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Wow, the game just keeps throwing surprises at you at every corner.
Yesterday, I beat the Hydra boss & checked the lake to see if anything was there, which there wasn't.
Now I'm looking at youtube video on getting access to rare armor sets early on & stumble upon a video about the Oolacile.
Apparently if I re-enter the lake where the Hydra boss was, a new golem enemy will spawn at the very back.
Defeating it will give me access to a new NPC shopkeeper that sells cast light & invisibility spells
Yesterday, I beat the Hydra boss & checked the lake to see if anything was there, which there wasn't.
Now I'm looking at youtube video on getting access to rare armor sets early on & stumble upon a video about the Oolacile.
Apparently if I re-enter the lake where the Hydra boss was, a new golem enemy will spawn at the very back.
Defeating it will give me access to a new NPC shopkeeper that sells cast light & invisibility spells
Risk Breaker said:
I'm pretty sure that
Lost Izalith is under Ash Lake. At one point in the Demon Ruins you can see what seems to be the roots of the Great Hollow rising out of the central building of Izalith, presumably from the Bed of Chaos. I think all the trees in Ash Lake are supposed to be part of the Bed of Chaos.
Similarly, the point in the Tomb of Giants where you fight Nito is lower than Ash Lake. At one point in the Tomb you emerge momentarily into Ash Lake, then after going back into the caverns you continue descending, culminating in a reasonably long drop into Nito's chamber. By the time you reach him you're undoubtedly below Ash Lake.
There's also the Abyss, of course. Who knows exactly where that is relative to the rest of the game world, geographically. The only sure thing about it is that it's lower than the Firelink Altar, because if you have Kaathe take you there he emerges from below, whereas if you have Frampt take you there from Firelink Shrine he emerges from above.
Similarly, the point in the Tomb of Giants where you fight Nito is lower than Ash Lake. At one point in the Tomb you emerge momentarily into Ash Lake, then after going back into the caverns you continue descending, culminating in a reasonably long drop into Nito's chamber. By the time you reach him you're undoubtedly below Ash Lake.
There's also the Abyss, of course. Who knows exactly where that is relative to the rest of the game world, geographically. The only sure thing about it is that it's lower than the Firelink Altar, because if you have Kaathe take you there he emerges from below, whereas if you have Frampt take you there from Firelink Shrine he emerges from above.
See You Next Wednesday said:Wow, the game just keeps throwing surprises at you at every corner.
Yesterday, I beat the Hydra boss & checked the lake to see if anything was there, which there wasn't.
Now I'm looking at youtube video on getting access to rare armor sets early on & stumble upon a video about the Oolacile.
Apparently if I re-enter the lake where the Hydra boss was, a new golem enemy will spawn at the very back.
Defeating it will give me access to a new NPC shopkeeper that sells cast light & invisibility spells
Ashlake
Darkroot Basin
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UrbanRats said:
Darkroot Basin.
It's right outside where Havel is at the bottom of the spiral tower (which you can open if you have a master key).
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Hmmm, entered Lost Izalith expecting it to be a nightmare... and its actually one of the easiest zones in the entire game.
Important Spoilery Tips:
Important Spoilery Tips:
Make sure you get the Orange Charred Ring off of Centipede Demon first. Cut his arm off when he tries to smash you. Do not try and shortcut it using Chaos Covenant because otherwise Lava will be an issue, and with the ring its actually about the same as poison in blighttown swamp - a minor inconvenience. The bounding demons can all be sniped down using a bow, or you can just smash them to bits with Crystal Ring Shield if you feel impatient.
BaronLundi
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I posted a step-by-step method on the previous page. Dusk is easy to miss.UrbanRats said:
Oracle Dragon
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johntown said:
Does Pryomancy count as spells? Or only sorcery?
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ixix said:
Damn... I haven't seen half of those places
However I saw
the roots you're talking about in the Demon Ruins and yeah, I thought they might be part of the Great Hollow, though it feels like the tree goes lower than the Demon Ruins... I'll post back when I have truly finished the game, thanks for your insight
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The_Monk said:
It's not that long a walk.
If you are in the swamp already, make your way to the bonfire in the alcove pretty much in the center of the map to your right (facing direction Quelaag's Domain). From there continue towards the big elevator wheel and make your way directly to the top (always take the closest ladder up) where you should find a key before proceeding further.
After that, you'll have to kill the three troll-like enemies which can be challenging, but if you take on one at a time and go for backstabs, you should be fine.
On a positive note, you won't encounter anymore enemies from there on until firelink.
You'll exit in the valley of drakes and can go over plank directly next to the exit you just came out to the other side. There you'll already see an iron door which is opened with the key you picked up earlier.
Passing through, you are already directly under the firelink shrine and just need to take the elevator in the tower right next to the one that you just came out.
if you are still in the depths, try to get down to the swamp anyway. Opening up the shortcut to the firelink shrine will prove very helpful later on.
After that, you'll have to kill the three troll-like enemies which can be challenging, but if you take on one at a time and go for backstabs, you should be fine.
On a positive note, you won't encounter anymore enemies from there on until firelink.
You'll exit in the valley of drakes and can go over plank directly next to the exit you just came out to the other side. There you'll already see an iron door which is opened with the key you picked up earlier.
Passing through, you are already directly under the firelink shrine and just need to take the elevator in the tower right next to the one that you just came out.
if you are still in the depths, try to get down to the swamp anyway. Opening up the shortcut to the firelink shrine will prove very helpful later on.
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RedSwirl said:
It may be time to upgrade your weapon/magic? You can get enough to buy rocks for a decent upgrade just by killing everything in undead parish a few times. What I did at that point was I dropped my summon sign, then just kept looping around killing stuff. Sometimes I'd get summoned to do the boss, and get some more souls (and practice) from that.
Other than that, try and summon help I guess. The NPC will help you if you can fight the Gargoyles but die from damage since he will draw their attention while he lives. But he won't hurt them much so if the problem is damage output he won't be that big of a help.
It is. There's a LOT of Asgardian myth being repurposed for this game. The Great Hollow is a pretty solid analogue for Yggdrasil.Risk Breaker said:
Here's this:
And then (more stylized):
Note the
primordial serpent, and the division between the realms of men and gods...
This is all solid too, and still fits. There are still thingsixix said:
"below" Ash Lake where the roots of the great tree are found. Lost Izalith/Demon Ruins certainly remind me of Muspelheim.
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At entrance to Quelag and just dropped a sign, SL 37. Anyone wanna do a warm up round before I fight her for the first time? PS3 version.
Okay, I'm giving up on titanite slab searching, I'm clearly on a loser here. 100 titanite chucks, 450 item discovery (just lost all humanity caused I zone'd out) and a heap of death wraiths corpses'.
So, NG+, get the relevant embers again, kill the stray demon and not fuck up Siegmeier's quest line, 2 titan slabs locked in and one blue and one white slab, reinforcements should be done.
So, NG+, get the relevant embers again, kill the stray demon and not fuck up Siegmeier's quest line, 2 titan slabs locked in and one blue and one white slab, reinforcements should be done.
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Hawkian said:
GhostWriter24
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Hmmmm what time will you be home?Wallachia said:
BaronLundi
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So I wasted 2 more eyes of death in an area I hadn't beaten the boss of yet (Demon ruins). Was invaded 3 times (red phantoms) but no eye of death in their blood puddle...
The only misery I spread was my own: I'm very disappointed this covenant works so badly when it completely relies on successful invasions to be kept going. 9 eyes per playthrough is not much when there's hardly a way to gain more.
Will try again in NG+ in a more populated area.
The only misery I spread was my own: I'm very disappointed this covenant works so badly when it completely relies on successful invasions to be kept going. 9 eyes per playthrough is not much when there's hardly a way to gain more.
Will try again in NG+ in a more populated area.
I'd rather just play through the game again than farm for hours and hours for maybe one drop. I got lucky and got two Red Titanite Slabs in theTrevelyon said:
Poison Swamp of Lost Izalith
Well, it's certainly stylized and I don't expect everything to fit together perfectly, but I definitely feel that the atmosphere with theRisk Breaker said:
lower areas all having massive roots spiraling through them is intended to suggest they are all coming from the same place somewhere higher up.
If nothing else, it's certainly incredibly compelling. Going almost straight down to find
a beach and massive lake complete with an everlasting dragon that deep into the world
That gate is the entrance to Sen's Fortress, and that is where you should be heading. It's extremely close to the bonfire by the blacksmith Andrei.The_Monk said:
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Sec0nd said:
frequency said:
That's because you lost, lighting the fire is not what you want to do to win.
I should copy/paste it into some sort of macro hah hah!astroturfing
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what's the smartest way to do the Forest Covenant stuff?
i think i've killed enough people in the forest, so i'll get the terrible Ring of Fog from Avina now right? what next, can i just betray them and kill Shiva and his bodyguard at Blighttown for their loot? i won't miss out on anything later, trophies or otherwise?
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