DS2 Bow Only - Backup Noobest Initial Notes

> Explorer start because op starting items, healing wares
- Run to binocs, zoom zoom zoom
- Tag Emerald Herald for later, get estus while doing it
- Light Majula bonfire
- Run to Branch skip and just do it
- Light Crossroads bonfire
- Pick up RTSR, darksign
- Pick up Cloranthy +1
- Run past Najka bonfire, go get that chunk in that chest on the top
- Tag talk to Gandalf
- Pick up the 5k soul outside the cave on the right
- Light Najka bonfire, warp to crossroads

- Go get that golden eagle shield
- Shrine of Winter skip
- Pick up the holy water urns
- SKIP THE LIZARD FOR NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHIT TO KILL IT
- 3 witching urns per swordboyo, you can afford to miss one, so don't miss more than that :)
- While the door is opening dupe the 5k soul twice
- Buy magic arrows with those souls you just duped from the chancellor
- Go downstairs and light that bonfire, rest so you break the aggro from the swordboyos
- 1 witching urn + 2 holy waters for the left spearstatue to kill it
- Pick up the 10k soul at the base of the stairs
- Run up to the secret bonfire before Dragonriders and light it
- Pick up the bow in the chest, darksign or die or whatever, doesn't really matter
- Warp to Majula

- Run to forest, do 2 dupes on the first door with your 10k soul
- You can pick up the buckler if you want, it's kinda cool
- Buy 10 lifegems, blacksmith key, 8 firebombs, 3 effigies
- Talk to her to get the ring and to send her back after
- Blow up the wall while here because why not
- Warp to Majula

- Open blacksmith door
- Do some dupes to get 25 dex 9 str
- Rest at bonfire to make blacksmith not sit NEXT TO THE OPEN DOOR COME ON MAN YOU CAN JUST GO IN
- Buy 6 shards, upgrade bow to +3
- Go kill Maughlin for his slick garbs
- Warp to crossroads

- Aldia skip
- Light the bonfire inside the keep
- Guardian Dragon skip
- Tag Herald for feather
- Probably light the bonfire because this part is kinda ass :)
- Kill the lizard in the cave below the first drake
- You can get RTSR here from fall damage to save one hit on the second lizard
- Kill the closer lizard under the drake, don't die after killing him or you're gonna have to get a mundane stone from Doors of Pharros or something I dunno lol
- Do Aerie jump, go get the 20k soul near the 3rd drake
- Run back to 2nd drake, kill the lizard there for another chunk
- Pick up the 20k soul if you feel like it, not required but if you fail a dupe you can have it as backup
- Run to Shrine, light the bonfire
- Go have a quick chat with ancient dragon, feather back

- Warp to castle, go buy some more arrows from the chancellor
- Go and kill the lizard in front of castle
- Feather, warp to forest
- Go run through the first memory, get soul of a giant
- Kill Last Giant
- Feather back
- Kill Pursuer
- Run through memory, get soul of a giant
- Fly to Bastille
- Light bonfire
- Pick up the large shards
- Blow up McDuff's house
- Light the bonfire, rest at it to get rid of the dogs
- Pick up the 2 large shards
- Warp to Majula

- Upgrade to +10
- Level up with the rest of the souls you have
- Head towards Heide's, pop a boss soul on the gate
- Kill the dude in front of Ornstein, pop a soul while waiting for the lever to rise
- Pull lever, dupe the 20k while waiting for the bridge
- Kill Ornstein
- Pop Ornstein soul while waiting for DR to walk forward
- Make DR fall off
- Dupe a 20k soul while waiting for the victory achieved
- Moon jump off the lift
- Shoot the bell from the TOP
- Buy 20 poison arrows from Gavlan, probably finish talking to him too(?)
- Kill Flexile, feather back

- Head towards Huntsman's Copse, level up if you think you're gonna lose your souls, but leave 2k for the gate
- Parrywalk to the 2nd bonfire, light that shit
- Parrywalk to Skeleton lords
- Shoot those arrows everywhere
- Pop souls/dupe while waiting for the bridge
- Talk to Gavlan again in the little cave he lives in now, weird stuff Gavlan
- Do the Harvest valley skip while at it, pick up the torch after the first poison area if you don't want to do poison Mytha
- Shoot Covetous a bunch so he dies and stuff
- You can light either of the bonfires if you want, not required though
- Kill Mytha with the arrow of killing
- Pop boss souls on lift up, sadly can't dupe on lifts that go up :(
- Light the bonfire, parrywalk off the samuraidude, open the door, run to OINK, kill him
- Jump to the dull ember, pick it up, kill Smelter
- Maybe kill pursuer #2 here for ROB+1? Could be worth???

- Warp to McDuff and make your bow mundane
- Warp to Majula level up everything evenly
- Warp to Najka bonfire, kill Najka
- Run to Big Boy Rat, kill him
- Buy a bunch of poison arrows from Gavlan
- Kill Magus and boys
- Kill Freja
- Do whatever the hell I dunno anymore, doesn't matter that much, probably want to level up a few more times since Mundane is op scaling