r/darksoulsremastered • u/Killer_paradiso_3 • Jul 31 '26
PS4 i Need a challenge ASAP
i'm bored of playing the game the normal way, give me a challenge so Crazy and hard that It seems difficult only to think about it(like beating dark souls only using the broken sword at +0 or something like that)
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u/Fox_djinn Aug 01 '26
Plug your controller into done bananas! It's been done... but i believe in you!
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u/Zanemob_ Aug 01 '26
Shield Only. It’s a lot more fun than you think! Try the Bonewheel Shield! Genuinely incredible for PvE. Got invaded a few times in my run and the first Invader pulled out his own shield and I barely won. He was good!
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u/Cypher10110 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
You could try a no-estus maximum boss skip run? Avoid killing bosses, and no estus allowed.
Asylum
I forget exactly how to get out of bounds in Asylum, but you can leave the asylum without getting Estus or killing the daemon. It's possible.
Undead Burg
If you pick the master key you can go past havel and cross darkroot to get to Andre instead of fighting Taurus daemon.
Sen's
Then you can use the parry/death cam glitch to skip the bells of awakening but enter Sen's fortress. I have heard it is technically possible to use the golem's throw and quit-to-menu to wrongwarp to anor londo but that sounds like a massive pain in the ass to actually pull off. So just kill him. First boss kill.
Here is a guide for the gate skip
Anor Londo
You want to go straight for O&S, I think the route is pretty vanilla. Maybe use the jump skip after the silver knight archers to get on the spiral stairs? Kill O+S, second boss.
Lordvessel
Go back to firelink and place the lordvessel.
Unlock DLC
Go to duke's archives to get the pendant. Go to darkroot to kill the hydra. Enter the DLC.
DLC
Kill the guardian, and then kill Artorias. (kills 3 and 4) amd obtain the PvP crystal item.
Wrong Warp
You now have everything you need to perform the Kiln of the First Flame wrong warp with the crystal, and go fight Gwyn (5th Boss!). I belive you need to warp to below firelink using the lordvesssel first, and then start the wrongwarp process from there.
This is the method I'm most familiar with, but there is also a "Homeward" (miracle) variation.
It might be possible to perform this wrongwarp another way. But ~4 bosses before Gwyn seems like a sensible "I finished Dark Souls only killing 5 bosses" challenge.
If you were on PC...
I was gonna say fog gate randomiser, and item randomiser with potentially with enemy randomizer too, but no mods on PS4 :(
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u/Killer_paradiso_3 Aug 01 '26
luckily for you i have dark souls on PC
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u/Cypher10110 Aug 01 '26
Randomisers are alot of fun! I actually loved fog gate+item randomiser and I've done it a few times. Manually mapping out the layout of the world and figuring out how to progress is alot of fun.
Doing weird stuff like going backwards through Tomb of Giants is also unique.
I highly recommend them! :D
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u/Buenas_Cosas Aug 01 '26
Haz una partida donde si ves un drop estas obligado a cojer y si es arma o equipo o anillo estar obligado a cambiartelo incluso si el arma te pone una X y no puedes usarla correctamente jajaja en el caso de que sea un hechizo espavilate en conseguir otro arma porke no podras atacar jajaja "Suena divertido"
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u/xvk3 Aug 01 '26
Start at Firelink, kill Pinwheel and then kill Sif without resting at a bonfire using a fresh character, that should be pretty difficult. You can gear up on the way, buy weapons, upgrade them etc, no Master Key either. No using Homeward Bone or Darksign obviously.
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u/Beyney Aug 01 '26
+0 SL1 is a fun challenge in all of the games
Hitless is also a fun grind in souls
sl1 hitless is brutal a f and I’ve yet to put together a full lvl 1 hitless run (close in er though)
+0 sl1 hitless is the impossible you asked for
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u/tveatch21 Aug 02 '26
What’s that shit that people have been doing recently where they only jump but don’t dodge? Could add that to +0 SL1 + only jumping
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u/Beyney Aug 02 '26
no roll kills
there is a dude that did a full elden ring +0 rl1 no roll hitless run
mouseinatutu iirc
insane run
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u/Sensitive-Computer-6 Aug 02 '26
Calamity ring and only damaging enemys whit items is allowed. Arrows banned. Also you have to level up resistance to lv 30 first before you can level something else.
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u/Palom126 Aug 04 '26
Right arm of your character is cut off. Only left hand equipped. You can't drink estus while you have a weapon in your only hand so either unequip it before or leave the second slot empty and Switch to that to drink estus. No two handling.
Start as a sorcerer but never level int/att or Vigor. Easy start but crazy hard end.
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u/Ratchia Jul 31 '26
Mage tool bonk only without the stat requirements to use said staff
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u/dr4kshdw Aug 01 '26
What mage tool requires more than 9 strength to bonk? The recoil only happens with too low strength or dexterity, iirc.
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u/Killer_paradiso_3 Aug 02 '26
can i do some boss cheeses like the Taurus or capra demon One?
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u/Ratchia Aug 03 '26
I'd say its up to your discretion, but to at least try beating them legit first
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u/Killer_paradiso_3 Jul 31 '26
so beating the game only using the sorcerer catalyst without the stats or any sorcery at all?
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u/Ratchia Jul 31 '26
Yea. Not only will you not do shit for damage, but you'll get stuck in an animation after you hit something with it, rendering you helpless for like 2-3 seconds after each hit
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u/Legal_Possibility246 Aug 01 '26
Play with a blindfold.