Welcome to the complete guide and walkthrough for one of the hardest games you’re ever likely to encounter – Dark Souls.
In Blighttown, everything hates you. The enemies hate you. The terrain hates you. And all of it wants to kill you.
Note: all ladders in blighttown are marked with torches, so they should be easy to spot.
Start out by heading down the ladder on the left side of the pit, and then down yet another ladder to arrive at a walkway. You’ll notice the big horrible looking creep in the distance. These guys have a lot of health, but are very, very slow. Go for the backstab and don’t let them hit you off the edge of this area. There are three along this path.
Once they’re taken care of, you’ll see another kind of enemy up ahead. These other nasty monster bi-ped things are fairly simple to kill. It’s either a standard sword swing or an unblockable grab for them. They don’t have a whole huge amount of health, so take em out quickly.
Now if you haven’t already noticed, you’re likely being shot with darts, and if you’re not now, you soon will be. Be wary, as these darts will fill your toxic meter a clean 3/4 up, so it only takes two darts to turn you toxic, which is, needless to say, very bad for you.
The darts come from these little dart shooting dudes, whom you want to kill as soon as you see. They do not respawn once dead.
Now, there is a ladder that goes down around this area (don’t cross one of the small bridges though), which leads to some enemies and loot. Grab what you want, then climb back up and head to the end of the path (don’t cross the bridges, once again). You should see off in the distance below you, the glowing orb that signifies some sort of goodie. As an RPG player, you just can’t resist.
The jump to the platform it’s on is doable, but only barely. To make it, you have to use the tiny piece of wood that sticks out from the end of the path to get that extra bit of distance. You may die. To this end, you might actually want to rest at the Blighttown bonfire before attempting this. Should that be the case, read the next paragraph, then backtrack back here.
So, now you can cross one of the two bridges. Be aware that one of them will shake as you walk across it, so be careful. There’s a whole new slew of enemies over here, so take em out, and climb down the ladder here.
Be wary that the part of the floor to the right of the ramp will give way if stepped on. Watch out.
Anyway, kill what’s needed, then head down the short ramp and across the wooden beam. Then climb down the ladder and go to the left to find the bonfire for this area.
Head back and try and make the jump if you want to, otherwise, head back toward the ladder but don’t climb up. Keep going in that direction. There will be another baddie around the corner. Also, there are two little red dogs on this bridge, which will run very quickly at you and attack. Mostly they will use standard attacks, but will also occasionally breathe fire at you. Kill them and move on.
Note : there is a dart shooter guy up above who you can’t kill at the moment, so just try to avoid his darts and continue forward. You’ll end up killing two more creatures ahead. Now continue a bit more and climb down a ladder.
From here there are two ladders to climb down, one that goes farther down, and one that only goes a little bit down. You should take the longer ladder (the one farther away from the red creepy thing), and kill the dart shooter down at the bottom. There is also a bit of loot if you follow the path here. When ready, climb back up and take the other ladder.
So there are three places to go now. One ladder goes up, one ramp goes down, and then there’s the creepy red thing. Take the ladder that goes up. There is yet another dart shooter up there, so slay it and continue on the path up here into a small tunnel.
At the end of this tunnel there is a large pit. Use the ladder to climb down and then note you’re behind the creepy red thing. Use pyromancy or magic if you have it, or otherwise melee it but stay as far back as possible. Either way, it will die eventually, earning you some souls and a bit of loot.
Now head down the ramp I mentioned before. It leads to yet another tunnel, with one of those big slow dudes in it, as well as one of the more common nasties. Taking both at once is suicide, so I recommend you lure the common one out and deal with him, then kill the fatty.
Once that business is done, head down the ladder at the end of this tunnel, and pass through the fog wall. There’s nothing bad waiting for you, so don’t fret.
Once through, continue forward and note the ladder on the left. Climb down it, then climb down yet another ladder. Once at the bottom of both of these, follow the wooden path (the tunnel is a dead end), and meet the newest enemy.
When I said blighttown was irritating, this was the part I meant. This entire area down here is a swamp, and merely stepping in it poisons you. This is why you needed the moss. Most of the enemies down here will either poison you or turn you toxic as well.
Anyway, these giant bug things won’t poison you, but have a nasty fire whip attack that has huge range and moderate damage. Thankfully however, these guys are not too hard to kill. It should only take a few hits.
Continue down the path to meet another one, and once taken care of, climb down the nearby ladder. There may or may not be enemies down on this level, but either way, kill them if there are and head down the next ladder.
Now on this level, be sure to note that at the end of a long wooden path that goes off to the right, there is a dart shooter and some loot. Grab it and head back.
Also be aware that the swamp spawns an infinite amount of mosquito-like bugs, which poison you and are otherwise very irritating. Take them out when needed.
In any case, head down yet another ladder, and then down the nearby ramp to the swamp edge, killing as needed.
Now notice the large column off to the right side, if you’re looking at the swamp. There is a bit of land surrounding it, so roll your way over to it and head to the other side of it. Now you should notice a hole in the wall nearby, which houses the second bonfire for this area.
Once rested, there are a few things we ought to talk about. One, you can go to the very far end of the swamp, toward the giant tree, to farm both large titanite shards and green titanite shards from the leeches there. That area is also the location of the entrance to a new area, which you may or may not go to later on.
Also, if you take a right as soon as you leave the bonfire area, you’ll notice that there is a large waterwheel thing, which in fact leads to an entirely new section of Blighttown. This section is optional, but I’ll be giving a walkthrough of it anyway. Skip that part if you want.
So, assuming you even want to explore this place further, take a right out of the bonfire area and hug the right wall. Note that if in human form, you will be invaded by the NPC maneater mildred at this point. If you kill her, she will be available to summon in the boss fight for this area.
If you’ve been hugging the wall, you’ll notice a wooden ramp in front of you. Climb up it, then go up the ladder and take a look at the waterwheel to your left. Notice the little platforms going around on it. You’ll want to hop onto the set of platforms that are going up, and then hop off once you reach the top. It’s easiest to roll off onto the platform upon getting to the top.
So now traverse this small area and take yet another ladder a tad farther on. Now continue along the platform here and then onto the stone area. Note that this stone area is inhabited by a grand total of five dart throwers. Be very careful not to get toxic if you don’t have any blooming purple moss.
There is one dart thrower as you enter, one in a side area to the left, one on the other side to the right, and two at the far end. Take them out however you can.
Once they’re dead, hop down the ladder at the far end of this area and kill the dogs down here. There are three in the main area, two farther down, and another two in the side area. The side area has a Fire Keeper Soul for you to loot. Once done, leave this area and climb back down the ladder.
Now comes the tricky part. The only reason to go farther is if you want the crimson robes up ahead, but you’ll likely die getting them unless you have some serious platforming skills.
If you want em, then continue on the path below the ladder (that is, up one ladder from the waterwheel but down one ladder from the path to the dart shooters), and traverse the small log that spans the gap. From here, continue forward and collect the loot. There is no reason to go up the ladder in this area.
Now the part where you probably die. Traversing the log in the other direction is really difficult, as there is an area you have to roll over to get past.
There’s nothing left to do here, though FYI there is another exit to the Valley of the Drakes farther on, but you don’t want to go there yet. Trust me.
So, head back down to the swamp. Once back down, take a look around. You should see a nasty looking ant hill sort of thing with roots growing out of it.
That’s your destination. Be aware that there are some tough enemies between here and there. They’re like the fatties from before, but bigger, and hold a giant boulder instead of a club. Go for backstabs and do it one at a time.
Or just avoid them by hugging the right wall. Whatever. Once you make it to the hill, go into the hole in the middle of it to enter the next area, which houses the boss.
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