The backing track to this video is "Get Up" by Windmills, a song released the same year as Dark Souls II: windmills.bandcamp.com/track/get-up And you can watch Distortion2 do other crazy shit here on his youtube channel: th-cam.com/users/dist2gaming
UPDATE ON THE BRIGHTBUG GLITCH: It will work whenever your character is wet, that is all. You can get wet by rain, puddles, lakes, those water jars on Iron Keep, equipping Pharros Mask, etcetera. 1. Get wet 2. Use the Brightbug 3. Quit game 4. Load your game file and done It will only disappear when you go into a loading screen (warp, die, etc).
@@joshuabates1355 YOO!!! YOU JUST FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL. Yup, just tested it with the Pharros Mask. So yeah, you can have infinite brightbug duration anywhere as long as you equip that mask on the "get wet" step!
Making these videos does the same thing for me. These games are relatively unimportant in the full scope of life, sure, but they serve as an invaluable reminder of our ability to overcome hardship. Don't allow yourself to forget what you are capable of.
I am a regular viewer of Dist2 and Ymfah, so I already knew a lot of these. But it seems so cool to have more in depth explanations of them instead of the split second executions. It's amazing to believe that a lot of these are all used in speedruns, usually needing to be executed quickly one after the other.
I’ve got another one that ymfah made a video on a while back. Fume knights sword glows slightly for about 25 seconds before he goes to second phase. By using any healing item when he’s in this state, he will do a sword slam attack on you. The slam will stop the sword from glowing, and you can fight for another minute or so before it glows again. You can just repeat this every time his sword starts glowing to skip his second phase all together.
I must be the only person in the world that thinks phase 2 is easier. I always wear Velstadt's helmet through the fog door because Fume Knight starts the battle in the second phase and skips the first.
Before making the Pursuer fast kill glitch, you need to make sure you have enough stamina to do the run from the ladder to the bonfire. If you walk even for half a second you'll miss the oportunity because the Pursuer will leave very shortly after being dropped by the bird thing.
My favorite glitch I recently discovered: if you spam, and I mean spam as fast as you can, block while running or walking, your legs will flail around all over the place
Like the Shadow set, the leggings are humourous, I question the validity of individual toe claw armor in a stealth style armor application though, lol.
Its cool, its just quite a rare drop from those flippy knights, & not alot of people either get it naturally, or bother to grind for them, definetly an awesome set though
I love this game so much. I discovered it years ago before the rest of the Soulsborne series, and it played a huge part in keeping me sane while kicking an ugly habit. I just can't believe that years later I'm still discovering new things about it, along with the rest of the Soulsborne series 🖤
Attunment Swap Glitch: Allows you to transfer the uses of one spell to another until unattuned, persists through deaths, loading screens, and bonfire sits - PC only - Equip the spell you want the spells on, preferably unequip all other spells inittially - Open the bonfire and open the travel menu, select a bonfire, majula works fine - As you start to travel, use your mouse to left click, right click, and then select a small pop up menu that says 'back' - immediately head over to the attune spells menu - wait for the travel menu to get darker and darker, right before you travel the screen will flash again with color. - during this short window, left click on the spell you want to take the uses away from, such as a basic soul arrow - do it to early and you'll just have the basic spell equipped, do it too late and you'll have the original spell equipped with no changes - Just right you'll have the intended spell with a transferred amount of uses. When you finally get the timing down, it's super consistent and you should get it AT MOST two tries.
few things - lost on save & exit, lost if spell order changes - preference is fine but unequipping other spells is by no means required *- the window is much bigger than you think, during the load screen, while you still have your cursor you can do the glitch. (around 2-3 seconds)* - since the game thinks you have soul arrow equipped, attuning more slots to soul arrow increases uses of the glitched spell - ^ this also means that the glitched spell will only consume 1 slot (if soul arrow or other) so you can attune more powerful spells even with relatively few slots. - cannot be used on spells you can't cast (consider the spices)
Thanks for the infinite brightbug glitch! I’m doing a “thicc” build (max over-encumberance ar all times) and so certain boss fights are very difficult because I have no choice but to tank them. This helps out tremendously!
Same here. It was my first full Souls game (I tried Dark Souls 1 a bit before but couldn't get the hang of it for some reason). I don't care if some stuff is unpolished. It has the best mechanics imo, the most unique places, and the best build opportunities (even though Dark Souls 3 has some cool mechanics I wish DaS2 had).
@@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce same here was the first one I beat and have been playing it since release (even to today, when I just finished another character lol)
Man that was a great video I also have noticed that you forgot the spell cast swap glitch Sit at a bonfire equip a spell you wanna cast more of with a spell with more casts (recommend soul arrow), next warp to a bonfire and while the animation plays left click with mouse then right click press back to spells and go to the spell you want the cast from wait till the screen is black and click on the spell it's pretty tight to time but if it goes well you have a diffrent amount of cast now you can have like 30 soul spears it goes back to normal if you quit out or the spell moves or gets swapped great for spell casters Edit: it sadly only works on PC so sorry Console players you gotta stick to herbs to refill your cast
Also have a theory on why that happens but I'm not sure about it being true at all Because you swap the spell at pretty much last frame the game didn't had time to swap the full spell but only the amount of use so you load in with the amount the spell that the game attempts to switch i thought of that because if you go spells after the glitch you see the spell that has been used for the glitch (aka if you spell swapped the spell you see soul spear at the Gameplay hud and see soul arrow at the bonfire spell menu)
I love the recognition of Windmills in this video. This was my anthem for ages and ages, and hearing it in a video again sent me on such a wild trip back in time.
@@CeeTeeOfficially The only exception I can immediately think of is the first one in the Grave of Saints, but that one also requires you to have an NPC invader in your game, and the bonfire to be unlit, so there's a lot of other obscure stuff going on in that situation. Nice find!
Subscribed when your Dark Souls 1 glitches came out when I just beat DS1 and then now I’m almost done with Dark Souls 2 and this one comes out. Perfect timing. Thank you, great work. Looking forward to the 3rd!
3:37 instead of backstepping, use the butterfly wings to jump (without sprinting). It's way easier and way more consistent. As long as you know the jump distance you'll get up there 10/10 times.
I will continue to stand my ground as the only person who’s favourite souls game is DS2. EDIT: So, change of plans. Elden Ring kinda came out, and it’s easily the best game I’ve ever played.
Weirdly enough I like dark souls 2 more than 3 by a long shot. Still like the first the most but really love the atmosphere and weird whimsical vibe of ds2 and the world. It’s the one I’ve prob played the most over all
Dark souls 2 seems to have been rehabilitated with the fans. 4/5 years ago this game was the black sheep, everyone seemed to hate it. Now, lots people say how good it is. Weird how that works. Just took a while to grow on people, i suppose.
@@signoguns8501 I actually liked it right away it felt like a middle man between demons and dark souls 1 and felt right at home and love the music / world and different high fantasy feel. I never gave a shit and still don’t care what others think I like what I like and I love ds2
@@TheVioletBunny Glad to hear it. Not accusing you of changing your opinion. DS2 has always had a solid fan base, just public opinion has shifted considerably in a pretty short time frame. Also noticed that DS2 was removed from PSnow recently which probably means theyre are planning a remaster. After a bumpy start, looks like DS2 is finally getting the respect it deserves
Dark Souls 3 is a good game, but it has absolutely no replay value because it only has one viable playstyle: Roll and R1 with fast weapon. Heavy Armor, heavy weapons, bows, miracles, magic - all of that is terrible. It's also a very frustrating game, because the rules of the enemies aren't your rules. The player can't have poise and the player can accidentally hit walls. Enemies however have poise and their attacks go straight through walls. I'm also not a fan of the often-praised level design; While it is more logical than Dark Souls 2's, there are too many bonfires and Fromsoft gave up trying to make good, satisfying shortcuts. The one thing I give Dark Souls 3 credit for, are the bosses. DS3 has the overall best bosses from all three games.
@@TheTexasDice I don’t think it’s a bad game I just don’t think it’s a good dark souls game I think they should have just kept this as a bloodborne 2 and created game that felt more like a dark souls game it’s the only one in the trilogy and series counting demons souls that has this style of combat and artistic style I don’t consider bloodborne a souls game I see it as another fromsoft title like sekiro which just uses some of their signature style on top of. It felt like bloodborne not ds and my issue is and main one it’s just not a souls game to me dark souls finale was the ending of ds2
Ds2 is a truly a special game that super underrated and under appreciated, B-Team did an absolutely phenomenal job with innovation and their own nonsense to feel different from ds1 and ds3
4 months later, but literally. B-Team literally made the game feel newer, better animations, better atmosphere and locations. But it's cool to hate on ds2 and call the devs lazy, I guess... Meanhwile,ds3 is literally just a "remake" of ds1 with a reimagined story and areas. Exactly same animations as ds1 even.🙄 (Ringed City is an excellent dlc though)
@@graviticsoul4248 I agree with you alot, Ds2 was so innovative with the goofy shit and just pure exotic adventure of Ds2. Ds2 was so vibrant and stunning. From The Gorgeous DLC areas, From Dragon Aerie and Dragon Shrine, Earthen peak to Iron Keep While Ds2 had alot of gamk bosses, It excelled the absolute best at its area design, enemy placements are beyond clever af aswell (Ds3 they literally make their enemy placements WAY TOO OBVIOUS) It’s very true that some people Hate Ds2 because it’s funny to hate it, Every souls game is good, Just that Ds2 to me personally stands out somuch because it genuinely makes Dark Souls feel fantasy with all the unique different vibrant areas
@@Xportbob Indeed! They're all fantastic, I was just pointing out the hypocrisy of people that call ds2 lazy, when ds3 doesn't have that many "new" things either. And same, ds2 is my favourite out of the Trilogy!
I had no idea about the butterfly stationary jump thing or the bright bug glitch and I can't wait to try them out. Also love your song choice windmills are awesome.
I'm not sure if it's a glitch or not, but you can get into the pit area under the bonfire next to where you see the pursuer first. There's a spot that you can run and jump and do a dropping power attack and survive the fall by critically attacking the fire-lizard in the far corner. The cave down there leads you to where the fire-lizard is spitting fireballs at you when trying to get the fire longsword. This can be done even on the base game though it's aggravating trying to get the items down there before dying. There's a total of four fire lizards, I believe, but there are locations you can hide from their attacks to hit them with ranged attacks. I believe it leads to the door on the left when you fight the giant, but I believe it is locked from the other side.
It was probably intended since there is no other place were you can plunge a fire lizard.Also with enough health it's easier to drop on top of the debris at the left on the pit.
@@BB_Promoter NPC's are weird in this game. Sometimes you'll get a gravestone if they die, but when that doesn't happen they're gone for the entire playthrough. Most of the time you'll get a gravestone though. So you can just use extra souls, summon their spirits, and talk to them and do whatever.
@@CosmeticFear Late reply but the NPC gravestone appears based on an in-game timer - usually after 2,5, 4 or 5 hours - and some NPCs have exceptions with the gravestone's location. For example if you kill Emerald Herald in Drangleic Castle, her gravestone will appear after 5 hours of gameplay in Majula. Killing NPCs also stops their questlines, removes summon signs and locks the inventory of merchant NPCs based on their last location (e.g. if you kill the Stone Trader in Harvest Valley, she obviously won't move to Majula and her ghost's inventory will be stuck at what she had on offer in Harvest Valley). You can't respawn NPCs using an Ascetic, they can only be summoned at a gravestone for a fee or restored by going into the next New Game+ cycle.
i just dont see why everyone hates on DS2. the combat is challenging and the hitboxes are fine but everyone loses too many times and say dark souls 2 bad!
@@Major_oc3lot i’ve beaten dark souls 2, and every soulsborne for that matter, ds2 without question has the worst hit boxes out of any of the games, that’s just fact
@@Major_oc3lot the design in this game is just garbage . And the bosses design is not good ( only dlc bosses looks great ) . The hitboxes are the worst .
I've never been able to do the Pursuer glitch. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I never seem to be fast enough to get back to the bonfire. Even when I'm naked
@@theta_clips I remember the days of the PS3 version, where tumblebuffing was hard, but once you got the timing down it wasn't that bad. On this version, you have to be completely frame perfect, and running at 60fps doesn't make it any easier. But quick question, can someone explain to me what Stance Swapping is? Does that just involve using a different powerstance animation than what's supposed to be used?
It helps to be pushing yourself forward when you throw it and in the corner somewhat. It’s not too bad then. Next to do the pursuer trick just make sure your character is naked so you can run and jump quicker. I did it in 3 tries the other day. Using the cloud to save and retry.
A fun thing about DS2 is that it's the only game in the series that has no instakill limit on fall distance, so you can theoretically survive any fall as long as it isn't the usual instakill from falling into a pit.
malentia restocks her bight bugs every time you get a great soul, however the restock will replace what's left of her current stock, so you can potentially get twelve or fifteen bright bugs from her if you keep buying them before each great soul.
DS2 was my introduction to the series so will forever hold a special place in my heart. Plus i like how stamina actually mattered and you couldn't just infinitely spam roll like in the other games and BB. everything felt slower and more meaningful and had more weight, but also just the music in Majula will never not give me nerd chills. I love it so much i'll just have it on in the background whilst i go to sleep or am playing other stuff. It's so nice, and also reminds me of that time when i was first discovering souls games as a pc only player. Bearer Seek Seek Lest!
This game is so good. I don’t know why anyone hates it. The only downfall is some unmemorable bosses, but other then that, great game. A slight remake could make it amazing if they make the bosses more memorable by putting in a greater soundtrack
it is a great game in itself but I think people don‘t like it in comparison to the first one. It wasn’t directed by Miyazaki and they changed things and mechanics that made Dark Souls Dark Souls. It also canonically doesn‘t belong into the trilogy’s storyline. It’s basically seen as the weakest link in an amazing series cause DS 1 & 3 are just SO good. I agree though, it doesn‘t deserve the hate and is still worth playing
Parry walk is a glitch in ds2 where if you have the butterfly skirt equipped and parry an enemy at a certain angle , it allows you to stay at the Y level you parried at and allows you to float in the air, like TOD glitch in da3
Keyboard and Mouse glitch here. You can turn a low use spell into a high use one. (Or the reverse...?) Select your spell, then warp anywhere. But then right click the screen, the right spots would be unlocked areas. It should show "back." Select, then go back to the attune spells screen. And highlight another spell. Just as soon as the loading screen happens, if you confirm your change, you'll spawn with your spell usages swapped, but you'll have, for example, 30 forbidden suns by 'swapping' it with Soul Arrow. It'll last up until you quit the game. So it unfortunately won't work with the brightbug glitch since that requires quitting out, and for this one you must not quit out.
nice to see a bit of content on DS2. decided to go do some pvp tonight and I was surprised how often i was getting fights in the blood arena at 120 mill SM. people still play!
Killing the Dragon Rider that way is definitely not a glitch unless the developers were like really dumb or high in that part, pushing him off is intended, making him fall by himself is just a little stretch, if they didn't see that coming.........
This is really cool! I love all of your glitches videos, especially of the souls series. But, is the dragonrider falling off the platform really considered a glitch? It's so easy it almost seems like an intended way of beating him.
I like all Dark Souls games but the second one is my favorite by far. Best PvP, more weapons, more spells, more consumable items, most replay value, etc etc.
there is a glitch allowing you to have more casts of any spell when you have a spell like forbidden sun that takes 3 slots and has 1 cast at base, you can glitch it to take 1 slot and have 30 casts, you do need a mouse for it though 1. attune the spell you want to increase the casts of 2. fast travel somewhere (you can fast travel to the same location you are already in) 3. during the fade out right click with the mouse it should pop up the back option, after clicking that option you will see the bonfire resting menu again 4. click the attune spell option and then the spell you have attuned 5. there is a flash of the screen after the fade out finishes, during that flash select a spell like soul arrow (that has 1 slot and 30 casts) to switch the forbidden sun 6. once the loading screen finishes (from the fast travel) you should have 30 casts of forbidden sun and it should appear in the attune menu as soul arrow after the glitch going in the menu and equipping another soul arrow will work to increase the casts to 60 and so on (yes you can have infinite forbidden suns) it works with any combination of spells it will last until you either die or quit the game i think ymfah has a video where he shows how to do it
If someone were to want the easiest no death run possible; You play the game through on NG once. Before you enter NG+1 you want to farm up your level to a crazy amount, get all gear you want or need and max it out and then start NG+1. You will be that overpowered that its rather hard to die in the first place. A no bonfire run on the other hand requires low skill. ITs all matter of time in the end. A failure only makes it longer to come back to your point.
Wow how tight is the timing on that pursuer quick kill? I've been trying it but it doesn't seem to go through Edit: It's pretty tight. If you're a relatively low stamina class (like cleric) you'll probably need to try a few times to make it)
Unpopular opinion but this one was the souls game I liked the most. It was 2014 and I was fired from my job, my dad recently passed away, fam was having money troubles, bro almost commited suicide. Dark times... My buddy glen got me a copy of titan fall. I didn't want that EA trash lol. Traded it into gamestop for this game. And staying up all night playing this game was my only escape from reality at that time until things luckily got much better for me. This game is special to me : ) Plus I was hella good at it and owned anyone who wasn't a hacker basically on the lava bridge lol.
I know exactly what you mean, *when* you play a game is just as important to your enjoyment as the game itself. I love Bloodborne the most personally, and a big part of that is because when that game launched, I really needed it.
Was hoping there was a mention of a glitch with the Fume Knight where if you consistently use consumables by him, he won't enter the second phase of the fight for some reason.
This video had a ton of video artifacts when youtube processed it the first time. It was unlisted for a day while I had youtube re-process it. He just happened to check the Glitches playlist during that time. Good ol' Trusty Patches!
you should make another one of these videos for this game because there are some new glitches and a few you missed or just didnt include such as tumble buffing as well as some really hard ones that people may like to have explained if possible
From my testing, tumblebuffing is either extremely difficult on SOTFS or just downright impossible. It worked on the PS3/360 versions because it took longer for the weapon details to load in, but on PS4/One versions everything just loads too fast.
@@CosmeticFear its just extremely difficult because i have been practicing and can get it pretty consistently on ps4 SOTFS it just requires you to have really good control in your menus on PlayStation I would recommend hold the controller in claw grip to do it as it means your fingers have to move less
When I first played DS2 I hated it. Now it's one of my 5 favorite games w/the DLCs included, and my favorite Souls game. I feel like this game got the FF8 treatment, and many didn't give it a chance because it was different than its popular predecessor.
I saw Distortion do a jump in Brume Tower once, from one platform to a lower one by lining up with a bow and then running and plunge attacking. That was from just below the first bonfire inside the tower to an intermediate platform, and then they turned and jumped down to the main floor where you use the Scorching Iron Sceptre. Took less than ten seconds to go from the higher platform to the Foyer level. Not a glitch, I guess, but still cool
Instead of counting the Dragonrider's steps, it's much easier to just wait until his right foot crosses the line between the platform and bridge. I can do this almost 100% of the time.
Even if DS2 is the most jank ds its still my favorite just because the weapon and gear variation it got. And pvp is most fun of the 3 games even if its far from perfect. Soul memory is still stupid tough. But Im still mad that From didnt put the masterpiece that was powerstancing in ds3.
The backing track to this video is "Get Up" by Windmills, a song released the same year as Dark Souls II: windmills.bandcamp.com/track/get-up
And you can watch Distortion2 do other crazy shit here on his youtube channel: th-cam.com/users/dist2gaming
Will the brightbug still be active if you get invaded?
@@davidrw67 Yes!
I just wish they remake this game...
@@hffy8665 how can you remake perfection?
@@roro_fosho OMG best comment i've ever seen in ages. RESPECT
UPDATE ON THE BRIGHTBUG GLITCH: It will work whenever your character is wet, that is all. You can get wet by rain, puddles, lakes, those water jars on Iron Keep, equipping Pharros Mask, etcetera.
1. Get wet
2. Use the Brightbug
3. Quit game
4. Load your game file and done
It will only disappear when you go into a loading screen (warp, die, etc).
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Does this glitch also work on the different dark souls 2 version? The one that has different item/enemies location, I'm playing the one on ps3
@@tchem Idk but yeah, will work probably
Dose it work with that mask that makes you wet
@@joshuabates1355 YOO!!! YOU JUST FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL. Yup, just tested it with the Pharros Mask. So yeah, you can have infinite brightbug duration anywhere as long as you equip that mask on the "get wet" step!
Dark Souls II in 2021? Yes please.
Gonna make another 39k run.
Why?
@@JohnDoe-pu5gk twinking
Just started...
2022
What does “39k run” mean, I don’t usually look into any kind of guide when playing
finally ! Someone who pronounces "Huntsmans Copse" correctly
How to other people say it? I just pronounced it exactly as it's spelled.
@@StrappingYoungLadam ppl say "corpse"
I pronounced it as "copes" for the longest time
Now we just need to find someone who can pronounce “Smough” correctly
Stupid people say huntsmase cospe
Had a shitty day and then Phobia uploaded.
Day's still shitty but at least I can tune it out.
Making these videos does the same thing for me. These games are relatively unimportant in the full scope of life, sure, but they serve as an invaluable reminder of our ability to overcome hardship. Don't allow yourself to forget what you are capable of.
👍
@@PhobiaSoft "Don't give up, skeleton!"
I am a regular viewer of Dist2 and Ymfah, so I already knew a lot of these. But it seems so cool to have more in depth explanations of them instead of the split second executions. It's amazing to believe that a lot of these are all used in speedruns, usually needing to be executed quickly one after the other.
I’ve got another one that ymfah made a video on a while back. Fume knights sword glows slightly for about 25 seconds before he goes to second phase. By using any healing item when he’s in this state, he will do a sword slam attack on you. The slam will stop the sword from glowing, and you can fight for another minute or so before it glows again. You can just repeat this every time his sword starts glowing to skip his second phase all together.
I must be the only person in the world that thinks phase 2 is easier. I always wear Velstadt's helmet through the fog door because Fume Knight starts the battle in the second phase and skips the first.
I've waited for the return of the series welcome back king
No quema cuh
Before making the Pursuer fast kill glitch, you need to make sure you have enough stamina to do the run from the ladder to the bonfire. If you walk even for half a second you'll miss the oportunity because the Pursuer will leave very shortly after being dropped by the bird thing.
Wish this had been included in the video. I was wondering what I did wrong...
There's something about ds2 that keeps me coming back. Much more than 1 and 3.
Best fashion souls and best pvp
same brotha.
It’s so under appreciated. It’s the best one imo
For me it’s the fact that I fucking squeezed the crap out of the replayablility with the first 2 so i alternate between Elden Ring and this
@@fryingscotsmanfultrue
My favorite glitch I recently discovered: if you spam, and I mean spam as fast as you can, block while running or walking, your legs will flail around all over the place
Off topic, I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses the shadow mask. I feel like nobody uses it.
I got you Dr.
Best set
I'm a huge fan of the shadow mask with the imperious set
Shadow gauntlets and leggings with eastern chestplate for samurai armor
Like the Shadow set, the leggings are humourous, I question the validity of individual toe claw armor in a stealth style armor application though, lol.
Its cool, its just quite a rare drop from those flippy knights, & not alot of people either get it naturally, or bother to grind for them, definetly an awesome set though
I love this game so much. I discovered it years ago before the rest of the Soulsborne series, and it played a huge part in keeping me sane while kicking an ugly habit. I just can't believe that years later I'm still discovering new things about it, along with the rest of the Soulsborne series 🖤
What's to love about it? I can think of plenty to hate about it lol
Dark Souls is turning me into an alcoholic.
Was a bit heart warming to read that. Hope the habits long gone now :)
Same, this game got my into the dark souls series and now I have played all of them except for the recent demon's souls remake.
@@JohnDoe-pu5gk what’s to hate
Attunment Swap Glitch: Allows you to transfer the uses of one spell to another until unattuned, persists through deaths, loading screens, and bonfire sits
- PC only
- Equip the spell you want the spells on, preferably unequip all other spells inittially
- Open the bonfire and open the travel menu, select a bonfire, majula works fine
- As you start to travel, use your mouse to left click, right click, and then select a small pop up menu that says 'back'
- immediately head over to the attune spells menu
- wait for the travel menu to get darker and darker, right before you travel the screen will flash again with color.
- during this short window, left click on the spell you want to take the uses away from, such as a basic soul arrow
- do it to early and you'll just have the basic spell equipped, do it too late and you'll have the original spell equipped with no changes
- Just right you'll have the intended spell with a transferred amount of uses.
When you finally get the timing down, it's super consistent and you should get it AT MOST two tries.
few things
- lost on save & exit, lost if spell order changes
- preference is fine but unequipping other spells is by no means required
*- the window is much bigger than you think, during the load screen, while you still have your cursor you can do the glitch. (around 2-3 seconds)*
- since the game thinks you have soul arrow equipped, attuning more slots to soul arrow increases uses of the glitched spell
- ^ this also means that the glitched spell will only consume 1 slot (if soul arrow or other) so you can attune more powerful spells even with relatively few slots.
- cannot be used on spells you can't cast (consider the spices)
Thanks for the infinite brightbug glitch! I’m doing a “thicc” build (max over-encumberance ar all times) and so certain boss fights are very difficult because I have no choice but to tank them. This helps out tremendously!
Ds2 is my favorite in the series and I will die on this hill
Me too bud
First souls game and favorite
fact
Same here. It was my first full Souls game (I tried Dark Souls 1 a bit before but couldn't get the hang of it for some reason). I don't care if some stuff is unpolished. It has the best mechanics imo, the most unique places, and the best build opportunities (even though Dark Souls 3 has some cool mechanics I wish DaS2 had).
@@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce same here was the first one I beat and have been playing it since release (even to today, when I just finished another character lol)
If you use a rusted coin the bright bug buff goes away. Fyi
Pharro's Mask makes you wet, I assume it works with the Brightbug glitch then
Man that was a great video
I also have noticed that you forgot the spell cast swap glitch
Sit at a bonfire equip a spell you wanna cast more of with a spell with more casts (recommend soul arrow), next warp to a bonfire and while the animation plays left click with mouse then right click press back to spells and go to the spell you want the cast from wait till the screen is black and click on the spell it's pretty tight to time but if it goes well you have a diffrent amount of cast now you can have like 30 soul spears it goes back to normal if you quit out or the spell moves or gets swapped great for spell casters
Edit: it sadly only works on PC so sorry Console players you gotta stick to herbs to refill your cast
That one was actually in the script originally, but I decided to drop it since it was PC exclusive. You are super right, and it still works!
Also have a theory on why that happens but I'm not sure about it being true at all
Because you swap the spell at pretty much last frame the game didn't had time to swap the full spell but only the amount of use so you load in with the amount the spell that the game attempts to switch i thought of that because if you go spells after the glitch you see the spell that has been used for the glitch (aka if you spell swapped the spell you see soul spear at the Gameplay hud and see soul arrow at the bonfire spell menu)
@@icebrorottenmushroom1817 basically animation stalling for homeward bone duping in ds1
@@ColdSword816P pretty much yea
Man I have 70 Crystal Soul Arrows, thank you
I love the recognition of Windmills in this video. This was my anthem for ages and ages, and hearing it in a video again sent me on such a wild trip back in time.
I think the infinite bright bug works anywhere when your character is wet
Can you confirm that's the case? That's actually not a bad theory.
@@PhobiaSoft peachymike did a video about it and I'm pretty sure reddit confirmed it
@@CeeTeeOfficially The only exception I can immediately think of is the first one in the Grave of Saints, but that one also requires you to have an NPC invader in your game, and the bonfire to be unlit, so there's a lot of other obscure stuff going on in that situation. Nice find!
@@PhobiaSoft yea that ones a bit weird and thought should just drop the comment because I literally just saw the video right before yours
Subscribed when your Dark Souls 1 glitches came out when I just beat DS1 and then now I’m almost done with Dark Souls 2 and this one comes out. Perfect timing. Thank you, great work. Looking forward to the 3rd!
And here I was, thinking I knew "everything" about this game.... The pursuer quick kill got me
3:37 instead of backstepping, use the butterfly wings to jump (without sprinting). It's way easier and way more consistent. As long as you know the jump distance you'll get up there 10/10 times.
Been a while since I've heard windmills. Good video man, made me start replaying this game.
I will continue to stand my ground as the only person who’s favourite souls game is DS2.
EDIT: So, change of plans. Elden Ring kinda came out, and it’s easily the best game I’ve ever played.
👍🏻 same preference here
Also my favourite
DS2 is my favourite among all of the souls games only because you can battle the boss over and over again in 1 NG cycle
It's mine too, tho i love all soulsbourne games.
Your not alone brother, you never have been
I love your glitch deep dives, always find something no other souls youtuber has covered.
He covers many New but ive many of these from the meme guide man ymfah
A DS2 video posted in 2021? This must be a dream. If so, I don't wanna wake up.
Weirdly enough I like dark souls 2 more than 3 by a long shot. Still like the first the most but really love the atmosphere and weird whimsical vibe of ds2 and the world. It’s the one I’ve prob played the most over all
Dark souls 2 seems to have been rehabilitated with the fans. 4/5 years ago this game was the black sheep, everyone seemed to hate it. Now, lots people say how good it is. Weird how that works. Just took a while to grow on people, i suppose.
@@signoguns8501 I actually liked it right away it felt like a middle man between demons and dark souls 1 and felt right at home and love the music / world and different high fantasy feel. I never gave a shit and still don’t care what others think I like what I like and I love ds2
@@TheVioletBunny Glad to hear it. Not accusing you of changing your opinion. DS2 has always had a solid fan base, just public opinion has shifted considerably in a pretty short time frame. Also noticed that DS2 was removed from PSnow recently which probably means theyre are planning a remaster. After a bumpy start, looks like DS2 is finally getting the respect it deserves
Dark Souls 3 is a good game, but it has absolutely no replay value because it only has one viable playstyle: Roll and R1 with fast weapon. Heavy Armor, heavy weapons, bows, miracles, magic - all of that is terrible.
It's also a very frustrating game, because the rules of the enemies aren't your rules. The player can't have poise and the player can accidentally hit walls. Enemies however have poise and their attacks go straight through walls.
I'm also not a fan of the often-praised level design; While it is more logical than Dark Souls 2's, there are too many bonfires and Fromsoft gave up trying to make good, satisfying shortcuts. The one thing I give Dark Souls 3 credit for, are the bosses. DS3 has the overall best bosses from all three games.
@@TheTexasDice I don’t think it’s a bad game I just don’t think it’s a good dark souls game I think they should have just kept this as a bloodborne 2 and created game that felt more like a dark souls game it’s the only one in the trilogy and series counting demons souls that has this style of combat and artistic style I don’t consider bloodborne a souls game I see it as another fromsoft title like sekiro which just uses some of their signature style on top of. It felt like bloodborne not ds and my issue is and main one it’s just not a souls game to me dark souls finale was the ending of ds2
I love they do care about ds2 even 6 years later
cause is a great game
@@k54maclosky97 psssss pssssss *its not*
@@crazyfriend50 yes it is😌
I actually like 2 the best of all of them.
@@crazyfriend50 Bandwagoner
Ds2 is a truly a special game that super underrated and under appreciated,
B-Team did an absolutely phenomenal job with innovation and their own nonsense to feel different from ds1 and ds3
Especially with the dlcs. For me the dlcs are one of the highlights of the souls series.
4 months later, but literally. B-Team literally made the game feel newer, better animations, better atmosphere and locations. But it's cool to hate on ds2 and call the devs lazy, I guess...
Meanhwile,ds3 is literally just a "remake" of ds1 with a reimagined story and areas. Exactly same animations as ds1 even.🙄
(Ringed City is an excellent dlc though)
@@graviticsoul4248 I agree with you alot, Ds2 was so innovative with the goofy shit and just pure exotic adventure of Ds2. Ds2 was so vibrant and stunning.
From The Gorgeous DLC areas, From Dragon Aerie and Dragon Shrine,
Earthen peak to Iron Keep
While Ds2 had alot of gamk bosses, It excelled the absolute best at its area design, enemy placements are beyond clever af aswell (Ds3 they literally make their enemy placements WAY TOO OBVIOUS)
It’s very true that some people Hate Ds2 because it’s funny to hate it,
Every souls game is good, Just that Ds2 to me personally stands out somuch because it genuinely makes Dark Souls feel fantasy with all the unique different vibrant areas
@@Xportbob Indeed! They're all fantastic, I was just pointing out the hypocrisy of people that call ds2 lazy, when ds3 doesn't have that many "new" things either.
And same, ds2 is my favourite out of the Trilogy!
@@graviticsoul4248 Agreed brother from another mother
I had no idea about the butterfly stationary jump thing or the bright bug glitch and I can't wait to try them out. Also love your song choice windmills are awesome.
You've got a real soothing, pleasing voice. Good video, man.
Dark soul's 2 was so different compared to the rest of the soul's series, the scenery is very beautiful and the music is very majestic and soothing 😇
None of these glitches seem to be working now. Can you is it/ was it working for you?
@@amakky1989 there hasn't been *any* patch since this video came out so it def works
I'm not sure if it's a glitch or not, but you can get into the pit area under the bonfire next to where you see the pursuer first. There's a spot that you can run and jump and do a dropping power attack and survive the fall by critically attacking the fire-lizard in the far corner. The cave down there leads you to where the fire-lizard is spitting fireballs at you when trying to get the fire longsword. This can be done even on the base game though it's aggravating trying to get the items down there before dying. There's a total of four fire lizards, I believe, but there are locations you can hide from their attacks to hit them with ranged attacks. I believe it leads to the door on the left when you fight the giant, but I believe it is locked from the other side.
It was probably intended since there is no other place were you can plunge a fire lizard.Also with enough health it's easier to drop on top of the debris at the left on the pit.
Ruining your game and killing the Herald for a video. Mad respect.
You can always use an Aesthetic..... I think...
@@BB_Promoter NPC's are weird in this game. Sometimes you'll get a gravestone if they die, but when that doesn't happen they're gone for the entire playthrough.
Most of the time you'll get a gravestone though. So you can just use extra souls, summon their spirits, and talk to them and do whatever.
@@CosmeticFear Late reply but the NPC gravestone appears based on an in-game timer - usually after 2,5, 4 or 5 hours - and some NPCs have exceptions with the gravestone's location. For example if you kill Emerald Herald in Drangleic Castle, her gravestone will appear after 5 hours of gameplay in Majula.
Killing NPCs also stops their questlines, removes summon signs and locks the inventory of merchant NPCs based on their last location (e.g. if you kill the Stone Trader in Harvest Valley, she obviously won't move to Majula and her ghost's inventory will be stuck at what she had on offer in Harvest Valley). You can't respawn NPCs using an Ascetic, they can only be summoned at a gravestone for a fee or restored by going into the next New Game+ cycle.
I just finished playing ds2 and this vid showed up on my recommended list. TH-cam nowadays doing pretty good job.
I just finished DS2 a week or 2 ago as well!
I literally dropped what i was doing I've been waiting for this for so long
I've played all the Souls games dozens and dozens of times and I absolutely love them all, but Dark Souls 2 is still by far my favorite.
i just dont see why everyone hates on DS2. the combat is challenging and the hitboxes are fine but everyone loses too many times and say dark souls 2 bad!
@@Major_oc3lot the hitboxes are the worst
But the game is amazing at least I still play it once in a while
Hitboxes are unquestionably the worst in the series.
@@Major_oc3lot i’ve beaten dark souls 2, and every soulsborne for that matter, ds2 without question has the worst hit boxes out of any of the games, that’s just fact
@@Major_oc3lot the design in this game is just garbage .
And the bosses design is not good ( only dlc bosses looks great ) .
The hitboxes are the worst .
broooooo, windmills is too underrated, they're amazing. They rly need some more recognition
I like the fact that he constantly cosplays as a plague doctor
“You know the giant hole in Majula? It sucks!” Preach brother preach
i always get so nostalgic when i see dark souls 2 videos it was my first souls game, always seeing a video on it makes me happy
ray dhimitri post alot of videos about this
Me too
Me too.
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I've never been able to do the Pursuer glitch. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I never seem to be fast enough to get back to the bonfire. Even when I'm naked
You can also get back to the bonfire *too fast* for it to work. The timing is really obnoxious tbh
I have over 200 hours in this game and I did not know you could unlock a shortcut to the bonfire in the beginning lol
Love windmills, was so happy when that came on. Great video man!
Thanks, ds2 is by far my favorite of the series.
tumble buff, spell casting swap and stance swaps are still possible to do
They are?
@@AmadisLFE Yes but spellswap is PC exclusive and tumble buff is quite literally frame perfect tech
@@theta_clips I remember the days of the PS3 version, where tumblebuffing was hard, but once you got the timing down it wasn't that bad.
On this version, you have to be completely frame perfect, and running at 60fps doesn't make it any easier.
But quick question, can someone explain to me what Stance Swapping is? Does that just involve using a different powerstance animation than what's supposed to be used?
I can never get the firebomb clip to work. No matter where I stand and how I angle the camera it never works for me.
It helps to be pushing yourself forward when you throw it and in the corner somewhat. It’s not too bad then. Next to do the pursuer trick just make sure your character is naked so you can run and jump quicker. I did it in 3 tries the other day. Using the cloud to save and retry.
A fun thing about DS2 is that it's the only game in the series that has no instakill limit on fall distance, so you can theoretically survive any fall as long as it isn't the usual instakill from falling into a pit.
malentia restocks her bight bugs every time you get a great soul, however the restock will replace what's left of her current stock, so you can potentially get twelve or fifteen bright bugs from her if you keep buying them before each great soul.
DS2 was my introduction to the series so will forever hold a special place in my heart. Plus i like how stamina actually mattered and you couldn't just infinitely spam roll like in the other games and BB. everything felt slower and more meaningful and had more weight, but also just the music in Majula will never not give me nerd chills. I love it so much i'll just have it on in the background whilst i go to sleep or am playing other stuff. It's so nice, and also reminds me of that time when i was first discovering souls games as a pc only player. Bearer Seek Seek Lest!
Same for me.
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Hell yeah!! I love your narration skills and extremely detailed videos, Phobia!
I saw this exact character as a ghost in my game just now
Wow
New DS2 Scholar content?? Don't mind if I do!! Thanks Phobe this is terrific- some totally new info for me
This game is so good. I don’t know why anyone hates it. The only downfall is some unmemorable bosses, but other then that, great game. A slight remake could make it amazing if they make the bosses more memorable by putting in a greater soundtrack
it is a great game in itself but I think people don‘t like it in comparison to the first one. It wasn’t directed by Miyazaki and they changed things and mechanics that made Dark Souls Dark Souls. It also canonically doesn‘t belong into the trilogy’s storyline. It’s basically seen as the weakest link in an amazing series cause DS 1 & 3 are just SO good. I agree though, it doesn‘t deserve the hate and is still worth playing
DS2 might be my favorite, the bosses are forgettable, but the DLC bosses are really hard.
I just can’t look past how weird and clunky it is compared to the other games. I really want it to get remastered the way demon souls did.
@@gb5164 DS2 did get remastered, its called SOTFS
@@the48thvain I specifically said in the way that demon souls did...meaning like a complete upgrade
I’m a big DS2 fan but somehow I didn’t know most of these. Great video!
Ds2 is my favorite. Always will be.
Pursuer is the coolest and one of the most memorable bosses in the entire series in my opinion, with the Gwyn and Sif close second.
By far one of my favorite bosses and no one Ik thinks he’s as cool as I do
By far one of my favorite bosses and no one Ik thinks he’s as cool as I do
Is ornstein and smough for me
@@vargasinc8213 yeah, they too were great and memorable, altho a bit overshadowed by the "Amazing chest ahead!"
Parry walk is a glitch in ds2 where if you have the butterfly skirt equipped and parry an enemy at a certain angle , it allows you to stay at the Y level you parried at and allows you to float in the air, like TOD glitch in da3
DS2 will always be my favorite of the series. It had so much charm and potential
Keyboard and Mouse glitch here.
You can turn a low use spell into a high use one. (Or the reverse...?)
Select your spell, then warp anywhere. But then right click the screen, the right spots would be unlocked areas. It should show "back."
Select, then go back to the attune spells screen. And highlight another spell. Just as soon as the loading screen happens, if you confirm your change, you'll spawn with your spell usages swapped, but you'll have, for example, 30 forbidden suns by 'swapping' it with Soul Arrow. It'll last up until you quit the game. So it unfortunately won't work with the brightbug glitch since that requires quitting out, and for this one you must not quit out.
nice to see a bit of content on DS2.
decided to go do some pvp tonight and I was surprised how often i was getting fights in the blood arena at 120 mill SM. people still play!
Arena isn't separated by SM to be fair.
Even so, I find PvP in low memory brackets and in 2-3 mil / 3-5 mil bracket pretty easily still.
while i know blue arena wasn't SM based (still feel bad for some of the lvl
The very first glitch you can do is hotboxes.
you can also count 7 steps from the dragonrider! but you have to cut a close angle next to the edge to make it work. that's how I usually do it
Technically its 6.5 steps
Killing the Dragon Rider that way is definitely not a glitch unless the developers were like really dumb or high in that part, pushing him off is intended, making him fall by himself is just a little stretch, if they didn't see that coming.........
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Glitch
not fun btw
Shout out to YT to recommending this video to when I’ve just started my first blind thru all three DS games! 🙏🏽
This is really cool! I love all of your glitches videos, especially of the souls series. But, is the dragonrider falling off the platform really considered a glitch? It's so easy it almost seems like an intended way of beating him.
Pretty sure it isn't what From had in mind when they designed him, no lol
@@PhobiaSoft You can almost hk the Pursuer with the ballista, so i think this isnt impossible to think that they intended to us beat him like that
@@zyrachessblam5263 You can completely kill the Pursuer with the ballista.
@@PhobiaSoft Yeah, but not exactly a hk
I like all Dark Souls games but the second one is my favorite by far. Best PvP, more weapons, more spells, more consumable items, most replay value, etc etc.
Still holds true DS2 actually takes skill not L2 button like in ER now lol
The Dark Souls II community certainly is among the most fun and engaging among the whole series.
Amazing! I was waiting for this!! Thanks
I'm one of few degenerates whose favorite game _is_ DS2. So thanks for the content! Never knew about most of these!
Windmills is ridiculously underrated
man im really missing Ds2 PvP right now, havent played for years and now im getting all these DS2 recommendations all of a sudden
PvP in DS2 was great. Almost anything was viable.
Yay, more glitches!
there is a glitch allowing you to have more casts of any spell
when you have a spell like forbidden sun that takes 3 slots and has 1 cast at base, you can glitch it to take 1 slot and have 30 casts, you do need a mouse for it though
1. attune the spell you want to increase the casts of
2. fast travel somewhere (you can fast travel to the same location you are already in)
3. during the fade out right click with the mouse it should pop up the back option, after clicking that option you will see the bonfire resting menu again
4. click the attune spell option and then the spell you have attuned
5. there is a flash of the screen after the fade out finishes, during that flash select a spell like soul arrow (that has 1 slot and 30 casts) to switch the forbidden sun
6. once the loading screen finishes (from the fast travel) you should have 30 casts of forbidden sun and it should appear in the attune menu as soul arrow
after the glitch going in the menu and equipping another soul arrow will work to increase the casts to 60 and so on (yes you can have infinite forbidden suns)
it works with any combination of spells
it will last until you either die or quit the game
i think ymfah has a video where he shows how to do it
This video needs a part II at this point
I'm thinking about it! Just gotta make sure there's enough content to make it worthwhile
What ever u post is worth while
What are the odds that you upload a glitch video on this game the same week I start playing it for the first time? Crazy, man
200hrs of game and I never discovered the bombfire shortcut.
If someone were to want the easiest no death run possible;
You play the game through on NG once. Before you enter NG+1 you want to farm up your level to a crazy amount, get all gear you want or need and max it out and then start NG+1. You will be that overpowered that its rather hard to die in the first place.
A no bonfire run on the other hand requires low skill. ITs all matter of time in the end. A failure only makes it longer to come back to your point.
Wow how tight is the timing on that pursuer quick kill? I've been trying it but it doesn't seem to go through
Edit: It's pretty tight. If you're a relatively low stamina class (like cleric) you'll probably need to try a few times to make it)
Unpopular opinion but this one was the souls game I liked the most.
It was 2014 and I was fired from my job, my dad recently passed away, fam was having money troubles, bro almost commited suicide. Dark times...
My buddy glen got me a copy of titan fall. I didn't want that EA trash lol. Traded it into gamestop for this game. And staying up all night playing this game was my only escape from reality at that time until things luckily got much better for me. This game is special to me : )
Plus I was hella good at it and owned anyone who wasn't a hacker basically on the lava bridge lol.
I know exactly what you mean, *when* you play a game is just as important to your enjoyment as the game itself. I love Bloodborne the most personally, and a big part of that is because when that game launched, I really needed it.
DS2 is my favorite of the three 🥺
I agree!
my fovorite glitch is when i close the game and uninstall it
Was hoping there was a mention of a glitch with the Fume Knight where if you consistently use consumables by him, he won't enter the second phase of the fight for some reason.
Its not really a glitch, its an AI exploit.
Before doing the Pursuer Quick-Kill glitch, you need to level up your endurance in order to run for a longer time.
I love Dark Souls 2, such a fun game.
just to add one more, you can prevent fume knight from entering 2nd phase if you time your estus usage properly
Nice! Can't wait for DS3
How did you comment 18 hours ago?
@@EvanLandry because im patches
@@EvanLandry honestly i have no idea wtf
This video had a ton of video artifacts when youtube processed it the first time. It was unlisted for a day while I had youtube re-process it. He just happened to check the Glitches playlist during that time. Good ol' Trusty Patches!
@@PhobiaSoft thanks, it was really confusing because the notification said 33 seconds ago.
I did the scorpion glitch thinking it was a mechanic I was supposed to do lol
I have waited sooooo long, nice job!
you should make another one of these videos for this game because there are some new glitches and a few you missed or just didnt include such as tumble buffing as well as some really hard ones that people may like to have explained if possible
From my testing, tumblebuffing is either extremely difficult on SOTFS or just downright impossible. It worked on the PS3/360 versions because it took longer for the weapon details to load in, but on PS4/One versions everything just loads too fast.
@@CosmeticFear its just extremely difficult because i have been practicing and can get it pretty consistently on ps4 SOTFS it just requires you to have really good control in your menus on PlayStation I would recommend hold the controller in claw grip to do it as it means your fingers have to move less
me who has an non updated ps3 dark souls 2
Late but if you’re having trouble with the back step onto the ledge in FotFG, point your camera to where you are looking toward the floor.
When I first played DS2 I hated it. Now it's one of my 5 favorite games w/the DLCs included, and my favorite Souls game. I feel like this game got the FF8 treatment, and many didn't give it a chance because it was different than its popular predecessor.
I saw Distortion do a jump in Brume Tower once, from one platform to a lower one by lining up with a bow and then running and plunge attacking. That was from just below the first bonfire inside the tower to an intermediate platform, and then they turned and jumped down to the main floor where you use the Scorching Iron Sceptre. Took less than ten seconds to go from the higher platform to the Foyer level. Not a glitch, I guess, but still cool
How do you only have 16k subs. You should have at least 150k
Instead of counting the Dragonrider's steps, it's much easier to just wait until his right foot crosses the line between the platform and bridge. I can do this almost 100% of the time.
Even if DS2 is the most jank ds its still my favorite just because the weapon and gear variation it got.
And pvp is most fun of the 3 games even if its far from perfect.
Soul memory is still stupid tough.
But Im still mad that From didnt put the masterpiece that was powerstancing in ds3.
Smelter sword+ Aged Smelter sword= Purple nuke. make sure they ar both maxed and make sure you can powerstance them