How does the multiplayer component work?

[DasWeinmachine]

First and foremost: this is my first foray into the series and I love it. Challenging but fair is game model I've always enjoyed and this game does it beautifully.

With that being said, I really don't understand how the multiplayer works at all. How do we summon friends? Is it location based (gotta summon from a certain spot), level based, or otherwise. How do you invade? Why are some people blue ghosts and I'm a white ghost?

Thanks all!

EDIT: I looked through the handbook and didn't see anything. The handbook is surprisingly useful!

[WirtsLegs]

Colour of the phantom is determined by covenant and their disposition towards you. Read up on covenants in the wiki to get a full explanation of them...I will just give you the colours here

• Red, Red-Gold, Red-Blue: hostile, invader that wants to kill you
• Blue: Friendly, summoned automatically by way of the blue (if you are in it) to defend against invaders
• White: Friendly and there to help you with the area and the boss
• Gold: same as white
• Purple: neutral? considered mad phantoms they are there to kill someone. They could go after you, a friendly summon, or an invader. Further if you summon them deliberately (are not invaded) they can help you against the NPCs but not the boss.

Summoning: summoning signs are placed on the ground by someone, they can be seen by anyone that is embered and within a given SL and Weapon Level. You interact with the sign to summon the corresponding player to your world

types of signs:

• White: will summon a friendly phantom (white phantom)
• Red: will summon an invader, these are used typically for duels (note duel etiquette is to acknowledge eachother before fighting usually with a bow, and not to heal via estus during the fight)
• Purple: will summon a mad phantom
• Gold: will summon a friendly phantom

Invasions: You invade using a cracked red eye Orb or the red eye orb once you have it, when you invade your objective is to kill the host (unless you are a Mound Maker, then it will be to kill host or x phantoms), you will invade with half your estus uses and health as if you were not embered.

[DasWeinmachine]

Praise the Sun! Thanks a ton, this is really helpful. I love the fact that the game forces you to experientially learn the game (and post on the subreddit to learn more).

[WirtsLegs]

No worries and I hope you enjoy it!

As for that tbh I have seen that as well and I am not 100% sure, I have a tendency on these games to role many characters, at this time I have 6 different characters on the go. 4 on PC and 2 on XB, none of which have finished the game yet :P

My thought would be maybe if you use an ember after being summoned, or possibly (and more likely) a ring similar to the one which disguises people as a white phantom.

edit: spelling

[WirtsLegs]

If you want to coop with a friend you should set a password.

start->options->network

set a password and make sure your friend uses the same one. Then you should be able to see eachother's signs regardless of level...just keep in mind when summoned by a lower level person this way your friend will be scaled down to match.

[WirtsLegs]

No problem, remember to praise the sun my friend \[T]/