Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update

Actually, if you (or somebody) could just give me a list of every boss in the game--or just the ones that are necessary to beat the game--just to give me a sense of progression, that could be helpful.

Unless you feel like it could be too spoiler-y, like if a boss's name has plot significance for a twist or... something.

* = optional

After the first third of the game you can tackle each area in any order you want, with a couple exceptions.

There's a lot more optional bosses than just those, btw.

Those are all the bosses in the base game, with a couple mini-bosses thrown in. There aren't any other actual bosses.

I mean that your assessment of what bosses are optional or not is a bit off. Taurus, Capra, Gaping Dragon, Ceaseless, Firesage and Centipede are all entirely optional and legitimately skippable. Pinwheel is too, but he requires a bug to avoid so I'm not including him.

I'm surprised the souls community still considers Pinwheel a boss five years later.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

Actually, if you (or somebody) could just give me a list of every boss in the game--or just the ones that are necessary to beat the game--just to give me a sense of progression, that could be helpful.

Unless you feel like it could be too spoiler-y, like if a boss's name has plot significance for a twist or... something.

* = optional

After the first third of the game you can tackle each area in any order you want, with a couple exceptions.

There's a lot more optional bosses than just those, btw.

Those are all the bosses in the base game, with a couple mini-bosses thrown in. There aren't any other actual bosses.

I mean that your assessment of what bosses are optional or not is a bit off. Taurus, Capra, Gaping Dragon, Ceaseless, Firesage and Centipede are all entirely optional and legitimately skippable. Pinwheel is too, but he requires a bug to avoid so I'm not including him.

How are Taurus, Ceaseless, Firesage and Centipede optional?

Spoiler

I thought you had to kill Ceaseless to lower the lava, then kill the Centipede to get the ring to cross lava

Spoilers for Verb, don't open.

Spoiler

Taurus can be skipped by simply taking the long way around. Using the Master Key you can take the elevator at Firelink down to New Londo, open the gate, run through the Valley of Drakes and backtrack through Darkroot to get to Andre and the Gargoyles. No need to ever go through Lower Burg and Taurus.

Ceaseless can be skipped by crossing the river of lava. With high enough fire resistance you can roll from rock to rock and make it to the Demon Ruins without having to fight Ceaseless and lower the lava. Not easy, but entirely possible and intended.

Centipede can be skipped by joining the Chaos covenant and sacrificing a bunch of humanity to make it to rank 2. This opens a secret shortcut (a giant gate to the right of the Firesage fog door) that leads to Izalith and the Bed of Chaos without ever having to run through the lava.

What the fuuuuuck. Never even considered the thought of doing that, and I always pick the key.

You don't get a boss soul from Taurus when you kill him (I didn't, anyway), so maybe that defines it?

^
Last post on the page.

But yeah, I hadn't realized I just opened such a complicated can of worms.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

>skipping bosses in a Souls game

He can still be a bit of pain on low DPS challenge runs.

Spoiler

Oh, good point. I once let him live for more than 30 seconds and the clone lasers almost killed me.

For those wondering:

Spoiler

Pinwheel is skippable by quitting out during the loading screen after getting to Nito for the Gravelord covenant. If done correctly, you'll spawn at the Tomb of the Giants rather than back in the Catacombs.

Spoiler

Do you still get the rite of kindling? I don't think I've ever used it for anything besides satisfying curiosity anyway, so if no I wouldn't really be missing anything.

>skipping bosses in a Souls game

>Challenge runs

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

stop quoting me if you're just gonna post spoilers plz

spoilers]u kill bad ppl and take they're souls[/spoilers]

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

stop quoting me if you're just gonna post spoilers plz

Verb, I have to go to bed but the wait is killing me. Tell me, quick.

i must do what i've set out to do first

don't worry, i'll make it happen--get some rest

He can still be a bit of pain on low DPS challenge runs.

Spoiler

Oh, good point. I once let him live for more than 30 seconds and the clone lasers almost killed me.

For those wondering:

Spoiler

Pinwheel is skippable by quitting out during the loading screen after getting to Nito for the Gravelord covenant. If done correctly, you'll spawn at the Tomb of the Giants rather than back in the Catacombs.

Spoiler

Do you still get the rite of kindling? I don't think I've ever used it for anything besides satisfying curiosity anyway, so if no I wouldn't really be missing anything.

Spoiler

you could break your game that way if you sat at a bonfire there and didn't first get the Lordvessel. With no way of warping back out and the orange fog gate still being there, there was no escape from the Tomb.

Spoiler

That's an oddly fitting and terrifying scenario.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

>skipping bosses in a Souls game

>Challenge runs

Kind of defeats the purpose of a challenge if you're just going to puss out on a boss fight.

>skipping bosses in a Souls game

>Challenge runs

Kind of defeats the purpose of a challenge if you're just going to puss out on a boss fight.

Unless the challenge is something like a speed run, I agree.

Just got into Dark Souls, Byrne is holding my hand for it though.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

Not counting the asylum demon, are there any bosses you guys have managed to defeat on your first try?

Sif
Seath
Nito
Pinwheel
Gwyn
Gwyndolyn
Biggie and smalls
Butterfly
Gaping dragon
I've killed asylum demon the very first time
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

Not counting the asylum demon, are there any bosses you guys have managed to defeat on your first try?

Sif
Seath
Nito
Pinwheel
Gwyn
Gwyndolyn
Biggie and smalls
Butterfly
Gaping dragon
I've killed asylum demon the very first time
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

You're not supposed to be level 250 mid game.

Not counting the asylum demon, are there any bosses you guys have managed to defeat on your first try?

Sif
Seath
Nito
Pinwheel
Gwyn
Gwyndolyn
Biggie and smalls
Butterfly
Gaping dragon
I've killed asylum demon the very first time
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

You're not supposed to be level 250 mid game.

who said i was 250

Not counting the asylum demon, are there any bosses you guys have managed to defeat on your first try?

Sif
Seath
Nito
Pinwheel
Gwyn
Gwyndolyn
Biggie and smalls
Butterfly
Gaping dragon
I've killed asylum demon the very first time
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

You're not supposed to be level 250 mid game.

who said i was 250

I do. There's no way you beat the O&S rapetrain your first time without being overleveled.

If anyone has this on PC around level 98ish, let me know. We can duel.

Not counting the asylum demon, are there any bosses you guys have managed to defeat on your first try?

Sif
Seath
Nito
Pinwheel
Gwyn
Gwyndolyn
Biggie and smalls
Butterfly
Gaping dragon
I've killed asylum demon the very first time
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

You're not supposed to be level 250 mid game.

who said i was 250

I do. There's no way you beat the O&S rapetrain your first time without being overleveled.

I wasn't level 250, and I did it on my first try.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.

Just got into Dark Souls, Byrne is holding my hand for it though.

only for 3


have fun if you want to get into 1&2

Updates by tonight

Hmm.

HMMMMM.

Oh hoh!
Forgive me,
I was absorbed in thought.

This user has been blacklisted from posting on the forums. Until the blacklist is lifted, all posts made by this user have been hidden and require a Sep7agon^® SecondClass Premium Membership to view.