While it is far more efficient to grind enemy kills, snagging the occasional item can be a good way to nudge up soul gains. Souls can be obtained from selling the items that drop from an enemy. Mendicant’s Staff can be farmed from the Man-Serpent Summoner near the Great Belfry Bonfire and is a rare drop.
The Symbol of Avarice is a rare drop from killing Mimics or from throwing Undead Hunter Charms at them. The souls obtainable do increase because the boss is stronger, but this is only helpful if the player can take it down just as quickly with friends as they would solo. Running Co-op to farm souls is a bit of a toss-up. Routing has the player map out a specific route from bonfire to bonfire killing enemies along the way before teleporting back to the beginning and doing it over again. Another consideration is whether to route or rush when farming souls.
This a routing method that tasks the player with rushing through the game to kill the mandatory bosses before moving to the next NG+ cycle. For the most amount of souls per kill the player should farm bosses. For players who struggle with bosses or need to farm souls in the mid game to make progress than farming the Lothric Castle Knight is probably their best bet. For players looking to maximize their time efficiency then the best enemy to farm is the summoned Knight at the Dragon-Kin Mausoleum in Archdragon Peak.
