The following is a checklist and set of information I use when playing Dark Souls to make sure I don't miss
an item, conversation or boss. I hope you find it useful. A big thanks goes out to the community
of contributors on the Dark Souls Wiki where
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Choose one of WarriorHunter/Bandit since they have under 9 Intelligence and are not members of the way of white covenant.
Choose Old Witch's Ring as Gift since it unlocks Quelagg Sister's dialogue.
You can use Hunter and level up attunement to 10 for 1 level, so it is level 5 at start and cast use at least 1 spell, and then you can use bows at lowest level possible (cleric would take 4 points to be able to use lowest bow requirement of 12 dex), this is the one I like to run.
**** You need to save souls during the beginning as much as possible, you need to be able to upgrade pyromancy glove to +10 pretty early and buy bellowing dragoncrest for 20k.
Only buy what is listed in the guide and you will be fine for hunter class, 12.7 weight is max you can get for 25% roll, 25.4 for 50% roll until you get Havel's.
Run passed the Asylum Demon boss. This is the first instance of doing something once on the first run and something different on NG+. You can kill him to get the Demon's Great Hammer using the Broken Sword Hilt. It will take forever and you have to do NG+ anyway where you can easily kill Asylum Demon here, so I recommend waiting =D, You will have to play through the game at least three times to get all the items, so don't stress to try and kill him on this first encounter during your first playthrough.
Grab your sword and shield
Remember about the boulder! Jump off to the right and open the door back to the Bonfire, this will be useful for when you come back to get the Rusted Iron Ring.
Get ring of sacrifice from aqueduct, all the stuff from graveyard, put on ring of sacrifice and run to fire keeper soul in new londo right now if you want or you can wait until you come back and talk to ingward the first time and actually kill the ghost chicks
Petrus of Thorolund:
1- Speak with him twice
LEARN SHRUG GESTURE
2- Talk to him again and answer "NO"
3- Answer "YES" and join his covenant. Answering "NO" to any of the options won't offer any new dialogues
4- Use the "Talk" option to get an additional dialogue
5- Make sure you have at least 100 souls per each of your character's soul levels, use the "Talk" option and answer "YES"
6- Use the "Leave" option
7- Talk to him to get 2 different greeting dialogues
Patches run right now so you don't have to fuck with it later? (don't really want to bother with it, but maybe....no real benefit right now...actually this will save time if done right now, would save a full backtrack later on (are there in cata, have to homeward bone or run out and then come back in cata))
Crestfallen Warrior:
1- Speak with him for the first time
2- Speak with him again to get 3 new dialogues
3- Talk to him while being in Hollow form for 3 additional dialogues. You will hear these three dialogues before the ones in step 2 if you first speak with him already in Hollow form
4- (try to skip this next time and see if he gives this dialogue after she reinforces estus first time) After meeting Anastacia, reload and talk to him
5- Drop down the Firelink-Parish elevator (to get the Mace, Homeward Bone x5, etc...), reload and speak with him
You are now human since you had to use a humanity and reverse hollowing to talk to crestfallen
level up attunement to 10
Make a running jump to get the Iaito, aim for the post
Light the first bonfire
Go down below where the Iaito was to get the Blooming Purple Moss Clumps and walk over the swaying bridge to get the Humanity and then go back up to the bonfire
Continue on passed the bonfire and remember about the collapsing floor trap beside the soul!
Return to the bonfire and if you're not human then reverse hollowing and kill Maneater Mildred when she invades to get the Butcher Knife and some Humanity
You can summon Maneater Mildred from beside the fog gate if you killed her
Ring the second bell
Go down and hit the illusory wall and talk to Eingyi, answering Yes to his question so he moves to the side. Reload your game if you answered No and try again
If you want to buy the Poison Mist or Toxic Mist pyromancy spells then you need to get infested with an Egg Head first
If your intelligence is 11 or above he will give you a Pyromancy Flame
Clear out the rest of the enemies in this section of the forest
Go to the lower section of the forest and kill all the Ents and pick up the Eastern Set
Return to the bonfire through the door you opened earlier with the Crest of Artorias
Go through the gap in the wall to the right of the door and head down, remembering that when you pick up the soul on the right it will spawn three Ents
After the fog gate hit the tree on the right to open up a passage to a secret area
Optionally do some jolly co-op to get some humanity and souls. You should be level 15-25 for the Butterfly and 20-50 for Sif, though summons for both are rare
Return to Andre and give him the Divine Ember and upgrade your weapon if needed
Reah and her companions should be gone. If Petrus is there talk to him and then kill him now if you don't want him to kill Reah later. If he's not then come back later
Get the Demon Titanite from the chest below and walk up the beams in to the chapel
Walk along the rafters and remember to hit the chain of the chandelier
Jump down onto the platform with the statues and roll through the pillars on the other side of the room. Kill the Painting Guardian and open the chest to get the Divine Blessing.
Turn the bridge lever once in an anti-clockwise direction to lower the platform and kill the second Lightning Gargoyle
Walk along the sand and get the Dragon Scale from the small dead tree
Get the Dragon Scale from the corpse on left by the water after the small dead tree
Go up the branch on the outside of the first huge tree, drop off to the right on to the hidden platform and head in to the tree to get the Great Magic Barrier miracle
Continue along the sand to the next tree, light the bonfire and optionally join the Path of the Dragon covenant
Remember to use range attacks on the Engorged Zombies so you don't get toxic
Go up the stairs and on to the roof of the first building and use your bow to pull the two Crow Demons from the other tower to you so they don't ambush you later
Drop down to get the Dried Finger and then go the bottom floor of the building to get the soul
Clear out the next building, remembering about the two Zombies hanging from the ledge, and hit the rope holding the zombie to drop it down
Take the elevator up to the next level, draw out and kill the crytalline hollow, and quickly kill the Crystal Lizard on the stairs to get two Twinkling Titanites
Go out through the bookcase shortcut and rest at the bonfire
Clear out the two rooms of the library, including the archer on the bookcase and the Channelers
Spin the staircase and jump off the lower steps while it's rotating to land on the top of the bookshelf and get the Avelyn crossbow from the chest
Go back through the bookcase shortcut, pull the lever in the larger room to lower the stairs, get the Prism Stones from the chest and go through the fog gate
Take the first invisible path and get the Humanity
Take the next invisible path, kill the Crystal Golem, drop off to the left and double back in to the small tunnel behind you and kill the three Crystal Lizards
Turn around again and take the invisible path down to get the Blue Titanite Slab
When he has left, go to the room where you first encountered Seath the Scaleless, kill him and then return to this room to get Big Hat's Set from the new chest
Go back up the ladder, spin the stairs, go down them and out on to the balcony, and go back in to the prison area
Trigger the collapsing floor by walking to the left of the alcove
Put on the Rusted Iron Ring, walk down the branch, do not talk to Siegmeyer yet but instead kill all but one of the Chaos Eaters using ranged attacks
Now talk to Siegmeyer and follow him when he jumps in to the pit and make sure he doesn't lose more than half his health while killing the remaining Chaos Eaters
Go down to the first bonfire, kill the Undead Mage and pull the first switch
Use a ranged attack to take out the next Undead Mage
Clear out the room the Undead Mage was in and get the Lucerne from the side room
Continue clearing out this area, grabbing the soul from near the archer, head outside passed the statue spike traps, push the second switch and get the soul
Cross the bridge and quickly kill the next Undead Mage
Go in to the side room to the right, fall through the floor and try to get the two Crystal Lizards while avoiding the statue spike traps
Climb up the ladder and fall through the floor again to get back to the second switch
Go back across the bridge and at the end of it drop down three times to the left, pick up the Great Scythe and push the third switch
Head outside, push the fourth switch, roll through the illusory wall and rest at the bonfire
Go across the bridge and through the fog gate, hit the broken wall, drop down and clear out the room
Continue up the steps, watch out for the giant skeleton that drops from the roof and get the Darkmoon Seance Ring from the coffin
Go out the broken wall, continue up the steps, kill the Undead Mage and climb up the ladder
Get the Tranquil Walk of Peace miracle and fall through the floor to near the start of the level
Continue all the way back across the bridges to the building with all of the coffins
Use the coffin to get back, go down the corridor and through the broken wall, drop down through the floor and kill the Black Knight to get the White Titanite Chunk
Use ranged attacks to kill all the Wheel Skeletons and before dropping down
Go through the tunnel near where you dropped down and kill the Undead Mage to get the Skull Lantern
Climb up the two ladders and back to entrance of the building with all the coffins, go outside and drop off to the ledge where you can summon Paladin Leeroy
Drop off to the next ledge to get the Cleric Set and Mace
Go back in to the The Catacombs, drop off the first bridge on to the second, drop down the ledges, go down the spiral staircase and drop down to Blacksmith Vamos
Jump back across the gap and clear out the Ents on the left and get the Gold Coin
Kill the two Stone Giants near the tower and quickly kill the Crystal Lizard
Get the soul from behind the tower, go down on the elevator and then at the bottom grab the soul from around the corner
Go across the bridge and talk to Marvelous Chester, answering Yes to his question, and buy anything you need from him and use the elevator to open up the shortcut
Leave by the other door and in to Oolacile Township and rest at the bonfire
Go back in to Royal Woods and head down the path beside the elevator in to the valley and at the botton get the soul on the left
Continue along the valley, down the ladder, quickly kill the Crystal Lizard, piss off Black Dragon Kalameet enough that he attacks you once and return to the bonfire
Continue down the steps and stick to the right, grabbing the souls along the way, go around the back of the building and roll down to the next ledge
Use your light source on the illusory wall on the building to the left and get the Silver Pendant from the chest
Kill everything in the other building and get the Dark Orb sorcery from the chest and the I'm Sorry carving from the Bloathead Mage on the outside ledge
Go back to the main path, cross the wooden bridge, get invaded by Marvelous Chester
Continue crossing the wooden bridge, and get the Very Good! carving from the mimic and take out the Bloathead Mage down below with ranged attacks
Go halfway down the stairs, walk across to the rooftop, and kill the Crystal Lizard. You may have to reload the game to make the Crystal Lizard appear.
Continue down and across the walkway, very carefully clear out the ground floor of the building and get the Rubbish, Dark Fog sorcery and soul
Go upstairs, use your light source on the illusory wall and get the Red Titanite Chunk from the chest
Head back across the rafters, roll down to the balcony and get the Crest Key from the mimic
Drop on to the roof from the next room and go up and across the roof to get a Twin Humanities
Drop off the roof, go across to open up the elevator shortcut and rest at the bonfire
Go back towards the colosseum, go up the stairs to the right and unlock the door using the Crest Key
Go back down the elevator shortcut, carefully clear out the Bloatheads and then kill the Chained Prisoner to get the Helm and Leggings from the Chain Set
Call the elevator, kill the Bloathead that arrives with it and rest at the bonfire
Make sure you have your light source equipped, go down the path, quickly kill the Crystal Lizard, kill all the Bloatheads and get the Dark Bead sorcery
Continue down, walk on to the illusory floor on the left, follow the apparition and use the elevator to open a shortcut back to Royal Woods
Nope, not really. This is a set of checklists and information that you can use while playing Dark
Souls to make sure you don't miss an item, action, conversation or boss. If you need playthroughs
then you can click on the links scattered throughout the page to find them in the wiki.
Do I need to follow the playthrough in this exact order?
Dark Souls is not a liner game and has multiple ways of progressing. This is generally the way I
like to play through the game, so feel free to follow it if you like or mix it up. You can always
jump back and forth and check things off in a different order.
Can I use this for multiple characters?
Yup, use the profile selector and buttons at the top right of the page to setup multiple
characters.
Your level ranges are all wrong!
Any time I mention a level range it is just a rough guideline. The level an area or boss should
be attempted at depends a lot on the experience of the player, their skill level and their gear.
How does the checklist status get saved?
It gets saved to the local storage in your browser and not to any database or API. So if you are
clearing your browser cache make sure not to delete the site data or your checklists will
get reset. At some point in the future I might hook it up to an API.
What else have you got planned?
Every area in the game is now covered but I'm going to add other bits of information that I think
might be useful as you do a playthrough. I'm also aware that the formatting needs a bit of work on
mobile devices.