DARK SOULS II

DARK SOULS II

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Gnawing Covenant

Gnawing Covenant

Discover the covenant of rodents

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How to unlock the Gnawing Covenant achievement in DARK SOULS II - Definitive Guide

This Achievement is for joining the Rat King's covenant. This can be found by entering the giant well in the middle of Majula. You'll need to purchase the Silvercat Ring off of the cat in Majula, which reduces the damage inflicted by falling. Equip the ring, then drop down the wooden planks until you see a stone landing jutting out partway down (do not go all the way, that's too far).

You'll find a bonfire once you reach the landing. Follow the path from there until you reach another bonfire, followed shortly by a boss fight against an infinite amount of rats. The trick here is to kill the one unique rat, which will cause the rest to run away. He'll drop his soul as usual, along with a rat tail.

The rat king himself is in the room just after the boss fight. Speak to him a couple of times with a rat tail in your possession, and he'll offer to let you join his covenant, earning you the Crest of the Rat ring. This works in a similar fashion to the Bell Keepers. You equip the ring, and anytime another player enters the rat king's domain, they'll be summoned to your world as a grey invader. Kill them to reap the rewards. For starters, the enemies in the area will no longer aggro on you while you wear the ring. Additionally, you'll earn a Pharros' Lockstone for each enemy you defeat.

Oh, and try to make sure you don't make a jackass out of yourself by hitting the rat king when you first see him. Oops.
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13 Mar 2014 04:21

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Great guide and LOL @ Oops.. I can only imagine laugh
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By Early Blossom on 15 Mar 2014 00:29
You can also join this in the Doors of Pharros area but it is a significantly more difficult boos fight and the route is too, also you will get summoned to invade and the environment is very hostile towards anyone not expecting to have to do a pvp encounter.
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By Calex dEUS on 20 Mar 2014 09:14
Silent Fanatic's guide is great and I recommend following that.

Just in case people got confused (like i did), I just wanted to add that you need to keep killing rats until a health bar shows like any other boss battle and a rat with what looks to a be a mohawk on his/her back appears. Thats the Royal Rat boss, also he can poison you so be careful.

Good Luck! wave
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15 Mar 2014 05:00

This covenant is found in both the Doors of Pharros and Grave of Saints.

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24 Mar 2014 04:21

To join this covenant you have to gain access to the Grave of the Saints by fall down the giant hole in Majula to the platforms below. Wait until you have the Silver Cat's Ring/Boots or have access to Gilligan's ladder building. Once in the Grave of Saints you will have to fight the mini-boss to reach the Rat King and join the covenant. The boss fight can be annoying because there are lots of rats attacking you, I suggest using a strong area of effect spell/weapon such as Force, Firestorm, on 2-handed Halberd etc.

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PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Found in two places. The small room after you defeat the Royal Rat Vanguard boss in the Grave of Saints or a similar room after the Royal Rat Authority boss in the Doors of Pharros (he is optional). You get a Rat Tail for each of these bosses, which is required to join.

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There are 2 possibilities to join this covenant:

1) Jumping into the hole in Majula you will find yourself in the “Tomb of the Saints” location. Go further and you will get to the “Rat Guard Fighter” boss. Rats will appear in the arena all the time. After killing a certain number of them, a slightly larger rat with a red mane will appear. Concentrate on it immediately, because the ordinary ones will continue to appear endlessly. Her attacks are the same as those of ordinary rats, but they hit more painfully. After killing the boss, all ordinary rats will run away, and you can move on. Immediately at the exit there will be a king of rats who will invite you to join the covenant.

2) After the boss "Scorpio Nazhka" at the end of the Dark Forest location you will reach a flooded fork. One of the roads will lead to Brightstone, the other to Farros Fortress. Choose the lower path (half-flooded) and go to the fortress. At the end of the fortress there will be a boss "Rat Guard Commander". He is very similar to Seth from part 1. Immediately kill 4 small rats so that they don’t get in the way (the “Firestorm” pyromancy helped me a lot with this) . After that, try to stay under the boss's belly and hit his hind legs WITHOUT FOCUSING on him. After leaving the boss arena, you will again meet the rat king.

By the way, after joining the covenant you will not be attacked by rat mobs in the "Tomb of the Saints" location.
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12 Mar 2014 21:26

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In the "Tomb of Saints" and "Doors of Farros" locations, mobs will not attack you if you are in this covenant with or without a covenant ring.
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By yaroslav_emelyanov on 07 May 2014 14:49