Can You Beat Salt and Sanctuary with only Fists? | Salt and Sanctuary Challenge Run

[@TheBacklogs]

Don't forget to suggest any future challenge runs you'd like to see in the comments! Who knows, I just might do it.

[@TheBacklogs]

Child's play. Added to the list!

[@chaosscott5682]

@@TheBacklogs please show gameplay of killing bosses with the ring of melee damage. Show us what could have been.

[@mastatheif9909]

You seriously have to use social media to grown your sub base, you're a very good combination for it, like senza or that fallout guy, niche game challenge channel, you just don't have as much presence

[@TheBacklogs]

Appreciate it! Im on twitter, but outside of that Im not sure what other social medias would actually benefit the channel.

[@HollandTHG]

@@TheBacklogs Holy crap, this is magic at 41k Views. I've seen a lot of creators finding a solid audience on TikTok, if that helps at all!

[@MoonPatch]

Just went and did this too, something to note: The twinmetal ring is now in the game! It's placed right above the shrine of Devara between the festering banquet and the castle of storms - meaning that barring skips you can get it right after beating the Sodden Knight. Also it's a very strange feeling when the Mad Alchemist is actually one of the most difficult bosses in the run, to the point where I had to go beat the cyclops and jester first to get some more levels before I managed to beat him.

[@KreatorKid6622]

And there are some firepots that you pick up when you get the twinmetal ring, a wonderful reference to our firebomb king

[@DynoSkrimisher]

The Saltborn is pretty determined and even strong if they could canonally take on the Island and the Nameless God while fighting their own limits with their own fists

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Is that what the protagonist is called

[@comical_world]

@@cuddlequeen3225 yep think so

[@mrdewarion]

I agree with the whole statement, but the word is 'canonically' and I was unable to fight the urge to tell you that.

[@Forgelock3d]

Cano anally?

[@Forgelock3d]

Cannoli gotcha

[@daniellus4549]

Dude, beating that Lovecraftian Kraekan monster with just your fists is the manliest thing I've ever seen in a Metroidvania. Subscribed.

[@ExtremeMan10]

So manly it made Guts look like a kid.

[@allanevans2533]

Can you beat Salt and Sanctuary with only potatoes? James the dev mentioned in a LobosJr video that he had originally intended to put in a potato-only challenge but didn't get round to it. I imagine it'd be super tough cos you'd need to farm them all, and you only start with 14 max from the chef. Sounds almost impossible

[@TheBacklogs]

Unfortunately, with the power of the debug menu or recent mods, it's *entirely possible* to attempt this challenge. I didn't realize James himself had wanted someone to attempt it...I guess we'll see what we can do. Due to the painful nature of the run, I was waiting until I reached 500subs, but at the rate this channel is growing I won't be surprised if that's essentially next month.

[@allanevans2533]

James mentions it around 9:00 in this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmivlZ-Nps-mrbM That sounds enticingly close! Let the starch fly! Love your work, I've just played this game a bunch more after first completing it a few years back and am appreciating all the inspiration for trying different builds and playstyles

[@brokemage1395]

So this is where it all began.

[@soltaire01]

@@brokemage1395 yeah I also came from that video as well.

[@cuddlequeen3225]

@@TheBacklogs wut. You were only at 500 a year and a half ago?

[@snake4342001]

Early lemon ages like a fine wine

[@RohanMerea]

Just binging threw - golden

[@doomeR_007]

This is seriously underrated, cheers to you mate.

[@hewhowatchesvideos8457]

So glad I found you, seeing people making content about this game brings me joy.

[@TheBacklogs]

Well, hopefully you enjoy my videos as much as I enjoy making them!

[@bluesmashball3645]

Your channel deserves a lot more attention. Keep up these great videos man!

[@TheBacklogs]

Thank you! I've been having a lot of fun learning how to edit. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@The8thHost]

Such a great video! Thank you for combining challenge runs with one of my favourite games.

[@TheBacklogs]

My pleasure! Why should the Dark Souls community get to have all the fun?

[@schizosinkhole]

The tree of men is an actual nightmare with fists only

[@Crazyoldman84]

Playing this game again after a year off it's so good. Love trying new builds. What's your favourite build?

[@TheBacklogs]

Honestly, the fisticuffs build was really fun (especially when I added the Twinmetal Ring). My favorite "normal" build is the build I use for almost every RPG: the parry paladin. Damage/healing buffs, constant hp Regen, heavy armor, a parry-focused shield and a spear and dagger for ripostes. Gets me through anything :)

[@coraline2770]

@@TheBacklogs lol that’s a lot how I like to play I’m just trash at parry and use slash them to death lol

[@rojack79er]

Honestly my Dex based Paladin build was fun, beat the game a few months back with it and it's been amazingly fun

[@WolfHreda]

Probably my Holy Gun Paladin still. But I'm definitely giving this build a look. I did something similar in Dark Souls 2. He was even named Fisticus McMan, which is eerily similar to the hero of this tale.

[@KilaBOK]

"What's your favourite build?" There's two. That will be The Ultimate Edgelord XD Firstly, pick Tristin as your character nation. Secondly - Reapers. I love 'em. Saltreaver or Gravedigger will do nicely. And finaly, armor. Get the Grim set. And now you look like other fellow Edgelords from Order of the Betrayer XD Alco you can throw a gun in there, if needed. Lucent Musketoon for looks, or Mosaic Culverin for damage. Oh, i almost forgot. Weapons in SaS have special combos. Did you try light, light, heavy, heavy for Spears\Halberds? Or light, light+up, light+down for Reapers? That what i was able to find. And now for second build, that actually first. Meaning, i beat the game with it for the first time. Meet The Heavy :) The Tainted set, Bonecrusher for armored, or fragile enemy types (like skeletons). And the star of this build, also best weapon for shoving inside of some big fucking arse - Castaway's Greataxe. Listen to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmXdK2sZs9mfJo and you'll understand XD

[@TheValiantBob]

One thing I wish all video games did when it came to unarmed combat, was to somehow factor in what your character is wearing in their arm and leg slots when it came to damage. Because like, if you're punching and kicking things it'd only make sense to do more damage if wearing heavy plate gauntlets or boots, right? Iirc Skyrim has a perk like that in the heavy armor tree but to my knowledge that's the only game I can think of that has something like that as a feature.

[@miss_baphomet]

dark souls has a hidden buff to unarmed damage if you wear the gauntlets of thorns

[@joratoxdarkblade6826]

Well the mathematics sounds nice but there is two factors to consider for kinetic energy velocity and mass. Wearing heavy armor increase one while reducing the other while wearing light armor also increase one but less and reducing the other less aswell. Your mass go up but you lose speed. This is the reason guns work the way they do, muzzle velocity is far more important to those.

[@orionstokesweiss2344]

Despite the increase in quality over the years, I always come back to these S&S videos that introduced me to the channel. Love the OG style, miss it even

[@nerodelacroix9281]

Always good to see quality salt and sanctuary content

[@maizjsj]

I really enjoyed your video. I really like your voice and the background music you chose, and your sense of humor too. I'm subscribing now. I hope your channel grows big! :D

[@FurorHibernia]

It's been years since I first saw this video now, back when this channel was at about 300 subs. A while later, I tried to play the game, but kept falling out of it after the Queen of Smiles. But tonight, I beat the game for the first time and that made me want to leave a comment on the video that inspired me to work on my own backlog.

[@themambawarrior2290]

Back when I first started playing, I used the Wrapped Link a lot. Nowadays, however, I honestly feel like that ring is more of a hinderance than a help. Sure, it may make things faster, but the problem is that it also decreases your roll's distance. This is mostly an issue for those times where the distance is actually low enough that you need to roll twice to get through a boss, when one normal roll could have cut it easily.

[@FinalFayt1]

Yo, me and my brother both beat the game, and did a NG+ run, put a collective hundred hours in the game, and I'm *just* now learning you can put multiple pearls into the stat parts of the tree? What!

[@coylie3700]

Man, the music choices you make for these videos are a real nostalgia trip The music at 15:12 in particular. I haven't played Rocket Knight Adventures for at least a decade!

[@boredpyromancer]

very underrated. I'm enjoying every second of it

[@Die4Gesichter]

Your videos brighten up my day

[@mastercnn1222]

Its weird watching old lemon videos

[@yeetymcteeth3038]

Back to watch the backlogs

[@Bubbl3Bubbl3gum]

I just beat the game and I think they implemented that ring now. Edit: I just looked at my character and he does indeed own that ring. The wiki says it was never implemented but that is no longer true.

[@dr_face_robber]

I like the wind waker pirate ship music in the background.

[@Dragynn5]

Holy cannoli, this channel's first challenge was only 2 years ago? Such a thing would seem impossible, were it not done.

[@niche8137]

Having something similar to this as what was my first run, I loved the introduction! I already loved monks in RPGs, so this was more than solid. Heavy in grinding, yes, but solid!

[@DraconisLeonidas]

Rewatching some of these after finally having beaten the game for myself and good god the TONYS. I despise those teleporting skeletons with all my heart. Unironically found myself yelling DAMNIT TONY when getting comboed/killed by them. Helps more than I would've thought.

[@tommykazoo6188]

Even way back in the olden times of 2020 Lemon made some absolute top tier videos. Absolutely beautiful.

[@perpetualdream]

im fairly late to this video but the thing as a whole is well put together. the combination of gameplay commentary and editing flows very well for these types of videos man cant wait for more

[@TheBacklogs]

Thank you! I'd like to think this is my roughest video in terms of editing (it was the first I ever created), so to hear that you consider it well made makes my heart happy.

[@perpetualdream]

@@TheBacklogs just finished the binge of all the videos and every video you have improved, you seem to be finding that stride

[@TheBacklogs]

@@perpetualdream Slowly but surely! Thanks for your kind words :)

[@VekhGaming]

I would like to post a thanks for introducing me to this game. Finally managed to complete my first run of it, and of soulslikes in general, and despite me being awful at it and quite literally only managing to finish my run 31 hours in at level 134, I did enjoy the ride.

[@BodhiDecker]

Alas, the first soulslike game on this channel. Honestly, this game is criminally underrated.

[@nhenderson704]

I’ve never killed the unspeakable deep in all my 400+ hrs of s&s

[@thebread._]

Legend of The Gunstars.

[@Gnomeknight1]

Heh his first challenge run :)

[@xenoguy1233]

Ah, back where it all began. Look at how far Lemon's come since this point! We're all proud of you, Lemon, and we're happy to be along for the ride!

[@symon1033]

I just ended my fist only run and whooh-boy, it was fun, the only hard part was that my hands are too damn short.

[@Karmie_owo]

I had to go back and beat Salt and Sanctuary on my own just so I could watch these challenge runs entirely without being spoiled.

[@igntablecorner]

dude, your videos are so underrated. i really enjoy your content :) keep up the amazing work!

[@Krethak]

Well, I'm finally through your playlist so I'm going to respond to your first video rather than the last. They're all incredible and I think your patience and preserverance is just amazing. But (and I'm fairly sure this was probably suggested somewhere on your Discord) I noticed that you said pretty damn often, that as an adult you don't have much time at your disposal (don't we all? :x) So I was wondering that whenever you're going to a heavy grind or have to do something tedious without much challenge aside from a massive timesink, why not then use proper gear and weapons after showing, that it can indeed be done within the confines of the challenge run? Because personally, I don't think sinking in extra time really contributes to a challenge, only to the deterioation of ones sanity ^^' Either way, great content, keep it up and kiss Mrs. Lemon ^^

[@sergiolucas38]

very good video, the editing and commentaries are just amazing :)

[@eat00002]

this god damn man turning down 50% bonus damage to be fair. thank you o7

[@nathanknowles1497]

you are a very brave man!! i am on my first playthrough with my older brother I just kept upgrading the paladins starting gear, except for the hat i am using a solid gold one, and now it is all level 7 and i am using a pair of badass scissors they are soooooo cool and fun to use!

[@ZombieNinjaSmilly]

You’ve done amazing for a year of challenge runs, congratulations you crazy lemon you

[@snake4342001]

This looks cool

[@travyj7780]

Lets just say i had to pause the video 41 seconds in just to like and comment. I love you

[@hesiolite]

I love this, more Salt and Sanctuary challenge guides would be awesome

[@TheBacklogs]

You got it! I'm actually in the middle of editing one right now - it's taking longer than expected, due to the challenge being way harder than I thought it would be. Hopefully I'll have it up in a week or so. Glad you liked the video!

[@hesiolite]

@@TheBacklogs Is it prayer and incantation only ? :)

[@TheBacklogs]

@@hesiolite It's about to be haha

[@eat00002]

the decked of many hands

[@fpcooper95]

7:35 I screamed and laughed 😂😂😂😂😂

[@VinnyMcGuire-vo4sf]

I love you lemon thanks for putting me on this gem I can’t believe I never knew this game existed

[@sobbingacorn6375]

I still come back to this video specifically for the Queen of Smiles edit. Kills me every time

[@MaybeThatGuy]

just realized the potato run video referenced this video's skeletons pretty damn cool

[@Pethodieus]

Man, I miss these old videos. Good music, a unique game, charming commentary and jokes, and real heart. What happened?

[@dartoney]

Playing SnS fists only makes you wish for a twinmetal ring.

[@TheBacklogs]

I've heard rumors that someone is modding SnS to have actual fist combos and the twinmetal ring put back in...

[@dartoney]

@@TheBacklogs that would be a dream come true, it makes me sad that SnS modding is not as lively as in other games.

[@TheBacklogs]

It's actually been picking up quite a bit in the last month or two, since Zephyr is almost finished with his framework mod. We have some Star Wars Lightsaber Mods, new map mods, and a mod that puts all the unused content back into the game coming down the pipeline!

[@jayli3072]

Deep cut with that Phantasy Star II opening theme.

[@TheBacklogs]

I'm glad someone recognized it :)

[@belliebun4529]

And thus, a legend was born.

[@andreworders7305]

That first boss looks like it requires zero strategy, only repetition

[@Geoh1990]

GG on the run!!!

[@ZombossLordOfDoom]

Today I learned you can put multiple pearls into one icon on the skill tree. I'm only going through my first playthrough, but still I saw him do that and I went *wait what the fu-*

[@solarus2120]

Is that Phantasy Star 2's title theme I hear @5:19?

[@Daniel_Schmaniel]

Interestingly I wonder if this caused the Dev to place the ring into the game. I started playing the game and found this ring somewhere.

[@ironwolf5802]

Awwww. I never knew I missed the sound of fast forwarding a VHS tape.

[@follower4633]

Tony the skeleton always made me laugh

[@mythmakroxymore1670]

Challenge for you: starter items only. You can augment a build with a few spells, but you gotta have all the items from the set you start with. This would mean cleric can’t have gloves, and you still need the head wrappings. Have fun with those miracles and light armor specialization, you feel like a rushdown assassin and it’s very visceral.

[@Onebadterran]

It was this video I learned Lemon has a first name, Submerged!

[@KalaamNozalys]

It's funny that now the ring is placed exactly where the devs said it was intended

[@nolongeraperson]

That sound played and I was immediately in Gunstar Heroes again.

[@fiffermis]

so this is where it all began more or less :)

[@chisosdegondra6693]

Is that Gun Star Heroes music at the start? Nostalgia hit me hard!

[@dylanh8163]

Fun fact, the long jump isn't too bad on console if you remap. It's still a pain, but I did a speedrun on console and practiced to the point where I didn't struggle too often with it, it definitely speeds casual playthroughs up too (I only use it to move faster typically). After binging challenges, I'm highly considering another playthrough before Salt and Sacrifice.

[@eancycler1112]

Nice video- you have a very informed-sounding voice lol

[@sergiolucas38]

13:43 best part :D

[@muffinman2546]

Fun fact. You can parry with your bare fists. You also don't need to look directly at an enemy to parry them. You also can parry an enemy's jump attack like the jumping axe enemy from the beginning of the game.

[@muffinman2546]

It's also possible to parry the knight that rides on a horse. With your fists. Facing backwards. ;D

[@MrMuschiato]

This game is an underrated gem.

[@stephenross5586]

A challenge the firebomb goddess herself must make you do. Can you defeat Demon's souls with nothing but firebombs? Remake or original.

[@TheBacklogs]

Dont you worry. Its on the list haha

[@stephenross5586]

@@TheBacklogs there's also one game with a firebomb challenge you can do. Dishonored and/or dishonored 2 but with grenades only.

[@dapondboi]

6:06 my ears

[@taylorhall9075]

Lol you said Blunt-resistant boss and all I can picture is DARE

[@Shiningforceking]

Oof Gunstar hero intro song, hits home.

[@lionlynk3279]

Bro i love this content Please keep doing this

[@themambawarrior2290]

The game just got the Twinmetal Ring, in a "beta" patch. So, I guess it's now officially in.

[@cephaleaorion4888]

you got mine stuck in my head

[@MerlinCross13]

Oh this is pretty good.

[@IvanGRANID]

soooo Great!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!!!!

[@CatroiOz]

wait a minute... is that Lost Vikings' music ?

[@HalfBrainAce]

I got both the salt games recently due to watching you play them and I think that they replaced the mace with the fiat ring or whatever it's name is

[@Barnesofthenorth]

I need to play this again before the new one comes out. Tried playing with spears like a year ago and it soured it a bit as either I'm crap at exploring or they really skimped on spears as I was using the same one for ages.

[@AxCorneredxFox]

Nice use of Gunstar Heroes opening

[@shadexvii3975]

I know this is old, but what about Salt and Sacrifice with only fists?

[@markellis8334]

He's actually working on that now believe it or not he Livestreamed the start of it about 1 month ago

[@shadexvii3975]

@@markellis8334 oh. Neat!

[@Terry-rb2br]

What's the ending song called? I really liked the montage at the end

[@TheBacklogs]

That's the WiiShop Eurobeat Remix. A personal favorite of mine.

[@roberthandzus4066]

can YOU beat it with only fists? yes. can I? I heavily doubt it. I use a shield to block EVERYTHING, you didn't even touch one once. I'm impressed.

[@prospect2664]

5:38 counterpoint: console doesnt matter, PC matters

[@TruePirateKing12]

The one thousand punch man.

[@andreworders7305]

18:49 that second clip didn’t have both alive so that one wasn’t a combo

[@kokukun6907]

going to admit this guy made me wanted to do a literaly fist only run in elden ring

[@suemeade2471]

Nononono, don't do that. That isn't a good idea.

[@kokukun6907]

to late all ready happening @@suemeade2471

[@vincentino9448]

Hope you do more S&S runs!

[@anonymousanonymous6214]

About the roll glitch, it's not like it's hard on console it's just not it's own button

[@bradys_luck6963]

What the hell is a great weapon and how do I get it I just realized I’m was doing the same amount of damage with my sword as you are with your fist against the mad alcamist 😭

[@TheBacklogs]

Kuriemoa will help - right near the Village of Smiles sanctuary. Or just upgrade your favorite weapon and apply a consumable buff. Either works.

[@seanbecraft8088]

Take my subscription

[@sinwithagrin4243]

Did that tony say "fuck this im just gonna go to my mom's house"?