They often appear in large groups and can be broken with a weapon if they are blocking your path (which has no effect on the person who was cursed in their world, as they are already dead). These statues, which are made of spikey, dark grey stone, show human figures in a variety of agonized poses and are a good warning that one is in or approaching a Basilisk area. For example, players that help a host defeat the Bell Gargoyles in the Undead Parish will usually be returned to their own worlds in time to hear when the host then rings the bell in their world.Īlso if a player gets cursed by Basilisk enemies their body gets turned into a statue that can be seen by other players.
Hearing someone else's victory is intended to stimulate other player's own drive to succeed. There are two known 'Bells' in the world of Dark Souls that must be rung at some point in a players quest to learn how to break the curse of the undead.' When someone rings a bell, the sound reverberates to players nearby in the network who are in the same area.
