No Death & No Bonfire Guide - Dark Souls Remastered

How to beat Dark Souls 1 without dying and without ever lighting or resting at a bonfire, including resting at the lordvessel (with the exception of offering the lordsouls to it to gain access to Gwyn). DS1 Deathless, no bonfire entails no leveling up, no attuning spells, no fast travel, no reverse hollowing, no kindling and no checkpoints. Any% main game. So no DLC or optional bossfights.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
13:25 Sen's Skip
26:56 Anor Londo
38:26 Ornstein and Smough
43:45 The first bell of awakening
52:30 The second bell of awakening
1:04:22 Firesage and Centipede
1:10:07 Daughter & Bed of Chaos
1:15:53 Duke's archives & Seath
1:25:18 Darkroot garden & Sif
1:31:02 Ingward
1:33:47 The 4 Kings
1:36:47 Catacombs
1:41:51 Lantern Trade & Road to Nito
1:50:44 Nito
1:54:14 Gwyn
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Timestamps: 0:00​ Intro 13:25​ Sen's Skip 26:56​ Anor Londo 38:26​ Ornstein and Smough 43:45​ The first bell of awakening 52:30​ The second bell of awakening 1:04:22​ Firesage and Centipede 1:10:07​ Daughter & Bed of Chaos 1:15:53​ Duke's archives & Seath 1:25:18​ Darkroot garden & Sif 1:31:02​ Ingward 1:33:47​ The 4 Kings 1:36:47​ Catacombs 1:41:51​ Lantern Trade & Road to Nito 1:50:44​ Nito 1:54:14​ Gwyn

[@camgoodkicks]

YOU A GOAT. Thanks a ton for taking the time to add these

[@PressContinue]

You're very welcome :)

[@thebloodmoonwarrior]

I love your Dutch accent a bit distracting but still fun

[@kleann]

hi

[@sparkey543]

I know I'm a little late, but I was wondering something. Why don't you use a bow to take out the Centipede Demon when it's on the wall outside of the Demon Firesage arena? If you're curious as to what I mean, I can find a video or something.

[@effervescentsoliloquoy914]

If it wasn't for bed of chaos and the Archives skip jump I would actually try this.

[@PressContinue]

Yeah 2 definite choke points. It helps to get a character to duke's archives and just practice duke skipping over and over and over again. And as I explained in the video, use screenshots for the firebomb trick against the bed of chaos. Makes a huge difference.

[@robertespinoza5958]

If it wasn't for this game having enimies/dificulty/gravity/bosses/being a game id try this

[@feradus9414]

@@robertespinoza5958 lol

[@iklimamelodia]

Feelsbadman

[@nateh254]

I have the 100% achivements for both DS1 and DSR and i’ve still never beaten the bed of chaos in one try

[@fortnj]

I literally cheered when I saw this pop up in my recommended

[@hamdizthecat]

me too

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Lawl

[@zeroqp]

You're cute

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Thx

[@beefpho4205]

28:35 for those who are going to the undead merchant early on, using 9 lloyd talismans on a mimic guarantees a single drop of symbol of avarice

[@PressContinue]

Good tip

[@gabrielmcghie5310]

Wait really? Good to know thx

[@thekaz5225]

What?! Are you serious?

[@beefpho4205]

@@thekaz5225 or the 4th mimic you kill is guaranteed to drop one

[@user-pu8ne4lq9g]

@@beefpho4205 there is percentage chance for symbol of avarice to be dropped. in my playthrough i've never got it but have killed all the mimics

[@SuperFuzzyDunlop]

How did I not know those two cages at the top of Sen's Fortress were actually elevators after about 10 playthroughs?! I thought the cage key was only used to free Big Hat :/

[@PressContinue]

You're never done learning in a souls game

[@Antagonopolis]

@@PressContinue Actually, you are. Ultimate lesson is the one where you learn to stop playing Souls altogether and start learning something else))

[@heartbox1541]

@@Antagonopolis Sounds like someone never got gud.

[@Antagonopolis]

@@heartbox1541 On the contrary, my friend. I got so gud that I simply moved to other games))

[@heartbox1541]

@@Antagonopolis Oh, cool, so how's Bloodborne?

[@moodybastard170]

The level of skill to do this is intense...but even more crazy is the level of patience. Hats off to you, bro. You are more patient than I'll EVER be. :D

[@pessemestic1242]

How tf haven’t you got more popularity this is great quality content with obvious effort put into it

[@PressContinue]

Well the algorithm is the most influential in what that determines the popularity of any channel

[@pessemestic1242]

@@PressContinue I know it’s a shame that it doesn’t promote people like you 😔

[@dylannance4772]

@@pessemestic1242 we gotta give him more like. Start making multiple KZbin accounts lmao

[@variousthings6470]

11:00 - I appreciated that sense/Sen's pun. :)

[@Grim_Bud]

ngl wasn't expecting the "they see me rollin" part for the skeleton wheel it made laughed a lot.

[@gheorghitapostolache74]

I have no idea why I'm watching this being almost tomorrow on a school night, but hey, you've got something special. Keep on going buddy

[@freddyz3359]

I love the run but what I love more is the quality commentary delivered at a higher standard of English than most of my friends can speak... and I'm English.

[@PressContinue]

But with a very heavy accent though :p

[@freddyz3359]

​@@PressContinue Take a trip to Liverpool and Newcastle and see if you still want to use the word 'heavy' there.

[@cxsmetics5113]

This guy is so underrated, i love the slight comedy in some scenes which really brighten up the entertainment of the run.

[@Ethonra]

I don't even play a majority of these games you make guides on but they are so entertaining that I watch them anyway, from start to finish.

[@pumpkinhead4426]

This is amazing. Not only for the awesome speedrun but because you willingly say, yo this part sucks skip it, and amazing commentary. Instant subscription. Also, can't place the accent. Dutch? It's very smooth and relaxing.

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :) and yes I'm indeed Dutch

[@pumpkinhead4426]

@@PressContinue hell yeah. Cant wait to keep watching.

[@shabumpkin9700]

Only recently found your channel and been going back through your older vids/guides and it's gotten me back into the souls games and doing challenge runs for the first time can't wait to see more.

[@PressContinue]

Awesome :D

[@FamosoFrosty]

i was waiting for this, perfect timing aswell, thank you for this.

[@krazyhaze6007]

Who disliked this? How do you live with yourself....

[@PressContinue]

Actually I have/had someone who would automatically dislike any video I'd put out within the first half hour or so of uploading. I guess I rubbed him the wrong way for whatever reason.

[@krazyhaze6007]

@@PressContinue I always wonder who these people are that dislike helpful videos... They must just be angry people.

[@shahezam3004]

casul people

[@fromthegamethrone]

@@krazyhaze6007 I honestly think a number of likes/dislikes are simply bots

[@krazyhaze6007]

@@fromthegamethrone I think so too. Or maybe some accidentally hit it.

[@TheKingSaid]

Did not expect to watch the whole thing in one sittting, but I watched it in one sitting. Well done! Please keep uploading :)

[@Timofetus]

I'm never going to bother with these challenge runs but your videos are great and I just watch them anyway. Subscribed!

[@DeltaJim]

"And the Mask of the Father..." Makes you not a casul.

[@rajkanishu]

still replying to comments to this day, you are a legend man I've been watching for a while now, your content is interesting, entertaining and never fails to make me both laugh and learn, have a great new year :)

[@PressContinue]

Thank you :) And a great new year for you as well

[@OMGWTFBBQRLY]

Dude, you are a MACHINE, pumping out this kind of content.

[@Beats-sx1ch]

I like the subtle inclusion of those handful of certain songs you put in your commentary 👌I noticed even while playing ds3 myself lol

[@SRFriso94]

This is funny: at 1:08:46, you can see how the T-rex butt turning makes his tail juddery. That's not Press' computer running out of processing power, that's the programming of the game. ZullieTheWitch (If you're not watching that channel yet, fix that) showed that to save computing power, enemies don't have the animations fully load when they aren't in your FOV. Apparently Lost Izalith is so incomplete that they didn't even fully calibrate when those enemies are in your line of sight.

[@stormtrooperjon9212]

I learned so much from this video, really nice job Press Continue! Keep it up!

[@HeavenlyHavoc]

Actually the biggest downside to no bonfire is being hollow the whole playthrough

[@PressContinue]

True. You don't look the part. And that is ultimately what matters most

[@wiktor9195]

I really like your videos, you explain everything and those little tricks that speedrunners never mention

[@mannypardoacedetective856]

This channel is really underrated, very good content !

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :)

[@transmichaela]

This is brilliant. This is years of practice in the making. Well done.

[@jakawaldhutter3143]

Amazingly done! Good commentary, funny captions. I have no purpose to do this run but I've watched it through whole!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :) glad you liked it

[@yuncelluz8709]

And this mad lad actually did it 😮great show indeed

[@ekomst]

😅😮$

[@indigofrog1337]

27:54 little tip, if you have the longbow you can just shoot the mimic from the doorway. The giants won't agro and the mimc will run at you, so you can battle it in safety Edit: you've gotta be one the most underrated youtubers I've seem

[@thekaz5225]

Couldn't agree more, I remember the first video of his I watched, and I went, damn I bet this guy is huge he's probably close to a million *checks the sub count* now that can't be right, where's the rest of 'em?

[@JavierSanchez-zj6su]

Your dark souls guides are gold

[@PierreLucSex]

Didn't know the most badass of the starting classes was the hunter. The final fashion souls vs Gwyn is just perfect.

[@BrokenStrings231]

This was so cool to watch. Nicely done.

[@fromthegamethrone]

Finally watched it all, brilliant work.

[@j2c09]

23:32 the “some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb” reference. Ah, the good ol’ Adam West days. 😌 Well played, sir. 💯

[@MicahRibbentrop]

Great video, I hope this channel gets big

[@lieutenantgonads]

Well I found a new channel to binge.

[@Veritech127]

I know you joke about speed running, but I would honestly think it would be interesting to see you try it out. Keep up the great content man, I'm really enjoying it!

[@PressContinue]

I'm not a speedrunner. That's just not for me. Heck, 1:48 kinda shows why it isn't XD

[@Veritech127]

@@PressContinue I suppose so, I've never really done it either, so I don't really have any room to talk.

[@xan7292]

"These hollows are the Skull Servants of Dark Souls. They aren't strong, but they can mean trouble in large numbers." Man, if I hadn't already subscribed yesterday, that line alone would've made me do so. Only real men of culture know the power of the B O N E Z O N E.

[@AtticusSP]

The Lord of Hollows is just King of the Skull Servants all along.

[@absolutelynot7236]

What a perfect run. Unbelievable! I feel like a chump dying so many times to O&S now.

[@bloomsux69]

O&S will always take me a couple attempts

[@NittaSayuriii]

He makes it seem so easy

[@evansnyamesah1755]

This needs to be share in the community 👌🏾

[@r333z]

Fantastic as always! Leaving one for the algorythm 👍

[@coreyjoaotaylor]

I will never do this run, but its super fun to see people doing it

[@fromthegamethrone]

27:45 ish, If you have a bow, you can hit the mimic from miles away so you can fight him one on one - you can still throw a Lloyd's talisman at him once he's disturbed to put him back to sleep

[@PressContinue]

Damn, that's actually a really clever tactic. Hadn't even considered that! The sentry is standing in front of it though but I think you should be able to hit him from the corner. Good one!

[@fromthegamethrone]

@@PressContinue no problem! It definitely works, tried and tested :)

[@himsayhimdo]

I have no desire to do this challenge but watched the whole video and subscribed because of the puns.

[@nifty9329]

These are so entertaining for no reason

[@RTMaster1]

11:02 that one took me quite a while. these videos are comedy gold

[@gamenfit8661]

Awesome work brother thanks for sharing and showing the way you beast!

[@PressContinue]

Thanks :)

[@covek1212]

I love that he does theese videos in a tutorial format although probbably only 1 out of 200k will try this out

[@tizza963]

Amazing run, thank you!

[@daanfaes3275]

I really like the challenge/guide combo! great vid

[@beefpho4205]

another awesome guide as always :)

[@tlozfreak888]

I like how you made an atheism joke while using a Divine Club.

[@PressContinue]

Well... just because it is written that the club is divine, doesn't mean it really is, now is it?

[@rollthebones91]

Unreal performance as usual mate. You inspired me to do my own SL1 run and I got up to Ornstein and Smough before I struggled and then I must have spent about 2 or 3 hours trying to beat them using lightning reinforced club +5 and red tear stone ring. I was getting greedy with hits but also just couldn’t seem to get Ornstein into hitting position with the short reach of the club. I think the Halberd method would be much simpler! Good to know for future. I’m up to Sif now and everything else has went smoothly!

[@PressContinue]

Keep in mind however that you cannot use a halberd on SL1! And good luck with the rest of your run :)

[@rollthebones91]

@@PressContinue ooooh is that because you start with a different class than pyromancer for this run and the base stats of that class can wield the halberd?

[@PressContinue]

@@rollthebones91 Yeah it's why I picked the hunter as I explained in the first section of the run

[@rollthebones91]

@@PressContinue ahhh thanks for replying to confirm mate. Love your content, keep up the good work!

[@mohammadrahman8263]

its awesome seeing you get all these views. congratulations.

[@PressContinue]

Things are going really well :D and I gained 2329 new subscribers in April. That's more than I got in my first 3 years combined

[@mohammadrahman8263]

​@@PressContinue Awesome! This was a really fun video. Personally, I'm a little tired of FROM Software challenge videos, but this one I really liked. .

[@andrewmonaghan4290]

You're a master of your craft sir!

[@taylorhall9075]

Dude how do you have so few subs, this is great and informative content

[@tehardegames]

The People who skipped the Nito walking part mist something amazing! After the chosen undead waved to Frampt, Frampt did a flip! It was really cool! Go check it out!

[@PressContinue]

... wut???

[@RealMonkeyDKirby]

Jeez bro you have soooo much content. We need to blow up your channel

[@chrispeng5502]

Anyone who ever did deathless runs know that sometime you just do stupid things that you don't even do in casual runs.

[@PressContinue]

Very relatable

[@itstk8828]

I couldnt stop watching amd tellong myself " this is what a truly insane person does" my guy you made even the most stressful of situations look doable lmfao god damn, no bonfire/no death thats a terrifying prospect

[@joshuacordasco1610]

Hell yeah, fresh PC video. Thank you!

[@PressContinue]

My initial reaction was to say that this was on PS4 but then I realized what you meant by PC XD

[@hhu_uhh]

the swag party on the silver knight at the end.... my heart jfc

[@mrrixel28]

Nice videos keep up good content

[@obenohnebohne]

I just started my first ever No-Death-Run the other day and I am looking for strategies and tips online. Seeing someone ignore a bonfire feels so weird to me. Love your explaination though.

[@davidchawner3301]

I attempted a deathless run too. All good til i slipped of the cliff leaving undead asylum. Laughed at my tv then quit lmao

[@holyarch-kek9451]

This is seriously impressive

[@nonagrey3422]

Fantastic job!

[@reverieWithRupam]

Holy shit you're underrated! You are easily one of the funnier youtubers

[@PressContinue]

Thank you, I appreciate that! :D

[@Hades36211]

Why does this only have 890 likes. What the hell. This is so underrated

[@blumenmaedchen-eo5tc]

I love coming back here enjoying this run from time to time

[@TheR6R6R]

Goddamn you're good. Definitely watching this at class today.

[@PressContinue]

In class? You little devil. Well, it would make school a bit more bearable I suppose :)

[@RemyRivers]

"Where's the Sens's in that" Okay, you got me.

[@Mageslayer325]

I watch this and feel like a chump at dark souls even though I'm a veteran of all the souls games

[@arklados3596]

Absolute madlad.

[@Vitor-fd9pe]

ngl, this video is so damn relaxing i rewatch it to sleep, it's so nice when you're talking, and suddenly it becomes a walking through some place, just with the ambient sounds

[@PressContinue]

The strange thing is that you're not even the first person to say that. Personally I don't like my voice at all

[@darkshadow19]

Great content with a lot of information put out. I would add popping 1 humanity before any mimics, as it increases drop rates a lot. Still, i can understand the need to preserve those in case of getting hit.

[@fev0r]

Wtf man. That BSH does a shitload of damage with no scaling at all. Great run!

[@commissarfox]

There are actually three automatic checkpoints I know of. The opening cell and firelink are givens, but I learned from Challenger Andy's All Gwyn run that if you do not fight the asylum demon the first time and instead take the side passage, it will put you back at the bonfire before the passage with your weapons as if you had rested there.

[@PressContinue]

Ah yes, that's right. Not relevant for this run of course, but that would be another checkpoint. Actually there is yet another namely the bridge at the very start of the painted world

[@commissarfox]

@@PressContinue It wasn't really, no, but certainly an interesting statistic to think about.

[@nathanjora7627]

@@PressContinueAnd if we want to finish the useless but technically most accurate list of checkpoints, you’ve got gwyn’s arena. You can’t warp out of there, you’ll just be teleported back to the arena

[@DanS044]

This run is immediately impossible I’m not killing the giant blacksmith ;-;

[@NittaSayuriii]

He's cold

[@ersintulum202]

your content is so good edit: could you try minimal bonfire rests in ds3

[@PressContinue]

I have actually done that a long time ago before I even started uploading on this channel. However that was on NG+. On regular new game that is really really extreme. No weapon upgrades, no leveling, no estus shards, no item shop, etc. That's practically a no hunter's dream run type challenge.

[@_wolfynstine]

Omg the jokes in this video are amazing Btw, top tier video. Loved this and I love all of your content. Good to binge while playing myself 🖤

[@doctor_tzu]

Best notification of the day

[@kanatokazuya1637]

I love this guy

[@leechesg]

As tedious as it obviously is, I love the idea of needing to walk everywhere in Dark Souls. It reinforces how desolate the world is supposed to be

[@bravepigster]

I did the Nito fight to start off with the Lords and I used 17 Humanity to heal up since I ran out of Estus and was NOT making a trip back down there, it was barely worth it, but I killed him.

[@nonagrey3422]

That electric boogaloo spear does some DAMAGE tho

[@tokilladaemon]

anyone else get incredibly stressed by how he was just running across the roof beams with the guardians when one mistake resets the whole run?

[@thekaz5225]

At a certain point you stop being afraid of the gaurdians even with high stakes like that. In fact as long as you have a shield with 100% physical absorb and have mastered the art of never panic rolling, your pretty much garunteed safe passage through the roof beams. They aren't even as narrow as they seem the have more collision data than they appear, you can even walk between corners seemingly on nothing but air or mostly air. You can also manipulate the Gaurdians A.I. so the just walk off the beam and die it's pretty funny and an easy way to deal with most of them. But most of Anor Lando has potential to end the Run so that's why he made it a point to get it out of the way as soon as possible.

[@AtticusSP]

I highly approve of all Skull Servant references.

[@PressContinue]

Lol, I can imagine

[@ragues_]

these chalenge runs deserve a trophy with an sdcard in it that holds the footage as proof of completion of the run. fucking epic skills

[@TFGTrailers]

Another great video man, enjoyed watching! Just a suggestion - maybe speed up or add more commentary over parts that don't have commentary on them, they just feel kinda empty for me at least and I tend to skip to when the commentary picks up again.

[@PressContinue]

Well I do usually speed certain sections up quite often, but in this run those sections would be way too long. It kinda defeats the point if you would skip them anyway using a timestamp. And when it comes to commentary. Remember that all my commentary is scripted. It takes a very very very long time to write out commentary for a 2 hour video. These are some extensive word documents. It's basically the most time consuming part of video production for me. So talking for the full length of the video is not feasible.

[@TFGTrailers]

@@PressContinue Thanks for the reply, I understand now, I just tend to skip the the parts without commentary, thanks for the reply and keep making these videos

[@CypherAce]

Pro tip, there's an even easier way to dodge Nito's sword dance. If you're two handing a weapon and block with it, your legs spread wide enough to change your hit box to the point that it won't hit you. You don't have to worry about timing rolls at all then.

[@reaxion9000]

That Firesage fight had ridiculously good rng damn

[@PressContinue]

Yeah it did. Although, the fight is quite short with RTSR. So he had his opening attack which has 2 variations, the quick explosion in this case, and then he was able to 3 more attacks. Which were 3 butt slams in a row. Not that uncommon for him to spam that attack, but yeah it definitely was a very good pattern.

[@killimo7990]

This *Silver Knight* Looks so good, I love it!! (Thought it was a Black Knight at first, remember? XD)

[@flintslip8621]

when you got to the gaiant blacksmith i was so happy 🥰 hes my beloved gaiant friend, i love that guy..... then you attacked and killed him 😭

[@PressContinue]

Sowwy :(

[@flintslip8621]

@@PressContinue i still love you and your videos but that moment there was downright heartbreaking 🥺

[@baconbaron1776]

@@flintslip8621 I guess you can it was a GIANT disappointment...... I'll see myself out

[@Nixdigo]

This looks like a lot of fun maybe someday

[@killimo7990]

Noice Great Video, as always :)

[@senecauk8363]

Your content goes from strength to strength. Keep it up :)

[@mrrixel28]

35:20 you can get a symbol of avarice guaranteed drop by using 6 or 7 ( i can’t remember the number) loy’d talisman on a mimic I think Squillakila talked about this in his no hit run commentary

[@Shonji_Ikori]

I know this video is 2 years old but here is some Symbol of Avarice info. It is a guarenteed drop after all mimics are dead, however, the way the game checks this is just by keeping track of how many you've killed. The trick is, chucking a lloyd's talisman at a mimic also counts as killing one. If you punch a mimic after a talisman, it will get up and you can chuck another talisman at it and therefore stack "kills" on just one mimic. Make sure you let it's animation fully play out before hitting it again. I think you need to buy 3 talisman's from the undead burg merchant after looting the four in firelink shrine and then you can get the symbol of avarice guarenteed from the very first mimic you encounter in Sen's Fortress (all 7 talismans used and then a kill). Pretty useful trick if you ask me.