Dark Souls 2 - rings, locations, upgrades
We've got a list of every single ring available in Dark Souls 2, what each one's special effects are, and where you need to go to get them.
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If you're struggling to track down a particular ring in Dark Souls 2, take a look through our comprehensive list of every ring available in the game.
Ring guide
| Ring | Weight | Effect | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abyss Seal | 0.2 | Hex Power +20% / -30 HP per cast | Pilgrims of Dark |
| Ancient Dragon Seal | 0.2 | +50 HP from Estus Flasks | Dragon Remnants |
| Ash Knuckle Ring | 0.8 | Petrification Resistance +40% | Grave of Saints |
| Bell Keeper's Seal | 0.2 | Summons you to one of two bell towers | Bell Keepers |
| Bloodbite Ring | 0.5 | Bleeding Resistance +15% | Cromwell the Pardoner / Way of Blue |
| Blue Seal | 0.2 | Max HP +3% | Way of Blue |
| Blue Tearstone Ring | 1.0 | Defense +35% when HP below 30% | Belfry Luna / Way of Blue |
| Bracing Knuckle Ring | 0.5 | Weapon/Armour/Ring Degradation -20% | Lost Bastille |
| Bracing Knuckle Ring +1 | 0.8 | Weapon/Armour/Ring Degradation -25% | Chancellor Wellager |
| Bracing Knuckle Ring +2 | 1.0 | Weapon/Armour/Ring Degradation -45% | Undead Crypt |
| Chloranthy Ring | 0.2 | Stamina recovery +3.5% | Forest of Fallen Giants |
| Chloranthy Ring +1 | 0.5 | Stamina recovery +5.5% | Shaded Woods |
| Chloranthy Ring +2 | 0.8 | Stamina recovery +8.5% | Executioner's Chariot (New Game Plus) |
| Clear Bluestone Ring | 0.2 | Spell Casting Time -20% | Carhillion of the Fold |
| Clear Bluestone Ring +1 | 0.5 | Spell Casting Time -35% | Shaded Woods |
| Clear Bluestone Ring +2 | 0.8 | Spell Casting Time -55% | Skeleton Lords (New Game Plus) |
| Covetous Gold Serpent Ring | 1.0 | Item Discovery +50% | Iron Keep |
| Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +1 | 1.2 | Item Discovery +75% | Magerold of Lanafir |
| Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +2 | 1.5 | Item Discovery +100% | Belfry Gargoyle (New Game Plus) |
| Covetous Silver Serpent Ring | 1.0 | Dropped Souls +10% | Lost Bastille |
| Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +1 | 1.2 | Dropped Souls +20% | Merchant Hag Melentia |
| Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +2 | 1.5 | Dropped Souls +30% | Mytha The Baneful Queen (New Game Plus |
| Crest of Blood | 0.2 | Bleed Attack +50 | Brotherhood of Blood |
| Crest of the Rat | 0.2 | Poison Damage +50 | Rat King |
| Cursebite Ring | 0.8 | Curse Resistance +400 | Cromwell the Pardoner / Magerold of Lanafir |
| Dark Quartz Ring | 0.2 | Dark Defense +50 | Rosabeth of Melfia |
| Dark Quartz Ring +1 | 0.5 | Dark Defense +75 | Duke Tseldora |
| Dark Quartz Ring +2 | 0.8 | Dark Defense +100 | Leydia Witch |
| Delicate String | 0.2 | Increased Invasion chance | Titchy Gren |
| Dispelling Ring | 1.0 | Magic / Lightning / Fire / Dark Defense +60 | Royal Sorcerer Navlaan |
| First Dragon Ring | 1.0 | "HP +3% / Stamina +5% / Max Load +5%" | Company of Champions (2nd Rank) |
| Flame Quartz Ring | 0.2 | Fire Defense +50 | Rosabeth of Melfia |
| Flame Quartz Ring +1 | 0.5 | Fire Defense +75 | Forest of Fallen Giants |
| Flame Quartz Ring +2 | 0.8 | Fire Defense +100 | Guardian Dragon |
| Gower's Ring of Protection | 1.0 | Spawns Hollow that absorbs damage from rear | Shaded Woods (New Game Plus) |
| Guardian's Seal | 0.2 | Summons you to different worlds | Blue Sentinels |
| Hawk Ring | 0.2 | Arrow Range +7.55% | Forest of Fallen Giants |
| Illusory Ring of a Conqueror | 0.2 | Invisible left-hand weapon | Complete game without dying |
| Illusory Ring of the Exalted | 0.2 | Invisible right-hand weapon | Complete game without using bonfires |
| King's Ring | 0.2 | Opens King's Gates / Fire Damage +5 | Undead Crypt |
| Life Ring | 0.2 | Maximum HP +5% | Forest of Fallen Giants / Starting Gift |
| Life Ring +1 | 0.5 | Maximum HP +7.5% | Iron Keep |
| Life Ring +2 | 0.8 | Maximum HP +12.5% | Shrine of Amana |
| Lingering Dragoncrest Ring | 0.2 | Spell Duration +15% | Straid of Olaphis |
| Lingering Dragoncrest Ring +1 | 0.5 | Spell Duration +25% | Desert Sorceress |
| Lingering Dragoncrest Ring +2 | 0.8 | Spell Duration +35% | Dark Spirits |
| Name-Engraved Ring | 0.2 | Easier connection to other players with same god | Sweet Shalquoir |
| Northern Ritual Band | 0.5 | Spell Use +10%/HP -20% | Sinner's Rise |
| Northern Ritual Band +1 | 0.8 | Spell Use +20%/HP -25% | Carhillion of the Fold |
| Northern Ritual Band +2 | 1.0 | Spell Use +30%/HP -50% | Aldia's Keep / Shaded Woods |
| Old Leo Ring | 0.5 | Thrust Weapon Counter-Attack +12.5% | Old Dragonslayer |
| Old Sun Ring | 3.0 | Chance to create explosion as damage is taken | Shaded Woods |
| Poisonbite Ring | 0.5 | Poision Resistance +15% | Earthen Peak / Harvest Valley / Cromwell the Pardoner |
| Red Tearstone Ring | 1.5 | Attack +20% when HP below 30% | Aldia's Keep / Shaded Woods |
| Redeye Ring | 0.2 | Increased detection by enemies | Sweet Shalquoir |
| Ring of Binding | 0.2 | Hollowing HP Reduction -25% | Cathedral of Blue |
| Ring of Blades | 1.0 | Physical Attack +20 | The Pursuer |
| Ring of Blades +1 | 1.5 | Physical Attack +35 | The Pursuer (After Smelter Demon kill) |
| Ring of Blades +2 | 2.0 | Physical Attack +50 | Drangleic Castle Pursuers |
| Ring of Giants | 2.0 | Poise +10 | Lonesome Galvan |
| Ring of Giants +1 | 3.0 | Poise +20 | Black Gulch |
| Ring of Giants +2 | 5.0 | Poise +30 | Giant Lord (New Game Plus) |
| Ring of Knowledge | 0.5 | Intelligence +5 | Straid of Olaphis |
| Ring of Life Protection | 1.0 | Removes Souls + Hollow Death Penalty | No-Man's Wharf / Shaded Woods / Felkin the Outcast |
| Ring of Prayer | 0.5 | Faith +5 | Licia of Lindelt |
| Ring of Resistance | 0.8 | Poison / Bleed / Curse / Petrify Resist +12% | Cromwell the Pardoner |
| Ring of Restoration | 1.0 | +3 HP every 1.5 seconds | Forest of Fallen Giants |
| Ring of Soul Protection | 1.0 | Petrification Immunity / Removes Souls + Hollow Death Penalty | The Gutter / Vengarl of Forossa |
| Ring of Steel Protection | 1.0 | Physical Defense +50 | Crestfallen Saulden |
| Ring of Steel Protection +1 | 1.5 | Physical Defense +75 | Lucatiel of Mirrah |
| Ring of Steel Protection +2 | 2.0 | Physical Defense +100 | Looking Glass Knight (New Game Plus) |
| Ring of the Dead | 0.2 | Retain human appearance when Hollow | Imprisoned Milfanito / Grave Warden Agdayne |
| Ring of the Evil Eye | 1.0 | +30 HP from defeated enemies | Sweet Shalquoir |
| Ring of the Evil Eye +1 | 1.2 | +50 HP from defeated enemies | Dragon Aerie (The Pit) |
| Ring of the Evil Eye +2 | 1.5 | +80 HP from defeated enemies | Throne Defender / Watcher (New Game Plus) |
| Ring of Thorns | 0.5 | 30% chance of counter-attack when damaged | Mild Mannered Pate |
| Ring of Thorns +1 | 0.8 | 50% chance of counter-attack when damaged | Grave Warden Agdayne |
| Ring of Thorns +2 | 1.0 | 70% chance of counter-attack when damaged | 1000 Invasion victories |
| Ring of Whispers | 0.5 | Creates sound near enemies | Sweet Shalquoir |
| Royal Soldier's Ring | 0.2 | Maximum load +10% | No-Man's Wharf |
| Royal Soldier's Ring +1 | 0.5 | Maximum load +15% | Drangleic Castle |
| Royal Soldier's Ring +2 | 0.8 | Maximum load +20% | Velstadt, The Royal Aegis (New Game Plus) |
| Second Dragon Ring | 0.8 | "HP +5% / Stamina +10% / Max Load +10%" | Manscorpion Tark |
| Silvercat Ring | 0.2 | Fall damage reduced | Sweet Shalquoir |
| Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring | 0.2 | Silent movement | Rat King |
| Southern Ritual Band | 1.0 | Attunement Slots +1 | Belfry Luna |
| Southern Ritual Band +1 | 1.2 | Attunement Slots +2 | Brightstone Cove Tseldora |
| Southern Ritual Band +2 | 1.5 | Attunement Slots +3 | Scorpioness Najka (New Game Plus) |
| Spell Quartz Ring | 0.2 | Magic Defense +50 | Carhillion of the Fold |
| Spell Quartz Ring +1 | 0.5 | Magic Defense +75 | Earthen Peak |
| Spell Quartz Ring +2 | 0.8 | Magic Defense +100 | King's Passage |
| Stone Ring | 1.5 | Poise Damage +10 | Things Betwixt |
| Sun Seal | 0.2 | Miracle Strength +5% | Heirs to the Sun |
| Third Dragon Ring | 1 | "HP +7.5% / Stamina +12.5% / Max Load +12.5%" | Dragon Shrine |
| Thunder Quartz Ring | 0.2 | Lightning Defense +50 | Rosabeth of Melfia |
| Thunder Quartz Ring +1 | 0.5 | Lightning Defense +75 | Iron Keep |
| Thunder Quartz Ring +2 | 0.8 | Lightning Defense +100 | Royal Sorcerer Navlaan |
| Vanquisher's Seal | 0.2 | Increases Bare-Handed Damage | Company of Champions |
| White Ring | 1.0 | Appear as a white phantom | Dyna & Tillo |
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