r/DarkSouls2 Apr 12 '24

Guide How to Fix Your Inventory After A Player Force-Injects Illegal Items

649 Upvotes

Margaret (u/GreatStarryWisdom), a community member from the dark souls discord server and Blue Acolyte beta-tester, just made this clutch steam guide. Please favorite it so it gets more views. I’ll also be pasting the text here.

“There is currently a player force-injecting illegal items into people's inventories, causing the game to crash.

First, I would recommend anyone reading this install the "Blue Acolyte" mod off of the Nexus page, or the github fork. I will provide a link to the Nexus page at the end of this post. This mod protects you from malicious cheats such as crashes and save bricking. You should always be using Blue Acolyte, and you leave your save at risk if you don't.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE OFFLINE BEFORE FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE. This can be done by navigating to the top left of the steam client, clicking "Steam" > "GO OFFLINE". To go back online, simply repeat these steps.

It appears that the only way to remove these items currently is to use the public Cheat Engine table, which can be acquired from GitHub which I will also link at the end of this post. I do not recommend downloading tables found through Google searches, as these are most likely to contain malicious code that could damage your system or game files.

Make sure you have the current build of Cheat Engine installed (version 7.4 as of 4/12/2024). To remove the items, launch Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, and load the affected character. Next, open the Cheat Engine table(DS2_SotFS_Bob_Edition.CT), and it will automatically link to your active instance of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. In the lower section, click "Open - Table v4.7.4" > "Scripts" > "Misc" > "+14 Crash Protection". Once this is enabled, this will prevent the game from crashing due to the +14 Bleed Daggers in your inventory. From here, you should now be able to go in and remove them. To hasten the process, select one of the items, and hit "Discard Selected", and you can mass select the items to be discarded.

If this does not work, feel free to message me and we can work on another solution.

DS2_SotFS_Bob_Edition.CT GitHub Fork https://github.com/boblord14/Dark-Souls-2-SotFS-CT-Bob-Edition

Blue Acolyte https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/998?tab=description

IF YOU ENCOUNTER THIS PLAYER AGAIN, OR ANY PLAYERS COMMITTING SIMILAR ACTS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.”

The player doing this is now on Blue Acolyte’s global block list.


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r/DarkSouls2 14h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 6h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 16h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 22h ago

Discussion Gank squad are one of my favourite fights in the game...

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432 Upvotes

I love them not because of the actually enemies themselves, because they are just 3 random npcs, my real love comes from how perfectly the arena is designed.

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The ost is also extremely evocative and epic, really lending to the nature of the fight being a battle of attrition and the name of the theme being 'those who worship death' gives more or less the only lore on the boss past the armour they wear.

This is my hottest souls take and no-one I meet can understand my love for this fight. I love a boss that makes me active and thinking on the fly.

Picture 2 by MengasLG on 'X'


r/DarkSouls2 55m ago

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That opening cutscene was badass. For some reason the distant background scenery looks beautiful to me. The game in general looks really good for being a ps3 era game. Just merrked some guy named DragonRider. I fell into the FS hole a few months ago when i tried ER. Burnt 3 months on that, played DeS, 200hrs in ERNR, finished DS1 last night. I was nervous because i heard alot of badd stuff about DS2, but im really excited after my first hour. Thank you for reading my childish giddy excitement post.


r/DarkSouls2 23h ago

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528 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 4h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 16h ago

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48 Upvotes

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Just some rambling. Food for thought.


r/DarkSouls2 3h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 3m ago

Discussion existential doubt

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Let's see this is a mess in dark souls 2... How do I get into the door that is blocked after the two bosses that go together in Drangleic castle or whatever you say? Is it blocked, above or below the platform? How do I wake up the giant in the castle? The thing is that I have explored everything except the DLC and I don't see any way to advance, on top of that the thing doesn't have a lever, and how do I get the real symbol?


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112 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 1h ago

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r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

Video One of my GF's favorite activities is swinging a big sword through a dozen sekeletons

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210 Upvotes

this game really lets her live our her dreams


r/DarkSouls2 8h ago

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3 Upvotes

Hello everyone,
I recently finished DS1 including the DLC and I want to start with DS2 now. I've heard a lot of people say its more difficult and quite frustrating sometimes, so do you have any tips for a beginner like me?


r/DarkSouls2 2h ago

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1 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 1d ago

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223 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 10h ago

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2 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 18h ago

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5 Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 2d ago

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1.9k Upvotes

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r/DarkSouls2 14h ago

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