Trying to stuff a Darkwraith corpse in a well is honestly peak content. Loving this series!

"Artorias traversed the Abyss. If you can find him, and learn from him-" "Killed his pet." 😂

31:01 He went hollow and lost all of his sanity. That's the reason why people dumped undeads at the asylum (the very start of the game, remember? When you returned to the asylum, the knight, who earlier had thrown a dead body to your cage and then had given you estus before death, also was completely hollow and attacked you), far from the living souls, while they could. Insanity (zombie mode) is the fate of most of your companions from the Firelink shrine and, eventually, your grim fate too. This is why everybody struggles for the humanity - this is the only way to pospone the inevitable end. Only some people may be saved, but a precise action is required, which is not likely in the casual playthrough. The strategies are sometimes wild: to save one of the knights you have to avoid contacting him for the first 2/3 of the game. He is immediately doomed if he meets you too early.

If you ever decide to replay this game, try beating the four kings before talking to Frampt (the snake boy who gobbles you up).

The edit at 42:30 got a chuckle from me. Feel spoiled with two videos so close to each other!

1:20:11 You figured out one of the game's secrets by yourself; if Gwendolyn is the only deity left in Anor Londo then who (or what) is the lady there? DUN DUN DUN! Maybe you should check it out.

Just want to say I love the little sound effect on your edits! I really appreciate all of the work you put into these videos.

Anyone else cheered when she got the Dark Hand? Its a 1% drop rate.

This is easily my favorite Dark Souls play through on the interwebs. You're doing a great job!

Oh the ending! The bonfire was right there! 😂

28:41 - and that's how we get crossbreeds like Priscilla 💀

To wake up Frampt, you can give him a couple whacks, and he'll get up eventually. Just don't overdo it, or he'll take offense.

So this is a neat little subtle detail but remember when Patches died in the Tomb of Giants and in the loot he left behind was a humanity? That's the case for most NPCs if you kill them, but when the Crestfallen Warrior attacks you in New Londo he doesn't drop any, because he's gone hollow. Also, it's too late to do it now in this playthrough but a neat tip if you ever replay it: when you get the Lordvessel, don't bring it to Frampt. Instead go down into New Londo right away and beat the Four Kings (you'll still get the key from the NPC even if you haven't handed in the Lordvessel, all that's needed is to have received it). Something interesting happens if you do this.

The compound in onions that hurts your eyes is created by a reaction between two compounds within the onion cells. You can minimise the reaction by rupturing less cells, (use a very sharp knife and cut along the grain of the onion to rupture less cells). Chilling the onions in the fridge also slows the reaction. Otherwise put a fan in a position that will blow the fumes away from you.

Two Dark Souls vids in two days? Shouldn't spoil us like this Amber, we may get used to it!

Hi Amber, really fun episode. Just wanted to add my two cents, for the next game whether you fancy dex/faith/magic or what have you, I think picking what you think sounds fun makes the most sense. If you're enjoying yourself then it'll be more fun to watch.

the havel strat proves itself once again! i love how thorough you are in this series, you find so much stuff that i didn't think you would, it's really impressive! thank you for all your hard work!

You know, at this point in the game, if you have settled on a particular armor set you like (ie, the Elite Knight Set) you should really consider upgrading it - it actually will make a noticeable difference in your survivability.

if you wanna do a magic run, elden ring is pretty good for that. what I mean: DS1-51 spells DS2-59 spells DS3-72 spells Elden Ring-170 spells big jump is what im trying to say.

The places in this game are like a series of microcosms that I dreamed up when I was a kid in my backyard. Like you, I thought the same about Ash Lake linking worlds; like, you could go up another tree and be in a completely different world, or maybe a different version of the same one. If you look out into the lake the trees go beyond as far as you can see, like individual blades of grass in a vast field.

Hey Amber, don't forget to go to the DLC. When u defeat the last boss, the game will end. So u have to do everything u want to do before u start to fight him. The Way to the DLC ist hard to find, u should watch a video about it Edit: I gonna explain here, how u get into the dlc, so be aware of spoilers! Remember the Hydra in Darkroot Basin? If i remember correctly u killed it already. Just go left side to the waterfall, hug the cliff and run until u reach the end of the sea. There is a crystal golem, that u have to kill. A Woman will spawn out of it. After that u head to the duke's archive (thats right there, where u are at the end of the video). The first crystal golem, that u will see there, if killed it will drop a Broken Pendant. With that item u can go back to the darkroot basin where u killed that golden crystal golem. There u can go into the dlc now.

It’s kind of crazy how much these games have changed over the years just because of the community. It’s such a solitary experience. If you want to see what it used to be like, there’s a famous DS1 video called “when you go dark souls with your best mates” that really shows how different it is now.

You can take the boss souls to the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo. In order to obtain a boss weapon you will also need a base weapon to combine with the boss souls. When you speak to the blacksmith, the option to ascend the weapons will let you know what base weapons you need for each boss soul.

You did not miscount, if the boss fight lasts long enough, a total of five „kings“ will spawn. Quite a nasty surprise when it happens for the first time.

You can cut the dragon's tail off without angering it. Also, I'm pretty sure there is something interesting on the underside of the bridge leading to the undead settlement from fire link shrine. Potential spoiler for boss weapons: You need to speak to the blacksmith in anor londo to ascend weapons to boss weapons. It's been awhile so i think the weapons need to be plus 10 (for example the scimatar to +10 to then ascend it to a boss weapon) they do not tell you this at all in the game or even hint at it

if you leave hydra for later you can actually see them fly over your head

im happy you went back for all of the amazing secrets. the look of amazement on your face was just priceless! great video again. cant wait to see more!

59:35 was sick 🤣 Also, "imminent lizard" got a good laugh out of me. Good to know the Four Kings are a lizard and not a fatty. 😂

The change in confidence from the first hydra to the second is fantastic

"Wait, is one of these my friend from firelink?" No. These were the maiden and her ² guards near Petrus. They weren't there very long, but you did meet them. Your "friend,' known as the Crestfallen Knight, went hollow after Frampt appeared. You met him earlier in New Londo, and he forced you to kill him. I suspect that hollows dont remain recogni*able after a few killings. My guess ts that NPCs who go hollow and you kill return just as all undead do. But the quickly become indistinguishable from the others. Which honestly might be a blessing.

Another great episode! I love how thorough you are, going back and exploring bits you ran past earlier. Havelling up against the Four Kings is a great strat, it's one of the most recommended ways of killing them. The number of kings can vary as you found out, a new one spawns every 40 seconds I think, the fight is a real DPS check. If you are really overpowered by that point you can end up only fighting two of them! If you end up fighting them again it's worth knowing that they can still take damage from the shared healthbar while they're in their death animation so keep hitting them as they die to make the fight go quicker. 1:07:05, "Do I need to keep the ring on in there?" - yes you do! There's even a unique death animation if you take it off down there, though once you've beaten the boss you don't need it for some reason. Looking forward to the next one, you're really on a roll at the moment!

I really liked your use of the 'entering painting' sound effect, it was very funny! :)

This playthrough just keeps getting better. Loving it. So looking forward to more

Doesn't kill optional boss with 0 consequences, even though she is subjugating an entire people to a life of misery and rot Ruthlessly murders some poor twink boy just trying to care for the grave of his father which results in Many consequences xDDDD Loving this playthrough

42:31 damn what a night. first the bells rang, then the whole carriage transformed into a pumpkin and now you are in fireshrine link, without souls... ohh i get it now... the rats dropped humanity the whole time because they are in fact cinderella's mice and they are the most humain creatures in the whole story! edit: 1:41:21 i think we found the location of the dark amber

ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴇᴅ +7 times (total 83). Returning killer of the week Gravity with +3 (total 23) Onions can be severely different depending on freshness, type, size and a bunch of other things. Just wash them occasionally under cold water after peeling or cutting in half and no tears.

The "imminent Lizard ahead" message at the Four Kings fight refers to Darkstalker Kaathe, but he won't show up if you've already placed the Lordvessel. You can work with him instead of Frampt to get an alternate ending. Also, It *is* true that it's very weird that the item descriptions keep referring to Gwynevere leaving Anor Londo, and her not reacting to you killing her brother...

It's amazing how the darkness of the abyss, mess up with our deep notion.

46:30 this part had me laugh like a disney villain

I honestly thought you were acting at that cut to the next day. Then realized your confusion was genuine😂

The more humanity you have, the more likely every enemy is to drop loot. It makes death even riskier than it already is

when using prim stones to track heights, look at them while falling. If the rock smashes into tiny pieces the fall is lethal. If not, then it's safe to jump.

Man, I wish you had "unlocked" Gwyndolin in the more aggressive way by heaving a fireball at fake Gwynevere's "amazing chest ahead." That scene of Gwyndolin's illusion wearing off of Anor Londo is just so cool

one of my favorite things abt dark souls is roleplay as the player character. ill casually imagine/feel it when i play, and i like imagining other peoples characters and their playstyles as other individuals in the story world (individuals of the same presence and character as onion man or sun man etc) i love how you play and how you talk while you play. i imagine your player character as a chipper lady, starkly contrasted by the grim and sober dark fantasy world, who is equal parts capable and silly. she pushes through the hurdles set before her because frankly she just was not raised to give up, no matter how brutal the world is around her. a very fun and fitting character for the dark souls world i feel like i would LOOOVE to see you do an intelligence run and a faith run and a dex run, if you ever want to do any of those!!!!

This ans siff are my favorite DS1 boss fights

I did a playthrough, using the claymore ( was on the ground in front the first dragon),bow, sorcerery, and pyromancy, also light armor and I had a lot of fun, but love watching your playthrough also!

After Bloodborne and Hollow Knight I'm watching your videos religiously again. I'm excited to hear in your video you'll be playing Dark Souls 2. Please don't start it with prejudice. Ask people not to give their (usually hearsay influenced) opinion. Playing them in order, if you plan to play them all is the right choice. Happy to see you're having a lot of fun. PS don't forget to finish the DLC before killing the last boss in DS1.

The spells reveal a lot about the world, especially the miracles.

I will always remember the first time I stumbled into the ash lake while just exploring.

About how to use Boss Souls to create unique Boss Weapons, you can search it online pretty easily without getting any spoilers but I'll explain it here as well if you want to read further. So what you need to do is upgrade a standard weapon up to +10 (standard weapons are weapons that are upgraded with normal Titanite instead of Twinkling or Dragon Scales for example.) And depending on the weapon type you upgraded you'll be able to create specific Boss Weapons, for example for Gwyndolin's Soul you need to do upgrade any bow type weapon to +10 (not crossbow). For the Soul of Sif you need a +10 greatsword type weapon (Claymore for example). You can search online what weapon types you need for the other souls like the Soul of Quelaag or the Core of an Iron Golem.

Really proud of you for finding Gywndolyn all on your own 👍

Regarding onions: sharpen your knives! the release of the compounds that burn is exacerbated by the ripping and tearing that blunter knives do. Sharper knives cut way more cleanly and will burn less!

I'm impressed how well you handled the Four Kings fight - the RNG that you got on your winning attempt (the sheer number of grabs and AoE bursts they did) would usually end attempts very quickly. Most people who fight that boss tank through everything and pray that they don't grab or do the explosion before they die.

You can still fast travel to the extinguished bonfire in Anor Londo, you just can’t rest at it or travel from it. If only you’d carried on a just little bit further at the end. Just around the corner from the second armoured boar is a new bonfire! Those boars are tough but weak to lightening, as far as I'm aware those are the only two in the game though. BTW if Frampt is asleep when you visit him in Firelink Shrine just give him a whack to wake him up, he won’t mind. 🙂

shes back, shes had a snack, and shes ready to attack!

"But what about the Lady? Is she not a deity??" That's a VERY good question. You should look into it. 😜

I must say you got some pretty good instinct for fights. Already shown in some previous ones for sure. Using Havel set for the Four Kings fight was the best option there and you had both pretty good, but also pretty bad luck! The constant grabs and fighting 3 kings at the end... The fight persists as a DPS run really, because at regular intervals another "king" spawns, but they all have individual HP bars (meaning you can kill each of them) and an overall HP bar (to win the boss fight). At most you can fight with 5 at a time i think (even though there are 4 kings), but even so, you might be dealing a specific amount of damage that you kill 4 kings and there would still be a little overall boss HP left, allowing for another set of 4 kings to spawn. Anyway, good job on it all, your instincts told you well to just attack and finish it off. Got two lord souls so to speak, two remain. Good luck with the others ^^

Ash Lake is (as incomplete as it feels) arguably my favourite area in Dark Souls. It's so eerily peaceful, but considering the lore ramifications it's also very sad. I don't want to spoil anything, but it's worth re-watching the opening cinematic to make the connection.

"So pinking the fire undoes this curse that we just keep coming back as undead?" Essentially, yes. There's a bit more ti it than that, but it's all very spoilery.

That Painting sound effect was a nice callback.

The imminent lizard message that you looked at when you were in the abyss was there because Kingseeker Frampt, your gaint serpent friend, actually has a brother that you can meet there...

both statements are true: gwynevere is a deity gwindolin is the only deity remaining in Anor Londo

the lord of the rings references are amazing, please dont stop them

Just making sure: there is no need to check out the deties in Anor Londo! Lady Gwynevere is enjoying some well earned rest there, no need to disturb her! There are multiple deities in Ba Sing S-uuuhhh Anor Londo.

You are, without a doubt, the first person I've ever seen complain about the "inside-the-clam geometry" and it made me laugh quite a bit. Literally nobody else would notice that.

Perfect 💞

i finely crafted shield for a few scraps of moss that probably grows everywhere anyway- what a deal

Ash lake is the very bottom of the world, all of the great trees that hold the world up growing out of the lake. Even the everlasting flame that gave birth to lordsouls and thusly the gods is not even this far down.

Hopefully not too redundant in mentioning this, but that can happen with the onions if they've been left for a while before use/if you got them from the store after they'd been sitting their for a while (right before a restock). I've had this happen and my best fix for it was to just try burning a candle while chopping, it honestly didn't help a ton but it's not nothing 😅💛

The everlasting dragons had a nasty habit of not dying well so there are afew that are just pieces of dragons that are clearly rotting but not dead..

Put on Havel's Set, cast power within with a decent pyromancy glove and cast Power Within. It wrecks the 4 kings, and Gravelord Nito for that matter.

Love the Lord of the Rings references in today's episode

3:57 Technically, it is dead. Just Undead. I had the same reaction upon first seeing Ash Lake

1:31:12 That sound

British 'Oh's' will never get old. Ouwweuh

Dont forget to find the dlc entrance before facing the final boss...

What a lovely tree is something not oft said of the great hollow

fur suit guy went crazy

Also, i don't know if you'll see this, but those clam creatures in the hollow are a decent source for farming that twinkling titanite if you need them still

If you want to try your hand at a magic based playstyle, like you mentioned in this episode: Dark Souls 2 has a new discipline of magic called „hexes“. DS1‘s dark magic is not the same as DS2 hexes by the way, although there are similarities. I found hexes more enjoyable.

Your friend went hollow. When the undead lose their purpose they go hollow. I’m sure someone knows better than me the common interpretation, but I’ve always thought his purpose was to guide undead to the two bells of awakening. When you finally satisfied the prophecy he no longer had a purpose. You could hear him going mad when he was complaining about Frampt.

Thank you for passing. 11:50 - Well jumped off! 25:16 - Oh, we see that one of the players died from the curse, leaving the statue.

1:40:10 There is a reason why she doesnt care. Try to warp to the Princess Chamber again and hit her once. Dont worry, nothing will change in your playthrough, but it will reveal the secret!

51:08 So wait, you've never seen the Mouth of Sauron? Probably one of the best scenes :)

I have never heard of an onion taking someone out of commission lol. Truly, it must have been a great knight of Catarina.

You know what, I've just been killing Igward so much that I forgot he gave you the key to the seal XD

4:08 "Charlie bit me!"

There was a bonfire just after the second pig

I would highly recommend listening to the audio books of the Lord of the Rings trilogy read by Andy Serkis (The voice of Gollum). He does all the voices in the books and makes them distinct and recognizable, a really excellent job.

if you want to play if the physics of the bodies, try rolling in light weight, you can catapult them with your legs. Also about weight, its not progressive, it comes in stages: light, medium, heavy, overweight

You got oranges and onions in your eyes in one video.😢

By the way, fun game dev fact: that hallway with Dark Sun Gwyndolin is actually real! It is suuuper long and actually exists in the game world in its totality!

The lord of the rings has a interesting lore to it aswell scriptures that were never published..of how sauron was a servant to the first dark lord morgoth a type of rebel being.

Ash lake.........one of my favourite area in all games ever

if you end up playing Dark Souls 2 after this, try out sorceries or miracles! magic is vastly better in DS2 in general (you can even free-aim spells with the binoculars), and there's a lot of good weapons that scale with Intelligence and Faith

When you do get around to playing DS2, try magic there. Melee can be wonky if you're used to DS1, and the magic system in DS2 is vastly improved. You can do sorcery or miracles, or go into pyromancy or hexes a bit later on that require both stats but are more powerful. An idea would be to do some upgrading at this point. The boss paths provide a ton of chunks as you've noticed, regular ones in New Londo and white ones (for Divine) in Tomb of the Giants. You probably need to read up on the upgrade system because it's messy, but basically at +5 or +10 of a regular weapon you can either upgrade it to the next tier, or change into an elemental path like Divine or Fire or Magic. With your stats just taking it to +15 is probably best. At this point you can take any basic weapon to +15 and it'll be comparable to your Black Knight Sword if you want to change things up.

Threw something at the amazing chest.

Ash Lake is one of my favorite places in any game.

1:42:00 the woopsie is so cute

I understand the appeal of the melee / tank build, but I gotta have my bow, arrows and more powerful pyromancies for those ranged attack kinda times 😝