A list of Illusory Wall locations in Dark Souls 3

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Illusory walls are fake walls that disappear when hit with a weapon, revealing new passageways, secret areas, and sometimes even access to secret bosses

Illusory Wall Locations

• Firelink Shrine

• One is located at the end of one of the rafters above the shrine, leading to a chest with the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring . To access it, purchase the Tower Key from the Shrine Handmaiden, climb the tower, drop to the orange-tiled roof to the left of the Shrine, and then drop down to a doorway. Follow the stairs to the back of the building and cross the curved beams until you reach the wall 

• Inside the unlit Firelink Shrine, there are two illusory walls that lead to where Irina of Carim is supposed to be .

• Head to a wall connecting the archways .

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• Farron Keep

• From the Wolf at Farron Bonfire, exit the door across the room from the statue and take the balcony around the building. The illusory wall is immediately at the top of the first set of stairs to the left.

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• Catacombs of Carthus

• From the Catacombs Bonfire, follow the path of the skeleton ball. Head down into the room with the rats, turn left, and look for a well-lit stairway. The illusory wall is between it and the next lighted stairway area.

• From the Abyss Watchers Bonfire, head down into the Catacombs, take the first left at the large pillars, then turn right to head across a bridge. At the end of the bridge is a doorway with a short staircase at the back wall that head left. Go up the stairs, then turn left, then the first right. Go down the ladder at the end near the arrow trap. The illusory wall will be on the player's right as soon as the room opens up.

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• Smouldering Lake

• In the same room as the Old King's Antechamber Bonfire, look for the only wall not covered in vines.

• From the Demon Ruins Bonfire, head down the corridor opposite the staircase near the Bonfire. Make a right once in the passage, and head down the stairs. Walk out into the room with the pyromancers, then turn right at the first pyromancer. There will be a staircase leading down. At the bottom of the staircase, turn left. then make another almost immediate left. The hallway is more overgrown with roots than the rest, and has grey lighting instead of warm, orange, torch lighting. After a few steps, there will be a hole in the floor that leads to a giant rat enemy. Fall into the hole, kill the rat, and then start looking for invisible walls.

• After falling into the hole, there is an illusory wall immediately to the player's right.

• After opening the above illusory wall, there will be a treasure chest behind it. Behind the treasure chest is the next illusory wall that opens up a shortcut.

• After falling down the hole, keep moving forward. Turn left at the end of this hallway, then go up the stairs. Make the very first left. The first illusory wall is in the far back left corner, behind the rat enemies.

• Located after the pyromancer room, down the stairs, then turn right instead of left. There is a doorway at the end of this room, but be careful of fireballs courtesy of the pyromancers. This doorway leads to long hallway, and there is an illusory wall at the very end of it.

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• Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

• From the Church of Yorshka Bonfire, head outside and to the right, looking for a large balcony with a crystal lizard on it. The first balcony railing is a fake wall.

• Head out of the Church, down the stairs, and into the main street. Take a left. Follow the street to the end and look for a Lightning Gem. Next to it will be a large stone wall that isn't actually a real wall.

• Take the side exit out of the Church that leads to the lake. Turn around and take a look at the stairs; there are several alcoves, and one of them is illusory.

• From the Pontiff Sulyvahn Bonfire. Head up the elevator, then take the second right to the archway that leads outside. Cross the courtyard and head up the stairs and into the tall building at the other end of it. One of the walls to the left is fake, and becomes an invisible ladder.

• Complete the Anri of Astora's questline.

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• Wall of Lothric

• Head to Oceiros, the Consumed King location in Lothric. Go through the door and down the stairs into the hallway lined with dead bodies. Turn right at the dead end and into a room with a large font in the center. On the other side of the font is a wall that has candles on either side of it and a chest in front of it.

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• Cemetery of Ash

• From Champion Gundyr, head out the double doors into the Cemetery proper. Head straight forward and a little to the right, following the broken up cobblestone pathways through the dark until reaching the unlit Firelink Shrine. Head straight across from the entrance, down into the pit, and immediately to the left of the left-most throne. There will be a wall on ground-level with a decorative arch.

• To the left of the first wall; head to the left to an open archway from the left-most throne. Turn right as soon as possible to fall off the ledge, head forward, then turn right after the stairs. At this dead end is another fake wall.

• Painted World of Ariandel (Ashes of Ariandel DLC)

• From the Snowy Mountain Pass, look for the crypt filled with Giant Flies. Look for a Giant fly that is staring at the wall to the far back left.

• Head down into the newly opened downstairs through the last fake wall, then turn left into another bloody room filled with Flies. Hug the right wall, and there is another illusory wall in the back of the room, on the right-hand side.

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• The Ringed City (The Ringed City DLC)

• After the tower falls in the courtyard of the Dreg Heap to create the shortcut, head past it and a little to the left. There is an entrance to a building at the top of the snowy hill here. Go in, then continue straight until there is a dead end. There is the first fake wall to the left under the decorative archway.

• Head to the first location that players face the mighty, fiery Midir. In the building behind the dragon, there is an illusory wall immediately next to the stairs that are right inside the doorway of this building. There are several illusory walls behind this one, so keep hitting the backwall until the Ashen One can no longer continue.

• Halfway down the elevator from the Inner Wall of the Ringed City is a room filled with statues. Only one of these holds no weapons, and this statue hides a fake wall.

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Summary

Illusory walls are hidden throughout Dark Souls 3, often leading to valuable items or secret areas. Discovering these walls requires exploration and experimentation, as they blend seamlessly with the environment. This guide provides a comprehensive list of known illusory wall locations to aid players in their search.

Aug-25-2025