Demon's Souls - Locations
The Nexus, the five archstone worlds of Demon's Souls, and the numbered areas inside each world. Each world runs several areas deep from its archstone to its archdemon, and none of them are connected to each other on foot: progress is a matter of which archstone has been calmed, not which door has b...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nexus | Hub | The only safe place in the game and the hub every death returns to. | Between worlds | The Maiden in Black and the level-up ritual The five archstones Stockpile Thomas and the item storage Blacksmith Boldwin's forge The Monumental's chamber |
| Boletarian Palace | Castle World | The fog-drowned capital and the game's opening world. | First Archstone | Gates of Boletaria and the first street ambush The red dragon's bridge Inner Ward and the Penetrator's hall The King's Tower and False King Allant Old King Doran's mausoleum (optional) |
| Stonefang Tunnel | Mine World | A working mine that never stopped, dug by miners who kept swinging after the fog took them. | Second Archstone | Smithing Grounds and the Armor Spider's pit Tunnel City and the Flamelurker's arena The Dragon God's cavern Blacksmith Ed's forge, reached through the tunnels |
| Tower of Latria | Prison World | A prison built upward instead of down, holding the survivors of a royal court that turned to sorcery and soul theft. | Third Archstone | Prison of Hope and the Fool's Idol's chapel The blood-soaked walkways of Upper Latria The Maneater's rooftop arena The Old Monk's tower and its invasion boss Yuria the Witch's cell |
| Shrine of Storms | Coastal Ruin World | A wind-scoured island of cliffs, catacombs and broken shrines, lit by a sky that never clears. | Fourth Archstone | Island's Edge and the Adjudicator's pit The Ritual Path and the Old Hero The Storm King's cliff The hidden ledge with the Storm Ruler |
| Valley of Defilement | Swamp World | A poisoned bog beneath a village of plank walkways, where the plague that followed the fog settled. | Fifth Archstone | The plank village above the swamp Swamp of Sorrow and the Dirty Colossus Maiden Astraea's grotto and Garl Vinland |
| The Old One's Domain | Final Area | The chamber beneath the Nexus where the Old One waits, reached only after every archstone is calmed. | Beneath the Nexus | The Old One's resting place The final ending choice |
| Gates of Boletaria (1-1) | Area | The first area of the game and the one that teaches every habit the rest of it demands. | Boletarian Palace | The opening street ambush and the wall archers The Phalanx boss arena The Cling Ring's hidden scaffold ledge Ostrava of Boletaria's first appearance |
| Lord's Path (1-2) | Area | The long bridge road from the palace gate to the inner ward, watched by a red dragon that strafes the span whenever the player lingers over loot. | Boletarian Palace | The red dragon's strafing run over the bridge The Tower Knight's courtyard Ostrava's second encounter under the ramparts The passage through to the Inner Ward |
| Inner Ward (1-3) | Area | The palace proper, a maze of fat officials, knights and narrow corridors hung with banners. | Boletarian Palace | The Penetrator's pillared hall Ostrava's final scene and the Mausoleum Key Biorr of the Twin Fangs' cell The fat officials' patrol corridors |
| King's Tower (1-4) | Area | The climb to the throne at the top of the palace, guarded by a blue dragon on the stair and then by False King Allant himself. | Boletarian Palace | The blue dragon on the stairway False King Allant's throne room The soul-level drain grab The archdemon seal for world one |
| Smithing Grounds (2-1) | Area | The upper mine: timber scaffolding, ore carts, scaled miners with pickaxes and barrels that chain-detonate when hit. | Stonefang Tunnel | The Armor Spider's shaft Blacksmith Ed's forge The explosive barrel chains and ore carts The lava-channel shortcut back to the archstone |
| Tunnel City (2-2) | Area | The mine's inhabited depths, a lattice of tunnels and catwalks over open lava. | Stonefang Tunnel | The Flamelurker's arena The lava flats crossing Scirvir the Wanderer's tunnel The crystal lizard nests along the catwalks |
| Underground Temple (2-3) | Area | A single vast cavern where the Dragon God is chained, fought as a set-piece rather than a duel. | Stonefang Tunnel | The two ballistae and the pin mechanic The Dragon God's sweeping fist attacks The rubble cover along the cavern floor The archdemon seal for world two |
| Prison of Hope (3-1) | Area | A vertical jail of iron cells, spiral staircases and chained wardens who ring bells to summon help. | Tower of Latria | The Fool's Idol's chapel Sage Freke's cell Lord Rydell's cell The bell-ringing jailers' patrol loops |
| Upper Latria (3-2) | Area | The tower above the prison, opened out into walkways over a lake of blood and patrolled by gargoyles and mind flayers. | Tower of Latria | The blood lake and its narrow walkways The Maneater's rooftop arena Yurt the Silent Chief's cage The gargoyle ambush on the spiral ascent |
| Ivory Tower (3-3) | Area | The crown of the tower and the shortest area in the game, a single approach to the Old Monk's chamber. | Tower of Latria | The Old Monk's audience chamber The player-invasion boss mechanic The yellow-robed phantom's approach The archdemon seal for world three |
| Island's Edge (4-1) | Area | The cliffside approach to the shrine, thick with rolling skeletons that ignore hit-stun and get back up unless their bones are broken. | Shrine of Storms | The Adjudicator's pit Sparkly the Crow's cave Graverobber Blige's camp The skeleton archer ridge |
| The Ritual Path (4-2) | Area | A catacomb of tunnels and hidden drops where reapers resurrect the skeletons they raise and shadowlurkers wait in the dark. | Shrine of Storms | The Old Hero's arena Saint Urbain's cell The reapers' resurrection rooms The false-floor ledge drops |
| Altar of Storms (4-3) | Area | A cliff ledge under a permanent storm where the Storm King and its flock of mantas circle overhead. | Shrine of Storms | The Storm Ruler's hidden ledge The Storm King's cliff arena The manta flock's strafing runs The archdemon seal for world four |
| Depraved Chasm (5-1) | Area | The plank village above the swamp, a rotten stilt town of lepers, plague rats and collapsing walkways over poison water. | Valley of Defilement | The Leechmonger's pit The stilt village walkways The plague-rat nests under the planks The first poison-water crossing |
| Swamp of Sorrow (5-2) | Area | The deep bog itself, where movement slows to a crawl, plague builds continuously, and the islands of solid ground are small and far apart. | Valley of Defilement | The Dirty Colossus' arena The slow-water crossings between islands Selen Vinland's black phantom invasion The plague-resistance gear caches |
| Rotting Haven (5-3) | Area | The grotto at the bottom of the valley, a cave of plague babies and kneeling petitioners around Maiden Astraea. | Valley of Defilement | Maiden Astraea's grotto Garl Vinland's duel The plague baby swarm in the approach cave The archdemon seal for world five |
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