Why do rats have humanity in Dark Souls?

Actually, it makes sense. Humanity's description says that it is found on dead bodies. Rats EAT dead bodies. So you kill them, and you find the humanity they ate.
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What is the point of humanity in Dark Souls?

Using Humanity

Humanity can be spent at bonfires to reverse Hollowing or to kindle bonfires. Reversal of hollowing allows players to summon other players and invade worlds; kindling increases the maximum amount of Estus Flask charges a bonfire provides.
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What is the drop rate of rat humanity in Dark Souls remastered?

Farming Rats

Undead Rats are capable of dropping humanity. With Item Discovery of 100, rats have a 5% drop rate, except for small rats in the depths, which only have a 3% drop rate. With 410 ID, this results in drop rates of 17.7% and 11.3% respectively.
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What does restoring humanity do?

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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Where is the best place 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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What is the drop rate of rats in humanity?

the wiki says rats have a 5% base drop rate.
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Can you farm Humanity in Dark Souls?

One easy method to farm humanity is to warp to the bonfire in The Depths. The surrounding areas contain undead rats. If you have the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring equipped, the chance of a rat dropping Humanity is relatively high. Having a high humanity count (up to 10) also increases your item discovery rate.
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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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Why reverse hollowing Dark Souls?

Being human (reverse hollowing) also allows other players and NPCs to invade you which is a critical part of the fun. You have to be human to invade others. It also unlocks special "adult only" scenes that you can't get when you are ugly.
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Do you get better loot as a human in Dark Souls 1?

You still have a bonus +200 item drop rate even if you're hollow. The more humanity you have in human form, the better chance of getting drops.
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How do you not get poisoned by rats in Dark Souls?

Being surrounded by the rats is a sure-fire way to get poisoned quickly, which will sap your health for a long time until you rest at a bonfire or use poison-curing items. The easiest way to beat Undead Rats is to use a shield and spear as this allows you to keep your shield up while killing them.
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How many kills does it take to get humanity in Dark Souls?

1st humanity - 28 kills. 2nd humanity - 29 kills. 3rd humanity - 31 kills. 4th humanity - 35 kills.
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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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How do you not lose humanity in Dark Souls?

-A ring of sacrifice, activates at the time of death to prevent the dying character from losing human status, any held humanity/ souls, or losing an active bloodstain, at the cost of the ring. Special note: A ring of sacrifice will not save you in the case of being cursed.
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What does hollow mean in Dark Souls?

Throughout Dark Souls, the concept of “going hollow” is constantly referenced—it's what happens when undead characters like you degenerate entirely into mindless husks. The cycle of life and death and rebirth ends; they are just dead, incapable of moving on.
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Is there a downside to 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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Can I cure my hollowing?

If you wish to remove Hollowing permanently, you need to find "Soul of a Firekeeper" in the tower above the Firelink Shrine and give this to the Firekeeper. Afterwards she can cure Hollowing permanently.
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Should I cure hollowing?

Reversing Hollowing

Thus, this "cure" is only cosmetic in nature, as well as losing access to the bonus Luck of Hollow-infused weapons. Consumption of a Purging Stone will immediately remove all Hollowing. Purging Stones may be found as loot across Lothric, or purchased from Yuria of Londor for 4,500 souls.
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What is soft humanity?

Humanity in 'loose form' is added to the counter to increase the Humanity stat point. It is referred to as Soft Humanity by the community. This is shown in the upper left corner of the HUD as well as on the Character stat screen. Upon death, any Humanity stat points are lost, along with any souls.
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Is there a level cap in Dark Souls?

The max level is 709-713 depending on your class. At first, I didn't believe it was possible myself, but once I found out the amount of souls you get from high level PvP I realized I was wrong. A full clear of NG+7 only gives you a few million souls. But killing a single high level person gives you 800k+.
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Is kindling permanent Dark Souls?

The Bonfire you have Kindled will remain so for the rest of the game unless the Fire Keeper who governs over that Bonfire is slain, in which case you will have to restore them to life first.
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What is the highest item discovery rate in Dark Souls 1?

The item discovery stat on your character sheet refers to the ratio of your current item find rate to the base one in percentages. 100(aka the default) is 100% drop rate. 410(the absolute maximum achievable in the game) means you find items at 4.1 times the normal rate.
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How do you randomly get humanity in Dark Souls?

If you kill enough enemies in an area where the boss is not yet defeated you'll get Humanity. It is a way to encourage players to go human and summon help in case they are stuck against the boss. It happens. Most enemies humanity goes straight into the counter.
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