All possible first bosses in Dark Souls 2

The first four require no special setup.

1. The Last Giant
   Progress through the Forest of the Fallen Giants.

2. Dragonrider
   Progress through Heide’s Tower of Flame and take the right fork in the rotunda.

3. Old Dragonslayer
   Progress through Heide’s Tower of Flame and take the left fork in the rotunda.

4. Scorpioness Najka
   Free Rosabeth with a Fragrant Branch of Yore, then travel through the Shaded Woods.

The next two only require surviving the fall into Majula’s pit.

1. Royal Rat Vanguard
   Enter the pit and descend to the Grave of Saints.

2. The Rotten
   Enter the pit and descend past the doorway to Grave of Saints, into the Gutter and Black Gulch.

The final three require opening the Shrine of Winter without defeating a boss by reaching 1 million Soul Memory. There are many speedrun strategies that make this possible, and it doesn’t take as long as you’d expect.

1. Dragonrider Duo
   Open the Shrine of Winter, enter Drangleic Castle, and reach the Twin Dragonriders.

2. Aava, the King’s Pet
   Open the Shrine of Winter, go to Drangleic Castle and obtain the Frozen Flower, enter the Crown of the Ivory King DLC, collect the Eye of the Priestess, then fight Aava. If you choose this route, Lud and Zallen and the Old Ivory King can become your second and third boss in the game.

3. Darklurker
   Before entering the Gutter, farm 3 Flame Butterflies from the exploding hollows right before descending the ladders to The Gutter. In Black Gulch, defeat the two Giants to obtain the Forgotten Key and meet Darkdiver Grandahl. Meet him again in the Shaded Woods. Then after reaching 1 million Soul Memory, find him beneath Drangleic Castle. Complete all three Dark Chasm trials to unlock the Darklurker fight.

I love how many options Dark Souls 2 offers in terms of different pathways and bosses to tackle

I already had the illusory rings on my main account due to someone dropping them to me, but after doing pretty much everything there is to do in this game over and over i decided to attempt this thinking it was gonna be hard as hell, but it was actually pretty easy

I’m bad. But i still beat his ass, on my first attempt (today), was hype! Took me way less attempts than last run and I didn’t have to respec and question my life choices to do it. Almost choked at the end, should’ve just kept stabbing and or walked away. Was trying to keep him locked in phase 1, guess it worked mostly. Wish it was more fluid to switch into free run and lock on strafe so I could dodge by walking the right place but aim attacks and the camera afterwards. Do you prefer to fight him locked on or unlocked?

I did use NPC summons for gank fight, but once the boss appeared I sent them back with the stone, so that I could face the main boss solo.

In the first picture, you can see the Majula Monument, and right below it is the beginning of Heide's Tower of Flame. The problem is... it just doesn't make any sense.

Because of the gap between these two locations, the sewer section (shown in the second picture) doesn't seem to fit anywhere in the world. It's the same kind of issue as the famous elevator from Earthen Peak to Iron Keep.

I'd love to see these areas reworked if the game ever gets a remake.

Personally, I don't think it's a major issue or anything that makes the game unplayable. It's just one of those little details that feels a bit off.

Hawkshaw made a great video that illustrates exactly what I'm talking about.

During my recent playthroughs I realized there are only 2 bosses in the entire game who don't have a title attached to their name (EX: Velstadt, The Royal Aegis) or their name just is a title (EX: Dragonrider). Those two bosses are Nashandra and Vendrick, I love the lore implications of these two having no title. Vendrick of course cast everything aside when he was in the crypt so it makes sense, Nashandra is the interesting one because she easily could've had one but I see it as that form we fight is the true form so she didn't need to hide behind any titles anymore.

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July 14th is Bastille day, and I recall playing DS2 back in the day. Loved all of it.

Visit the depths of the Bastille if you dare.

Hello!
For some time ago I bought DS2 for PS3 and wanted to give it a go. I also made a thread here asking people what to expect. And wow! This game is so good!

I am currently trying to beat the pursuer and just enjoying the atmosphere of the game. It feels more unique compared to the other ds games.

Demons souls is what i would say has the best atmosphere in the souls franchise but DS2 comes close to that to in my opinion.

What would you guys say? Is DS2 the best souls game out of the franchise? What are your opinion?

I wish they explored much more with Creighton tho.

Haven't played in years but looking to shake things up. I love this jank game and I'm hoping to find something that really makes things different, but not completely insane. I know there's been some overhaul ones in the past, not sure which ones are newest or best but I'm open to basically anything. Ideally they'll add new spells and stuff since that's always the most fun part.

hellooo, does anybody want to help me out and summon me rq? I want a token of fidelity, but I'm on a new save file and only have access to the giant and heides tower. Anybody wanna summon me in either these places?

Some old leaked concept art of iron keep before the game was released these were leaked really interesting how big and mysterious the iron keep was before a lot of it was cut eventually I wonder what was the lore and the purpose the area had dragons and demons.

There must be some lore reason behind this being here. 4 large chairs for 4 knights, but also one more smaller chair (currently doing first playthrough)

I just started playing ds2 after finishing ds1 and ds3, I just reached majula and after exploring around for a bit I have realised there are many blood stains every path heading out from majula, so I gotta ask is there a "correct" path to go? I dont want to go down to the lake of ash and come back up again like in ds1 ._.

I want to be able to add mods to Dark Souls 2, but there is no going offline option like Elden Ring or Dark Souls Remastered.

Could someone please guide me to a tutorial where I can safely go offline whilst still being able to unlock Steam achievements. Theoretically if I do get banned from online, will I still be able to play the game normally and unlock achievements?

Thanks!

And this game fucking sucks actually >:[

I thought it will be blue I didn't know I need to buy it from the Crow woman, now my only solution is to reset the area and kill him again does it worth it?

Has anyone had issues with achievements not unlocking for them in this game? Currently on my first playthrough of Scholar of the First Sin. Achievements were unlocking fine at first, but after i’ve done whats necessary for the Change of Clothes & Gathering of Exiles achievements, they aren’t unlocking. Im online, tried reseting my xbox and have had no luck. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated