red sign soapstone. Or purple. Found in
cathedral of the deep near the covenant located there.
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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red sign soapstone. Or purple. Found in
Worldshaker
Member
Welp, thats it! Game completed with all secret areas included.
crazy I actually finished this like 10 hours faster than Bloodborne.
Not sure why my level got so high. I didn't even use the five free levels from that one NPC. I just almost never lost my souls, explored a lot for the Souls of Soldiers, and always used Boss Souls towards my leveling up.
I had a very basic Knight build. I used the initial long sword for the entire game, focusing on Strength, Vigor, and Endurance. With a high combo of that, you can beat just about anything. I also found every single Estus Shard and Undead Bone Shard for maximum survivablity.
I used the Elite Knight gear once I stole that from Inra, until way late in the game where the Faaram Armor becomes available as you see in the above picture. Got one of the "bad" endings, you'll know when you see it.
I'd say the hardest bosses were definitely NK, 2P, CG, DR, and the Dancer. Actually one-shotted the Abyss Walkers and the final boss, with the former I had no estus left so it was close. With the latter, I was just totally out of his league and was Embered up from beating NK. Still got to see a lot of his moveset and it was a fun finale.
Really dope game, cant wait for the DLC!
I finally beat the game tonight. Took me around 35-40 hours give or take (clock reads 48, but i've let my character sit idle for at least 3 of those). I also spent some time Sunbroing it up to get my 30 medals (all on the last few bosses) and I grinded a little bit just to make sure I bought every merchant out before I jump into NG+
I went in blind, and had to go on an internet black out to avoid spoilers. I took my time and explored everything, and even obsessed over exploring every nook and cranny.
That said I find 15 hours to be extremely fast unless you watched a walkthrough/YouTuber/Twitch player. I'm not here to judge the way you play but damn that's pretty quick!
SymbiantXenos
Member
Solo'd high lord on NG+
Go to the bonfire at PS and continue on.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Admittingly, I did look up how to find the secret areas, cuz there was noooo way I was finding them otherwise.
Like I said, the Strength build based around the Knight means you're never in a bad situation. The Longsword is always good and there's 100% Physical Resistance shields available very early on that will hold you the entire game. There's also a Ring that gives you +5 strength which is just crazy. You can do a lot of damage with one hand Heavy Longsword +10, and by focusing on one weapon the whole game you can just give all the many, many upgrade materials to it. Having high stamina means I can do a lot of attacks/rolls, and I had the Stamina regen ring that made it come back faster. Never took off the Life Ring I got from the beginning of the game that gave you a 7% health bonus, thats always good the entire game. And finally, I used a ring that gave me 10% attack bonus when I had full health.
So a combination of that means I can basically stunlock/kill enemies in one combo AND still roll away from enemies. The high stamina/regen means I got to sprint around a lot, less downtime. And again, I got all the Estus Shards/Undead Bone Shards, so I had maximum survivablity. I also did a lot of exploration for Souls, and used them all towards upgrading except for buying the Elite Knight/Faaram Knight armors and upgrading my Longsword/Crest Shield that I used the entire game.
Finally, I did one NPC summon for the
Consumed King
edit: and I also fucked up EVERY NPC storyline. I killed Anri early so I could get her Elite Knight armor, Sieg didnt show up later , Geriat never came back, and I didnt want to be hollow so I never talked to that guy with the dark sigil
checkeredknight
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SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Another beautiful bridge trap to even the odds against a gliding host.
eot
Banned
I'm level 40-something just under 10 hours heh. And I have in no way been rushing.
Haven't lost any souls though.
DealWithIt
Member
I'm level 45 splitting my time between
. I have to say I found the exploration in this game to be very pleasing maybe even up with dark souls 1. People were complaining that the game is linear but I do enjoy how you see the entire world map spiral around itself as you descend. Generally I feel like the design is intricate and interesting.
demon ruins and Cathedral of the deep.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Hmm aww I just realized when I defeat enemies, it no longer makes the "soul draining" sound with the white light and my soul counter going up like the other two games. Does DS3 remove that effect? That's kind of weird?
I oddly miss it
I oddly miss it
eot
Banned
Not sure which one you got
If you're at the one up a long slope, then turn maybe 130 degrees right and walk towards the giant pillar holding up the bridge. On one side of it there's a ladder.
I've explored that area already, am I missing something,
does this have to do with gwindolin's chamber?
Jeffolation
Banned
Is there any benefit from having an equipment load under %50 or %60? I can't tell if I'm moving any quicker when I adjust down %10.
Those are some BS stats LMAO!Welp, thats it! Game completed with all secret areas included.
crazy I actually finished this like 10 hours faster than Bloodborne.
Not sure why my level got so high. I didn't even use the five free levels from that one NPC. I just almost never lost my souls, explored a lot for the Souls of Soldiers, and always used Boss Souls towards my leveling up.
I had a very basic Knight build. I used the initial long sword for the entire game, focusing on Strength, Vigor, and Endurance. With a high combo of that, you can beat just about anything. I also found every single Estus Shard and Undead Bone Shard for maximum survivablity.
I used the Elite Knight gear once I stole that from Inra, until way late in the game where the Faaram Armor becomes available as you see in the above picture. Got one of the "bad" endings, you'll know when you see it.
I'd say the hardest bosses were definitely NK, 2P, CG, DR, and the Dancer. Actually one-shotted the Abyss Walkers and the final boss, with the former I had no estus left so it was close. With the latter, I was just totally out of his league and was Embered up from beating NK. Still got to see a lot of his moveset and it was a fun finale.
Really dope game, cant wait for the DLC!
I am at 15 hours right now but I just finished the boss in
Anor Londo after also beating the Giant so I have 3 Lords down.
I have messed up every questline except that Aria(?) quest. I always play the Souls games blind first.
Ghostmaster
Member
There is a path from that bonfire that leads to aldritch,
you have to go by roof,once you pass the garden with the giants, try to get to the archers
OniBarubary
Banned
Wait whoa hold on, I just beat Abyss Watchers and come back to Firelink and
What the hell?!
turtle dude is dead?!
What the hell?!
Who killed turtle guy?! Was it that princess' bodyguard asshole?
Ghostmaster
Member
He just dies
once you reach the catacombs, no one killed him. Old age
Can you tell how that weapon compares to the Battle Axe at Higher level? I really like the Battle Axe's move set and damage but the healing ability is nice.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I like to think the death of an Lord of Cinder just filled him despair and he couldn't handle it no more.
Nocturnowl
Member
Have you considered dropping this bomb in the lore thread?
The perfect Dark
Banned
ViewtifulJC
Banned
gonna wait for VaatiVidya to steal this explanation so I can say I said it first
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Does your Hollow status carry over into NG+?
It'll cost me damned near 600k to heal it now in the post-game.
It'll cost me damned near 600k to heal it now in the post-game.
In Undead Settlement, there was a cage of corpses behind one of the houses where those dart blowing dwarfs are. I attacked and killed him even though the signs said he was a friend. What was his purpose? He never respawned and the other cages nearly killed me.
I hate how you can ruin your save file in this game.
I hate how you can ruin your save file in this game.
Ghostmaster
Member
once you go through the door straight from ponitff's bonfire, head left and up the stairs, go across the garden and up the tower and then go up the roof to reach the archers and try to get to the tower with an elevator should be easy to see, if the room you're talkibg about is on the roof, the tower should be near, you might need to do some dropping from the roof to a more convient roof, can't quite remember
later on there is an area where everyone likes to put down summon signs for PVP
ViewtifulJC
Banned
whoever that dude who made them random death-curling screams in the dungeon area
fuck you
TemplaerDude
Member
Welp, thats it! Game completed with all secret areas included.
crazy I actually finished this like 10 hours faster than Bloodborne.
Not sure why my level got so high. I didn't even use the five free levels from that one NPC. I just almost never lost my souls, explored a lot for the Souls of Soldiers, and always used Boss Souls towards my leveling up.
I had a very basic Knight build. I used the initial long sword for the entire game, focusing on Strength, Vigor, and Endurance. With a high combo of that, you can beat just about anything. I also found every single Estus Shard and Undead Bone Shard for maximum survivablity.
I used the Elite Knight gear once I stole that from Inra, until way late in the game where the Faaram Armor becomes available as you see in the above picture. Got one of the "bad" endings, you'll know when you see it.
I'd say the hardest bosses were definitely NK, 2P, CG, DR, and the Dancer. Actually one-shotted the Abyss Walkers and the final boss, with the former I had no estus left so it was close. With the latter, I was just totally out of his league and was Embered up from beating NK. Still got to see a lot of his moveset and it was a fun finale.
Really dope game, cant wait for the DLC!
Dude, that's fucking nuts, great job.
For crying out loud, though, I'm 18 hours in and only at the C
atacombs of
arthus!!!!
Pound_lb003
Member
What the fuck is that thing in the jail.
What does it do?
Will it ever attack me? Gives me the creeps.
What does it do?
Will it ever attack me? Gives me the creeps.
I'm in the same position as you. ~25 or so hours and in Itheryll around level 50. There's a lot of stuff to explore, man. Also, I backtrack a lot. And I mean a lot.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
wow, 70% of invasions today have everyone sliding around... shits fucked....
OniBarubary
Banned
Yeah with Souls games I have learned to kill every enemy in the game at least once the first time. They usually drop something. I never run past anything first time I see it.
I could probably run past them but nah... I have to see what everything is capable of and what they can drop.
I could probably run past them but nah... I have to see what everything is capable of and what they can drop.
Oh yeah,
plunging the blade into the head felt so good.
I've been hosting fights lately and it's working out rather well so far.
TemplaerDude
Member
I just kill them because, if I really have to run away, then I don't run into leftovers.
Also, souls, I mean come on. I need 'em.
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