"Beginner's Guide" to Dark Souls

[@ymfah]

Made to be as spoiler-free as possible, this guide will only progress to the first boss, making it a perfect jumping-off point for any build. Discussion thread : www.reddit.com/r/ymfah/comments/ph3ph3/thread_beginners_guide_to_dark_souls/?

[@nakedman8026]

hello there

[@saucemann7556]

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[@melonstudiospl1170]

Hello mr ymfah

[@rawadosa90210]

Hello ymfah, big fan!

[@ammarsalim1185]

Thank you for helping out the casuals, hopefully they'll get good someday.

[@GalaticCyrus]

"intead of killing them, talk to the gargoyles" this game was undertale all along and we never realized

[@r.j.tammaro8383]

That was just Aldia dialogue right? That didn’t actually get him the Blighttown key

[@vaporwave8395]

That has to be a mod, there's no way

[@gurkengelee6651]

@@vaporwave8395 Yes. I mean ... what.

[@gurkengelee6651]

Oh I see. It was just bait and he clipped himself into Sens Fortress. Sneaky Ymfah :D

[@ymfah]

Maybe the true dark souls is the bosses we befriended along the way.

[@arthurdurham]

*Miyazaki watching this:* "Finally, after all these years, someone is playing the game correctly"

[@eyegonofcarim]

yeah that one is the intended way

[@negative6442]

I'm pretty sure ymfah is the only person who plays Souls correctly

[@leonardofaccin9482]

@@eyegonofcarim zaxz

[@lemonquartz464]

Its miyazaki

[@RAEconLumbagoTeSodomiza]

@@lemonquartz464 mizayaki

[@AzathothLives]

Andre blacksmithing at lightspeed and saying: "Get yourself killed." made me lose it.

[@GobaGNon]

10:42

[@karanjoshi2662]

With some metal music 😂

[@painkiller9860]

Bestjoke

[@tomd1826]

Me too, I've no idea why

[@happi309]

Does someone know what mod this is?

[@ArkayeCh]

"So you're going to make a normal walkthrough for us, right?" "..." "Right?" *trumpets begin*

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

This came to mind when I read trumpets xd kzbin.info/www/bejne/pICnlWBup9t9gLc

[@MadAlienArt]

"Do not pick the master key, that will break the difficult curve, but here, let me teach you how to make infinite souls" Marvelous.

[@elsnocc6572]

"ok so we're about to beat the first boss of the game"

[@ArtificerProductions]

It’s funny that the master key only opens a few locks

[@kodaxmax]

@@ArtificerProductions they are pretty important ones, that also let you skip entire areas an bosses.

[@Awkward_Runner]

I remember my first play through, I play picked firebombs 😂 I had no clue how to play and I truly enjoyed being terrible at a game for once I learned how to play after like 30 hours and beat the game around 60 hours 😂

[@kodaxmax]

@@Awkward_Runner i hated the game first time around, uninstalled it even. came back or so months later and now have hundreds of hours in each of the games

[@grit1]

Article calls you a speedrunner when you take the most painfully slow ways to play the game possible for our enjoyment, hilarious

[@Eshtian]

TBF Hollow Knight absolute radiance low percent exists so he could definitely get away with calling his videos speedruns

[@thekaz5225]

Speed run? More like Meme run amiright

[@arhamsaa]

It's still the fastest run if you are the only one who did it. BIG BRAIN

[@TitoMcFadden]

@@arhamsaa True. He didn't just do a DS2 No Talking run, he got the DS2 No Talking Any% speedrun record at the same time. I'm pretty confident about this statement because nobody in their right mind would ever even think to attempt this. Ymfah is clearly a disturbed individual.

[@diegocampos4140]

@@thekaz5225 pp

[@LimitBreakers]

3:04 Ah! Nothing quite like a ymfah video to help relax from the stress of daily ᵒʰ ᵍᵒᵈ...

[@ymfah]

ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᶦˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᶦʳᵃᶜˡᵉ ᵇᵘᶦˡᵈ ᵒˡᵈ ᵐᵃⁿˀ

[@amittoibis]

Bring us the build !!!

[@thien0300]

*W H E R E I S I T*

[@maxchrysler7925]

Can we please get the miracle build before elden ring?

[@soedragons3582]

The true miracle build is the friends we made along the way, ain't that right old man?

[@sonairys929]

"Don't rest at the bonfire in duke's archives, because you will get softlocked and unable to softlock yourself in DLC."

[@circulationfuze3986]

First comment in 1861 likes

[@josemoreno-bo5iu]

Why dont rest there what happens to the dlc ?

[@sonairys929]

@@josemoreno-bo5iu To get there he had to glitch through the golden fog wall, and I doubt there's a way to get out of here.

[@sdsdfdu4437]

"I would not recommend the master key for beginners as it can break the intended progression. Anyway here's how to get to Duke's Archives before ringing the bells."

[@nikitaivachtchenko6375]

The funny thing is that after all the ways he's broken the game, this is probably ymfah's version of a "normal run".

[@maxb9741]

i feel like with soulsborne titles the better you are the more ridiculous your future playthroughs will look to newer players

[@DeltafangEX]

@@maxb9741 Sometimes it's necessary due to wanting to make certain builds faster/without locking out invasions. If you told me I'd be doing some really wacky ass shit for the sake of getting weapons/items earlier in Soulsborne games, I would never have believed you lol.

[@moonlightostrich3690]

@@DenseMass that's weak shit. at that point just mod your save

[@bllover1684]

@@DenseMass friends? what is that?

[@seedmole]

Proof that dark souls is a metroidvania after all

[@louisgreubel742]

Andre saying "Get yourself killed" will never not be funny. I love you, Ymfah. My favorite speedrunner

[@xbirds9187]

He's not a speedrunner, he's a brown black-maned pony

[@jarrarwinks8470]

He’s not a brown black-maned pony, he’s a pinwheel erection song.

[@NotOnLand]

"Don't take the Master Key, take the next best option" *takes the Pendant*

[@Flinty-Oven]

Is it that bad cuz i picked it- •~•

[@kenshin2820]

@@Flinty-Oven yes, it basically doesnt do anything

[@cruncyart]

@@kenshin2820 "basically" lol, it straight up just does nothing

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

@@cruncyart the pendant comforts me in my travels

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@cruncyart The Pendant can be dropped to become a Drift Item (if not picked up), which will then eventually become a Good Vagrant (if not killed), which will eventually become a Black Phantom Good Vagrant, which has a chance of dropping a Divine Blessing when killed... for someone else, never you.

[@Berd]

the constant little hidden jokes in these videos keeps me engaged but i could never have expected the fucking blues clues yoshis island cover im broken.

[@corriganhammond4641]

Hey Berd

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodla2091]

Berd

[@stormiestcampfire]

07:13 for future folk

[@stormiestcampfire]

and the link to the song itself is kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2LaimproMxqoLM

[@pedrothemagicalbanana9720]

Berd souls?

[@vash600]

Ah finally an actual 100% normal guide from you, perfect for a begginer to experience the game as intended.

[@norical64]

Vash

[@antotocalabro96]

Vash

[@selenomancies7552]

Vash

[@lordfangar5671]

Vaush

[@marekvallee7142]

Vash

[@Kira-rn9fl]

So, from killing the first boss in this guide, I’m pretty sure that from that point, you can continue the dlc to beat Artorias and get the Purple Coward’s Crystal. And then from there you should be able to use the PCC to wrongwarp to kiln of the first flame and then beat the game in 3 bosses.

[@eldonhill4840]

Only if your last rested bonfire is the lordvessel outside Kiln, right?

[@titonumet]

You can skip Artorias by doing meme roll to the abyss and going all the way back to the other fog wall in Artorias arena.

[@WandererTheLost]

It is nice to finally see a basic guide to Dark Souls. I also appreciate that you didn't just get the Master Key as it can make the game really out of order. I just wish you had added in a couple of tricks. I know it is supposed to be a basic guide, but still it just seemed like you were following a walkthrough. It was at least helpful to new players that you explained everything.

[@ymfah]

Wanted to keep it as spoiler-free as possible.

[@actualtruck]

@@ymfah can you be my baby’s godfather

[@madelynn7585]

@@ymfah can you be my baby’s daddy

[@nekorisakirisame1323]

@@ymfah can you be my daddy

[@WandererTheLost]

@@ymfah That is fair. It just seems so bare bones, but I understand.

[@mark-.-]

seeing an actual asylum skip finally being found and not having to just kill asylum demon and quit out is so satisfying

[@TJ20232]

What are you talking about?? He's just killing the first boss...

[@fatufatu]

How did he do it?

[@TJ20232]

@@fatufatu by completing the asylum. The video is padded out with ads.

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

I knew something was up when the preview was out (because the last one he made went so well), but seeing it in action is still crazy

[@fatufatu]

@@TJ20232 ads?

[@Cannibal-Wings]

Finally I can play Dark Souls the way the devs intended. Thank you ymfah for another great guide.

[@honeycrisp808]

I've beaten this damn game so many times and I *STILL* fell for the "talking to the gargoyles" bit.

[@MintyLime703]

I wanted to fall for it but I knew there was no way

[@TwilightFlower9]

Only thing that tipped me off was the subtitles being wrong.

[@ausrick7]

Ngl this made me start googling like crazy. Boy I wish it was true. Reminds me of how you can talk to the scorpion in 2.

[@PSpiel8861]

Oh, ok so I'm a dumbass. Nice. Literally thought they had dialogue and was utterly confused

[@akdov7253]

Bro I started to google about it as well, something was off but I wanted to believe for once...

[@ArchonKain]

"The master key will break progression" Fucking immediately breaks progression on the first boss.

[@vornamenachname249]

thats the joke sherlock

[@ramrodbldm9876]

You're not that brainy are ya

[@cjn2403]

Oh the irony of these replies lmao.

[@Bass_Mage]

What do you mean? He beat the first boss just like he said he would ;)

[@TKVirusman]

I genuinely thought this was going to be 100% meme and not a real guide but frankly even as a vet like of probably like 10000+ hours I still watched the whole thing!

[@coleozaeta6344]

10,000 hours and you would’ve known better for some of these things that aren’t actually in the game.

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

@@coleozaeta6344 some of these memes are based on the fact that the boss is deactivated lol 😂 like key to sens fortress lol 😂

[@pierrebaron6295]

Absolute nonsense run that accumulates every single possible glitch to skip 90 % of the game, only to end up in a soft lock. Perfection Edit : I missed the last 10 seconds

[@redmoon383]

@UCwQRqt6cGfGOpy5pnX_Uvmw since he can not warp as he should be allowed to at this point, he is now stuck in the dlc area forever now. Aside from the final moments that apparently clear it up, but I'm not certain

[@flagro770]

He's not softlocked, he can use the coward crystal to wrongwarp using another save to set the checkpoint.

[@TastyCarcass]

beginners guide to getting trapped in the past

[@gestaltengine6369]

Since he's in past he only has to wait to get back into the base game. He just has to be careful and not encounter himself accidently.

[@nunull6427]

@@flagro770 y from

[@innenkosnarukami2450]

Between the unshakably straight narration, steady stream of both normal memes and DS injokes, and your usual eye for quality editing, I think this might actually be one of the best videos on your channel.

[@chaosryans]

The skips are rediculously impressive. I am proud of myself when i do the ds3 tree jump, and the ds1 sens skip

[@eldonhill4840]

Lower burg is another pretty easy and fun one to learn. There are actually, like, at least 3 lower burg skips lol

[@12aj100.]

Ds1 sens gate skip, I wish you could skip the fortress but ya can't

[@セキウン]

I do the anor londo spiral staircase skip and feel proud of myself.

[@sharkattack153]

The music choice really represents Dark Soul's true nature as a social simulator and daily life based rpg.

[@alexepic3255]

Date simulator

[@IghorWho]

Marie best girl

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

@@IghorWho Marie and Rise. Rise was my first girl Marie was my 2nd. Worst girl by far is yukiko

[@newironside]

@@yurtthesilentgod1225 Objectively wrong in every way. You picked the worst two girls in the entirety of the Persona franchise as your waifus while shitting on the best girl in the entire franchise. Even Teddy is better than Maria and Rise. You'd be more worthy of respect if you picked Eikichi as best girl but as it stands you're on the same level as people who think Morgana > Teddy. For shame. Go play a real sheem magoomi tenkia game until you can appreciate trad Japanese waifus.

[@Ersatz229]

@@yurtthesilentgod1225 best girl is simply Chie.

[@thomasberriman6276]

"And you can test out the weapon on passive enemies near by!" *kills Oscar*

[@SRVietnam4475]

Why, Oscar best waifu

[@Jack_Donovan]

@@SRVietnam4475 bro literally just gives you juice, dies, and later comes back as a hollow empty corpse

[@asgth6147]

To be fair he was passive and becomes an enemy later.

[@PunkZombie1300]

@@SRVietnam4475 I'll kill him when it sets the tone for my character. Currently playing through as a Blackguard, so I killed him right away. Another time I was playing through as a Way of White Cleric so I just talked to him.

[@CEFG100]

It’s understandable why he’d kill Oscar. He’s kind of a… Grouch?

[@carlosrojas323]

This is the most comprehensive guide I have ever seen, I have 20 year playing this game and have never seen a better guide man you truly are the saviour of the new dark souls beginners

[@bobby_c07]

Dang your copy came early as fuck

[@DimIsHigh]

“This is why the plunging attack is the most reliable move in the game” IM DYING AT THE DUNKEY QUOTE

[@anagoth9]

Thank you Dark Souls

[@KenjiAsakura09]

*PLUNGING ATTACK*

[@syro2412]

IT'S TIME TO DIE DRAGON!!

[@memereaper2764]

If you listen closely, you can hear Dunkey's voice there

[@depyjelly]

calm down

[@cairesbruno]

"roll in mid-air to cancel your fall damage, just like in real life" LMAOO

[@gestaltengine6369]

Do a flip, f(censored by Google)

[@Manly-Tears]

And thus the planking meme was born...

[@ViNncentSmith]

it was never the journey about rekindling the first flame but the social links we made along the way beautiful persona themes choice

[@TheVitaminDee]

"Considered to be the best class in the game" > Picks Cleric ymfah really knows how to fuck with Dark Souls fans lmao

[@jonzinizin5498]

I actually thought this was going to be a normal guide until this point

[@cacomeat7385]

i mean the mace is a fucking titan of a weapon for most of the game

[@aj991]

I recommend u not picking master key, damn, I died.

[@lordofthecookie8555]

@@cacomeat7385 Exactly, and Cleric has it right from the start. Just get some decent armor and you are good to go.

[@kodaxmax]

honestly for a first time player it probably is the best. decent stats great gear and more heals.

[@DrFoggyPants]

Me: Huh, an actual beginners guide for DS from Ymfah, that doesnt include a lot of skips and strange strategies. Neat 2 minutes later: _True asylum skip_ Me: There it is

[@wristcontr0l]

True Asylum skip is where you quit out and start Dark Souls II.

[@Maseiken]

"If you take the Master Key you might get stuck in a high-level area!" *proceeds directly to Vault of Giants*

[@DarthVella]

At this point we really should expect it. But it's such a pleasant surprise every time!

[@Carnax6969]

Damn, I was trippin' at the Gargoyles and O&S havng dialogue, had to Google it in case it was a part of the game that the devs may have planned initialy but didn't go anywhere with it. Jus shows how amazing your vids are.

[@ColonelKebabShop]

It’s actually some of Aldias voice lines from dark souls 2

[@Rvsta0]

I still don't get if it's real or not.

[@alfalldoot6715]

@@Rvsta0 Looks like somebody hasn't played Dark Souls 2

[@PogShootMan]

11:26 I'll be honest, he had me fooled. I actually looked up how to talk to the gargoyles to check if it was real or not it was that convincing.

[@elcawyo9629]

lol thought it was just me who was this dumb

[@JustTryinaDuck]

I mean it would be good I mean I would believe it because of game journalists

[@CompletelyNewguy]

I seriously thought the same thing. Like, "Did they seriously program dialog for the Gargoyles!?"

[@poo2uhaha]

@@CompletelyNewguy I knew it was fake since its the dialogue you get from Aldia in DS2 sotfs

[@fyrentenimar]

@@poo2uhaha Yeah, but how many people would recognise that? I sure didn't.

[@TheASMRReviewShow]

Dunkey wasn't lying; the plunging attack really IS da most reliable move in da game

[@samr9457]

"The Plunging attack is the most reliable move in the game"

[@king_hawkz3888]

The editing and music choices in these videos... absolutely incredible

[@weirdalfan08]

Every song Every reference Every "strategy" You genuinely make some of the higest effort, funniest and most interesting videos i've seen in the 13 years ive used youtube. You showcase things i didn't know existed in a game i've beat 20 times and find some random things that happen to be my favourite videos like the taco guy screaming and just throw it in as a sound clip. Honestly thankyou for making these videos, creating fresh dark souls content this long after release is a herculean task but you manage it every single time.

[@wealthybone2990]

Exactly Ymfah is an amazing individual being able to produce content that we'll enjoy and to see things we'd never expect to be able to be even possible. also the content he posts could he helpful to us for example this video, showing off glitches and techniques that prove to be helpful but we should really appreciate this man for the effort he does for us.

[@ElPupoWaton]

I think Ymfah is the only channel that does +20 min videos and I still watch them all and I rewatch them again because I'm bored, I wanna try to to find something I didn't catch or just as music background. Thanks for these videos dude

[@Kazuhiro-i]

I love this guy

[@pegasusbks6]

taco guy where

[@OsyrisCorleone]

The Persona music does it for me

[@Matt16006]

Of course, the most powerful maneuver in all of Dark Souls: *E X T E N D E D F A L L - C O N T R O L L E D M E M E R O L L*

[@zeKotako]

this is another name for this guide: "how to softlock yourself into the DLC"

[@Kira-rn9fl]

I’m pretty sure its not actually a soft lock, considering the whole thing is a glitch showcase. From Sanctuary, I’m pretty sure you should be able to continue on to kill Artorias, get purple coward’s crystal, and then wrongwarp to the kiln.

[@lukemarks9193]

How is it softlock? Why do those covenants that he shows at the end matter?

[@hoodiegal]

@@Kira-rn9fl the purple crystal wrong warp only works if the last bonfire you sat at is not in the dlc. You'll only get teleported to the kiln if the last bonfire you sat at before doing the wrong warp was the lord vessel. (see the wrong warp page on the speed souls wiki)

[@envy842]

I love how ymfah talks. Even though he's just speaking normally, it sound naturally sarcastic. Wish he would do more commentaries.

[@Relhio]

The text is always stellar as well.

[@Mr-ON]

I very much prefer the text. It gives his videos a unique identity. The text works alot better with the music where as in this format the comentary snd the misic sorta distract from each other.

[@M0D776]

His voice had that inherent sarcasm, but the text takes everything and somehow boosts it by 1000

[@toksykus770]

Besides, text works best for non native speakers.

[@Max-rr6jl]

@@Mr-ON His voice is great, but text its just perfect

[@Gonroamin]

The moment when you realize the skips and exploits are getting so elaborate, it's legit hard to tell where the memes begin and end in places. :D

[@chrisv64]

It's all meme's

[@ZacklFair]

@@chrisv64 Sens Fortress Skip is an actual thing.

[@THExRISER]

Talking to the Gargoyles got me confused for a sec. Cuz I know Queelag was supposed to be an NPC and has hidden voice lines in the files, but I couldn't find anything about the Gargoyles.

[@qwormuli77]

@@THExRISER Those lines are from DS2:SotFS

[@THExRISER]

@@qwormuli77 That explains it, didn't finish that one yet.

[@loukes7758]

At first I thought this would be a video where ymfah legitimately tries to make a beginner guide but keeps “accidentally” doing high level tech as a joke, but the whole video is just high level shit. I love it.

[@infernox1099]

as someone who hasn't played a soulslike before, this seems like a perfectly legit guide to me

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

psa: for anyone who actually hasn’t played a soulslike game and is about to use this as a guide unironically, please find literally any other guide

[@baseballjustin5]

Just go at your own pace, if you get frustrated put the controller down and go grab a drunk from the other room, and then come back with a clear head, it's a tough game, but you'll get better and I've heard it's a rewarding finish This is after watching Outside Extra's Ellen play it for the first time and crush the game

[@kiloklavdi1185]

Never kill any random NPC

[@bluebeard8681]

@@baseballjustin5 My experience was: I die > i return but now i remember how enemies attack > i die but now i'm further then i was.

[@moeab834]

as someone who has actually played souls games before, this seems like a perfectly legit guide to me

[@Shadest]

I kinda want this to be a series. "How to beat Dark Souls normally with no extra challenge added."

[@boid9761]

Or "How to beat Dark Souls with only Speedrunner exploits. As a Beginner"

[@cruzcola4515]

There is a good series guide on Dark souls called the "dumb sh*ts guide to Dark Souls"

[@davidsosa507]

@@cruzcola4515 and it's dead :'( so we need another one

[@cruzcola4515]

@@davidsosa507 R.I.P the dumb sh*ts guide😔

[@davidsosa507]

@@cruzcola4515 F in the chat my brother

[@Leg3nd-27]

“Meme Roll” is one of the best names for a trick I’ve ever heard.

[@lewisosborne5942]

9:13 seconds, thats how long it took me to understand that this isnt a guide for new players and i have been so desensitised to broken skips from your videos and speedruns that i just assumed that it was all legit up until that point

[@Liur.]

How could you not tell at 0:58 when he suggests picking cleric and *NOT* the master key. 😂

[@cattata01-_-38]

It took me until he started to talk to the bosses

[@MicronOnline]

3:05 Quality music that defies expectations of what could fit a darks souls video, truly a ymfah video

[@01subject]

That article about the no talk run that shifts into talking about “missing out on everything besides skill based precision” is mind boggling. Imagine seeing an incredible feat of skill and knowledge in a game widely known for its difficulty, and going “Yeah that guys fine I guess but this is actually all about ME and how I want to play games.”

[@KainYusanagi]

That's literally what "games journalism" has turned into. It's not about the game, it's about the writer's experiences with the game (and rarely are they any good, either). That's why we keep asking for objective articles and get sneered at with strawmen "objectively written" examples to dismiss the criticism. I don't care how your low tier trash skills failed at the game, I want to know about the game with as little interference as possible, aside from some slight colour commentary, *to make my own decisions from the information provided*. This is why games journalism has become more and more of a joke over the past two decades.

[@bdarecords_]

@@KainYusanagi I disagree. Games journalism is mainly about money. If you get paid by a game producer, you tend to talk better about the game (cough cyberpunk cough). The stuff about "writer's experience" is right but your conclusion isn't. It's not about game journalism per se, it's about every "news"/article-based-website: It's about noise. When you had a small team writing a few "objective" articles years ago, you still have those very same articles but in between them you have 100 random clickbait articles to get more people on your website/generate more traffick and make more money with ads or subscriptions. It's the same with other topics too. Even science websites nowadays have a lot of bs articles. Because money.

[@ConstantEve]

The greatest feat of skill and masochism and all they can think about is how they don't want to play that way. I mean you couldn't anyway you actually have to be good and care about the game to do a run like ymfah anyhow

[@thegreatqtip4516]

What makes that even better is how they completely ignore how much game knowledge you need to be able to figure out a run like that. It's not just a matter of skill.

[@jonzinizin5498]

Did they edit that article? Couldn't find it

[@Liur.]

Smough with Horace's _"dialogue"_ killed me.

[@Gameplayery]

Are you kill?

[@lmao1495]

@@Gameplayery kill are you?

[@rohitchaoji]

Executioner tongue

[@jaked8508]

Thanks I was really struggling with the game and this helped a lot! I just couldn't get past the asylum demon because I didn't even realize that the sanctuary guardian was the first boss 🤦‍♂

[@MOPhead2022]

Love how sometimes, you can just tell what games Ymfah has been playing recently based on the edits he makes

[@LargeInCharge77]

Baby baby baby baby

[@olivierl.anklebab2624]

Dude, he used the original Dragon Ball Z recap music, fucking og. I don't know how but I recognize every songs he use.

[@nejrunia4334]

@@olivierl.anklebab2624 because you have great taste in media.

[@threemar3]

The persona stuff doesn't surprise me, but I was shoook when there was soe soul calibur 2 music

[@jackthatistheripper]

Persona 4 golden and Persona 3 I guess

[@realkingofantarctica]

I was going into this video thinking, "Wow, is ymfah really going to resist the urge to break the game? There's no way!" Never change, Slav Knight.

[@TheJanitorIsIn]

S l a v k n i g h t

[@KainYusanagi]

You and I both, man.

[@GrisBruh]

2:16 "plunging attack is the most reliable attack in the game" , I can hear dunkey in the background lol 😂👌

[@namenull7399]

I completed DS1 a few times without ever knowing the Capra Demon or gaping dragon existed. I just used the master key to get to blight town so I never went through the sewers

[@Kazuhiro-i]

XD

[@Jack_Donovan]

Can’t imagine the First play though just have it be hell and hella grinding

[@MrAndresS1994]

Same, I even thought that getting to ring the second bell was way easier since you just need to basically kill Quelaag and her fight wasn't particularly difficult, just took a long ass time (because of going at it underleveled). It wasn't until my cousin needed help with the Capra demon that I found out those bosses were part of a normal run.

[@vahlok2568]

Well you’re lucky man lmao

[@alfalldoot6715]

Wait so does that mean you did the entire game with a +5 weapon?

[@KhionePheonix]

Seeing you perform an extremely complicated skip to reach the valley of drakes, only for you to grab the key and then return to the locked gate to unlock the shortcut to the valley of drakes made me fucking lose it you are a blessing on this world

[@Llominous3495]

I just started my first playthrough of dark souls (blind playthrough btw), got my ass kicked by the tauras demon and after watching this video i realise that i missed about 80% stuff just in firelink and undead burg alone which are the only two places i've been to as of now

[@frostybone]

did u pass the taurus cus that bitch been kicking my ass for 4 hrs now

[@VincentAzure]

You'll have a lot of those moments as you progress through the game and through the franchise. FromSoft is notorious for hiding a lot of things from the players. And don't get me started on NPC questlines that you can miss entirely so much as you step on the wrong grain of sand. If you're the type of player that likes to listen to dialogue and loves to do sidequests, be wary of this. Most NPC questlines have cutoffs that make them impossible to be completed/started. Some fail when you reach a certain area, others fail when you defeat a certain boss; even some that wont get started if you fail to talk to an NPC that's in some obscure place.

[@Dinodawson42]

That comment made me feel really nostalgic, i remember getting my arse kicked by the Taurus Demon a lot on my first run, leaving the game for a while then coming back and finally beating the game, i have since beat the game a load of times so you should get the hang of it as well. I also missed a lot of stuff like the merchant and loot, have you had any luck since?

[@يوكي-ر7ظ]

So..... have you finished the game? (Idk why I'm asking)

[@Llominous3495]

@@يوكي-ر7ظ Yep, and the DLC as well

[@freshbroceries4601]

Its been so long since I've done a run without the master key watching someone play through the game with normal progression looks so weird.

[@GrimReaper415]

"normal progression" being the keyword here.

[@eyegonofcarim]

@@GrimReaper415 the master keyword

[@neo1410]

Just imagine someday people find a way to skip guardian, and Ymfah will fight Manus as first Boss.

[@jaysmall5586]

I was kind of hoping Artorias would be it. But I didn't know if there was a way to skip the Guardian.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

If I recall correctly, there's an Artorias skip but no room to finagle out of the Guardian fight. Who knows what the future holds, though.

[@graceempathy2325]

If they skip guardian they could access the wrong warp to the last boss, could they not?

[@zoromax10]

@@graceempathy2325 no, because you have to set you warp point on the last area, wich you can't access without the vessel

[@lionheart4424]

When you are so fed up with the "Easy mode" articles that you end up doing a guide to make DS more complicated than ever. Loved the Miyazakigelion ending lmao.

[@rollo890]

- Discovers a way to talk to bosses - Didn't use it to talk to Quelaag for a peaceful resolution

[@matthewdickinson608]

He didn't need to, he just left her alone so that she and kirk can do their thing

[@boldCactuslad]

owo

[@kaz7886]

There's already a badass mod for that.

[@dimarichmain]

@@kaz7886 a friend of mine asks for a link

[@kaz7886]

@@dimarichmain Dark Souls: Of Ash and Dust. That's the mod name, i never really played it, so i don't have the link.

[@shartrun]

next guide should be: How to go through Catacombs without being spooked

[@KEYBLADE4BUY2]

Impossible

[@RodaJuega]

"so first you go down the path near firelink shrine and see a skelet -AHHHHHH"

[@kaz7886]

Just put brightness X100, easy. And play some persona music.

[@shartrun]

@@kaz7886 instuctions unclear, i accidentally beat Persona 5

[@kaz7886]

@@shartrun Well, good job in any case, it's still an incredible feat, just remember.. best boy Ryuji.

[@VincentAzure]

5:56 feels like an analogue horror because of the lack of any background music lmao

[@bluecloud4652]

Was it because of some copyright issues?

[@ShopperKungVtuber]

i don't know man your guide is kinda easy..... **wipe sweat** what the fuck did ymfah just do?

[@yep-its-them]

>easy mode guide >here you need to do pixel perfect jumps

[@Bluecho4]

Go even further beyond.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@yep-its-them >chooses both >uses pixel perfect memerolls to skip SG and fight Artorias as his first boss >refuses to explain >leaves

[@sarvashaktimaan7106]

"This is a serious guide. We are gonna progress to the first boss." Checks video lenght. *Sounds about right*

[@Gatrehs]

I seriously thought he was going to do in-depth guides and like a long lore section after asylum demon...

[@malikar_8623]

this actually helped me a lot, I used around half of these in an attempted "break as much shit as possible" SL1 run

[@CheapShotFail]

Very helpful, makes me wonder what the devs were thinking making Artorias the second boss, quite hard fight to expect new players to be ready for.

[@qwerty_death9242]

maybe kalameet is the second boss

[@ulyssesdelamora3856]

@@qwerty_death9242 it actually turns out to be Manus, I played this setup before, needed an extra cast of soul arrow to win but didn't 😥

[@matthijskuijpers1378]

8:05 The ask lake music when you figuratively or literally walk up against a wall is absolutely genius and for me among the most entertaining parts.

[@ulyssesdelamora3856]

Best ost ever

[@d3vitron779]

17:30 too

[@themadsuika3909]

You can feel the internal scream of Ymfah every time that Ash lake music appears

[@tamriilin]

I'm really happy you started using your voice more. It gives your videos a much more standout feel. Good stuff!!!

[@malodos2295]

That "conversation" with the gargoyle was so convincing i literally thought it was real.

[@JP-mr1hn]

casul hasn't played the best videogame in the history of mankind

[@_alarmclock]

It’s in the game, just unused

[@slycooper2bandofthieves116]

It’s from ds2

[@migueldemoina]

Alarm clock it’s aldia from ds2

[@malodos2295]

@@JP-mr1hn I did, it was dark souls 1, dark souls 2 was kinda ass for me ngl.

[@liasprings6502]

I've never played Dark Souls in my entire life, and I literally cannot tell what's actually helpful for a newbie and what isn't at times. It took me until the end of the miracle build to see that picking the cleric class was a DS in-joke.

[@chaincat33]

spoiler: None of it and all of it, simultaneously

[@TheOriginalElkstone]

I think Cleric is the only one that starts with a mace, so it might be important for this

[@RifanAhmad]

do you mean do not choose Cleric?

[@basemass81]

@@chaincat33 schrodinger's walkthrough

[@WeaponizedGoochsweat]

Have you played dark souls yet? I'll be checking in

[@jotarokujo3603]

This is the most accurate guide in regards to both lore and gameplay that I have ever seen.

[@TheLastGame666]

"The plunging attack is the most reliable move in the game!" -VideoGameDunkey

[@dontatme1]

I never knew you could talk to the bosses instead of fighting them following these steps. This just goes to show how amazing the souls series is. There is always something more to discover!

[@tarikay93]

Sweet irony.

[@fastflack8194]

Bait?

[@TheMrSandMan11]

Which reddit/gaming journalism site does this post go to?

[@amberhernandez]

This is easily the greatest glitch discovery since the Mew glitch!

[@Ma1q444]

Wait can you actually or did he just edit it

[@sublimechimp]

Dude the transition with the TV in the cell and the voice fading out was just genius

[@firmale1292]

I was expecting a normal guide, but this is 100x better and more entertaining! Never laughed so hard in 1:59

[@teloenand]

A normal guide... from ymfah?

[@TheKeyblader133]

It's so nice to see a guide that actually helps explain the intended route to progress through Dark Souls. When I attempted it, I got lost and couldn't tell what the game wanted from me, but now that you've made this guide for starting the game, seeing how From Software really wanted everyone to proceed through the game is a life changer.

[@omarfelix5287]

Your music choices are top notch here

[@callmerenn5672]

Okay, all jokes aside can we all acknowledge that ymfah's music choice is always excellent 👌

[@ArkayeCh]

Hearing ymfah's voiceover is such a rare treat.

[@thet3clan]

I started playing a few days ago and decided to watch this as I'm slightly struggling. And now i have no idea whats going on.

[@dreamerofthorns]

I finally lost it when it hit me: he does indeed cover everything. Even your first boss. Especially if your first boss happens to be the game's final boss.

[@LyDek_Ruke]

I remember being able to play dark souls 2 and beat the first boss with your guide. Now I can do the same in dark souls 1, thank you very much

[@banjerpicker5273]

Love your stuff man. Keep on killing it. Funny and informative. Kudos my friend. 10/10 would recommend!

[@BonePapi]

"I'm going to shit yourself" What a dangerous foe

[@DjGameKing]

"I do not recommend picking the Master Key if you are new to this game" THANK THE GODS. A lot of people do recommend the Master Key and, while they aren't wrong that if you know what to do with it it is by far the best starting item in the game, that is a big freaking *if* attached to it that assumes you already know what you are doing. New players, unsurprisingly, do not and it can seriously harm their progression by going into areas they shouldn't have access yet and being overwhelmed by said areas. Edit: I might have posted this a bit early, but I kind of figured this wouldn't be a regular guide lmao. I still stand by what I said tho

[@Pyrotro]

Big brain though... You pick Thief and still get the Master Key anyways.

[@TerryVideoZone]

you also always have the option of just buying it from domhnall later on if you feel like you *really* need it

[@SteamPaladin]

@@TerryVideoZone well by the time you get him to go to firelink you've already opened every door it would unlock

[@TerryVideoZone]

@@SteamPaladin there's always NG+

[@Fedorchik1536]

Yes, let's not pick Master Key, but totally fuck up progression, difficulty and even physics anyway xD

[@thepengolem7850]

The first time I heard 6:00 I legitimately thought my headset was going bad, and had to rewind before I understood that it was just a genius edit.

[@happyguy01]

Bro I love this guy he makes a “tutorial” and proceeds to teach you pro level speed runner techniques amazing

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

Are these skips used in speedruns? I haven't even ever heard of half of them, and they seem so unreliable. Especially the Golem skip. Just seems like a fun way to utterly break the game and it's too far into the game to be worth the hassle of a restart at that point.

[@micahjones7837]

@@Eric_The_Cleric very few of them are used in the current meta

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

@@micahjones7837 I figured. Thanks for letting me know. :)

[@micahjones7837]

@@Eric_The_Cleric sure bro. The dupe glitch is used, and wrong warps are definitely used, but none of the ones showed in this video iirc. The midroll fall cancel quit out thing he does is used to skip down to blighttown as well. If you are interested, I think the current wr any% is shorter than this video and it's pretty fun to watch

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

@@micahjones7837 the reason some of these skips aren’t performed is because beating the bosses and going through certain areas saves time instead of having to do pixel perfect rng skips, not to mention they can’t close their game.

[@jesseshipley387]

I love how you can see the persona rabbit hole that ymfah has fallen into with his music and editing choices over the last few videos

[@giannmarcosmith221]

not gunna lie 3 years after the video im super amazed at how much effort he puts i his videos its actually incredible i cant imagine playing the game like he does

[@panduvandal]

What a legendary guide to killing the first boss, thank you ymfah for giving the best possible guide

[@poinkek]

I love how he realizes he softlocked himself at the end lmao

[@ScottCuthbert]

This video is hilarious! The editing is next level. Thanks ymfah

[@da_true_cluckmyster]

"The Speedrun-oh..." Gets me everytime!

[@DeadlyNightshadeZ]

Technically, he has the world speed record for a number of categories, the "No talk" DS2 category, the "no walk" Skyrim category, and others.

[@danikisikan9821]

Before this, I used to be a game journalist, but thanks to Ymfah's simple guides, I am now a backflipping giantdad chad str build who owns noobs and points down on dex users and miracle builds. Thank you for these easy to follow guides!

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

D-did you just point down on MIRACLE BUILDS!? IN THIS GAME ENVIRONMENT!!!!??? Dex builds I can understand but miracle builds? C'mon man. That's a step too far.

[@JamesStGermain]

Definitely one of your most entertaining videos. Loved all the Persona 4 themes, and the memes are top tier (as always) Also, legit had to google about the gargoyles thing, despite the fact that I've played this for freakin' years

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

For all those "game journalists" wanting Dark Souls to have an easy difficulty. Ymfah shut them up by making this simple guide.

[@Kazuhiro-i]

It's fun how the concept of "easy" is so bastardized. Easy doesn't have to mean "I don't have to use my brain to play" KEKW. I die like 5493 times and still can't parry shit in any of the games I have played and yet I have never concluded "This gsme is too hard" xd Like never

[@clipdump0910]

Lol

[@DennisN09]

Lol i see you everywhere

[@Kazuhiro-i]

@@DennisN09 Because Im you

[@duke4726]

@@Kazuhiro-i i am thou, thou art i

[@jmvt3]

He had us in the first two minutes not gonna lie.

[@sven-nc7ph]

That subtle dunkey 's voice about plunging attack is so smooth

[@iistonton]

I can't wait for this mans videos once Elden Ring is out. "How to break Elden ring", "Elden ring bow "only"", "OP Early Elde-" you get the idea. Keep it up ymfah

[@bobikoart]

"Reviewers guide to Elden ring"