Undead Burg
- (OP) Returning to the Undead Asylum
- The Depths
- Blighttown
- (OP) Exploring Blighttown’s Swamp
- (OP) Undead Dragon & Valley of the Drakes
- Quelaag’s Domain (Second Bell)
- (OP) Moonlight Butterfly & the Divine Ember
- (OP) Darkroot Basin, the Hydra, and Dusk
- Sen’s Fortress part 1
- Sen’s Fortress part 2
- Anor Londo part 1
- (OP) Painted World of Ariamis part 2
- Anor Londo part 2
- Return to Firelink Shrine & Placing the Lordvessel
- Sif and the Darkroot Garden
- New Londo Ruins
- The Catacombs
- Tomb of the Giants part 1
- Tomb of the Giants part 2
- (OP) Dark Sun Gwyndolin & the Blade of the Darkmoon Covenant
- Duke’s Archives
- Crystal Cave
- Demon Ruins part 1
- Demon Ruins part 2
- (OP) Great Hollow & Ash Lake
- Lost Izalith
- (OP) Sanctuary Garden (New Content)
- (OP) Oolacile Sanctuary & Royal Wood (New Content)
- (OP) Oolacile Township (New Content)
- (OP) Chasm of the Abyss (New Content)
- (OP) Black Dragon Kalameet (New Content)
- Kiln of the First Flame & Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
Current page: Dark Souls: Painted World of Ariamis Part 1 (Optional)
Detailed instruction for the painted world
Sefina Rousseau deck only.
Cannot be placed beneath Sefina Rousseau.
Play The Painted World as an exact copy of a non-exceptional event that is beneath Sefina Rousseau. Remove The Painted World from the game instead of discarding it.
Andreia Ugrai
The Path to Carcosa #12.
FAQs (taken from the official FAQ or FFG’s responses to the official rules question form)
- The Painted World vs Delve Too Deep: Whenever a card leaves play, any lasting or delayed effects affecting the card while it was in play expire (see Leaves Play, RR, page 14). That includes The Painted World being treated as a copy of another card; as soon as The Painted World leaves play, it ceases to be a copy and goes back to just being The Painted World. Since the victory display is an out of play area, you could play The Painted World as a copy of Delve Too Deep, but as soon as it got added to the victory display it would cease to be a copy of Delve Too Deep and would go back to being The Painted World, thus losing its victory points.
- The Painted World vs Fast cards (such as Elusive or Ward of Protection): The Painted World is “played as a copy” of an event, which means if that event is fast, The Painted World will also be fast, and if that event has a play restriction or trigger (like “Play after blah blah blah”), The Painted World would also have that same restriction or trigger if played as a copy of that event.
- Q: Can you use Uncage the Soul on The Painted World when it’s copying a non-Spell-traited card under Sef? A: You can use Uncage the Soul to play The Painted World from your hand (regardless of whether or not the card you are copying has the Spell trait). Uncage the Soul allows you to play a Spell or Ritual card from your hand, reducing its resource cost by 3. Since The Painted World is still a Spell at the time you are choosing a card to play using Uncage the Soul, you can choose The Painted World as its target. Then, as soon as you begin the sequence of actually playing the card (including checking play restrictions and determining the card’s cost) The Painted World becomes a copy of whatever card you are choosing to play it as (in this case, Hot Streak or Backstab or whatever other card you want to copy).
- Q: How does The Painted World interact with Crystallizer of Dreams, as they both replace the discard effect? A: “Both effects are replacement effects, and since The Painted World’s replacement effect is forced and Crystallizer of Dreams is optional, the forced effect would take priority and resolves first. Therefore The Painted World must be removed from the game after it is played and cannot be placed underneath Crystallizer of Dreams.”
- Q:Double, Double vs The Painted World.
I imagine The Painted World cannot be played twice by Double, Double, since it’s removed from the game, but can the copied event be played twice? A: You can absolutely use Double, Double to play The Painted World twice. Note that it says you play it “as if it were in your hand,” so each time you played it in this way, you could choose a different event beneath Sefina Rousseau. Keep in mind this may not work with some events (such as events that become attachments or go to a specific play area) as you only actually have one physical copy of The Painted World to move around.UPDATE: There is an extant ruling that one can trigger Double, Double after playing The Painted World (and target different cards no less). A recent ruling said that one cannot trigger double double after playing Cheat Death as Cheat Death will have been removed from the game as part of its resolution. As The Painted World is also removed from the game during its resolution (albeit with slightly different timing) is this ruling no longer valid? Would the same be true of any card removed from the game? A: Under current rulings, removing The Painted World from the game is a part of its resolution, so it would be an ineligible target for Double, Double. This does overrule the previous ruling.
Last updated 9/21/22
Reviews
In 1924, MGM was founded with the slogan “ars gratia artis.” (By 1932, it also had the slogan “more stars than there are in the heavens”). The signature card of Rousseau is the opposite: art that can stand for anything.
The painted world is an intriguing card because unlike most signatures, it gets directly more powerful with every release. It doesn’t have to combo with anything because it becomes Rogue, Mystic or neutral events.
It also allows ridiculousness, like playing “ You owe me one” four to nine different times and building a deck entirely out of other peoples’ stuff. (One time from your deck, three times from underneath Sefina, one time when you draw it from underneath, and then Quantum Flux so you can get both back, twice.) And it allows you to become the second richest character, edging out Preston with repeats of Faustian bargain and hot streak.
The trade-off is that you’re building a larger deck with Sefina, so you’ll need to find a way to your paintings out. Arcane initiate is a good one, and can be Sacrificed to get more cards. That’s gratitude in the art world.
But the belle of the ball might be double double. It’s what separates the painter from all the other level five capable mystics. Unfortunately, it cost 8XP, four bucks, takes an arcane slot, and you only get one of them in your deck because it’s exceptional. It’s worth it. With it, your sneak attacks do two damage, twice. Your contraband can quadruple an ally’s ammo or supplies. (Infinite chainsaws become a possibility.) Gain $14 with one action and hot streak. Up to six times, assuming you use your painted world only for that combo.
With ridiculous amounts of money, anything is possible. Have an ally give you Charles Ross and fund the team’s Everything. (Although frankly this is easier to do with Jenny Barnes; She can take him as part of her five wildcards.) Run Lola and get a clue a turn for the rest of the game, Or crush foes with Delilah O’Rourke.
Double storm of souls to clear out rooms, even ridiculously crowded ones. But even before that, there’s a lot of fun to be had with the painted world. It gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility, between evasion, economy, attacks, team actions, or dealing with the encounter deck.
Ars longa, vita brevis.
11/5/20
MrGoldbee · 1365
How does 1+3+1=6? — Death by Chocolate · 1324 11/5/20
Oops — MrGoldbee · 1365 11/5/20
Its now up to 9. 🙂 — MrGoldbee · 1365 11/5/20
Speaking of YOMO, you could YOMO Dayana to get extra uses out of TPW. — Zinjanthropus · 216 11/10/20
Expensive but wild! — MrGoldbee · 1365 11/15/20
I just have a quick rules question, when this is used to copy the [upgraded Pilfer](/card/60328), does it come back to hand at the end of the turn if you succeeded by 2 or more? I am assuming not, since the painted world’s text to remove it from the game would stop it from recursing. — jonklin · 512 11/24/20
The Delve Too Deep ruling suggests it can’t come back to hand with the Pilfer effect. The word you’re looking for is recur, btw. — Katsue · 9 11/26/20
The Delve Too Deep ruling only states that the card would return to being TPW and lose it’s victory point. The comparative situation with Pilfer is that it would return to your hand and then go back to being TPW, which is exactly what you want. It sounds to me like it would work with the current rulings. — mrjake1424 · 1 7/21/21
I take it back. I see now that since Pilfer says “at the end of your turn” rather than “instead of discarding” that it doesn’t work. — mrjake1424 · 1 7/21/21
“Ars longa, vita brevis” is a very interesting short story by Sommerset Maugham — joster · 33 3/3/22
- ← The King in Yellow
- The Path to Carcosa
- Stars of Hyades →
