*OFFICIAL* DARK SOULS THREAD FOR W1NNARS!

bdwright77 wrote:

I like the pyromancy spells, Alpha...but check the wiki. You may be able to buy them all from someone else. Not entirely sure.

Ok I checked... there are a couple that seem pretty good that it looks like only he sells, such as Flash Sweat and Iron Flesh, so I think I'll just pay the 66,000 soul penalty.

mbgonzomd wrote:

After finishing the gargoyles I noticed my heart beating out of my chest. I hope I don't have a heart attack.

This is why I love this game. It was the same thing in Demon's Souls. Being invaded and fighting a difficult boss makes my heart race. Awesome.

I love how you guys just toss 20K, 50K, 60K souls around like it is no big deal. I work my a$$ off for every 1000 souls I get. It must be nice.

mbgonzomd wrote:

I love how you guys just toss 20K, 50K, 60K souls around like it is no big deal. I work my a$$ off for every 1000 souls I get. It must be nice.

The 66,000 soul penalty signifies the most souls I have ever had, to be sure... it's by no means a small amount. It's a couple nights worth of farming for me. The last boss fight I had was with the gargoyles on the roof top. You're much farther along than I am.

I've just been fighting those NPC's in the forest clearing area. Two of them are 2,000 souls each, the other two are 1,000 souls each. There's a good chance of you dying when fighting them, but as long as you do it right near the stairs it's easy to get your souls back.

Use the cliff farming trick and you'll have it in no time.

I've been farming souls for purchasable items, but fighting for SL's. Figure it's a good compromise.

Where is the forest clearing? I made it to the part with giant sleeping knights. They killed me.

mbgonzomd wrote:

Where is the forest clearing? I made it to the part with giant sleeping knights. They killed me.

It's before that. Beyond the door with the blue stone in the middle. You need the key from the blacksmith in Undead Parish to open it. The key is 20K souls. Check out the video in the farming for souls thread.

Oh, OK. I just need 20K souls before I can farm souls. That should take forever.

Kill the big red dragon (...drake...) and you'll get 10,000! Then consume all of those fallen hero souls you've got in your inventory and you'll nearly be there!

mbgonzomd wrote:

Oh, OK. I just need 20K souls before I can farm souls. That should take forever.

Do the method in the first video from the soul farming thread. That's how I saved up for the key. Also read the posts in that thread, there's a lot of good info. As I mentioned to Kkrambo, if you start by the bonfire in the tower, kill the 3 ghouls out front, run up the ladder to the bridge and back down, that's almost 500 souls in about 2 minutes. Rest at the bonfire, rinse and repeat.

I never even killed the red drake for the 10K souls and got 20K to buy the key in two play sessions of farming.

I got 20K farming the ents right after that door. You not only get 300 a pass, and it's faster than farming the bridge, you also get drops for curing poison, toxic, and bleeding.

I wish there was a way to turn off the messages on the ground without playing offline. It seems like 75% of them are by dumb a$$es who think it's such a riot to put them right at areas you need to hit at like near ladders, blacksmiths, other NPC's, etc.

My favorite ones are those that say, "Try jumping." at the edge of a cliff...

More than one negative vote on a comment should curse the author with half HP's.

I played some at lunch. I got cursed. Now I got to raise 6K in souls. Great.


I already killed the drake and did something with the 10K, I am not sure what. So the bridge farming is out of the question.

mbgonzomd wrote:

I played some at lunch. I got cursed. Now I got to raise 6K in souls. Great.


I already killed the drake and did something with the 10K, I am not sure what. So the bridge farming is out of the question.

If you have any Broken Orb of the Red Eyes, which you should, give one to Snuggly the Crow and you'll get 2 cure curse stones.

6K souls saved.

How do you give it to him?

mbgonzomd wrote:

How do you give it to him?

Go to 12:15 in this video:

mbgonzomd wrote:

I played some at lunch. I got cursed. Now I got to raise 6K in souls. Great.


I already killed the drake and did something with the 10K, I am not sure what. So the bridge farming is out of the question.

Welcome to the Depths!

You could also go to the new londo ruins and find the priest down there. But, I'd say it's easier to raise 6K souls...

I went up to the guy in the gargoyle/church bell tower to see how much it would cost to absolve me of my sins and noticed he has the cure curse stones for sale for only 3,000 souls. So if you want to buy them you can save yourself 3K.

You and Mr. Page Flip need to get a room. You've been having quite the fling today.

We've been an item for years now.

Buddy I was borrowing the game from now wants his copy back!