Dark Souls - Any% (Dragon Tooth HWW - No Blighttown Skip)

Dark Souls - Any% (Dragon Tooth HWW)

[I] USEFUL LINKS

Beginner friendly route for Any% using the new Homeward Wrong Warp discovered by Kahmul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOy_yGvoqas
Slower but easier since we aren't using the Blighttown Skip in this run

Notes based on my Personal Best in 23:29 IGT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-h-rLkOc14

Please refer to the following page for more informations about glitches and skips used in this speedrun : https://wiki.speedsouls.com/Dark_Souls

[II] THE ROUTE

[NORTHERN UNDEAD ASYLUM]

- Start as Pyromancer with Master Key
- Pickup Axe, Estus and Pyro Flame
- Kill Asylum Demon with Hand Axe (plunging attack with extra damages, 5 R1 and 1 R2)

[UNDEAD BURG]

- Buy Rapier, Short Bow, East-West Shield and Wooden Arrows to Undead Merchant
(You can buy Reinforced Club for Taurus and Hellkite and skip buying East-West Shield if you want to)
- Open house door and pickup Gold Pine Resins in chest
- Equip Shield, Bow and arrows
- Kill Taurus Demon using Gold Pine Resin on your Axe/Club

[UNDEAD PARISH]

- Shoot Hellkite and use Resin on your Axe/Club and cut Hellkite's tail for Drake Sword (3 hits for Axe/2 hits for 2-handed club)
- Reorder Drake Sword in your menu for moveswap, equip Rapier
- Proceed through Undead Parish and quitout at the bridge for Sen's Gate Skip setup

- Perform Sen's Gate Skip and rest at Parish bonfire during it
- Level up : 12 DEX (required for killing Gwynevere in Anor Londo with the bow)
- Enter Sen's Fortress and quitout

[SEN'S FORTRESS]

- Proceed through Sen's Fortress
- Quitout for boulder at the stairs
- Make fall Iron Golem using moveswap Drake Sword (400 damages under his knees to stagger and 200 damages to make him fall)

[ANOR LONDO]

- Skip Anor Londo's first bonfire
- Dodge the rafters and use lever
- Dodge Flying Demons and Silver Knights Archers
- Rest at Interior bonfire
- Level up : 27 STR and the rest in END and/or VIT

(I go for 12 VIT and 16 END, the VIT is for getting a little bit more health for O&S and Parish hollow room but you can totally go for 18 END if you feel it)

More beginner choice : You can also dupe Iron Golem's soul as many times as you want to get more END and be in fastroll for the next fights

- Pickup Dragon Tooth behind invisible wall and use the darksign
- Kill Ornstein then Smough with moveswapped Dragon Tooth (3 running attacks for Ornstein)
- Kill Gwynevere with the bow and darksign

[GARGOYLES]

- Warp to Firelink Shrine then to Undead Parish (leave Axe/Club, Drake Sword during the warps)
- Proceed through church and hollow room
- Perform ladder moveswap and kill Gargoyles with moveswapped Dragon Tooth
- Ring the Bell of Awakening and use darksign

[BLIGHTTOWN & QUELAAG]

- Take elevator to New Londo Ruins and open door to Blighttown
- Perform Blighttown plunges
- Moveswap Dragon Tooth and kill Quelaag
- Ring Bell of Awakening and use a Homeward Bone

[FIRELINK]

- Talk to Petrus of Thorolund, enter his covenant and buy him Homeward miracle and a Talisman (doesn't matter which one you takes)
- Place Lordvessel in Firelink Altar, attune Homeward and warp to Undead Parish
(Put Pyro Flame in left hand and Talisman in right hand)
- Perform Homeward Wrong Warp using spellswap to cast Homeward with Pyro Flame (Press L1 and up on your D-pad at the same time then R1 one frame after)

[KILN OF THE FIRST FLAME]

- Proceed through the Kiln
- Moveswap Dragon Tooth and kill Gwyn (the fight can be tricky with stamina management due to midrolling)