i was there but wont let me buy it it was greyed out
Dark Soul's: Prepare to Die Edition (PC)
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i was there but wont let me buy it it was greyed out
You need 1000 souls. If you have any souls in your inventory like "Soul of the lost undead" use them and you may have enough.
I am in Blighttown, and im trying to kill that son of a **** spider women boss. Iv finally got progress on her and i 100% sure i can beat her now as i figured out the tactic, just need to try it when i am in a calmer mood. Managed to kill that friendly pyromancer npc that is sitting down by the piller after raging to much from walking through the poisoned swamp for each try on the boss. I hope she wasn't important? 
Cant wait to get out of this **** hole, its really depressing.
Cant wait to get out of this **** hole, its really depressing.
Managed to kill that friendly pyromancer npc that is sitting down by the piller after raging to much from walking through the poisoned swamp for each try on the boss. I hope she wasn't important?
Cant wait to get out of this **** hole, its really depressing.
Well, she's only important if you are a Pyro yourself as she sells some of the better Pyromancies, she also ascends the Pyromancy Flame from +15.
On the subject of Quelaag, that fight is usually the first challenge as your weapons will be getting a bit out-dated by that point, the trick to, as with most things in DS, is timing. Get her spider attack telegraphs down and be sure to either dodge or block her sword attack, if you picked up Dragon Crest Shield from the Zombie Drake that is amazing for it (requires Master Key or going up the elevator by Quelaag's Domain).
Oh whatever you do do not go near the edges of the arena, sometimes her lava glitches and ends up above you completely blocking your view.
If you are playing online there are usually summon signs by the bonfire in Blighttown, alternatively if you are in Human Form a Black Phantom (Mildred) will spawn after leaving the bonfire which when killed is summonable, again in Human Form, just outside the boss room. She's invaluable as a distraction for the boss whilst you wail on her, just make sure you avoid her lava and fire explosion.
Oh and if you think Blighttown is bad, if you haven't played Demon's Souls, the Valley of Defilement is 100x worse. It's one of the few areas where Dark Soul's fails, it's atmosphere, although great, is just not quite bleak enough. However it makes up for this with places like Anor Londo or Ash Lake, the latter being my favorite location in any game ever.
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Jesus Christ that place is somewhere I hope never to see again
I never had that much trouble in either BT or the VoD. Not entirely sure why to be honest. I guess in Demon's Souls I had the Dragon Bone Smasher which made most enemies in the VoD a pushover but even the swamp didn't give me that much trouble.
Thanks for the shield tip, ill check it out.
And yeah iv played and finished Demon Souls, and i remember the Valley of Defilement all to well, mostly from falling to my death and wasting sooo many souls
Blighttown is not too bad, its just the part im at, iv run out of the herb that removes poison, and every time i run to the boss, i have to wait 2 minutes for the poison to finish ticking. Waiting for the poison + learning a boss is SOOOOO frustrating, i get very impatient and then i start raging when things go wrong. This is what i love about Dark Souls though.
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Just to make sure you know you can buy them right? Of course that would mean hoofing it back to the entrance to the Depths, so not all that useful.
If you've got the Mater Key though you could go back through the Valley of Drakes shortcut which is slightly faster and has far less enemies, though if you haven't unlocked the aqueduct gate you would still need to wander through Undead Burg to get to the Depths entrance
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VoD was so depressing which didn't help.
Tbh Blighttown being ugly annoyed me more than anything
I would still rather largely skip it when I play though.VoD was so depressing which didn't help.
Tbh Blighttown being ugly annoyed me more than anything
The thing with Blighttown is that it feels too much like work when you know what comes after, i.e Sens and Anor Londo which are infinitely more interesting places.
Yeah i know i can buy them, but im too close to beating the boss now. Id rather wait 2 minutes before i enter the boss room, instead of going all the way back there.
I exclusively use the New Londo shortcut when I'm doing Blighttown which is probably why I never have much trouble there . The first time I actually went through the first part was on about my 4th playthrough because I wanted the Iaito and the Shadow gear.
. The first time I actually went through the first part was on about my 4th playthrough because I wanted the Iaito and the Shadow gear.I exclusively use the New Londo shortcut when I'm doing Blighttown which is probably why I never have much trouble there
Yeah I tried that once, unfortunately missing items drags nails down the chalk bored of my very soul, even if I already have copies of them.
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I've not touched the start of Blighttown at all this playthrough (or pretty much all of the Depths as well), as I used the New Londo shortcut as well. Just reached Anor Londo and contemplating whether to clear it now, or go back to Firelink as I still haven't cleared The Catacombs, The Depths, or beaten the Hydra too. I know I don't need go to go the Depths now, or kill the Hydra, but I hate leaving bosses alive! 
I've not touched the start of Blighttown at all this playthrough (or pretty much all of the Depths as well), as I used the New Londo shortcut as well. Just reached Anor Londo and contemplating whether to clear it now, or go back to Firelink as I still haven't cleared The Catacombs, The Depths, or beaten the Hydra too. I know I don't need go to go the Depths now, or kill the Hydra, but I hate leaving bosses alive!
Well, souls are always useful unless you are just going for PvP and want to get the Kiln asap.
