Dark Souls Remastered: Any%

[Dark Souls: Remastered - Any% - Splitnotes]
[Before you start]
This is a new route and there are currently no runs of it on the leaderboard.
The old (current WR) route is included at the end.

Join the Speedsouls Discord: https://discord.gg/speedsouls - #DS1-Remastered

**Useful Practice Tools**
Download the Speedsouls Save Organiser: https://github.com/Kahmul/SpeedSouls-Save-Organizer/releases
Download DSR-Gadget: https://github.com/JKAnderson/DSR-Gadget/releases
Download Gadgetlemage: https://github.com/CapitaineToinon/Gadgetlemage/releases

[Asylum]
Start Thief with Black Firebombs
Kill Asylum Demon with bombs
Pick up the Shield
Equip shield and darksign in the fog gate
Get Estus and Key from Oscar
Darksign
Leave the Asylum

[BKH/Quelaag]
Take the Elevator to New Londo Ruins (leave the elevator down)
Pop the humanity from the hotbar (optional: dupe 99x humanity)
Enter Valley of the Drakes
Get the 1k soul behind the gate and the 2k soul in the dragon claw
Get RTSR from the tower and roll off the tower from the pickup

Take the elevator up and dupe the 2k soul 99x (quitout first if you duped the humanity)
Pick up the Grass Crest Shield
Make the black knight fall off and get the Black Knight Halberd
Kill the titanite lizard to get 2 twinkling titanite

At Andre:
  * Buy the Crest of Artorias and 999 Wooden Arrows
  * Upgrade the BKH to +2

Rest at the bonfire and level 28END 25STR 18DEX
Take the parish elevator to Firelink Shrine
Dupe the 1K soul 999 times on the elevator
Roll off the elevator to take fall damage

Meme roll down the elevator shaft to NLR
Blighttown meme rolls
Kill Quelaag
Ring the bell
Use the Homeward Bone

[Gargoyles]
Rest and level 25VIT 50STR
Kill Gargoyles
Ring the Bell
Darksign

[Iron Golem]
Run through Sen's Fortress
Kill Iron Golem
Fly to Anor Londo
Skip the bonfire
Pop a humanity on the elevator

[Ornstein and Smough]
Run through Anor Londo
Get RTSR from fall damage or from the silver knight
Kill Ornstein and Smough
Kill Gwynevere and get the Lordvessel
Jump off the balcony and die (deathwarp to AL bonfire)
Warp to Undead Parish

[Hydra/Dusk]
Run to Darkroot Garden
Open the Sealed Door and quitout
Take the Hidden Bonfire
Warp to Firelink Shrine
Place the Lordvessel
Darksign
Jump onto the bridge and equip the Demon Great Hammer for RTSR
Hydra Plunge
Kill Hydra
Quitout
Kill the crystal golem and kill Dusk
Darksign

[Pendant]
Warp to Anor Londo
Enter Archives and kill the Crystal Golem
Darksign

[DLC]
Equip DCR and jump onto the bridge for RTSR
Enter the DLC
Remove DCR in the fog gate
Kill Guardian
Meme roll down the shortcut elevator
Kill Artorias
Enter the fog gate to obtain the Purple Cowards Crystal
Take the Oolacile Township bonfire
Warp to Firelink Shrine

[Gwyn]
Go to the Lord Vessel
Warp to Oolacile Township
Purple Cowards Crystal Wrong Warp
Take a counter hit from the first black knight
Kill Gwyn (Riposte, R1, 2 Ripostes)


=================== OLD ROUTE FOLLOWS ===================

[Example Run: https://youtu.be/FHk1hZnqbsA ]
[Asylum]
Start Thief with Black Firebombs
Drop the sword hilt
Kill Asylum Demon with 5 firebombs
Pick up the Target Shield
Quitout at the wall, get Key/Estus and darksign
Leave the asylum

[Sen's Gate Skip]
Take the NLR elevator and pop the humanity
Get the Dragon Crest Shield and the 2k soul
Quitout to get a drake to fly off the ledge (1k souls)
Get RTSR
Heal and upwarp on the elevator
Kill the BKH knight and get the Halberd
Pick up the GCS
Kill the crystal lizard (punch & firebomb)
Buy the weapon smithbox, warpick and prompt swap 99 titanite
Pop the 2k soul
Level 10 STR and upgrade warpick +5 at the Parish Bonfire
Sen's Gate Skip

[Iron Golem/Anor Londo]
Quitout at the boulder
Setup RTSR on the arrow trap
Kill Iron Golem with the Warpick
Take the Anor Londo bonfire
Upgrade BKH to +2
Level 26STR 18DEX
Use Iron Golem's core

[Ornstein and Smough]
Prepare the BKH while using the lever on the stairs
Kill Ornstein and Smough
Use Soul of Smough
Get the Lordvessel
Take the Chamber bonfire
Level 20END 27STR
Warp to Firelink Shrine

[Gargoyles]
Warp to Undead Parish
Kill Gargoyles
Ring the bell
Darksign

[Quelaag]
Kill Lautrec, get FAP ring
Take some fall damage on the elevator
Blighttown meme rolls
Kill Quelaag
Ring the bell
Use the homeward bone

[Hydra/Dusk]
Place the Lordvessel
Warp to Undead Parish
Buy Crest of Artorias
Open the sealed door and take the hidden bonfire
Use the DGH to setup RTSR on hydra bridge, plunge
Kill Hydra (3 R2s)
Kill Dusk
Darksign

[Pendant]
Warp to Anor Londo
Go to Archives
Kill the Golem to get the broken pendant
Darksign

[Guardian]
Dusk crown ring RTSR setup, plunge
Enter the DLC
Kill Guardian
Skip the bonfire
Quitout to deaggro the gardeners

[Artorias]
Royal woods skip (meme rolls)
Kill Artorias
Get the Purple Cowards Crystal
Take the bonfire
Warp to Firelink

[Gwyn]
Go to the Lordvessel
Warp to Oolacile Township
Purple Cowards Crystal Wrong Warp
Setup RTSR from the knight
Equip Dragon Crest Shield in the fog gate
Kill Gwyn