Lamps

General Information

Lamps act as checkpoints in the world of Yharnam once they are lit. You may use them to travel back to Hunter's Dream. Unlike previous Dark Souls games, you can't rest at them to regain health, you have to travel back to Hunter's Dream to do that.

Yharnam Headstone

Lamp Name	Location Name	Notes
1st Floor Sickroom	Iosefka's Clinic
Central Yharnam	Central Yharnam
Great Bridge	Central Yharnam	Appears after slaying the Cleric Beast.
Tomb of Oedon	Central Yharnam	appears after slaying Father Gascoigne. Can become temporarily unavailable1.
Cathedral Ward	Cathedral Ward	Located inside Oedon Chapel.
Grand Cathedral	Cathedral Ward	Appears after slaying Vicar Amelia. Can become temporarily unavailable2.
Upper Cathedral Ward	Upper Cathedral Ward	Opens with Upper Cathedral Key found in Yahar'gul, Unseen Village.
Lumenflower Gardens	Upper Cathedral Ward	Appears after slaying the Celestial Emissary.
Altar of Despair	Upper Cathedral Ward	Appears after slaying Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos.
Old Yharnam	Old Yharnam
Church of the Good Chalice	Old Yharnam	Appears after slaying Blood-Starved Beast.
Graveyard of the Darkbeast	Old Yharnam	Appears after slaying Darkbeast Paarl.

Frontier Headstone

Lamp Name	Location Name	Notes
Hemwick Charnel Lane	Hemwick Charnel Lane
Witch's Abode	Hemwick Charnel Lane	Appears after slaying the Witch of Hemwick.
Forbidden Woods	Forbidden Woods
Forbidden Grave	Forbidden Woods	Appears after slaying the Shadows of Yharnam.
Byrgenwerth	Byrgenwerth
Moonside Lake	Byrgenwerth	Appears after slaying Rom, the Vacuous Spider.

Unseen Headstone

Lamp Name	Location Name	Notes
Yahar'gul, Unseen Village	Yahar'gul, Unseen Village
Yahar'gul Chapel	Yahar'gul, Unseen Village
Advent Plaza	Yahar'gul, Unseen Village	Appears after slaying The One Reborn.
Hypogean Gaol	Yahar'gul, Unseen Village	Missable. Location can be accessed if killed by any Snatcher that appears in Yharnam after slaying the Blood-starved Beast. Becomes permanently unavailable3.
Forsaken Castle Cainhurst	Forsaken Cainhurst Castle	Requires a Cainhurst Summons.
Logarius' Seat	Forsaken Cainhurst Castle	Appears after slaying Martyr Logarius.
Vileblood Queen's Chamber	Forsaken Cainhurst Castle
Abandoned Old Workshop	Abandoned Old Workshop

Nightmare Headstone

Lamp Name	Location Name	Notes
Lecture Building	Lecture Building	Can be sent here by an Amygdala from the Cathedral Ward if holding the Tonsil Stone. Cannot access the Lecture Building 2nd Floor from here
Lecture Building 2nd Floor	Lecture Building
Nightmare Frontier	Nightmare Frontier	Can only reach here from the Lecture Building.
Amygdala's Chamber	Nightmare Frontier	Appears after slaying Amygdala.
Nightmare of Mensis	Nightmare of Mensis	Can only reach here from the Lecture Building 2nd Floor.
Mergo's Loft: Base	Nightmare of Mensis
Mergo's Loft: Middle	Nightmare of Mensis	appears after slaying Micolash, Host of the Nightmare.
Wet Nurse's Lunarium	Nightmare of Mensis	appears after slaying Mergo's Wet Nurse.

Hunter's Nightmare

Lamp Name	Location Name	Notes
Hunter's Nightmare	Hunter's Nightmare
Corpse Pile	Hunter's Nightmare	Appears after slaying Ludwig the Accursed / the Holy Blade.
Research Hall	Hunter's Nightmare

Notes

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Progressing the Night: Game Progress

As you progress with your hunt, certain events will trigger a change to the world.

Visual Change

The night sky will change in appearance with every event triggered.

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Time Triggers

• Start - Start a new game.
• Sunset - enter the Cathedral Ward for the first time.
• Night - Interact with the skull of a Cleric Beast on the altar of the Grand Cathedral.
• Red Moon - Approach the pale woman in white at the bottom of the Moonside Lake.

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Footnotes

1. Unavailable during Eileen, the Crow's quest when Henryk appears here.

2. Unavailable during Eileen, the Crow's quest when the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst appears here.

3. Unavailable after the red moon.