CrocMother
Banned
Tomb of the Giants, right outside Nito's fog gate. The baby skeletons.
I think also the ghosts in the Abyss?
If you're not far into the game, rats in the Depths.
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Dark Souls |OT5| Definitely better than the sequel
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Tomb of the Giants, right outside Nito's fog gate. The baby skeletons.
I think also the ghosts in the Abyss?
If you're not far into the game, rats in the Depths.
entremet
Member
Cool. Just beat Nito actually. What a scrub.
Curious what are the benefits of covenants? I haven't messed with them much.
CrocMother
Banned
They're mostly for multiplayer.
If you're farming, grab the covetous gold serpent ring and pop a few humanity. You can see your discovery rate on the character screen.
Red Liquorice
Member
There's a few unique items and spells from being in/leveling up covenants too.
I'm currently wielding a Claymore +10 as my main weapon, but I feel like it's time to upgrade to something better. I've looked up some guides and stuff but I'm not certain what would be best for my build.
This is my current build.
I've beaten O&S and currently I'm doing the Tomb of Giants. I have the Soul of Queelag, Iron Golem and Sif (accidentally consumed Ornsteins). Any advice?
This is my current build.
I've beaten O&S and currently I'm doing the Tomb of Giants. I have the Soul of Queelag, Iron Golem and Sif (accidentally consumed Ornsteins). Any advice?
CrocMother
Banned
Go farm a Man-Serpent Greatsword from the Snakes at the entrance to Sen's Fortress. My favorite lower level strength weapon.
Go to New Londo Ruins and grab the ember there that allows you to upgrade to +15, then take down the boss of northern asylum to grab the titanite slab.
Red Liquorice
Member
+1 for the Man-Serpent Sword.
Yeah, that's part of the DSFix. It only appears if you set enableTextureOverride to 1 in the DSFix.ini file.
Always worth killing the fire keepers for their souls.
Red Liquorice
Member
All of them! Also if you have a Dark Hand you can suck humanity from a lot of them without turning the hostile.
Ulysses 31
Member
Despite DS1 being more memorable, I spent more time with DS2, the DLC is great.
Red Liquorice
Member
Don't skip DS2. Unless it's going to take you another 2 years, in which case go for BB!
Orochinagis
Member
Never, ever skip a Souls game. Play DS2 SotFS if you have the chance, Dark Souls 3 and then BB the Old Hunters, there is a discount on BB+DLC on the PS4
BB can spoil you bladly because everything is faster without any burden of Souls games,
Playing Dark Souls 3 first can make Dark Souls 2 a good experience (lol) and makes you feel is a bad BB clone.
Playing Dark Souls 2 SotFS is ...fine.
Orochinagis
Member
Thats was maybe a miracle spell , the AoE miracle I know just push you hard with no damage
entremet
Member
Yes.
There's a good chunk of new areas to discover after Anor Londo. I won't spoil them if you don't know about them but assuming you haven't explored beyond the necessary areas, you've only seen about half of them, and even if you have explored some areas ahead of normal, you won't have seen all of those areas either because they are blocked.
I'm replaying the game for I dunno, 4th time maybe. Every time I replay I forget how much I hate playing through Anor Londo the first time. Yeah, it's those archers - it's really just a matter of luck with them - but also how big and empty it is. Once you get inside the castle area itself, it becomes fun again, but that's a real sore spot in the game for me. People always talk about it like it's one of the best levels but I think it's got some serious low points. The first half of it is just a chore.
You can get that soul pretty early in the playthrough so is not that bed, just use the shortcut from New Londo Ruins > Valley of the Drakes > Darkroot Basin > Darkroot Garden and it can be your first boss.
Edit: oops, I forgot you still have to get to the giant in Anor Londo.
Stevey
Member
The latest release is 2.4 iirc.
What do you mean by guide?
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=dsfix
What do you mean by guide?
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=dsfix
entremet
Member
Got my Plat!
Loved DS, but kinda burned out after NG+2.
Still love the game, but rolling different builds seems more fun for replays or trying a SL1 run.
Red Liquorice
Member
Get to The Depths without killing Capra
Kind of similar to the Sen's skip. DS1 really is the game that keeps on giving.
Kind of similar to the Sen's skip. DS1 really is the game that keeps on giving.
Get to The Depths without killing Capra
Kind of similar to the Sen's skip. DS1 really is the game that keeps on giving.
Really cool that we can still find stuff like this after so long.
Stevey
Member
Figured I'd try to get the last 2 achievements- Prayer Of A Maiden and Knight's Honor.
Damn are these Channeler Tridents rare or what?
Been farming the 2 near the last Archive bonfire for over an hour- 12 Humanity with Gold Serpent Ring- item discovery is on 410, they just don't seem to want to drop.
Damn are these Channeler Tridents rare or what?
Been farming the 2 near the last Archive bonfire for over an hour- 12 Humanity with Gold Serpent Ring- item discovery is on 410, they just don't seem to want to drop.
entremet
Member
Yeah. Those were a pain. Biggest timesink for me for dropped weapons.
They are very rare.
I started this in earnest about a week ago. I'm ~34 hours in, most recent boss slain is
. I'm using an Uchigatana +10 and Quelaag's Furysword as my primary weapons. I'm wondering now that I have the
should I give it to the guy in Firelink Shrine now or is this one of those "point of no return" moments I should wait until I've cleared up a few more things? Also is it worth farming humanity for
Priscilla after O&S, also fuck those guys
Lordvessel
that spider lady wall thing in the Demon's Ruins?
Red Liquorice
Member
- Not worth farming the humanity. It opens a shortcut, but all the shortcut does is bypasses 2 bosses basically. There's an NPC event that changes iirc
save Solaire and allows him to be summoned for the final game boss as long as you kill the bug that has the Sunlight Maggot before Solaire reaches Lost Izalith
- Placing the Lordvessel is essential to continue the game, it's impossible otherwise but you can either give it to Frampt or
Wait and first kill the boss of New Londo Ruins which gives you access to the main PvP covenant you otherwise wouldn't have by giving it to Kaathe instead
covenant gear
SpiralZilla
Member
Is the DLC for this game worth it? After playing DS2 Scholar of the First Sin, I don't want to feel like I'm missing out.
The DLC is really, really, really good.
My favourite boss is in the DLC with a couple that make my top ten. A must buy!
Stevey
Member
The DLC is well worth buying.
Re: New Londo Ruins
I just want to make sure I have my order straight on what I should be doing. Right now all I've seen of New Londo is a ledge and two ghosts who mess me up real good.
I want the ember to get up to +15 (the Uchigatana needs it). The areas I've only barely explored but have seen: Valley of the Drakes, Darkroot Garden, Darkroot Basin. I haven't been "past" any of those places or at least I haven't fought any bosses in those areas. I did some looking into weapons and I'm specced for the Cursed version of Artorias' Greatsword and plan on using that to clear out the ghosts in New Londo. Where do I need to go to open up more than a platform in New Londo?
I just want to make sure I have my order straight on what I should be doing. Right now all I've seen of New Londo is a ledge and two ghosts who mess me up real good.
I want the ember to get up to +15 (the Uchigatana needs it). The areas I've only barely explored but have seen: Valley of the Drakes, Darkroot Garden, Darkroot Basin. I haven't been "past" any of those places or at least I haven't fought any bosses in those areas. I did some looking into weapons and I'm specced for the Cursed version of Artorias' Greatsword and plan on using that to clear out the ghosts in New Londo. Where do I need to go to open up more than a platform in New Londo?
Red Liquorice
Member
It sounds like you haven't opened up any other entrance to New Londo but the Firelink Shrine elevator, so you're going the right direction. There are stairs up in the shallow water area with the two ghosts - follow the blue lights as guides, much like the candle lights show the way to go in Blighttown.
The ghosts themselves drop Transient Curses very frequently or you can buy them from the female undead merchant in the Firelink/Undead Burg aquaduct. This temporary status item allows you to kill and block against the ghosts, it lasts about 5 minutes.
The ghosts themselves drop Transient Curses very frequently or you can buy them from the female undead merchant in the Firelink/Undead Burg aquaduct. This temporary status item allows you to kill and block against the ghosts, it lasts about 5 minutes.
New Londo is self contained. You don't need to do anything outside of the level itself. If you already got the lordvessel, talk to Ingward (the guy in red on the roof of the building with tons of ghosts) and he will givethe key to you. If you didn't get the lordvessel yet just kill him and he will drop the key. With this key you can enter the locked gate and get the water level down. Explore more and you'll find the Ember.
Thanks for the New Londo advice, I never actually stepped off the wooden plank you use to get there since I couldn't see the ground in the shallow water. I thought it was too deep to traverse at first. The transient curse thing helped too. I managed to get the ember and +15 my Uchigatana which provided one hell of a damage boost (I'm 40 Dex). I proceeded to drain the ruins and open the way to the Valley of the Drakes. Based on what Ingward said I needed something to be able to traverse the abyss so I went off to find that. The only places I have access to but haven't really explored at this point was the Catacombs, Darkroot Garden, and Darkroot Basin. I went to the garden-->basin. I killed the hydra (surprisingly easy with high Mag + phys resist), proceeded to the other end of darkroot garden and killed Sif. I made the cursed Greatsword of Artorias just so I wouldn't have to chug Transient Curses if ever I needed to attack ghosts again.
Now that I have the Covenant of Artorias I guess I can venture the Abyss but I'm not sure where that is so I'll need to look around. If I get stuck I'm going to go through the Catacombs. Before that I'm probably going to grind out the few levels I need to effectively wield the Greatsword of Artorias (need 7 more Faith).
Now that I have the Covenant of Artorias I guess I can venture the Abyss but I'm not sure where that is so I'll need to look around. If I get stuck I'm going to go through the Catacombs. Before that I'm probably going to grind out the few levels I need to effectively wield the Greatsword of Artorias (need 7 more Faith).
Get to The Depths without killing Capra
Kind of similar to the Sen's skip. DS1 really is the game that keeps on giving.
Amazing. Wonder how much more stuff like this is unknown still.
Same here. Started a new playthrough after a good while, and I'm enjoying the game more than I'd ever thought was possible after hundreds of hours.
Progress Report: I still haven't placed the Lordvessel, is this required for accessing the DLC? If not can someone point me in the right direction? I'm trying to stay mostly spoiler free on things but I don't mind asking for help in order to avoid missing something important.
First thing I did was farm up souls to effectively wield the Greatsword of Artorias (physical version). I still need to upgrade it but even at base level it hits really hard so I'm looking forward to pumping that up when my Uchi +15 isn't the right tool for the job. Then I farmed up a silly amount of Twinkling Titanite to +4 my ninja outfit (Shadow Garb). is it worth +5'ing everything? It's a lot of farming to finish the job but I'm up to it. I like the look of the armor and I have fast roll with it so I'm kind of attached.
I finally found and killed the Moonlight Butterfly, took three swings from the Uchi to kill it. I think I'm done in the Darkroot Garden/Basin?
I cleared out the Catacombs, the boss was a total joke. The SkeleWheels are the true boss of that area. Moved on to the Tomb of the Giants. Fuck this place. I have the Lantern so I can see ok but everything here just sucks. Especially the four legged bone giants. They have one attack that just straight up one hit kills me. I worked around it with Iron Flesh on a +15 Pyro flame but I don't have a lot of casts and only 1 attunement slot so I can't use that crutch constantly. I got to the Orange door and I think I'm out of non-orange door locations to explore. The only place that's been mentioned is the Abyss and I think I have the necessary gear (Covenant of Artorias) to traverse it but I don't know how to get there. So, I guess it's time to do something with the Lordvessel. I've seen three Orange Doors: 1 in the Demon's Ruins, 1 in the Tomb of the Giants, and 1 in Anor Londo. I'm going to give it to Frampt since I'm not too interested in the Covenants.
First thing I did was farm up souls to effectively wield the Greatsword of Artorias (physical version). I still need to upgrade it but even at base level it hits really hard so I'm looking forward to pumping that up when my Uchi +15 isn't the right tool for the job. Then I farmed up a silly amount of Twinkling Titanite to +4 my ninja outfit (Shadow Garb). is it worth +5'ing everything? It's a lot of farming to finish the job but I'm up to it. I like the look of the armor and I have fast roll with it so I'm kind of attached.
I finally found and killed the Moonlight Butterfly, took three swings from the Uchi to kill it. I think I'm done in the Darkroot Garden/Basin?
I cleared out the Catacombs, the boss was a total joke. The SkeleWheels are the true boss of that area. Moved on to the Tomb of the Giants. Fuck this place. I have the Lantern so I can see ok but everything here just sucks. Especially the four legged bone giants. They have one attack that just straight up one hit kills me. I worked around it with Iron Flesh on a +15 Pyro flame but I don't have a lot of casts and only 1 attunement slot so I can't use that crutch constantly. I got to the Orange door and I think I'm out of non-orange door locations to explore. The only place that's been mentioned is the Abyss and I think I have the necessary gear (Covenant of Artorias) to traverse it but I don't know how to get there. So, I guess it's time to do something with the Lordvessel. I've seen three Orange Doors: 1 in the Demon's Ruins, 1 in the Tomb of the Giants, and 1 in Anor Londo. I'm going to give it to Frampt since I'm not too interested in the Covenants.