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Execution : Practice, practice, practice. Even if you look up a boss fight online it is highly unlikely that you can pull it off on your first try at least for most bosses. The strategies and hints that someone else told you came from their own observations and strategizing, so try to fine-tune their methods to suit your needs. Because of the variety of play styles available within the game, bosses can similarly be beaten in a variety of different ways.

Also important to consider is that a majority of the bosses can be beaten without losing any health. If you take the time to first figure out the best, most conservative means of winning a fight, it'll save you hours of trial and error.

NEVER make a decision impulsively. Unlike some RPGs, there is no way to save the game, attempt a decision, reload the save and try again if you're unsatisfied. Every decision is final and has a consequence. Try focusing on planning long-term, because the game does get progressively harder as difficult as that is to imagine. Some basic advice for easy progression Start the game as a Pyromancer! Get to level your stats how you want because of the low starting level Pyromancy is extremely helpful throughout the game and doesn't require any stats to be spent on it so you can still end up however you want.

Start with the Master Key! All other items you will be able to get in game. Some parts of the game are a lot nicer with this key. If this is the case the next best option would be starting with Twin Humanities as they have a variety of uses in game, for example if you're inexperianced in gaming you could use them to kindle the bonfire at Firelink Shine so you can have a much greater number of estus flask s avalible from the start, or if you're a pyromancer you could use it to save up for the Chaos Storm spell from the Daughter of Chaos.

Also note that if you plan on keeping the Sunlight Maggot Helm you will need to start with the Old Witch's Ring to talk to the Daughter of Chaos, and if plan on joining the Blade of the Dark Moon covenant and obtain the Darkmoon Blade and Darkmoon Talisman you may wish to start with a Pendant so you can swap it for a Souvenir of Reprisal and offer it to Gwyndolin. Spend most of your souls on leveling your pyromancy flame. You can do this by freeing the pyromancer trainer who is trapped in a barrel in the depths.

Once freed he will be at the firelink shrine. Talk to him and modify equipment. At higher levels the pyromancy flame can deal out large amounts of damage. Buy Iron Flesh from him.

This is great for bosses. Get the drake sword as early as possible! Obtain this by shooting off the red dragons tail with arrows. Buy about standard arrows from the merchant as soon as possible. You never know when you will need them. At some point in the game you will free a Knight Lautrec wearing gold armor. Kill him once he goes back to firelink shrine. He drops a really nice ring. You get the ring anyway if you follow the questline but make sure to read the page.

Northern Undead Asylum. Recommended End Game Weapons : List of weapons to use at endgame. Q: What weapons or armor should I use? Q: What's the best starting class or build to use? How can I get better? Q: I'm trying to summon a phantom to help me beat a boss but I can't find any soul signs.

What am I doing wrong? Q: What weapon upgrade path should I choose? Q: What weapons can and cannot be upgraded? Q: I hear all this talk about "character building". What does that mean? Q: I messed up my character by upgrading a stat too high, how can I fix it? A: You can't; the game doesn't allow you to re-allocate points after you've leveled up. Equipment upgrading is more important than leveling up.

Since you use souls to pay for both, most times it is better to prioritize upgrading your equipment. That being said you have to judge when your character needs to level up.

Also keep in mind that your level counts for very little in the long run, although it will gradually increase your overall resistances, and increasing Vitality helps with your overall hitpoints.

To upgrade equipment, you generally need two things: one or more pieces of titanite of various kinds, and access either to an NPC blacksmith, or an upgrade box an item you can purchase during the game.

Keep your eyes open for all these things as you play. Learn enemy locations and attack patterns. While enemies can become aggressive when they see or hear you, the vast majority do not roam around on their own and remembering where they are can make it much easier to avoid ambushes or group fights, and generally progress more easily through a level.

All enemies, including bosses, also have a specific and limited moveset that is predictable to an extent. Be patient and cautious. Rushing through can more often than not result in death. If you are new to the game, using a good shield can help a lot, and allow you to carefully observe opponents before attacking, or learn about their attack moves.

Be patient and cautious, yes that's a repeat. Don't rush to counter-attack the second you see a swing finish, wait and see if the enemy is doing a 3-swing combo. Learn and practice dodging, blocking, locking onto enemies, and circling around foes. Do not get complacent; even the lowliest enemies have a tendency to punish players that get overconfident and think they will just breeze through a particular area on the way to bigger and better things.

Also do not make any assumptions about the safety of a particular travel route or jump. If the cliff looks a little dangerous or the fall looks a little too far, they probably are and you will die which leads to Don't panic if you're going to die, as almost every death is a learning experience. Everyone dies, that is one of the main characteristics of the game. When you die, think about how it happened and how it can be avoided the next time. Also become accustomed to the idea that you will often lose your accumulated Humanity points and souls, so that you remain calm and collected when you die.

One of the easiest ways to make a death worse and end up losing your accumulated souls and Humanity is to panic after a death and try to sprint back to your bloodstain as quickly as possible. Be patient and doubly cautious the next time; your souls will wait for you. Avoid fighting enemies in groups if possible. Even the weakest monsters can be troublesome in groups.

Try to lure foes to you one at a time, or use narrow doorways or corridors to bunch them up. If you do have to fight a group, try to have some spells or weapons that can hit multiple targets at once, such as a weapon with a wide horizontal swing, or firebombs. Magic or other similar abilities such as pyromancy can help a lot. Creating a build using one of the types of magic: Pyromancy, Miracles or Sorcery, can make a huge difference to how difficult you find the game.

Even many characters focused on melee will nonetheless have some backup magic, pyromancy, or miracle ability just in case. Whenever you can, upgrade your Estus Flask. That will increase the amount of healing it provides and can very well save your life in combat.

You will need Firekeeper souls for this, which are rare items you will find throughout the game and that must be given to certain NPCs in order to upgrade your Flask. Also remember that you can drink multiple Estus Flasks during one drinking animation, which can save you precious seconds of healing time. Bows can be extremely helpful for drawing enemies out. Even if they don't do much damage, using one to draw enemies one by one out of a pack can make dealing with them much easier.

Bows can also be an effective way to stand off and attack enemies who can't reach you, and it is often worth a few points into Dexterity simply to be able to use a basic bow. Keep an eye open for shortcuts.

Dying and returning to a bonfire just to face the same group of foes again is a common event and can be demoralizing over time. Thankfully, the game designers have placed many different shortcuts throughout the game that can make your life a little bit easier. As you advance through a level, always be on the lookout for anything that might be a shortcut, such as opening locked doors from the other side, starting elevators, or raising gates. These shortcuts will remain opened after your death, and will let you get back through the area more quickly the next time.

Don't be afraid to do a 'suicide run' to grab that shiny item surrounded by enemies. Even if you die, you still get to keep the item just be sure you've spent your souls first. Studying the statistics and information attached to each piece of equipment can sometimes make a world of difference. Having trouble dealing with fire-based attacks?

The designers of the game were harsh, but not unsympathetic we'd like to believe at least. For every enemy, there are multiple pieces of equipment to help. If you don't want to get invaded, don't make yourself human. While you are in Human Form you are vulnerable to invasions, and at a minimum will effectively lose 1 point of Humanity when slain by an invader and revived in Hollow form. When you are in Human form, assume you will be invaded sooner or later and pay attention to where you are as well as any warnings that you have been invaded.

It is possible to miss these signs particularly if you are moving quickly or have to idle for a few minutes, so pay attention. You Can, however, get invaded even if you play in offline mode. Computer generated characters can invade you and attack at certain times, so be prepared for those encounters.

While challenging fights, they always reward you with Souls and often good Gear. There is no pause button in Dark Souls and you can be invaded and killed even if you are resting at a bonfire. The primary exception is when you have already defeated the boss of a particular level, in which case you can no longer either be invaded or summon other players in that area even if you are in Human form. Note too that certain Covenants , such as Way of the White , are believed to reduce the frequency of PvP invasions, as well as make it easier to summon other players in the same Covenant to help.

Knight and Cleric characters start the game in the Way of the White Covenant, and it may also be joined very early in the game by others. If you are in Human form, always try and have a friendly phantom or two along with you. They can help you deal with an invader, including flushing the invader out or triggering ambushes, causing the invader to waste precious time, health, and spells fighting them, or even defeating the invader outright.

These helpful phantoms may be summoned by their white or gold summoning signs on the ground, which when approached will show an image of the person you may be able to summon. Those signs, which are placed by that player in their own world for you to find in yours, can appear anywhere, but are most often placed near bonfires. Having your own phantoms can even the odds, and you should let them take the lead in engaging your invader. Remember: your Estus flask will heal not only yourself, but your phantoms.

Staying out of the fight and healing your phantoms can be a safer way to survive invasions until you gain more experience. Also note that summon attempts are not automatically successful due to anything from network connection issues to someone else managing to summon that player into their own world first, so you may need to be patient and continue circling the area looking for new summoning signs until someone actually appears in your world.

Keep an eye on the environment, look for possible places to hide and ambush your invader, or give them a fatal fall. Sen's Fortress. Dark Sun Gwyndolin , Ornstein and Smough. Painted World of Ariamis. Crossbreed Priscilla.

Firelink: The Return. Tomb of the Giants. The Duke's Archives. Seath the Scaleless. Valley of the Drakes. Kiln of the First Flame. Gwyn, Lord of the Cinder.