Black Knight Halberd Any% No Wrong Warp

This is an overview of the current Black Knight Halberd (BKH) Dark Souls Any% No Wrong Warp route with Sen's Gate Skip and Firesage Elevator Clip.

Note, that this does not include any safety strategies for people learning the route. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the SoulsSpeedruns Discord server.

Asylum

  • Start as Thief with Black Firebombs.
  • Kill Asylum Demon with bombs.
  • (Optional) Pick up the Target Shield.
  • Quit out next to the breakable wall.
  • Get Estus and Key from Oscar.
  • Leave the Asylum.

The Setup Phase

  • Take the elevator to New Londo Ruins, use the Humanity (dupe it if you can).
  • Drop the Demon's Great Hammer and (optionally) the Straight Sword Hilt.
  • Send the elevator back up.
  • Pick up the Estoc in New Londo Ruins, enter Valley of Drakes, pick up the 1K and 2K soul.
  • Pick up the Red Tearstone Ring (RTSR).
  • Pop the 1K soul on the elevator to Darkroot Basin, quit out, and upwarp.
  • Pick up the Grass Crest Shield.
  • Kill the Black Knight and get the Black Knight Halberd (BKH).
  • Pick up the Longbow.
  • Kill the crystal lizard (punch and firebomb).
  • Equip the Longbow and arrows during stamina regeneration on the way to Blacksmith Andre.
  • Buy the Weapon Smithbox and the Warpick.
  • Prompt Swap 9x caestus (Left from Wood Bolts).
  • Prompt Swap 99 titanite shards (Right from Standard Arrows).
  • Open the purchase prompt for the caestus to store a negative quantity.
  • Negative Dupe -8 twinkling titanite using the stored quantity.
  • Pop the 2K soul, sit at the Undead Parish bonfire, upgrade to Warpick+5.
  • Shoot the hollow with the bow to aggro him from a distance.
  • Perform Sen's Gate Skip and reorder the Warpick above the Longbow during the riposte on the hollow.

Iron Golem/Ornstein and Smough

  • Proceed through Sen's Fortress and quit out to skip the incoming boulder after the first fog wall.
  • Take a counter hit from the arrow trap after the boulder quit out to setup RTSR.
  • Moveswap the Warpick.
  • Equip RTSR on the fog wall.
  • Kill Iron Golem by making him fall.
    • Running attack (landing both moveswap hits), R2, R2 for stagger. R1, running attack to fall.
  • Rest at the Anor Londo bonfire.
  • Upgrade and level to BKH+5, 11 END, 22 STR, 18 DEX.
  • Dupe Core of an Iron Golem on the elevator.
  • Setup RTSR using fall damage.
    • Jump from the elevator after duping Core of an Iron Golem as early as the elevator shaft will let you while landing on the railing below.
    • Be careful not to jump too soon or you will die/take too much damage. Jumping too late you will not take enough damage.
    • Drops through the rest of the segment will provide enough damage for RTSR as long as you do not heal.
  • While rotating the stairs after the rafters section, reorder your weapons so the BKH above the Longbow.
  • Kill Ornstein and Smough with moveswapped BKH.
  • Consume Core of an Iron Golem on the elevator.
  • Shoot Gwynevere with the bow, get the Lordvessel.
  • Sit at the Princess bonfire and warp to Firelink Shrine.
  • Drop Warpick and Caestus during the warp.

Quelaag/Firesage/Centipede/Bed of Chaos

  • Sit at Firelink bonfire and level to 12 VIT, 15 END, 28 STR.
  • Perform Blighttown Skip. Enter Quelaag's Domain by doing a Fall Damage Cancel with a delayed roll.
  • Kill Quelaag with BKH.
  • Drop down to the elevator and perform Firesage Elevator Clip.
  • Equip the Thief Armor while on top of Firesage during the plunge animation.
  • Kill Firesage and unequip the BKH afterwards.
  • Perform a Fall Damage Cancel plunge and heal to full with Estus.
  • Kill Centipede Demon with BKH
    • RTSR: Roll over the first bit of lava to avoid damage, jog over the second bit for 2 ticks and then roll to the middle platform.
    • If you take damage on the first bit, roll over the second bit.
    • Equip BKH after reaching the middle platform.
  • Heal with Twin Humanity or 2x Estus and equip the Orange Charred Ring.
  • Kill Bed of Chaos using Tokhi Bombs.
  • Dupe a Homeward Bone.

Sif

  • Level to 28 END and warp to Undead Parish.
  • Prompt Swap the Crest of Artorias from Andre (Right from the Titanite Shards)
  • Setup RTSR using the Titanite Demon.
    • Counter hit from a lightning attack and then a blocking counter hit from a lightning attack.
  • Open the sealed door in the forest and quit out.
  • Take fall damage on the drop before the boss arena to complete the RTSR setup.
  • Open the door to Sif's arena and quit out.
  • Moveswap the BKH.
  • Pick up the Hornet Ring.
  • Kill Sif.
  • Darksign quickly after the fight to keep the souls from the boss.

4 Kings

  • Head to New Londo Ruins and set up RTSR.
    • RTSR: Turn around after standing up from the warp and walk along the ledge near the humanity well.
    • Drop down to take chip damage from the fall.
    • Equip the Thief Mask for mid-roll tier equip load (Thief Mask, BKH, and Estoc).
    • Sprint over the button to send the elevator down until you reach the far wall and immediately fist-parry then backstep onto the descending elevator.
  • Equip Covenant of Artorias, unequip the Thief Mask.
  • Perform Seal Skip.
  • Kill 4 Kings with moveswapped BKH.
    • 1st King: R1 after it spawns in, running attack, wait for stamina to fully regenerate, then running attack, immediate R1 backwards, and another running attack as the king dies.
    • 2nd King: 2x running attacks, then an R1.
  • Talk to Kaathe and say Yes.
  • Place the Lordvessel.
  • Warp to Anor Londo.

Seath

  • Equip Thief Armor Set for extra fall damage.
  • Perform Duke Skip, don't heal the fall damage.
  • Take additional fall damage from skipping the ladder, the drop after the fog gate, and, if necessary, jumping onto the invisible walkway after the golden crystal golem.
  • Unequip your armor on the lever after the ladder.
  • Perform the Crystal Caves Slope Quit.
  • Kill Seath with moveswapped BKH.
  • Use Homeward Bone.

Pinwheel/Nito

  • Level 16 VIT, 32 STR
  • Warp to Firelink Shrine.
  • Activate the lever in Catacombs and quit out.
  • Perform Catacombs Fall Damage Cancel plunge with a delayed roll.
  • Kill Pinwheel with moveswapped BKH.
  • Heal to full after killing Pinwheel and open the start menu to skip the Rite of Kindling prompt.
  • Setup RTSR with falls on the way to Nito, including the drop into the arena.
    • The gear you have equipped during this section will affect how much fall damage you take due to equip load.
    • Have Longbow and Thief Gloves equipped for all of Tomb of the Giants, and equip the BKH before you drop into Nito's arena.
  • Perform the Nito AI Break. (Fast Entrance Setup, Slow Entrance Setup)
  • Kill Nito with BKH.
  • Homeward Bone/Darksign.

Gwyn

  • Offer the souls to the Lordvessel.
  • Take a non-counter hit from the first Black Knight's running attack to setup RTSR.
  • Equip the Hornet Ring on the fog wall if you haven't already.
  • Kill Gwyn.
    • Riposte, R1, Riposte, all 1-Handed.
    • Alternatively: 2x Riposte, both 2-Handed.