13. Dark Souls New Londo RuinsUpdate notes

New Londo Ruins

You will find that the area is filled with Hollows, you don't need to worry about them as they will all ignore you, kill them if you like for a few extra souls. If you look to your right and go down a staircase you will find another blacksmith Rickert of Vinheim this is the guy you come to see if you need Magic or Enchantment imbued weapons crafted.

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Head back up the stairs and over to the other side of the area, head down the steps and if you exhausted all of the dialogue with the Crestfallen Warrior in Firelink Shrine he will be waiting here in his hollowed form and will attack, kill him quickly, he poses little threat then turn around and smash the jar with a body in it, pillage the corpse for two more Transient Curses, now would be a good time to use your first one. Head over both the wooden bridges to the ruins and you will be faced with Ghost enemies, unless you wield a cursed weapon, are under the effects of the Curse status or have used a Transient Curse you cannot deal any damage to these enemies (hence why we bought a couple beforehand). Kill the first group that attack you and then turn to face the way you came, to your left you should be able to see a corpse with an item on it, head in it's direction and you will see you must go through a doorway with a narrow bridge leading over the water to the broken room, you will be confronted by a few more ghosts as you make your way over, when you reach the corpse you can collect a new Fire Keeper's Soul. Head back to the main area and head up some stairs, kill another couple of ghosts and cross the bridge into the castle, inside you will be ambushed by about six or seven ghosts but so long as you focus on killing them one at a time you should be ok. Through one doorway will be a lever with an elevator beside it, ignore this for now and head to the other end and down some stairs, at the base head over to a corpse you can see and kill a ghost waiting inside the wall beside it then pillage it to pick up a Parrying Dagger. Head around to the other side and past the fog door, around the corner will be a female version of the ghosts though she isn't too different, she does have the ability to use lightning attacks, get in close and kill her quickly and she shouldn't cause you any trouble, when she is dead you can pick up two more Transient Curses from the body then head back and through the fog door.

On the other side of the door head up the steps and interact with the ladder, this will create a bit of a shortcut for you later. Head over to the corpse you can see to pick up a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier (you will be attacked by a few ghosts as you cross this walkway). On the other end head down the stairs and follow the path into a building, inside you will be attacked by a large group of ghosts as you move from room to room so always be on the lookout. Head straight through and around the outer halls to find a Soul of a Proud Knight then head into one of the central rooms where another female ghost is standing in front of a fireplace, when she and the other ghosts in the area are dealt with climb the ladder, at the top you can speak with Ingward, he will give you the Key to the Seal allowing you to reach the boss for this area, you should also purchase the Resist Curse spell for 5,000 souls to save making a trip for it later. Ingward also sells more Transient Curses should you need any (for a much cheaper price than the other).

Head back down into the building and back to where you entered to take some stairs down to the lower level, before taking the exit follow the passage all the way around to another opening where you can pick up the Cursebite Ring then head back around and outside. Follow the path to a fork and head down the stairs to the left to pick up a Green Titanite Shard then head up the stairs on the other side, at the top will be a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier, continue along the path ignoring the next stairs up and into a tower, turn left and go unlock a metal gate using the Key to the Seal, on the other side turn the wheel with the lever to open the floodgates revealing the lower section of New Londo.

Back inside the tower head up the stairs now up to the walkways at the top of the area, through a doorway and on your left will be a corpse with a Composite Bow and 16 large arrows, you can now head back down and take the elevator here to the lower level.

At the bottom when you walk out if you look to your right you should see some dragon-like enemies, avoid these for now as we have no need to fight them, instead head straight across into the ruins and up some steps to face your first Darkwraith. Continue along and into a broken down shack, inside you will find a Large Soul of a Proud Knight and just through the door next to it is another Darkwraith, kill it and head through the fog door.

On the other side kill the Darkwraith on your left then look over the other side to see a new enemy, the Mass of Souls these things will spawn Wisp enemies to come at you but other than that they are very slow and quite easy to take down, the only danger here is two Darkwraiths waiting inside the stable like structures on either side of it, if you can lure them out one at a time then focus on the Mass, when it's head walk behind it on the right and look to your left, loot the corpse for a Humanity then head into the doorway and up some steps, right in front of you will be a Soul of a Brave Warrior then turn back and follow the path all the way around and up some steps to a chest, inside is the Very Large Ember which allows you to upgrade regular weapons to their maximum level of +15.

Go back down to where you fought the Mass of Souls and turn right and walk out into a pool of water, turn left and kill another Darkwraith then collect the Large Soul of a Proud Knight from the corpse. To the left of the corpse you will see some stairs going up into a building, before heading up go to the left of the stairs to a corpse on the well and pick up six Cracked Red Eye Orbs, then head towards the stairs (use a Transient Curse now if you haven't used one for a bit) the corpse on the stairs holds a Large Soul of a Proud Knight, inside the building will be a couple of ghosts, two Darkwraiths and another Mass of Souls. Try to take them on one at a time if you can being wary of how many flasks you have as we are close to the boss now.

When everything is dead open a chest in the corner of the room for a Titanite Chunk and head outside, if you are in human form on your right will be a summon sign to call upon Beatrice to assist you in the boss fight (you must have used her against the Moonlight Butterfly for her sign to be here) then head through the fog door and follow the stairs all the way down until they come to a stop, before going any further now is a good time to check your equipment. First and most important you MUST equip the Covenant of Artorias Ring otherwise you will die before you even see the boss, next is to equip some strong Magic DEF items, Crimson and Antiquated items are good for this. When you are ready and you are sure you have the ring equipped, drop down off of the stairs and into the Abyss where you will face..

The Four Kings

The Four Kings are a unique boss battle as you will have to face multiple enemies, either one at a time or up to four at once depending on how fast you are. If you are a melee character then my method will serve you well, for strategies relating to sorcery or pyromancy you can find them by following the link above. As soon as the battle begins wield your weapon with two hands, once the first King shows itself sprint towards it, they will often use a magical attack while you are at a distance but with your high magic defence this shouldn't be too bad, get in as close as you can to the King and start swinging, the idea is to stay as close as possible, at this range it's hard for the sword attacks to make contact and if they do only the hilt will hit you dealing significantly less damage than the attacks would if hit by the blade, the only other attack it will use is a grab attack which you will be able to pre-empt as the King will draw a circle around itself before going for it, if you are quick you can dodge it but again with your high magic defence it shouldn't take of more than a third of your HP which is great in this case. The key here is to kill each individual King before the next one jumps in to join the fight, you can also quicken the battle further by attacking a King during its death animation as all of the Kings share a single health bar it will still do damage. If you were able to summon Beatrice the battle will be even easier as she can both tank and absorb a lot of the hits as well as deal devastating magic damage to the Kings dusting them off in no time.

Once the Four Kings have been defeated you will be rewarded with the Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard, 60,000 souls and four Humanity as well as unlocking

With the Four Kings dead another NPC will make himself known to you so long as you have not spoken to Frampt in Firelink since receiving the Lordvessel (though if you are following this walkthrough you shouldn't have) - Darkstalker Kaathe. Speak with Kaathe and he will explain his motives and goals, when he is done select 'Yes' and he will transport you to the Lordvessel Altar, when you arrive place the Lordvessel and then speak to Kaathe once more and he will tell you what you need to do next, acquire the other three Lord Souls by killing their owners, when he has finished speaking talk with him again to be taken back to the Abyss.

When you arrive back speak with Kaathe one more time and he will offer to teach you the art of Lifedrain, accept his offer and join his Covenant to unlock -

When you join you will also receive the Dark Hand, with everything done here, use the bonfire now to warp back to Firelink Shrine.

Your objective now is to make sure you have a weapon with the Divine attack type imbued to it as the next area will be much easier with one, it's also worth noting that a higher Faith stat will allow you to deal a lot more damage with a Divine weapon if you want to level that up as well though in my opinion it isn't worth it as it takes a lot of souls invested to see any real improvement. Finally the last thing it may be worth doing is heading back to the Depths area and killing Basilisk enemies until you get 7 Eyes of Death, these will be used with an upcoming Covenant which you must level up in before killing a boss making it impossible to do so until NG+

When you are ready to continue rest at the bonfire in Firelink and head into the temple area where you will see a large sleeping creature, this is Kingseeker Frampt, it's pointless to speak with him though, as we have joined Kaathe he will simply leave if you try, instead head around him on the left and through a doorway then turn right and down a hill into the graveyard.

Down the slope you will encounter two Skeletons, you must land the killing blow with a Divine weapon otherwise these enemies will continue to come back to life (and no you cannot farm souls from the same enemy over and over), when they are dead face the way you came and on the right you should see loot, go to it and kill two more skeletons and pick up a Large Soul of a Lost Undead.

Back where you killed the first two skeletons look just to your left where you can see another Large Soul of a Lost Undead then look left down a small path to another corpse in a cluttered group of tombstones, when you reach it two more skeletons will rise, one in front and one behind you, kill them and pick up the Caduceus Round Shield.

Back at the first skeleton fight, head up on your right side now and over to a much larger tombstone with a corpse in front where a Giant Skeleton will spawn, these guys are a little tougher but they are fairly slow, the main attack to watch for is a slamming motion when they hold their sword in both hands by the hilt and the blade, when it's dead collect the Winged Spear from the corpse. From here continue to another large tombstone just ahead where you will find another Giant Skeleton and three or four smaller ones, take your time and kill them all (I find it best to kill the faster ones first then focus on the big fellow). When they are dead, collect the Zweihander weapon from the corpse resting on the large tombstone, look further down the hill, not too far away is another corpse, jog down (no more skeletons) and pick up the Binoculars from the corpse.

Head back up towards the start of the graveyard and now look for a staircase leading down on the face of the cliff, follow it down to reach the next area.

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