DS1 All Bosses Bow Only Notes

DS1 PTDE
All Bosses
Bow "Only"
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INFO

The point is to do damage only with the bow. Shortsword is used for blocking early and RTSR setup for Sif only. No damage is done with melee weapons and only non bow damage is from bombs used at the beginning (on Asylum and Ingward for speed and consistency) and for BoC tokhi bombs, apart from punches lel.

There's no homeward bone usage on the run. It's all darksign and bonfires.

For section references and RTSR setup or fights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDz0elpFFs (for now until I get a decent PB :V)


START

- Hunter Class
- Black Firebombs


ASYLUM

- 3 bombs on Asylum and continue normally
- Shortsword for New Londo block roll and Sif RTSR setup (shield optional, only for New Londo)
- Equip Shortbow (arrows can be equipped on fog gate)
- Asylum (4 arrows can be shot from the balcony, 5 if you skip the first arrow drawing animation)


FIRELINK - NEW LONDO - BASIN - PARISH

- Ingward (5 bombs normally, 4 on springward)
- Composite Bow
- Very Large Ember (recommended the backwards route with jump or healing resources can become an issue)
- 2 Souls of Proud Knight (3000), one near the Darkwraith after the ember, another on the stairs right after)
- Chunk (quitout on chest opening, pick up without quitout is unreliable)
- RTSR
- Use 2 souls on the elevator, try to frame dupe
- GCS
- Kill BKH if no frame dupe, ignore if dupe was successful
- +5 Composite Bow, leftover all on Heavy Arrows
- SGS


SEN'S

- RTSR setup with jump on arrow trap after the boulder mechanism
- Large Titanite Shard on roof
- Iron Golem. 7 heavy arrows for stagger, 4 for drop


ANOR LONDO

- Use Iron Golem Core on the elevator
- Drop chandelier
- Darkmoon Tomb bonfire
- Level up 27 STR, 23 DEX
- SK RTSR setup
- O&S. Orstein First. Try to taunt an attack then move away and punish, will dodge a lot otherwise. Smough use a pillar and manual aim (locked on will often hit the pillar)
- Lordvessel. Use the Princess bonfire to warp to Firelink (need the souls)
- Level up: 10 ATT, 15 INT


BURG - LOWER BURG - DEPTHS

- Merchant snipe with last 2 bombs
- Rescue griggs
- Capra (priority on first dog, move forward and taunt Capra's first attack, kill second dog. Capra has a headshot hitbox)
- Large Ember
- Domhnall Bottomless box, 999 wooden arrows, leftover on heavy arrows
- Snipe channeler
- Gaping. Focus on the head, run back after the slam and headshot again. Darksign (before soul gain triggers)


FIRELINK - BURG

- Buy Fall Control, Catalyst
- RTSR setup for Taurus can be done with a bomb while running (2 chances for that), then dropping onto BKS corridor and taking the BKS running attack (while not sprinting)
- Taurus. Either snipe the 2 crossbow hollows if they are visible, if not fight Taurus on melee range waiting for taurus to attack first


PARISH

- RTSR setup, parry a bolt from the hollow, then Berenike backstep smack
- Send elevator down
- Gargoyles. 4 arrows for first gargoyle, 2 for the second
- Ring bell


FIRELINK - QUELAAG'S DOMAIN

- Kick down Lautrec (ring not needed)
- Old Blighttown Skip (no RTSR setup with the new one afaik)
- Quelaag (human torso delayed stagger, wait until she moves, can't spam)
- Ring bell
- Mark Daughter of Chaos bonfire
- Teleport to Firelink


FIRELINK - PARISH - FIRELINK - ASYLUM

- Put Quelaag's Soul, Large Titanite Shards and Chunks on the Bottomless Box
- Set Lordvessel
- QS 999 Quelaag's Soul, sell 99, QS 99 Chunks, QS 999 Large Titanite Shards (the souls from 999 shards are needed)
- Level up: 12 VIT, 14 ATT, 23 END, 66 STR, 69 DEX, 50 INT
- Teleport PARISH
- +14 Composite Bow, buy Crest, weapon smithbox, leftover on heavy arrows
- Asylum RTSR with double fall
- Get Doll


DARKMOON TOMB - PAINTED WORLD

- Mark bonfire and +15 Composite Bow
- RTSR with sprinting giant magic attack, RTSR not required for the fight
- Gwyndolin. Headshot hitbox staggers, time next headshot for permastun, don't spam. When the head is coming back down but before reposition ends it can be staggered again
- Great Magic Weapon
- RTSR with hollow jump + 2 arrows from hollow archers before Priscilla
- Priscilla. Enter the ring before shooting her if you want her dialogue to play


DARKROOT

- Darkroot bonfire, attune Great Magic Weapon
- Butterfly. Tumblebuff bow. No more souls ever required

- Hydra. Headshots one shot heads with RTSR, distance matters, get close or extra shots will be required
- 2 shots on Crystal Golem

- RTSR with DCR and shortsword block with Consistent Knightess
- Quitout on door (Sif AI bug means 2 extra shots on fight start, tumblebuff not necessary)


DUKE'S

- Crystal Golem. Tumblebuff and kill the 3 ground floor hollows, then snipe the Golem from behind the left pillar
- Duke skip and crystal cave drop
- Seath


OOLACILE

- Guardian with RTSR
- Buy Hidden Body
- Fist FC RWS
- Buy Bombs (BoC), Lloyd Talisman
- Artorias
- Mark Township bonfire and attune Hidden Body
- Trigger Kalameet

- FC elevator, Hidden Body, Lloyd Talisman, Hidden Body, run to Chasm
- Manus. Enter fight the normal way to get an easy opening headshot. Keep manually going for the head

- Gough Kalameet fight trigger
- Kalameet. Try to fight in melee range, damage drop off too strong at mid/long range. On telekinesis grab roll away and go for eye shot


DEMON RUINS - LOST IZALITH

- Mark Demon Ruins bonfire
- Standard RTSR, fight Ceaseless
- Equip DCR before warp

- RTSR setup with maggots (DCR, 2 hits and 1 blocked)
- FEC with fist
- Firesage. Tumblebuff bow

- Keep RTSR (can plunge with fist or run down)
- Centipede. Fight from the lava edge, can go for arm break, for a few free shots but gotta kill the worm after or it'll rush you

- BoC. Tokhi Bombs


FIRELINK - CATACOMBS - TOG

- Mark Firelink bonbfire
- FC Catacombs drop
- Pinwheel

- Nito. Tumblebuff, Hidden Body, RTSR on drop. If 4 screams happen hidden body will run out. Heal and finish or reset the fight


NEW LONDO

- 4 Kings. RTSR, Enter the fight through Seal skip side. Drop armor, Tumblebuff after drop while running away from 4K. Land 2-3 long range shots. Run away from second king spawn and repeat. If enough damage was done with long range shots you'll get 2 kings.


KILN

- RTSR setup with first BKS running attack (while no sprinting)
- Gwyn. Parry, backstep slightly over 2 steps and spam arrows for Dancing Gwyn. If you backstep less or more the arrows will not arrive in time (or too late) to keep the AI loop.