Sorcery Only No-Hit All Bosses (No DLC) Guide

Note: This route has been optimized for the All Bosses Main Game Only. If you intend on completing the DLCs on this playthrough, I recommend routing the Court Sorcerer’s Staff and all necessary items required to upgrade the weapon to +10 before getting to the DLCs. I will include the routing for the +10 Court Sorcerer’s Staff in the Sorcery Only All Content Guide. In order to do the DLCs, you will also need to acquire Dark Clutch Ring in Irithyll Dungeon at the end of the long corridor with the rats (in Split 14). I also recommend leveling attunement to 25 prior to fighting Soul of Cinder and routing at least 9 Undead Bone Shards during your main game playthrough. This will also be included in the All Content Guide.

Run is intended to be done with Steam in offline mode and Dark Souls 3 in offline mode

== Split 1 – Highwall==
 * 1) Start Sorcerer class with the Young White Branch
 * 2) Cemetery of Ash: Pick up Ashen Estus Flask
 * 3) Pick up Titanite Shard after first bonfire (jump to coffin)
 * 4) Kill Iudex Gundyr with Soul Arrow
 * 5) Go to Firelink Shrine
 * 6) Level: 12 Endurance
 * 7) Purchase Dagger
 * 8) Allot Estus 2/2
 * 9) Travel to Highwall of Lothric
 * 10) Pick up Titanite Shard behind Tower On the Wall bonfire
 * 11) Pick up Firebombs x3 next to Pus of Man Hollow
 * 12) Pick up Titanite Shard inside room next to patrolling spear knight and hollow ambush
 * 13) Pick up Undead Hunter Charms x2 out of pots in same room as above
 * 14) Pick up Black Firebombs x3 on ledge overlooking Winged Knight
 * 15) Pick up Ember in the courtyard by the Winged Knight
 * 16) Go to Emma, pick up banner
 * 17) Run to Vordt
 * 18) Kill Vordt with Soul Arrow

Split 2 – Orbeck and Greirat
* Souls collected during this split: Soul of an Unknown Traveler x3, Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse x4, Soul of a Nameless Soldier x1, Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler x1
 * 1) Travel to Firelink Shrine
 * 2) Use Tree Skip to go to rafters above Firelink
 * 3) Pick up Homeward Bone x3 on rooftop
 * 4) Trade Firebomb x1 and Black Firebomb x1 to the crow
 * 5) Pick up Large Titanite Shard and Titanite Chunk and Estus Shard
 * 6) Go through Illusory Wall to pick up Covetous Silver Serpent Ring and equip it
 * 7) Travel to Vordt of the Boreal Valley bonfire
 * 8) Raise banner and travel to Undead Settlement
 * 9) Pick up Alluring Skulls x2 by two dogs at overturned wagon
 * 10) Run to dead Pilgrims and pick up Homeward Bone x2
 * 11) Kill (souls) or recruit Yoel (free level)
 * 12) Throw Alluring Skull x1 at gate to pass three dogs and sit at Undead Settlement bonfire
 * 13) Pick up Loretta’s Bone
 * 14) Pick up Estus Shard by burning tree, directly in front of praying Evangelist
 * 15) Pick up Titanite Shard on corpse in front of dead end staircase by chasm on the right side of Undead Settlement
 * 16) Pick up Undead Bone Shard on the detached island by the white tree, where the giant shoots arrows (pick up every item around white tree as soon as all of the hollows are dead)
 * 17) Pick up Mortician’s Ashes
 * 18) Run to Cliff Underside Bonfire and sit
 * 19) Pick up Ember off bridge before two pot holding Hollows
 * 20) Pick up Ember at Outrider Knight
 * 21) Get Road of Sacrifices bonfire
 * 22) Kill Outrider Knight from outside of door
 * 23) Backtrack to the elevator
 * 24) Pick up Soul of a Nameless Soldier at the top of the elevator
 * 25) Kill Demon near Siegward from ledge above (Siegward MUST survive)
 * 26) Speak to Siegward until his dialogue completes
 * 27) Pick up Homeward Bone x1 to the right of burning wagon
 * 28) Pick up Alluring Skulls x2 past the two living hollow cages
 * 29) Homeward Bone to Last Bonfire rested at
 * 30) Pick up Titanite Shard on Road of Sacrifices by the knife-wielding Corvian and sleeping Corvian on the ledge by the bridge up the ramp
 * 31) Get Halfway Fortress bonfire
 * 32) Pick up Titanite Shard at base of cliff just after Tree Wielding Hollows
 * 33) Kill 4 Tree Wielding Hollows near the Hodrick Summon Sign
 * 34) Get Crucifixion Woods bonfire (but do NOT sit)
 * 35) Pick up Estus Shard after dropping down small cliff behind ruin fortress structure
 * 36) Use Homeward Bone to travel to last bonfire rested at
 * 37) From the Crucifixion Woods bonfire ledge, shoot the crab with two Great Soul Arrows and one Soul Arrow to make it burrow
 * 38) Jump down, pick up Grass Crest Shield
 * 39) Run into small opening on the left side of the swamp with the Lycanthrope huddled in the corner. Use Alluring Skull to get past Lycanthrope, grab Sage Ring and escape
 * 40) Make your way into the ruin structure and recruit Orbeck
 * 41) Homeward bone to Last Bonfire rested at
 * 42) Equip Sage Ring, Grass Crest Shield, and Dagger
 * 43) Run to and sit at Farron Keep bonfire
 * 44) Pick up Titanite Shard on left side of swamp
 * 45) Cut right and pick up Estus Shard guarded by slug
 * 46) Pick up Titanite Shard at the base of the stairs past slug
 * 47) Backtrack, equip the dagger, and use the weapon art to hop across the deeper swamp to the stairs with the two Elder Ghru in front of them, and go up the stairs and put out the Four Kings Beacon Fire
 * 48) Pick up Homeward Bone x2 to the left of that Beacon Fire
 * 49) Run back down the stairs, and hop past the Elder Ghru, patrolling by the tree, and pick up Titanite Shard x2 by tree
 * 50) Pick up Titanite Shard by the slugs
 * 51) Run to and sit at Keep Ruins bonfire
 * 52) Run back out the way you came, jump off left of ramp and pick up Titanite Shard
 * 53) Kill all the slugs in the Mausoleum filled with slugs, pick up Undead Bone Shard inside
 * 54) Kill the three slugs at the base of the ladder to Farron Tower
 * 55) Climb to Farron Tower
 * 56) Go through Illusory Wall to pick up Dreamchaser’s Ashes
 * 57) Sit at Old Wolf of Farron bonfire
 * 58) Take elevator to top of tower
 * 59) Kill the two Crystal Lizards to obtain two Large Titanite Shards after crossing narrow catwalk
 * 60) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine bonfire
 * 61) Give Shrine Maiden both ashes
 * 62) Sell Embers x4, all Young White Branches, Siegbrau, Fire Gem, Vordt’s soul and all other souls accumulated, all weapons and armor except: Dagger, Sorcerer’s Staff and Grass Crest Shield
 * 63) Reinforce Estus x4, Allot Estus 2/6
 * 64) Reinforce Sorcerer’s Staff to +4
 * 65) Speak to Orbeck and learn Great Soul Arrow and Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * 66) Level: Use all remaining souls to level Intelligence (will most likely be between 28-29, you will come back and level to 31 before you fight Abyss Watchers)
 * 67) Burn 2 Undead Bone Shards
 * 68) Attune: Great Soul Arrow and Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * 69) Travel to Tower On The Wall bonfire
 * 70) Run to the room with the Cell Key by way of the balcony overlooking the room. Pick up the Budding Green Blossoms before dropping down to lower balcony
 * 71) Kill all the mobs in the room below and the curled up Hollow across the gap in the balcony (2 Greataxe Hollows, 1 Halberd Hollow, and 2 dogs)
 * 72) Once all mobs are dead, pick up the Cell Key and Estus Shard from that room
 * 73) Homeward Bone to Last Bonfire rested at
 * 74) From Tower on the Wall bonfire, make your way to Greirat’s cell (Firebombs can be handy in clearing the hollows along the way)
 * 75) Using the Cell Key, enter Greirat’s cell and recruit him
 * 76) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 77) Speak to Greirat and give him Loretta’s Bone
 * 78) Reinforce Estus Flask and allot 2/7
 * 79) Travel to Keep Ruins bonfire
 * 80) Walk down the ramp towards the Abyss Watchers door and kill the two Ghru between you and the Giant Crab on the left side of the swamp
 * 81) Kill the Giant Crab
 * 82) Once the Giant Crab is dead, pick up all items surrounding the white tree, including the Crown of Dusk
 * 83) Equip Crown of Dusk
 * 84) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 85) Speak to Greirat
 * 86) Sell: all items gathered from around the white tree, Soul Arrow, Heavy Soul Arrow, Lingering Dragoncrest Ring and Blue Tearstone Ring
 * Buy: Homeward Bone x2
 * 1) Level: 31 Intelligence
 * 2) Travel to Keep Ruins bonfire
 * 3) Kill the three Ghru on the bridge, cross bridge to put out the Nito Beacon Fire
 * 4) Kill the knife-wielding Ghru by the Nito Beacon Fire
 * 5) Run across and go up the ramp to the final Beacon Fire
 * 6) Kill the spear wielding Ghru before extinguishing Bed of Chaos Beacon Fire
 * 7) Homeward Bone to last bonfire rested at
 * 8) Get Farron Keep Perimeter bonfire
 * 9) From Farron Keep Perimeter bonfire, exit the passageway through the break in the wall, then jump down to the basilisk cave below. Run inside, pick up the Golden Scroll, and Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 10) Speak to Greirat and send him to pillage
 * 11) Speak to Orbeck and give him the Golden Scroll

Split 3 - Abyss Watchers

 * 1) Travel to Farron Keep Perimeter bonfire
 * 2) Approach Abyss Watchers door via the right side, killing the three Ghru along the way

Abyss Watchers Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +4


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring


 * 12 Endurance, 31 Intelligence


 * Ashen Estus Flask +2

Kill Abyss Watchers using Great Soul Arrow

Split 4 - Wolnir

 * 1) From the Abyss Watchers boss room, run down the now opened staircase into Catacombs of Carthus
 * 2) Drop down the ledges past the skeleton archers and enter the tunnel at the base of the large staircase
 * 3) Kill the skeleton with the hat standing just inside the tunnel, and wait for the skeleton ball to hit the wall, and pick up the Undead Bone Shard it leaves behind
 * 4) Run to the rear of the tunnel where the second skeleton ball spawns and pick up Large Titanite Shard
 * 5) Get Catacombs of Carthus bonfire
 * 6) Sneak past ninja skeleton at the end of the gallery on the right
 * 7) Open shortcut in the room leading up to bridge to Wolnir
 * 8) Pick up Ember and Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier in this room
 * 9) Run across bridge, break the bridge, and descend to room with the large fire demon
 * 10) Kill large fire demon, get Abandoned Tomb Bonfire and sit
 * 11) Run to Smouldering Lake
 * 12) Pick up Shield of Want, then stand behind the Carthus Sandworm and let the ballista kill it
 * 13) After the worm is dead, pick up Large Titanite Shard that the sand worm was guarding
 * 14) Run to the ramp towards Demon Ruins bonfire and pick up Large Titanite Shard at the top of the ramp
 * 15) Get Demon Ruins bonfire and travel to the Abandoned Tomb bonfire
 * 16) Gather the remaining 4 Large Titanite Shards in the main Smouldering Lake room
 * 17) Enter the cave on the far right wall of this room
 * 18) Kill the second Crystal Lizard which drops Titanite Chunk, and pick up Large Titanite Shards x2 in the back of the cave
 * 19) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 20) Sell Ember, Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier, Soul of a Demon, Soul of the Blood of the Wolf, Lightning Stake
 * 21) Speak to Greirat
 * 22) Reinforce Sorcerer’s Staff to +7
 * 23) Speak to Orbeck and learn Farron Flashsword and Pestilent Mist
 * 24) Level: 19 Attunement, 14 Endurance, 39 Intelligence
 * 25) Burn two Undead Bone Shards
 * 26) Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist
 * 27) Travel to Catacombs of Carthus bonfire
 * 28) After killing all of the rats and bonewheels, pick up Carthus Blood Ring from the right wing of the gallery before traveling to the Wolnir boss fight
 * 29) Equip Carthus Blood Ring

 ** From this point forward, for every boss fight, you will need to swap to Shield of Want and Covetous Silver Serpent Ring as soon as a boss dies, prior to receiving souls from that boss in order to maximize souls**

Wolnir Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +7


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 39


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Wolnir using Pestilent Mist (approach Wolnir while he’s still sleeping, staying to the right of his left [your right] wrist. Cast Pestilent Mist facing down his left arm and he will die without waking up)
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

30. Exit Wolnir’s boss room and get Irithyll of the Boreal Valley bonfire

31. Kill Pontiff Beast on the bridge

32. Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 5 - Old Demon King

 * 1) Sell: Soul of Highlord Wolnir, Pontiff’s Right Eye
 * 2) Level: 44 Intelligence
 * 3) Travel to Demon Ruins bonfire
 * 4) Run to Old Demon King boss fight

Old Demon King Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +7


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 44


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Old Demon King using Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

5. Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 6 - Dancer

 * 1) Sell: Soul of Old Demon King
 * 2) Level: 48 Intelligence
 * 3) Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow and Great Soul Arrow (just removing Pestilent Mist will make the Dancer fight simpler)
 * 4) Travel to Vordt of the Boreal Valley bonfire
 * 5) Run to Dancer boss room and kill Emma to begin the fight

Dancer Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +7


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 48


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow and Great Soul Arrow

Kill Dancer using Great Heavy Soul Arrow and Great Soul Arrow

Split 7 - Chunk Farm
* Souls collected during this split: Soul of a Crestfallen Knight, Large Soul of a Weary Warrior, Soul of a Weary Warrior, Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier
 * 1) Travel to Firelink Shrine
 * 2) Sell Soul of the Dancer
 * 3) Buy: Alluring Skull x6 and Homeward Bone x3
 * 4) Level: 54 Intelligence
 * 5) Travel to Dancer bonfire
 * 6) Travel through Lothric Castle, starting with Consumed King’s Garden
 * 7) In Consumed King’s Garden pick up 3 Titanite Chunks
 * 8) Homeward Bone to last bonfire rested at (Dancer bonfire)
 * 9) Travel into main Lothric Castle (7 Titanite Chunks here)
 * 10) Get Lothric Castle Bonfire
 * 11) Pick up Titanite Chunk by the railing just after Lothric Castle Bonfire
 * 12) Use Alluring Skull x1 to pass through archway with two crossbow hollows and greataxe hollow in order to get Dragon Barracks bonfire
 * 13) Run up armor to get into moat under the sleeping wyvern and grab one Titanite Chunk on the ledge and two Titanite Chunks in the moat then homeward bone to dragon barracks bonfire
 * 14) From the Dragon Barracks bonfire, run up the staircase to the bridge until you see the right-hand wyvern’s head start to move, then run back down the staircase and towards the bonfire to hide from the wyvern flames
 * 15) Go back up the stairs to the landing with the dead Lothric knights to the left of the bridge and stand at the broken ramparts near the tree. From there, you should be able to lock on to the left-hand wyvern and shoot him with Great Heavy Soul Arrows until he is dead
 * 16) Cross the bridge into the courtyard in front of the large portcullis and loot all of the items in the courtyard
 * 17) Go through the archway on the right side of the courtyard into the room with the large staircase and firebomb hollows
 * 18) Use Alluring Skull x2 to get past the staircase
 * 19) Make your way to the front of the Dragonslayer Armor’s boss room
 * 20) Make a left, activate the elevator which will give you a shortcut to DSA’s boss room
 * 21) Climb the ladder to access the Titanite Chunk on the rooftop
 * 22) Drop off the roof, go right, and pick up Red Tearstone Ring (RTSR)
 * 23) Double back until you are overlooking the Pus of Man infecting the wyvern from the broken ramparts
 * 24) Shoot the Pus of Man with Great Heavy Soul Arrow until it dies, this will give you the last two Titanite Chunks needed for this section
 * 25) Jump down to the platform where the wyvern used to be and loot the Soul of a Crestfallen Knight on the ledge
 * 26) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine

Split 8 - Oceiros

 * 1) Sell all souls and embers
 * 2) Buy Homeward Bones if needed
 * 3) Reinforce Sorcerer’s Staff to +9
 * 4) Level: 57 Intelligence
 * 5) Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist
 * 6) Travel to Dancer of the Boreal Valley bonfire
 * 7) Travel through the Consumed King’s Garden picking up the Estus Shard on the way to the Oceiros boss door

Oceiros Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +9


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 57


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Oceiros using Soul Arrow and Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

8. Run to Untended Graves bonfire, picking up Path of the Dragon along the way

9. Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 9 - Champion Gundyr
 ** DO NOT sell Soul of Consumed Oceiros**
 * 1) Level: 62 Intelligence
 * 2) Travel to Untended Graves bonfire
 * 3) Run to Champion Gundyr boss door, picking up Soul of Crestfallen Knight
 * 4) Once inside, run right around the corner and use Pestilent Mist to set up RTSR

Champion Gundyr Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +9


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 62


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Champion Gundyr using Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

5. From Champion Gundyr’s bonfire, open the large double door and head to the darkened Firelink Shrine and pick up the Coiled Sword Fragment and use it to travel back to Firelink Shrine

Split 10 - Dragonslayer Armor
 ** DO NOT sell Soul of Consumed Oceiros**
 * 1) Sell Soul of Crestfallen Knight and Soul of Champion Gundyr
 * 2) Run back to the rafters and trade the Coiled Sword Fragment to the crow and pick up the Titanite Slab
 * 3) Reinforce Sorcerer’s Staff to +10
 * 4) Level: 66 Intelligence
 * 5) Travel to Dancer of the Boreal Valley bonfire
 * 6) Take the elevator to Dragon Slayer Armor
 * 7) Set up RTSR using Pestilent Mist

Dragonslayer Armor Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 66


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Dragonslayer Armor using Pestilent Mist “cheese” strat
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

Get Dragonslayer bonfire and Grand Archives bonfire

Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 11 - Greatwood

 * 1) Sell Soul of Dragonslayer Armor
 * 2) Level: 70 Intelligence
 * 3) Travel to Cliff Underside bonfire
 * 4) Run to Curse-Rotted Greatwood’s boss room
 * 5) Use Pestilent Mist to set up RTSR and kill all of the hollows kneeling in front of the boss before beginning the fight

Curse-Rotted Greatwood Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 70


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Curse-Rotted Greatwood using Great Heavy Soul Arrow (free-aiming the sacs)
 * Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 12 - Crystal Sage

 * 1) Give the Transposing Kiln to Ludleth
 * 2) Transpose the Soul of Oceiros for White Dragon Breath
 * 3) Sell Soul of Curse-Rotted Greatwood
 * 4) Purchase Firebomb x20
 * 5) Attune: White Dragon Breath, Great Soul Arrow, Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * 6) Travel to Halfway Fortress bonfire
 * 7) Run to Crystal Sage boss room and set up RTSR using fall damage from the cliff just after Halfway Fortress bonfire

Crystal Sage Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 70


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Crystal Sage using all three spells (The strats to successfully kill Crystal Sage without being hit are very complex. Studying the videos will be crucial in understanding the tactics in the fight. Expect to spend a decent amount of time mastering all of the different variations that the fight offers)
 * Attune: White Dragon Breath, Great Soul Arrow, Great Heavy Soul Arrow

Split 13 - Deacons

 * 1) Travel to Cathedral of the Deep Bonfire
 * 2) Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist
 * 3) Use one Alluring Skull to get past the bandit at the top of the stairs before the woods with the dogs and crossbow hollows
 * 4) Kill the four praying hollows in front of the Estus Shard at the gravestone, pick up Estus Shard
 * 5) Run to Cleansing Chapel bonfire
 * 6) Run through the graveyard and into the Cathedral of the Deep using 2 Alluring Skulls to get past the Grave Wardens
 * 7) Get the shortcut back to Cleansing Chapel via the elevator near the sleeping Giant
 * 8) Go back to the sleeping Giant and kill him before picking up Lloyd’s Sword Ring
 * 9) Run to the Cathedral of the Deep front door and open it, which should trigger Patches to appear on the right side of the landing wearing Siegward’s armor
 * 10) Kill Patches and loot all of his items
 * 11) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 12) Give Shrine Maiden Patches’ Ashes
 * 13) Sell Soul of Crystal Sage and all of Siegward’s armor and the Horse Hoof Ring
 * 14) Buy Alluring Skull x10
 * 15) Reinforce Estus Flask x2 and allot 2/9
 * 16) Level: 13 Dexterity
 * 17) Attune: White Dragon Breath, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist
 * 18) Travel to Cleansing Chapel bonfire
 * 19) Run to Deacons boss room
 * 20) Use Pestilent Mist to set up RTSR outside of the fog gate

Deacons Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Sage Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Carthus Blood Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 13


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune:  White Dragon Breath, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist


 * Alluring Skull x10

Kill Deacons using White Dragon Breath (in phase 2, all 10 Alluring Skulls will be required to kill the Archdeacon)

Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 14 - Wyvern

 * 1) Sell Soul of the Deacons
 * 2) Level: 14 Dexterity
 * 3) Attune: Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist
 * 4) Travel to Irithyll of the Boreal Valley bonfire
 * 5) * Make sure you have Young Dragon Ring and Lloyd’s Sword Ring equipped before attempting to engage the Pontiff Knights. This will ensure that they die in one Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * 6) * Pick up all souls that are on your way on this split, which includes: Large Soul of a Weary Warrior, Soul of a Weary Warrior x3, Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier x4
 * 7) Travel to Central Irithyll Valley bonfire Pick up Budding Green Blossom and the Soul at the fountain by the fire witches Get Church of Yorshka bonfire
 * 8) Backtrack to the landing with the illusory railing and shoot the Pontiff Knight from above
 * 9) Go down the stairs and shoot the screaming Evangelist, drop down to the courtyard and pick up the Witchtree Branch
 * 10) Homeward Bone to Last Bonfire rested at
 * 11) Exit Church of Yorshka heading left down the sidewalk that approaches the Pontiff shortcut and shoot the Fire Witch from above at the broken railing
 * 12) Wait around the corner for the Fire Witch and two Pontiff Knights to walk past
 * 13) Circle behind the altar on the left side, then kill the Pontiff Knight hiding behind the altar
 * 14) Go through the illusory wall to the right of the altar and pick up the Magic Clutch Ring and equip it
 * 15) Homeward Bone to Last Bonfire rested at
 * 16) Pick up all Green Blossoms in the water on the way to Distant Manor Bonfire Get Irithyll Dungeon bonfire Kill the jailers using Great Heavy Soul Arrow (Young Dragon Ring, Lloyd’s Sword Ring, and Magic Clutch Ring all need to be equipped to ensure that the jailers die in one shot)
 * 17) Pick up Jailbreaker’s Key from the cell on the far left side of the dungeon
 * 18) Exit the dungeon via the door that’s unlocked by the Jailbreaker’s Key on the close right side of the dungeon
 * 19) Drop down to the second rocky ledge, pick up and equip the Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring
 * 20) ** Note: At this point, you now have four rings that all increase damage (Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Lloyd’s Sword Ring/Red Tearstone Ring, and Magic Clutch Ring). You can equip the Witchtree Branch in the left hand in place of the Grass Crest Shield in order to have maximum casting speed and no longer need to rely on Sage Ring.
 * 21) Snipe the three hollows from above while on the rocky ledge
 * 22) Drop down and pick up Homeward Bone x2 overlooking Profaned Capital
 * 23) Use Pestilent Mist to kill the mimic chest containing Estus Shard just before the sleeping giant (if for some reason you do not have Pestilent Mist attuned, you can use Undead Hunter Charm to open the mimic chest)
 * 24) Drop down by the sleeping Giant and run past towards the tunnel filled with rats (you can use Pestilent Mist to kill the Giant without waking him, which will allow you to loot the Soul of a Crestfallen Knight)
 * 25) Go through the rat tunnels and the Jailer gallery until you reach the Profaned Capital bonfire and sit
 * 26) From Profaned Capital bonfire, run to the toxic sewer filled with Sewer Centipedes and cross the sewer and climb up the ladder. On the roof of this building, there will be an NPC mage that you will have to kill to get Logan’s Scroll. Kill him using Alluring Skulls and loot Logan’s Scroll
 * 27) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 28) Sell all souls and Dorhy’s Gnawing
 * 29) Talk to Greirat and send him to pillage
 * 30) Talk to Orbeck and learn Soul Spear
 * 31) Reinforce Estus and allot 2/10
 * 32) Level: 17 Dexterity
 * 33) Attune: Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist
 * 34) Travel to Profaned Capital bonfire
 * 35) Run through the jail to the outdoor ledge and use Way of the Dragon to access Archdragon Peak
 * 36) Run past the snakes to the Wyvern boss fight

Wyvern Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Grass Crest Shield


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Lloyd’s Sword Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 17


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune:  Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist

Kill Wyvern using Pestilent Mist cheese strat

33. Get Dragon-Kin Mausoleum bonfire

34. Travel to Distant Manor bonfire

35. Pick up Greirat’s and the Excrement Covered ashes from the sewer filled with Sewer Centipedes

36. Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine

37. Give both Greirat’s and the Excrement Covered ashes to the Shrine Maiden and purchase the Scholar’s Candlestick and Dung Pies x10

38. Level: 19 Dexterity

Split 15 - Pontiff

 * 1) Travel to Distant Manor bonfire
 * 2) Run to Pontiff boss fight using two Alluring Skulls to get past the dogs on the stairs
 * 3) Set up RTSR just inside the boss room using Pestilent Mist

Pontiff Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Scholar’s Candlestick


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Sage Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 14, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 19


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune:  Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist


 * Eat Budding Green Blossom before fight begins

Kill Pontiff using Soul Spear

Split 16 - Aldrich

 * 1) From Pontiff’s bonfire, run across the long courtyard and use three Alluring Skulls to get past the three NPC guards
 * 2) Sneak past the Silver Knight Archers
 * 3) Get Anor Londo bonfire and travel to Firelink Shrine
 * 4) Sell: Pontiff’s Soul
 * 5) Level: 20 Dexterity, 15 Endurance
 * 6) Travel to Anor Londo bonfire
 * 7) Run to Aldrich boss fight, and set up RTSR using Pestilent Mist on the balcony before the boss room

Aldrich Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Scholar’s Candlestick


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 15, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 20


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune:  Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist

Kill Aldrich using Soul Spear

Split 17 - Yhorm

 * 1) Travel to Firelink Shrine
 * 2) Sell Soul of Aldrich
 * 3) Level: 17 Endurance
 * 4) Travel to Profaned Capital bonfire
 * 5) Run to Yhorm’s fog gate and set up RTSR with Pestilent Mist just outside of the fog gate

Yhorm Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Scholar’s Candlestick


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Sage Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 17, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 20


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune:  Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Pestilent Mist

Kill Yhorm using Soul Spear headshots

Travel to Grand Archives bonfire

Split 18 - Archives

 * 1) Using the key in front of the Grand Archives door, enter the Grand Archives and kill the Sage with Dung Pies to acquire the Crystal Scroll
 * 2) Travel to Firelink Shrine
 * 3) Talk to Orbeck and give him the Crystal Scroll. Learn Crystal Soul Spear
 * 4) Sell Soul of Yhorm the Giant
 * 5) Buy Alluring Skull x10 from Shrine Handmaiden
 * 6) Level: 19 Endurance
 * 7) Attune: Crystal Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Great Heavy Soul Arrow
 * 8) Travel to Grand Archives bonfire
 * 9) Use one Alluring Skull past the two thralls by the stairs
 * 10) Pick up Soul of a Weary Warrior on the rooftop where the gargoyle is
 * 11) Use two skulls to pass the three NPC guardians before the large bridge that leads to Twin Princes and be sure to pick up the Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight
 * 12) Open elevator shortcut immediately after the three NPCs
 * 13) Sit down at Grand Archives bonfire, go back up and kill all of the archers on the bridge
 * 14) After killing all of the archers, use two Alluring Skulls to reach the final shortcut elevator just before the Twin Princes door
 * 15) Homeward Bone to Firelink Shrine
 * 16) Sell all souls and the Gotthard Twin Swords
 * 17) Level: 20 Endurance
 * 18) Attune: Crystal Soul Spear and Farron Flashsword
 * 19) Travel to Dragonslayer Armor bonfire

Split 19 - Twin Princes

 * 1) Set up RTSR on the ladder near the Dragonslayer Armor shortcut elevator
 * 2) Travel to Twin Princes boss room

Twin Princes Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Witchtree Branch


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Carthus Blood Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 20, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 20


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4

Kill Twin Princes using Farron Flashsword and Crystal Soul Spear
 * Attune:  Crystal Soul Spear and Farron Flashsword

Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 20 - Nameless King

 * 1) Sell Soul of the Twin Princes
 * 2) Level: 10 Strength
 * 3) Travel to Dragon-Kin Mausoleum bonfire
 * 4) Run to Great Belfry bonfire
 * 5) Attune: Crystal Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist
 * 6) Set up RTSR using Pestilent Mist and pull the lever to activate Nameless King fight before going to the fog gate

Nameless King Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Scholar’s Candlestick


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Sage Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 20, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 20, Strength 10


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune: Crystal Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, and Pestilent Mist

Kill Nameless King using Crystal Soul Spear

Travel to Firelink Shrine

Split 21 - Soul of Cinder

 * 1) Sell Soul of the Nameless King
 * 2) Level: 13 Strength
 * 3) Attune: Crystal Soul Spear and Farron Flashsword
 * 4) Place all the cinders of the lords on their thrones
 * 5) Travel to Flameless Shrine
 * 6) Set up RTSR on the stairs
 * 7) Travel to Kiln of the First Flame

Soul of Cinder Checklist

 * Sorcerer’s Staff +10


 * Scholar’s Candlestick


 * Crown of Dusk


 * Sage Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Red Tearstone Ring, Magic Clutch Ring


 * Attunement 19, Endurance 20, Intelligence 70, Dexterity 20, Strength 13


 * Ashen Estus Flask +4


 * Attune: Crystal Soul Spear and Farron Flashsword

Kill Soul of Cinder using Crystal Soul Spear and Farron Flashsword

Link First Flame