

Getting to High Lord Wolnir can be frustrating if you have to do it repeatedly, but it’s not too hard once you get the hang of it.

Although we did read a loading screen that said something about him stealing the power of some other lords (these may or may not have been skeletons). That’s currently all the information we can give you. If this happens, you can either take out the skeletons yourself, or bait Wolnir’s hand slams into killing them.High Lord Wolnir is a giant skeleton with a penchant for fancy jewellery, or, to be more specific, the head, torso, and arms of a giant skeleton hanging on to a steep slope, and you have to kill him in order to progress in the game. Take note that if you take too long to break a cuff, Wolnir will start summoning skeletons into the arena, making your job a little tougher. If you’re two-handing your weapon, two full combos should be enough to break one cuff. Whenever he slams his hand down onto the ground, that’s when you go in to hit the cuffs.

If you’re all the way at the back of the room, Wolnir’s hand swipes will be unable to reach you. Since his attacks will likely break your guard if you’re using a shield anyway, I highly recommend putting the shield away and two-handing your weapon for maximum damage. Your goal here is to damage the golden cuffs on each of his wrists to kill him. Then, head all the way to the back of the room until you hit the wall. When the fight starts, simply head to the bright spot in the middle of the dark arena to get High Lord Wolnir to show his big skeleton face. Skeletons come back in a big way in Dark Souls III, and High Lord Wolnir certainly takes the cake as far as skeleton enemies in the Souls series go.
