Welcome to the complete guide and walkthrough for one of the hardest games you’re ever likely to encounter – Dark Souls.
The Darkroot Garden is an optional area.
There’s only one path forward, so take it until you meet the standard enemy for this area. They have really good range with their vine whip attacks, and if you get too close they may initiate an unblockable grab attack, so stay at a medium distance and then move in for the kill after blocking an attack.
You’ll come to a fork eventually. Go straight. Keep going down this path, while being careful not to fall off the cliff, until you reach a larger area. There’s two bush monsters here, one in plain sight, and one that will pop out of the ground behind you when you move forward far enough.
Once both are dead, keep going till you see a sealed door. Don’t worry about the door right now, but instead notice the bricked up archway to the left of it. If you hit this archway with your weapon, it will disappear, revealing a bonfire. Rest.
When ready, head down the path to the right of the sealed door. Continue some distance, and then notice the side area off to the right. If you want the loot placed in the center, be aware that when you pick it up, three bush monsters will appear and start assaulting you, so pick it up then run to the bottleneck at the start of this small area to fight.
Whatever you do, once ready, you can pass through the fog wall that is along the main path. No boss. Don’t worry. Once past the fog wall, take a right and hug the wall till you come to a suspicious looking tree. It’s roots will be moving.
Hit it till it dies. Continue down the newly revealed path until you find another new enemy, a strange frog-like thing. These are not really difficult, so go ahead and beat it to death, while being wary of its tongue attack.
Once its been sufficiently slaughtered, continue down the path to another wierd tree, which you should kill. Then walk over to the edge of the water (avoid the stone statue that is laying on the ground), and a number of frog things will pop out of the water, just waiting to meet your blade.
Introduce them all to your sword, then you can head around the small wall on the left of this area to find some loot. Now walk over to the statue thing on the ground, and realize in horror that it’s still alive and in a bad mood.
Just circle them and the majority of attacks will miss. The real trouble is when they cast a spell that makes you move like a slug, and thus unable to avoid their attacks. If this happens, back away and block as best you can until the spell dissipates.
So, once you kill this one, go into the tunnel in the small stone structure in this area, and continue till you meet another stone soldier, but this time in close quarters. Kill him like before, then continue forward to the ledge to find the Wolf Ring, a very helpful item for those of you with big heavy weapons with long wind-up.
So, now backtrack to where the fog wall was. Head to the left of the entrance into a little alcove with some loot. Be aware that a bush monster will appear when you go down this way, and also be wary of the tree lizard (looks like vines) that will attack you when near the loot.
Grab the goods, then head into the main area again. Note all the loot that is strewn about. If you go for it, then be wary of the stone soldiers and the bush monsters that will appear when you get close to/grab the loot. Take everything out one at a time, and when ready, head to the stone ruins at the far end of this area.
There is a final stone soldier blocking the doorway to a tower, so dispatch him and head inside. Climb the stairs to the next fog wall, then prepare yourself for the boss of this area.
Boss Fight: Moonlight Butterfly
As soon as you step through the wall, a massive butterfly will drop off the other tower and fly over to you.
Strategy 1 – Difficulty: Easy
Really this is the ranger/magician strategy. You’ll see the butterfly move around just off the bridge. The butterfly really only has three main attacks, with a fourth rare one. The first attack is something like a magic spear. He will fire off a number of magic spears in multiple directions, which move very quickly. If you get the timing right, rolling will easily avoid this. The second attack is a homing missile. He will release a number of slow-moving, homing missiles that seek you out. Dodge these at all costs, as they are far more devastating than the spears.
He will also fire off a beam, which sweeps the bridge. Roll under it. Easy. The last attack is a large ball of energy he will fire at you, but only when he is directly over the bridge. Roll either forward or backwards to avoid.
In between his attacks, fire off your magic or arrows until he dies. Simple.
Strategy 2 – Difficulty: Easy-Intermediate
See strategy 1 for a description of attacks, but this time, devote all effort to avoiding his attacks and staying alive. Eventually, the butterfly will choose a perch on the bridge, at which point it is your duty to run over to it and beat the living out of it. Be wary though, as after some time, it will charge up and release an explosion in front of it, doing huge damage. Back off when you see this coming.
Otherwise just continue to dodge and beat on it till it dies.
Got the soul of the Moonlight Butterfly? Don’t use it, as you can craft a unique weapon out of it at a later time.
Head across the bridge and up the stairs to get a divine ember, which you can give to the blacksmith in the Parish so that he can make you divine weapons.
Now you need to fight your way all the way back to the beginning of the bridge with the dragon on it. That is, the area where you met Solaire and were probably burnt to a crisp.
You made it! So, remember the doorway you came out of when you got here after killing the Taurus Demon? There is a door right across from that which was previously locked, but you may open it now with the basement key you got in the first part of the Parish. Head in and down the ladder to reach the Undead Parish: Part 2.
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