The Way of Blue supposedly summons available members of the Blue Sentinels covenant to help the Way of Blue player being invaded. Perceive a human form, but whose form it takes depends on the person Peer closely at an effigy, and one begins to It also weakens the links to other worlds, preventing invasions and The item description for the human effigy mentions this effect:Ī warm, soft, shadow-like effigy. Like the comments above mention, you can minimize invasions while online for about an hour by burning a human effigy at a bonfire. In my 72 hours of playing the game, I've been invaded only 3 times, not counting the areas belonging to the PvP-covenants. That said, there are many conditions for both being able to invade and being susceptible to invasions, so your friend shouldn't have to worry too much. Disconnecting the console from the internet is the only sure way to prevent player invasions in Dark Souls 2.