These items are MAD! So glad I have them and sooooo glad I can show them to you! Enjoy mages 🙏

Guys I just found the coolest thing. If you use the erudition emote and your wearing one of the three crowns the crystals on top will glow. And yest the twinsage glows both colors!

There's also a way gate just north of the purified ruins that teleports you straight to the grace outside the academy gates so you don't have to run through all those enemies

Fellow travelers, @7:20 turn around and go down the stairs and there's a door you can unlock that is a shortcut to the bonfire there. Also, I'd recommend just getting the helmet before the staff because that archer can absolutely wreck you.

There's a hidden talisman right before the dog fight hidden in a illusory wall that increases the damage of your sorcery

First off, THANK YOU. Great guide. I happened to be in the Academy at the moment, so timing was great. I was able to get the staff, and boosted it to +9. Statistically, it does look better than the Meterorite staff. INT scaling is S, Sorcery scaling is 306 vs. Meteorite's 258. MY INT is 70. All of that being said, where should I see the difference between the two? I'm really not seeing the Azur's staff performing noticeably better.

Things to keep in mind… the head piece does raise INT, but lowers health. The Azur casts faster, and Lusat does double damage, but BOTH cost double FP. Meteorite will carry you well past level 60. I’m using the Demi-human +18 and it’s far and away the best. I’m level 100, 10fp & 2 hp +9 flasks.

this absolutely saved me ! so clear and straight forward! thank you so much for this

My man your are like the best guide imo i always watch your videos for the best loot gear and spells i love the quests hard yet worth it!!! Ive gotten Azur Lusats armor from your guide fire gear i may say but also just did this one to get the helmet definitely got my sub so amazing

Just use the teleporter. No need to fight your way to the gates. When fighting the mages, patience is key. They will slowly move towards you, making them easier to kill.

I am going to pay you the ultimate compliment regarding guides. I followed your guide and made it through the first time, getting the staff and helmet! I already had the last grace point so it was a fast run. Thank you! Liked and Subscribed of course.

Thanks for the guide. I need all the help that I can get.

I used the Marionette Soldiers Ashes on the Red Wolf and absolutely wrecked him! I was using Rock Sling from the Meteorite Staff but I ended up doing more healing than spells cast. Highly recommend those Ashes for this fight! Started off a bit slow but a short ways into the fight and the Wolf's life bar was suddenly going down by quarters if not thirds!!

Thank you for the tut, first 1 I found that has a good explanation. Im a strg build, but I just wanted this mask, looks cool B)

Just did it one try straight through no deaths, felt good, thank you so much for the guide!! PogCHAMP!

There’s a better helm for struggling players that is soooo much easier to get and it’s located right after the beast fight. Before you go roof jumping walk out and then go left (the area where the rolling death trap comes from). You can avoid everything and if you keep hugging the wall left you will find another shiny crab. Kill him and you will get the Karolos Glintstone Crown. It’s +3 int and gives you an extra 50hp. Not to mention you look like a badass out of Pirates of the Caribbean. Awesome guide btw! Used this to get the first one then just went exploring.

There's a travel gate at some ruins you can take to automatically transport you to the front of the gate.

The Imp head is a decent start for Mages, Find it early in the Storm whatever cave. Meteorite staff will carry you far into the game but it's not the best

Excellent directions. Keep up the good work!

Great video but just a quick thing. The gravity boss in the graveyard is lowkey a hint… there’s a hidden path under the graveyard below the cliff, they don’t all connect but you can lure almost all the skeletons out to follow you into an environmental kill in the secret path, which leaves like maybe 5 dogs and the 2 marionette archers. Then you can take the lift up to grace and save, take the lift down to get whatever item/spell there is down there, then take the lift back up and get the gravity spell from the miniboss. It’s the easiest way if you’re under leveled/equipped as a mage

Awesome guide. Thank you!!!

Thanks for walking me through this. I just started playing a few days ago.

Finally got this today. Thanks for the great vids

Gonna be using the Azur and Lusat staves depending on when/where I need them. If I'm going for a boss, I'll be doing Lusat. If going through an area that has enemies aplenty, then I'll use Azur for that increase towards spell casting speed

Thanks for the detailed video! It was easy to follow along! Got some great stuff!

Thanks for the detail! Sometimes streamers just edit in or pop in where to be maybe and expect people to just know where these places are by the names of them 😂 you're super straight-forward and clear, thanks again!

Rogiers set boosts glintstone magic. I personally use that and Lucats staff and a right hand sword with determination to boost spell damage. Edit : as of the recent update the determination method no longer works.

(CLEARED) Level 33: Vigor 15/ Mind 25/ Intelligence 26. WEAPONS: Meteorite staff/ Lazuli Glintstone sword. 6 Mana 2 HP potions + Flask of wondrous (Crimson & Cerulean crystal tear). SPELLS: Swift Glintstone shard/ Loretta's Great bow. ((I used the Rock sling spell & Lone wolf ashes+4 "summon" on the Red Wolf Boss fight)) I followed the guide to the letter when just running past everything. ((I didn't kill the mini boss after the graveyard)) When it came time to kill things I almost only ever used the "Great bow" spell (full charge) It's range is ridiculous. If the target survived I finish it off with "swift glintstone shard". Twords the end I stayed on the chandelier and snipped all (3) enemies when they crossed the bridge. I did have to go down to finish them. ((HIGHLY RECOMMEND)) killing the crystal crab before the archer. (The Archer) I used the "great bow" spell (full charge) in the doorway. You should have enough time to do a second quick shot before he chases you. After that shot I ran away far enough for him to lose aggro and I shot him a third time when he was walking back to the treasure room. (Thoughts) this run sucks. It's very tough and im happy I only have to do it once.

man this is so crazy to me lol idno if i would ever figure that out on my own. i found a different glintstone crown near the classroom grace and felt like an explorer nut bar

A big help thank you so much 👍👍👍👍

Watchin this was like watchin a midevil spy movie. Great job and thanks especially for the bit with the memory stone.

thank you so much man have a great night and god bless :)

Thank u for the video, but to make it a whole lot easier i used loretta’s greatbow and rock sling to get through. Greatbow is a beast.

Great video. It helped a lot. I see other mage videos with people using this. I am currently wearing the default for astrologer head gear. My intelligence is at 99. When I compare the stats to the default and the twinsage crown the stats are for the most part better. Other then using this to get the cannon of haima spell, how would the twinsage be better. Not an argument. Just curious.

Thank you got everything. Although u could have shown the boss battle but I did it thanks

Thx for this video what sword are u using? and do u have a video on that?

At 3:25 after you open the door there is a hidden door to the right of you. Just hit that wall and it leads to a grave area. Found it by accident. Your welcome.

Amazing guide thank you for going indepth!

Thanks for the video sir. I’ve been rocking the single sage helm for 50 hrs lol

Thanks for the video I got more than just a helmet also memory slot and two spells so win win all around

Nice Video man! What do you have for a sword?

Awesome stuff man. Great explanation and all. Definitely sub’d!

Excellent video, thank you!

Thank you very thorough video.

What armor are you using with the imp head? It looks nice! Thanks

I was following this when I found an easier way at 8:26 if you jump across to the right and stay on the roof on the East side, after you kill the two guys, you can see the crystal crab and jump down from the wooden stand. Much easier.

I just wouldn’t wanna wear it because I’d feel like I’m cosplaying as half of Mount Rushmore. It is op but I think it looks whack, not bad just not badass enough for me. I’m for sure gonna be equipping it though just because of its stats

You are the first person I’ve seen that uses the same cat helmet as me! It has pretty decent stats for the early game.

Got it, but the staff will take some leveling up to match the meterorite staff. That thing is an absolute beast.

Tip: 3:04 Use Carian slicer on the two mages on top of the stairs. I just ran up the stairs and cut them to pieces. It worked like a charm. After that i kited the adds out the door, and when i felt it worth the risk, i rushed straight at the mage and cut him down to easy. I promise. Great game. I did a couple of bosses in DS 1, so I am what you call a newbie essentially. So i can attest to the fact. there is always a way.

Thank you so much for the guide!!!

thanks much. got it all with ease.

Really cool video. I was looking for suggestions on mage Melee weapons but couldn’t find any. Some sau the moonveil katana, but I am not sure If I want to waste points in STR and DEX for it. You should make a video about it. 😃

Just a quick heads up there is a great armor set in the spot right before the gravity pull. You jump out the middle window on the right. Also the enemies you ran pastright before the dog fight there is a hidden passage on the left after you go up the stairs with a scroll for selline.

holy shit i didn’t even know his staff was in the game, gonna get both of these asap, thank you

once you hit the soft cap the primal azure helm is better for the flat primeval sorc boost

great video! has anyone ever told you that you sound like professor snapes from Harry potter!?

I should have watched this video, I watched another to get the staff not realizing the helmet was right there. Great video

Thank you excellent vid.

Bro how you do that with your sword! do you have a video on that or somthing it would be nice!🔥

When I did this there was no staff there. In place of the staff was a "Graven-School Talisman" it's item effect is "Raises potency of sorceries". Also for the head peace after killing the crab it gave me a "Karolos Stone Mask" instead. Does anyone have any idea why this happened????? Please help. Thank you!

Saved my life thanks bro for the video

Thanks for the tips

Thank you helped alot

what gloves are you wearing in the first minute of beginning of the video?

clear, concise, helpful.

What are your INT and DEX stats here? Im using the same rapier with magic armament spell and I don't get that much damage per hit.

I use a shield with my mage and the Thops's Barrier Ash of War is a godsend for running through the Academy. You can just parry the Sorcerer's spells and use 0 FP when you do it.

Got an idea build from YT to build a katana mage weirdly tho I started as astrologer and just threw few points in str/end/Dex now I’m 49 with 4 spells meteorite staff and I have the sword of night and flame( sadly I only have 13 faith points so far been trying to just grind till I hit 24 faith) to use a hybrid kinda build with magic n sword. If u guys just starting def recommend either Marika seal or the radgan seal or something I don’t the exact name but those two talisman can raise almost all ur stats by noticeable points although the down side is u get more damage taken again since my build is kinda squishy I don’t intend to get hit anyways.

I needed this video!

I use renala head piece because I already had 70 int since I rebiethed and focused my stats on that and the renala cap gives you extra hp

should I still use this amour im doing a hybrid I want to use magic and rlly strong weapons

U seem like a cool guy gonna sub can't wait to see more

Thank you for the spell :D question I have to kill the boss to get the stuff ?

when you drop off the chandelier there is another sorcery spell on the same level but other side of the bridge. Shattering Crystal

I found a staff in the south fighting this band of demi-humans. It was this Demi-human matriarch, and the staff has much better spell scaling. I have it upgraded +2 and the scaling is at 132. The astrologer's staff is base 100, and the staff the nobles run around with has like base 110. I leveled the noble staff to +5 and only was able to get it to 126 spell scaling. I don't know if my build will allow me to wield this glintstone staff, but it looks like it will be a beast to wield, so I might drop the extra levels on it.

Great vid bru. Liked and subbed

What sword to you carry or is the best ?

What armory set are u using with the imp helm

Amazing video!

is that a standard rapier you are using? o.O im haivng trouble with these skeletons being resistant as anything and of course the mana drian is a pain

Bro, theres so much stuff to discover. Every mob can drop sth nice. Never would have figured this out though l already beat the academy 😅👍

Right after you cross the rope bridge you can drop down to the left go up the short path, kill two marionette archers and get their summon.

So it’s best attribute is it that increases INT? Doesn’t seem very great to me when I’m already specced heavily into INT as a mage…

How do you use spells with your staff in your left hand? I couldn’t figure it out I thought it wasn’t possible lol. Would save me loads of trouble.

3:16 Those guys are easy. You can get more useful spells to deal with them from a distance, like the glint stone blade spell that fires a delayed sword across at an enemy. You can fire from behind cover.

snow witch hat gives 10% for cold spells, unless you have really low int thats more than 6 INT. (also there is a talisman for 6 int)

What's that sword magic stuff you were doing and how do you get that lol

Can you make a video telling us which ashes of war we should be using for astrologer?

Small tip, one of the little buildings just south of the academy has a teleport stone that takes you right outside the gate of the academy. This means you can kill all the soldiers from behind easily.

There is an easier way to get here and you can get another helm on the way. If you go towards the tower with the holes in the floor, drop down two sets there is a crab that drops the lazuli helmut. If you continue dropping to the bottom and exit you will see the crab directly across from you. Climb the ladder back up and then jump onto the church's roof.

what is the ash of war/sorcery that you do to your sword?

Very helpful! Thank you for taking the time and posting it.

There’s an even better sage hat in the volcano mariner area I don’t know where I found it but it was so random and I loved it then my power went out and my safe got corrupted and I lost it I don’t know if I ever find it again :(

This one looks a little better than regular stone face helmets because its got two freakin faces. I will definitely grab it and see what cool outfit I can make

Hey question how did you get that sword? I want it 😭 it looks dope

Well the scaling of sorcery doesn't really matter. Meteorite staff is king. Notice the sorcery scaling is 60 on the glintstone but the meteor is 196. Sure, the glintstone can be upgraded, but I do not think it is possible to even get it high enough early or even mid game to be capable of comparing to the meteor staff. Just use the meteor. The helmet is really good tho.

Here's the thing, if you have 99 int already is there any point in wearing items that raise int or is it capped at 99..

Me being me I just did the grace sight first before the gate and grabbed the key and got a quick swipe on the dragon teleported back to the gate 😭😭💯

Academy key location shown on the map is slightly wrong. At the location indicated, there is a grace point. Key is at the rock formation a bit to north/west.