I've talked to the miracle teacher near the Firelink Bonfire, and I've joined the White Covenant. I've read here that the covenant put some restriction on what you are allowed to do, however, I've not been able to find this information in-game.
Is it possible to figure in-game what are the restriction imposed by the different covenant? Otherwise, what are the different covenant, and what restriction do they put on the player?
Best Answer
There's no way of finding out all of the information for the covenants in-game. Some things are hinted, others you will find through trial and error. For in-depth information regarding covenants I advice you to check one of the several Dark Souls wikis, such as these: Dark Souls Wikidot, Dark Souls Wikispaces or Dark Souls IGN Wiki Guide.
There are nine covenants in the game.
As a general rule, joining a Covenant and following it's rules provides you with one or several rewards. Sometimes, there's also a penalty for betraying a Covenant (killing a NPC aligned with such Covenant
or joining a different one).Some covenants allow you to rank up your alignment by offering a particular item, in order to get additional rewards.
Here's some info I gathered from my first play-through and some info digging. (This list is not complete):
Way of White
Blade of the Darkmoon
Princess's Guard
Path of the Dragon
Forest Hunter
Warrior of Sunlight
Darkwraith
Gravelord Servant
Chaos Servant