DARK SOULS' ACHIEVEMENTS Cost Me EVERYTHING! - The Achievement Grind

It's finally time to start Dark Souls... The Soulsborne series are infamous with thier impossible difficutly and incredible grinds. But how will it be getting all of the achievements in the first Dark Souls? Well... it cost me everything. So, enjoy!
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DARK SOULS' ACHIEVEMENTS Cost Me EVERYTHING! - The Achievement Grind

[@optimistichuman]

I am honored to be shouted-out by the goat!! Thank you jazzy, can't wait to see your journey through the rest of the souls games!!

[@teamfossil6312]

15:11 Fun fact! The broken limb is Sif’s left forelimb, just like Artorius

[@teamfossil6312]

Also i just remembered jazzy didn’t say WHY killing oscar was a mistake in the video. He drops the crest shield on the revisit to the asylum, a weapon needed for knights honour

[@lamedrawings]

Thats not fun at all 😢

[@matt-thorn]

Your definition of fun is concerning.

[@thesonofjazzy_]

With Bloodborne as the next grind, what's YOUR favourite Souls/Borne game?

[@renerivera9715]

Lies of pi

[@snorrefolkekarlsen5896]

Ds3

[@dragonborn1470]

Ds3 and eldenring

[@sirjimby7107]

As someone who’s 100% all of them as well, Dark Souls 3 is my favorite game ever probably. Though all of them are amazing, DS2 is a bit bumpy at the start but it genuinely gets so much fun later (the achievement grind sucks majorly though). Sekiro is also really fun as well. And Lies of P, despite being not made by fromsoft, is genuinely so much fun! I am so excited for this series!

[@Kostej]

That is really hard question, I like main series, and old Demon S. to,Elden is awesome, Sekiro...my ptsd come back but i think i like most Bloodborn. I love Lovecraft theme of BB and his gameplay of trick weapons. But if we talk ouf of FS games. I think it is Nioh 2 and 1 or Lies of P is perfect. but Code vein, Remmant II and Salt and Sanctuary is fine to.

[@DadGamingLtd]

Your troubles in the early game comes from using the Drake Sword. That thing is a trap weapon that seems like a good thing, but quickly ends up gimping your damage and progression

[@cerberus7834]

You fell for the noob trap that is the drake sword. Lol. So funny so far. This is my favorite of the souls games.

[@teamfossil6312]

It’s fine for the gargoyles and the depths, but you definitely want to replace it by blighttown

[@MihaiDurus]

I beat Smough and Ornstein with it without any issue. It doesn't scale with any stat, but that allowed me to get the 30 soft cap for Vitality and enough into Endurance to be able to fast roll with a decent armor. After that I changed it when I had enough to invest into str/dex, but it deals a lot of damage for early game.

[@speaknosin4932]

Only noob trap is ppl who think its a noob trap it served me well till i got the lord vessel to with eventually get replaced by the silver knights straight sword

[@InvaderTroy]

you can stretch it pretty far with upgrades but putting dragon scales into it vs any other dragon weapon is a huge L

[@God-dl4cs]

As someone who has played this game a lot, seeing him not two hand his weapon especially on quelaag hurt my soul more than anything else in this run lol (even the mid rolling). Good job and excited for bloodbourne! Oh yeah i forgot, my favorite souls bourne game is probably this one but ds3 is quite close and both have their strengths and weaknesses

[@Oroberus]

I'm agreeing but there's also WAY more stuff he just 'does wrong' or is even stating false facts like the Drake Sword being a super powerful weapon or skeletons in the catacombs being immortal if you don't have a divine weapon, while all you have to do is just kill the necromancers xD But the amount of actual skill issue is hilarious, even after playing it up to Ornstein and Smough he has no sense for roll timing what so bloody ever I had a real good laugh and really hope some of his viewers which have not played DS will no start and then come cry on the forums because they took all those false statements as true xD

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

@@Oroberus yeah you're the type of person that makes these games entirely unenjoyable, if you think you're better than someone just say that, it'd come off as being way less douchey than whatever tf this comment is. the unenjoyable last third of the game was one thing, being bullied & spoken down to by the DS1 community when I went to a sub to talk about my frustrations made me give up on this game was the thing that made me give up on this game entirely, funniest thing was that when I went to other subreddits and talked about what I did not like I actually ended up engaging in discussions that made me want to play the games more but not with DS1. dark soul 1 does an awful job at explaining anything to new players and the gatekeeping community is even worse, no wonder he thought the dragon sword is a strong weapon (tbf early game it is but the stats required to use it makes it useless and it falls off pretty quickly) there is z e r o point of reference other than your starting weapons and this games community is so unwilling to give straight answers to even the most basic questions that it is nearly impossible to distinguish what is or isn't viable if you aren't a diehard fan of the game. like wow so cool, you're better at this janky game than someone else, how about actually highlighting what they could have done better and correcting the facts they got wrong rather than snidely declaring your skill in the comments. "I really hope some of his viewers which have not played DS will not start" is such an eye opening view into how useless this games community it is, you're not allowed to be a new player who found the game through their fav youtuber, 'cause you're bad and ask dumb questions.

[@Oroberus]

@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 Wow, what an essay! xD There's a difference between "I can't get this done, why?" and "WhOAh ThIs SuCkS!!1!! GaRmE BaD!!!1!" what is actually the kind of statement you usually get from 'newcomers'. If you would have really read my first comment, you would have noticed that I specifically critisized the false statement of "Drake Swod Super Good!" as this is just a VERY wrong statement and WILL have you run into "Wow, I can't get this done" ;) But hey, you'll always be confronted the same way you behave yourself in such communities so if you behave douchy (and spreading bullshit like in that video is top tier douchyness towards new players), you'll get a douche-nado reflected to you

[@tylerhaberer9649]

@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 dude, did you read what he said, every point was valid, dude missed multiple bonfires and made the game 10x harder for himself. He also didnt say not to start he said "dont cry on the forums because you listened to someone who doesn't know how to play"

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

@@tylerhaberer9649 dude, did you even read what he said? the game sucks major balls, who cares.

[@dickinvestegator6913]

The heavy roll is so painful to watch, but Jazzy is the goat 🐐 Great video, great grind🎉

[@hungarianTEK]

10:06 I did know Saruman was in this game, but I also never 100%-ed it ;)

[@thesonofjazzy_]

I swear to god, no matter how much time i spend on subtitles, mistakes always get😅 in!

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

helpful tip for anyone else that wants to platinum this game: use 10 humanities and you'll have a huge buff to drop rates however the buff does not continue beyond 10, if you die while grinding go back to your bloodstain and upon picking it up you'll get your humanity back. I can't remember if being human adds to this or not but it doesn't really matter seeing as how the game likes to throw humanity your way, plus the more liquid humanity you have activated (that is what the number beside your health and stamina bar's represents) the higher your defenses will be, they wanted to encourage a risk vs reward style of gameplay however the way this mechanic works is so poorly explained or there is very little to absolutely zero explanation in game that very few people ever actually realize that this is potentially the most helpful mechanic in the entire game for quite a few of the achievements. I could not bring myself to force myself through the sheer frustration that is the end game of DS1, it is so unenjoyable & the people I spoke with online were so overly defensive about me not loving every part of this game that I just gave up but everything up to and including anor londo was great fun, just a shame that the people that are still active on the forums for this game can be so... unpleasant. p.s. the drake sword is awful, the stat requirements are way too high and the damage fall off (as displayed less than 15 minutes into the video) is crazy, for any necomers that watch this and are interested in playing, you're better off buying all the stuff you want/need off the undead merchant in the burg then killing him and taking his katana, hitting the lower undead burg, open the shortcut & buying a shitload of moss off of the other merchant while also opening up a shortcut back to firelink before going to blighttown. if the game feels like it is all of a sudden a lot more difficult than it was in the last area chances are you missed a secondary "optional" area. my biggest gripe with this game is that the optional areas aren't really all that optional, like yeah you can still beat the game without ever going to the depths but not being able to level a weapon beyond +5 for the entire game is such a massive handicap. needing two different embers to fully upgrade weapons was such a weird decision, one of them being in arguably the worst area late into the game was hilarious but for all the wrong reasons.

[@Rixterzz]

Congrats, Jazzy!! You're a huge inspiration for achievement hunters ❤

[@Alpha_nine3]

Let's go!!!!! Jazzy on a day off! Oh I'm excited to watch this!

[@riluexe]

This was so much fun to watch live, just constant strugling, deaths and annoyance 😂😂

[@lonewolf50986]

Somewhat nostalgic as DarkSouls was my very first time getting 100% achievements in a game. Love the grind and love the video.

[@justaviewer2669]

As someone who has 100% in the trilogy, i commend you for the will to grind any Souls!

[@thegaminorange]

Great video, Jazzy! Gotta say my favorite Souls/Borne game is Sekiro. It's one of my most proudest 100% competition/achievements I went for in a FromSoft game. It's got a steep learning curve, but the combat, in my opinion, is the best FromSoft's ever done. The game is an absolute masterpiece! I highly recommend giving it a try once you complete Bloodborne. Keep up the amazing content!

[@g3arb0x-54]

Can't wait to see this man do Elden Ring talking about doing 3 runs through Dark Souls. I platinumed ER, and that took me and my buddy like 100+ hrs and like 7 or 8 separate runs of ng+. It was a mountain of a task but one I am proud to have done. Souls series, in general, is just superb for achievements cause it really makes you feel like you earn them. Keep up the work Jazzy! And dont you dare go hollow.....

[@Dumbodwarf]

I actually consider Elden Ring to be one of the easiest Souls games to platinum. If you're using a guide, you can easily get all the achievements in one playthrough. If you don't then I can see it taking longer but otherwise they all are kinda straightforward.

[@Jacobaebh]

@@Dumbodwarf you have to do a minimum of three playthroughs for Elden Ring unless you backup your save.

[@Dumbodwarf]

@@Jacobaebh Hence why I said it's one of the easiest because of being able to backup. I know people look down on it or view it as save scummy or whatever but its decent if you want just a one and done kinda thing.

[@Audiofears]

The estus flask pick up was a robbery 🤣

[@Kostej]

Woo Yeah Baby! That's What I've Been Waiting For.

[@GwynDavies-dt9kk]

The mid rolls cause me physical pain, love the grind

[@rafabuda0]

Do people really have this big an issue with mid rolls?

[@juju8285]

Yes, expecally in the first game

[@juju8285]

Less so in the other two tho

[@MrWik0078]

​@@rafabuda0the first game mid rollin is terrible

[@rafabuda0]

@@MrWik0078 from personal experience it isn't. Beat the whole game 2-3 times with mid rolls. I actually liked it since I could wear the armors I liked without having to watch for emcumberance too much.

[@PlatinumROB_91]

Quality as always. Even the rages are so polite 🤣 Congrats on getting this done!

[@Derikay]

This....makes me happy, thank you Jazzy

[@thesonofjazzy_]

You're more than welcome

[@Derikay]

Receiving a reply makes me even happier, you keep doing you man, I'm loving it! Cant wait to see what the future holds.@@thesonofjazzy_

[@juju8285]

​@@thesonofjazzy_as a now souls veteran, seeing this makes me so happy, and die inside at the start

[@renerivera9715]

Hell yeah dude good luck playing the souls games and you need it because some of the souls games are in pain to complete

[@windflier1684]

I like how this guy explain every basic thing of darksouls throughout, like the people watching this video won't already be people that are interesting in and played DS to begin with.

[@tomgosney774]

I can’t express how proud I was when you switched gear so you wouldn’t be fat-rolling.

[@jackmoran7704]

I’ve been waiting for this video since I saw my very first achievement grind. I’m so happy!!! Fingers crossed for Elden ring too!!

[@cakelovesone7805]

two fun facts, you CAN permanently kill skeletons without a holy weapon if you hit their 'corpse' (and for some skeletons kill specific 'summoners' that revive them first too), and gwyn's hallway isn't actually endless which makes it far easier when you run its length to kill him!

[@cromajuhs]

great vid once again. Funny enough Right when jazzy was like "let me interject real quick" I got an ad lol

[@GreedyAngel228]

For someone that did the 100% on D1 and D3 I have to say that you did pretty well even with knights Honor

[@warblackjack5565]

Honestly, after having 100% Elden Ring, this game is painful for me. It feels old/janky and checkpoints can be unforgiving. I think the open world format is just preferable to me over this style game. In Elden Ring (my first Soulsborne game) I was able to grind easy bosses before hard ones, but with this game if you get stuck, you really just gotta get good. Can’t wait for Jazzy to get those Elden Ring achievements. It was one of my best gaming experiences of all time.

[@morgansbasement]

Bro when you put yourself in the fire I was in stiches 😂 With you newer style, this is my favorite 100% Dark Souls video! Having you come in and touch base like a "news reporter," just feels refreshing. I'm a big fan of that!

[@JacobTheCroc]

DS1 achivement that require you to do NG+3 was probably the wildest decision ever made but it taught me how to calm my emotions which is honestly the best thing that could ever happen in my life. Seeing man mid rolling the entire game as well as commit small mistakes was painful but the fact you completed the game nonthelless, you did a great job.

[@Onesie7]

I just watched Optimistic's grind before watching this not knowing this was coming, deadly stuff!

[@jacobrichard118]

Ima be honest in all my years ive never seen Quelaags attack where she just kinda shakes and fire poofs out of her.

[@Dom_Vany]

As a Dark Souls 1 veteran, I always prioritised maximising Endurance, because it increases Stamina AND Equip load, meaning that you can carry more heavy equipment, while not fat rolling, because it's extremely ineffective. Wish I've been on stream to let you know 😂 anyways, mad props for beating this beast, you poses a will few of us have :D

[@robertmcpherson138]

Almost forgot my traditional request for Neir: Automata... and honestly doing the soulsbourne games, you're going to get getting a bit of a peak into what Neir: Automata will be like... mostly... kinda... except the parts that are completely different and use different viewpoints and combat styles because... yeah... it's complicated XD.

[@spaceiscringe1666]

amazing as always

[@GameOver-ui2em]

When you entered the catacombs, it may have been a better idea to kill Pinwheel after Ornstein and Smough, just makes getting back easier.

[@azulare1344]

A tip for the multiple endings when it comes to Bloodborne is to upload your save before you go to the area where the final boss is this way the plat only takes 1 playthrough and not 3

[@thatgingerwitch]

What's Solaire's favorite day of the week?... Sunday :)

[@cow12344]

30:29 so humble he tells his viewers to unsubscribe 🤗

[@bobbywalker2980]

You sir , have earned yourself a new subscriber from a true soulsfan . I dont know why KZbin hasn't recommended me you yet .

[@thesonofjazzy_]

I'm glad you enjoyed, I hope I did the game justice 😂👌🏻

[@juju8285]

​@@thesonofjazzy_I mean, you will, if you start off a video beating the 4 boss DLC in a hyperspeed summary

[@RedMay33]

Great intro, really shows what we're in for.

[@alexsnightmare]

When I first tried a soulslike I started with Dark Souls 3 and proceeded to take several hours just to kill the first boss which i heard was one of the easier ones. I finally beat him but i didn't go very far past that because that made me realize I'd much rather watch someone play them like this than do it myself lmao

[@regorllerref]

Ceaseless Discharge was my nickname in the Navy.

[@Nato276yeah]

10:06 These things Saruman

[@joshfly210]

It’s crazy how back when we were younger, if you were stuck on a part in a video game you’d better hope your friend knew how to do it, or your parents would let you buy a book on the game showing how to get through the games. Now there are people casually getting the hardest achievements and even speed running the achievements or the whole game you can watch for free.

[@jamesohearn2364]

Dude! This was fantastic, and I can't wait to see the others. Very excited to see the FromSoft games on your channel. :)

[@tudoralexandru7412]

Mooorning Jazzy. Today I'm having oats with protein powder, milk, chia seeds and honey. I'm glad you re going through this game, my friends love souls game but I've never seen anything about them lol

[@jeremyf1901]

I barely made through Sekiro. I had to use so many cheese strays. That’s the only one I played though.

[@masterchifes2438]

Finally a new jazzy vid ❤

[@oatstheoatmighty7110]

Such a great video! Been playing through DS1 myself and am almost finished... Hoping to see some Kingdom Hearts grinds eventually!

[@Dumbodwarf]

Congrats and welcome to the Souls games Jazzy! Shame that you did not do the Artorias of the Abyss DLC but makes sense as it doesn't have any achievements. Nice tidbit of information is that Quelaag was originally going to be the covenant leader for the Chaos Servants instead of her sister Quelaan and she would speak to you. However, along with some other things, this was scraped before release. Anyway, looking forward as you make your way through these games.

[@discountdisco2273]

Pulling an uno reverse on Patches only for him to uno re-reverse you is comedy gold!

[@Whitewingdevil]

You poor man, I've done it myself, I know your pain.

[@nomdom]

Been waiting for this one! Dark Souls is one of my favorite games!

[@hzuilquigmnzhah1017]

how about doing an achievement grind of lies of p? one of the best souls borne games i have played in a while

[@frankielopez6424]

Watching him fail the oristen dodge made me laugh and get mad but by the Lord of cinder this was great

[@NeoLotex]

8:00 It didn't kill you, because you weren't in the middle of an attack. You take extra damage when they clip you while you attack.

[@AboveAveragePanda]

I will never not hate 'Knights Honor' grinding for that trident took way too long when I went for this completion.

[@teamfossil6312]

I don’t remember it taking that long, but the again I did both DS2 and 3s achievements after it, so it might just be by comparison…

[@AboveAveragePanda]

@@teamfossil6312 Compared to the covenant grinds of 2 and 3 it's nothing, but it's the one achievement in DS1 that I loathe Getting sunlight medals in DS2 was probably the worst out of the three games for me at-least.

[@FerrisArgyle13]

as a souls veteran this video was both a hilarious and painful watch. some tips for the future games are to try and learn enemy attack patterns and dont spam roll and estus all the time. the next games are not so forgiving when it comes to ur playstyle. great vid as always tho keep it up

[@ApolloSnip3s]

i still remember the day where i took dark souls 3 disc out of my xbox in anger and then ripped it in half, never will touch a dark souls game again

[@alexandergunn6484]

Why does this make me want to do yet another DS run?

[@Rasputin856]

I still remember you trying to fight the fat and the pointy lol

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

If I remember correctly, if you kill Priscilla too quickly, you can get trapped inside the painted world

[@Gaming_imperfect]

You should look into the sinking city

[@Felunya]

Great to see that you also suffered through this classic now.

[@bararobberbaron859]

New videostyle reminding me of J1mmy, which is a good thing. Also props for grinding out Dark Souls!

[@mrMatt1303x]

Jeez I regret missing out on watching this live. I’ve been watching RE7 live and it was a very enjoyable experience!

[@CalabusDabus]

10:06 These thing Saruman.

[@AlexAwake2099]

this is a warning good luck if you do dark souls 3. it’s pain

[@vriek1]

Praise the sun for jolly co-op \[Y]/

[@tenzoo7418]

whoever told you to use the drake sword wanted you to struggle at this

[@CptNoms]

This Boss has a rather big flaw we can abuse. *proceeds to stab Gwyn in the nuts* Hmm yes a big flaw indeed

[@DarkSpirit4444]

ahh, aint nothing like seeing someone rage about O/S

[@GinjaLeviathan]

Elden ring stakes of marika if you haven't played it are a lifesaver

[@jurekis9177]

Ow... Ow God... I platinum all 3 games and even before watching I know, it's gonna be a bumpy ride

[@smotocel1119]

not sure if on PS the achievements are different but on steam they are kinda easy tbh, most of em are just play the game and discover like get to know all covenants, get a weapon from every class/ every way to upgrade like raw/divine/chaos to max lvl

[@skinnybepis9579]

this and ds3 seem so intimidating to 100% with all the missable questlines and having to do so many ng plus runs

[@tyranictester]

Aw hell nah, u were using the drake sword for quelaag She is about where the sword lack of scaling completely falls flat, no wonder u suffered trough it, im so sorry man

[@delphy2478]

Pricilla is the one boss that i always feel very sorry for

[@MrWik0078]

As you should 💜

[@NeoLotex]

Sif: *sad puppy noises*

[@delphy2478]

@@NeoLotex sif essentially chooses to fight you, while Pricilla would rather be your friend and only fights you because you struck her first

[@legionbeast]

I'm surprised you didn't insult Quelaag by calling her Queeg 500.

[@Facepalm105]

I’m so hyped to see bloodborne. All time favorite game!

[@mastafavin]

Hey Jazzy, i can recommend Remnant : From The Ashes, if you want some souls-like gameplay with guns.

[@Dylpicklethe1]

Praise the sun!

[@Lickicker]

fat rolling during O&S is tough

[@user-bc9nq1kz6j]

Dave, the diver and dredge did a crossover and now it’s out

[@jetstreamsam3977]

Well well He finally got gud

[@dogesquad4077]

Please show a list of all the weapons needed for the knights honour achievement it would be very nice

[@tr4shc4t]

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F7iXpAsOuJOmmt4veTtpK-DkxG2tm_Em4bJcYzYBEN0/edit#gid=0

[@Vile_Oreo]

Did no one tell this man about equip load and how absurd endurance is in this game?

[@lovitt9266]

FINALLY

[@noahhobson4521]

Yeah, watching this reminds me why I've only played this game for about an hour and never again touched it or any other Soulsborne game.

[@Kineboyk]

Finally!!!

[@Artemi-gl3me]

I WAS HERE!

[@shadowmaker8402]

Oh this grind for me was hell i got so mad i had to wring warp and turns out i was suing soul arrow a weaker versuon if spear which i didn't know

[@A.S.itshouldbe]

making it while fat rolling half the game is crazy

[@smilehatred4207]

Sonofjazzy I’m going to 100% dark souls remastered and stream it until beat my first play through or maybe the till I get 100%

[@relaluu9966]

I really like the new intro style! If you just stood a little further away from the camera it would be a bit better imo. Enough nitpicking, amazing work

[@Andiandru]

Just jump on Queelag's back and deal massive damage to her human top

[@LilithMOTHerofdemons]

I'd love to see u go for darkest dungeon at some point

[@cybermega]

30:26 Not sure the purpose but time to let KZbin decide when to show me your runs! lets go!