Jumping in the Souls series can be a bit confusing. Dark Souls 3 has a dedicated jump button but requires the player to be sprinting to do so. There are jump attacks as well that the player can perform while standing still, but these mechanics won’t be useful for any parkour.

How to jump in Dark Souls 3

To perform a jump, players must be in the middle of a sprint, or dash.

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How to jump attack in Dark Souls 3

Players have two forms of jump attacks in Dark Souls 3. The first of which is aplunging attackthat can be performed when falling with alightorheavyattack.

The second method of performing jump attacks is more direct. Players can pressforwardandheavy attackto jump attack. Different weapons will have different animations for this and players will have to input thesesimultaneously.

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