How do I remove the Pursuer's curse?
I encountered the Pursuer in the Forest of Fallen Giants shortly after the bonfire with the old merchant. I wasn't quick enough when avoiding his attacks and he stabbed my character. Just after that, the game told me that I had been cursed.
How does this curse work? Is it permanent?
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The effect of curse in Dark Souls 2 is similar to the effect that you get when you die -- you lose some of your maximum health and you go hollow. You can reverse this effect by either using a human effigy or completing a session with the white soapstone (either small or regular).
The curse effect from Dark Souls 1 has been moved to the "petrification" status.
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There is no way to clear Curse buildup, outside of avoiding accumulating more and waiting for the status bar to gradually diminish.How do you get rid of curse in Dark Souls?
The most common way to remove the curse status is by using a Purging Stone. Purging Stones can be purchased from Oswald of Carim in the Gargoyle Belltower for 3,000 souls or from The Undead Merchant (female) in the aqueduct between Firelink Shrine and The Depths for 6,000 souls.What does pursuers curse do?
Curse StabThe Pursuer's Blade glows blue and he lunges the sword at the player, if it connects, the player will be in an animation where they are impaled on his sword and the player will then be cursed. This attack cannot be blocked.What happens if you beat the pursuer early?
If you kill The Pursuer on the platform, you get his soul, the Ring of Blades, and the reward souls. He will not appear in the boss room because you've killed him already.The Pursuer/Distancer dance and How we can liberate ourselves from it !
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First of all, in DS2 you don't have to be afraid of curse like you were in DS1.
Curse has the same consequences as death, except for not actually dying:
- You max hp will be lowered by 5%.
- If you are human you will become hollow.
- Once your maximum hp has been reduced to half curse does nothing to you.
- You can revert curse effects by: using human effigy, using white soap stone and successfully helping other player, or praying at Altar of Amana.
- In the late game a character can get 100% immunity to curse.
Note that since your character doesn't die you can be cursed multiple times in one fight, losing up to 50% of your hp bar.
DS2's analogue to the DS1 curse effect is petrification, but petrification is still far milder than DS1's curse: you die and lose 20% of your hp, which can be restored with a human effigy.
P.S. Note that in the specific case of the Pursuer that an attack (if successful) will not only curse you, but buff the boss, which is much more important.
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