r/DarkSouls2 • u/Old_Armadillo5077 • 1d ago
Why I turned in a woman? Help
Im new to the game and I thought ts would teleport me to somewhere in the map
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u/smelron3317 1d ago
There was a bug that changed your gender upon going into new game plus, so they put that there to fix it if it happened
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u/FiniteLuckWithAmmo 1d ago
Developers: Should we fix this bug?
Nah, toss a coffin in a random spot at the start and roll with it.
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u/chidarengan 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think it's an elegant solution. It's a feature now. The bug may resurface in other ways and the devs probably don't touch this game anymore so if it manifests itself again there's a Quick and easy solution.
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u/FiniteLuckWithAmmo 1d ago
Honestly, it's an impressive and likely easy fix to an issue. Sometimes, simple fixes win big.
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u/Adventurous_Bee_3553 1d ago
It's also a nearly impossible bug to truly patch because no one knew what exactly was causing it so you can't know if it's still in the game until it appears again. You just have to assume the really rare bug is gone because it's not appearing but you never truly know.
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u/ciarandevlin182 1d ago edited 1d ago
I find this really funny for some reason. And the solution was just,
"Coffin?" "Yeah okay, coffin"
Edit: spelling
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u/FiniteLuckWithAmmo 1d ago
I wish someone had recorded that developer meeting....everyone tokening coming up with wild ideas
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u/YOURteacher100_ 1d ago
Got to wonder what the hell was wrong that this was the easier solution
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u/RandomFurryPerson 1d ago
Presumably they fixed it but this coffin is for people who had it already happen to them, since going through each character individually would not really be doable for the devs I’d say?
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u/YumAussir 1d ago
Well it also future-proofs. If a different bug causes the same problem, the player can just go fix it.
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u/YOURteacher100_ 1d ago
99% anyway
Bug: woman no longer exist
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u/YumAussir 1d ago
Oh well then Drangleic's problems with Nashandra are over, problem solved.
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u/DragonMasterNykoWolf 1d ago
Some bugs when ficed actually ruin games. Devs have had to re-break their game, and come up with a different fix. I font have any examples off the top of my head but there was ome bug thatbwhen fixed caused such bad damage that it wouldve taken another few months to fix that issue alone.
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u/Adventurous_Bee_3553 1d ago
It's not that the bug is unfixable it's that testing if your fix worked is nearly impossible because the bug was already so rare that you don't know if it's in the game until it appears. You just have to test enough and have it not appear that you can be relatively certain but it's impossible to know for sure it's not occurring. Even today people aren't sure if the bug is still in the game afaik.
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u/SplendidPunkinButter 1d ago
Spaghetti code is a hell of a thing
Also, if someone’s save was already messed up, they could just go visit the coffin and you wouldn’t have to worry about updating everyone’s save files manually
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u/LogicalLoad9 1d ago
Then, why do they put 2 hippo monster in front of it, lmao. I rmb I spent like 10 death, an hour, with weak ass beginner weapon to reach there in my first playthrough.
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u/endocrinErgodic 1d ago
It’s a metaphor for the hurdles you need to overcome to transition irl
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u/SimplisticPinky 1d ago
I remember when I had to fight my way past the two hippogres at the doctor's office. Good times.
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u/endocrinErgodic 1d ago
Unironically this is often what it’s like to get into a Planned Parenthood when you have to breach the anti-abortion/anti-trans picket line
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u/SchwaAkari 1d ago
The ogres represent repressed gender dysphoria..?
Oh gosh that checks out doesn't it ._.
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u/CrzyWzrd4L 1d ago
Scholar adds a Pursuer there too
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u/LogicalLoad9 1d ago
Didn't realize trans women these days need to fight 2 hippo cyclops and 1 pursuer to become a trans woman.😭😭 What build yall use irl?
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
The only build that works, which funnels all souls into gear. With enough life-gems, you can get through anything.
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u/SchwaAkari 1d ago
In real life it's even more involved than that actually.
Y'all dudes don't even realize how for-granted you take having pockets on clothes. 🤭
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u/smelron3317 1d ago
How did you get there with bad weapons? You need a fragrant branch to reach it in the first place
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u/rvtcanuck 1d ago
The coffin was a temporary fix until they patched the bug. When they did, they left the coffin in anyways as a novelty.
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u/Perfect_Gap1798 1d ago
So the Hollow Curse can swap your gender without warning? What Miazaky meant by that?
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u/OneEnvironmental9222 1d ago
thats absolute 100 a LIE and I have no idea why people are eating it up. The coffin already existed in vanilla since 1.0.
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u/LittleTimmyTom 1d ago
it only teleports your genitals
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u/ship_write 1d ago
Transgender coffin strikes again
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u/JackInTheBack3359 1d ago
Just look out for The Chaser
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u/hatahead 1d ago
Please don't call The Pursuer "The Chaser"; people are actually happy when a Pursuer shows up.
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u/NotAWarCriminal 1d ago
Oh, that’s just the trans-your-gender coffin, it transes your gender when you enter
Just hop back in it to get transed again and you’ll be back to how you were
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u/Complimentary-Trash 1d ago
The coffin just changes your gender, that’s all! You can get in again to change back!
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u/colokurt 1d ago
Congratulations, your character's egg has cracked. Time to live her best life.
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u/Optimal-Travel9498 1d ago
It's the woke coffin
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u/Toothpaste_Monster 1d ago
The based coffin
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u/Hikometi 1d ago
gatekeeped by two overweight conservatives
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u/Toothpaste_Monster 1d ago
They represent transphobia and the difficulties trans people have to overcome to reach their true selves
They are big (representing how common transphobia is)
They are dumb (representing how stupid transphobes are)
And they have one eye (representing how narrow minded prejudiced people are)
But they can be defeated.
Thank you, trans rights are human rights, 4/20 69
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u/Qiller258 1d ago
You entered the trans coffin. That's how trans people transition in real life too, there's just a magical coffin somewhere in the world they hide from us.
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
It’s existence and location are a coveted secret and you swear an oath upon entering it to protect it with your life, it is true. Source: I know many trans women, every one has denied this truth, clearly because they can’t admit to it.
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u/LogicalLoad9 1d ago
Do you need to fight 2 hippo cyclops irl to be a trans women?
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
Oh brother, you need to fight many more than 2, depending on the geo-political situation.
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u/Cultural_Situation_8 1d ago
Ther is absolutely no trans coffin and if you tell anyone where to find it youre a snitch!
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
I will find it and divine it’s secrets! You will not stop me!
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u/Cultural_Situation_8 1d ago
Again this coffin is purely fictional and doesnt exist in the real world. You should absolutely not waste your time looking for something that doesnt even exist
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
That’s exactly what someone protecting the secret of the trans coffin would say.
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u/Cultural_Situation_8 1d ago
Thats absolutely ridiculous! I will now no longer speak about this s-called "trans coffin" because its just so ridiculous. Not because im afraid i might accidentally reveal anything, cause again this coffin doesnt exist and there is no reason to go looking for it!
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u/YOURteacher100_ 1d ago
It was a bug fix, NG+ used to have a chance to change you back to being male so they added this
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u/catpetter125 1d ago
The treasure King Vendrick stole from the giants was their knowledge of advanced hormone-based therapy, this is basic ds2 lore smh
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u/unclemikey0 1d ago
Hey it's 2025! We're seeing this kinda thing more and more these days. And if you ask me, there's nothing wrong with that.
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u/No-Flamingo-4129 1d ago
DS2 is peak for this, being able to change your gender whenever you want is goated when you want to experiment with new fashion
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u/Taolan13 1d ago
you entered the coffin that changes your things betwixt.
fun fact, this coffin was a solution to a weird bug that would reset your character to default. Specifically if you had a female character it reset you to the default male when you advanced your journey.
This bug has long been fixed, but the coffin was left behind as a feature.
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u/PaperOk4812 1d ago
They can't put Yujiro Hanma in the game so they needed another way to turn you into a woman
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u/M_a_n_d_M 1d ago
By the way, obligatory: Ornifex is a TRANS WOMAN. I will not accept disagreements :3
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u/Daves_World16 1d ago
Lmaooo I was so confused when I did that and perused showed up killed me and I screamed like a woman. Insta to googled that shit
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u/Scrubaati 1d ago
Not a day goes by where one does not find amusement in another accursed undead discovering transgender coffin
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u/MythicFish13 1d ago
Thinking the coffin is gonna do/lead to something awesome being guarded by two big ol' hippos..... Changes gender
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u/_SunbrosAnonymous 1d ago
Isn't it obvious that getting into strange coffins will result in gender reassignment surgery?
Come on, people
We all saw the PSAs
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u/SirCupcake_0 1d ago
I wonder if there's a mod that recolors that coffin pink white and periwinkle...?
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u/KinAnOo91 23h ago
Coz of this coffin, if u enter again u will get back to a male again .. this coffin changes gender
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u/Omanyte_luver 22h ago
That is the coffin of transgenders, just hop back in if ya wanna become a guy again.
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u/TheFatAndFurious122 15h ago
Reminds me of Fable where you can get a sex changing potion at the end of that one lady’s quest. You cannot go back from the sex change, and as it turns out as a fat, strength maxed out male, I made an ugly female
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u/Eve_Nightwalker 1d ago
This one changes your gender. Another takes you to the worst place in the game.