We reckon you should either pick the Healing Wares, the Bonfire Ascetic or the Seed of a Tree of Giants. The rest can be found easily enough in-game.
Just like in Dark Souls 1, you can start your adventure with a free gift. Each gift, generally, has a specific purpose and some are definitely better than others when it comes to benefits offered. So let’s take a closer look at each one and see if it’s worth picking or not.
- Nothing: Start without any freebies ( pointless ).
- Life Ring: Slightly raises your max HP (pointless as you’ll find this easily in the main game ).
- Human Effigy: A single Effigy to return to human form ( not worth it as there’s a good amount in-game to be found ).
- Healing Wares: Start with numerous Lifegems and some Poison Moss ( great pick for those just starting out in the game ).
- Homeward Bone: Crush it to return to the last bonfire you touched ( more than enough of these can be found in-game - so don’t pick it ).
- Seed of a Tree of Giants: Turns any AI-controlled creatures into enemies if you’re invaded ( very, very rare in-game but only useful if you like to PvP a lot ).
- Bonfire Ascetic: Burning this at a bonfire will make enemies in that area much harder to beat (so it treats an area as if you’ve finished the game and come back). Perfect for seasoned players and speedrunners as it also unlocks a lot of New Game + content early - otherwise it’s masochism for anyone else.
- Petrified Something: Drop it in the bird’s nest in Things Betwixt and greatly increase your odds of receiving a much better item back in return (compared to a small smooth and silky stone for example) - but it’s still complete luck what you ultimately end up with. Can be found in-game so difficult to recommend.
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