DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin
38 Achievements
1,000
80-100h
Selfless Giver
Max-out devotion to covenant
50
12.25%
How to unlock the Selfless Giver achievement in DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin - Definitive Guide
The following is a list of how to get to rank 3 in each of the covenants:
Co-op covenants (PvE, PvP):
1. Heirs of the Sun. You must give 30 sunlight medals to the statue in Harvest Valley. These are obtained by helping people beat bosses while you are a gold phantom (sunbro). Do this by placing your White Sign Soapstone whilst in the covenant.
2. Way of the Blue. You must defeat 10 invading phantoms. This can be done quickly by going to a pvp hotspot such as the Iron Bridge.
NPC invaders also count towards the total, making this a fast and easy covenant to get the achievement with by just joining and playing through the game. Some of these NPCs only appear while you are offline, but if you are offline the normal ones should still appear. Thanks to GoGoActionTeam for this information.
Invader covenants (PvP):
3. Brotherhood of Blood. You must have 500 rank points at once. A point is gained by killing a player opponent either in the duelling arenas (Undead Purgatory), or in an invasion (where you are the invader). However, you will lose a point if you lose in the duelling arenas. However, the Scholar of the First Sin edition now makes it so that when you defeat a Blue Sentinel which has been summoned to protect a Way of Blue member, you gain +2 covenant devotion.
4. Blue Sentinels. You must have a total of 500 victory points. These can be gained by invading someone as a blue phantom, winning in the duelling arena (Cathedral of Blue). Alternatively you get +1 devotion when defeating a dark phantom whilst summoned to help by a Way of Blue member.
5. Bell Keepers. You must defeat a total 100 trespassers in Belfry Sol and/or Belfry Luna. Just equip your ring and get killing.
Summoned covenants (PvP):
6. Rat King. You must give the Rat King 35 rat tails. These are obtained by killing players as they attempt to get through either the Grave of Saints or the Doors of Pharros. Equip your ring and stand in one of the areas for summons to occur.
7. Dragon Remnants. You must give 30 dragon scales to Magerold in the Iron Keep. These are earned by defeating a dragonbro in combat, or being summoned and winning the fight as a dragonbro.
PvE covenants:
8. Pilgrims of Dark. You must clear all three of the dungeons (Dark Chasms of Old) which are located in the same places as Darkdiver Grandahl (see abysmal covenant guide), then defeat the boss, Darklurker. Finally talk to Grandahl once Darklurker is defeated.
9. Company of Champions. You must offer 50 awestones to the Victor's Stone (Where you entered the covenant). Awestones are gathered by defeating red phantom invaders and various enemies whilst in the covenant.
As soon as you get to Majula, join the Covenant of the Blue - the guy Saulden who will offer that you join is sitting at the foot of the obelisk close to the Majula bonfire.
You don't need to wear the ring or do anything really. Just be a member.
Play the game as a member of this covenant.
Every time a red phantom invades your world and you kill them, it counts towards this achievement. This happens quite often, because the NPC phantoms count, too.
You need to kill 10 red phantoms.
If you visit the cat merchant in Majula, you can check your rank in the covenant. The achievement will unlock once you've reached rank 3.
I misread my rank: 2 as '2 invaders killed' and wondered why it wasnt increasing
You need to reach Rank 3 with ANY Covenant for this to unlock. You need to get two to Rank 3 for other achievements anyway (as you need the requisite spells) so aim for those. The two are: Heirs of the Sun (once joined the need 30 Sunlight medals for max rank – gained by helped other players beat bosses or being helped in turn by members of this Covenant) and Pilgrims of the Dark (need to find the Darkdiver in three places and then complete the small dungeon in each of them and light the beacon, then defeat the final boss). For a guide to all covenants and requirements go here.
For this trophy, you must gain maximum rank in a single covenant. This will come naturally as you are required to max out Heirs to the Sun and Pilgrims of the Dark for some a miracle and a hex.
For Heirs to the Sun, you can farm sunlight medals from Dark Magic Giants in Harvest Valley, or Falconers in Brightstone Cove Tseldora. The drop rates are extremely low however, so be prepared to spend a good few hours doing this.
A much faster method is to simply lay down your white soapstone outside boss fogs and help 30 players kill bosses. I recommend the Skeleton Lord if you are between 300,000-700,000 SM. I got summoned every few minutes here. It also helps to equip yearn to distract the skeletons to keep the host alive. Another great location is the Smelter Demon. Plenty of players want help to defeat him.
For Pilgrims of the Dark, you must speak to Darkdiver in all of his locations to join the covenant, then complete all 3 of his Dark Chasm of Old dungeons, defeating the Darklurker at the end. See Abysmal Covenant for more info.
And it’s even easier to join the Cote d’Azur at the very beginning. NPC phantoms, of which there are a lot in the re-release, also count towards leveling it up.