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Demon's Souls Starter Guide
Topic Started: Saturday Dec 19 2009, 07:46 PM (1,815 Views)
Lonely Wolf
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1- Dont worry when you loose souls, when you start you will want to cry when use loose 5k or even 2k. There is always more souls eventually you will be loosing 20k+ and not even care. Dont get frustrated just relax. (if anyone gets desperate i'll help you get some souls)

2- get the cling ring and thief's ring from 1-1 (level arch stones go up clockwise, stages are divided by arch stones (bosses), 1-2 is the second archstone in world 1.) These rings are arguably the most important gear in the game.

Cling ring give you 75%ish health rather than 50%ish you normally get in soul form ( i say is as it also depends on soul/world tendency) being that your not a pimp like me yet you'll be in soul form a lot.

Thiefs ring makes it harder for enemies to detect you this stops you from being mobbed by large groups it makes a huge difference in some boss battles too (this is extra important fro archers), it will help with the first blue knight in 1-2 that im sure is giving you guys grief.

The thiefs ring is located at the gold knights spawn in 1-1. to reach it go through the small archway next to the first blue knight (up on the battlements that over look the 1-1 archstone). go down the stairs look over the small wall and you will see it. To reach it you need to run back up the stair (halfish way) and jump on that small wall.

3- Get a good shield. you need one with 100% Damage Cut for physical damage, Purple flame shield is one of the best but it needs 22 strength, its in 1-1 but you need to out maneuver the red dragon (it's pretty easy). The easiest thing is to buy the Heater Shield from the nexus.

Just to clarify 100% Damage Cut means you take no damage when you block. That good. :D

4- If you going melee strongly consider a spear or rapier. Winged spear is best. A stabbing weapon lets you attack and block at the same time, very helpful for new players.

5- Get a bow all classes need a bow even mages. Bows are good for some bosses, good at luring enemies out, and killling enemy to tough for you. But they are mainly great for killing...

6- Cristal Geckos are very important they drop ores. They only respawn if they die or escape if you kill a boss in that world (its a bit more complicated) as soon as they notice you they will run, so wear your thief's ring. ;)

7- Upgrade ASAP get a weapon you like and start upgading the first two levels of hard stone can be bought so dont worry too much. A shitty +5 weapon is a lot better than a great un upgraded one (normally).
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I think I screwed myself by putting so much into the Bastard. Keeps telling me now that i don't have enough stats for the other weapons though. It would be easier tell what i need if I didn't have to keep translating all the damn symbols.
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yes, the symbols shit me too.
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It goes strength, dex, magic, faith.
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And they each mean what exactly? What your characters stats need to be to use??
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Depends on your character Dex is mainly dodge/finding weak armor spots/physical ability to block that type of thing think agility, strength for damage and block ability.

You can press square and show the stats differently so you can see what each stat will modify or increase etc.

I thought you said to upgrade your stats rather than weapons?

I upgraded my Dex, Vitality (for health) and Str on my hunter.

I upgraded my Str on the soldier by 1 so I can use the Knights shield which has 100% dmg reduction is this good? i assume thats what you mean by "damage cut"?
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Saturday Dec 19 2009, 11:28 PM
And they each mean what exactly? What your characters stats need to be to use??
Weapons have requirements eg Great Cub 20str. But there is also bonuses give for stats. They are rated S through D that boost dam. Eg Great Club has a A for Str Bonus so you damage. It will look like something like this.

Damage 100 +75 The + 75 the bonus for str.

If you dont have the requirement it will look like.

Damage 100 -75

Strength and Dex give bonuses to Physical Damage while Magic and faith give bonuses for magic damage.

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Depends on your character Dex is mainly dodge/finding weak armor spots/physical ability to block that type of thing think agility, strength for damage and block ability.


Not quite Jam. Other than helping meet weapon requirement and boost dam dex only helps you take less fall damage (this takes a while to kick in)

Mobility is based on you equip %. If you can equip 100 units of weight you can only role effectively if you have no more than 50 units of weight equipped. So if anything mobility is based on endurance.

Block ability is also dependent alone on endurance making it the most important stat for a melee charactor.

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I thought you said to upgrade your stats rather than weapons?


No i said dont bother buy weapons, upgrade asap. Better weapon > Higher stats.

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I upgraded my Str on the soldier by 1 so I can use the Knights shield which has 100% dmg reduction is this good? i assume thats what you mean by "damage cut"?


Yes that is what i mean.
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This game is still pretty confusing...where do you find all this information??
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STATS

Class: Hunter
Vitality: 12
Intel: 10
Endur: 13
Strength: 11
Dex: 12
Magic: 8
Faith: 8
Luck: 12

Soul Level: 6

HP: 431/431
MP: 65/65
Stamina: 97

Equip Burden: 14.6/ 42
Item Burden: 50.6/ 94
Ring: Soul form HP up
Bleed resist: UP


EQUIP

Shield: Heater shield 55-70-33-0.5 <----What does that shit mean?? and the symbols next to it?
R/H Weapon: Battle Axe 80-55-148-2.5
Armour: All basic Leather shit
Rings: Cling Ring + Ring of Gash Resistance (Where is the theif ring?)


All in all im getting hammered in 1-2, trying to do the dragon run, but keep getting belted by the poxy blue eyed knight fuck at the entrance to the castle with his 50 fucking archers around (Slight exaggeration)
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blitz im not sure where your getting those numbers from all you need to know is its 100% damcut vs physical and hit res (how much enducace it cast to block (higher the better)).

Battle axe is actually pretty good but id recommend a spear, i can lend you mine.

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All in all im getting hammered in 1-2, trying to do the dragon run, but keep getting belted by the poxy blue eyed knight fuck at the entrance to the castle with his 50 fucking archers around (Slight exaggeration)
Thats why you need the thiefs ring.
I'll put a guide on finding the thiefs ring soon.

It might help if i run through a level with you if you like once you kill you second boss it gets a lot easier.

Let me know what sork of char you want to build, fast/slow main attack.

I'll post back in a few hours.
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Got past him and ran into boss 2.....How the Hell are you supposed to beat him??

I dunno what character i wanna be at the moment. Melee is all ive tried so far, but whatever character is supposed to be the easiest.

I dunno where to get those figures from. The Damcut vs Hit res ect
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Hunter is quick n nimble but i found it tough to use bow most of the time, since enemies are on your face most of the time in fights.
I went soldier, but i found hunter good for melee since its nimble it can maneuver faster, and the axe shield/combo is quite good.

I can help too if you want for the boss fight just get wolf to invite us in or something.

we really need voice. its ok for wolf and I to chat on msn but it can get tough at times. voice would be ideal.
I suppose we can setup an XBL party and eveyone just join that and use the XB controller cable to keep the control from going idle.

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Thanks to Wolfster helping me get some decent gear, I should be able to go out onto my own.
I have a better understanding of the game now, how it works, what to upgrade.

Hopefully I'll have some more patience to play and conquer the bosses.

I still loved it when some tosshat decided to invade our coop game session. He has to kill Wolf since he was alive (or me? as a soul) to get his life back. He came, he saw, WE kicked his ass, sent him back to mommy in soul form.


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No worries bro, dont forget i have to give you your stuff back before to get too high.
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Ive hit a wall.....on the plus side, i have got myself a spear and shield combo, since i upgraded my strength, and upgraded them a couple of times. Bit easier to kill things now and getting into more of a rhythm. Got the thief ring aswel thanks to Jammer/Wolf, so hopefully help me with Boss 2....We'll See
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Alas, ive yet to even create a char....
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Ive hit a wall.....on the plus side, i have got myself a spear and shield combo, since i upgraded my strength, and upgraded them a couple of times. Bit easier to kill things now and getting into more of a rhythm. Got the thief ring aswel thanks to Jammer/Wolf, so hopefully help me with Boss 2....We'll See
it wont help you with the boss but it will help you in general.

I thing to keep in mind is just coz you can make it to a boss it doesnt mean you ready to beat it yet.

Dont be afraid to try other level even if its just to find more gear, the 2-1 boss is a lot easier than the 1-2 boss in fact the easiest boss for me was the 5-2 boss.

What sort of spear are you using? Have you upgraded it yet? are you using a bow yet?
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Oh yeah forgot you had my helmet still.
Should be OK though.

I still want to play Coop still so we can continue if you want to, Im still alive so I can summon you and blitz into my game to do the boss or something.



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i havnt got the thief ring, where ya get it?
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i havnt got the thief ring, where ya get it?
I've updated my first post with the location brandon.

Its funny the firstime through i found the thief ring but missed the cling ring.


Jam i'd love some help clearing 2-2 and i will need some one with magic for 2-3 in my game. So buy soul arrow if you can.

We should do some ore trading soon too, im in the middle of building a spear for necris.
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