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NPC Mode
One of the Soulsdle game modes · free, no signup
About NPC mode
NPC mode moves the spotlight from bosses to the named characters that populate FromSoftware's worlds: merchants and blacksmiths, questgivers, invaders, firekeepers and doomed knights. One character is drawn each day from 294 entries spanning every game in the catalogue.
The mechanics mirror Classic. Each guess adds a row with seven columns: the game, the location where the character is first met, their role, their species, their gender, whether they sell anything, and the covenant they belong to. Location turns yellow when your guess lives in the same game as the answer, and covenant turns yellow when both characters belong to one, just not the same.
Because characters are remembered for their lines and their fates rather than for a stat sheet, this is the mode that rewards actually talking to everyone instead of rolling past them. It is also the mode where lore knowledge beats raw playtime.
How to play
- Choose a game filter or play across the full roster. Each filter has its own daily character.
- Search for a character by name and add them to the grid.
- Compare the seven columns. Green confirms an attribute, yellow means close: same game for location, a different covenant for covenant.
- Keep guessing until every column is green. There is no attempt limit, and Give up reveals the answer.
Tips
- Role is a strong first split: merchants, blacksmiths, allies, masters, hostile characters and quest characters are roughly balanced across the games.
- Species eliminates quickly. Gods, dragons and demons are rare among named characters; a green Human or Undead tile narrows less than you think.
- The merchant column is binary, so it is worth confirming early with a shopkeeper guess.
- Covenants only exist in the Dark Souls trilogy and a handful of other entries. A yellow covenant tile already tells you which era the answer comes from.
Read next
- The Fragility of FromSoftware NPC Questlines
- Why Ranni's Questline Is the One Elden Ring Story Everyone Remembers
- Dark Souls II, the Misunderstood Sequel: Drangleic, Majula and Vendrick
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