How Many Dark Souls Bosses Do You REALLY Need to Kill?
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Dark Souls contains 26 bosses overall. Killing all 26 is not needed in order to reach the game's ending, however, the game can be finished with way under the developer intended amount. Just how many can be REALLY skipped? And how few need to be killed?
This video elaborates on the minimal number of bosses From Software intended for the players to need to kill in order to reach Dark Souls' final boss - Gwyn, then explores and explains the discovered speedrunning posibilities to bypass most of them and lower this number through some fascinating skips and glitches. Finally, the remaining bosses and the potential to circumvent them is discussed. If you ever dreamt of finishing the game with least bosses possible, by the end of the video you should know exactly how many Dark Souls bosses you really need to kill and how :).
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Casual Requirements
05:46 Wrong Warp Reduction
08:37 Special Skips - Boss #1
11:43 Special Skips - Boss #2
16:45 Special Skips - Boss #3
22:03 What Can't Be Skipped?
24:55 Summary 
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"In order to skip killing Asylum Demon, we first have to kill Asylum Demon"
Chosen Undead: I'm going to save your life.
Asylum Demon: How?
Chosen Undead: By killing you first.
Asylum Demon: That doesn't make any sense.
Chosen Undead: It's complicated, just roll with it.
"People die if they are killed."
Asylum Demon: I am not a person.
@@Soldier3856 >just roll with it
LOL
If you killed the Asylum Demon, why is he still alive?
Asylum Demon only lives by technicality.
The editing in this video is extremely professional. One of the most underrated channels on this website.
Thank you so much!
True
I was about to make a similar comment until I saw this one! +1
Editing and the direction of the 'movie' getting those 3rd person angles must be hard
That's exactly what I was thinking. This video is higher quality than a lot of major corporations can make
I like how Gargoyles and O&S are the only bosses you can't skip that isn't Gwyn
the 2 bosses that gives first timers the most headaches
It's also interesting how it's the only 2 duo boss battles
@@Spectrik Four Kings is sometimes a duo fight lol
@@austinwiebe3801 trio/quad battle if you spec dex and resistance
@@Spectrik why on earth would you build for resistance
@@cynicalgold9992 I wouldn't, I was making a joke about specing into the wring things making the four kings Voss fight take longer because you wouldn't have the dps to do it
The 3 Dislikes are from the 3 remaining Bosses
who tf would dislike this masterpiece?
@@I_am_Luke only a jealous one
The 21 dislikes are the remaining 23 bosses, but Sif liked it, and since Artorias has been trying to be more supportive of Sif, he didn't want to dislike what Sif liked
Or people that know the answer is 12, not 13
@@I_am_Luke masterpiece implies perfection. Having wrong information is certainly not perfection
Everyone talks about ceaseless like killing him “drains” the lava. It doesn’t drain! It cools and hardens. You can even see it in the animation. It doesn’t lower, it just darkens and hardens into walkable ground.
Haha lava drain goes brrr
Lol the idea of draining the hottest substance of the planet just seems funny to me like where would it go
@@BBoy4040 well the idea would be that it was constantly flowing out and ceaseless was constantly pushing it out
@@BBoy4040 fun fact: there’s a DS game called Fossil Fighters where you straight up find a valve in a volcano and drain it so you can open more paths
Kinda like how everyone calls the pyromancy flame a "glove" when it's literally just a flame.
To anyone confused on why the gargoyles are necessary with the Sen's Gate Skip, you can't wrong warp down to Gwyn if you haven't rung the bells or beaten the four kings. One of the two serpents will bring you down there, and if you do Sif+Four Kings, you end up killing 1 more boss than Gargoyles+Quelaag skip.
But don’t you just need the lord vessel to wrong warp? Both bells don’t need to be rung if you Sen skip
@@MasonR3 If I get it right, you need to wrong warp to placed lords vessel.
@@MasonR3 In order to wrong warp you first need to reach the kiln itself which is only accessible with the help of one of the primordial serpents: Kaathe appears after killing 4Kings (who themselves are reachable only after killing Sif), Frampt appears after ringing both bells (thus requiring Gargoyles to be killed)
Doesn't falling into Fraampt's hole take you to the kiln? If so shouldn't it be possible to hit the loading zone for it without ringing the bells?
@jacksonpercy8044 Answer above said, that he appears AFTER you ring the bells
There is a way to skip asylum demon similar to the iron golem grab glitch. When you jump attack the asylum demon and trigger the plunging attack animation on it, there is a chance that your character flies out if bounds to the top of the asylum. you can roll off the roof and get behind the door to the crow.
I have seen that clip, indeed. What needs to happen is a very particular frame perfect plunge cancel which generates vertical velocity. Incredibly tedious.
ruclips.net/video/PHfwaBO0uh0/видео.html
you can also jump outside to the side, but maybe that uses a glitch
Asylum skip is real. Also, I believe you can skip the bells by walking in a specific way where Frampt stone doors are iirc. Kiln skip too. Technically Gwyn is the only boss.
@@Kraidoz are you sure about that? Current any% wrong warp speedrun shows u still have to ring the bells and kill O&S to get to firelink altar. Do you have a link to a video? This could be a huge discovery
The production value is off the charts, I'm so glad I found this channel
Glad you enjoyed it!
English isn't
Same, blessed , thanks for the amazing content friend. ☺️❤️🌞
@@whitebiscut4688 and your point?
@@Wolf813921 that the English isn't on point I think I made it pretty clear
music: top tier
editing: top tier
Amazing editing, professional level and you can even feel the love behind it.
Btw, no need to kill Ceaseless Discharge in casual playing, you can jump through the lava and reach secret passage to Bed Of Chaos without any sort of glitch. I did this by accident in my first run because Ceaseless was unbeatable for me back then.
That's pretty cool. Do you happen to know of any videos where this happens?
@@SamsarasArt look for glitchless speedrun from 2 years ago, most of them uses that method
@@Rosielx I'll take a look. Thank you
I'm concerned that basic bit of info got by him while making the video. Kinda undercuts your compliments
@@Rosielx what do you mean he was unbeatable?
In recent months you’ve quickly went from a favorite speed runner to a straight up favorite of mine. Thank you for the high quality viewing while I bide my time awaiting Elden Ring
Thank you for the kind words. Awaiting myself 🙏
@@catalystz hi awesome video but doesn't sins fortress skip work while gargoyles alive?
Your videos are on another level of detail and craftmanship. I always throughly enjoy them. Thank you, kind sir. Godspeed on all your runs.
Thank you so much!
Where did the Ceaseless skip go?
Since people are probably wondering the same thing: You cannot skip ringing the bells (thus the requirement of killing gargoyles), since frampt doesn't appear if you don't. Getting to kaathe requires killing at least the four kings and Sif.
Excellent video as always. Every video just keeps getting better than the previous!
Before watching, I'm going to guess there's thirteen bosses that are required provided you aren't using glitches to skip bosses. Also this requires either being a thief or having the master key. Here's my list of what I feel are mandatory boss fights:
1. Asylum demon
2. Bell gargoyle
3. Quelaag
4. Iron golem
5. Ornstein and Smough
6. Seath
7. Pinwheel
8. Nito
9. Sif
10. Four Kings
11. Ceaseless Discharge
12. Bed of Chaos
13. Gwyn
I'm pretty sure you can avoid the rest of the bosses.
Post watch edit: turns out i was right. At least regarding casual playthroughs. And it's pretty wild how many skips and methods of skipping exist. Speedrunners are a fascinating breed and the amount of creativity on display is insane. This video does a great job explaining all of it so even casual players like myself can comprehend what's going on and why. I thank you for that.
Ceaseless Discharge is fully optional with no glitch required to skip, just enough hp to cross the lava
Insanly good editing Cata! Even though I knew all of that it was super exiting to watch 👏 Well done!
When it comes to dark souls I usually just watch videos on the lore but it was really interesting hearing about how the game works on a technical level.
great video cata, I really appreciate the effort you put in.Hope they get more attention in the future
Editing was god tier dude love to see it
This could be some of the best editing I’ve ever had the pleasure of viewing.
I have to say that the editing here is phenomenal. I don't know how I didn't see this channel before.
I feel like a lot of casual playthroughs also fought moonlight butterfly its kinda easy to reach, once you get into darkroot garden you just go in a straight line until the tower and youre there, at least i instantly found my way to it on my first playthrough
I remember she gave me trouble years ago due to my build and skill, and I was wondering for a while, "Wait, do I even have to kill her? Ah fuck it."
Kept going and got her.
I knew most of this, but I was still entertained watching the video. Well done video, for sure. I didn't know the deathcam was exploited in other areas besides Sen's Fortress!
Amazing video this dude! So much detail and the editing is brilliant.
Easily my favorite dark souls channel right now. Your editing and explanations are top tier
Your editing keeps getting better and better. Nice job
Excellent video. Your extensive knowledge of the game and fantastic editing skills really makes these gold.
This is such a well written and well paced video! I have never played a Dark Souls game in my life, but I could follow along just fine. The way you explained things made it so a surface level understanding of the series is all you need to enjoy the video.
I know my opinion has no importance but I think you did an amazing job cinematography-wise and the general layout of the video has a great flow. It's way better than the mindless and low effort watchmojo tier effort that other channels put in.
I hope you keep doing these videos. Also the music choices are top notch.
I fought the gaping dragon once on my first playthrough and have yet to find my way back to him since
I got lost in the depths for 3 hours on my first playthrough and i have yet to come back for any reason even though i know the entire layout and cant get lost again
Great video! Can't believe I hadn't found this channel before now!
Incredibly good breakdown. Nice, keep it up. 👌👌👌
Awesome video with awesome narrator with awesome editing, Artorias aprooves
Just in case someone’s wondering it, the song at 14:17, aka Speedrunner Kahmul’s theme is “Dust”, performed by M|O|O|N. Can’t leave a great song like that go unnoticed 🤙🏽
Brilliant editing. Fantastic video.
Keep up the good work!
Dude this video is sooo well done, thank you for teaching me so much about my favorite game :)
U went in on the editing! u didn’t need to go that hard lol but i love it props brotha
back ground music is on point with this video. what a bop
I still wonder why so many Soulsborne fans love Metal Gear Solid.
I'm just commenting to help in the algorithm because it brought me here and you deserve thousand-fold the views you're getting.
I'm gonna go play some Darksouls now it's so inspiring
Video editing and animations were top-notch. Well done!
my prediction is 3 or 4, i think you HAVE to kill the iron golem to get to anor londo, o&s to get the lordvessel to wrong warp into kiln and then gwyn. i also think you can skip the asylum demon, and go from valley of drakes to darkroot, back to andre, skipping taurus demon, and i think you can glitch into sens fortress without killing gargoyles and quelag
Thought actually 2 by skipping gargoyles with the death cam skip but it seems that I was more wrong then you
You need to kill the Asylum demon, but you don't need to kill the stray demon
@@calvinmcneil9824 no you don't. Out of bounds off to the right of the balcony drop and just walk past.
While you can bypass the sens gate you still have to trigger the 2 bells for frampt to appear so you can place the lordvessel.
The only other way to skip frampt is by reaching khatee but then its still 2 bosses
@@user-if9gb2zg7v That was the answer I was looking for
At first I was like "Is this guy really going to tell me that I have to kill bosses to progress in Dark souls?"
Then I was like "This is one of the best DS videos ever"
Great video, the narration and editing are impeccable :)
Damn, such a well-edited and interesting video. I’m impressed!
17:35 Mans said "Modern problems require modern solutions" lmao love it
i am trying to do this challenge and its funny how i knew all these skips before watching the vid the thing that made me enjoy it more (:
This guy's got genuinely some of the best editing I've seen on any channel on RUclips, instant sub
The graphics work in this video is amazing. Some very nice touches like the mini humanity on screen when bringing up dropping 30 to open the shortcut
I appreciate the use of chapters in this video. I also like your transitions too! Very cool stuff. Of course, the content is also exciting to watch.
On the second encounter with asylum demon you can use a 2h r2 to fall off the ledge, then if you preform a plunging attack you will be teleported onto the roof of the asylum, where you can roll down without the big pilgrim key
Another underrated top quality dark souls channel/video, what a surprise
It is impressive to see the vast knowledge of the game you have. Keep it up!
3:13 I knew your voice was familiar!
Subbed!
I'm guessing two, Being S&O and Gwyn, I think Ymfah showed a glitch where you can skip asylum demon without kill it (Kinda) and sens skip can knock two bosses off, iron golem has a grab that launches you to anor londo, then after getting the lord vessel you can wrongwarp past the door and fight gwyn
@@robertmonroe1883 Thank you
For clearing that up, would it be possible to kill Four Kings as a third boss and get Kaathe to take you to firelibk shrine with the Lord vessel?
Yes but you need covenant of Artorias so you need to kill Sif and that's 4 bosses
excellent video, as always, congrats!
Top notch presentation in this video, And the narration is great! SUBBED!
21:41 I laughed so hard here LMAO
When the algorithm is actually a blessing
Dang I love this nice editing and animation style. I sub just because I like.
At 5:46 you started playing Peril from Halo 2 and I haven't heard that in years! Subscribed.
Honestly having the bell gargoyles, O&S and gwyn be the only bosses left is really fitting in my opinion. They are probably the most emblematic bosses of the game, gargoyles representing the end of the early game when you start figuring things out, O&S being a massive difficulty spike and preparing you for the end game and gwyn of course being the final boss.
Considering the run still sorta has to kill the first boss it really feels like a "dark souls streamlined" version of the game.
I do not have to watch this to know it's top tier shit
Maybe you actually should
@@DiggitySlice i obviously did stoopid
Ooo I really like the editing you did with the neon emphases
Great video man, first time i seen you was on gdq and i'm so glad i looked you up online cause the content you make is just awesome
Top tier content 🙏
Ironically it looked like lower blighttown was easier to traverse in deathcam than otherwise
Top tier editing man man!
Man so glad yt decided to show me this video. This editing is top tier!
I wonder what programs do you use because I'm totally looking for something like this
Basically Ymfah's How to Break Dark Souls Remastered
The editing in this video is something I'd expect from a channel with hundreds of thousands of subs. You should feel hella proud of making this!
loved this, so much info and style in one video
Glad you found it enjoyable 😉
Sick editing and music. Keep up the good work.
When you return to the asylum through the crow, is the not killed asylum demon still there?
Yeah it stays there and even follows you down when the floor breaks
@@doblodoblo510
Tbh, I would enjoy a gank of Asylum Demon and Stray Demon, what with neither being that hard of bosses
I don’t think you actually have to fight Ceaseless Discharge if you wouldn’t do the Wrong Warp. You can Sequence Break him.
There are two ways of getting around him, yes! But covering it in the video would have been obsolete. I was trying to mainly point out the casual requirements first.
also you could maybe tank through the lava if you have enough hp or something
@@catalystz by that logic, the minimum should be higher, because no casual player would accidentally skip Taurus, Capra, Gaping, Firesage, AND Centipede
@@DiggitySlice by casual, he's simply meaning non-speedrunning. ie anybody whose not using glitches, and doing intended gameplay mechanics.
I barely just found ur channel great videos
Great editing!
The number of comments asking why you have to fight gargoyles even though it says explicitly in the video is pretty infuriating 😂
Great video though, subbed.
If you do the Sens gate skip there is no need to ring the bell. Making them an unnecessary boss
@@kiritorionyt6913 This is literally what my comment is talking about. You need to ring both bells to open firelink altar, allowing you to perform the skip to gwyn, which skips more bosses than if you didn't fight gargoyles.
@@kiritorionyt6913 you still need to ring the bell to access the altar
I still wonder if any of those reports describing an accidental Gwyn skip in the Kiln were actually legit game glitches or just the result of playing online with cheaters.
Maybe there is something there yet to be discovered that can only be triggered by online gameplay and summoning mechanics... Also top-tier editing btw!
if O&S fight starts by parrying the silver knight but still out of the fight then invading loutreck and doing it again and letting loutrec kill the boss will this activate the elevator to the lordvessel?
@@mostafafawze5863 O&S both need to be dead for those elevators to move. As much as I like your idea of killing the boss in the "Lautrec dimension" so that it doesn't count, I don't think that's ever gonna work as a lot of things would need to somehow miraculously fit together.
To keep it simple: even if you could invade Lautrec, start the fight, enter it and kill the boss the game would also have to somehow flip the flag that activates the elevators and also not flip the flag that despawns the boss. I haven't verified this myself but those two flags could also very well be the same one, making this mathematically impossible.
@@SolTheCleric does the elevators spawn once the boss is dead or when the victory achived massge pops up? the boss being there in lautrec dimension means that 1.they created a similer anorlondo just for him 2.its the same place but with difrent enemies and closed shortcuts what is outside the lautrec dimension? is it our same world if it is then we need to know if it is like the asylem demon and then think how to get lautrec to kill the boss and then think of a faster way to get to the fog gate with the fall control
@@mostafafawze5863 The elevators start moving after the victory achieved message pops up. Those elevators are always there during the fight: they just don't move.
I'm pretty sure that the "Lautrec dimension" is just another instance of the same Anor Londo map with enemies and all.
I know that if you get sufficiently far away from Lautrec and hit him with a bow he'll charge the Sentinels outside of the door and die trying to fight them (search for "Lautrec, Slathered in Cheese").
The door gets despawned if you get sufficiently far away from it so he and his goons will be able to go through it.
Maybe something can indeed be done in this dimension but not with our current knowledge I'm afraid...
can we use the titnate scale demon grab attack to do the same thing we do with the iron golem to get to the lordvessel room? or it only works with the iron golem ik that other grabs work like the thing in demon ruins but idk if all attack through u away like iron golem
Your videos have given me a new appreciation for the dark souls series
I’ve just discovered your Chanel. I love your content dude:) keep it up and greetings from México
Speed runs? Check!
Dark souls? Check!
Sexy accent? Check!
High production quality? Check!
I think I’ve found my new favourite channel
After playing Demon's Souls remake, I never played the original, I have to say, I like that one better as the first Dark Souls. The bosses are kinda of a joke but they look amazing and have some nice gimmicks and strats to them instead of baiting, hit, retreat, repeat.
I love the Dark Souls history videos you've been doing!
Now this is legitness thanks for the dope as heck stuff to watch
In the original Xbox 360 release of the game you could teleport through the doors in firelink shrine without doing any of the main 4 bosses. You had to jump into the out of nothing beside the lord vessel join an Xbox live party have the game boot you to the main menu then join back into the game and you'd be teleported into the kiln of the first flame
Yeah, that one was interesting. Now we have homeward wrong warp to do basically the same thing. I don't remember if it worked without getting the Lordvessel itself though, since that requires O&S, plus in that version Iron Golem can't be skipped
13:30 I somehow managed to trigger this in NG+ while fighting the Black Knights in the Asylum. Freaked me out and I died of course, but when I respawned, it put me in beginning cell from the game start... with the same BK charging me as I got up from the nonexistent bonfire. Next time I booted up the game, that save was corrupted, on my first playthrough to lol.
A great fight down there, the first time.
Wow. This video is way better than I thought it would be.
Holy. The pure amount of work it must have took for all the VFX and super smooth transitions. Sir, you earned my deepest respect for your editing skills.
why fight the gargo with you can skip the entrance of sens fortress with the glitch you show in the video?
@@interchangeabel8598 but you don't need neither kathee or frampt you can just jump in the hole were frampt come from after you have the lord vessel
There is no hole if you dont ring the bells though because frampt never appears
If you don't kill Gargoyles you can't ring the bell, wich means you don't get Frampt to spawn.
That means Kathee would be your only option to access the firelink altar and perform the wrong warp
To access Kathee you need to kill The 4 Kings, wich you can't fight without killing Sif first for the Covenant of Artorias ring
That would net you 4 bosses killed in total instead of 3.
That's what I figured, honestly unless there's a glitch later on that let's you skip to the place where you put the lord vessel, it'll stay at 3 required busses
One addition; you can skip Gargoyles by going to the Kiln via Kaathe, though this requires killing 2 bosses so it's worse for the count but O&S and Gwyn are the only completely mandatory bosses.
Great video as always Catalyst!
wait cant you just sens skip so you dont have to ring any bells making gargoyles unnecessary?
@@Jacob-zk1jy You need to get to the firelink altar, which requires either ringing both bells or the 4 Kings
@@TheMoogleKing93 Isn't there a Kiln skip that involves the skellies in Firelink parrying you in front of where Frampt appears?
19:16 that explains why Gaping dragon launched me into oblivion on my first playthrough.
Also amazing video.
Presentation was phenomenal!
Even with glitches, you are still forced to fight O&S. This is how I know there is no god.
Wait if asylum demons still alive when you return for the Rusty ring and doll won't you have two bosses left and is it possible to make one fall down in the lower prison Level and trap or make em fight each other?
yes
I already have watch a video doing this glitches, but maaaaaaaaaan, that edition and that script/acting. I'm subscribing right now
Best edit i ever saw in a RUclips channel
Great video! Do you think you could do some AI gimmicks with Lautrec/Solaire to keep the gargoyle ladders loaded?
Thank you! I don't think so as summoning doesn't affect area loads particularly, but never say never. With all of the things I have seen in this game by now, maybe one day they might be the key to success.
As soon as you kill asylum demon you can close out and reload the area to get the key without him actually being dead to skip him completely then you can do the sens fortress skip to get to O&S immediately then follow up with wrong warp glitch to go straight to Gwyn therefore making it only one boss which is ornstein and smough bring the bosses killed to one.
Don’t u need to get the bonfire before the Doors to kiln in order to wrong warp there?
this is a really well produced video
Great video! Love the mgs2 music