Dark Souls 2: The 10 Most Ridiculous Ways We All Died

9. Ooo, a New Status Bar!

After discovering to your peril that poison in Dark Souls is very, very nasty and very, very persistent and will probably kill you, you'll end up knowing that you should avoid creatures with poison abilities like, well, they've got the plague. Which they do, so follow that advice. By the time you reach the Basilisks, you're probably pretty confident you know everything about Dark Souls and are getting to grips with the mechanics. At first, you'll probably spot these new enemies in The Depths, approaching cautiously as you work out your attack strategy. The enemy spots you. The battle is about to begin as it walks towards you slowly, then, quite suddenly, it leaps up into the air and covers you with evil purple mist that brings up a little status bar in the center of your HUD. Instead of running away immediately you wonder just what the hell is going on here, let the bar build up and you're promptly killed and revived at the nearest bonfire with HALF of your HP. You've been cursed my friend, and the game just got harder. Dark Souls doesn't even tell you how to cure Curse either, so good luck finding a way to get to the nearest curse-curing vendor without dying thanks to your new half-health bar! Veteran Dark Soulers know that Curse is to be avoided at all costs. We all learned this the hard way.