Can I Beat Dark Souls 3 Without Using Any Stamina?

[@PressContinue]

*Update*: Don_Janni actually succeeded in getting a true no stamina start done without cheat engine! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqCcdYF_oKd6qsU And here's the follow up video in which I go through both DLCs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJXIhopvd9mDY80 I also showcase a proof of concept method on how to start a no stamina playthrough WITHOUT having the onyx blade already in your inventory The full unedited livestreams: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4PSdWSBqLWkaq8 LifeAsAVegiminer's No Stamina run: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH2nc2eti5KaZ68 My own Bloodborne No Stamina run: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnnYZZuqgLOojJY Dark Souls 3 Dragon stones Only: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haOrqn9ra5tgqKc Intro song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpvRlpR9mpl6oLc Patreon: www.patreon.com/presscontinue Discord: discord.gg/9wmc2AV6fJ

[@JonVonBasslake]

Well, today I learned that there is a band from Italy called Stamina in addition to the one from Finland, which I am much more familiar with due to being a Finn. Though the Finnish band does stylize their name as Stam1na in writing, no one calls them Stamoneina, it's just styling, possibly to help separate them from the Italian Stamina.

[@jmsq92]

Hello press continue, I want to thank for you for the hours of fantastiic content, including jokes. I can't begin to understand how patient you are, but happy to see it every time!

[@PressContinue]

@@JonVonBasslake Yes I actually found this band because I was looking within Stam1na's song titles for a fitting one for this video, and that's how I stumbled on the other band

[@Sakura-Army]

Im not sure how to kill no bosses and still obtain the onyx blades, in theory, it takes only 2 bosses, Vordt and Crystal Sage and killing Vilhelm

[@TheMoogleKing93]

There is a glitch to skip each of them, though they require stamina

[@easyname3695]

"Have a friend drop the onyx blade for you. Well the real challenge there would be to aquire a friend first" factually correct

[@AngelDust602]

Well I guess I'm fucked😂😂🤣

[@LOLMGS]

And get ps+ because why?

[@fe_rocious365]

Same

[@Buzk_4]

Finally. Now we have Press doing literall walkthroughs with his "No stamina" runs, and Ymfah doing literall opposite with his "No walking" runs.

[@lileofficial4273]

No stamina *runs* ;)

[@madbrosheo1514]

Getting the hand monster to throw you across the gap is the kind of creativity that keeps me addicted to challenge runs like these.

[@Ostr0]

They had stuff like this in Doom 1 and 2 to get certain enemies to certain locations and use a certain attack on you at a certain position to get Hidden Secrets.

[@dragonsnapper7501]

58:40 if someone cares

[@capritatalent7283]

i cared ty ​@@dragonsnapper7501

[@thepotatomanhq]

I haven't got far through this video yet, but pointing out upfront a fellow channel that has done a similar run with little recognition is a very honourable thing to do. Amazing work to both you and Vegiminer 👏

[@crazystupidgamer]

Subscribed to him. I hate the new algorithm KZbin has been pushing, but it did give recognition to a few underrated and under appreciated channels.

[@bimbendorf5166]

8:53 Dodging Nameless King's wind attack by jumping over it with a sword spin is probably the coolest thing you can do with a weapon art in this game. Its like straight up from some anime fight scene

[@r.c.christian4633]

"NANI?!?!" - a Nameless King, date unknown

[@grfrjiglstan]

This move is basically just the “get off of me” move Pontiff and Raime have in their boss fights. The difference, of course, is that those bosses have _all_ the stamina.

[@PressContinue]

If only we could perform Pontiff's 10 hit combo without any stamina consumption

[@DeJay7]

@@PressContinue If only we could perform Pontiff's 10 hit combo. That's it. Consume all my stamina, all my FP, leave me at 1 HP, take my soul even, that attack is ridiculous.

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

Your patience with learning micro-spacing for fights in runs like this is Godlike. I remember panicking with Pontiff but here you are literally walking circles around him lol. Great video as always!

[@Ak4ntor]

Your humour is making these vids a billion times better, i watched you struggle along in the livestream and i will 100% watch you struggle along in the edited version. I would say this is the type of challenge where id say "noone would be crazy enough to pull through with this" if i wouldnt have watched you complete this live :v

[@BaronsCastle]

can't believe you didn't wear Havel armour

[@PressContinue]

All of that completely functional poise gone to waste... and I didn't even wear 17 different rings all at once either... what was I thinking...

[@Joural0401]

every time I hear "how was I supposed to avoid that" I want to put my hand up and say "you're supposed to be dodge rolling and running"

[@PressContinue]

Aaaaaah so that's how the game is supposed to be played? Woops...

[@DemonKingHiei]

Video ends at 00:13

[@Be_And]

Holy smokes Press, you are a mad man! Top work.

[@aidengsan]

ymfah 0.5 your content is so good

[@GuyXVIII]

Accomplishment nothing less then amazing. Btw I've watched the unedited series and this video could NEVER convey how insanely hard some of these bosses were, like Abyss Watchers or Dragonslayer armor. GG well played!

[@hugehuman1]

I love how casually he drops puns into his speech, like they're his way of coping with how hard this run was and they're second nature now.

[@theofficialjesuschristyout1797]

This was som much fun to watch and interacr with, love you press

[@PressContinue]

Thank you Jesus for your divine blessing against the DSA

[@bhopr3800]

The fantastic commentary of this video (and its DLC counterpart) have led to it becoming frequent background audio for when I, myself am out of stamina. Thank you for your dedication in all you do, Press

[@DarkCT]

...sweet hell man... THAT WAS AMAZING! you always exhibit so much perseverance, but you REALLY showed it off right here.

[@mangs856]

Dude, thanks for turning me on to Life as a vegiminer. I loved the humor, editing, and soundtrack on his no stamina DS3 run, but those things all appear in his other videos, as well. Awesome find, and an awesome channel that deserves more eyes on it!

[@TheDarthranc0r]

You are one of the most underrated KZbinrs. You make awesome content with some of the greatest comedic writing skills I've seen out of any Challenge/walkthrough community.

[@Achromatic_0]

i love the jokes and references you make, keep it up bro. btw i really appreciate the amount of effort you put into these videos, and having to sit down and actually edit them seems like it would be absolute torture. thank you so much for doing all of that just for our entertainment

[@dougla517]

That Champion fight looked so cool and clean - the timing of Perseverance was on point. Well done!

[@ThiccFish]

Most people: Yeah, that'd be funny lol, can you imagine playing like that? Press continue: Yeah. But what if?

[@amirhossein_ard4921]

I gotta tell you using the hand to get across was a ymfah moment and it blew my fucking mind that was more impressive than the actual "Walk"through

[@MedioCore]

Respect for giving an unknown channel that did your video idea earlier a shoutout, not many KZbinrs with a larger following do that - hats off! :)

[@HollowSlayerGS]

Fuck Dragonslayer Armour, all my homies hate Dragonslayer Armour. Was there for the live, thank you for sacrificing yourself for our entertainment, great video👍

[@LundyHuntyr]

Hey Press, just wanted to say I’ve been watching your runs for a few months now, and you’re one of the few youtubers that inspired me to become a challenge runner. Thanks for making great content!!

[@l0rd0fshad0ws]

I love how your damage against an easy boss like abyss watchers was so good, but you had to come up with a unique strategy to beat him. Also, that fight against champion gundyr was one of the cleanest, coolest looking fights I think I’ve ever seen on this channel. So satisfying! Great challenge, great video! Can’t wait for part 2!

[@nothingness217]

Man, this was fun to watch. Looking forward to the next parts, mate

[@pride_mitochondria3921]

I'm starting to wonder if PC would absolutely no Diff a normal playthrough of a Souls game or be terrible after specializing in these wacky runs for this long. ☠️

[@LordofIsleofTritone]

I caught a good chunk of your livestreams of this, how you didn't go hollow I don't know. But this was impressive to watch. Thank you for the entertainment!

[@stephenruth9559]

Love "The Band" animations. Have me in hysterics every time...

[@Martti_videos]

Great job press! It's waaaayy more fun to watch these edited vids.

[@guitardude125]

Okay the solid snake reference, the encounter music, the (!) Sound, and the death screen music got me. I love metal gear solid. You've earned a sub. Notifications on. Maybe even do a metal gear solid 1, 2, or 3 challenge

[@guitardude125]

I've actually got mgs3 on extreme pacifist run on my Xbox right now. I'm wearing the dpm camo waiting for my health to come back. Great game

[@lucaspreussler3879]

Cant wait for the Midir fight with this restrictions. Pure hell! Thanks for all your pain, Press: we sadists, salute you!😂😂

[@titanics.o.s2101]

I think that this run required a lot of stamina. I want to thank you that you nearly lost your sanity for our entertainment 😉

[@titanics.o.s2101]

holy that I asked Jesus if he can bless this run, I forgot about it!

[@N0BL3_BL00D]

One of the funniest things to me about this video is watching an onion knight just meander around the Abyss Watcher arena while the phase 2 boss is chasing him ferociously

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

Watching you fight Dragonsyaler armour live was an emotional rollercoaster

[@justchris123]

Tongue in cheek should definitely be an innuendo I totally agree 😂

[@aplive58]

These edits and jokes are top-tier. Great video all around.

[@PowerZordan]

Very impressive, definitely one of the best kind of runs possible (aka the ones that are the worst to actually do)

[@jjba3553]

This is taking walking simulators to the next level. Well done, looking forward to when you press continue on this walk

[@Voidclowns]

Great video PC! Humor on point as always. Loved the AVGN clip.

[@AstralLaVista]

Guy invented panich strafing 😅

[@hadesrecordofragnarok]

You’re an insane gamer, good job man stay strong.

[@SixxWolfZx]

Love the TFS voice clips you added in lmao "Drama queen.. DRAAAMMA QUUUEEEEN"

[@nefariousnektarios]

16:13 I had no idea that killing Irina gave you the tower key; dang all those times I could've saved 20k souls for I don't know, buying dung pies! Also keep up the great work Press Continue, your awesome terrible jokes and genuine deliveries are the something to behold XD

[@ImKingRs]

Downloading this to watch on my 3 hr flight to Spain 🇪🇸 Let’s go!

[@crist8600]

Is your flight done? 🗿

[@ImKingRs]

@@crist8600 made it here safe and sound brother 🫡

[@cantthinkofaanem93]

Wow a shout-out to another person who has done the run. What a class act. 👍👍👍👍

[@Deneb626]

Okay that GinoMachino bit had me in stitches. Well done Press

[@PressContinue]

And as the cherry on top, he kinda has the jesus look. Especially a few years back before he cut his hair

[@highvoltage7559]

Ah, the Simon Belmont of challenges: Power walking the whole journey. Except this Simon Belmont has cardio issues due to eating too much wall chicken.

[@buuga610]

That Dark Souls rock band was amazing!

[@vegiminer]

GG! Stoked to see the carnage that the DLCs will evoke ;) You were wondering why Lorian's "wave of light" sometimes didn't do damage. If I remember correctly it's not one single hitbox, but rather multiple "pillars" that shoot up from the ground. If you stand between two pillars, there's no hitbox there. However, there's no way to tell where the pillars are, so not getting hit is purely luck.

[@PressContinue]

Ah so it's similar to the firewave which also sometimes seemingly randomly doesn't hit. That's a peculiar design decision.

[@vegiminer]

@@PressContinue I don't know any properties of the fire wave but maybe the devs were a bit lazy and just reused some things in that fight...

[@Cracks094]

"if you can only Pantera your way through the game" was incredibly clever and i did not expect that.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

As someone who’s never been a fan of that band, what does that comment of your mean?

[@Cracks094]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Pantera has a song called "Walk"

[@Dalawall]

Ahh i was really looking forward to this good job mate!

[@Soapy-chan]

"well actually what i really had to fear was splinters family members" holy mother of batman, the puns!!!!!

[@dogworshipper802]

38:31 The attacks lined up perfectly with the snake death sound

[@emoller333]

I still lose my sh*t with the drummer Andre 😂

[@lordblobfish1411]

finally, a dark souls 3 all hit run

[@ismaelhuu3306]

1:16:00 I love these bits so much. Great video

[@dylansmith4046]

This an insane run I can’t believe you pulled this off.

[@bigdaddydinglebe]

Yesss, I beat ds3 for the first time yesterday, now I have so many challenge runs to watch!

[@minimodecimomeridio4534]

Some time ago I suggested you to beat Elden Ring using only the first attack of the AoW of the Godslayer Greatsword, which is very similiar to the WA of the Onyx Blade. Guess I can feel kinda satisfied now 😆

[@lewlyboowlyman3669]

Only problem is that in Elden ring you can only take 2 hits before you die. Not in darksouls

[@jakubbiernacki7323]

4:42 and thanks for showing me this song, it's great, i love it

[@mostafafawzy4026]

Each bracelat you break in wolnir's fight triggers a new phase, bresking the first brecalet allows him to summon sword, before breaking anything he only summons skelleton, breaking one means he can summon bone wheels now, breaking the second one means he will summon even stronger skelletons that have armor and blood weapons, breaking the third brecalet triggers the hardest phase

[@xtremewarboy5757]

8:02 Pantera reference is an astronomical W

[@kiriusview9251]

Some of those momoents were quite the enurance tests. Amazingly done, Press. Edit: I saw one of your Dragon Slayer Armour streams. Man, I'd have been broken by that.

[@Neoreaver]

I absolutely lost it at the "band" cutaways. Well done.

[@thetaleco4977]

Can you beat dark souls 3 without leveling adp?

[@Pyrotechnical-wo1cw]

Usually when fighting the crystal sage I've consistently noticed at least on x-box 1 that she/he uncertain is the only crystal sage who will break crystals on spawn

[@dima_keller]

This video is a collection of some of the worst puns I've ever heard, but the "jump" to Siegward alone makes this video top tier 😅

[@gb9884]

38:32 was top tare Metal Gear Solid meme material, even complete with the phone call, imagine cellphones in dark souls.

[@mostafafawzy4026]

1:20:35 you can dodge it cause the attack's hitbox is made of two lazer waves that you can stay right between avoiding the hitbox.

[@Graxil]

what expression do you use at 40:56? a fish in what? I always find your expressions and analogies hilarious, but i didnt get the words for this one

[@PressContinue]

I said "fission mailed" which is another metal gear reference, where the words mission failed are misspelled during a certain section of the game

[@Graxil]

@@PressContinue hahaha got it, thanks!

[@tysonjdevereaux]

10:47 M A K E H A S T E Well this challenge was a walk alright, just not one in the park lol

[@DustoVonSusto]

Oh this is a long one, I'm ready

[@ForeverLaxx]

More poise salt. I love it.

[@dimensionhopper332]

i'm so glad i witnessed those legendary streams

[@emanuelperez3595]

The AVGN reference made me a new sub bro amazing

[@Slayer-mg1zw]

Watched all the live streams of this now going to watch this as well

[@alfiebramley3452]

52:45 I looove tha Blackadder reference my guy: you splash them in every so often and it ALWAYS makes me light up! Amazing work as always, but god damn please do something nice for yourself I beg!

[@PressContinue]

would suffering through the DLC's under these restrictions count as doing something nice?

[@antx_soulsborne_meat_rider]

Seeing you juggle the estus thr onyx blade and the preserverecene was an actual spectacle and such a raw display of skill i was left mouth wide open Edit:specifically the 1:17:14 part those 5 seconds were so impressive it felt so masterful the rest of the fight even with the panicking though there were tons of moments that displayed your knowledge of the moveset and positioning and the hitboxes Edit 2: whatever i said about the armor triple applies for gundyr

[@jakob8372]

fell asleep to all the livestreams... maybe i can actually watch the content now haha

[@BigBossultrastealth]

Love all the metal gear references

[@ericryan3191]

enjoyed the streams and video can't wait to see you suffer through the dlc's

[@PressContinue]

Oh wow :D thank you so much bro! That is so generous! Glad you enjoyed it and yes the DLCs are going to quite intense to say the least. No idea yet how I'm going to make it past Gael but I'm certainly going to give it my all

[@ivanramos8152]

I love it when he puts AVGN sound clips

[@Grizzfor]

36:47 during my last playthrough I discovered that you can cheese this demon by going back through the entrance and wait until he fall out of bounds. He can still hit you with some attacks but it's fairly free kill.

[@alextapia8798]

Im rewatching this and i gotta say, if you never had the boss survive with a magic pixel, have you really experienced pain and agony in these.

[@chadstruzynski]

Biggups for using the Alexi Laiho guitar , he was my idol growing up. Gone too soon 😢

[@Astral_Drago]

Instant like for giving credit and linking to Vegiminer.

[@mostafafawzy4026]

If you focus on yhorm, you will notice that his right arm's armor piece is broken and that his hand is severly damaged, his left hand on the other hand is protected by armor

[@danielcockriel443]

“Actually, I’m quite comfortable.” Bravo 👏🏽😂

[@DuckReconMajor]

you really reached a new level, having to walk when the game is so fucking hostile, this love you have for the game shattered the will to survive. then something idk you fought the cowboys from hell (Iive in italy) sorry lmao. Great video! insert "i was there for a couple livestreams and it's super cool seeing the resulting video" comment here

[@dawifromanotherhold4120]

14:00 - nothing you could do! :( You're getting really good at these weird souls games challenges.

[@DemonBlanka]

This challenge taught me that the strongest weapon in DS3 is the estus flask

[@guitardude125]

My last playthrough of ds3, I wanted to get a few achievements. One of them was acquiring all rings... Some of the rings require you to level up 3 covenants. Obviously that requires some invading... this game is basically dead on Xbox. Luckily you can farm these covenant items from basic enemies... with insanely low drop rates. One item that helps a lot is the symbol of avarice. I found out way too late that it only randomly drops from mimics and I already killed them all. Never got it. Sooo I spent about 30 hours grinding dark wraiths, ghru, and silver nights... it took a looooong fucking time but finally I leveled up the covenants and got my rings!.... Only to find out the +1 and +2 rings also count... you get those on multiple playyhroughs. I was just done by then

[@mostafafawzy4026]

Dragon slayer armor only does the third follow up of the 2 swings when you are far, if you are far from his close range he is guarenteed to do it

[@crazyakira1222]

"Down here, salt is a way of life" Loled pretty hard gotta say

[@grindcoreknabe]

the pantera innuendo got me :P

[@kamikaze4172]

I remember from your "No Stamina" videos for Bloodborne. You and the chat mentioned that there was a weapon art that takes no stamina