Dark Souls Cheat Sheet

The following is a checklist and set of information I use when playing Dark Souls to make sure I don't miss an item, conversation or boss. I hope you find it useful. A big thanks goes out to the community of contributors on the Dark Souls Wiki where some of this information is borrowed from. If this is your first time visiting this page please check out the Help section.

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Playthrough Checklist

Choices

Choose one of WarriorHunter/Bandit since they have under 9 Intelligence and are not members of the way of white covenant. Choose Old Witch's Ring as Gift since it unlocks Quelagg Sister's dialogue

YOu can use Hunter and level up attunement to 10 for 1 level, so it is level 5 at start and cast use at least 1 spell, and then you can use bows at lowest level possible (cleric would take 4 points to be able to use lowest bow requirement of 12 dex), this is the one I like to run **** You need to save souls during the beginning as much as possible, you need to be able to upgrade pyromancy glove to +10 pretty early and buy bellowing dragoncrest for 20k. Only buy what is listed in the guide and you will be fine for hunter class, 12.7 weight is max you can get for 25% roll, 25.4 for 50% roll until you get Havel's

Undead Asylum (Level 1)

  • Grab the Dungeon Cell Key
  • Run passed the Asylum Demon boss. This is the first instance of doing something once on the first run and something different on NG+. You can kill him to get the Demon's Great Hammer using the Broken Sword Hilt. It will take forever and you have to do NG+ anyway where you can easily kill Asylum Demon here, so I recommend waiting =D You will have to play through the game at least three times to get all the items, so don't stress to try and kill him on this first encounter during your first playthrough
  • Grab your sword and shield
  • Remember about the boulder! Jump off to the right and open the door back to the Bonfire, this will be useful for when you come back to get the Rusted Iron Ring
  • Talk to the Asylum knight to get the Estus Flask and Undead Asylum F2 East Key
    • Oscar, Knight of Astora: 1- Speak with him and answer "YES" 2- Let him die
  • If you choose a magic class then grab your catalyst or Pyromancy Flame
  • Kill the Asylum Demon boss if you haven't already, remembering to do a two-handed drop attack at the start
  • Continue on to Firelink Shrine, grabbing the soul on the left on the way up to the nest

Firelink Shrine (Levels 1-5)

    get ring of sacrifice from aqueduct, all the stuff from graveyard, put on ring of sacrifice and run to fire keeper soul in new londo right now if you want or you can wait until you come back and talk to ingward the first time and actually kill the ghost chicks Petrus of Thorolund: 1- Speak with him twice LEARN SHRUG GESTURE 2- Talk to him again and answer "NO" 3- Answer "YES" and join his covenant. Answering "NO" to any of the options won't offer any new dialogues 4- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 5- Make sure you have at least 100 souls per each of your character's soul levels, use the "Talk" option and answer "YES" 6- Use the "Leave" option 7- Talk to him to get 2 different greeting dialogues Patches run right now so you don't have to fuck with it later? (don't really want to bother with it, but maybe....no real benefit right now...actually this will save time if done right now, would save a full backtrack later on (are there in cata, have to homeward bone or run out and then come back in cata)) Crestfallen Warrior: 1- Speak with him for the first time 2- Speak with him again to get 3 new dialogues 3- Talk to him while being in Hollow form for 3 additional dialogues. You will hear these three dialogues before the ones in step 2 if you first speak with him already in Hollow form 4- (try to skip this next time and see if he gives this dialogue after she reinforces estus first time) After meeting Anastacia, reload and talk to him 5- Drop down the Firelink-Parish elevator (to get the Mace, Homeward Bone x5, etc...), reload and speak with him You are now human since you had to use a humanity and reverse hollowing to talk to crestfallen level up attunement to 10
  • Talk to the Crestfallen Warrior
  • Talk to Petrus of Thorolund to get the Copper Coin and join the Way of White covenant. Keep talking with him and pay him for the secret of Rhea's trip. Also, buy all his Miracles and a Thorolound Talisman (33,000 souls).
  • Pick up the souls, Humanity, Firebombs, Homeward Bones, Morning Star, Talisman, Cracked Red Eye Orbs and Lloyd's Talismans around the shrine
  • Run around the graveyard and pick up the souls, Zweihander, Winged Spear, Caduceus Round Shield and the Binoculars
  • Continue up to Undead Burg, picking up the souls and Ring Of Sacrifice from the arches under the aqueduct on the way

Undead Burg (Levels 5-10)

  • Remember about the Dragon and the archer!
    • Undead Merchant Male: 1- Speak with him for the first time 2- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 dialogues 3- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 4- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything to get 3 different dialogues 5- Use the "Leave" option after buying something to get 2 additional dialogues 6- Leave abruptly and return to him 7- Reload and speak with him to get the second greeting dialogue 8- Buy Short Bow if you didn't start as Hunter and 30 Large Arrows in order to get Drake Sword (or detour to Darkroot Basin to get LongBow but it requires 14 Dex) Feather Arrows are probably better....they have more range buy residence key, reinforced club x2(? so you can make a new club fire and keep the divine one like it is for quelaaq) make that 3 of them...need to keep that one divine for a little bit for tomb of the giants, and have one at +5 reinforced for queelag, and fire reinforced for everything else
  • Talk to the Undead Merchant and buy the Residence Key, Orange Guidance Soapstone, Repairbox @ 2,000 souls, and about [20?] Arrows (Bottomless Box @ 1,000 souls
  • Or keep him alive and buy the useful stuff from him
  • Pick up the souls, Throwing Knives, Light Crossbow and bolts, Rubbish, Humanity from around the first part of the burg
  • Open the door below the first archer to get the Wooden Shield
  • Light the bonfire
  • Pick up the Black Firebombs and Gold Pine Resin
  • Remember about the second archer in the tower!
  • Kill the Black Knight and get the Titanite Chunk and Blue Tearstone Ring
  • Watch out for the barrel!
  • Quickly kill the Crystal Lizard under the barrels while going up the tower to get the Twinkling Titanite
  • Go through the fog gate and go up the ladder to take out the two archers
  • Kill the Taurus Demon boss, remembering to do a two-handed drop attack at the start
    • Undead Merchant Male: 8- After killing the Taurus Demon, use the "Talk" option for another 3 dialogues Buy the Residence Key
  • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 5-10 to get summoned
  • Pick up the soul behind the crate in the tower
    • Solaire of Astora: 1- Speak with him for the first time 2- Talk to him again and answer "NO" 3- Speak with him and answer "YES" twice. Answering "NO" to any of the options won't offer any new dialogues 4- Talk to him again
  • Talk to Solaire, answering Yes to his questions to get the White Sign Soapstone. Praise the Sun!
    • As hunter use short bow and shoot his tail off or...(i like to do it this way and keep the pine resin Use Reinforced club two handed, gold pine resin, r2, r1 attack on his tail right when he jumps down will get his tail off =D
  • Try not to get burned alive by the Hellkite Wyvern as you cross to the middle of the bridge and head down the stairs
  • Kick the ladder to open the shortcut back to the bonfire
  • Go below the bridge and use your bow to attack the wyvern's tail to get the Drake Sword (as Hunter with Short Bow, takes 16 Large Arrows)
  • Go back up on the bridge and make a run for the far side when the wyvern lands
    • Do NOT interact with the statue in Sunlight Altar
  • Open the Undead Parish gate
  • Pick up the souls and the Claymore on the bridge
  • Continue on to Undead Parish
you can kill the black knight with gold pine resin no problem

Undead Parish (Levels 10-20)

  • Kill the Black Knight up in the tower to get the Titanite Chunk
  • Kill the Mecha Boar
  • Get the Mystery Key that you will soon need to free Knight Lautrec and grab the soul from the beam
  • Kill the Undead Knight to get the Knight Shield
  • Get the Basement Key to unlock the Hellkite Bridge door, pull the lever to open the gate and get the Halberd
    • KIll the one big dude and get the Fire Keeper Soul
  • Talk to Siegmeyer of Catarina outside the gate to Sen's Fortress
  • Learn the Hurrah gesture from Andre and buy useful stuff from him
    • go to andre and upgrade reinforced club to +5, run to bonfire by crest of artorias and save, get longbow, run to get grass cress use gold pine to kill black knight go get elite knight set, kill butterfly, this really is the best time to do this I think... easiest way to do this is to save elite knight set for after you homeward bone back to bonfire by crest door after defeating butterfly, you can just run in and grab elite knight set and run out at that point Be Human and summon Beatrice and let her destory butterfly for you, use Caduceus Shield from firelink graveyard for high Magic block
  • Go to Darkroot Garden and save at the Bonfire behind the hidden wall next to the door requiring the chest of Artorias.
  • Keep going down and go through the gap in the wall to the right of the door and head down, remembering that when you pick up the soul on the right it will spawn three Ents
  • After the fog gate hit the tree on the right to open up a passage to a secret area
  • Kill the Great Stone Knight in the main area first, then the one in the tower and pick up the Wolf Ring
  • Head back out of the secret area and kill the other Great Stone Knights and Ents that spawn
  • Pick up the Elite Knight Set
  • Pick up the Partizan from the alcove on the left wall
  • summon Witch Beatrice at the bottom of the tower leading to the Moonlight Butterfly and have her help you destory her
    • Andre of Astora: 8- Each time you get an ember he accepts, answer "NO", then exit the conversation, speak with him again and answer "YES" (Large Ember)
  • Return to the Andre the Blacksmith and give him the Divine Ember
  • Go to to the roof of Church in Undead Parish
  • Kill the Channeler and all the zombies
    • Knight Lautrec of Carim: 1- Speak with him twice in Undead Parish before rescuing him 2- Start a dialogue, leave abruptly and return to him. This step is also done before rescuing him 3- Open the door and speak with him for 3 dialogues
  • Pick up the soul, Humanity and free Lautrec from his cell
  • Head back to the roof of the Church in Undead Parish
  • Kill the Bell Gargoyles
    • You can summon Solaire just outside the fog gate
    • You can also summon Lautrec from the ledge after the first ladder to the fog gate if you rescued him and went to talk to him at Firelink Shrine
    • Cut off the tail of the first gargoyle to get the Gargoyle Tail Axe
  • Ring the bell
    • Oswald of Carim: 1- Meet him for the first time being a member of the Way of White covenant 2- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 3- Use the "Leave" option without using any of his services 4- Speak with him to get the second greeting dialogue 5- Buy at least one Indictment and use the "Leave" option 6- Reload and talk to him to get the third greeting dialogue Change to Hollow form by jumping off the roof close to Carim Oswald of Carim: 7- Talk to him while hollow get the fourth greeting dialogue 8- Reload and speak with him again while hollow to get the fifth greeting dialogue You can then retrieve your souls/humanity and turn human again Buy a ring of sacrifice from him if you used one for the new londo run already, probably best to get 1 or 2 just in case
  • Talk to Oswald of Carim, learn the Well! What Is It! gesture and buy useful stuff from him
  • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 15-25 to get summoned
    • Take the elevator back to Firelink
  • Take the elevators in the church back Firelink and jump off early, get on the buttress, pick up the Undead Asylum F2 West Key from the roof and take a quick return flight back to Undead Asylum to get the Rusted Iron Ring
    • trade snuggly the crow 1 of each moss type you have, 1 cracked red eye orb, 1 rubbish, 1 sunlight medal this will get you twinkling titanite, purging stone, titanite chunk, white titanite chunk Talk to Anastacia and have her reinforce your estus flask Crestfallen Warrior: 6- Talk to him as soon as you use the elevator for the first time to get a dialogue about repairing weapons 7- Speak with him while having equipped a broken/in danger weapon (Use the Drake Sword and spam R2 attack to get it in danger) 8- Talk to him after having both the Basement Key and the Residence Key (Check to see about dialogue for firekeeper next time here!) Go Back to Firelink Shrine: Crestfallen Warrior: 9- After ringing first the Undead Parish bell, speak with him 10- Talk to him again for 2 additional dialogues 11- Rest at the bonfire and speak with him to get the dialogue about New Londo Ruins. There is no need to take the elevator down to the ruins to get this dialogue Knight Lautrec 4- Meet him in Firelink Shrine being in Hollow form to get an additional dialogues 5- Rest at the bonfire and speak with him to get 2 different dialogues. If you quit and reload he may disappear, so you will need to reload again Kingseeker Frampt: 1- Approach his area after ringing one of the bells Rickert of Vinheim: 1- Speak with him for the first time to get 2 different dialogues 2- Use the "Talk" option once 3- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything 4- Talk to him to get the first greeting dialogue 5- Use the "Leave" option after buying something 6- Speak with him to get the second greeting dialogue 7- Leave abruptly and return to him Undead Merchant Male: 9- After ringing the first Bell of Awakening, use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue *****This is the long haul bonfire right here, try to save here, get 10 estus and not use another estus until after you clear depthts up to the bonfire down there, that means going down into undead burg, clearing it, killing capra, and then clearing depths, can definitely be done! Oh and be human(not hollow) for Kirk Knight of Thorns down in Depths
  • Head back to the Hellkite Bridge and unlock the basement door and head down to the Lower Undead Burg

Lower Undead Burg (Levels 20-30)

  • Open the shortcut to the Undead Burg
    • Griggs of Vinheim: 1- Approach the house he is trapped in within Lower Undead Burg 2- Speak with him after opening the door for 2 different dialogues
  • Use the Residence Key to free Griggs of Vinheim from the house and pick up the Sorcerer Set and Sorcerer's Catalyst
  • Pick up the Twin Humanities, Mail Breaker, Thief Set, Target Shield and soul from around the burg
  • Kill the Capra Demon to get the Key to Depths
  • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 20-30 to get summoned
    • open the shortcut gate from undead burg aqueduct to depths door (have to do it eventually might as well do it now Undead Merchant Female: 1- Speak with her for the first time 2- Use the "Talk" option to get 3 different dialogues 3- Talk to her to get the first greeting dialogue 4- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything to get 3 additional dialogues 5- Use the "Leave" option after buying something to get 2 different dialogues 6- Leave abruptly and return to her 7- Reload and speak with her to get the second greeting dialogue Buy poison arrows/large arrows from her
  • Go back and open up the Depths The Depths

The Depths (Levels 20-30)

    Laurentius: 1- Approach him in the Depths 2- Speak with him when he is still in the barrel 3- Free him and talk to him twice
  • Kill the Butcher and get the Large Ember from the chest
  • Drop down the hole behind his table, get the Spider Shield, kill the Giant Rat, get the Sewer Chamber Key and soul
  • On the upper level kill the Channeler, and pick up the Large Titanite Shard and Greataxe
  • Either slide, drop or walk down to the lower level and beward the Basilisks!
  • On the lower level get the Ring of the Evil Eye and Humanity
  • Get Knight Kirk to invade and then kill him
    • Domhnall of Zena: 1- Meet him in the Depths 2- Use the "Talk" option when not having bought anything 3- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything 4- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 5- Buy something and use the "Talk" option to get the first tip 6- Use the "Leave" option after buying something 7- Reload and talk to him to get the second greeting dialogue buy 2 gold pine resin from him now for first tip, and one after gaping dragon for the 2nd tip
  • Open the shortcut back to Firelink Shrine
    • Save at the bonfire down here in depths right by the shortcut you just opened back up put on ring of sacrifice (actually just found out that ring of sacrifice doesn't do anything for curse death), Get yourself cursed, get your souls and run back to Firelink. (alternatively, don't get yourself cursed and go back to firelink, ingward is strange in that his dialogue changes if you are cursed the first time you speak to him, but just barely, if you want, just be cursed the first time you speak to him on the next playthough, new londo cursed is not exactly easy...) So your souls are still down in depths, Griggs of Vinheim: 3- Talk to him twice in Firelink Shrine with less than 10 Intelligence make it a few times unless youo've already heard about reah and crew from him talk to Lautrec while cursed Crestfallen Warrior: 12- Speak with him after freeing Griggs Level up your Intelligence to at least 10, but less than 15 **************You should make it 11 so that you can talk to Eingyi later on for un-upgraded pyromancy glove that you trade to snuggly for red titanite chunk **********MAKE INT 14 for better magic dmg and yuou can to keep it under 15, this is for quelaag, also figure out spell that does the most dmg that you can with only 14 int requirement from grigg's and the best talisman for 14 int (heavy soul arrow does most dmg, need to test though, oolacile ivory is best catalyst for 14 int, actually need to check about great heavy soul arrow or whatever, less casts longer cast time, but causes stagger) Griggs of Vinheim: 4- Speak with him when having enough Intelligence and answer "NO" 5- Talk to him again and answer "YES". Answering "NO" again won't offer any new dialogues 6- Use the "Talk" option to get 3 different dialogues 7- Speak with him to get his unique greeting dialogue 8- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything 9- Use the "Leave" option after buying something 10- Leave abruptly and return to him 11- Rest at the bonfire and use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue **** buy Bellowing DragonCrest Ring =D Don't buy every unique spell or item he sells, just in case Laurentius: 4- Meet him in Firelink Shrine and answer "YES" 5- Speak with him again and answer "YES". Answering "NO" won't offer any new dialogues 6- Use the "Talk" option to get 3 different dialogues 7- Use the "Leave" option without having bought anything 8- Talk to him and get his unique greeting dialogue 9- Use the "Leave" option after buying something 10- Leave abruptly and return to him 11- Reload and speak with him to get 2 additional dialogues buy fireball, combustion, flash sweat Level up the Pyromancy Flame to at least +10 (you probably won't have enough for this, you have to save up from the beginning, eat all souls except butterfly, get it to +10 before going down to Blightown, you can do it after New Lond if too, you'll get about 10k there) Crestfallen Warrior: He will give you dialogue for being cursed Attune combustion, equip dragoncrest, and go down to new londo while cursed, this is really tough, go slow GO TO ANDRE AND MAKE A REINFORCED CLUB TO +whatever you can with large titanite shards When cursed you don't have to worry about transient curse, so thats nice =D Ingward: GET THE GREEN TITANITE SHARD THAT IS DOWN HERE WHILE STILL CURSED, clear the house full of psycho ghost bitches that Ingward stands on top of and go out the door at the bottom and it is in the little house in the water with a small bridged connecting 1- BE CURSED and Speak with him for the first time being Cursed and before retrieving the Lordvessel 2- Use the "Talk" option once 3- Speak with him twice to get 2 different greeting dialogues 4- Reload and talk to him to get the third greeting dialogue Have him cure your curse, but remember to use transient curse afterward! (or just clear all the crazy bitche's before you talk to him....) Also get all the stuff down here, cursebite ring, composite bow, rare ring of sacrifice, all the souls Homeward bone back to firelink DON"T TALK TO PETRUS YET!!! Griggs of Vinheim: 12- Speak with him after Reah arrives at Firelink Shrine Crestfallen Warrior: 13- Talk to him after defeating the Capra Demon and being part of the Way of White covenant to get 2 dialogues: one about Reah and the other about Laurentius Nico: 1- Speak with him for the first time without talking to Petrus 2- Reload and speak with him again to get another dialogue Vince: 1- Speak with him before talking to Petrus to get 3 different dialogues. You will need to reload twice Reah of Thorolund: 1- Speak with her in Firelink Shrine to get 2 different dialogues Crestfallen Warrior: 14- Speak with him after freeing Laurentius Use all hard souls you got, try to get pyromancy glove to +10, if not you can do it after darkroot basin/sif with those souls, but it helps for that fight, you need to keep 20k for andre, though you should have more than enough now with some left over for titanite shards/andre here in just a second to level up grass crest shield (you'll need 9 titanite shards at 800 a pop) if you want, buy repair/weapon/armor box, but you don't have to and can keep souls for pyro glove, def repair though =D Go to Undead parish and down to dark root basin You can also reinforce stuff over +5 now I recommend dropping it all into Grass Crest and level it up as much as you can even over +5 using Large Ember and then use all large titanite's on it(shield/armor etc...) SHOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE WEAPON DIVINE HERE, DOES A TINY BIT MORE DAMAGE TO HYDRA SO NO BIG DEAL TO DO IT NOW STILL NEED A NON-FIRE WEAPON FOR QUELAAG, NOT NOW? Don't use any bonfires until after getting havel's here (?) - no don't do this so that you can bonfire back to darkroot instead of andre after opening new londo/valley of drakes hydra/havel/sif right now? Can if you want the gear I guess... Turns out you can totally do this, you got bellowing dragoncrest, dusk crown, and pyromancy glove to +10, havel/sif is a bitch this is a tough fight to kill hydra/havel/sif/cats in woods without a bonfire in between, be prepared and probably save at darkroot basin bonfire, (make run to kill ancient bone dragon for souls, open up blighttown shortcut ????? yeah i think so because that way you can use it to get to blight-town instead of back-tracking to depths for the 3rd time and you can homeward bone back to darkroot basin bonfire after opening shortcut/backdoor - use combustion and gold pine resin- get red tearstone and stuff from bridge if you are feeling lucky =D) can kill bone dragon now and grab all the stuff off bridge, good time to do it, can't open blighttown without key (not a big deal since route has depths bonfire from doing gaping dragonp....) actually, can totally get the blight/new londo back door key by just running into the blighttown back entrance for a bit, it is not far at all from the locked door, so taht whole strategy works out... homeward bone back to darkroot basin bonfire after opening valley of drakes new londo ruins might want to get a ring of sacrifice for that run to red tearstone run CHECK INTO GETTING CRIMSON SET RIGHT NOW WITH NEW LONDO KEY
  • Kill the Drakes, get the Brigand Armor Set and Spider Shield, and go up the ladder to get the Red Tearstone Ring
  • Go out to the Valley of Drakes and kill the Undead Dragon with your bow or spells
  • Go in the blighttown back entrance and get the Key to New Londo Ruins
    • (if you don't like to come back across that crazy branch, go open up the new londo ruins door and come back for this part)
  • keep going down a ladder or two under you can cross that crazy branchThat Fucking Branch to get the Crimson Set, Tin Banishment Catalyst and Remedy sorcery
    • Crimson set is good, wear it =D This part is real tricky now, can do later...
  • Go up on the wheel, go up two ladders and then run around the ledge to kill the Blowdart Snipers
  • Slide down the ladder, kill the Dogs and pick up the Fire Keeper Soul
    • homeward bone back to darkroot basin and run up on hydra now hydra strat is to run up on him, let him kill all the golems by just running around with your shield up, his melee will wreck them, then cut off heads as usual, use longbow/composite bow with some arrows mess up that last head
  • Go down to Darkroot Basin
  • Make sure you are wearing the Rusted Iron Ring
  • Kill the Crystal Golems and then the Hydra to get the Dragon Scale and Dusk Crown Ring
  • Pick up the Knight Set
  • Kill the Golden Crystal Golem, reloading your game if it's not there
    • Dusk of Oolacile: 1- Speak with her for the first time and answer "YES". Answering "NO" will prevent you from getting most of the next steps 2- Summon her and get her unique greeting dialogue 3- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues 4- Use the "Leave" option 5- Leave abruptly and return to her 6- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue BUY CAST LIGHT and OOlacile IVORY CATALYST IT IS BEST FOR UNDER 30 INT
  • Talk to Dusk of Oolacile, answering Yes to her question
  • Go back to where the Hydra fight happened and summon Dusk of Oolacile, learn her Proper Bow gesture and buy any sorceries you need or the catalyst
  • Go back to where you killed the Golden Crystal Golem and pick up the Antiquated Set
  • Head up to the tower and kill Havel the Rock to get Havel's Ring (use dusk crown and bellowing dragoncrest and roast his ass)
    • With Havel's max equip load is now 76.5 (if you want to play it safe go buy crest of artorias if you haven't already and save at crest of artorias door and take on sif that way this costs 20k souls, then you could save at andre bonfire and use that after needing alvina absolution so you can get dark wood grain early....) Yeah definitely buy crest of artorias, just way easier that way and you have enough souls from havel/hydra/ancient bone dragon and rest at andre fire before fighting sif, order of this section is messed up, but you get the drill open crest door
  • Go to the lower section of the forest and kill all the Ents and pick up the Eastern Set
    • run along outside and go down and get the soul from under the waterfall bridge kill the stupid cats if you want, i bypass them since they don't guard/drop anything useful at all (dialogue guide has you saying no to alvina to make her hostile to get some dialogue then you have to request Absolution and come back...huge PITA for a tiny piece of insgnificant dialogue, can do if you feel like it. i include it as part of the route/guide for compeletion. if you want to skip that dialogue, do the part next alvina part now - its just a little bit below this - where you join and then let shiva kill you after joining and request absolution) talk to alvina 1- Talk to her for the first time, answer "NO" and request absolution (you will do this after sif for dark wood grain ring early) YOu can kill the one girl for her black bow of pharis now, but you can't use it so no big deal i don't bother at this time usually kill the mushroom guys here for the gold pine resin with fire, useful for queelaag later

    Darkroot Garden (Level 20+)

    • Kill the three Giant Cats
    • Draw out the Mushroom People and get the Enchanted Ember from the chest
    • Head deeper in to the forest to the broken tower beside the bridge and get the Stone Knight Set from the chest behind the tower
    • Go back through the forest and kill Great Grey Wolf Sif to get the Covenant of Artorias and remember to pick up the Hornet Ring
      • combustion + bellowing dragoncrest + dusk crown and then reinforced club r2 staggers kind of homeward bone back to andre Run out to Carim on top of the church in Undead Parish and Request Absolution after requesting absolution go back to alvina so you can get dark wood grain ring earlier than usual save at the bonfire outside crest door, your gonna have to run back here after shiva wrecks you Alvina: 2- Speak with her, answer "YES", then "NO" 3- Answer "YES" this time, and join her covenant. Answering "NO" again won't offer any new dialogues 4- Speak with her to get her unique greeting dialogue put on ring of sacrifice here if you have one because shiva is about to kill you! Shiva of the East: 1- Speak with him for the first time to get 2 different dialogues 2- Talk to him after trying to speak with his bodyguard 3- Attack him without making him hostile to get 4 dialogues ***if you don't want to bother with meeting shiva in blight town to buy anything on first visit there, then you can wreck the bodyguard here real quick with drake sword r2 straight off the side, or combustion a few times real fast to get dark woodgrain ring and then mess with shiva and him kill you and say bad stuff about you. Meeting shiva in blight town first time through doesn't get you much, but you do get some dialogue that you won't have to worry about any more and you can buy Demon's Spear which you can use one handed and is the longest reach of any weapon in the game and has built in lightning damage and is upgraded with demom titanite 4- Make him hostile in Darkroot Garden immediately after joining his covenant 5- Lower his health to get an extra dialogue 6- Let him kill you and request absolution DO NOT REQUEST ABSOLUTION YET! Run back in and talk to alvina to get a short bit of dialogue Alvina: 5- Betray the covenant and talk to her. She will then disappear, so you will have to request absolution to get her back OK so since you hit him you get kicked out of the covenant, you have to request absolution and then come back and join again so you can meet him in blighttown for dark wood grain ring early should probably homeward bone back to andre so use some titanite shards to upgrade some armor and be sure to have enough for upgrading a weapon to at least +5 for queelaaagg weapon has to be divine by now if its not already (should be from before hydra/havel!!!) STILL NO QUELAAG WEAPON HRRMMMM (optional, but good idea, go back to andre and use twinkling titanite on eastern armor =) upgrade pyro glove to at least 10!!!! With havels 19.1 is 25% limit, 38.2 is 50%, useful for catacombs since not using pryomancy much, need to remember to put it back on though.... Go to catacombs

      The Catacombs (Levels 30-50)

      • Go to Andre at Undead Parish and ascend weapon with Large Ember, and make Morning Star Divine or Reinforced Club with Divine Ember
      • Go down to the first bonfire, kill the Undead Mage and pull the first switch
      • Use a ranged attack to take out the next Undead Mage
      • Clear out the room the Undead Mage was in and get the Lucerne from the side room
      • Continue clearing out this area, grabbing the soul from near the archer, head outside passed the statue spike traps, push the second switch and get the soul
      • Cross the bridge and quickly kill the next Undead Mage
      • Go in to the side room to the right, fall through the floor and try to get the two Crystal Lizards while avoiding the statue spike traps
      • Climb up the ladder and fall through the floor again to get back to the second switch
      • Go back across the bridge and at the end of it drop down three times to the left, pick up the Great Scythe and push the third switch
        • Talk to Patches before Patches: 1- Meet him in the Catacombs before triggering the bridge trap 2- Answer "NO" 3- Speak with him after he triggers the trap, and answer "YES" Easiest to either run out right now or homeward bone back to firelink to talk to petrus and get that whole squad to leave firelink Petrus of Thorolund: 8- Speak with him when Reah arrives at Firelink Shrine, after getting the corresponding dialogues from his three companions 9- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue Do NOT reload or rest at the bonfire at this point Nico: 3- Talk to him after speaking with Petrus for an additional dialogue Vince: 2- Talk to him after speaking with Petrus for an additional dialogue Go back down to Catacombs and clear the place, all items are not listed here, need to come back through and clean this up right, I got the route now Do not visit nito or join Gravelord covenant way to do it is to clear the first half (don't drop down vamos, down drop down for great scythe, kick hole in wall, work way back to drop down by great scythe this time, drop off summon leeroy, clear bonewheels and black knight, don't go to pinwheel, go to the other end and back up, kill necromancer, drop down to where black knight was for proud soul, work way back up do not mess with titanite demon or eye of death or nito/gravelord covenant, drop down again and leroy will be waiting to wreck pinwheel
      • Head outside, push the fourth switch, then work your way back and then you have to Backtrack to Firelink , roll through the illusory wall and rest at the bonfire (or test your luck and keep your last bonfire at Firelink because we have to backtrack out of here soon and then go back in again)
      • Go across the second bridge and through the fog gate, hit the broken wall, drop down and clear out the room
      • Continue up the steps, watch out for the giant skeleton that drops from the roof and get the Darkmoon Seance Ring from the coffin
      • Go out the broken wall, continue up the steps, kill the Undead Mage and climb up the ladder
      • Go through the tunnel near where you dropped down and kill the Undead Mage to get the Skull Lantern
      • Get the Tranquil Walk of Peace miracle and fall through the floor to near the start of the level
        • Drop off the ledge and summon Leeroy and have him help clear the floor of catacombs of all the bonewheels and black knight
      • Use ranged attacks to kill all the Wheel Skeletons and before dropping down
      • Drop off to the next ledge to get the Cleric Set and Mace
      • Kill Pinwheel
      • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 20-40 or 55-65 to get summoned
        • Homeward bone out of here back to Firelink HAVE TO BACKTRACK HERE SO THAT YOU CAN GET PETRUS/LAUTREC DIALOGUE BEFORE YOU RESCUE REAH BE SURE TO TALK TO PETRUS FIRST SO HE CAN LIE LIKE A BITCH Petrus of Thorolund: 10- Talk to him after he returns to Firelink Shrine to get 3 additional dialogues 11- Reload and speak with him to get another dialogue Knight Lautrec of Carim: 6- After Petrus returns to Firelink Shrine, talk to him and answer "YES". You won't be able to get step 7, nor Petrus related dialogues, if you answer "NO" 7- Speak with him again Petrus of Thorolund: 12- Get Lautrec's tip and speak with him to get 2 different dialogues Oswald of Carim: 9- Use the "Talk" option after Petrus returns to Firelink Shrine 10- Use the "Leave" option after requesting absolution (this should take care of shiva/alvina/forest hunter being mad at you - actually might need to do this earlier so that he's back in blight town, need to check on this actually...) yeah so it totally doesn't work like that because hitting shiva causes you to get kicked out of the covenant, you have to requet absolution then come back and join again before going to blight town so this absolution here doesn't do anything, you're already back in good grace and member of forest hunter covenant at this point BACK DOWN TO WHERE YOU KILLED PINWHEEL... Fall into Vamos's Blacksmith Hole and open the wall need 35k souls for shiva coming up so don't spend too many! - you don't have to do this right now actually, just before the end of the game so don't sweat it! ++You can go ahead and make fire reinforced club here+++++ for second reinforced club NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF MAGIC WEAPON OR GOLD PINE RESIN on REINFORCED CLUB +5 is better than divine reinforced club for chaos witch quelaag ALMOST POSITIVE IT IS +5 reinforced club + gold pine resin for queelaag, got to make this happen by buying a second reinforced club early on just used this for gaping dragon and it worked really well on him, gold pine resin and +5 reinforced club Vamos: 1- Drop down to his working area 2- He has one greeting dialogue 3- Use the "Talk" option to get 4 different dialogues 4- Use the "Leave" option without using any of his services 5- Use the "Leave" option after using at least one of his services 6- Leave abruptly and return Patches: 4- Meet him in Tomb of the Giants for 3 different dialogues 5- Let him push you Reah of Thorolund: 2- Talk to her in Tomb of the Giants 3- Kill Vince and Nico and speak with her twice (be saving souls at this point, you need about 32k to get her to get kidnapped and end up at Duke's Archive) Patches: 6- Talk to him and answer "NO" 7- Speak with him again Get Large Divine Ember after all the stuff with Patche's/Reah, suicide run it that room suckkssss Or Homeward bone back to Firelink Crestfallen Warrior: 15- Speak with him after saving Reah for 2 additional dialogues TALK TO LAURENTIUS AND BE SURE TO GET FLASH SWEAT AND PYROMANCY GLOVE TO AT LEAST 10, last chance Petrus of Thorolund: 13- Talk to him after rescuing Reah This is your last chance to buy miracles and items from Petrus, but he has nothing unique at all so no big deal Petrus of Thorolund: 14- Attack him without making him hostile to get 4 different dialogues 15- Make him hostile 16- Let him kill you 17- Kill him Reah of Thorolund: 4- Meet her in Undead Parish for 2 additional dialogues 5- Use the "Talk" option, being Petrus alive 6- Use the "Leave" option. It doesn't matter whether you bought something or not 7- She has 3 different greeting dialogues. You will need to reload three times to get them all 8- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 9- Buy every miracle she sells so that she gets kidnapped by Seath (You can save this for later if don't want to spend the souls she's not going anywhere now that petrus is dead) (this is way out of place, not sure when this will be done but probably not now) Andre of Astora: 8- Each time you get an ember he accepts, answer "NO", then exit the conversation, speak with him again and answer "YES" (Large Divine Ember) need 35k souls for shiva in blight town so don't go too nuts! only gaping dragon in between so keep a lot of souls here - don't have to worry about this really GO Back to the Depths (turn human to summon solaire/lautrec) upgrade pyro glove as much you can before you leave buy good spell from grigg's if haven't already buy arrows/pine resin from female undead merchant on way to depths buy all domhnall's gold pine resin if he has any save at bonfire in depths, you're gonna have to get cursed and run to your souls, then out to firelink =( ++
      • Head down to the boss fog gate, picking up the Heavy Crossbow and bolts on the way
      • Kill the Gaping Dragon to get the Blighttown Key
        • You can summon Solaire just above the fog gate
        • You can also summon Lautrec using the summon sign on the other side of the pillar from Solaire
        • Cut off the tail of the dragon to get the Dragon King Great Axe
        • Pick up the Warrior Set when you've killed it
      • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 25-35 to get summoned
        • get yourself cursed (need to check if this can be done before killing gaping dragon...) totally has to be done AFTER gaping dragon Domhnall of zena: 8- After defeating the Gaping Dragon, after buying something use the "Talk" option to get the second tip buy all the gold pine resin he has
      • Talk to Domhnall of Zena, learn the Joy gesture and buy any armor open blight town door but then.... Get yourself Cursed again and run to get your body, then back to firelink (ughh i know), but along the way: Undead Merchant Female: 8- After defeating the Gaping Dragon, talk to her to get the third greeting dialogue 9- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue Buy a Purging Stone from her Knight Lautrec of Carim: 8- Talk to him after defeating the Gaping Dragon NOT sure exactly what triggers it, but after talking to him here he will eventually kill the firekeeper and go to new londo and wreck the bonfire at firelink =( happened for sure after going in/out of blight town a few times, no bosses killed in between go see Ingward: Get Second Dialogue for being Cursed (have him cure you) take blighttown shortcut that is now open because we did it way earlier You've probably already cleared the back way before the wheel, if not, get crimson set, tin banishment crystal, remedy, fire keeper soul

        Blighttown (Levels 30-40)

        • Put on the Rusted Iron Ring before you get to the bottom and make a run for the bonfire
        • Light the second bonfire and get the Dragon Scale from the chest in the bonfire tunnel
        • Run around the swamp to get the Pyromancer Set, Poison Mist pyromancy spell, the Large Titanite Shards, Server and souls
        • Take a quick detour up the branch towards The Great Hollow to get the Plank Shield on the corpse and the Twin Humanities behind the illusory wall
        • Kill the boulder throwing Infested Barbarians to get the Great Club
        • Optionally farm the Giant Leeches for Large Titanite Shards and Green Titanite Shards (need 10 of these for Magic weapon upgrade and 10 for Divine weapon upgrade)
          • get at least 9 green titanites (the slugs drop them in 5's) here
        • go to the bonfire and if you're not human then reverse hollowing and kill Maneater Mildred when she invades to get the Butcher Knife and some Humanity
          • CHECK FOR SHIVA OF THE EAST HERE NOW THAT WE WENT TO HIM WAY EARLIER (MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET DARKWOOD RING SUPER EARLY =) (OK so if you joined forest covenant earlier he will be here and his bodyguard, too, although you really can't kill them yet - actually this might not mess up any alvina dialogue - but either way, you can get that one fire breather stuck on the log next to bodyguard and he will kill him on accident and you can loot dark woodgrain without making anyone hostile =D (moved this next part of the guide here because pretty sure this can be done now and dark woodgrain ring this early in a low level game is huge...i kept it in the original spot too until i know for sure) buy east wood grain ring for one item, claw for another, washing pole for the third, they are all unique to being sold by shiva and you need to buy 3 things for dialogue anyway - 35k souls though! demon's spear is a good buy, too, can use demon titanite from prowling demons to upgrade it to +3 right now, it does lightning damage, you can 1 hand it without leveling up anything, and the range is the longest of any weapon in the game, its fun Shiva of the East: 7- Meet him in Blighttown 8- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue LEARN HIS GESTURE LOOK SKYWARD 9- Use the "Leave" option after buying something to get up to 3 additional dialogues 10- Reload and talk to him to get the second greeting dialogue 11- Make him hostile there in Blighttown 12- Kill him and his Bodyguard, pyromancy work well GET HIS GEAR and his bodyguards gear (DARK WOODGRAAAAAINNN) addd hollow map check out demon spear and all that shit OK if you killed the 2 prowling demons you've ran into so far, and you find 2, so you should have 4 and you can upgrade that thing to +3 with just those demon titanites and it is fun as hell because it is long as shit and you can one hand it and it does lightning dmg by default and pretty good base dmg ****** Do NOT talk to Quelana yet if she is there. (she should be if you upgraded pyro glove to at least +10 with laurentius) Quelaag is tricky because we are pyro/flame weapon. Summon Mildred and use gold pine resin/magic weapon/flash sweat (power within doesn't help much unless weapon is lighting and they don' tseem to want to stack) so it is way easy with oolacile ivory talisman, bellowing dragoncrest ring, crown of dusk, heavy soul arrow, and should be 14 intelligence also, go ahead and punch one of those infected dudes and get infected yourself now before queelaag, you will need to be egghead in a few minutes and it takes 5 minutes for it to incubate before it hatches. if you've never done it just punch one to turn him hostile and let him grab you and the worm come out and attack your head, congrats you're now infected - or just play it safe and do it after the fight
        • Kill Chaos Witch Quelaag
        • Ring the second bell
          • Å Eingyi: 1- Speak with him for the first time without being infected and answer "NO" 2- Talk to him and reload 3- Speak with him and answer "YES". Answering "NO" again won't offer any new dialogues 4- Talk to him once before meeting The Fair Lady, then meet her Quelaag's Sister/The Fair Lady: 1- Try to speak with her and use the "Talk" option without equipping the Old Witch's Ring Reinforce the estus you probably just got on the way down Join Chaos Servant's Covenant and Donate 30 Humanity to get Chaos Storm Eingyi: 5- He has 3 different greeting dialogues at this point, with no need to reload 6- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 dialogues (above section about Eingyi is a little lame, make him hostile just to hear him go 'oooeerrrfff' and shit, next time I think I'll get the un-ascended pyromancy glove by becomin ginfected and gaining his trust here and then make him hostile - this is so you can get the pyromancy glove to trade to snuggly in undead asylum for red titanite chunk without having to run back (this is added section that try to put here before making eingyi hostile so you can get un-ascended pyromancy glove earlier) Quelaag's Sister: REINFORCE ESTUS =D 2- Equip the ring and speak with her for the first time 3- Talk to her again to get the first greeting dialogue 4- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues 5- Use the "Leave" option once 6- Speak with her to get the second greeting dialogue 7- Leave abruptly and return to her Eingyi: 9- After having talked to The Fair Lady with the Old Witch's Ring, speak with him twice Quelaag's Sister: 8- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 9- Reload and use the "Talk" option again to get another dialogue Raise your Intelligence to at least 11, but less than 15 Eingyi: 10- Become infected and talk to him. You can cure the infection at this point 11- Speak with him to get an additional greeting dialogue 12- Use the "Talk" option and answer "NO" 13- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues 14- Reload and speak with him to get another greeting dialogue 15- Use the "Talk" option and answer "YES". Answering "NO" won't offer any new dialogues 16- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 17- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue 18- Get infected again and speak with him **these are the steps that trying to skip until later** 7- Attack him without making him hostile to get 4 different dialogues 8- Make him hostile, but don't kill him (you will have to get absolution later, which you do when back by firelink before you come back down here again) FOR CEASELESS BE SURE TO BE WEARING UNDER 25% total weight for fast run
        • Kill the Ceasless Discharge
          • Get the Gold-Hemmed Black Set to start the fight
            • Get the Large Fire Ember and Chaos Ember's (Iron Sweat Helps) Chaos Ember is almost certainly a suicide run so rare ring of sacrifice is key, it is in the middle of the lava around 10 taurus demons, gold hemmed-set, havel's ring, dark wood grain for the roll I-frames, flash sweat, that works (makes it so that dark wood grain early is more important - gonna have to do that quick back and forth absolution early with alvina) you don't really need the large fire ember right now, but it is all the way down the steps and then hang a hard left before the fog gate and go to the end of that path, can be done really fast and then Homeward bone before a Taurus demon smashes your brain out don't need it for anything right now though and i don't usually get it now, its a pain in the ass Quelana of Izalith: 1- Having defeated Quelaag, speak with her for the first time and answer "NO" 2- Talk to her and answer "YES". Answering "NO" at this point won't offer any new dialogues 3- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues 4- Use the "Leave" option without doing any business 5- Speak with her to get the first greeting dialogue 6- Use the "Leave" option after doing some business 7- Talk to her again to get the second greeting dialogue 8- Leave the conversation abruptly and return to her 9- Speak with her to get the third greeting dialogue, which is a short form of the second one 10- Reload and talk to her to get the fourth greeting dialogue 11- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 12- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue GET AT LEAST ONE, but do not buy every pyromancy she sells level up pyro glove as much as you can, you won't be visiting her again until after new londo at least Do Not leave Blight Town without 9 Green Titanite shards from the slugs around the back of the great hollow, they drop 5 at a time level up reinforced club to fire reinforced club +5 with the green titanite shards you just got Go into the Great Hollow and drop down to get the Cloranthy Ring and the 2 red titanite chunks from the beginning, if you are feeling saucy do the whole Great Hollow/Ash Lake here, but no real rush/need use slow fall here - can't use slow fall here, requires 15 int, which you better not have because you need under 15 to get some dialogue from logan, you should have 14 right now (more than 11 for eingyi, less than 15 for logan) if you're gonna do ash lake after this be sure to try and reduce estus usage, maybe kindle the flame at the top of great hollow so you can do it all and homeward bone back up with to the top of great hollow

            The Great Hollow (Levels 50+)

            Note: It's very hard to give good directions for this section due to the maze of branches and random spawning patterns of the Crystal Lizards

            • Light and rest at the bonfire after you go down the first ladder
            • Make your way down the branches looking out for Crystal Lizards and Basilisks
            • Near the top you can roll down in to the main tree trunk in the center of the area to pick up the Cloranthy Ring
            • Roll and drop to various branches to get the titanites
            • After you kill the first three Basilisks there is a soul hidden to the left as you exit the cave they were in
            • Slide down the two ladders to the first canopy and kill the two Basilisks there
            • Slide down the ladder in the center to the next canopy and be ready to kill four more and then pick up the soul
            • Continue down the branches and then on to the mushrooms, exiting the fog gate at the bottom to get to Ash Lake
            Ash Lake is a maybe right here, need to try next time, might just run to Dragon to join covenant get tail sword and light fire because you can warp to it, that way you can keep last bonfire at top of great hollow to homeward bone out (and hydra down here doesn't drop anything good anyway)

            Ash Lake (Levels 50+)

            • Light and rest at the bonfire
              • (will have to see about black hydra here, do not want to have to rest at bonfire down here so can homeward bone out) Can totally kill him here with fire reinforced club +5. Have to watch out for getting hit with too many heads at once. Wear heaavier gear, shield with high stability/physical dmg reduction, poise. Don't need rusted iron ring so havel's + bellowing dragoncrest works, combustion is tricky to hit him with but easier than fireball which you have to aim manually at the heads while they move.
            • Kill the Black Hydra to get two Dragon Scales and then get one more from the corpse to the left
            • Walk along the sand and get the Dragon Scale from the small dead tree
            • Get the Dragon Scale from the corpse on left by the water after the small dead tree
            • Go up the branch on the outside of the first huge tree, drop off to the right on to the hidden platform and head in to the tree to get the Great Magic Barrier miracle
            • Continue along the sand to the next tree, light the bonfire and optionally join the Path of the Dragon covenant
            • Cut off the tail of the dragon to get the Dragon Greatsword
            OK Black Hydra killed itself on a fluke with bombardment attack on itself (?) and cut off tail of everlasting dragon, bonfire is already lit, didn't light at it or rest at it Can join covenant if you want for dragon head stone need to check on warpability to this thing without resting at it yourself homeward bone out of here back to blighttown
          • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 25-40 to get summoned
          • Talk to Quelana of Izalith if she is there to upgrade your Pyromancy Flame or buy some Pyromancy spells
            • go clear the 'other side' of blight town, rest at the bonfire at the bottom and DO NOT use the one at the top so you can homeward bone back down to it after you get done clearing it. also, you have to follow these steps backwards =D
          • Take it slowly. Be wary of Blowdart Snipers!
          • Make a running jump to get the Iaito, aim for the post
          • Light the first bonfire
          • Go down below where the Iaito was to get the Blooming Purple Moss Clumps and walk over the swaying bridge to get the Humanity and then go back up to the bonfire
          • Continue on passed the bonfire and remember about the collapsing floor trap beside the soul!
          • Go up to get the Shadow Set
          • Move on to the next section remembering about the Blowdart Sniper perched on a high ledge
          • Go down the longest ladder in this section and get rid of the Blowdart Sniper and grab the Eagle Shield
          • Go back up to snipe the Parasitic Wall Hugger with your bow and go down to get the Power Within pyromancy spell
          • Head through the gap in the wall and down the ladder to the fog gate
          • Double back and fall down to grab the Whip
          • Fall down again and continue down the walkways towards the second bonfire, remembering about the Blowdart Sniper along the way
          • Get the Wanderer Set and the Falchion from beside the sniper
            • homeward bone back down to the bottom of blightown and take the wheel back up and run to firelink but stop by rickert on the way GO TO FIRELINK using wheel Rickert of Vinheim: (think you can actually just talk to him for the first time now and talk to him about logan and give him enchanted ember and let him scoff at chaos ember and never have to worry about any of his dialogue again) 8- Use the "Talk" option after Griggs arrives at Firelink Shrine to get 2 different dialogues Pick up the DIngy Set and stuff from the now dead firekeeper lady DO NOT TALK TO CRESTFALLEN WARRIOR YET - YOU NEED TO FREE LOGAN FIRST Laurentius: 12- Obtain any pyromancy unique to Quelaana or any Chaos pyromancy, speak with him and answer "NO" 13- Use the "Talk" option and answer "YES". The "Talk" version is a short form of the dialogue from previous step. Answering "NO" won't offer any new dialogues Kingseeker Frampt: 2- Ring the second bell, speak with him for the first time and answer "NO" 3- Talk to him again and answer "YES". Answering "NO" won't offer any new dialogues 4- Use the "Talk" option once 5- Feed any item 6- Use the "Leave" option once 7- Speak with him to get his unique greeting dialogue Domhnall of Zena: 9- After ringing both bells of Awakening, meet him in Firelink Shrine 10- Use the "Talk" option after buying something 11- He has only one greeting dialogue Buy the Master Key Undead Merchant Female: 10- Ring both bells of Awakening and use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue buy prism stone from her 11- Attack her without making her hostile to get 4 different dialogues 12- Make her hostile and request absolution Undead Merchant Male: 10- After ringing the second Bell of Awakening, use the "Talk" option to get the third greeting dialogue 11- Use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue Request absolution (need to check, but pretty sure I don't have to do this now unless i make undead female hostile) eingyi is actually pissed at you too oh and so is alvina/forest hunters Oswald of Carim: 9- Use the "Talk" option after Petrus returns to Firelink Shrine 10- Use the "Leave" option after requesting absolution Go back to the Northern Undead Asylum Snuggly the Crow/Hawk Girl: 1- Approach her nest for the first time 2- Drop a tradable item that you haven't traded before and reload. You will get the same dialogue as in the previous step, but with exclamation marks (bloodred Moss clump or purple moss clumpworks well for twinkling titanite, but you need at least 2 of one of them for siegmeyer later on) 3- Drop a tradable item that you have traded before 4- Drop a non tradable item Trade him the Un-Upgraded Pyromancy Flame you got from Eingyi for red Titanite Slab prism stone, dung pie for demon titanite

            Undead Asylum Revisited (Levels 30-40)

            Vamos: 7- Talk to him when having an ember he doesn't accept (Large Divine Ember) 8- Use the "Talk" option after defeating Pinwheel, and after Reah and Patches' events in Tomb of the Giants, to get an additional dialogue Vamos: 9- Use the "Talk" option after ringing both Bells of Awakening and obtaining both the Large Flame Ember and the Chaos Flame Ember 10- Having the Large Fire Ember, answer "NO", speak with him again and answer "YES" 11- Having the Chaos Ember, answer "NO", speak with him again and answer "YES" (Make that Reinforced club +3 Chaos reinforced with the Green titanites from blight town and red's from undead asylum/snuggly/great hollow) (you should probably have a +5 reinforced club ready to go for lightning upgrade at anor londo) (also need to check on upgrading divine weapon even more) I am almost positive that even though things between the 2 didn't line up exactly right, they sync at this point, only thing is that I have to talk to Crest FALLEN Warrior AFter getting Logan lose, dialogue guide originally says you can end his story here and never mentions dialogue about Logan between you and Crestfallen Warrior. Keep homeward bone bonfire at firelink, you have to warp out of here after freeing logan, but before new londo try to ascend reinforced club over +5 with large ember at andre before you leave, (probably have already by now, but need it that way for getting one to +10 and lightning when meeting giant blacksmith)

            Sen's Fortress (Level 40+)

            • Cross the bridge to Sen's Fortress
            • Cross the first swinging blade walkway, remembering about the Serpent Mage trying to knock you off
            • Take out the Serpent Mage with your bow before crossing the second walkway and remember about the arrow trap at the end
            • Get the Large Titanite Shards from the chest
            • Cross the next walkway and remember about the boulder and the Serpent Soldier at the end
            • Run halfway to the fog gate, wait for a boulder and then run to the top and get the Ring Of Steel Protection from the chest
              • run out of that room and drop off the left side almost immediately to get Shotel Siegmeyer of Catarina: 2- Speak with him inside the fortress for 3 additional dialogues
            • Talk to Siegmeyer of Catarina
            • Go back to the fog gate and remember about the reverse arrow trap in the next room
            • Wait for a boulder and then run up and jump off to the left just before the broken pillar on to a wooden platform
            • Pick up the Black Sorcerer Set and Hush sorcery
              • use the elevator thing to go down into the room with the mimic/lightning spear kill mimic, get lightning spear, wait for a minute while hole fills up with boulders then run through hole in wall and get covetous serpent ring
            • Use the elevator to get back to the boulder switch room at the top, this time turn it so that it breaks the wall to free logan, then turn it to face outside
              • go through the small corridor in the boulder switch room, be careful of the sideways arrow trap
            • Cross the next swinging blade walkway, kill the Serpent Soldiers and get the Large Titanite Shards
            • Cross the last swinging blade walkway, remembering about the Serpent Mage at the start and the arrow traps at the end
              • nice, now go through fog gate Save at the bonfire here by jumping off the side with the chunk of broken wall on the first platform that firebomb guy throws firebombs on. Get yourself human for summoning your boy tarkus here in a bit
            • Kill the fire bomb giant then go back
            • Jump across the gap in the walkway and buy useful stuff from the Crestfallen Merchant Crestfallen Merchant: 1- Speak with him for the first time 2- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 dialogues 3- He has 2 different greeting dialogues 4- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything to get 2 different dialogues 5- Use the "Leave" option after buying something for 2 additional dialogues 6- Leave abruptly and speak with him afterwards 7- Reload and use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue
            • Go down the stairs below the merchant and get the Cage Key
              • run back out by the merchant and this time don't make the jump, drop down and get...
            • Get the Large Titanite Shards, Sniper Crossbow, bolts and Flame Stoneplate Ring from around the fortress
            • Kill Ricard the Archer to get his Rapier and get the Divine Blessing and Rare Ring of Sacrifice in the tower above him
            • Open the cage shortcut using the Cage Key and quickly run in and out of the cage to send it down
            • Return to the wooden platform you jump on to during the boulder run and drop down the other side to get the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring
            • Put on the Rusted Iron Ring, and drop down along the wall ledges slowly and go down and kill the prowling demon
            • Kill the two Titanite Demons in the first area to get Demon Titanites and the Scythe
            • Kill the other two Titanite Demons to get more Demon Titanites
            • Climb the ladder out of the pit, hit the illusory wall, climb the second ladder and kill the giant that opened the gate to get a Titanite Chunk
              • now go back down the first ladder, and run your way to where you broke the wall for logan and Big Hat Logan: 1- Talk to him in Sen's Fortress before opening the cage 2- Speak with him twice after freeing him homeward bone back to the top of sen's
            • Return to the bonfire at the top of Sen'sAnor Londo
            • Kill the Iron Golem to open up the portal to Anor Londo

            Anor Londo (Level 45+)

              Lady of the Darkling / Darkmoon Knightess: 1- Speak with her for the first time 2- Use the "Talk" option to get 3 different dialogues. One of them is also a greeting dialogue 3- Speak with her to get the first greeting dialogue 4- Rest at the bonfire and talk to her to get the second greeting dialogue, which is an extended version of the previous one
            • Run passed the Sentinels, light the bonfire, talk to Darkmoon Knightess and reinforce your Estus Flask if you need to
            • Kill the two Sentinels you ran passed and open the chest to get a Demon Titanite
            • Cross the courtyard and kill the other two, using a Lloyd's Talisman on the right mimic chest to get the Crystal Halberd and opening the left chest to get a Twinkling Titanite
            • Go down the elevator and kill the Lightning Gargoyle
            • Get the Demon Titanite from the chest below and walk up the beams in to the chapel
            • Walk along the rafters and remember to hit the chain of the chandelier
            • Turn the bridge lever once in an anti-clockwise direction to lower the platform and kill the second Lightning Gargoyle
            • Go up the giant staircase and kill the Sentinels and Bat Wing Demons
            • Go up the buttress and kill the right Silver Knight Archer, remembering not to use your shield but dodge towards him instead until he starts meleeing
            • If you have the balls go and kill the second archer to get the Soul of a Hero
            • Drop down on to the platform after the first archer and enter the left door to light the bonfire. Congratulate yourself!
              • Solaire of Astora: 5- Meet him in Anor Londo for 2 additional dialogues
            • Talk to Solaire
            • Cross the hallway and get the Sunlight Medals from the chest
            • Go down the corridor and through the left door and hit the illusory wall
            • Go down in to the basement and open the four chests that sit together to get Havel's Set, Havel's Greatshield and the Dragon Tooth
            • Use a Lloyd's Talisman on the single mimic chest to get the Occult Club
            • Go up the stairs and use Lloyd's Talismans on the two mimic chests to get the Silver Coins and the Gold Coin
            • Use ranged attacks to kill the Titanite Demon from above
            • Kill the Silver Knight Archer at the end of the corridor
            • Coming from the dead archer go through the right door and up to the roof, remembering about the Silver Knight behind the door
              • Siegmeyer of Catarina: 3- Talk to him in Anor Londo before defeating the Silver Knights to get 3 more dialogues 4- Speak with him after defeating the knights for 2 dialogues. The second one is a short version of the first
            • Kill the archer on the right but then head down the stairs on the left to talk to Siegmeyer
            • Bait each of the four Silver Knights one at a time from the room up on to the roof to kill them
            • Talk to Siegmeyer again to get the Tiny Being's Ring
            • Open the chest in the room to get the two Demon Titanites
            • Unlock the door, go back up the roof and go down the stairs where the archer was
            • Go across the corridor and kill the two Silver Knights, get the Silver Knight Set from the two chests and unlock the shortcut back to the bonfire
            • Go back upstairs and keep going up to top of the large hall, go around the walkway and down to the Giant Blacksmith
              • Giant Blacksmith: 1- Speak with him for the first time 2- Use the "Talk" option to get 3 different dialogues 3- Use the "Leave" option. It doesn't matter whether you made any business with him or not 4- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 5- Leave abruptly and return to him
            • Get the Hawk Ring from the chest behind him
            • Talk to him and buy useful stuff from him
            • Open the gate leading back to the giant staircase and pick up the Titanite Chunk
            • Go back upstairs and drop out the broken window to get the Dragonslayer Greatbow
            • Go back to the large hall and open the large main door
            • Return to the bonfire if you need to
              • Knight Lautrec of Carim: 9- Confront him in Anor Londo and let him kill you 10- Confront him again to get his last dialogue. He has no death dialogues when killed this way
            • If you didn't kill Lautrec earlier then return to the large hall and use the the Black Eye Orb to invade his world and kill him
            • Kill Ornstein and Smough
            • Go up one the screw elevators and light the bonfire
              • Gwynevere: 1- Enter her chamber 2- Kneel for the first time 3- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues 4- Enter her covenant 5- Use the "Leave" option 6- Talk to her again to get her unique greeting dialogue
            • Talk to Princess Gwynevere, get the Lordvessel and optionally join the Princess Guard covenant
            • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 40-50 to get summoned
              • immediately warp to firelink to take care of this stuff with grigg's logan, he can leave after getting lordvessel Run Back to Firelink Crestfallen Warrior: 0000 --- Speak with him after Logan Arrives for a dialogue 000 000 17- Speak with him after ringing both bells for his last 3 dialogue 18- Complete his storyline (You can leave this for later) Griggs of Vinheim: 13- Speak with him after Logan arrives at Firelink Shrine 14- Talk to him again to get a different greeting dialogue 15- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue Big Hat Logan: 3- Meet him in Firelink Shrine with less than 15 Intelligence to get 2 different dialogues. The second one is the same as of step 8 Raise your Intelligence to at least 15 Big Hat Logan: 4- Having enough Intelligence, speak with him again 5- Talk to him to get 2 different dialogues 6- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything for 2 additional dialogues 7- Use the "Leave" option after buying something. Do not buy every sorcery he sells at this point Griggs of Vinheim: 16- After buying at least one of the sorceries that Logan sells, use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue (This one wouldn't show up for some reason....) Big Hat Logan: 8- Reload and speak with him to get another greeting dialogue 9- Buy every sorcery he sells and speak with him to get an additional greeting dialogue (You can leave this for later if you want) Giant Blacksmith: 6- Retrieve the Lordvessel and use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue (probably want to make lightning reinforced club + whatever with the chunks you have) Lady of the Darkling: don't save at that bonfire 5- Speak with her after obtaining the Lordvessel 6- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 7- Talk to her again to get the third greeting dialogue 8- Reload and speak with her to get the fourth greeting dialogue, which is an extended version of the previous one 9- Attack her without making her hostile to get 4 different dialogues 10- Make her hostile and get her away from that bonfire 11- Let her kill you (this little part is a pain in the ass of backtracking to hear one little bit of dialogue, you got warp now so not so bad, but still... Dark Sun Gwyndolin: 1- Approach the fog door 2- Enter the fog gate, don't kill him and request absolution Request Absolution Dark Sun Gwyndolin: 3- Kneel for the first time and answer "NO" 4- Kneel again and answer "YES". Answering "NO" again won't offer any new dialogues 5- He has 2 different greetings when you are a member of his covenant Get the covenant to +10 for the 2 extra items (forget what they are...) Lady of the Darkling: 12- Join the Darkmoon Blade covenant and speak with her 13- Make her hostile and let her kill you Dark Sun Gwyndolin: 6- Enter the fog gate as a member of his covenant, don't kill him and request absolution (this is the normal spot for this mess of stuff, i tried to fit it in earlier and i think it might work, will take it out if it did) Save at the bonfire by Alvina Alvina: 2- Speak with her, answer "YES", then "NO" 3- Answer "YES" this time, and join her covenant. Answering "NO" again won't offer any new dialogues 4- Speak with her to get her unique greeting dialogue Shiva of the East: 1- Speak with him for the first time to get 2 different dialogues 2- Talk to him after trying to speak with his bodyguard 3- Attack him without making him hostile to get 4 dialogues 4- Make him hostile in Darkroot Garden immediately after joining his covenant 5- Lower his health to get an extra dialogue 6- Let him kill you and request absolution Alvina: 5- Betray the covenant and talk to her. She will then disappear, so you will have to request absolution to get her back Request absolution (You can do it now or after the Painted World, as you prefer) Go to the Painted World of Ariamis

              Painted World of Ariamis (Levels 60+)

              • Go down the elevator and turn the platform lever anti-clockwise and enter the chapel
              • Pick up the Great Magic Weapon sorcery, Black Iron Set, Greatsword and Black Iron Greatshield
              • Examine the painting to warp to the Painted World of Ariamis
              • Light and rest at the bonfire
              • Remember to use range attacks on the Engorged Zombies so you don't get toxic
              • Go up the stairs and on to the roof of the first building and use your bow to pull the two Crow Demons from the other tower to you so they don't ambush you later
              • Drop down to get the Dried Finger and then go the bottom floor of the building to get the soul
              • Clear out the next building, remembering about the two Zombies hanging from the ledge, and hit the rope holding the zombie to drop it down
                • Drop down into the building with half broken floors, , drop down in to the building and get the Gold Coin
              • Drop down again and get the Painted Set, then go back to the top of the building and get the Egg Vermifuge
              • Lure the Crow Demons out of the tower one by one
              • Go to the top of the spiral staircase to get the Red Sign Soapstone and on the way back down drop to the ledge to get the soul
              • Kill the Undead Dragon and then pick up the soul, Dragon Scale and the Bloodshield from the bridge
              • Go back to the tower, through the fog gate and open the shortcut back to the bonfire
              • Go up the steps in the courtyard into the building to the right as you run in from the bonfire, take a left and get the soul, go around the corner and cut the rope on the body, then go down to the basement and kill the six Wheel Skeletons, making sure to pull one at a time with your bow
              • Grab the two souls and turn the lever to open the gate that leads to the boss
              • Hit the illusory wall and explore the tunnels, kill the three Wheel Skeletons, get the Annex Key and kill the Engorged Zombie to get the Fire Surge pyromancy
              • Leave the tunnels using the well ladder, go up the stairs to get the Ring of Sacrifice and grab the Humanity from the zombie you dropped earlier
              • Open the Annex door and head up the stairs
              • Head up on to the roof of the building to the left, kill the two Crow Demons, watch for an ambush by two more and get the Vow Of Silence miracle
              • Take the stairs in to the round tower and pick up the Black Set
                • (Drop down to get the soul of brave warrior hidden in the corner if you really want but it makes you backtrack to the first building again =()
              • Go to the lower section and get the Dark Ember
              • Break the wooden fence to get Velka's Rapier
              • Return to the bonfire, getting the humanity from the body you cut down earlier on the way (its outside the gate you open) and reverse hollowing
              • Go the open area with all the spikes, wait for King Jeremiah to invade and kill him to get the Notched Whip
              • Pick up the souls in the area and the Acid Surge pyromancy hidden behind the wall
              • Go through the gate you opened earlier, walk across the bridge, watching out for the zombies and kill the Tower Knight to get the Large Titanite Shard
              • Reload your game before you enter the fog gate, go through and pick up the Xanthous Set that should now have appeared
                • Crossbreed Priscilla: 1- Speak with her to get 2 different dialogues 2- Attack her (get her tail =) 3- Let her kill you 4- Kill her
              • Kill Crossbreed Priscilla
              • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 55-60 to get summoned
              • Jump off the ledge to warp back to Anor Londo
              • Leave the chapel and turn the platform lever clockwise to return it to its normal position and go to the first Anor Londo bonfire
              • Warp to Undead Parish and give the Dark Ember to Andre and upgrade your weapons
              • Warp back to Anor Londo and head to The Duke's Archives
              Go to Firelink Shrine Siegmeyer of Catarina: 5- Meet him in Firelink Shrine and answer "YES" 6- Speak with him again Anastacia of Astora: 1- Speak with her after reviving her 2- Use the "Talk" option once Request ABSOLUTION FOR ALVINA AND LADY OF DARKLING / GWYNDOLIN on the way to Sunlight Altar in Undead Parish Solaire of Astora: 6- Talk to him in Sunlight Altar after meeting the requirements to join his covenant, but having never prayed at the altar before 7- Speak with him, answering "NO" 8- Talk to him again and answer "YES" to both questions. Answering "NO" to any of them won't offer any new dialogues 9- Speak with him again 10- Pray at the altar and learn PRAISE THE SUN gesture, level up to rank 1 in the covenant (10 sunlight medals) so you can get great lightning spear, talk to him to get an extra dialogue Rickert of Vinheim: 9- Speak with him when having an ember he doesn't accept (Dark Ember) CAN PROBABLY KILL 4 KINGS HERE NOT SURE WHY THE BACKTRACK RIGHT HERE IN THE DIALOGUE GUIDE

              New Londo Ruins (Levels 60+)

              Defeat the Four Kings Darkstalker Kaathe: 1- Speak with him for the first time already having the Lordvessel, and answer "YES". Answering "NO" will prevent you from getting any further dialogues 2- Speak with him in Firelink Altar before placing the Lordvessel 3- Don't place the Lordvessel. Instead, go back to the Abyss and speak with him to get the greeting dialogue about the power of Lifedrain 4- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 different dialogues JOIN DARKWRAITH COVENANT to get DARK HAND, red eye orb at 10 humanity, Dark Sword and Dark Set at 30 Humanity 5- Use the "Leave" option 6- Speak with him to get the last greeting dialogue 7- Attack him without making him hostile to get 4 different dialogues 8- Make him hostile Ingward: 12- Talk to him after killing the Four Kings 13- Meet him in Firelink Shrine for an additional dialogue Kingseeker Frampt: 8- Speak with him after retrieving the Lordvessel 9- Talk to him after he transported you to Firelink Altar, but before placing the Lordvessel 10- Speak with him in Firelink Altar after placing the Lordvessel Big Hat Logan: 10- Once you get the Lordvessel, use the "Leave" option to get a new dialogue Kingseeker Frampt: 11- Use the "Talk" option 12- Use the "Leave" option 13- Approach him when sleeping and wake him up (You can save this for another moment) 14- Warp from Firelink Shrine to Firelink Altar Offer the Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard you got from the Four Kings Kingseeker Frampt: 15- Warp from Firelink Altar to Firelink Shrine Griggs of Vinheim: 17- Talk to him after Logan leaves Firelink Shrine 18- He has a different greeting dialogue at this point 19- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue Do not buy every spell and ring he sells Anastacia of Astora: 3- Talk to her after offering either a Lord Soul or a Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard to the Lordvessel Rickert of Vinheim: 10- Having the Enchanted Ember, answer "NO" and the next time you speak answer "YES" Andre of Astora: 10- Use the "Talk" option after placing the Lordvessel to get an additional dialogue Lady of the Darkling: 14- Talk to her after placing the Lordvessel to get the fifth greeting dialogue. You don't need to be in her covenant to get it Andre of Astora: 8- Each time you get an ember he accepts, answer "NO", then exit the conversation, speak with him again and answer "YES" (Dark Ember) 8- Each time you get an ember he accepts, answer "NO", then exit the conversation, speak with him again and answer "YES" (Very Large Ember) Alvina: 6- Join her covenant again 7- Kill one host using her ring and talk to her 8- Kill two more hosts and talk to her 9-Speak with her to get his dialogue about Shiva Shiva of the East: 7- Meet him in Blighttown 8- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue LEARN HIS GESTURE LOOK SKYWARD 9- Use the "Leave" option after buying something to get up to 3 additional dialogues 10- Reload and talk to him to get the second greeting dialogue 11- Make him hostile there in Blighttown 12- Kill him and his Bodyguard, pyromancy work well GET HIS GEAR and his bodyguards gear (DARK WOODGRAAAAAINNN) Laurentius: 14- Kill him in Blighttown Siegmeyer of Catarina: 7- Meet him in Blighttown and answer "NO" 8- Talk to him again and answer "YES" 9- Speak with him to get an additional dialogue GOING TO TRY TO DO THE GREAT HOLLOW AND ASH LAKE WAY EARLIER, SO GONNA COMMENT THIS OUT, IF NOT DO THIS WHEN YOU VISIT BLIGHTTOWN TO KILL LAURENTIUS/SEE SIEGMEYER/KILL SHIVA, HOPEFULLY AT LEAST GOT THE BONFIRE AT ANCIENT DRAGON EARLIER =D Alvina: 10- Hit her and make her disappear Andre of Astora: 9- Get any ember he doesn't accept and speak with him (Enchanted Ember) Warp to Tomb of the Giants Kill Nito DIALOGUE GUIDE HAS YOU GOING TO KILL NITO HERE, BUT I"D LIKE TO DO HIM AFTER IZALITH, I THINK THAT HE DOESNT EFFECT ANY STORYLINE BUT NEED TO CHECK ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO DO LOST IZALITH HERE THEN DUKE'S/NITO SO THAT I CAN UPGRADE THE CLUB TO +5 CHAOS WITH THE RED CHUNKS/SLAB FROM IZALITH sleep for now though... So that plan won't work because of Siegmeyer/Sieglende story, have to do Duke's before Izalith, gonna try to do Nito last then so that i can visit Vamos on the way to Nito after getting the red chunks/slab from Izalith

              The Duke's Archives (Levels 60+)

              • Kill the two Mecha Boars and rest at the bonfire
              • Go up the first elevator and kill the Crystal Golem to get the Broken Pendant (DLC Only)
              • Clear out the crystal skeletons and the Channeler and get the soul
              • Take the left hand side stairs and get the Twinkling Titanite from the chest
              • Go around to the other side and get the Twinkling Titanite from the balcony and the crystal Knight Shield from the mimic
              • Take the elevator up to the next level, draw out and kill the crytalline hollow, and quickly kill the Crystal Lizard on the stairs to get two Twinkling Titanites
              • Put on a Rare Ring of Sacrifice, go through the fog gate and let Seath the Scaleless kill you
              • Rest at the cell bonfire and kill the Man Serpent to get the Archive Tower Cell Key
              • Let yourself out of the cell, try to kill the two Man Serpents that run passed then kill the four Pisacas that are chasing them
              • Head up the stairs and up the ladder, walk along the ledge to the left and drop down to the cell to get the Maiden Set and the White Seance Ring
              • Open the third cell, drop down to get the Archive Prison Extra Key and use it to open the second cell and get the soul
                • Big Hat Logan: 11- Meet him in the Duke's Archives before rescuing him for an additional dialogue (I don't know where in DUke's she is right now because I messed up her storyline this time through, need to check it the next time) Reah of Thorolund: 10- Kill her in the Duke's Archives
              • Kill the rest of the Pisacas at the bottom, get the Soothing Sunlight and Bountiful Sunlight miracles, and talk to Big Hat Logan
              • Go up the ladder, kill the two Man Serpents, turn off the alarm and get the Archive Tower Giant Cell Key from the chest
              • Head back up to your cell and open the other door, drop down to get the soul and then drop down a couple of levels back to the alarm
              • Head all the way back up and open the door at the top of the ladder
              • Head up and kill the Channeler up on the ledge and the second one around the corner
              • Head to the left, spin the staircase around, go down to get the Twinkling Titanite from the chest and then head back up the stairs again
              • Make sure you have full health and drop down to the second spinning staircase
              • Go up the stairs and get the Strong Magic Shield sorcery
              • Spin the stairs, go down and kill the archer on the ledge, slide down the ladder and pull the lever to open the bookcase shortcut
              • Go in to the larger of the two rooms and get the Symbol of Avarice and the enchanted Falchion from the mimic in the far right part of the room
              • Open the other chests, remembering about the one behind the bookcase, to get the Channeler Set, Archive Tower Giant Cell Key and the Crystal Ember
              • Go to the smaller room and get the Blue Titanite Chunk from the chest
                • Big Hat Logan: 12- Talk to him twice after freeing him 13- Meet him near the shortcut to the second bonfire 14- Use the "Talk" option to get 2 dialogues 15- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 16- Reload and talk to him to get the second greeting dialogue Leave at least two spells to buy
              • Go out through the bookcase shortcut and rest at the bonfire
              • Clear out the two rooms of the library, including the archer on the bookcase and the Channelers
              • Spin the staircase and jump off the lower steps while it's rotating to land on the top of the bookshelf and get the Avelyn crossbow from the chest
              • Go back through the bookcase shortcut, pull the lever in the larger room to lower the stairs, get the Prism Stones from the chest and go through the fog gate
                • Sieglinde of Catarina: 1- Meet her in the Duke's Archives 2- Speak with her and answer "YES" 3- Talk to her again. This dialogue is just a short version of the previous one
              • Kill the Golden Crystal Golem and talk to Sieglinde of Catarina, answering Yes to her question
              • Kill the other Crystal Golems and pick up the Crystalline Set and the Blue Titanite Chunk
              • Head down in to the Crystal Cave

              Crystal Cave (Levels 50+)

              • Take the first invisible path and get the Humanity
              • Take the next invisible path, kill the Crystal Golem, drop off to the left and double back in to the small tunnel behind you and kill the three Crystal Lizards
              • Turn around again and take the invisible path down to get the Blue Titanite Slab
              • Head back up and kill the Golden Crystal Golem and get the Blue Titanite Chunk
              • Go down the last invisible path and get the soul in front of the Moonlight Butterfly but be careful because it will probably attack you
              • Put on the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring and kill the Man-Eater Shells to get some Purging Stones and Twinkling Titanite
              • Kill Seath the Scaleless
                • You have to break the crystal before you can do damage to him
                • Cut off his tail to get the Moonlight Greatsword
                • Griggs of Vinheim: 20- Use the "Talk" option after meeting in the shortcut in the Duke's Archives 21- He has a different greeting at this point 22- Buy all his unique items. This includes both sorceries and rings 23- Speak with him again to get an additional dialogue. Using the "Talk" option at this point offers the same result 24- Kill him in Sen's Fortress Big Hat Logan: 17- Leave at least two spells to buy, kill Seath and speak with him to get the last greeting dialogue 18- Use the "Talk" option to get an extra dialogue. You also get this dialogue when using the "Leave" option without buying anything 19- Use the "Leave" option after buying any of his spells to get 2 different dialogues. Make sure to buy one spell at a time to make sure you get both dialogues before the next step 20- Speak with him after buying every spell he sells 21- Kill him where you first encountered Seath Pick up the Large Magic Ember Rickert of Vinheim: 11- Having the Large Magic Ember, answer "NO" and the next time you speak with him answer "YES" Sieglinde of Catarina: 4- Meet her in Firelink Shrine and answer "YES". Speaking with her afterwards will offer a short form of previous dialogue
              • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 60-75+ to get summoned
              • Return to the bonfire, go through the bookcase shortcut and in to the small room to talk to Big Hat Logan and buy any sorceries you need
              • Go back up the ladder, spin the stairs, go down them and out on to the balcony, and go back in to the prison area
              • Go down to the bottom and use the Archive Tower Giant Cell Key to open the gate and get the Firekeeper Soul
              • Return to the archives, go down one floor to the second floor, go to the first archive room and use the lever to call the elevator
              • Go to the room where you first encountered Seath the Scaleless and get the Large Magic Ember from the chest and the soul from the balcony
              • Return to the bonfire, warp to Firelink Shrine, talk to Sieglinde, answering Yes to her question, and go down to reinforce your Estus Flask
              • Go down to New Londo Ruins, give the Large Magic Ember to Rickert and upgrade your weapons if needed
              • Warp to the Chamber of the Princess bonfire, give the Crystal Ember to the Giant Blacksmith and upgrade your weapons if needed
              • Warp to the Daughter of Chaos bonfire, go down to the Demon Ruins, rest at the first bonfire
              Giant Blacksmith: 7- Speak with him when having the Crystal Ember and answer "NO" 8- Use the "Talk" option to get another dialogue 9- Talk to him again and answer "YES" Go to Daughter of Chaos bonfire Quelaag's Sister: 10- Enter her covenant 11- Use the "Leave" option 12- Raise your rank to at least +1 Raise it to +2 for the Lost Izalith shortcut, unless you have a way of killing the Chaos Bug through the gate (pyromancy poison mist works)

              Demon Ruins (Levels 60+)

            • Make sure you are human and continue down in to the ruins
            • Wait for Knight Kirk to invade and then kill him to get the Spiked Shield and Barbed Straight Sword
            • Roll down to the first platform, kill the Burrowing Rockworm guarding the bonfire and rest there
            • Go down the stairs and go left along the ledge to get the Large Flame Ember from the chest, remembering about the Burrowing Rockworm traps
              • Solaire of Astora: 11- Unlock Chaos Servant's shortcut and defeat the Sunlight Maggot-bearing Chaos Bug. Don't enter Lost Izalith area. YOu can kill the bug through the door with pyromancy poison mist and maybe other spells.
            • Go back to the fog gate and if you are level two in the Chaos Servant covenant then go down to the right and open the shortcut to Lost Izalith
              • If you want to save Solaire then kill all the bugs to get the Sunlight Maggot and use this shortcut to talk to him
            • Go through the fog gate and kill the Demon Firesage
            • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 55-60+ to get summoned
            • Go upstairs to open the shortcut back to Quelaag's Domain
            • Go back the way you came and go down and rest at the bonfire
            • Kill the Centipede Demon
              • Cut off his tail and then kill the tail to get Orange Charred Ring, though he will drop the ring anyway when killed
            • Put on the Orange Charred Ring
            • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 60+ to get summoned
              • Solaire of Astora: 12- Speak with him once in the bonfire after the Centipede Demon boss batle
            • Leave boss area by the tunnel, rest at the bonfire and talk to Solaire if he's there
            • Continue in to Lost Izalith

            Lost Izalith (Levels 75+)

            • Make your way to the first building, picking up the two souls along the way, and open the chest inside to get another soul
            • Run up the branch of the next building and get the Twin Humanities
            • Drop down to the base of the building and hit the illusory wall of the building, rest at the bonfire and make sure you are human
            • Continue on in to the ruins and grab the soul hidden to the left just before you go up the stairs
            • Go up the stairs, kill the Chaos Eater, kill the Daughter of Chaos to get the Izalith Catalyst, and wait for Knight Kirk to invade and then kill him
            • Kill the second Chaos Eater and open the chest to get the Chaos Fire Whip pyromancy
            • Go down the branch and kill all the Stone Demons
            • Kill the Titanite Demon to get a Demon Titanite and if you didn't open the shortcut earlier then open it now and kill the bugs to get the Sunlight Maggot
            • Trigger the collapsing floor by walking to the left of the alcove
              • Siegmeyer of Catarina: 10- Meet him in Lost Izalith before defeating all Chaos Eaters for 2 different dialogues 11- Kill all but one of the Chaos Eaters and speak with him again 12- Don't let his health fall below 50% and speak with him after the enemies are dead to get 2 additional dialogues
            • Put on the Rusted Iron Ring, walk down the branch, do not talk to Siegmeyer yet but instead kill all but one of the Chaos Eaters using ranged attacks
            • Now talk to Siegmeyer and follow him when he jumps in to the pit and make sure he doesn't lose more than half his health while killing the remaining Chaos Eaters
            • Grab the soul and Green Titanite Shards and then talk to him again
            • Make your way through the tunnels, getting the Red Titanite Slab from the chest and then the Red Titanite Chunk after going up the stairs
            • Make your way back up the branches and back up to the boss fog gate
              • Solaire of Astora: 13- Meet him in Lost Izalith for an additional dialogue by going down by the prowling demon and opening the shortcut back to Demon Ruins
            • Kill the Bed of Chaos
              • You need to destroy the right orb first, then the left orb and then drop down in the center to kill her
            • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 60-75+ to get summoned
            • Warp back to the Daughter of Chaos bonfire and get the Thorns Set
              • Quelana of Izalith: 13- Speak with her after killing the Bed of Chaos 14- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue 15- Use the "Leave" option without doing any business 16- Use the "Leave" option after doing some business 17- Use the "Leave" option after you have bought every pyromancy unique to her and have an Ascended Pyromancy Flame +5 18- Speak with her to get an additional dialogue 19- Attack her without making her hostile for 2 different dialogues 20- Make her hostile 21- Kill her Go back to Firelink Shrine Sieglinde of Catarina: 5- Talk to her twice in Firelink Shrine, after Siegmeyer events in Lost Izalith Fill the Lordvessel Kingseeker Frampt: 16- Speak with him after filling the Lordvessel Gwynevere: 7- Speak with her once after filling the Lordvessel Go to Ash Lake Sieglinde of Catarina: 6- Speak with her in Ash Lake to get 2 different dialogues 7- Attack her without making her hostile to get 2 different dialogues 8- Make her hostile 9- Let her kill you 10- Kill her Warp to Tomb of the Giants or get to Vamos however you want so you can upgrade the reinforced club to +5 DON"T FORGET TO JOIN GRAVELORD COVENANT BEFORE KILLING NITO!
            • Nestle in the coffin on the left just before the Titanite Demon to go to the Tomb of the Giants and join the Gravelord Servant covenant
              • Get the Gravelord Sword and Gravelord Sword Dance Miracle, level in the covenant to 10 by offering Dead eye orbs to get Gravelord Great Sword<
            • Use the coffin to get back, go down the corridor and through the broken wall, drop down through the floor and kill the Black Knight to get the White Titanite Chunk
              • Now go kill Nito

              Tomb of the Giants (Levels 70+)

              • If you got the Sunlight Maggot then wear it otherwise put the Skull Lantern in your left hand
              • Slide down the coffins, climb down the ladder and rest at the bonfire
              • Go back up the ladder, along the ledge to the right, drop down the hole, kill all the giant skeletons and get the Large Divine Ember
              • Climb back out, hit the illusory wall along the ledge, climb down the ladder, kill the bone towers and Reah's bodyguards but do not talk to her
              • Get the White Titanite Chunk, Skull Lantern, souls and head back up the ladder
              • Talk to Patches the Hyena, answering No to his question and let him kick you down in to the pit
              • Talk to Reah to get the Replenishment miracle
              • Go back up and talk to Patches again, answering No to his question to get Twin Humanities
              • Continue passed him and through the fog gate and kill the Black Knight that comes running at you
              • Kill the archer, grab the soul, jump down, get ready for an ambush by bone towers and grab the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring
              • Jump across and kill the giant skeleton and then continue up, hugging the left wall to get the Effigy Shield
              • Go back down to where you killed the last giant skeleton and hug the left wall around to the next bonfire and reverse hollowing
              • Go down the path, grab the White Titanite Chunk, go down the ladder, wait for Paladin Leeroy to invade and kill him to get Sanctus and Grant
              • Quickly kill the Crystal Lizard in the tunnel
              • Continue through the tunnel and down the ledge, clear out the Pinwheels and grab the soul and White Titanite Slab
              • Kill Gravelord Nito
                • After the fight pick up the Paladin Set, though you may need to reload your game to get it to appear
              • Rest at the bonfire, warp to Firelink Shrine
              Go back to Firelink Shrine Patches: 8- Meet him in Firelink Shrine 9- Use the "Talk" option to get 5 different dialogues. You need to have met Shiva, Petrus, Lautrec and Solaire to get all five 10- Speak with him to get the first greeting dialogue 11- Use the "Leave" option after buying something to get 2 additional dialogues 12- Use the "Leave" option without buying anything to get 2 more dialogues 13- Reload and talk to him to get the second greeting dialogue

              Sanctuary Guarden / Oolacile Sanctuary / Royal Woods (DLC Only)

              Oolacile Township (DLC Only)

              • Make sure you have either a Skull Lantern, Sunlight Maggot or the Cast Light sorcery
              • Continue down the steps and stick to the right, grabbing the souls along the way, go around the back of the building and roll down to the next ledge
              • Use your light source on the illusory wall on the building to the left and get the Silver Pendant from the chest
              • Kill everything in the other building and get the Dark Orb sorcery from the chest and the I'm Sorry carving from the Bloathead Mage on the outside ledge
              • Go back to the main path, cross the wooden bridge, get the Very Good! carving from the mimic and take out the Bloathead Mage down below with ranged attacks
              • Continue down and across the walkway, very carefully clear out the ground floor of the building and get the Rubbish, Dark Fog sorcery and soul
              • Go upstairs, use your light source on the illusory wall and get the Red Titanite Chunk from the chest
              • Head back across the rafters, roll down to the balcony and get the Crest Key from the mimic
              • Drop on to the roof from the next room and go up and across the roof to get a Twin Humanities
              • Drop off the roof, go across to open up the elevator shortcut and rest at the bonfire
              • Go back towards the colosseum, go up the stairs to the right and unlock the door using the Crest Key
              • Talk to Hawkeye Gough twice, answering Yes to both his questions, so that he grounds Kalameet, and buy the Hello and Thank You carvings
              • Go back in to Royal Woods and down to the valley and kill Kalameet
              • Return to the colosseum and go back up to talk to Hawkeye Gough to get Gough's Greatbow
              • Go back down the elevator shortcut, carefully clear out the Bloatheads and then kill the Chained Prisoner to get the Helm and Leggings from the Chain Set
              • Call the elevator, kill the Bloathead that arrives with it and rest at the bonfire

              Chasm of the Abyss (DLC Only)

              New Game Plus Preparation

              Kiln of the First Flame (Levels 60-80)

              • Drop down the hole and if you haven't already then offer the Lord Souls
              • Farm the Black Knights for chunks
              • Grab the Black Knight Set from the beam
              • Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 65-80+ to get summoned
              • Kill Gwyn Lord of Cinder
                • After killing him you can use the bonfire to get the good ending and the To Link The Fire achievement
                • Or you can leave the area to get the evil ending and the Dark Lord achievement
              • Congratz on completing one of the best RPGs ever made. Now go do it again!

Checklists

Knights Honor Achievement (Obtain 49 rare weapons)

Wisdom of a Sage Achievement (Obtain 24 sorceries)

Bond of a Pyromancer Achievement (Obtain 19 pyromancies)

Prayer of a Maiden Achievement (Obtain 23 miracles)

Information

Soul Types

NameSouls
Soul of a Lost Undead200
Large Soul of a Lost Undead400
Soul of a Nameless Soldier800
Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier1,000
Soul of a Proud Knight2,000
Large Soul of a Proud Knight3,000
Soul of a Brave Warrior5,000
Large Soul of a Brave Warrior8,000
Soul of a Hero10,000
Soul of a Great Hero20,000

Suggested Level Ranges

AreaLevelBossSummon Range
Undead Burg5-10 Taurus Demon5-10
Undead Parish10-20 Bell Gargoyles15-25
Lower Undead Burg20-30 Capra Demon20-30
The Depths20-30 Gaping Dragon25-35
Blighttown30-40 That Fucking Branchn/a
Quelaag's Domain35+ Chaos Witch Quelaag25-40
The Catacombs30-50 Pinwheel20-40, 55-65
The Great Hollow50+ Nonen/a
Ash Lake50+ Black Hydran/a
Darkroot Garden20+ Moonlight Butterfly15-25
Great Grey Wolf Sif20-50
Darkroot Basin35+ Hydran/a
Valley of Drakes40–60 Undead Dragonn/a
Undead Asylum Revisited30-40 Stray Demonn/a
Sen's Fortress40+ Iron Golem40-50
Anor Londo45+ Ornstein and Smough40-50
Dark Sun Gwyndolin40-55
Painted World of Ariamis60+ Crossbreed Priscilla55-60
New Londo Ruins60+ Four Kings60-75+
The Duke's Archives60+ Mecha Boarn/a
The Abyss50-70 Four Kings60-75+
Crystal Cave50+ Seath the Scaleless60-75+
Tomb of the Giants70+ Gravelord Nito60-75+
Demon Ruins60+ Ceasless Discharge40-45
Demon Firesage55-60+
Centipede Demon60+
Lost Izalith75+ Bed of Chaos60-75+
Kiln of the First Flame60-80 Gwyn, Lord of Cinder65-80+

Thanks to Albright for the recommended summon levels

Embers

NameEffectWhereBlacksmith
Large EmberNormal +10, Normal +5 to RawChest behind the butcher in The DepthsAndrei
Divine EmberNormal +5 to DivineTower after Moonlight ButterflyAndrei
Chaos Flame EmberFire +5 to ChaosLava killing Ceaseless DischargeVamos
Enchanted EmberMagic +5 to EnchantedMushroom People chest in Darkroot GardenRickert
Very Large EmberNormal +15New Londo Ruins after lowering waterAndrei
Dark EmberDivine +5 to OccultStatue in Painted World of AriamisAndrei
Crystal EmberNormal +10 to CrystalBehind bookshelf in The Duke's ArchivesGiant
Large Magic EmberMagic +10After killing Seath the ScalelessRickert
Large Divine EmberDivine +10Dead blacksmith in Tomb of the GiantsAndrei
Large Flame EmberFire +10Near entrance to Demon FiresageVamos

Weapon Upgrade chart

dark souls weapon upgrade chart

Help

Is this a guide?

Nope, not really. This is a set of checklists and information that you can use while playing Dark Souls to make sure you don't miss an item, action, conversation or boss. If you need playthroughs then you can click on the links scattered throughout the page to find them in the wiki.

Do I need to follow the playthrough in this exact order?

Dark Souls is not a liner game and has multiple ways of progressing. This is generally the way I like to play through the game, so feel free to follow it if you like or mix it up. You can always jump back and forth and check things off in a different order.

Can I use this for multiple characters?

Yup, use the profile selector and buttons at the top right of the page to setup multiple characters.

Your level ranges are all wrong!

Any time I mention a level range it is just a rough guideline. The level an area or boss should be attempted at depends a lot on the experience of the player, their skill level and their gear.

How do I help with feedback, corrections, suggestions or additions?

You can post in this Reddit thread or if you know your way about Git/GitHub then fork my repo and submit a pull request.

How does the checklist status get saved?

It gets saved to the local storage in your browser and not to any database or API. So if you are clearing your browser cache make sure not to delete the site data or your checklists will get reset. At some point in the future I might hook it up to an API.

What else have you got planned?

Every area in the game is now covered but I'm going to add other bits of information that I think might be useful as you do a playthrough. I'm also aware that the formatting needs a bit of work on mobile devices.

Heads Up! This is a modified version of an earlier cheat sheet by smcnabb, it can be found here.