Written by: KinetikCx, if you want to make a correction or change you can message me at "eila__" on discord.
Character Creation
Class: Assassin
Starting Gift: Black Firebomb
Cemetery of Ash
* Spam start button/escape as soon as the loading screen ends to skip two cutscenes
* Skip ashen estus flask
Iudex Gundyr:
* 5 R1's when he's immobile
* Wait for your stamina to recharge to 1/4 the bar
* 2 R1's
* Strafe around his attacks
* 3 R1's
* Strafe again
* 3 R1's
* Switch two two-handing the rapier
* Hit him with two charged R2s
* Throw 3 firebombs consecutively as you back away towards the doors to kill him
* After killing him turn around immediately and run to the doors
* Quitout
Firelink
* buy dagger, shortsword, 4 homeward bone
* at bonfire equip assassin hood, shortsword, dagger, homeward bone
High Wall of Lothric
* use dagger for fall damage cancel off roof
* kill vordt using 15 r1's to stagger him out of phase 2 transition charges and kill him with R1s ASAP, run towards door and quit out when you hear the boom.
* raise banner
Undead Settlement
* Go to the right across the wood bridge
* Skip jump by the little runt things and red hooded dude
* Spook near tower
* Spook jump elevator
Road of Sacrifices
* All normal until halfway fortress
* Kill Anri for anri's sword
* Get crucifixion woods bonfire
* Get Grasscrest Shield + Green Blossom
* Go to get the coal behind the black knight
* Get sellsword twinblades
* Homeward bone back to Crucifixion Woods bonfire
Road of Sacrifices continued
* Spawn at crucifixion woods bonfire after homeward bone in previous segment
* Head towards Farron Keep
* Leave the estoc and shortsword as you run to Farron Keep (If you haven't already)
* FDC Down the ladder shaft
* Get bonfire
Farron Keep:
* Dagger spam to the fire by the elder ghru
* Homeward bone to Farron Keep bonfire
* Ignore titanite shards, get the other 2 fires
* Use Anri sword spam to heal as needed
* Head straight to the abyss watchers door
Abyss Watchers:
* Equip full armor
* Enter abyss watchers room
* Use green blossom and gold pine resin on anri's straight sword
Catacombs:
* Go left to the bridge and jump off onto the pillar on the left
* Head to the right in the tunnel to the illusory wall
* directly to the right is a sharp gem.
* Keep going perpendicular to where you picked up the gem down another hallway then make a right outside down a flight of stairs
* Fence skip
* When you get to the bottom after fence skip, to the right of the first pillar there is an illusory wall behind it
* Go up stairs behind illusory wall and go straight to get grave warden's ashes
* Equip charcoal pine bundles in estus slot
* Head to wolnir from there
Wolnir:
Bracelet 1 (Arm Raise)
* Enter with anri straight sword, don't buff.
* R1 right bracelet 3 times, wolnir will raise arm, charge strong attack and hit his arm when it slams down (practice timing for this)
* Follow up with another R1 to break it.
Bracelet 1: (No Arm Raise | Slower)
* Enter with anri straight sword, don't buff.
* R1 right bracelet 3 times, wolnir will pull his hand back
* Chase his hand down and do a charged R1
* Break Bracelet with another regular R1
Bracelet 2
* Chase down right side, charcoal pine bundle.
* 8 R1s with charcoal pine bundle to break.
Bracelet 3
* Chase down left arm, buff another charcoal pine bundle
* 6 R1s
* Use soul of the blood of the wolf immediately after killing wolnir
* Get wolnir bonfire
* Homeward bone to firelink shrine
Firelink 2
* Sell wolnir soul
* Sell vordt soul
* Give umbral ash
* Buy 12 titanite shards
* Buy 3 Homeward Bones
* Buy 9 Carthus Rouge
* Go to Andre and upgrade twinblades to +3
* Give farron coal
* Infuse twinblades with sharp
* Level up dex to 33
* Bonfire to crucifixion woods
Crucifixion Woods 2
* Use carthus rouge to kill crystal sage (Boss guide found here)
Cathedral of The Deep
* Get Lloyd's sword ring
- Perform FDC or Spook to drop down after Lloyd's Sword Ring
* Dagger spam out of water
* Watch behind yourself in case the giant throws dung.
* Normal route to deacons
Deacons
* Kill with Carthus Rouge (Make sure you heal when damaged to keep one shotting Deacons via Lloyd's Sword Ring)
* Homeward bone to shrine bonfire
Firelink 3:
* Travel to High Lord Wolnir Bonfire
Catacombs:
* Go to irithyll
Irithyll:
* Kill bridge monster with carthus rouge
* Equip pontiff's eye ring
* Normal route to cleansing chapel
* Normal route to distant manor but pick up green blossoms by distant manor bonfire door
Irithyll Dungeon:
* Same route, pick up pale pine resin just before opening gate door after the first bridge by the first shortcut hole in the wall thing
* Use spook to skip to Profaned Capital, or alternatively for spookless, use the new FDC
Profaned Capital:
* Use spook to drop down fast, or alternatively for spookless, use the new FDC
Yhorm:
* Kill yhorm normal way
* Homeward bone to Distant Manor
Tutorial Video:
Distant Manor:
* Run to pontiff
Pontiff Sulyvahn:
* Make sure at full health
* Equip Lloyd's sword ring
*** Use Carthus Rouge
- Parry Opener**
2. Riposte
3. Two L1s when he stands up
4. Parry
5. Riposte
6. Four L1's when he stands up
7. Back up and wait for explosion
8. Move in while explosion is still occuring, and hit him with two L1's.
9. 3-5 L1's to finish boss.
Tutorial by KinetikCx:
Anor Londo:
* Run from Pontiff boss room to get Easterner's Ashes
* Quit out after pulling lever
* While contraption spins, use Yhorm's soul
* Get Anor londo bonfire
* Homeward bone to Firelink Shrine
Firelink 4:
* Give handmaiden Easterner's Ashes
* Buy 12 Large Titanite
* Sell all boss souls
* Upgrade twinblades to +6
* Level up Dex to 38
* Level up Vigor to sixteen
* Bonfire Travel to Anor Londo
Anor Londo:
* Stair Jump
* Kill Aldrich with Carthus Rouge
* Get teleported to Dancer Room
* Kill old Lady
Dancer:
* Carthus Rouge Buff
* Hug her butt and hit her out of the spin when she does phase transition to quick kill.
Tutorial video by MattApocalypse
Lothric Castle:
* Run straight through everything immediately
* No elevator
Dragonslayer Armor:
* Kill DS armor with pale pine resin
Short Tutorial video by MattApocalypse:
Grand Archives:
* Run straight through
Twin Princes:
- Use carthus rouge and for first phase, circle Lorian by their left ankle, then lead him to the boxed area for Princes Freeze
* Kill with Carthus Rouge
* Use homeward bone or dark sign to teleport to shrine bonfire (timed with the boss ending)
Tutorial Video by Sieg
Firelink Shrine:
* Place all ashes on thrones
Examples for Throne Animation Cancels by KinetikCx
* Homeward bone to skip to first flame
* Level up dex to 47
* Level up vigor to 25
Kiln of the First Flame:
* Equip all armor
* Carthus rouge
- Green Blossom
* Kill Soul of Cinder
Informational guide for Soul of Cinder moveset by Heyblasty (Not a speedrun tutorial)