Dark souls 1: Miracle run: Part 4: Knocked off course? Grab Emit force!
0Years ago, I started but never finished my miracle only run. It's time to rectify that, so join me as I complete my miracle only run.
In this episode, I manage to open up all the shortcuts to Anor Londo. I then decide to try different miracles, rings and tactics to see what would work best against Ornstein and Smough, as Ornstein with high lightning resistance poses the first real hurdle of this run.
Karmic Justice is no good, Force does nothing, Tranquil Walk of Peace doesn't slow them down enough or last long enough and I simply lack enough casts to kill both Ornstein and Smough with just lightning spear and grave lord sword dance. (And if you remember last episode, Rhea died to bonetower skeletons in the Tomb of Giants so I lost Wrath of the Gods in this playthrough.)
However, in a spark of excitement, I remember you can get emit force from Seigmeyer BEFORE you face O&S, meaning I don't have to beat them to get this now super important miracle. So, I double back to firelink after killing Lautrec and grab Emit Force. Cue my celebrations!
I restore the firekeeper at Firelink Shrine, go down to dark root garden and rescue Dusk, which helps me to access the DLC. I also forgot how to obtain the Dusk crown ring, which may have helped in the future battle against O&S. Finally, I promptly return to Anor Londo, ready to see if Emit Force is going to help me power through O&S.
Key characters and covenants to get miracles from:
Rhea of Thorolund (Wrath of the Gods)
Petrus of Thorolund (Force is helpful)
Seigmeyer of Catarina (Emit Force)
Oswald of Carim (Karmic Justice)
Gravelord Servant (Gravelord sword dance)
Warrior of Sunlight (Sunlight Spear)
Rings needed:
Red Tearstone Ring (RTR)
Ring of the Sun's firstborn
Other Items: Master Key
Path you should take (don't forget to grab souls when you run past areas):
At Firelink put all your levels in Faith so you don't lose your souls. Firelink to red tearstone ring. Bone back.
Head to the catacombs, skip all the skeletons (hah!) and get to the titanite demon guarding the eyes of death. Grab them. You need them to get to Nito's covenant after nestling in the coffin not far from the titanite demon. Join the covenant and grab the Gravelord sword miracle. Ideally homebone back out but if not run back. :S
Next is sunlight spear but you need to get to Warrior of Sunlight Altar without beating Taurus. To do this go to Undead Burg up to the Taurus Demon, go to Havel, run to darkroot basin, up to Andre. Get elevator shortcut at the parish. Get back to parish. Go past the boar and enter the area. If the gate is closed at the Altar where the bonfire is, then go down the sewer, skip the rats, past the lower level of the bridge where the hellkite dragon is, activate the ladder shortcut, rest at bonfire. Go back up and run past fire breath to get to the altar.
If you can level up your faith to level 25 beforehand that's awesome. If not, pop your collected souls and hope you have enough. May need to do some soul hunting in odd places for that to happen. You can farm the souls off the hellkite dragon if you're desperate. At 25 faith you can enter the Warrior of Sunlight Covenant and you'll receive the sunlight spear miracle. You can now start your run!
After, I'd recommend getting through all bosses that you need to ring the second bell to get souls and get your levels up. Then I'd go to do Rhea's questline. Seigmeyer should be next in Anor Londo to get Emit Force once you've finished talking to him in Anor Londo and gone back to Firelink. This will give you a good shot at Ornstein and Smough. After beating them, the run is a lot more flexible, and you can take your time and choose which way to go after that.
There are still a few hurdles.... Ornstein and Smough, Four kings, Manus, Kalameet and Gwyn are the hardest left to clear from my experience in this run. You'll need a lot of patience, sometimes both rings equipped at the same time and decent stats. May your faith be unwavering.
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