If you get summoning failed messages, check that you don't have more than 20 nodes activated in PvP Watchdog.

Players in the beta cannot connect to those that aren't and vice versa.ģ. While a few people may still play in beta mode, most of the community don't. Make sure you aren't in the Dark Souls Beta. These will display as 'nodes' if you use PvP Watchdog:Ģ. Make sure you are connected to the servers, sometimes for unknown reasons it just doesn't happen. If you wish to help via co-op, you can optimise the number of summons you receive by placing your sign at locations relative to your soul level, check out the 'Area Specific Level Ranges' area in the above guide.ġ. Summon signs can appear within seconds when you both switch since the other channels are very quiet.įor more information about online play check out the guide: This allows you to temporarily switch from the default busy channel of 7.

Most people that are willing to help will use Wulf's Connection Mod.

The most active regions are the LAN Event Regions and Luxemburg. Connecting to others is done with priority to those using the same Steam Download Region (Settings>Downloads>Download Region). State your soul level and know your summon range, level calculator can be found here:Ģ. Tired of writing this out multiple times so I wanted somewhere I can link to.ġ.