Dark Souls: Lord of the Rings - BKGS+5

# Dark Souls LOTR - BKGS #

Notes:
* Could visit Oswald earlier but the Heavy Knight is usually in a bad position
* At the cost of an extra warp could do asylum 2 after catacombs
  * This would mean having rusted iron ring for Hydra
  * May save a bit of time back but not sure if it's worth the warp
* Skip hidden body and just use the ring of fog + slumbering ring for the route
  * Saves time over buying, attuning and casting the spell
* Firelink cleanup before DLC in order to have rusted iron, ring of fog and cloranthy rings

## Gargoyles ##

* Start Hunter with witches' ring (1/41)
* Pick up sword, shield
* Open lower gate
* Pick up bow
* Kill asylum demon
* Level 10INT, 10ATT
* Pick up firelink bombs
* Snipe merchant (3 bombs)
* LUB skip
* Free Griggs
* Pick up Black Firebombs and Resins
* Kill Taurus
* Pop Humanity
* Cut Drake Tail
* Get BKGS
* Activate Elevator
* Kill Gargoyles
* Ring Bell and Dupe Bone

## RTSR/Quelaag/Centipede ##

* Buy FC and Catalyst from Griggs
* Attune FC
* Level 15VIT 15INT (save souls to buy Master Key later)
* Kill Lautrec (leave FAP for now)
* Go to NLR, pick up Estoc
* Firebomb Ingward
* Pick up Cursebite ring (2/41)
* Open Seal
* Get RTSR (sort weapons) (3/41)
* Blighttown Skip
* Kill Quelaag with moveswapped drake sword
* Heal once and ring bell
* Drop down back into RTSR
* Elevator Clip
* Kill Firesage
* Pop Humanity
* Get Orange Charred Ring from Centipede and Homeward Bone (4/41)

## Shopping/QS/Golem ##

* Buy both rings from Griggs and kill him for slumbering ring (7/41)
* Buy Master Key and 999 arrows from Domhnall
* Pick up ring of sacrifice and dupe bone (8/41)
* QS 999 Quelaag Souls at Frampt
* Take elevator to Parish
* Level 32VIT 48END 66STR 18DEX
* Enter Sen's Fortress
* Talk to Siegmeyer
* Pick up Ring of Steel Protection (9/41)
* Get Covetous Gold Serpent Ring (10/41)
  * Quitout for 'fake upwarp' on the elevator
* Rotate device
* Pick up Flame Stoneplate Ring (11/41)
* Buy Rings/Blossoms from Crestfallen Merchant (13/41)
* Kill Iron Golem

## Anor Londo 1 ##

* Take AL Bonfire
* Fall Control drop down elevator
* Silver Knight Archer Skip
  * Quit to deaggro bat wing demons
* Pick up Hawk Ring (14/41)
* Buy 10 Twinkling Titanite and upgrade BKGS+5
* Kill Smough and Ornstein (Smough First)
  * DON'T QUIT AT THE DOOR!
* Take the elevator and join Gwynevere's covenant (15/41)
* Drop back down and pick up the leo ring (16/41)
* Free Siegmeyer, talk to him, then kill him for his rings (18/41)
* Homeward Bone

## Darkroot Garden ##

* Warp to parish and rest
* Buy Rings and homeward bones from Oswald (20/41)
  * Buy a spare ring of sacrifice for Seath
* Homeward Bone
* Buy Crest and Shield from Andre
* Get Wolf Ring (21/41)
* Garden Bonfire
* Kill Hydra, kill dusk (22/41)
* Bone
* Join Alvina covenant (23/41)
* Talk to Shiva
* Pick up hornet ring (24/41)
* Kill Sif (25/41)
* Bone
* Warp to Firelink Shrine

## Catacombs ##

* Place Lordvessel with Frampt and get him to carry you out
* Run to Catacombs
* Seance ring (26/41)
* Pinwheel
* Take bonfire
* Get Lantern and bone
* Get Covetous Silver Serpent ring (27/41)
* Bone
* Warp to Anor Londo

## Seath Encounter ##

* Get Broken Pendant
* Equip Ring of Sacrifice & Cursebite ring
* Die to Seath
* Get White Seance ring (28/41)
* Warp to Firelink

## Firelink Cleanup ##

* Rest at Firelink
* Pick up asylum key!
* Pretend to be an egg
* Trade twin humanities and lantern with Snuggly (30/41)
* Get Rusted Iron Ring (31/41)
* Homeward Bone
* Lower Undead Burg skip
* Kill Capra
* Ring of Evil Eye (32/41)
* Homeward Bone
* Pick up FAP Ring (33/41)
* Equip rusted iron ring on elevator
* Blighttown plunge
* Buy ring from Shiva (34/41)
* Kill Shiva's guard and pick up the drop (35/41)
* Run to Great Hollow
* Pick up Cloranthy ring and Bone (36/41)
* Get BTSR (37/41)
* DCR Ringswap and drops in Havel tower for RTSR
* Kill Havel and get ring (38/41)
* Enter basin and DLC

## DLC and Gwyndolin Covenant ##

* Kill Guardian
* Skip Hidden Body
  * Equip ring of fog/slumbering ring where you would use hidden body
* Royal Woods Skip
* Buy lloyds talisman
* Kalameet Trigger
* Kill Artorias
* Get PCC
* Rest at bonfire and warp to Anor Londo
* Equip Darkmoon Seance Ring
* Run to Darkmoon Tomb
* Pick up ring and join Gwyndolin's covenant (40/41)
* Homeward Bone
* Get Crest Key and Bone
* Get Kalameet Sniped
* Kill Kalameet (41/41)
* Bone
* Warp to Firelink Shrine
* Warp back to Township from Lordvessel
* Wrong Warp
* Kill Gwyn