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[Samus Aran]

you can definitely do some procrastinating. before you fight ornstein and smough, you could fight two other bosses in anor londo. gwyndolin, near one of the bonfires (note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well), and priscilla (in the painted world)

but yeah ornstein and smough are going to give you issues, they give everyone issues. the first time i played dark souls, i honestly died at least ten or twelve times before beating them, so don't be surprised if you do too. it's a long fight that will try your patience and your resources, and make you try all sorts of strategies.

[Thyme]

but having the crest is convenient because it allows you to have access to the bonfire right outside that door when going through the area.

it also gives you easy access to one of the best grinding areas in the game tbh

[Nyerp]

(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)

wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?

[Thyme]

(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)

wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?

sure

[TooB]

(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)

wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?

you can NOT kill him

[Samus Aran]

(note that killing gwyndolin will enrage a fire keeper of anor londo's first bonfire and you will be forced to kill her and make this bonfire stop working, but oh well)

wtf is there any way to avoid that? can you kill gwyndolin later when you don't need that bonfire as much?

yeah absolutely, you can kill gwyndolin at any time.

there are four bonfires in anor londo. the one at the beginning, which is the one that goes out after you're forced to kill what's-her-face (this one is warpable once you have the lordvessel), the one shortly afterward in the elevator area right next to gwyn's tomb (where you fight gwyndolin), the one inside the palace in a room where you'll begin exploring said palace, and the one right after killing ornstein and smough (also warpable).

the first one becomes pretty unnecessary eventually, so don't worry too much.

the real pressing issue for killing gwyndolin is that you might want to do his covenant first. he offers two miracles through it that you can't obtain anywhere else. said covenant is not worth doing the "legit" way, tho. the items required are only acquired via invading sinful players and killing them (legit way) or by being dropped by the harpy enemies in the painted world (much better way).

imo, stock up on those items from the harpies, give em to gwyndolin, get your miracles, then kill him.

[Nyerp]

killed sif. fuck those forest npcs though

[Nyerp]

i did it on my 2nd try, but who the FUCK thought that part in anor londo with the archers was designed well enough to keep in the game

[Samus Aran]

lmao yeah that part is awful. there are a million tactics out there written for that part. my preferred method is simply to walk right up to the one on the right, because if you get right next to him, you can sorta just nudge him off the ledge while the one on the left can't hit you with arrows because there's a small piece of wall in his way

[Nyerp]

oh.........you need to go back to undead asylum in order to get the peculiar doll.........and go to the catacombs in order to get a ring that lets you fight gwyndolin.......well, i guess i'll just keep trying to kill lautrec

[Samus Aran]

oh lmao I forgot to mention those

[Nyerp]

i dont wanna play this game anymore

[Kalahari Inkantation]

what's discouraging you

[Nyerp]

ornstink & shit

[Kalahari Inkantation]

lol

[spoiler]

there's no shame in summoning solaire[/spoiler]