Forest Hunter
Covenant · canonical reference · data release 2026-09-26
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Overview
- Source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Leader
- Alvina
- Joining location
- Darkroot Garden (reachable via the Crest of Artorias-locked door, or an alternate route through the Hydra area)
- Has rank system
- yes
- Offering item
- Kills (invasion kills, not a consumable offering item)
- Leaving penalty
- Alvina scolds the player and disappears; adds +1 Sin, requiring absolution from Oswald of Carim to restore full access to Alvina again.
- Flavor text
- none recorded
- Note
- This is the only covenant where rank progression is explicitly tracked by invasion kills rather than a consumable offering item, and where the reward structure is front-loaded entirely at rank +0 (0/1/3 kills) with nothing further at +1/+2/+3, per source.
Joining requirements
- Reach Alvina's location in Darkroot Garden
- Answer "Yes" to both of her questions
Mechanics
- Members can invade the Darkroot Garden of other players (via the Cat Covenant Ring) without needing human form
- Multiple Forest Hunters can invade the same host simultaneously
- Killing a host grants souls and randomized upgrade materials
- Invasion level-range matching follows the same rules as the Red Sign Soapstone
Ranks
- Rank
- +0
- Offering cost
- 0 kills
Rewards
- Cat Covenant Ring
- Rank
- +0
- Offering cost
- 1 kill
Rewards
- Divine Blessing
- Rank
- +0
- Offering cost
- 3 kills
Rewards
- Ring of Fog
- Rank
- +1
- Offering cost
- 10 kills
- Note
- Source states no additional reward at this rank.
Rewards
none recorded- Rank
- +2
- Offering cost
- 30 kills
- Note
- Source states no additional reward at this rank.
Rewards
none recorded- Rank
- +3
- Offering cost
- 80 kills
- Note
- Source states no additional reward at this rank.
Rewards
none recordedUnique items
- Cat Covenant Ring
- Access to the merchant Shiva of the East