Dark Souls Remastered AA Outline

# Remaster AA #

**With the discovery of item dupes with prompt swap this route is obsolete**

## Comments ##

* Crapplemage SGS start
* These notes currently assume you already know some of the things you need from PTDE all achievements

* Remember to equip covetous ring after bosses!
  * If you forget the ring on some bosses you might not have enough souls for levels/spells

* Warp to Catacombs to buy more bones if needed for trident farming
* BK Farming - 1 shot with dark bead no rings so use both covetous rings
* Sunlight Medals - take 3 from chest each time, summon solaire 3x, 1 from shortcut
* Probably want a backup soul for a few situations (EG: if you die after getting the eyes of death in tomb)

* Farming mobs usually die in 1 Crystal spear or 1 Spear with TCC, 1 spear with regular catalyst is often not enough

## Route Notes ##

Soul Counts:
* 16000 for Griggs
* 73646 souls for the first level up in AL
* 60000 after O&S

### NG ###

* Thief + bombs, don't drop sword hilt, knife/shield, asylum, pop humanity, go human
* Buy scimitar/bow/10 arrows, kill merchant, LUB, free griggs
* Resins, lizard, Taurus, soul in box, drake sword, soul after, halberd
* Elevator, summon Solaire, Gargoyles, bell, bone

* Firelink soul/bones/lloyds, Kill Lautrec, NLR elevator
* 800/1k/ASS/DCS/2k/RTSR, bone, pop 2k, buy FC/GSA/GHSA/Catalyst, elevator, pop souls, FKS
* SGS, 5K, logan and 10k, 3k, covetous ring
* Lightning spear, RTSR setup, 8k, Iron golem (lightning spear), to AL

* Pop Golem soul, 10k, 8k, 3k souls, level 14ATT 36INT at AL, Attune FC/GHSA/GSA, AL FC drop
* Cut chandelier, pick up 10k soul behind archer, take bonfire, get sunlight medals/DT/shield/occult club
* Kill O&S, pop 5k, kill Gwynevere, take bonfire, warp to firelink, pop 10k, buy soul spear & BDR

* Attune Soul Spear over GHSA, get egghead, kill Quelaag, ring bell, DoC bonfire, warp to parish, buy Crest
* Open Door, take bonfire, kill Hydra, lightning spear golem, buy hidden body, get Crown, homeward bone
* Warp to DoC, get vermifuge & flame, bone, kill Butterfly, bone, cat covenant, RTSR Sif, wait, bone,
* Attune hidden body, warp to Firelink

* Buy Soul Spear, Homing, Aural decoy, kill Griggs, pick up stuff, Catacombs, eyes of death, covenant ring, spell
* Vamos Bonfire, buy ~5 Homeward Bones (keep > 5k souls), Pinwheel, eyes of death, tomb bonfire,
* level 16ATT, attune FC/Homing/2x spears, get covetous ring, bone, warp to Firelink, NLR Elevator, Ingward spell, VLE
* 4 Kings, take bonfire, join covenant, level 19ATT 41INT, Attune FC/HB/Homing/Spears,

* Warp to Firelink, go Human, place LV with Frampt, Capra, Laurentius, Ember, Solaire, Gaping (tail), BT, Power Within
* FC drops, rest at Great Hollow, Level 44INT, farm 1 eye of death, collect chunks, kill lizards (hope for slab)
* Ash lake spell, dragon covenant, tail, bone

* warp to Anor Londo, Crystal Halberd, try for trident, Duke Skip, take bonfire,
* Enchanted Falchion, Lizards, Slab, Seath (tail), buy HCM/CSS, bone, attune, warp to Parish, give ember
  * Optional: Kill Black Knight, get GCS

* Enter DLC, Guardian, buy spells from Elizabeth, slab, RWS, buy 2 bombs/max bones,
* Artorias, PCC, bonfire, replace HCM with Spears, Kalameet slab (skip if you got lizard slab), quitout, bone,
* Dark Bead, White Slab, Manus, bone, attune Dark Bead

* Warp to Archives, buy everything from Logan, talk to him, quitout twice, get stuff from chest, equip catalyst
* Farm Trident, strong magic shield, kill Logan in Seath room, get ember/catalyst/20k soul(?), bone, prison miracles, bone,

* Warp to Tomb, go human, kill Patches, free Rhea, bone, Ember, bone, Effigy Shield, bone
* Kill invader, pop soul of Manus, get items, Slab, Nito, bone

* Warp to Firelink, pop Artorias/Guardian souls on elevator
* Buy spells/blessing from Rhea, covenant, kill her and get drops
  * Note to Masterr876: Kill Rhea *after* you buy her stuff
* Pop 20k on elevator down, equip TCC, go to Asylum, kill Oscar (shield), kill Stray, slab, BK, doll, bone

* Level 23ATT 10STR 18FTH, attune Homeward, warp to AL, enter PW, rest at bonfire, get Velka's, spells, farm 10 souvenirs
* Blood Shield, Undead Dragon (TCC), kill Priscilla (tail), leave PW
* Black Iron Greatshield, GMW, Gwyndolin, Sunlight Blade, bone

* Warp to DoC, Offer 30 humanities, upgrade pyro flame to +15, buy spells from Eingyi, rest at demon ruins
* Kill ceaseless, bone, kill Firesage, take centipede bonfire, get catalyst/ember, bone, kill centipede, bone
* Go through shortcut, try to get a sunlight medal, get slab, kill daughter, get catalyst
* Get pyro from chest, BoC, bone, warp to DLC, wrong warp, get chaos ember, bone

* Warp to Firelink, Buy iron flesh & flash sweat from Laurentius, place lord souls, farm black knights
* Warp to Firelink, break down chunks to get at least 10 green shards and 15(?) large shards
* Go to Rickert/Andre/Vamos and do upgrades

Rickert:
  * Enchanted Falchion +5
  * Downgrade Falchion to Magic +5
  * Convert to Magic +6
  * Bone

Vamos
  * Give embers
  * Buy max shards and bones
  * Bandit Knife to Fire +10
  * Downgrade to Fire +5
  * Upgrade to Chaos

Andre:
  * Give VLE and LDE
  * Buy shards when needed
  * Buy one of every weapon and 2 shields

  * Longsword to +5
  * Broadsword to +5
  * Straight sword hilt to +5
  * Bastard Sword to +5
  * Scimitar to +5
  * Magic Falchion to +10
  * Uchi to +5
  * Battle Axe to +5
  * Occult club to +5
  * Warpick to +5
  * Lightning Spear to +5
  * Pike to +5
  * Halberd to +5
  * Crystal Halberd to +5
  * Ceastus to +5
  * Longbow to +5
  * Leather Shield to +5
  * Tower Kite Shield to +5

  * Revert spear to +10
  * Revert club to divine +5

  * Broadsword to Raw
  * Ascend all +5 to +6
  * Ascend spear to +11
  * Ascend club to divine +6

* Kill Gwyn, Dark Lord Ending

### NG+ (sketch) ###

* Kill Asylum Demon, wall quitout, talk to Oscar, homeward, leave asylum, go Human
* Burg run, Taurus, hellkite, elevator, Solaire, Gargoyles, bell, spell from Oswald, homeward
* Kill Lautrec, NLR Elevator, Remedy, all spells from Quelana, ascend pyro, kill Quelaag, bell & homeward
* Return to Asylum, trade ascended pyro for red slab, kill Stray get slab, homeward
* Go to Catacombs, get eyes, offer eyes to Nito covenant, homeward

* Elevator, (FKS), bonfire, attune PW over Homeward, Fortress, talk to Siegmeyer, rotate device
* Cast PW after usual RTSR arrow trap, Iron Golem (PW/RTSR/2 CSS), heal (bomb won't hit 'cause remaster)
* Hidden body rafters, tomb bonfire, offer souvenirs to Gwyndolin, kill gwyndolin, bone

* Take O&S bonfire, kill O&S (Smough First), get LV, discover covenant, bone
* Free Siegmeyer, get Sunlight Medals, farm Silver Knights, level 25FTH

* Warp to Parish, kill Andre, open sealed door, take bonfire, farm stone sword/shield, kill Butterfly, bone
* Kill Sif, bone, PCC warp to DLC, take bonfire, warp to Firelink, Miracle from Siegmeyer

* Go to LV, warp to DLC, wrong warp, Gwyn, Link the Fire

### NG++ (sketch) ###

* Kill Asylum Demon, wall quitout, talk to Oscar, homeward, leave asylum
* Burg run, Taurus, Hellkite, offer sunlight medals & Gwyn soul
* Parish bonfire, kill Andre, Sif, bone, SGS
* Iron Golem, run through AL, get sunlight medals, dragonslayer greatbow, go to giant blacksmith

* Buy max large shards, upgrade and ascend everything, buy giant halberd, get all achievements

Upgrade :
  * Fire Bandit Knife +10
  * Longsword +10
  * Raw Broadsword +5
  * Straight Sword Hilt +10
  * Bastard Sword +10
  * Scimitar +10
  * Uchi +10
  * Battle Axe +10
  * Warpick +10
  * Pike +10
  * Halberd +10
  * Caestus +10
  * Short bow +10
  * Leather shield +10
  * Tower Kite Shield +10
  * Divine Club to +10
  * Spear to +15

Downgrade :
* Spear +15 revert to Spear +10

Modify:
  * Longsword -> Greatsword of Artorias
  * Straight Sword Hilt -> Greatsword of Artorias
  * Bastard Sword -> Great Lord Greatsword
  * Scimitar -> Quelaag's Furysword
  * Uchi -> Chaos Blade
  * Battle Axe -> Golem Axe
  * Warpick -> Smough's Hammer
  * Spear -> Moonlight Butterfly Horn
  * Pike -> Dragonslayer Spear
  * Halberd -> Lifehunt Scythe
  * Caestus -> Dragon Bone Fist
  * Longbow -> Darkmoon Bow
  * Catalyst -> Tin Darkmoon Catalyst
  * Tower Kite Shield -> Great Shield of Artorias
  * Caduceus Kite Shield -> Crystal Ring Shield


## Additional Notes ##

Things to do in NG+

* Remedy (Could get this in NG)
* Pyro from witch
* Ascend pyro, trade with Eingyi for slab
* Silver Knight farming
* Stone sword/shield farming
* Gwyndolin offering
* Siegmeyer Questline

Bosses:

* Stray
* Gargoyles
* Quelaag
* Gwyndolin
* Sif
* Golem
* Butterfly
* Super Ornstein
* Gwyn

Things to do in NG++

* Sunlight Covenant
* Sif
* Golem
* Ascensions/final upgrades

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## Farming ##

* 1 eye of death (Great Hollow)
* Silver Knight weapons (sword/spear/shield) (AL Cathedral)
* Stone Sword/Shield (Outside butterfly arena in darkroot)
* Channelers Trident (Duke's Archives)
* Black Knight Weapons (Kiln)
* Chunks (Kiln)
* Souvenirs of reprisal (Painted World)

## Boss Souls ##

2x Quelaag
2x Iron Golem
1x Ornstein
1x Smough
3x Sif
2x Butterfly
1x Priscilla
2x Gwyndolin
2x Gwyn (1 for covenant)


## Upgrade Requirements ##

* Shards - Many
* Large Shards - Also many

* Green shards - 10

* Chunks - 21
* White Chunks - 14
* Blue Chunks - 14
* Red Chunks - 15
* 3 or 4 extra magic chunks to convert to green shards
* 5 or 6 extra regular chunks for large shards

* 3 Regular Slabs (Stray, Kalameet chest, Stray NG+)
* 2 White Slabs (Before Nito, before Manus)
* 2 Blue Slabs (Crystal Caves, Oolacile chest)
* 2 Red Slabs (Izalith, Ascended Pyro trade)