I don't think the one I'm talking about has summoners Every enemy was a skeleton. The very first one by the site of grace you can kill it's orb but the later ones have black orb things that you can't. But you can kill them outright at first with a Holy damage L2 attack. It is Black Knife Catacombs.
YES, those guys are a pain in the ass. And they will snipe you from far away too. I enjoyed going back in there the other night and slaughtering them just for revenge
. There is a flask upgrade thing in the far back left of the area though, where it is surprisingly safe. You can ride to that if you just book it - look for a stone bridge leading over a chasm. Once over there nothing will attack you. Plus there is a merchant up the ladder area in the middle that has some good stuff. You have to get past two of the ghost minotaur (or orc) guys though..You shouldn't be invaded unless you have a friendly summons with you. It isn't like the previous games where you can get invaded at any time online or unless you go into half-health mode.
.Ohh this was in the northern part of Stormhill region near that arena kind of structure. I don't play co-op and this guy was in red. But he never seemed to regenerate his health. So maybe it was an NPC invasion!You shouldn't be invaded unless you have a friendly summons with you. It isn't like the previous games where you can get invaded at any time online or unless you go into half-health mode.
There are a lot of NPC invaders that get to you at different points though. Maybe it was one of them?
However there is one spot up near the flame worshipper ruins place in the Lakes area (where madness will build up on you until you take out the guys in a tower) where I got invaded. I almost beat him, but lost. I assumed it was an NPC and went back to the same spot and no invader. Now I realize I think it said something like "furled finger" invader, which I think means it was a real person. I wasn't doing coop - hadn't used an item or anything. So that was odd unless it was a glitch or there are certain places you can be invaded regardless. I hung out in the same area for a while afterwards though and it never happened again. If I had known it was a real person I would have been a little more careful and tried harder
But, I mean, other than that one possible exception, I haven't seen a real person invader in my 60+ hours yet. I see the red summons signs that you can use to call an invader. And one time when I was helping someone, that host got invaded. Unfortunately I was in a different room and didn't get to fight him before the host beat him. But even when doing coop with people it seems rare to have invaders.
Yeah I heard moonviel is pretty good I’m just a pure dexterity rn and wanna keep that dual wield with both swords being long af. I can’t wait to get the hand of malenia or whatever it’s called to see if it’s good with my nagakiba.
WTF?! Pretty sure I've never seen that person.
Nvm I just found the prophet armor set I think it was in Altus plateau, hermit merchants shack. Also if I’m not mistaken, the blue cloth armor set is the set for warrior starting class which I got from academy gate, isolated merchant. I’m happy now I just need the hero class armor set which Nephili Loux wears
Even when I finally finish the game it just won’t end since there are so many missable stuff, items, tunnels, bosses depending on time of day, etc. once I’m done with almost everything (collecting talismans and stuff) I can always start a NG+ and do quests that I’ve missed and make my character overpowered
My loose understanding is they paint a picture (haha. . .) of a location to visit where you see those ghostly people sitting in chairs mostly. If you have their painting, it gives an item instead of a dialogue. I've never successfully stumbled across one that I can remember, but I haven't bothered pursuing it either. I did finish off the Beast Temple items last night though, from gathering all 8 Death Root in the game. I won't use them since they're for a faith build, but eh got another collectible sidequest done.Jodou, have you figured out what the paintings are for? I keep finding more.
So last night I went into the.Carian study hall tower. Man, that mage in there is a f!*%ing bastard. I died so many times trying to take out his teleporting ass. I finally just ran past him and got the items up on the rafters. Up there were notes saying to use a projectile weapon on the suspended stairs. It did nothing. I'm guessing I probably have to kill the mage first. Like so many other things, I'll head back there later
Yep, that's the lizard. Incredible sword because of the unsheathe, still builds bleed, and scaling off INT. Most enemies stagger for a critical after one blow so it's a healthy competitor to Dark Moon for sure. And Dark Moon is one of the lego's, yep.
Yep, although I'm not sure if they're all available. Could be I haven't found the right boss yet for some of the highest stones but for somber I think I'm capped at 6 right now. Same goes for Grave flowers to upgrade your summons but those are so plentiful I don't think I ever bought any.
Just got that sword last night, she's a tough one. Req is like 48 DEX so I didn't try it out but I'm not sure it's been tested widely enough to comment either.
I actually figured these out last night. They give you ashes of war. If you go to the sites you will see one of the white ghost people who will disappear after a few seconds and leave the item behind. I did 2 and got ashes for both. One I just stumbled upon randomly in the Atlus Plateau (not far from the orange wolf thing). My son was watching me play and in the middle of a battle with some overworld enemies a guy sitting in a chair appeared. Then when I tried to find him again, he was gone but a purple item was there. We were both going WTF happened there, but then I figured it out
. I'm glad he was there to back up what I thought I saw though.I beat that lizard last night - it was much easier now that I'm about 20 levels higher than I was last time I went there. I'm around level 60 now by the way, The problem with this sword is that it requires Int, and, well, my Strength/Faith guy is dumb as a rock
. I'm assuming I will have the same problem with the Dark Moon too? Do you know of any awesome Fath-scaling weapons?The blacksmith in Atlus Plateau sells the first few levels of somber so that is nice. I don't have all that many grave flowers. Also, can you tell me in what general area I would get the super summons? Not where specifically or how - just want to know when I should start looking for it.
.You can re-summon them infinitely. Crimson Rot from Rotten Breath also completely destroys him FYI. I was on the frontlines discovering how to beat him last week so we didn't have a lot of info. I finally just Pokemon'd him to death after figuring out how to avoid his one shot consistently. It's the fight I said was my least favorite and still is. Very boring IMO.So... That third boss... What a bastard he is.
Took my first shots at Radahn last night. I was surprised how easy he was to get to. I had been to the front of his castle way earlier - it is the rune farming spot I mentioned in the other thread where you can get the soldiers and dogs to fight each other. But when I made my way through all the front defenses the gate was closed.
I had noticed the teleporter and it was inactive. Well, after doing the Ranni stuff and dealing with Blaidd it was now open. So I'm thinking you *have* to progress the Ranni story to even get into Radahn's castle. So I wouldn't have missed that regardless.
Anyway, once in there its just go fight him. I was a little disappointed as I thought I'd have a whole Stormveil castle like place to progress through. But, no - it's here you go right into battle.
And man, WTF am I supposed to do there? That purple bolt just destroys me. After about the 5th try I managed to get all the summons out, but he just wiped them out and killed me when his health was about 2/3 . And I bet the bastard probably has a second stage too, right?
I just have a hell of a time dodging those bolts. They come straight at you so it's hard to get the timing. I usually do it too early and get hit when I get back up. They take 2/3 of my health and you don't have time to drink a flask before another comes in. I'll give it some more tries tonight but maybe I need to get my level from 60 to 100 or something first? I have no idea
Can I get into the capitol city without doing Radahn? Maybe I'll explore more. I also have a few cave bosses I can go back to now and might be able to beat more easily.
Interesting. Don't think I survived long enough to see the summons reappear. Also there were stupid comments I think around the summons which interfered with what has to be super fast summonings (or you get destroyed). I don't think I have Rotten Breath - is that one of the dragon incantations? Also don't think I'd be able to get close enough. Though at least when you get close he stops that purple bolt BS.
I may have different upload privileges as a mod. However, even my pictures seem to be getting converted from full res to something smaller. Looks like the last one went from 1.6 MB to 96 KB. Still looks good though!
Sword of Flame & Night, another obvious GRRM nod to Berric in GoT for the sword he uses. It's probably the best faith weapon that I know of, or at least the coolest. Doing the Beast Sanctum quest will give you a ton of faith spells too including the claw from the network test, so that's worth doing if you're going that route.I beat that lizard last night - it was much easier now that I'm about 20 levels higher than I was last time I went there. I'm around level 60 now by the way, The problem with this sword is that it requires Int, and, well, my Strength/Faith guy is dumb as a rock
The summons reappear near armaments on the battlefield mainly, just gotta run around and find them. And yeah, the breath is a dragon ability and should only take 4 applications the entire fight. The purple stuff is magic but it basically one-shots so the idea is to never be the target and just hit n' fade with the breath.
Not sure which summons you are talking about but I didn't mean I had that guy as a summons - he's just sitting in my Roundtable Hold not wanting to talk to me
.I got this and I think it also scales to Int, doesn't it? It was nice because it has both magic and fire damage by default, so it would be cool to use. Or maybe it was just the Int requirement to use it was high and I would need to meet that first. (Edit: I looked it up, it scales to *both* Int and Fai, but does require 24 in both. My Int is at 12. That's a lot of levels to put into a stat I wasn't planning to use, but maybe it's worth it? I guess I can do that and then respec if needed.)
.Oof, the ranged summons suck unfortunately. Mainly because they're glass cannons that can't take much heat so when you lose aggro and the boss gets on her--lights out. The one you want is Mimic Tear.Not sure which summons you are talking about but I didn't mean I had that guy as a summons - he's just sitting in my Roundtable Hold not wanting to talk to me
I did get my first "special" ashes and it was the Albinauric woman archer one. I powered it up thinking it would be better than my others. Haven't used it much yet though What is the name of the one you keep talking about?
I got a little further with that boss last night. But, man, the summons don't do much to him. I had one run that must have lasted 10 minutes and I still barely got him down 1/3. For one thing, I didn't realize until like 10 tries in that you could use your damn horse. I was running on foot to the summons at first. I just assumed it was like every other boss and no horse was allowed. Once on my horse I went in a huge circle and as long as you can keep the summons going at him he mostly leaves you alone after the initial part. But eventually there comes a time when the summons aren't on him or you just can't find one quick enough and he gets you. I may have to look into the scarlet rot thing though I didn't have that as an option to buy yet from the dragon thing last time I was there.
As for the medallion, I figured that was a required story thing. I did find the woman Ofnir was talking about and she's just telling me to do something in the capitol city I think, and I haven't even got there yet.
I got this and I think it also scales to Int, doesn't it? It was nice because it has both magic and fire damage by default, so it would be cool to use. Or maybe it was just the Int requirement to use it was high and I would need to meet that first. (Edit: I looked it up, it scales to *both* Int and Fai, but does require 24 in both. My Int is at 12. That's a lot of levels to put into a stat I wasn't planning to use, but maybe it's worth it? I guess I can do that and then respec if needed.)
I was also so pissed about that boss fight that I had my son look up the bird rune farming area. I got there and leveled up my Vigor from 25 to 30. But, man, that area is super tough otherwise. The invasions were actually kind of fun, though it was clear that people were sitting there waiting for them. One guy had an OP helper that was just all over me (and teabagged me to let me know about it). I did at least kill one guy's helper one time. And I didn't realize there could be multiple invaders - one time another guy was with me but I could target him. Thought that was weird.
Warp to the Ledge-Approach site near Mohgwyn Palace, walk a bit down the path, turn left and fire an arrow at the big crow-thing walking around in the swamp area across-and-below the way. He'll run towards you and fall into the abyss for a sweet ~11k runes (13k+ with the Gold Scarab), and you can immediately reset him using the site of grace. It's much much faster than killing all the fish-albinoid things on the path and the only "cost" is arrows which you can easily buy from "Santa Claus" (merchant at Church of Elleh near the start).
The Gold Scarab drops from the boss fight in the Abandoned Cave in Caelid--from the Smoldering Wall grace site, head east past one of those creepy dual-guillotine-armed things and walk on the tree branches to find the entrance. Fair warning: There is a lot of Scarlet Rot-causing stuff in there, so buff up your resistance to it and bring in a few boluses for healing it.
LOL, yep that's the one-shot I was talking about. It resets rot so that's why 4 applications are mandatory, 2 per phase. Since you already got him down, what I did notice is he would always approach from the ocean sky. I think it's meant to correlate with the events that happen after he dies since it's the same direction.Yes, that's the one I was using Vigilante. Now, I apparently have to get this Golden Scarab thing. I don't have it. I'm guessing maybe that drops from the yellow crystal earwig lizard thing I can't beat?
I thought maybe I was on to the Mimic Tear yesterday as I was in an area in Atlus where there was a magic puzzle and all the notes kept saying "Mimic ahead". But it just ended up being some stupid spells.
Jodou - I'm well over 100 hours and barely half way through
I almost beat Radahn yesterday. I got the scarlet rot (didn't even know about the second dragon church) but it doesn't seem to apply consistently. Sometimes he'd melt and other times nothing and I was firing it off right in his face. So on my best run I hit him with it twice and kept the summons going. But then at around 1/5 health he disappeared and I had no idea where he was. Then all of a sudden he comes down from the sky with an arena-covering flame attack that one shot me from full health. WTF!? Gave up and watched TV after that.
Watched that with the wife last night as well lol. It was cute, but a one-time for us.
ing god this game doesn't know when to quit. So now I'm back at the finalest final of final areas where I quit because of fatigue. I'm also pissed because one of my boss soul dupes out of 7 is glitched and when I entered wouldn't let me do anything. I know for a fact I didn't use it but now I'm worried they actually cap us at 5 uses per playthrough with 7 locations in total as options. I still have one more place I can visit but it's an area that I *deep breath* once again didn't know about and I'm still trying to figure out how to get to. I'm not even mad, it's just I get being able to discover things is one thing but when you KNOW there's something and can't get to it, that feels like wasted time just wanting to progress. 
There's a fun trick about those merchants that some of you may have stumbled on by accident.
Got the scarab. The boss was pretty easy there. In fact I helped a bunch of people afterwards to farm rune arcs. However, if the mimic tear is in Sofria I don't think it's accessible from the Sofria starting area. I don't have an "Ancestral Woods" grace site, I looked it up and you get that in Nokria (which I just started last night). So at least it looks like I couldn't have gotten that one before now anyway. I stopped probably just short of that last night so that's next up for me.
And here I was thinking there were 5 duplicable boss remembrances and 4 locations to do it at. You are saying there's supposed to be 7 remembrances and 5 locations? So far I have the first three boss remembrances:
Uh, no. Curious!There's a fun trick about those merchants that some of you may have stumbled on by accident.
Lol yeah, that's why I was going crazy about how much stuff is hidden in this game. Don't worry though, a ton of those are stacked at the end of the game, almost one after the other. I also did forget to mention that I found out early last week you can use them and still dupe afterward. However, two of the seven sites will only dupe the secret bosses so save the regular 5 for only duping non-secret (for me there were only 3 secret bosses I found, but that might not be a full count). I confirmed there's no cap on duping, so one of my seven just legit bugged; pissed.
