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Imagine 50 years from now , dark souls is already dead and forgotten when, suddenly someone uploads a time lapse video of them reaching max level in undead asylum only
Btw, the area outside firelink doesn't take forever to load, the game doesn't load it by default because most people stay inside firelink. The game waits a standard amount of time the developers thought would be adequate for people to utilize firelink and maybe explore after. This helps with load time when traveling to firelink so often.
@@canter1ter even then it should automatically start loading, just the fact that I can load up any map in around 3 seconds but have to wait a minute for that one small little area because of some dumb timer is aweful
Great work once again! I'd agree that Firelink Shrine doesn't count as a different area from the tutorial/ cemetery btw. Not just out of convenience but because I don't trust area title cards as the sole factor in what distinguishes a location. I already disregard that in Dark Souls 1 in a bunch of places for a variety of reasons.
Plus, then we'd have to treat road of sacrifice as different from crucifixion woods, irithyll dungeon as different from the profaned capital, and smouldering lake as different from the demon ruins, as some notable examples.
I consider the tab that holds bonfires (I don't know the name for that, if it has one) the location. Besides Dark Firelink/Untended Graves, because while yes they are actually the same location, it's easier to casually refer to them as different areas. Also, I only just noticed that your name is all lowercase and now I will probably notice that when I watch your videos...
@@thaias9654 That's perfectly valid but I think there's never one way to really nail it down. :) You could talk about what an area is in terms of multi-player, for example. Then suddenly you have things like the Crystal Cave and Duke's Archives, and the Abyss and New Londo Ruins tied together, because it's considered one area in terms of who's the boss and how it's zoned for that. Then on the flip side you have something like the Demon Ruins, which doesn't get divided up further by name but has distinct zones separated by three different bosses. Or you have Darkroot Garden and Darkroot Basin having different names from each other but both sharing the same area boss (Moonlight Butterfly), then the part that is separated (forest area with Sif) doesn't get a different name and is just treated as more of the garden name-wise. It can all be broken up a bunch of different ways. :p
I've mostly played DS3, and that game has decent divides. FromSoft has definitely gotten better with organizing their areas, and I can only hope it gets better for Elden Ring. But since I haven't touched anything besides DS3 in a long time, zone by category plus a few personal splits is suitable for me. And I guess that's what this is all about. FromSoft has been improving in many areas, even the subtle things like bonfire categorization add up to a much more quality-of-life experience.
You can walk between the shrine and the Cemetery without a loading screen or fast travel. Its all part of the beginning area no matter what people says.
@@IrvineTheHunter Its a clear cut area. Firelink Shrine in Dark Souls 1 and 2 are the same thing. Not seperated by loading screens, but clearly seperate areas that are connected to the beginning of the game. DS1, going down the elevator or through the tunnel goes to completely new areas. DS2, there's doors and a giant hole that are clear markers for differnt areas. DS 3 is the same with how the beginning area is linked to firelink shrine and very clearly seperate from the rest of the game.
@@solidmoon8266 what about faron keep and the road of sacrifices and the undead settlement and the cathedral of the deep? All connected without loading screens or fast travels
By the way, those are Hollow Clerics, the Grave Wardens appear earliest in the Cathedral of The Deep. They do appear in the Untended Graves as well. The Grave Wardens wield Grave Warden Twinblades that deal bleed damage, and you can get their entire set and (armor and weapon) from loot drops. I do not know why Hollow Clerics are there in the first place, but I am glad the Grave Wardens are _not_ in Firelink & the spawn grave area. They are annoying AF.
Wrong. Literally the description of the Grave Warden on SoulsWiki says their location is Cemetery of Ash and Firelink Shrine. You’re confusing them with Cathedral Grave Wardens. Two different enemies.
@@phoenixproductions2021 why do they drop chimes then? And why are the same types of enemies in Lothric Castle (same clothes and model) casting miracles. They're also present in the Cathedral, Crucifixion woods. And why are the twinblade Grave Wardens' set call Grave Warden, instead of Cathedral Warden or something. (I will go read the description soon) "Hollow Clerics" might not be an appropriate name for all the variants of the enemies, but I'm pretty sure they're not there to tend the graves. I think they're Lothric missionaries gone hollow, considering the strongest ones are in Lothric/Consumed Garden. Or maybe they're Cathedral missionaries going to Lothric, though I wouldn't think so as much. It's hard to make a point about them since they don't drop their armor. And we can only make connections through the drops they do have more unique to them.
@@phoenixproductions2021 That's because Untended Graves and the Dark Shrine are *technically* located in the Cemetery of Ash and Firelink Shrine respectively. This is the same reason why messages left in the Untended Graves and Dark Shrine appear in their respective light locations as well
When I got to 480ish I just started speedrunning the base game to get the 5 free levels near the start of the game. I only got to your level though, other games happened. What stinks in DS3 is that you can one shot the Golden Winged Knights at Grand Archives up until NG +6, but not in NG +7. (dark dagger, max attack levels, all of the buffs/rings) When that happened I turned to running the game because using the Rapport strategy I found too slow and boring. (yes it's fun and funny at first, but it gets old) I'm happy they made it a little easier in Elden Ring, and Lies of P has been a breeze compared to any FromSoft game. Max level is only 43,264 points on the last level up. Yeah you don't get as much per kill in that game, but it's still so much quicker. Reached max level 561 in only a month and will get their much faster on the other platform I started playing. Elden Ring I got to an even 700 but stopped to play Lies. I like grinding, but I do like to reach max level in a sane amount of time. DS2 was pretty good with this too.
Yeah, same. When he crunched the 10.77 years, I thought he was gonna follow up with a "but" on how you can actually cheese something and get it faster.
Because thats what the title says. A little annoyed tbh. Once the math was done obviously its not feasible but I didnt know that before the video was randomly recommended to me.
Always great to see an upload from you my guy as they're always pretty quality and a good time, not sure how I missed this one over the Holidays but I'm glad I found it in my recommendeds.
Man I felt so good when you said the amount of hours it would take and instinctively I said "DAMN THATS LIKE 10 YEARS!" glad I still know these things approximately, even tho the end result was closer to 11 years.
That Iundex kill was super clean. The first time I ever played I barely squeaked out the win (~10% health remaining with zero estus left). My buddies were over and they had been struggling with earlier games. They were pretty impressed and it got my heart pumping for sure. Assassin class, by the way.
Woah, I never knew you could exit Firelink Shrine after teleporting to it. I always went to the Gundyr bonfire and moved on from there, thinking Firelink shrine is it’s own location and it doesn’t let you leave unless you teleport.
wait but you dont teleport to it unlike in Bloodborne or Demons Souls, you walk into it, so why shouldnt you be able to walk out again? Or am I missing something?
@@lord_vortekan first off what mongoloid has played ds3 but not the predecessors. And also, you definitely don’t teleport to firelink. Lol. If anything it’s really vital that you search the area around and above Firelink.
Jesus christ. I had to comment to commend you for making the tree jump first time. 👏 Unless it was just edited, but still; fair. That glitch jump is a huge pain. To anyone who stumbles across this comment on such an old video, if you want help with the tree I found that standing slightly down the stairs till you can run straight at the tree's roots was much easier than the dumb turn that most recommend.
I always wondered about the fog wall appearing in the Firelink Shrine exit. It's so ominous... I didn't realize it was for that reason so the game didn't have to load the outside area. :p
Iudex Gundyr is such a good tutorial fight. It's just challenging enough to people who are getting into the souls series (like me) without being something that is meant to kill you. The only from software game that did the. "Your not meant to beat this here and die" boss is Sekiro honestly because sekiro feels somewhat more narrative without a blank slate character
I am fairly certain the fog wall preventing exit from Firelink is just on a fixed timer independent of the area loading. In fact I made a mod deleting both fog walls and I'd run upstairs after spawning to find the area fully loaded or at worst a distant asset or two would pop in.
It's there so the player can quickly load into Firelink if they just want to level/sell/buy/upgrade stuff without having to wait for the entire area to load.
out of curiosity once you start levelling INT wouldn't subsequent runs be a bit faster since you wouldn't need to spend extra seconds aiming your fireballs-- the splash damage would be strong enough to net you the overkill bonus regardless?
When I smoked some bud a couple weeks ago I realized that dark soul is supposed to be a timeless game that you can play for your whole life cuz you never truly finish it until you get to max level so they’re genius for doing this I think I’ll be playing dark souls and Elden ring for the next 20 years til I get to max level
my prefered method for this challenge: - start with the Sovereignless Soul and proceed to firelink as usual - install the Honest Merchant mod from Nexusmods - use the Sovereignless Soul to by 2,000 Soul of a Great Champion-s - return to the merchant to purchase as needed
Great work, but you will be happy to find out you don't have to do the tree jump twice. Just backtrack from the lizard to the ledge where the archway into the scaffolding is.
I have a question, wouldn't it be faster later to just utilize the heavy gem hawkwood gives? you should be able to 1 shot enemies with enough str later I'm sure?
Did you watch the video? He has no trouble one-shotting enemies WITH the overkill bonus. More damage is pointless for this grind. Plus he's only using melee for a single kill, which utilizing a plunging attack making the damage even more overkill.
If we are able to utilize things in the firelink why don't we also level up while doing it, we can utilize the overkill mechanic much more easily with a melee weapon Also how long does it take to kill 5 of them instead of 9?
The only thought I have after finishing this video is "why would... Why are they..." Yeah it's just why would you do this. Great vid, painful instigating thought
My best grinding place was high wall of lothric. Run down the left hand side. Kill the one walking, then the one that comes up the stairs. Then run up to the bit where the dead dragon is and kill the other one that screams. Then run to the edge and the dragon will kill all of them. Equip the sword and kill all the ones sitting down on your way back to the sword.
Newest run challenge for Soulsborne. Completing the entire Soulsborne series while grinding up to max level in the first area! Distortion2 in shambles.
THAT'S WHAT THE FOG GATE IS?!?! I thought the game was trying to force me to talk to all the NPCs because when I did that sometimes it would then open up for me. But other times I attacked it then it let me through... So it was all a matter of the game loading?! Sheesh.
Now, about how long would it take for a NG+ with the Symbol of Avarice, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +3 (The Ringed City DLC), the Staff and Shield of Want?
@AriyaTheWendigo go ahead, do it, touch/click that cute little 11:52. Google made it all bright and shiny for smooth brained crows like you. Do it I won't judge.
My naïve ass definitely thought the premise of the video was that you actually accomplished max level in the tutorial...til I started to realize what the math would be.
Impressive performance, and as you say you don't care about some not agreeing the challenge is completed ( I consider entering firelink the end of the tutorial ) But still, very impressive none the less
the best and the fastest place for farming souls is Lothric castle bonfire. equipping these is a must . (( covetous silver serpent ring level 3 + The Shield of Want + Symbol of Avarice + Medicants Staff and rings that boost sorcery )) then attack the first knight with crystal soul spear don't go down the mini stairs over the stairs the crystal soul spear with go through the first knight and hit the second knight. for the beginners : you aint gonna pull through the frustrating process in any other bonfire further from enemies. other location may feel okay at first but in the midway you get tired believe me. put a podcast or whatever. many out there recommend grand archive lift to the ascended knights but the distance will make regret mid process.
I didn't even know you could load the outside if you warp to firelink shrine. Whenever I wanted to get on the roof I've been warping to Gundyr and walking up.
Not that this makes it reasonable to do, but as you level up you can increase your item find which will increase the number of souls gained due to items found. So the exact math should be a shorter number
A bit late, but when starting a new character and you haven't died or teleported once and stay in the cemetary of ash along with firelink shrine The game for some reason never loads the area outside firelink and you can just step out as normal not having to load the area at all Same thing happens if you come back to firelink after a teleport, go to the door for it to load and go back to the bonfire rest, and now it doesn't need to load it anymore as long as you don't die or teleport
What kind of a crazy person performs the tree jump twice instead of just turning around and walking back onto the roof after killing the crystal lizard? I can understand the grinding, but if I don't get that jump on the first try, then it's probably gonna be the 50th.
@@Amoeba_Podre Nah, it isn't bad. I've done it on the first try many times. But it's bad enough to only want to do once. And with the choice of doing it again or just walking around, I'm walking around.
Yeah at first I was like “oh, it’s the entire hub not just the tutorial” but I think being exact with the tutorial confines would make this extremely boring and much longer, so it’s probably a good thing you didn’t
I don't understand English very much. I was watching the video thinking that I would find a way to cheat souls, but I was shocked in the end that it was just a math calculation video
I didn't know that when there are fog walls at firelink that it was loading, so the first time I saw them I was freaking out and fell off a staircase right into hawkwid which triggered agro, and when I finished killing him, the fog walls were open, so every single time I saw a fog wall at firelink, I killed an npc
@@FenoTheFox Name another game where the turorial is the hubworld. Also, I may be wrong on thus bit since its been awhile since I 100%ed it, but there aren't any tutorial messages past Gundyr.
@@FenoTheFox You have quite a different definition of what a tutorial is. I do not recall Lakitu or Toad teaching you moves, or some obstacle course using ground pounds, crawling, and wall jumps
@@PennehLope It's all very clever, invisibly teaching you the fundamentals. Gotta learn to run and jump before you can get to Bob-Omb Battlefield. They don't need to spell it out because SM64 is a game for adults, you see. Much smarter than any Souls game.
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If you're allowed to visit Majula and Firelink in DS2 and 3 it only makes sense that you redo DS1 with Firelink visits allowed
Wait, so you didn't do it for ten years??
Imagine 50 years from now , dark souls is already dead and forgotten when, suddenly someone uploads a time lapse video of them reaching max level in undead asylum only
Souls veterans rise as undead to watch it xD ..
@@leme686 many of em would be literally dead
Bold of you to assume that Dark Souls 1 would go dead in 50 years
@@leme686I swear the hollowing and chosen undead idea is so genius Ima remind all y’all a year later
@@sebastianb.4048
Or in their 70s, 80s, 90s, or a few years after 100(it’s happened before)
“Do not kill the sword master until later” bold of you to assume I *could* have killed him at the start
Git gud
@@fernandoxavier3089 no u
@@fernandoxavier3089 ratio
Pyro flame and kite, ez
"This has been left as an exercise for the viewer"
Finally we can go hollow in peace, knowing that our desire to see this video has been fulfilled.
🤯
Don't you dare go hollow!
@@Sachiko_Zeingor I AM HOLLOW
*MEXICAN THEME START*
Btw, the area outside firelink doesn't take forever to load, the game doesn't load it by default because most people stay inside firelink. The game waits a standard amount of time the developers thought would be adequate for people to utilize firelink and maybe explore after. This helps with load time when traveling to firelink so often.
I always found this stupid since the load time would be slowed down for like half a second
@@pendingchange3776 Hard disc drive users and console players, man, dont only think about yourself
@@canter1ter i use a hard disk drive and played on console the load times would be almost un affected
@@canter1ter even then it should automatically start loading, just the fact that I can load up any map in around 3 seconds but have to wait a minute for that one small little area because of some dumb timer is aweful
Worst idea ever of all time. I honestly cant believe that the beta testers did not give feedback on how frustrating it is.
Great work once again! I'd agree that Firelink Shrine doesn't count as a different area from the tutorial/ cemetery btw. Not just out of convenience but because I don't trust area title cards as the sole factor in what distinguishes a location. I already disregard that in Dark Souls 1 in a bunch of places for a variety of reasons.
Plus, then we'd have to treat road of sacrifice as different from crucifixion woods, irithyll dungeon as different from the profaned capital, and smouldering lake as different from the demon ruins, as some notable examples.
I consider the tab that holds bonfires (I don't know the name for that, if it has one) the location. Besides Dark Firelink/Untended Graves, because while yes they are actually the same location, it's easier to casually refer to them as different areas.
Also, I only just noticed that your name is all lowercase and now I will probably notice that when I watch your videos...
@@thaias9654 That's perfectly valid but I think there's never one way to really nail it down. :)
You could talk about what an area is in terms of multi-player, for example. Then suddenly you have things like the Crystal Cave and Duke's Archives, and the Abyss and New Londo Ruins tied together, because it's considered one area in terms of who's the boss and how it's zoned for that.
Then on the flip side you have something like the Demon Ruins, which doesn't get divided up further by name but has distinct zones separated by three different bosses.
Or you have Darkroot Garden and Darkroot Basin having different names from each other but both sharing the same area boss (Moonlight Butterfly), then the part that is separated (forest area with Sif) doesn't get a different name and is just treated as more of the garden name-wise.
It can all be broken up a bunch of different ways. :p
I've mostly played DS3, and that game has decent divides. FromSoft has definitely gotten better with organizing their areas, and I can only hope it gets better for Elden Ring.
But since I haven't touched anything besides DS3 in a long time, zone by category plus a few personal splits is suitable for me. And I guess that's what this is all about.
FromSoft has been improving in many areas, even the subtle things like bonfire categorization add up to a much more quality-of-life experience.
Also you literally cannot level up without going into Firelink so it's kind of necessary.
You can walk between the shrine and the Cemetery without a loading screen or fast travel. Its all part of the beginning area no matter what people says.
That's over half of DS1/2, DS3/Demon Souls are the weird ones with warp hubs.
@@IrvineTheHunter Its a clear cut area. Firelink Shrine in Dark Souls 1 and 2 are the same thing. Not seperated by loading screens, but clearly seperate areas that are connected to the beginning of the game.
DS1, going down the elevator or through the tunnel goes to completely new areas. DS2, there's doors and a giant hole that are clear markers for differnt areas.
DS 3 is the same with how the beginning area is linked to firelink shrine and very clearly seperate from the rest of the game.
@@solidmoon8266 what about faron keep and the road of sacrifices and the undead settlement and the cathedral of the deep? All connected without loading screens or fast travels
@@batatac4mil86 From the Foot of the Wall bonfire you can walk to Yhorm and then back up to Aldrich without a bonfire or loading screen between.
By that logic, undead settlement is the same area as Anor Londo.
By the way, those are Hollow Clerics, the Grave Wardens appear earliest in the Cathedral of The Deep. They do appear in the Untended Graves as well.
The Grave Wardens wield Grave Warden Twinblades that deal bleed damage, and you can get their entire set and (armor and weapon) from loot drops.
I do not know why Hollow Clerics are there in the first place, but I am glad the Grave Wardens are _not_ in Firelink & the spawn grave area. They are annoying AF.
Wrong. Literally the description of the Grave Warden on SoulsWiki says their location is Cemetery of Ash and Firelink Shrine. You’re confusing them with Cathedral Grave Wardens. Two different enemies.
@@phoenixproductions2021 why do they drop chimes then? And why are the same types of enemies in Lothric Castle (same clothes and model) casting miracles.
They're also present in the Cathedral, Crucifixion woods.
And why are the twinblade Grave Wardens' set call Grave Warden, instead of Cathedral Warden or something. (I will go read the description soon)
"Hollow Clerics" might not be an appropriate name for all the variants of the enemies, but I'm pretty sure they're not there to tend the graves. I think they're Lothric missionaries gone hollow, considering the strongest ones are in Lothric/Consumed Garden.
Or maybe they're Cathedral missionaries going to Lothric, though I wouldn't think so as much.
It's hard to make a point about them since they don't drop their armor. And we can only make connections through the drops they do have more unique to them.
@@phoenixproductions2021 That's because Untended Graves and the Dark Shrine are *technically* located in the Cemetery of Ash and Firelink Shrine respectively. This is the same reason why messages left in the Untended Graves and Dark Shrine appear in their respective light locations as well
tbh getting the jump right first try is more impressive than the gundyr fight
A madman is surely busy grinding it, the souls community deserves it
Thanks for the guide. I am finally confident enough to enter the next area after grinding for 10 years.
Im lvl 505 and still playing my first character in DS3. God I love the grind
When I got to 480ish I just started speedrunning the base game to get the 5 free levels near the start of the game. I only got to your level though, other games happened. What stinks in DS3 is that you can one shot the Golden Winged Knights at Grand Archives up until NG +6, but not in NG +7. (dark dagger, max attack levels, all of the buffs/rings) When that happened I turned to running the game because using the Rapport strategy I found too slow and boring. (yes it's fun and funny at first, but it gets old)
I'm happy they made it a little easier in Elden Ring, and Lies of P has been a breeze compared to any FromSoft game. Max level is only 43,264 points on the last level up. Yeah you don't get as much per kill in that game, but it's still so much quicker. Reached max level 561 in only a month and will get their much faster on the other platform I started playing. Elden Ring I got to an even 700 but stopped to play Lies. I like grinding, but I do like to reach max level in a sane amount of time. DS2 was pretty good with this too.
Proud of a iudex gundyr fight that was absolutely awful in execution, jfc ur terrible at souls lol
This right here is the best side of the souls community
Peak sigma performance
plin plin plon
@@cubixman9676 plan plun PLIN plun plon
He didnt get hit, so idk how tf he is terrible at the game.
What on earth. Overkill bonus damn didn't notice that was a thing in DS3 even though I've played it for hours
I don’t know why but for some reason I actually expected him to get to max level in the starting area
Same lmao
The title leads you to believe that, its kind of clickbaity if you have this video recommended to you randomly
yeah thats what i thought the first time i clicked a video from this series, but they still end up being really cool
Yeah, same. When he crunched the 10.77 years, I thought he was gonna follow up with a "but" on how you can actually cheese something and get it faster.
Because thats what the title says. A little annoyed tbh. Once the math was done obviously its not feasible but I didnt know that before the video was randomly recommended to me.
I absolutely love these videos, maybe on the flip side you could make videos on what the absolute FASTEST way to get max level is on each game?
Always great to see an upload from you my guy as they're always pretty quality and a good time, not sure how I missed this one over the Holidays but I'm glad I found it in my recommendeds.
Man I felt so good when you said the amount of hours it would take and instinctively I said "DAMN THATS LIKE 10 YEARS!" glad I still know these things approximately, even tho the end result was closer to 11 years.
That Iundex kill was super clean. The first time I ever played I barely squeaked out the win (~10% health remaining with zero estus left). My buddies were over and they had been struggling with earlier games. They were pretty impressed and it got my heart pumping for sure. Assassin class, by the way.
1:34 "this guy's souls aren't included in the final math don't worry"
🤣 took me like ten tries to read that
Woah, I never knew you could exit Firelink Shrine after teleporting to it. I always went to the Gundyr bonfire and moved on from there, thinking Firelink shrine is it’s own location and it doesn’t let you leave unless you teleport.
that’s reasonable, demon souls and blood borne are the exact same.
wait but you dont teleport to it unlike in Bloodborne or Demons Souls, you walk into it, so why shouldnt you be able to walk out again? Or am I missing something?
@@STOPSYPHER I’ve never played either of those, though.
@@lord_vortekan first off what mongoloid has played ds3 but not the predecessors. And also, you definitely don’t teleport to firelink. Lol. If anything it’s really vital that you search the area around and above Firelink.
@@STOPSYPHER I have an Xbox lol
I subbed the moment you said "I'm not sure how most people will feel about this, but what I am sure about is I don't care." Great stuff~
Jesus christ. I had to comment to commend you for making the tree jump first time. 👏
Unless it was just edited, but still; fair. That glitch jump is a huge pain.
To anyone who stumbles across this comment on such an old video, if you want help with the tree I found that standing slightly down the stairs till you can run straight at the tree's roots was much easier than the dumb turn that most recommend.
@@Ixarus6713 I made it on my first attempt both times I did the jump in this video 🤙😎🤙
I always wondered about the fog wall appearing in the Firelink Shrine exit. It's so ominous...
I didn't realize it was for that reason so the game didn't have to load the outside area. :p
Iudex Gundyr is such a good tutorial fight. It's just challenging enough to people who are getting into the souls series (like me) without being something that is meant to kill you. The only from software game that did the. "Your not meant to beat this here and die" boss is Sekiro honestly because sekiro feels somewhat more narrative without a blank slate character
I have been waiting for this!!! Thank you 🙏 🙏🙏
Imagine if someone was close to complete and they died and had to recollect their souls…. The stress would be too much.
that don't care statement was beautiful lmao need more of that today
I am fairly certain the fog wall preventing exit from Firelink is just on a fixed timer independent of the area loading. In fact I made a mod deleting both fog walls and I'd run upstairs after spawning to find the area fully loaded or at worst a distant asset or two would pop in.
That fog wall blocking the Cemetery from the Shrine is to mask loading? I thought it was just a complete barrier preventing passage for some reason.
It's there so the player can quickly load into Firelink if they just want to level/sell/buy/upgrade stuff without having to wait for the entire area to load.
It basically is. The area is already loaded, you can use free cam or even just no collision to get through, and everything is loaded.
The meaty feeling in dark souls 3 when you are hitting an enemy ❤
out of curiosity once you start levelling INT wouldn't subsequent runs be a bit faster since you wouldn't need to spend extra seconds aiming your fireballs-- the splash damage would be strong enough to net you the overkill bonus regardless?
When I smoked some bud a couple weeks ago I realized that dark soul is supposed to be a timeless game that you can play for your whole life cuz you never truly finish it until you get to max level so they’re genius for doing this I think I’ll be playing dark souls and Elden ring for the next 20 years til I get to max level
my prefered method for this challenge:
- start with the Sovereignless Soul and proceed to firelink as usual
- install the Honest Merchant mod from Nexusmods
- use the Sovereignless Soul to by 2,000 Soul of a Great Champion-s
- return to the merchant to purchase as needed
i don't think it would be legit by using mods, feels like cheating
8:18 mr president, get down!
Hi I just recently found your channel and really enjoy your content. Great videos with great explanations. Nice job
Great work, but you will be happy to find out you don't have to do the tree jump twice. Just backtrack from the lizard to the ledge where the archway into the scaffolding is.
Geez these videos are so much fun, can't wait to see whatever it is that you do next :)
Compliting the triology takes longer than a human lifetime.
I have a question, wouldn't it be faster later to just utilize the heavy gem hawkwood gives? you should be able to 1 shot enemies with enough str later I'm sure?
If I remember correctly you need the farron coal in order to unlock heavy infusion which is located at farron keep
@@miniguylad2827 Forgot about that. Thank you.
Did you watch the video? He has no trouble one-shotting enemies WITH the overkill bonus. More damage is pointless for this grind. Plus he's only using melee for a single kill, which utilizing a plunging attack making the damage even more overkill.
This dude only had 10k subs... Damn well deserved sub!! Time to binge watch
Now for the spinoff. Grinding to max in the elden ring tutorial area
If we are able to utilize things in the firelink why don't we also level up while doing it, we can utilize the overkill mechanic much more easily with a melee weapon
Also how long does it take to kill 5 of them instead of 9?
"I'm not sure how people will feel about this, but what I am sure about is that I don't care." This made me laugh. Villain arch vibes lol
The only thought I have after finishing this video is "why would... Why are they..." Yeah it's just why would you do this. Great vid, painful instigating thought
Man cutting those 8 years off the grind is gonna really save me some time
My best grinding place was high wall of lothric.
Run down the left hand side.
Kill the one walking, then the one that comes up the stairs. Then run up to the bit where the dead dragon is and kill the other one that screams. Then run to the edge and the dragon will kill all of them.
Equip the sword and kill all the ones sitting down on your way back to the sword.
The Shawshank Redemption of Dark Souls III
seeing the one guy fall off the cliff at the beginning was really funny to me
Doesn't the fading soul give 50, not 20 souls?
Was so relieved when I realised towards the end of that you weren't going to actually do it
The joy is temporary the climb is forever
Newest run challenge for Soulsborne. Completing the entire Soulsborne series while grinding up to max level in the first area! Distortion2 in shambles.
Happy holidays to all & merry Xmas!
DS2 is still my all-time fav.
THAT'S WHAT THE FOG GATE IS?!?!
I thought the game was trying to force me to talk to all the NPCs because when I did that sometimes it would then open up for me.
But other times I attacked it then it let me through...
So it was all a matter of the game loading?! Sheesh.
Now, about how long would it take for a NG+ with the Symbol of Avarice, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +3 (The Ringed City DLC), the Staff and Shield of Want?
Still too long.
epicly awesome gundyr fight legit cunfirmed
Jesus, this video came out one year ago.
I wasted one year, best go and grind
you can make a run 30s if you jump off a ledge instead of running back to the bonfire. scoop back your souls in the next run before jumping again.
11:52 of garbage
why did you watch it then?
@AriyaTheWendigo never learned how to click on hyper links and it shows.
@AriyaTheWendigo go ahead, do it, touch/click that cute little 11:52. Google made it all bright and shiny for smooth brained crows like you. Do it I won't judge.
@termsconditions1513 he doesn't want too bro that's not pickle pee it's not pum pa rum. Okay?
@WilliamChamplin absolutely shattered me like glass
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level!
Nothing about this game was stunning really
One day you'll stop being so insecure about other games being better than the absolute embarassement DS2 is
My naïve ass definitely thought the premise of the video was that you actually accomplished max level in the tutorial...til I started to realize what the math would be.
I cannot listen to that song anymore. Probably the song I’ve heard the most in my life.
this is a very generous use of the word tutorial.
Impressive performance, and as you say you don't care about some not agreeing the challenge is completed ( I consider entering firelink the end of the tutorial )
But still, very impressive none the less
now its time to find out how long it would take to get to max level in elden ring in cave of knowledge
It all counts as the same initial area since you need to get to Firelink Shrine to be able to level up
the best and the fastest place for farming souls is Lothric castle bonfire. equipping these is a must . (( covetous silver serpent ring level 3 + The Shield of Want + Symbol of Avarice + Medicants Staff and rings that boost sorcery )) then attack the first knight with crystal soul spear don't go down the mini stairs over the stairs the crystal soul spear with go through the first knight and hit the second knight. for the beginners : you aint gonna pull through the frustrating process in any other bonfire further from enemies. other location may feel okay at first but in the midway you get tired believe me. put a podcast or whatever. many out there recommend grand archive lift to the ascended knights but the distance will make regret mid process.
32 years? guys, I think I might take on this challenge. No joke.
That's why we need to just log in and stay in the forest, killing boars...
I didn't even know you could load the outside if you warp to firelink shrine. Whenever I wanted to get on the roof I've been warping to Gundyr and walking up.
I don't know what the skull ring does
“This guys souls aren’t included in the math don’t worry”
why did i come here expecting you to have grinded to the max level and then playing through the game
I really hope youtube is still a thing in 2053 so someone can post a video where they max out doing this exact thing
After reaching max level, finally I can play the game.
The flagrant disregard for significant figures in these kinds of videos is always a good laugh for me.
I’ve played ds3 like 4 times and never knew there was an overkill bonus
Old joke: "What, still here?" 5:55
Not that this makes it reasonable to do, but as you level up you can increase your item find which will increase the number of souls gained due to items found. So the exact math should be a shorter number
A bit late, but when starting a new character and you haven't died or teleported once and stay in the cemetary of ash along with firelink shrine
The game for some reason never loads the area outside firelink and you can just step out as normal not having to load the area at all
Same thing happens if you come back to firelink after a teleport, go to the door for it to load and go back to the bonfire rest, and now it doesn't need to load it anymore as long as you don't die or teleport
What kind of a crazy person performs the tree jump twice instead of just turning around and walking back onto the roof after killing the crystal lizard? I can understand the grinding, but if I don't get that jump on the first try, then it's probably gonna be the 50th.
Tree jump isn’t that bad
@@Amoeba_Podre Nah, it isn't bad. I've done it on the first try many times. But it's bad enough to only want to do once. And with the choice of doing it again or just walking around, I'm walking around.
a nice boss fight from such a nice content creator
"What I am sure about though, is I don't care." 😂😂 same man same
Yeah at first I was like “oh, it’s the entire hub not just the tutorial” but I think being exact with the tutorial confines would make this extremely boring and much longer, so it’s probably a good thing you didn’t
4:03 SO THAT IS HOW YOU GET THE RING
How long it will take to get to max level in the cave of knowledge elden ring
Clean ass Fight on Gundyr.
5:41 The hardest part of Dark Souls 3
I always thought that wall to outside of firework was from me doing something not coz of loading
Challenge accepted. I will update you once Ive completed it.
I'm wondering that if you raise your strength or dex high enough, could you get the overkill bonus in a shorter time?
Just start this challange, that's how you became hollow irl
I don't understand English very much. I was watching the video thinking that I would find a way to cheat souls, but I was shocked in the end that it was just a math calculation video
- ashen one please bring lords to thier thrones
- no
Thanks for not cutting the gundyr fight it was nice
I didn't know that when there are fog walls at firelink that it was loading, so the first time I saw them I was freaking out and fell off a staircase right into hawkwid which triggered agro, and when I finished killing him, the fog walls were open, so every single time I saw a fog wall at firelink, I killed an npc
The title of this video gave me anxiety. Amazing patience
I wouldn't have clicked this if I knew you were killing a boss. That's the end of the tutorial.
No way, dude. My arbitrary definition is way less arbitrary than your arbitrary definition.
@@FenoTheFox Name another game where the turorial is the hubworld. Also, I may be wrong on thus bit since its been awhile since I 100%ed it, but there aren't any tutorial messages past Gundyr.
@@PennehLope Super Mario 64
@@FenoTheFox You have quite a different definition of what a tutorial is. I do not recall Lakitu or Toad teaching you moves, or some obstacle course using ground pounds, crawling, and wall jumps
@@PennehLope It's all very clever, invisibly teaching you the fundamentals. Gotta learn to run and jump before you can get to Bob-Omb Battlefield. They don't need to spell it out because SM64 is a game for adults, you see. Much smarter than any Souls game.