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Demon's Souls Guide

The land of Boletaria is slowly succumbing to a nasty fog, one

that will slowly consume the entire world if its growth is left

unchecked. That's where you enter the equation. As a daring

hero, you'll travel through numerous regions, defeating powerful

demons and doing your part to ensure mankind's continued

existence.

As you work through Boletaria, we'll be at your side every step of

the way. Check out what we have to offer...

In this Demon's Souls strategy guide, you'll find:

BASICS // Start here if you want a strategic overview of

how the game works. There's a lot more to it than you

might imagine! Here we touch on combat, the Nexus,

level progression and everything in between.

WALKTHROUGH // With the basics out of the way, it's

time to properly begin your adventure. Here, we'll walk

you through every perilous turn, every major boss

encounter and the dangerous roads in between.

Q & A // Certain questions are bound to come up

frequently, so we've taken it upon ourselves to collect the

most likely ones and to briefly answer them. Start here if you understand most of the game but still want some

tips or clarification.

With our help, we're confident that your voyage through fog-enshrouded Boletaria will be much more manageable.

Saving the world has never been easier!

Guide by: Jason Venter

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Demon's Souls Basics

Combat & Character Development

The Nexus & The World

To work your way through Demon's Souls, you'll need to master some basics or you'll spend much of your time

confused and dead. The game can prove quite challenging for the uninitiated. Read through our notes on the general

flow of the game to make sure that you're prepared, then consult our walkthrough if you need more specific assistance.

Combat

Demon's Souls is an action-RPG that actually pays

proper attention to the "RPG" part of that label.

What that means is that if you go into most fights

swinging your weapon wildly, you're going to be

slaughtered when you run out of the stamina that

you need to defend yourself.

Spirit Form

You won't likely have to play much of Demon's Souls at all to

find yourself unceremoniously slaughtered. However, one

intriguing side to the game is the ability to keep battling

monsters, finding treasure and otherwise behaving in a

heroic manner.

The trick is to approach each enemy with an

appropriate plan. Sometimes magic is helpful and

sometimes you really do need to just make a mad

dash forward and start swiping. It's important to

know which technique is right for which situation,

though.

When you die, you'll be revived as a spirit. In this form, your

maximum health meter is cut in half and your physical and

magical attacks inflict slightly more damage than usual. Your

defenses also appear to be slightly less robust. There are

two ways to return to a physical form once you are a spirit:

1) you can defeat a boss demon, after which point you will

automatically revive; 2) you can use a Stone of Ephemeral

Eyes item.

In general, you should only start swinging crazily if

you have a decent chance of finishing off a

dangerous opponent. Don't ever go into a fight

where your strategy is to mash the 'R1' button and

hope for the best. That'll get you killed. Instead, you

can often make your presence known with some

projectile attacks (magic works great) and then

finish off tough opponents with a few final sword

strokes.

If you find yourself playing frequently in spirit form, you

should equip the Cling Ring. You'll find it in the first area of

Boletaria Castle. The precious item increases your

maximum HP in spirit form by 25%. That can often mean the

difference between success and failure.

The main reason that you can't simply mash buttons is your limited supply of stamina, which is impacted by character

development. Each move you make, from a dodge to a slash, takes energy. If you run out of that precious energy, you'll

stand around panting and you'll be completely exposed to enemy attacks. You want to avoid such a situation at all costs,

so do whatever you can to leave some stamina in your meter and don't be afraid to retreat if necessary.

Blocking is often a good way to retain stamina, but it's not perfect. If you're about to sustain a blow from a weak enemy,

that will work out just fine. If someone with a sword the size of Connecticut is about to strike you, well... the results could

drain most or all of your stamina meter even if you perfectly block. There are times, then, when you should press the 'O'

button to take a quick step back and potentially out of harm's way. That will leave you free to move back in for the kill as

your stunned opponent recovers from his missed attack. As you might imagine, the game is designed so that those

players who master that technique will have a much easier time than those who don't.

The final thing to remember is that magic almost always trumps everything. You can spend hours mastering the fine art

of blocking and attacking, but really all that you need to do is learn and develop a few powerful spells. That'll get you

through nearly every challenge. It's something to keep in mind if the game is consistently kicking your butt.

Character Development

In Demon's Souls, you don't progress through levels like you would in a typical RPG. Instead, you have a soul level.

When you first begin the game, you'll be able to choose from one of several classes. The choice you make affects the

equipment with which you begin your adventure. It's even possible to start with access to healing magic.

As you advance through the game, you'll soon pass the first real stage. You can then begin spending souls to increase

your own soul level. Each time you turn in souls for a new soul level, you can upgrade one statistic (out of eight options).

Then you'll have to reach another soul level before you can pick a stat to upgrade. Whether you pour all of your

upgrades into one category or space it out, the cost to reach the next soul level will increase by the same amount.

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This system allows for a great deal of freedom. You basically decide how you evolve. For instance, you might prefer to

focus almost exclusively on stats that will improve your ability to cast devastating spells, or you might lean toward a buff

physical warrior. Since your defense rating gradually increases as you gain soul levels (no matter what other areas you

upgrade), there's no wrong way to progress. You do need to keep in mind how you want to play, however.

If you want to have an easy time with the game, you should improve your Intelligence (so you can use spells more

frequently) and your Magic rating in general (so that each spell cast does more damage). Powerful magic users get all

the breaks. Those looking for more rewarding combat should opt for ratings that affect their stamina and the length of

their life meters.

One final wrinkle is online play. You can only against other characters within a certain level range of your own, so you

need to make sure that your choices result in a character that can win quick and dirty battles. For instance, suppose you

have a well-rounded character at a soul level of 140. If someone else comes along at level 135 that put most of his

energy into creating a powerful magic user, odds are good that you'll be in a world of hurt from the moment a battle

begins. Then you'll have a more difficult time developing in a new direction because you've already gained so many

levels that each new one requires a ton of souls.

Combat & Character Development

The Nexus & The World

The Nexus

The Nexus is your level hub, but it's also the place

where you will repair dulled or broken weapons,

leave off excess items and power up your

characters.

The World

As you explore stages, you will find that they generally

progress in a similar fashion.

Levels can be entered by way of archstones that are

positioned along an arched staircase along the

center of the tower. You'll see the blue-tinted fellow

sitting on one side of those steps. From him, you

can climb up and then eventually descend the stair

archway leading to the right. The archstone nearest

the guy is the only one that will be available at first,

but you'll be able to enter other archstones once you

complete the first proper area and talk to the

character known as the Monumental near the

tower's upper reaches. For the most part, each

archstone has three main stages through which you

can progress. You can tackle the archstones in

whatever order you like and should absolutely do so

if you want to have an easy time of things. See our

walkthrough if you want our recommendation.

An archstone leads to a general region, such as the Tower

of Latria. You appear at an archstone and can advance

through the zone until you reach a boss encounter. For

instance, you'll battle the Fool's Idol when you reach the end

of the first segment within the Tower. If you win, then a

second archstone will appear and you can resume your

adventure from that point if you so choose. This will allow

you to reach a second boss who will then leave behind yet

another archstone that provides you with the opportunity to

find a third boss within each region.

When you begin working through stages, you'll often find

fog-covered doors that serve to guide you most quickly

toward the end of a zone. You can basically just keep

moving toward those if you want to quickly move to the end,

but there are reasons to explore. In particular, many stages

have shortcuts that you can activate so that if you later find

yourself needing to return to a stage, you can save yourself

from a lot of pointless backtracking. The best weapons and

items also tend to be off the beaten path.

In general, stages get more difficult as you go and

that means that you should level up while keeping

the things that we've already noted in mind. When

you want to increase your skills, you'll need to seek

out the maiden in black. She usually hangs out near

the base of the stairs where the archstones are

positioned, or sometimes on the stairs themselves.

Another favorite hangout is next to the statue that

you will first see when loading a game that was last

saved within the Nexus. Talk to the maiden and you

can see your current level, as well as information

pertaining to the requirements for future upgrades.

A final consideration is the World Tendency rating, which is

specific to each of the five regions that you will explore. If

you're dying a lot at the hands of your enemies, this tends to

lead your world tendency into the black and will cause

tougher enemies to appear. Defeating those will help you

back toward a white tendency. You want a white tendency

because it often will often allow you to see events and items

that otherwise wouldn't have been available. An easy way to

turn everything white is to make sure that you're not

frequently reviving yourself. To be in full charge of your

world tendency (useful when you want to improve your gear

with items gained by killing powerful phantoms), you should

probably avoid playing online much, since online play tends

to rapidly alter world tendency.

As you work your way through the game, you'll meet

other characters who will appear in the Nexus. Many

of these folks will take up residence in the main

central chamber, while a few important ones will find

places for themselves along the rooms to the side.

Every time you clear a stageÏparticularly after

talking to a non-playable character within itÏbe sure to thoroughly explore the Nexus in case someone new and

important has arrived. This can prevent you from overlooking things.

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Even before you finish a stage, though, the man named Stockpile Thomas will be available at ground level. You can

leave items with him so that you're not burdened as you explore new regions, and so that you can pick up new gear and

return with it to the Nexus. Next to Stockpile Thomas is the blacksmith. He will forge weapons befitting an amateur, if

you provide him with souls and materials. These two characters both make your journey much easier, especially near

the start of things, so be careful that you don't accidentally attack or kill them!

If at first you don't succeed...

There's no getting around it: for most gamers, Demon's Souls will be a challenging adventure. That means that you're

likely to die a lot. That can be fun for awhile, but you'll still want to make progress at a reasonable rate. If you find

yourself dying a lot, keep the following in mind:

1. It's okay to level grind. There are some regions that are especially good for this and you should take

advantage of them. If you're constantly dying in battle just before you have enough souls to go up a level, or

if you have enough souls but can't make it back to save that progress in time, start grinding for awhile until

you're more powerful. It's better to spend a few minutes or even hours grinding than to spend that timeÏand

then someÏalmost getting somewhere but repeatedly falling short.

2. Don't clutter your equipment if you don't have to. Are you fighting a tough boss and he keeps killing you

while you're trying to cycle through the different healing items that you've assigned to the 'Square' button?

Maybe you have too many spells and miracles memorized? Change that. You always know when you're

about to face a boss, so just equip the items that you'll most need. Likewise, don't head into stages with a

bunch of amusing but mostly useless magic. Focus on bringing only the stuff that you'll actually use so that

you can more rapidly cycle through everything when the time comes to face that brutal boss. That way, you

can focus on what matters most: staying alive!

3. Target wisely. If you are dying a lot because you can't see where you're stepping, it probably means that

you've let the camera become locked on things you didn't really need to see. Remember that you can easily

tap the 'R3' button to lock onto an enemy, then tap it again to regain control of your camera. If you have to

target multiple enemies, lock onto one and then move the stick left and right to shuffle between targets.

Sometimes it's really useful if you know where your nearby enemy is at all times and sometimes there's

nothing worse. Learn to know when to watch the enemy soaring across the sky and when to focus on the

stuff that's right at your feet.

Keep all of the above in mind and Boletaria may very well have found in you its savior!

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Demon's Souls Walkthrough

TOC

Demon's Souls is a unique game. After you clear the first few areas (the Tutorial and Boletarian Palace regions), you'll

be able to tackle most other stages in any order you like. Sometimes you might be at a disadvantage if you don't have a

useful item from another region, but there's really no rule as to which stages must be tackled in which order throughout

the bulk of the game. This walkthrough is written in the order that we found simplest, but you're certainly encouraged to

experiment and to see if something else works better for you. Some of it will also come down to how you level up your

character, as there are times when enemies might be simple for a melee fighter but difficult for a magic user (and vice-

versa). We'll be sure to note useful tidbits as we go so that you can follow along even if you're not playing through

regions in quite the same order and even if you're leveling up differently than we did. Now, let's start the adventure!

Walkthrough Table of Contents

01 Tutorial

02 Tutorial (cont.)

03 Tutorial (cont.)

04 The Nexus

05 Archstone of the Small King - Boletarian Palace

06 Boletarian Palace (cont.)

07 Boletarian Palace (cont.)

08 Boletarian Palace (cont.)

09 Boletarian Palace (cont.)

10 Boletarian Palace (cont.)

11 Archstone of the Burrow King - Stonefang Tunnel

12 Stonefang Tunnel (cont.)

13 Stonefang Tunnel (cont.)

14 Archstone of the Tower Queen - Tower of Latria

15 Tower of Latria (cont.)

16 Tower of Latria (cont.)

17 Tower of Latria (cont.)

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