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Hello everybody and welcome back to Dark Souls - and to SideQuest!
Today we are going to be doing a bit of homework.
So, if you were watching last time, you will recall that I was not 100% certain where I should go next.
But as I kept trying to think and decide that,
I realized that there are a lot of little places that I missed or didn't fully explore yet.
And I thought, why not use this episode to go to all of those little places, or as many of them as I can squeeze into one episode,
handle all that business, and then figure out where to go.
So let's do this. First stop, let's see if we can get ourselves back...
to the undead... prison, or whatever the place was called. The very start of the game.
I'm gonna see if I can talk this crow...
into taking me back there.
Hello, bird.
'scuse me. Bird.
Hello?
I would like to go back, please.
Maybe this isn't the way to do it.
Okay, I've looked up how to get back there and...
it's interesting. Interesting method. Not one that I would have come up with on my own.
Hey, what are you... what are you doing?
I am unworthy. Deathly so.
Eh.
I believe this trick has to do with the elevators.
See if I can get it right.
You hop off here...
but you do a better job than that, obviously.
Okay, this time we get off here. Alright.
We go... this way...
Can we go this way?
Yeah.
Well, maybe this isn't actually the right direction.
There's supposed to be a bird's nest up here somewhere...
and I need to get...
in it somehow.
I wonder if I can jump down there.
Well, there's goodies down there, so if I miss, I at least...
will land somewhere... beneficial.
I bet I can land on this thing, though. Let's see.
Mm... yep!
Ah, I didn't jump.
That's okay, though! We landed in a place with stuff!
Floyd's Talisman...
And this is all stuff I could have easily found near the beginning of the game, too, so...
I'm sure some of it... Oh, see, I could have gotten a talisman for free instead of buying one!
Good to know for future playthroughs!
Ah, and more Homeward Bones. That'll be good!
Okay, let's attempt that jump again.
There we go!
And here we are... Come on.
Go in.
Agh!
I hate its collision... with ledges sometimes.
There we go, okay.
Uh... is there anything else up here I should grab?
Probably get onto the roof and get an item.
Eh, what the heck, I'm gonna go ahead and do that.
Or... maybe I'll just fall... and get nothing.
A sad day for us all.
There we go!
He-hey!
Good thing I went here first, then! 'Cause I got a key!
And there's... something in... there!
Oh! [laughs] I was about to say, it looks like something's shining out.
I think this light is actually meant to be shining in.
I think if I were downstairs, this would be... like, looking up, this would be the god rays coming through the ceiling, but...
from here, it just... anyway.
Okay... up and up and up!
I believe somewhere up here there's going to be a bird nest.
Aha! Bird nest!
And I am to get into the bird nest...
and do my best egg impression.
And then...
if I do so long enough...
good things will happen.
[thunder]
Yay!
[thunder]
[laughter]
Ugh.
Ah, our old stomping grounds.
Well, really our old getting stomped on grounds.
Ooh, it's changed a bit.
There's guys now.
Ah, because I opened the doors and got rid of the guard.
I am quite a bit stronger since I last was here.
Hmm.
Whoa!
Ah, okay. Didn't expect to be doing this so fast.
That's fine.
Well, time for the next boss now!
Oh, geez, that hurt. Okay.
Man, I'm in a bad spot, too.
Ah, geez!
[door creaks]
[laughs] Okay, well...
Don't fall right through the hole in the floor, then, I guess.
All right, give me a minute to get back there.
All right, we're back.
[footsteps]
Take two on our exploration--
[stutters]
[laughs]
- -on our exploration of this place.
This time we will not drop directly down into the pit.
We will rest at the little bonfire first.
And...
probably go upstairs as well, 'cause, uh...
I really wanna see what's behind that door that was locked.
From the very beginning. Not falling down in the center.
It...
I do kind of love the...
idea of the floor giving way as you run over it, because it was weakened earlier...
by that very first boss we fought in here, who dropped in...
and landed really hard in the center of the room.
[door creaks]
It's pretty great.
Okay, here we go. Bonfire.
[footsteps]
[whoosh]
Okay.
So...
let's venture upstairs.
Wonder if there's anything new happening in here.
Oh! Aww, he went hollow.
So much interesting stuff going on back here.
Eh, sorry buddy.
Thanks for the Estus Flasks, though.
Crest Shield
Wonder how that is.
Well, not too bad.
Shield of a nameless knight, likely a high-ranked knight of Astora, one of the enchanted blue shields. The crest shield greatly reduces magic damage.
Oh, why not?
I'm sure he'd have wanted it.
It's a good-looking shield, too.
So...
Ah, there's another of those now, I guess.
Sorry, I got distracted briefly looking over in the corner.
I thought there was like an enemy or something, but I think it's just a weird marking on the wall.
Yeah.
Come on, jerk.
Don't be rolling boulders at people.
Alright, alright, alright.
Out of the way, out of the way.
All right, now then...
Yeah! What do we got?
It's probably just gonna be like one item, but still...
It's cool. We're here now.
Ah, yeah, it's the item here on the stairs that were broken.
"Rusted Iron Ring." I wonder what it does.
Improves balance on poor footing.
The iron ring was used to shackle the guilty.
Terribly rusted and faintly stained with blood,
those who find the strange ring to their liking will be pleased
to find it easier to gain footing on poor ground such as swamps.
Interesting.
Does it boost poise or something?
Uh, no, actually it...
Well, maybe it does, but it definitely doesn't boost it...
higher than, uh...
the wolf ring.
All the same, nice to have.
Nice to have finally checked that off the old list.
You know what? I'm curious.
[wood creaking]
Oooooh...
Well for one...
we can see this guy clearly in here.
First big boss monster we ever actually saw.
I wonder if we can get an angle and shoot him.
Not that I have--really have arrows for it, but...
that would be very cool.
Anyway...
but I see somebody else back here.
Who might you be?
Eh, tried parrying, didn't work.
Eh.
Not choosing good moments.
Need to choose good moments.
Gotcha.
Alright.
Black night shield, red titanite chunk.
Good stuff.
It's really cool revisiting old ground like this and finding new things.
Ugh, someone else got left down here.
Peculiar doll.
Hmm...
Interesting.
A strange doll in a strange dress.
There once was an abomination who had no place in this world.
She clutched this doll tightly and eventually was drawn into a cold and lonely painted world.
That explains...
pretty much nothing, but...
interesting find!
Alright, who's feeling ready for a rematch?
Wish there was a way I could do this without falling, but okay.
[flames roaring]
All right.
As long as I've got a moment, let me take note of the surroundings.
It's actually not a small area, but he's so big it feels claustrophobic.
Well, all right.
Here goes.
[flames roaring]
Let's try the same tactic we tried on the last guy.
Walk magic?
[flames roaring]
Yes! Works. Okay.
[flames roaring]
Okay. Well, if you want...
we'll just keep doing this.
I seem to have him stuck in a bit of a loop here, which is fine by me.
Glad I've got this shield, though.
For the few times it does hit me, it's nice having such a good block for count-- for magic damage.
Okay.
Missed.
Slowly but surely.
Getting in the rhythm.
[explosion]
Swattin' 'em in the butt.
[explosion]
Almost got 'em.
One more hit.
You die! Haha!
Awesome.
Feels good.
Titanite Slab.
Very nice.
All right, victory and one task down!
Next stop...
Undead Parish.
First of all, I want to see if...
I can start leveling my...
halberd here any higher.
'Cause we've kind of hit the +10 cap currently.
Let's see...
No, I guess not. Maybe that I need to find another ember before I can do that.
'Cause I'm pretty sure you can get things up to +15.
I feel like I recall some of you guys saying that.
I'm really liking the silver set.
But I don't think I have any of the necessary stuff to...
Nope, still need Twinkling Titanite for that.
So...
No problem, it's all right.
All right, no luck raising the halberd any further, but that's okay.
Jacket off the list.
Next stop...
This actually wasn't where I was gonna head, but while I'm here...
Let's go upstairs...
and fight the...
knight guy who's lurking.
There we go.
Big sword.
Yeeeaaah!
Stop it!
Okay, there we go.
Nice, tight night chunk.
Checkin' stuff off the list.
Praise the sun. Where do I get that gesture? I want it!
Alright, we're back in Undead Burg.
I want to buy an item from this shopkeep here.
I think it's called the Bottomless Box.
It's something I really should have bought a long time ago,
but it should allow me to, uh...
Ow. Ow.
It should allow me to store items...
when I rest at bonfires, which would be good because I've got just tons of crap...
cluttering up my inventory.
I could also kill this merchant to get...
a really nice dexterity weapon.
Sort of like a katana-looking thing.
I don't know if I'm going to, though.
I'd feel bad.
Yeah, I'm not killin' this guy.
But I am...
doing some business. Let's see...
Bottomless Box. Need that.
Thank you.
Anything else...?
No.
I don't know what I'm doing with my life right now, but I'm going to have to do something about it.
Nah, I think I'm good.
Ah, he's too nice. Can't kill him.
All right, next stop!
It's probably a futile effort, but I'm curious to see...
...if I stand even half a chance against this thing now.
[explosion]
Whew! Not really.
[laughs] Not really.
Oh, geez. [laughs] Not at all.
Ow.
That hurt.
Well, there's my question answered, then.
I wonder if I can just get past him.
If I can lure him to blowing fire...
...then I hide. Ow.
Meh.
Come on.
Nope, he's not going for it.
But perhaps...
If I can shoot him, maybe he'll move.
Hey, will you move?
If I shoot you? Oh.
Ah, got your... got your, uh, thing.
Oh, geez. Hello.
[footsteps]
Hello?
Oh, nah.
He's staying up there. Fair enough.
[monstrous roar]
Let's see, let's get rid of some stuff here. Ooh!
Cracked red eye orb for invading other worlds. Ah, it's interesting.
Cracked red eye orb allows players to temporarily imitate this ability normally limited to the dark wraiths of Koth...
I don't know which, but interesting.
I'm dropping it off, though. I don't expect to be using it anytime soon.
Huh, "divine blessing," "holy water" from goddess Guinevere.
Goddess of sunlight, Guinevere, daughter of the great lord of sunlight, Gwyn, is cherished by all as the symbol of bounty and fertility.
All right.
Well, hang on to it, I guess.
All right, I'm gonna drop off these boss souls...
Just to make sure I don't do anything stupid.
Alright, so the copper coin shows the face of old man McCloyf, god of medicine and drink.
Silver coin, portrait of legendary King Knight Rendall.
Gold coin, Allfather Lloyd and his white halo shown on his face.
Don't know why I have these, but...
Alright, we're back down in this awful, awful place...
to go hunting for that firekeeper's soul that I am told I missed.
I think it was near the fire dogs...
who were near the toxic poison...
blow dart guys.
I'm not gonna enjoy this either way.
This is gonna be thoroughly unpleasant.
But hopefully we can...
get through it with minimal deaths.
Ugh, what a place.
What a charming, horrible place.
I think we're pretty near the right...
little path here.
Eh-hey!
Stop it!
Ugh, quit!
Okay...
It's over there...
How do I get over there? Can I just drop down?
Eh...
Yes! OK!
All right, dog's dead.
Other dog.
I've not encountered fire-breathing dogs in any other part of this game.
Eh.
I don't know wh--oh, geez, darts. Darts!
Must avoid darts...
...at all costs.
Okay.
Avoid darts, avoid darts, avoid darts.
Is there a door? Is there something? Can I go through? What's...
It's around here somewhere, I know it!
Please don't hit me with darts!
Don't want darts. Don't want.
Okay, maybe it's off that-a-way.
Uhh... okay.
Die!
Ooh, blooming purple moss clump! The exact kind I probably need for this...
...toxin nonsense. Ehh, can't really get across to him.
Ehh.
Oh, jeez. Not good, not good, not good!
Not good!
Bad, bad, bad!
You suck!
[door creaks]
Whew! Okay.
Ehh, screw it.
[laughs]
Uhh... felt good.
Okay.
Yes!
That's what I need right there! Why do you have it?
Well, at any rate...
[door creaks]
You know what? As long as I'm in this crappy zone anyway, let's head back over to that great...
...abyss or whatever place. I-I can't remember what it's called. The place I was trying to climb down tree branches...
...and I got pretty far and then I died.
Let's see if I can get back there.
'Cause I mean, I may die again, but...
...let's take a second crack at climbing down that thing.
Alright, here we go.
"The Great Hollow," that's what it was called.
"Great Hollow," take two. Here we go.
There's an item down here somewhere. I want to see if I can drop down to reach it, but I'm not a hundred percent certain I can.
Yeah, not sure how to get there.
All right, maybe I can get down here. Let's see.
Hyup!
Yes!
Hello there.
Nyeh. No. Gross. Bad.
Do not become stone, please.
Please die. Hey, okay.
Well... reckless.
[laughs]
Let's try that again. Let's... let's try that again.
Hyup!
[glass shattering]
I do not enjoy fighting these guys in such closed spaces.
[glass shattering]
But I think we're okay this time.
Eye of Death. Wow!
Let's see what that's about.
"Lure phantoms from other worlds"? Interesting!
So I suppose that's the sort of item I would use if I wanted, like, people online to invade me so I could fight them.
Very interesting.
♪ Do do do do do ♪
Making my way down...
Uh... ah! A ladder! Perfect!
Long ladder. Wow.
Weeeee... bunk. All right.
And another!
This is way safer than falling down like I did last time. Okay.
Let's not fall down any things.
Let's kill these little guys.
And then carefully climb down.
I think that's everything. Okay.
Now... is the... ugh. Okay.
Now is there a... gap...
with a... ladder?
Yes! There we go.
Okay.
So far so good!
Yeesh.
More of these guys.
In a...
uncomfortably tight...
space.
Ehhh-yah!
Die!
Okay, careful, careful, careful.
Careful, careful, careful.
Kill them before they breathe!
Whew!
Think there's another one down here.
Here we are.
Hopefully just the one.
Yeah, missed. Not good, not good!
Do not miss!
Now hit 'em! Yes! Okay, good!
Gah, no, I didn't hit 'em, apparently.
Now hit 'em! Good! Okay!
Good, good, good.
Carefully walk over here...
...collect the item...
...and further down we go.
Seems like getting some of these items that you'd have to just strategically fall to would be very difficult.
Mmm, mushrooms!
Getting to different stuff. Ooh.
What?!
You look right out of Final Fantasy XI.
Ho ho ho! They're adorable!
Ah! Hey! Watch it!
Oof! That's an...unsettling sound.
Okay, how to get down...
Can I walk on these?
Okay, good.
That is a relief.
I'm sure some of these items are great, I just...
can't quite muster the courage to make jumps for them.
I kind of feel bad killing these.
They don't put up much of a fight.
Oh, are we near the bottom?
Ooh, oh dear.
This one might put up more of a fight.
Sorry for killing all the little ones. Sorry for probably also killing you, but...
Come on. Stop it.
I wouldn't kill you if you'd stop attacking me!
Ah, there's another one. Great.
Just in case.
Ah! Ow, that hurt.
Okay, I'm going down.
Hope there's not a third one. Ow, I shouldn't have said it out loud.
That's what I get. Ow.
Man, they hit hard.
This is interesting, but I don't know how long I can survive it.
Oh, boy.
'Scuse me, 'scuse me! Ugh, okay.
Is there anywhere I can go down here?
Oh boy.
That makes me nervous.
Will they chase me through here?
Maybe I can fight them a little better when we're in a closed space.
Ow! That hurt.
Very careful.
That's good, just use caution.
Seems like they're kinda getting stuck here.
Got 'em!
Alright, next!
Okay.
Alright, did it.
Well, well let's get that third one just in case.
Just to be extra super safe.
[crash]
There we go, okay!
Now...
Let us traverse the white light and...
See what's in store!
Hmm...
Whoa-ho-ho!
Whoa!
This place looks amazing!
Wow!
Are you telling me that FromSoftware tucked one of the most visually impressive...
Ugh, another Hydra!
One of the most visually impressive zones...
in their game...
behind...
a hidden wall...
or behind an illusory wall...
Just so no one could ever find it.
That is something, and this place is awesome.
You know, I'm sure I have another errand or two I could probably run, and I may still, but...
I can't think of a better possible place to end an episode.
Look what we found!
This is awesome.
Alright, thank you guys for watching and I will be back with more Dark Souls very soon...
and, uh, I will figure out where to go!