Dark Souls Remastered: Misc Routes

# Dark Souls Remastered - Misc Routes #

## Glitchless ##

### Any% Sorcery ###

* Thief + Bombs, Asylum, Get shield/knife, leave
* Merchant snipe, free griggs, get resins, Taurus, run past hellkite
* Activate elevator, gargoyles with resin knife, ring bell, bone
* Buy Great Soul Arrow/Fall Control/Catalyst, get firelink bones, bone
* Kill Lautrec, get RTSR, bone, level 12ATT 20INT (?), attune GSA/FC
* Pick up FAP, Kill Quelaag with RTSR GSA, ring bell, pop quelaag soul and bone
* Buy Great Heavy Soul Arrow and Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, take the elevator
* Take Parish Bonfire, Attune GHSA over FC, Get 5k soul, free Logan, get 10k soul, arrow trap RTSR, 8k soul,
* Kill Iron Golem, take the AL bonfire, level 14ATT rest in INT (up to 36), usual AL stuff,
* Kill O&S with GHSA/GSA/RTSR/BDR, pop Golem Core, kill Gwynevere, bone, warp to Firelink,
* Buy Soul Spear/Homing, listen to Logan, place LV, warp to Parish, buy crest, kill Sif, bone, ...
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### Any% Glitchless Crystal Halberd RTSR ###

* Need to collect 30 humanities in order to open the shortcut
* Hunter start in order to snipe Ingward at the beginning
* Fastest route would probably skip the NLR pickups (other than the 1k)
* In order to get the chunk behind the darkwraith
  * Quitout to the right hand side of the wall to deaggro the near wraith
  * Shoot the other wraith with the bow to aggro
  * Quitout on pickup

* Hunter + MK, Shield/Sword/Bow, Kill Asylum Demon, Don't quitout!, fly to firelink, get bombs/bones/lloyds and bone
* NLR elevator, snipe Ingward, get 1k soul, open seal, grab the 3 large souls and both chunks, get RTSR
* Pop souls on elevator, grab GCS, skip BKH knight, kill lizard and hope for 2 chunks
* Buy 9 shards, smithbox and axe, upgrade battle axe to +5, rest at parish and level 15+ STR (can maybe get 16)
* Optional RTSR from large knight, kill Gargoyles with axe (optional RTSR), ring bell and bone

* Level 24 STR, pick up FKS and take elevator down, kill Lautrec get ring & equip, go to blighttown,
* Jump on blowdart sniper for moss, get in RTSR range and use moss, kill Quelaag, ring bell, bone
* Level 27 STR, enter Sen's fortress, equip armor on fog gate, backstep boulder for RTSR, buy bombs & max blossoms
* Kill Iron Golem with RTSR battle axe, go to Anor Londo

* Shoot mimic with bow, pop boss souls, throw talisman to get crystal halberd, rest at AL bonfire, upgrade CH to +2
* Level 27DEX, kill Firekeeper for FKS, (O&S Bonfire), setup RTSR with the silver knight, kill O&S with halberd
* Kill Gwynevere for LV, take bonfire, warp to Firelink, place the Lordvessel, level 31DEX (leave >20k souls)
* Warp to Parish, buy Crest of Artorias, setup RTSR with titanite demon, open sealed door and quitout
* Get stone armor, hornet ring, kill Sif, bone, warp to Firelink, level 16VIT
* warp to Anor Londo, pop souls on elevator, duke skip, drop RTSR setup, kill Seath, bone

* Get firelink humanities, kill Petrus (get humanities), Pinwheel, kill Patches and get humanities, Nito, bone
* 18VIT 40DEX, NLR elevator, equip covenant, RTSR counterhit from darkwraith, 4 kings, get humanities and bone
* NLR elevator, use FKS and humanities, run through Quelaag's domain, pop twin humanities
* Offer 30 humanities to chaos servant covenant, take ruins bonfire, level 22VIT, ceaseless skip (or kill ceaseless)
* Take shortcut to the right of Firesage arena, run past Titanite Demon, kill Bed of Chaos, bone, warp to Firelink
* 25VIT offer souls, Black Knight counter RTSR, parry Gwyn (2 ripostes, R1 between - no need to 2 hand)


### All Bosses Crystal Halberd/Sorcery (Untested) ###

* Hunter start for bow to get drake sword and crystal halberd
* If 1 chunk drops, skip pickup, if 2 drop, get +3? (Still need BKGS knight souls)
* Infuriatingly close to being able to 2 kings
* Halberd levelling - DEX to 20, then STR to 26, then DEX up to 40 (INT probably more useful after a point)
* if 16400 <= souls < 17400 after gargoyles kill Petrus

* Hunter + MK, sword/shield/bow, asylum, bombs, snipe, LUB skip, Griggs + Catalyst
* Resins, (Lizard), Taurus, Drake Sword, BKGS Knight (chunk), Balder Knights, elevator, Gargoyles, bell, bone
* Bones/talismans, Level 10 INT, NLR Elevator, 800/1K/2K/RTSR, bone, pop souls, buy FC/LDR
* Elevator to Parish, SGS, Fortress (souls?), Drake Sword Golem, AL Bonfire, level 10ATT 22STR 20DEX 15INT
* Get Crystal Halberd, knock down chandelier, SKAS, pick up chunk, upgrade Halberd to +2, O&S, LV, bone, 15END 26STR
* Firelink, buy GHSA/BDR, Stray, doll, bone, FC to painting, Priscilla
* Pick up GMW, Gwyndolin, bone, warp to parish, kill Andre, Level 16END 23INT, Attune GMW
* Sif, Hydra, 28INT, Attune GHSA, Butterfly, 17END 29INT, Attune GMW, FAP Ring, 4 Kings, place LV
* Seath, Guardian, Hidden Body, Bones/Blossoms/Bombs, Artorias, level 14ATT attune Hidden Body,
* Kalameet Trigger, Crest Key, Dark Bead, Manus, Gough, Kalameet
* Level INT, attune Dark Bead over GMW, warp to Firelink, Capra, Gaping, Pinwheel, Nito
* Quelaag, Ceaseless, Firesage, Centipede, BoC, Gwyn

### SL1 All Bosses (Something like this) ###

* Keep Pyro for butterfly, wrong warp means go to township and do PCC itemswap wrong warp

* Pyro + MK, Axe/Flame, Asylum Demon, 800/1k/DCS/2k/RTSR/GCS/Lizard/bow, pop souls, axe & shards, axe +4, take bonfire
* Gargoyles, Darksign ASAP, SGS, 5k/8k, kill 1 snake & crossbow archer, Golem, pop 5k & 8k
* Take tomb bonfire, staircase quitout, take O&S bonfire, kill silver knight, buy 8 twinkling and smithbox,
* Kill Giant Blacksmith, get BGH & darksign, pop golem soul, BGH+5, O&S, get LV, darksign, warp to Parish,
* Kill Andre, open sealed door, take bonfire, Hydra, Sif, Butterfly, warp to Firelink, rest, Stray, Doll, darksign
* 4 Kings, take abyss bonfire, place LV with Kaathe, warp to Darkmoon Tomb, Gwyndolin, Priscilla, darksign
* Pendant, Seath, warp to Firelink, Taurus, Havel tower to DLC, Guardian, buy 2 firebombs/1 talisman/blossoms
* Artorias, get PCC, take bonfire, Kalameet trigger, darksign, crest key, Manus, darksign, Kalameet, darksign
* Warp to Parish, wrong warp, Capra, Gaping, darksign, warp to Abyss, wrong warp,
* Quelaag, ruins bonfire, warp to Firelink, Pinwheel, Nito, darksign, Ceaseless, darksign, Firesage, Centipede, BoC,
* Warp to Abyss, place lord souls (or wrong warp), Gwyn (parry with RTSR/hornet ring/DCS)

### SL1 Any% ###

* Pyro + MK, Axe/Flame, Asylum Demon, 800/1k/DCS/2k/RTSR/GCS/Lizard, pop souls, axe & shards, upgrade +4, take bonfire
* SGS, 5k/8k souls, RTSR Golem, skip bonfire, pop 5k & 8k, take O&S bonfire, riposte dupe Golem soul on Silver knight
* Buy 8 twinkling and smithbox, kill giant blacksmith, get BGH and darksign, pop Golem soul and get BGH+5, RTSR O&S
* Kill Gwynevere with pyro & get LV, jump off balcony, warp to Firelink then Parish, Gargoyles, ring bell, darksign
* Kick Lautrec and get FAP ring, kill Quelaag, ring bell, use homeward bone, place LV, warp to Parish
* Buy Crest, open sealed door, take hidden bonfire, equip FAP and drop RTSR, kill Hydra, kill Dusk, darksign
* Warp to AL, get pendant, darksign, DCR RTSR drop, enter DLC, Guardian, RWS, Artorias, get PCC, take bonfire
* Warp to firelink, warp to DLC from LV, wrong warp, knight hit RTSR, Gwyn (parry with RTSR/DCS)

## Crapplemage Archive (Old Routes) ##

### Pre "Pocket Frampt" dupe ###

* Notes for even older routes have been moved to to misc routes: https://pastebin.com/nyJ4etRb
* New route does 1 King and kills Kalameet without visiting Gough
* Skipping Gough saves ~1m09s
* Depths OOB saves ~20s

* Options for no reset:
  * Buy the scimitar and 5 throwing knives from the Undead Merchant before killing him
    * This lets you aggro hellkite and have a more consistent Gargoyles
    * Make sure hellkite kills the hollows or you might need to pick up the 800 soul in NLR
  * Pick up the 5k soul in Sen's during SGS - use if you lose souls to O&S

## New Strat Videos ##

* Prompt swap Steam binds
  * https://youtu.be/8IeZkgDinuE

* Complete (but terrible) run
  * https://youtu.be/7m13_SpAu3s

## Short Notes ##

* Thief + Bombs, bomb asylum, knife + shield, wall quitout, estus, fly to firelink
* Merchant snipe, LUB skip/griggs, GPR, Taurus, 800 soul at hellkite, Elevator, Gargoyles, bell, bone
* Buy GHSA/GSA/Catalyst, prompt swap BDR, get 1k/2k souls & RTSR, Darksign
* Pop souls on elevator, bandit knife SGS (need the souls), level 12ATT 16INT attune GHSA/GSA, pick up 5k soul
* Free Logan, arrow trap RTSR, 8k soul, Iron Golem, rest at AL bonfire, pop 8k soul
* Level 34INT at the Darkmoon Tomb Bonfire, stairs quitout, kill O&S, pop Smough soul, get LV, take bonfire

* Level 14ATT 36INT, warp to Firelink, buy & attune soul spear/FC, kill Lautrec, kill Quelaag, take DoC bonfire
* Warp to Parish, buy crest/kite shield/max-1 large arrows, prompt swap shards, sealed door, rest at bonfire
* Sort souls to top of inventory, Butterfly, darksign, warp to firelink and sort butterfly soul
* Place LV, go back out, prompt swap 99 Quelaag/Golem/Butterfly souls, buy Soul Spear & Homing from Griggs, bone
* Level 23ATT 15END 10STR 45DEX 66INT, attune spells, kill Hydra, free Dusk, buy Hidden Body, darksign, Sif, Darksign
* Attune HB, warp to AL, get Pendant, roofwarp duke skip, get SMS, kill Seath, darksign, go to DLC (GET CROWN!)

* Guardian, RWS, Artorias, take bonfire, Dark Bead, Manus, darksign, attune Dark Bead
* Warp to Darkmoon Tomb, Warp to Firelink Shrine, return to Asylum, trade Soul of Manus for Pursuers
* Stray, doll, darksign, Gwyndolin, Darksign, Painted World, kill undead dragon, Priscilla, Darksign
* Warp to Daughter of Chaos, rest in Demon Ruins, Ceaseless, Darksign, Firesage, Centipede, BoC, darksign
* Warp to Firelink and rest, Capra fog gate skip, quitout on death, depths out of bounds, Gaping, darksign
* Prompt swap 99 of all remaining boss souls at Frampt, Pinwheel/Nito, bone!
* Level 34ATT 32END 88INT, attune SMS over Homing and Pursuers, warp to Township
* No Gough Kalameet, wait for the death, darksign, 1 King, darksign, Gwyn

### Additional Notes ###

* Midroll damage cancel equipment for drops is Bandit Knife, Catalyst, Shield, Crown, Full Armor
  * Level 15END to have enough stamina for 4 rolls
    * Saves time on the Oolacile run and for Nito

* Kalameet fight - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/479632296
  * Need 2 hits each cycle
  * RNG Manipulation is slower

* 1 King setup (requires 87+ INT)
  * Cast 2 Soul Spears
  * Pursuers + 2 Dark Beads
  * All with Crown/RTSR/Sorc catalyst equipped

### Attuned spells ###

* SGS: GHSA/GSA
* Before Quelaag: FC/Spears/GSA
* After LV: FC/GSA/HSM/Spears/Spears/GHSA (Attune GSA as a place holder for HB)
* To AL: FC/HB/HSM/Spears/Spears/GHSA
* After Manus: FC/HB/HSM/Spears/Spears/Dark Bead
* After Nito: FC/HB/SMS/Spears/Spears/Pursuers/Dark Bead

## Timings ##

Summary:
AL Routing: 11.5s
Depths OOB: 20s
Goughless: 1m8.5s
1 King: 12s

Additional Levelling: -?s

### Anor Londo ###

(All routes take the Anor Londo bonfire)

Single Stairs Rotation:
* Fog gate to stable ground: 27.5s
* Bonfire to Painting: 1m2s
* Painting to Gwyndolin: 1m12s

Double Stairs Rotation:
* Fog gate to Stable Ground: 48s
* Bonfire to Painting: 1m2s
* Painting to Gwyndolin: 46s

Tomb Bonfire:
* Fog gate to Stable Ground: 1m24s
* Bonfire to Gwyndolin then Priscilla: 1m6s

Results:
* Gwyndolin Bonfire route: 2m30s
* Double Rotation: 2m36s
* Single Rotation: 2m41.5s

Timesave: ~11.5s

### Just 1 King Route (with Gough) ###

* 1 King setup (requires 78+ INT - route should get 79/80) [Thanks Kahmul]
  * Equip Sorcerer's Catalyst and Ivory Catalyst
  * Have Sorcerer's Catalyst equipped
  * Remove RTSR & Crown
  * Cast Homing Soulmass
  * Equip RTSR & Crown
  * Toggle to Ivory Catalyst
  * Hit the king with the Soulmass and Dark Bead
  * Toggle to Sorcerer's Catalyst
  * Cast Pursuers
  * Kill the king with 2 Dark Beads and Pursuers

* Thief + Bombs, bomb asylum, knife + shield, wall quitout, estus, fly to firelink
* Merchant snipe, LUB skip/griggs, GPR, Taurus, Elevator, Gargoyles, bell, bone
* Buy GHSA/GSA/Catalyst, prompt swap BDR, kill Lautrec, get 1k/2k souls & RTSR, Darksign
* Pop souls on elevator, bandit knife SGS (need the souls), level 16INT attune GHSA, pick up 5k soul
* Free Logan, pick up 10k soul, arrow trap RTSR, 8k soul, Iron Golem
* Pop small souls, 12ATT 36INT, attune GSA, run through AL, kill O&S, get LV, take bonfire
* Level 14ATT, warp to Firelink, buy & attune soul spear/FC, pop smough soul, kill Quelaag, take DoC bonfire
* Warp to Parish, buy crest/max-1 large arrows, prompt swap shards, sealed door, rest at bonfire
* Sort souls to top of inventory, Kill Butterfly, darksign!, warp to firelink and sort butterfly soul
* Place LV, go back out, prompt swap 99 Quelaag/Golem/Butterfly souls, buy Soul Spear & Homing from Griggs, bone
* Level 23ATT 45DEX 72+INT, attune spells, kill Hydra, free Dusk, buy Hidden Body & Catalyst, darksign
* Attune HB, warp to AL, get Pendant, kill Seath, darksign, Sif, Darksign, go to DLC (pick up crown!)
* Guardian, RWS, buy 8 homeward bones & Lloyds, Artorias, take bonfire,
* Kalameet trigger, pop Artorias' soul, bone, Crest Key, Dark Bead, Manus, bone
* Gough, bone, Kalameet, bone, attune Dark Bead, warp to Daughter of Chaos, take demon ruins bonfire
* Warp to Firelink Shrine, return to Asylum, trade Soul of Manus for Pursuers, kill Stray, doll, bone
* Kill Ceaseless, bone, Firesage, Centipede, Bed of Chaos, bone, attune Pursuers, warp to Anor Londo
* Painting FC drop, Priscilla, Gwyndolin, Bone, level 78+ INT and warp to Firelink and rest
* 1 King, darksign, Capra/Gaping, darksign, Pinwheel/Nito, darksign, Gwyn


### 2 Kings Route ###

* Thief + Bombs, bomb asylum, knife + shield, wall quitout, estus, fly to firelink
* Merchant snipe, LUB skip/griggs, GPR, Taurus, Elevator, Gargoyles, bell, bone
* Buy GHSA/GSA/Catalyst, prompt swap BDR, kill Lautrec, get 1k/2k souls & RTSR, Darksign
* Pop souls on elevator, bandit knife SGS (need the souls), level 16INT attune GHSA, pick up 5k soul
* Free Logan, pick up 10k soul, arrow trap RTSR, 8k soul, Iron Golem
* Pop small souls, 12ATT 36INT, attune GSA, run through AL, kill O&S, get LV, take bonfire
* Level 14ATT, warp to Firelink, buy & attune soul spear/FC, pop smough soul, kill Quelaag, take DoC bonfire
* Warp to Parish, buy crest/max-1 large arrows, prompt swap shards, sealed door, rest at bonfire
* Sort souls to top of inventory, Kill Butterfly, darksign!, warp to firelink and sort butterfly soul
* Place LV, go back out, prompt swap 99 Quelaag/Golem/Butterfly souls, buy Soul Spear & Homing from Griggs, bone
* Level 23ATT 45DEX 72+INT, attune spells, kill Hydra, free Dusk, buy Hidden Body, darksign
* Attune HB, warp to AL, get Pendant, kill Seath, darksign, Sif, Darksign, go to DLC (Pick up Crown!)
* Guardian, RWS, Artorias, take bonfire, Kalameet trigger, darksign, Crest Key, Dark Bead, Manus, darksign
* Gough, darksign, Kalameet, darksign, attune Dark Bead, warp to Firelink, rest
* Capra/Gaping/Stray/Pinwheel/Nito/4 Kings, warp to Daughter of Chaos, Ceaseless/Firesage/Centipede/BoC
* Warp to Anor Londo, Priscilla/Gwyndolin, warp to Firelink, offer souls, Gwyn

### OLD PRE PROMPT-SWAP route ###

* Thief + Bombs, bomb asylum, knife + shield, wall quitout, estus, fly to firelink
* Well humanities, merchant snipe, LUB skip/griggs, GPR, Taurus, Elevator, Gargoyles, bell, bone
* Firelink bones, bone, kill Lautrec, NLR elevator, 1k/2k/RTSR, bone, buy Catalyst/GSA/GHSA, pop souls
* SGS, level 12 ATT 17/18INT at bonfire, attune GSA/GHSA, 5k/Logan/10k/8k, RTSR Golem
* Pop 10k/8k/Golem souls, AL Bonfire 36INT 14ATT, pop 5k, O&S, pop Smough soul, kill Gwynevere for LV, bone
* Firelink, buy Fall Control/Soul Spear/BDR, attune Soul Spear/Fall Control, equip BDR, Quelaag, bell, DoC bonfire
* Parish, kill Andre, open door, hidden bonfire, Butterfly, bone, Firelink, LV with Frampt, sell souls/humanities
* Buy Soul Spear & Homing Soulmass, bone, level 16INT & attune spears/homing, knight RTSR (armor), Sif, Darksign
* Hydra, free Dusk, buy Hidden Body, bone, level 19ATT 38INT, attune HB, Anor Londo, pendant, pop souls, Seath, bone
* Level 45 INT, Crown, Guardian, RWS, buy 6 bones/talisman/2 bombs, Artorias, bonfire, Kalameet trigger, pop souls, bone
* Level 52 INT, attune GHSA, Crest Key, Dark Bead, Manus, bone, level 55 INT, attune Dark Bead, Gough, bone, Kalameet, bone
* Firelink, Capra, Gaping, bone, Stray, doll, bone, Pinwheel, Nito, bone, 4 Kings, bone, level 19+VIT
* DoC, ruins bonfire, Ceaseless, darksign, Firesage, Centipede, BoC, darksign, Anor Londo, Priscilla, Gwyndolin, darksign
* Gwyn