What is the reason to reverse hollowing?

Reversing hollowing means you stop looking like beef jerky, and can use online features like summoning and invasions (Also for some NPC stuff), also at the cost of a humanity. No. Becoming human (that's what reverse-hollowing means) means that you can summon other players and your world can be invaded.
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Is there any reason to reverse hollowing?

There are certain points in the game where you want to be human (reverse hollowing) so you can be invaded by an NPC enemy. You kill that enemy and get nice loot. This will happen several times throughout the game. There are also times when you can summon an NPC or/and human players to help you fight bosses.
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How does reverse hollowing work?

Reversing hollowing makes you human (i.e. non-wrinkly-dead looking) and you can summon phantoms in that form. Cists one humanity. Kindling a bonfire costs another humanity and can only be done in human form. You can only use humanity for these actions in its liquid form.
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Does reverse hollowing increase item discovery?

Note: you don't need to reverse hollowing for max item discovery, just have 10 humanity in the counter to the left of your health. Anything that increase you item discovery in other words yes.
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What is the purpose of humanity in Dark Souls?

Typically, humanity in Dark Souls is mainly about the online element of the game; you use it to become human and be able to interact with other players in some way, be it cooperatively or to stab your fellow Chosen Undead in the face. Or the back.
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Should you restore humanity in Dark Souls?

Reverse Hollowing and restore your humanity, and you'll be able to summon other players into your game. They'll help you. The downside of restoring your humanity is that it makes you vulnerable to invasion. Other players can appear in your game uninvited and kill you.
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Is it better to be human in Dark Souls?

No real advantage to being human, besides being able to summon other players. And no, being human doesn't raise drop rate, having soft humanity increases stats and drop rate. holding soft humanity gives advantages, not being human.
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Is reverse hollowing permanent?

Reversing Hollowing

However, because they still possess Dark Sigils, they will resume Hollowing with each subsequent death, making the effect temporary. Thus, this "cure" is only cosmetic in nature, as well as losing access to the bonus Luck of Hollow-infused weapons.
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Why do I sometimes get 10 Estus flasks?

If there is a visible Firekeeper who controls the flame of a Bonfire, that fire as standard will give you ten Estus Flasks. All other standard Bonfires will give you 5.
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What happens if you reverse hollowing in Dark Souls 1?

Reversing hollowing means you stop looking like beef jerky, and can use online features like summoning and invasions (Also for some NPC stuff), also at the cost of a humanity.
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What is the downside of hollowing?

Hollowing has no negative effects on gameplay. However, it is required for certain NPC questlines and provides a bonus to luck when wielding Hollow weapons with a hollowing level of at least 15. Hollowing can be temporarily cured by paying the Statue of Velka to reverse hollowing, or by consuming a Purging Stone.
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How do you get all 5 Dark Sigils?

Every time you get your true strength drawn out, you will gain another Dark Sigil, up to a total of five. To get more Dark Sigils, you must accumulate Hollowing by dying. The first one can be gained by simply talking to Yoel, the second at 2 Hollowing, another at 6, 12, and finally 16 Hollowing.
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Can you reverse hollowing while cursed?

While Cursed, you'll have your total HP reduced by 50 percent, there will be a skull in the top-left corner of the screen where you'd usually see your Humanity counter, you won't be able to reverse Hollowing or Kindle Bonfires, and the Curse will persist even when you die and revive.
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How much humanity does it take to reverse hollowing?

Provided you have +1 in your Humanity total, resting at a bonfire will allow you to reverse the effects of Hollow, transforming you from Undead into Human. But what is the point of doing this? Does it have any purpose other than transforming you from a charred husk into a normal looking guy or gal?
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What does hollowing do?

Hollowing is caused by the Dark Sigil brand and turns player characters into zombie-like creatures after it reaches a certain level or counter—15, to be specific. This Hollowing increases after subsequent deaths.
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What happens if you reverse hollowing in Dark Souls 3?

Reversing Hollowing

The player can reset their Hollowing counter back to zero (and un-shrivel their appearance) by using a Purging Stone. Purging Stones will only reset the player's Hollowing and do not remove the Dark Sigil, and using a Purging Stone will not abort Yuria of Londor's questline.
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How did I get 20 Estus Flasks?

The Bonfires with a Fire Keeper present is kindled by default, providing 10 flasks. After acquiring the Rite of Kindling the bonfires can be kindled again for a total of 15 "swigs", and a third time for a maximum amount of 20.
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Do bonfires stay kindled?

They sure do. Make sure you go through and kindle the important ones up to 20, because NG+ is much harder. I would also advise you go around and kill all the NPCs as well, since your guilt is reset. Plenty of free humanity and fire keeper souls, just don't kill your covenant leader since your current one won't reset.
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Is kindling permanent?

Kindling is essentially a permanent change in the sensitivity of the brain to a stimulus. It therefore follows that the biological basis for kindling must be a permanent change. Permanent changes in neurotransmitter levels or receptor parameters have not been conclusively demonstrated in kindling.
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What is the easiest way to get humanity in Dark Souls?

An easy way to farm humanity is to kill sewer rats in the Depths. (Does not require the Gaping Dragon to be alive) After you kill the Capra Demon and get the key to the Depths, make your way through until you encounter the bonfire. From the bonfire, continue through the Depths killing every single rat you see.
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Should you heal Dark Sigil?

It depends if you're following a certain questline and if you haven't started it or if Yuria isn't at your Firelink, then you don't have to worry about it. If you want the Lord of Hollows ending, then you absolutely do NOT want to heal the Dark Sigil. "Struggle against these holy chains... Shining Bind!"
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Is the ashen one undead?

The Ashen One is an Unkindled, an Undead that failed to link the First Flame and became ash, that has been raised from their grave and is tasked with a journey to defeat all of the Lords of Cinder and return them to their thrones, since the link of the Flame is threatened and the Lords refuse to serve as its fuel once ...
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Are we the villain in Dark Souls?

Gwyn is often categorized as Dark Souls' central bad guy, but looking more closely it seems the true villain might in fact be the player themselves. The unique, often ambiguous story telling in Dark Souls can make players question who exactly is the central villain in the game.
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Does dying matter in Dark Souls?

What do you lose when you die in Dark Souls? You lose souls that you've collected from defeating enemies & bosses. However, they can be recovered if you go to the spot where you previously died. If you die while getting to that spot, those souls are gone forever.
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What happened to the humans in Dark Souls?

The reason all humans are dead: Humans are all connected to the abyss, through ancient primordial people. The abyss is physical darkness. When Gwyn, the god of sunlight, saw the primoridal people hanging out in the abyss, he bestowed upon them fire.
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