# Dark Stalker

<div id="bkmrk-aka-darkdweller-gene">aka Darkdweller

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##### General

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**No-man's Wharf**  
<table><tr><th>Bonfire Intensity</th><th>HP</th><th>Souls</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>620</td><td>370</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>1125</td><td>740</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>2200</td><td>1480</td></tr></table>

**Drangleic Castle**  
<table><tr><th>Bonfire Intensity</th><th>HP</th><th>Souls</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>~1050</td><td>370</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>~2100</td><td>740</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr></table>

- If you annoy them long enough with a torch, they'll overcome their fear, signaled by roaring and clawing the air.
- The ones in Gavlan's hideout are dauntless and don't shy from light sources.
- Can be parried and riposted, complete with custom animations.

##### Location

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**No-man's Wharf**  
They lurk just outside various buildings but will hide inside if the wharf is lit up.

**Drangleic Castle**  
One is found in the pit that leads to the Under Drangleic Castle bonfire.

##### Drops

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- Tattered Cloth Set
- Longsword
- Broadsword
- Radiant Lifegem
- Judgment Set (Drangleic Castle only)

##### Weakness

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<table><tr><td>Weakness</td><td>Effectiveness</td></tr><tr><td>Strike</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td>Thrust</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td>Slash</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td>Projectile</td><td>100%</td></tr></table>

##### Resistance

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<table><tr><td>Resistance</td><td>Reduction</td></tr><tr><td>Fire</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Magic</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Lightning</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Dark</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>Poison</td><td>Susceptible</td></tr><tr><td>Bleed</td><td>Susceptible</td></tr></table>

##### Attacks

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<table><tr><td>Attack</td><td>Description</td></tr><tr><td>Wide Sweep</td><td>The stalker sweeps from left to right wildly. Causes Bleed.</td></tr><tr><td>Overhead Bash</td><td>The stalker strikes the player from overhead with it's gangly arms. Causes Bleed.</td></tr></table>

##### Strategies

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- Despite their size, they can be backstabbed.
- They hate light. They cower and retreat from anyone with a Torch, too afraid to fight back. The ones in the open also scamper off to hide indoors if you activate the Pharros contraption that lights up the cavern.
- Standing and tanking their attacks is a quick way to get hit by a Bleed effect that eats your health and prevents you from fleeing. Evade their swings instead.

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