DS2 AA Easy Brood Bop Route

//Important information: Do not use the following souls at any point, as youll need to trade them for all sorts of spells
//Royal Rat Vanguard
//Royal Rat Authority
//Najka
//Velstadt
//Ruin Sentinels
//Giant Lord
//Darklurker
//Old Paleblood/Dead One/King/Witch

//Credits are 6:43 plus loading screen. This information just in case you want to have a timer for moving around in your house during
//the credits break and feel save doing stuff.

//I use "A-Click" an NPC if triggering the first line of dialogue is enough. I use "Talk to" NPC if you need to exhaust the dialogue or
//use the "Talk" option in their dialogue menu

//Optimal start is Sorcerer start; for the differences for that start, see https://pastebin.com/NDPH9qYP

Cleric, Bonfire Ascetic
Take bonfire after the hut
Pick up Binoculars
Pick up 800 soul
Talk to the Emerald Herald, light bonfire, head to FotfG
Pick up Buckler
Dupe 800 soul while waiting for the door to open
Use 800 soul while talking to Melentia, buy, Firebombs x8, bomb the wall
Send Cale back, darksign
Dispose of LG (keep at least two bombs, shouldnt be a problem though), darksign while getting souls
Buy Lifegems x10, Herbs x2, Lenigrast's Key, Soul Arrow
Get Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +1, send Melentia back
Dispose of Pursuer, warp to Bastille
Talk to Lucatiel, bomb another wall using a barrel
Warp to Majula

A-Click Herald, open blacksmith door
Pick up bones x5 and discover champions cov
Light Heide's Ruin bonfire
Dispose of dragon rider, use soul, light Tower of Flame bonfire
Send cleric lady back (use other soul while talking) and warp to Heide's Ruin
Ascetic, warp to Tower of Flame and dispose of dragonrider
Warp to Majula

Level 13 ATT, 14 INT, 30 FTH
TALK to Licia (use Dragonrider soul while talking) for her hood and Idol's Chime, buy Homeward, move path
Buy GRS from Felkin (use second Dragonrider soul while talking here or at chloanne)
Light Undead Refuge Bonfire
Parrywalk the hollow and pick up token of fidelity
Light Bridge Approach bonfire, attune GRS
Parrywalk, go the the area after the bridge, parrywalk again
Get gesture from Creighton, pick up Flame Butterflies x3
Skeleton Lord skip

Talk to Chloanne, buy SA and send her back
Grab Chameleon
Dispose of Covetous Demon
Talk to Lucatiel
Take second bonfire (at windmill behind fogwall)
Warp to Majula (attune glitch GRS with Soul arrow)

Attune SA
Dispose of skeleton in mansion
Buy Ring of the Evil Eye, Cat Ring, Ring of Whispers, Skulls x6 (use Covetous soul while talking)
Go down the well, pick up moss
Use lockstone and get whisper of despair
Dispose of rat, discover covenant, pick up lockstone

Get token of spite, dark fog and branch
Light Black Gulch Mouth bonfire
Talk to Lucatiel
Grab scraps
Light Hidden Chamber bonfire
Drop down to giants, dispose of em, bone back
A-click Gandalf, use bone while talking
Attune scraps over SA, warp to majula

19 INT
Unpetrify pyro girl, talk to benhart to get gesture, pick up bones x3
Give her some clothes, send her back
Pull lever, scraps to dispose of mobs
Dupe 5k soul while door opens
Light Ruined Forked Road bonfire
Get vengarl achievement/gesture
Get Blue Clearstone ring +1 (and put it on)
Loot chest (Homing Soulmass), A-click Gandalf
Warp to forked road

Shrine of winter skip
Pick up repair (Holy Water Urns if you want to go for Nash glitch), obliterate lizard and pick up Titanite Chunk x3, Titanite Slab
Dupe 5k while doors open
Light King's Gate bonfire
Talk to Gandalf and join covenant + put on ring
Warp back to Upper Floor

Pick up 10k soul for insane duping
Dispose of dragonriders

Talk to benhart, light Central Castle Drangleic [sic]
Get Caitha's, parrywalk stonespearguy
SUMMON BENHART and dispose of mirror knight (caitha from now on)
Loot chest and go down elevator, dupe 10k soul three to four times on the elevator

Parrywalk a sorcerer and:
	pickup fire tempest
	pickup homing crystal soulmass
Enter Undead crpyt, dupe 10k soul four times

Talk to Grave Warden Agdayne and buy Soul Spear, Soul Vortex, Warmth
Learn gesture
Get crushed eye orb (be lucky and have the guys drop prisoner tatters for SLM farm), light Undead Ditch bonfire
Warp to majula

Buy 6 large shards from Chloanne
Get Bow, some arrows, 6 shards, get caitha's to +8
16 ATT, 30 INT, attune Homeward
Dispose of velstadt
Get ring, Homeward

Warp to Tower of Flame, go to No Man's Wharf
Talk to Lucatiel, get ship
A-click Cahrillion of the fold, dispose of Flexile, Homeward

Go and dispose of dark orny
Join cov after orny and learn gesture
Homeward, warp to Ruined Forked Road
Head to Aldia's Keep

Light Foregarden bonfire
Get Soul Geyser out of the pool
Dispose of Guardian Dragon, pop souls on elevator (Guardian Dragon Soul, Dragonrider Soul, Old Dragonslayer Soul, Flexile Soul, Looking Glass Knight Soul)

Get Feather, Aerie jump
Get Bonfire ascetic x3
Pick up Petrified Egg, Crystal Magic Weapon
Get Ashen Mist Heart (talk to the dragon, don't fight him. Looking at you, Noobest), Homeward, warp to Earthen Peak

Dispose of medusa
Buy the hat and all spells from Magerold
Give him the Egg, discover Dragon Covenant
//IF you want to skip gargoyles: talk to him for Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +1
Grab Dull Ember

Unlock the Belfry Sol bonfire
Join Bell covenant, get immolation
Parrywalk to chaos storm, homeward
Farm mad warrior (30), get Hidden Weapon

Light Eygil's Idol bonfire
Dispose of OINK, Homeward
Burn ascetic, kill OINK again, use primal to warp to Majula
>>> Get Gathering of Exiles achievement, if not check who is missing (probably Rosabeth or Cale)
//maybe discovering primal after NG OINK and then homeward, warp from Eygil's Idol is faster, Idk but thats what I do

Dispose of Maughlin for armor
Buy Dead again, ascetic, a boltstone, 2 darkstones
6shards/6large/9chunks
Level 18 VGR, 10 END, 20 ATT
Warp to Lost Bastille, attune SA during warp
Give Dull Ember to McDuff
Upgrade caitha to +10, clerics to +9
Infuse clerics > lightning // caitha's > dark // idols > dark
Talk to him to get the achievement and slab, clerics +10
Use McDuff's Workshop bonfire and warp to Rotten (Hidden Chamber) bonfire

SUMMON lucatiel, dispose of rotten, homeward back

Warp to first gulch (Black Gulch Mouth) bonfire
Burn ascetic
Rejoin covenant, buy all ascetics, cast light and profound still, clear dungeon (pick up dropped ascetics in the dungeons)
Dispose of giants for another soul of a giant, homeward back

Warp to Shaded Ruins
Abyss side dungeon

Dispose of najka

Get twisted barricade, dispose of rat

SUMMON benhart
Dispose of magus and the bois
Use OINK soul x2 while waiting for benhart to warp out

Get spells form dude after magus, pick up ascetic
Light Lower Brightstone Cove bonfire
Dispose of spooder
Dispose of the duke and pick up key
Light primal, homeward back
Burn ascetic
Get Great fireball
Dispose of spooder again, homeward back

Warp to tark (ring of whispers)
Get gesture, homeward back

Warp to Tower Apart
Dispose of sentinels
Get Hush

Unpetrify straid (use SA for mummies), light bonfire after
Light Sinner's Rise bonfire
SUMMON lucatiel (SEND ELEVATOR BACK UP YOU IDIOT)
Dispose of sinner
Light primal, homeward back

Ascetic, SUMMON lucatiel again
NG+ Sinner, homeward

//You CAN skip the two gargoyle fights now if you want to get a good time (around 4h flat); IF you get good RNG for 600 Item Discovery //it is worth it over equally good RNG for 625 Item Discovery, if that makes sense. On average you will lose time overall though

Warp to Tower Apart
Dispose of Gargoyles, ascetic Upper Ramparts
Warp to Tower Apart, dispose of Gargoyles again

Warp to Cardinal Tower

Go to pursuer area, talk to benhart outside and inside
Finish it for SoaG, homeward back
Memory of Jeigh > SUMMON benhart
Dispose of giant lord, get SoaG, homeward

Drummond memory
Talk to drummond for his hat and learn GESTURE
Get SoaG, leave
Go to pursuer memory and talk to benhart for his gear
Warp to King's Gate

Pop Rotten Soul while King's Gate opens
Dispose of throne bros, use Sinner/Freja soul x2 while waiting for Nash
Nash glitch or just dispose of her the old-fashioned way of actually fighting a boss
Use feather to skip the waiting part
Skip cut scene, watch credits //get some food, something to drink and move around

Level 54 FTH, 30 VIT, 17 END, 10 ADP
//You need 129899 souls for your purchases. If you skipped Gargs that means less levels or popping souls (~105k missing) <- pop souls while waiting for nash
Keep hollow from nash, run off cliff if you did nash glitch and are not hollowed anyways
Buy all of Carhillion of the Fold's spells
Buy all of Rosabeth's spells
Go to the death count statue, learn gesture, discover way of blue
Get 12K ladder + mini ladder + gesture + talk for achievement at Gilligan
Talk to Cale for achievement, homeward //seems to get rid off crushed eye orb RNG at licia
Go to Licia and buy her spells
Invade and kill her for the spell, homeward
Warp to Felkin, buy his spells, talk to him for equipment, warp to Foregarden

Talk to Lucatiel for achievement
Go to Navlaan and complete his questline (you have all items already; BE HOLLOWED)
Buy ascetics and spells
//you need one ascetic for rotten, seven ascetics to get bonfire intensity +8 off the bat and on average 10 ascetics for falconer //cycles; thus you want 18 ascetics going into Things Betwixt. Buy accordingly here
Warp to Things Betwixt

//Farming strats: Equip Gold Covetous +2 (+100 Item Discovery[+75 for +1 ring]), Jesters Hat (+50 ID) and get
//bonfire intensity 8 off the bat (+375 ID); DO NOT waste time on rusted coins; Fromsoft messed up their programming,
//rusted coins get you a whopping +0 ID
//A note on prisoner's tatters: they give 15 ID, netting an average timesave of 2min (with CGSR+2). Not worth to farm for, imo.
//Average farming: just before you burn your 11th ascetic (with 42s RTA no Load cycles and no missed drops thats 1h23m,
//that information just if you want to whine about your bad RNG or how lucky noobest was to be faster with worse
//Item Discovery strats)

Ascetic x7, farm 30 sunlight medals (dont forget Gold Serpent Ring and hat)
Warp to Earthen Peak

Offer 30 medals and get gesture, homeward
Warp to Under Castle Drangleic, attune Sunlight Spear and attune glitch

Do final dungeon
Dispose of Dark Lurker
Talk to gandalf dude till you get cl*m*x (you need to leave his menu and engage him again, only using the "Talk" option doesn't get you there)
Warp to Undead Crypt

Dispose of Vendrick, homeward

Warp to Rotten, ascetic, dispose of him, light primal, homeward
Warp to Bridge Approach

Dispose of horsey
Join cov, buy his spells
Warp to Straid (SA for mummies)

Buy all his spells
Learn gesture
Trade all boss souls for spells > Master of Sorcery, Hexes
Warp to Majula

Make sure you have 20 pyro, 23 miracle 19 gestures (UNIQUE) [you get a few pyromancies, miracles and one gesture from chancellor in NG++]
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPELL EXCEPT Great Magic Barrier, Bountiful Sunlight, Wrath of the Gods, Great Chaos Fireball

Do NG+ as in normal Any% (but kill Guardian Dragon instead of skipping him, damage makes it fast enough)
Kill nash > NG+

NG++

Branch skip
Shrine of winter skip
Open the drangleic gates
Learn final gesture
Buy all his spells

The Dark Soul
GG WP

If you didnt get The Dark Soul run off the nearest cliff, maybe you just never died