Does world tendency affect drop rate?

Here's what you get for having Black World Tendency: Raises enemy HP, defense, and attack. Higher drop rate of upgrade materials from enemies.

Does World Tendency affect item drops?

The only thing that affects the drop rate of rare items is World Tendency.

What does World Tendency affect?

World Tendency is a mechanic that affects the difficulty and triggers special events. Each area of the game has its own World Tendency stat, though instead of being represented in discreet numbers, it is shown to the player as a brightening or darkening of the five archstones seen in the World Tendency menu.

Does World Tendency affect character tendency?

Whereas World Tendency has events which effect a world, character tendency has its own separate set of risks and rewards. Character tendency is independent of the world tendencies. Like world tendency, character tendency affects the difficulty, and at pure white or pure black, adds some content to the game.

Does dying affect World Tendency?

Dying in Phantom Form has no impact on World Tendency, but dying while in Human Form will shift your World Tendency toward Pure Black. If you are in Human Form but want to avoid losing Tendency, go to the Nexus and jump off the high staircase to kill yourself and return to Phantom Form.

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Does killing a boss in Soul Form increase World Tendency?

When you defeat a boss within a world, it'll shift Tendency towards white. If you lose your body within a region (which is to say, you die while not in Soul form), it'll shift Tendency towards black.

What is the fastest way to get black World Tendency?

To get Black or Pure Black World Tendency, then you must repeatedly die in Body Form in that particular area. Just use a Stone of Ephemeral Eyes in order to do this, which will resurrect you to Body Form.

Does killing Yurt affect World Tendency?

Killing Yurt has no effect on either World Tendency or Character Tendency.

Does killing Satsuki lower character tendency?

Killing Satsuki in his Body Form will shift World Tendency (-3) toward Black, but it won't adjust Character Tendency. Killing Satsuki in his Black Phantom Form will shift both World Tendency (+3) and Character Tendency (+1) toward White.

Does black tendency make the game harder?

Having more Dark Tendency will make you weaker with less health, whereas Light will make you stronger with more vitality.

What is the easiest way to get white World Tendency?

The main way to achieve Pure White World Tendency (often abbreviated as PWWT) is to defeat any of Demon's Souls' difficult bosses. In most areas, each boss the player defeats will increase their World Tendency by 45%, meaning beating all three will result in achieving pure white.

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Does Pure Black World Tendency increase drop rate?

Here's what you get for having Black World Tendency: Raises enemy HP, defense, and attack. Higher drop rate of upgrade materials from enemies. More souls dropped from enemies.

How many people died from pure Black?

The primary way of lowering World Tendency is to die in Body Form. If a player dies while in this form, their World Tendency shifts towards black by -30%, meaning it only takes four deaths to go Pure Black from neutral.

Does dying in soul form affect World Tendency?

The primary advantage that comes with being in Soul Form while playing solo centers around World Tendency. The benefit here is, if you die in a stage while in Soul Form, there will be no change to that Archstone's World Tendency.

Should I hand over Makoto?

If you then kill him, you get the Magic Sword "Makoto" back. If you decided not to give it to him, he will get angry and also attack you. There is really no reason to get into a fight with him. If you want to avoid the fight, don't bring Makoto with you when you are in his area.

Does character tendency carry over to NG+?

Even your current Character and World Tendencies will carry over.

Does World Tendency reset in NG+?

(This is not recommended for inexperienced as your Character Tendency does not reset going into NG+ and Pure Black tendency you'll get from killing NPCs comes with a number of negative effects to the user.) Obtain Pure Faintstone.

Who is the blue guy in Nexus?

The Nexus Starting NPCs

Straight away, players will notice the Crestfallen Warrior, a blue phantom that directs players to the first Archstone and gradually loses his mind.

Is Yurt the silent chief evil?

If you've played Dark Souls, you'll quickly notice that Yurt looks an awful lot like Lautrec, who's known for being an extremely evil NPC in that game. If that wasn't enough of a giveaway already, we're here to let you know that keeping Yurt alive will likely do you more harm than good in the long run.

Does killing Scirvir affect character tendency?

Killing Scirvir in his Body Form will shift both World Tendency (-3) and Character Tendency (-2) toward Black.

Does dying in the Nexus affect tendency?

If you die in Human form while in one of the five main worlds, your World Tendency will shift to Black. However, you will not be penalized for dying while in the Nexus. Because of this, we advise to always kill your character in the Nexus before heading to a world.

How do you get white character tendency offline?

Defeating all five will move the Character Tendency from Neutral to Pure White (it takes two playthroughs, or 10 kills, to go from pure black to pure white offline). Killing these will also move the World Tendency +3 towards white.

How do you manipulate World Tendency?

How to Change World Tendency in Demon's Souls. Changing the World Tendency in Demon's Souls may prove to be less straightforward. Changing it to pure black is the easier option as dying in body form pushes the Tendency of the World players are in towards black.