With regards to the phantoms - you have to destroy their bodies and they will become normal again (as in not ethereal). You know the first two you see in the room with the 6 or so chests and the Catarina knight helm? When you destroy the 2 bodies on the tables those phantoms gain their bodies back and are easy to kill. You have to just kinda avoid the other ones until you get to a large room later on where the other bodies are located. I'm not great at describing things so hope that helps. As far as the order goes - I think the intended order (based off release date) is: 1) behind the black gulch primal bonfire 2) behind the iron keep primal bonfire 3) the other one (I forgot where it is, sorry lol) And as far as level you should be fine around 160. I did the first at 170ish, I'm on the second right now at 180ish, and I'll prob be about 185 by the last one. I'm a strength/dex/faith build (40/30/35) and am finding them to be really easy. If you want, you can always use a soul vessel and switch to that type of build for the DLCs if you're having trouble. If you do, I would recommend leveling up the club (the small one) to +10 as it's pretty fast and light and you can get it from the hag, also the greatsword +10 (I put fire on mine and it has 280 +81 physical, and 280 +34 fire so that's over 600 attack rating), and the red iron twinblade +10 (use yellow pine resin on it before boss fights and it's a MONSTER). You should have all 3 of those unless you got rid of them. All 3 are great mob killers, but the twinblade is the best boss killer out of those 3 IMO. You'll also want the Dragonrider bow for a build like that as that thing is uber strong (I have it +5 and the damage ranges from about 350 on some enemies to over 600 on others with fire arrows). I would also recommend the watchdragon parma shield +10 as its really lightweight and has great protection from just about everything. Sorcery is fun, but it can get a little hairy when there's multiple enemies and that's pretty much what the DLCs are - ambushes by multiple enemies that do a lot of damage. If you don't want to switch to strength, consider hexes and use the chime of want as that thing requires 40 intelligence but it is also the best chime as far as I know. Hope that helps! Any more questions, feel free to ask. I don't consider myself to be a great DS player, but I know how to handle myself and can get through PvE just fine. PvP is a whole other story though.