DARK SOULS II

There are a total of 9 Covenants you can join and gain ranks in. Each of them have 3 ranks, and require some sort of offering or action to rank up in. The list of Covenants and requirements is as follows:

(Covenant) - (Offering or event). (Amount for Rank 1, 2, and 3, in that order).

Way of the Blue - Kill invading phantoms. 1, 5, 10.
Company of Champions - Offer Awestones. 10, 25, 50.
Blue Sentinels - Offer Tokens of Fidelity. 50, 150, 500.
Bell Keeper - Kill Belfry Invaders. 10, 30, 100.
Brotherhood of Blood - Offer Tokens of Spite. 50, 150, 500.
Heirs to the Sun - Offer Sunlight Medals. 10, 20 ,30.
Rat King - Offer Rat Tails. 10, 20, 30.
Dragon Remnants - Offer Dragon Scales. 10, 20, 30.
Pilgrims of Dark.

Now obviously the Blue Sentinels and Brotherhood of Blood are completely out, as they have insanely high requirements, according to the guide. No one I've seen has been able to actually confirm how to rank up in those. Company of Champions also makes the entire game harder for the player, so that's probably not a good choice either.

All of the rest are rather easy all around. Bell Keeper is good for anyone who likes PvP and should be self-explanatory once you find the covenant at the beginning of each belfry, Way of the Blue will have you waiting for someone to invade you, either player or NPC invader, and Heirs of the Sun are good for people who like to co-op bosses, and is probably the easiest covenant for anyone with an internet connection and Xbox Live.

Heirs of the Sun


Rat King


Dragon Remnant


However, for people who play offline, and the people who simply don't want to play with others, there is a much better, single-player choice: Pilgrims of Dark. This Covenant requires no offerings to rank up, and instead, you must meet Darkdiver Grandahl in three locations around the world and progress in his questline to reach the full rank. The locations are as follows:

- Behind the door in Black Gulch opened with the Forgotten Key, which can be found in a cave below the door by killing the two Elite Giants.
- After dropping through the false floors in the Shaded Ruins.
- Behind the soul-activated door in the far left corner of the large room next to the King's Gate Bonfire in Drangleic Castle.

Meet him at those three places, and then he'll allow you access into the Dark Chasm of Old, which you need to go into at each of the three places you met him (by offering Human Effigies), clear the areas within, light the torch in each, and then defeat the Darklurker boss. The achievement should unlock after this whole questline.

Also, I should probably add from personal experience: the Dark Chasm of Old SUCKS. If you're not a faith or caster build, you probably shouldn't attempt it. I managed to get through each of the areas as a melee build, but I had to use a soul vessel to respec to a faith build to defeat the Darklurker.

I believe that Heirs of the Sun its the easiest covenant to max out.

To find this covenant, from the bonfire "The Mines" in Harvest Valley, turn right and then right again and you will enter a area with two giants in a "poison fog" and a guy with a hammer on a bridge. Take out that guy (don't worry about the giants, they will not attack). Turn left after the small bridge, watch out for the big guy and eventually you will be in a cave with a broken statue that you can kneel to. This is the Heirs of the Sun covenant. Enter it and now you will get a Sunlight Medal every time you help other players with bosses.

Relax ( ;) ) for a while, enjoy this fantastic game and eventually you will reach Drangleic Castle. This is the place to farm Sunlight medals.

In this area there is a boss (or two bosses you will meet at the same time in fact) - The Dragonrider duo. They are located right after you speak to the queen who ends up saying "...". (I still don't know if anything happens if I attack her, lol)

I believe that the Dragonrider duo is one of the easiest bosses, despite being two at the same time. Also, there is a bonfire right after the fight named "Central Castle Drangleic" which is great.

Leave a white sign soapstone outside the boss area, wait for someone to summon you and you are ready to go. Being three players against the Dragonriders is a walk in the park almost every time. With some skilled players, some luck and patience you can farm 30 Sunlight medals in a couple of hours. You will also get a lot of souls. I think I ended up with about ~150 000 souls.

Offer 30 Sunlight medals to the covenant and pop goes the achivement!

Good luck!

The easiest covenant to max out id say would have to be the sunlight covenant. They are located just past the 2nd bonfire in harvest valley. When you get to the upper room with the poison pots and the fat dude make a left amd go into the cave. This is easiest because it just requires you to help people in coop. Each time you beat an area boss you get a sunlight medal. I'm not sure of the exact number, its quite a few, but every so often just go and offer your medals to the altar in the cave.

edit: not as easy as I thought but still probably the easiest. It takes 10 medals for the first reward. 20 for the 2nd. And 30 for the last reward and max devotion.

I earned this naturally by playing through the game to the end. Check in every so often with Crestfallen Sauldren; on the steps east of the far fire. As you defeat the NPC invaders you will progress naturally through the covenant. I killed 8 NPC chapter spirits, two of whom spawned multiple times which pushed me way past the 10 kills needed for the achievement. Unsure if online player dark spirit kills count (those that appear red upon invasion).

If you have joined other covenants, no matter. Join the Way of the Blue when speaking to him and get your rewards. The achievement after you report to Sauldren and receive your final reward.

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A tip: wait to release Navlaan until after you have completed the game. Then pop back into Drangleic Castle where you spoke to the Queen; Aldia's keep before the dragon boss site; The Gutter near the ladder leading to Havel's armor behind the stone door. The ladder is the first LOWER platform to the left of the spawn fire in upper gutter. You may not see it until you take out the two torch carriers there. Navlaan spirit also invades at the fire behind the King door in Forest of Fallen Giants: on the way from a memory near the end of the game nearby and below the cardinal tower fire. The N dark spirit also spawns in Tseldora Cove at the bridge over the stone spikes on the way to the boss fight area. And he spawns at the bridge just prior to the Dragon Shrine.

I found it easier to defeat him without interference from other enemies. Hit him rapidly with soul arrows and he cannot cast his dark spells. My Int was 67 at the time, SL over 170. High cast speed 186 with buffs. Good Luck!

When your total reaches ten kills, he rewards you with a ring and the achievement unlocks.

also credit to the official game guide

If you're planning on fully completing the game you'll get this one along the way. To acquire all the Miracles you'll need to reach Rank 3 with the Heirs of the Sun Covenant by offering 30 Sunlight Medals to the Altar of Sunlight to obtain the Sunlight Spear. You'll also need to reach Rank 3 with the Pilgrims of Dark Covenant by completing the 3 instanced areas and defeating the Darklurker to get Profound Still and then trading the Darklurker's soul to Straid of Olpahis to obtain Lifedrain Patch.

Essa conquista é muito fácil!...Basta fazer o pacto Companhia dos Campeões e depois pular ou desce no poço de Majula, logo na primeira fogueira queime um brazeiro da advercidade lá, ( isso se vc já derrotou o boss rato).
Logo em seguida vá para a segundo fogueira que fica ao lado da sala do boss!, vá em direção a escada desça e depois suba para o fantasma invasor aparecer,(é a escada que você usa para subir até o andar de cima q dá acesso onde tem a fogueira ao lado do boss).
Ele vai aparecer 12 vezes a cada queima do brazeiro, e quando você o derrotar ele vai dropar uma pedra de oferta, você vai precisar de apenas 5 brazeiros para isso.

Caso queira derrota-lo de uma forma fácil, use uma pedra de Pharros para descer a ponte e corra para ela, use magia de luz Empurrar para empurra-lo para fora da ponte matando-o de uma forma fácil.