Updates

2023-12-19

Moved all the notes back to this page temporarily because someone who clearly didn't care about the community deleted the wiki.

Removed old community references.

2023-07-20

Moved Force Quit and No Wrong Warp notes to the wiki <Dead Link> Fixed some formatting for the console FQ notes in preparation to move them to the wiki.

2023-07-06

Moved All Bosses notes to SpeedSouls wiki <Dead Link>

2023-03-07

Moved any% notes to SpeedSouls wiki now it supports markdown <Dead Link>

2022-01-08

Updated All Bosses notes for new Goughless strat

2020-12-23

Updated All Bosses notes for SKAS route

2020-11-17

Updated Any% notes for Homeward Wrong Warp

2020-05-17

Updated Any% route notes to No RTSR route

2020-05-03

Updated FQ Route notes with Firelink Skip route Moved Old FQ route to the bottom (as it would work on console) Noted where routes work on console Updated video links on FQ and All Bosses

2020-04-08

Updated any% notes with additional Gwyn RTSR info

2020-03-22

Updated any% notes with the new dupe, removed the second soul dupe

2020-03-14

Slight change to NWW - dupe before Sif and skip the bone and extra level up

2020-03-12

Added new dupes to NWW route - changes boss order and levels (2 kings!)

Before you start

Join the Souls Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/6v5Z63zEQv- #ds1-remastered

Useful Practice Tools

Download the Save Organiser: https://github.com/Kahmul/SpeedSouls-Save-Organizer/releases

Download DSR-Gadget (cheat tool for practice): https://github.com/JKAnderson/DSR-Gadget/releases

Download Gadgetlemage (to spawn BKH automatically for route practice): https://github.com/CapitaineToinon/Gadgetlemage/releases

About the routes

These are new routes so some of the categories don't yet have a run. I've tried to include runs where they exist. Take these videos as examples if you're unsure what the notes mean, but not necessarily as guides for how to go through areas.

Soul Quantity Dupe used in all non-glitchless categories (PC or Console):

Original Discovery Video/Alternative method (PC only):

Material Dupe Glitch used in any% categories (PC Only):

Any% (PC Route)

Note: Starting as Female will make the Wrong Warp more difficult as you cannot perform the spell swap from idle as a Female character.

Asylum

• Start as Male Thief with Black Firebombs
• Keep the Sword Hilt
• Kill Asylum Demon
• Skip pickups
• Get Estus and Darksign
• Pick up the 200 soul
• Leave Asylum

Basin Bonfire

• Dupe the 200 soul 99x
• At Petrus buy Force, Homeward and 2 Talismans
• Dupe the humanity 99x on the elevator
• Equip the talismans
• Pick up the 2k soul
• Upwarp on the NLR elevator
• Dupe the 2k soul 99x
• Take the bonfire and level 12ATT 20END 32STR 18DEX 12FTH
• Attune Force and Homeward

Wrong Warp 1

• Pick up the GCS and Farm the BKH
• Kill the Lizard
• At Andre prompt swap 9 Longswords
• Open the menu to buy longswords again
• Drop dupe -8 Twinkling Titanite
• Upgrade the BKH to +5
• Light the Parish Bonfire (don't rest)
• Homeward Wrong Warp

Quelaag

• Blighttown air rolls
• Kill Quelaag
• Ring the bell
• Darksign

Gargoyles

• Kill Gargoyles
• Ring the bell
• Darksign

Iron Golem

• Run through Sen's Fortress
• Quitout for the boulder
• Kill Iron Golem (R2 to stagger, R1 on the toe or R1 combo to fall)
• Fly to Anor Londo
• Skip the bonfire
• Pop a humanity/heal on the elevator

Ornstein and Smough

• Run through Anor Londo
• Kill Ornstein and Smough
• Kill Gwynevere and get the Lordvessel
• Darksign
• Warp to Firelink Shrine

Wrong Warp 2

• Place the Lordvessel
• Warp to Undead Parish
• Homeward Wrong Warp

Gwyn

• Kill Gwyn and quitout on riposte
• Load back in and skip the cutscene
• Final split is on the credits (not the cutscene!)

Any% Force Quit (PC Route)

Asylum

• Start Thief with Black Firebombs
• Keep the Sword Hilt
• Kill Asylum Demon
• Pick up the Shield
• Get the Estus and Key from Oscar
• Darksign
• Leave asylum and Firelink Skip

BKH

• Kill the lizard in the tower
• Drop down the tower to Darkroot basin
• Pick up the 1k soul
• (Optional: Pop a humanity from hotbar for droprate)
• Pick up GCS, farm BKH
• Dupe 99x 1k soul
• Level 18END 27STR 18DEX
• Force Quit Wrong Warp

Quelaag

• Alternative Routing: Pick up the 1k soul
• Blighttown Air Rolls
• Kill Quelaag with BKH
• Ring the bell
• Dupe the homeward bone / Alternative: Darksign
• Wrong warp to Parish using the homeward bone in the darkroot basin map
• Alternative: Darksign for the warp if you picked up the 1k soul

Gargoyles

• Alternative Routing: dupe 99x 1k souls
• Buy Weapon Smithbox
• Prompt swap 9 Caestuses
• Attempt to buy Caestuses again
• Drop -8 twinkling (negative dupe)
• Upgrade BKH to +5
• Alternative Routing: Level 34+ STR to 1 hand for Gwyn
• Kill Gargoyles
• Ring Bell
• Darksign

Sen's Fortress

• Sen's Warp
• Run through Sen's
• Kill Iron Golem
• Fly to Anor Londo
• Ornstein and Smough
• Skip the bonfire
• Run through Anor Londo
• Kill Ornstein and Smough
• Kill Gwynevere and get the Lordvessel
• Darksign

Gwyn

• Force quit wrong warp to Burg
• Run towards firelink
• Force quit wrong warp in the first tunnel
• Jump down to Firelink Altar
• Force quit wrong warp to Kiln
• Kill Gwyn

Any% No Wrong Warp (PC Route)

These notes diverge slightly from the routing taken by mintius. They suggest a different RTSR setup for 4 kings that does not rely on their attack patterns. This changes the late game boss order to Nito/Seath/BoC instead of Seath/Nito/BoC and dupes humanities for the shortcut in archives instead of on the NLR elevator.

Asylum

• Start Thief with Black Firebombs
• Kill Asylum Demon
• Skip the weapon and shield pickups
• Quitout before Oscar to break the wall
• Get the Estus and Key from Oscar
• Darksign
• Leave Asylum

BKH

• Take the Elevator to New Londo Ruins (send the elevator back up)
• Dupe 10x humanity
• Enter Valley of the Drakes
• Get the 2k soul in the dragon's claw
• Pick up RTSR from the tower and roll off the tower from the pickup animation
• Upwarp on the elevator
• Pick up the Grass Crest Shield and quitout
• Kill the Black Knight for the BKH
• Kill the crystal lizard (punch + bomb)
• Prompt swap left from wooden arrows to buy the maximum stack of bastard swords
• Dupe the 2k soul the maximum amount
• Buy the crest and smithbox
• Open the menu to purchase on bastard swords to store the negative quantity
• Negative dupe the twinkling titanite
• Rest at the parish bonfire

Sif

• Upgrade the BKH to +5
• Level 24VIT 40END 40STR 18DEX
• Use the titanite demon and fall damage on the way to Sif to setup RTSR
• Open the door to Sif and quitout
• Trigger the fight
• Kill Sif
• Darksign

Iron Golem

• Perform Sen's Gate Skip
• Run through Sen's Fortress
• Skip the AL Bonfire
• Air Roll skip the AL elevator

Ornstein and Smough

• Run through AL, taking some fall damage to setup RTSR
• Kill Ornstein and Smough
• Kill Gwynevere with a firebomb to get the Lordvessel
• Jump from the balcony to deathwarp to the Anor Londo bonfire
• Warp to Firelink Shrine

4 Kings

• Setup RTSR with drops on the elevator, leave the elevator down
• mintius uses the 4 kings attacks, but this relies on 4 kings RNG to setup
• Seal skip
• Kill 4 Kings (watch VODs to see possible 2 kings setups)
• Place the Lordvessel with Kaathe
• Warp to Firelink Shrine

Nito

• Activate the lever in Catacombs and quitout
• Air roll plunge down Catacombs
• Kill Pinwheel
• Heal and open the menu to block the rite of kindling popup
• Tomb of Giants fog gate skip
• Kill Nito (watch VODs for Nito/RTSR strats)
• Darksign

Seath

• Warp to Anor Londo
• Dupe the Humanity on the first Archives elevator
• Air Roll duke skip
• Ladder skip
• Crystal Caves slope Quitout
• Kill Seath
• Homeward Bone

Bed of Chaos

• Warp to Firelink Shrine
• Air roll the NLR elevator
• Kill Quelaag
• Offer 30 humanities to the chaos covenant
• Ceaseless skip
• Take the chaos shortcut
• Kill Bed of Chaos
• Darksign

Gwyn

• Offer the lord souls to the lordvessel
• Setup RTSR using the sword knight
• Kill Gwyn and riposte quitout
• Load back in and skip the cutscene

All Bosses

Asylum

• Start Thief with Black Firebombs
• Kill Asylum Demon
• Pick up the Shield and Knife
• Get the Estus and key from Oscar
• Darksign
• Leave Asylum

Taurus

• Snipe the undead merchant with 2 black firebombs
• Lower Undead Burg Skip
• Free Griggs
• Get the Gold Pine Resins from the chest
• Kill Taurus with resin knife

Gargoyles

• Run past the Hellkite Drake and pick up the 800 soul
• Activate the Parish elevator
• Kill Gargoyles with 1 black firebomb and resin bandit knife
• Darksign (skip the bell)

RTSR

• Dupe the 800 soul 99x on the elevator
• Pick up the 2k soul
• Get RTSR
• Homeward Bone

Iron Golem

• Buy Great Soul Arrow, Fall Control, Great Heavy Soul Arrow, both rings and a Catalyst from Griggs
• Open the menu to buy a second catalyst but don't buy one (resets quantity to 00 for the dupe)
• Dupe the 2k soul 99x on the parish elevator
• Sen's Gate Skip
• Take the Parish Bonfire while in deathcam
• Level 14ATT 10STR 51INT
• Attune FC/GHSA/GSA
• Free Logan
• Don't setup RTSR
• Pick up the 8k soul on the roof
• Kill Iron Golem (1 GHSA stagger, GSA fall)
• Activate the Anor Londo elevator
• FC Quitout

Ornstein and Smough

• Run through the rafters
• Rotate the stairs and Quitout
• Perform Silver Knight Archer Skip
• Buy 999 Standard Arrows from the blacksmith
• Kill Ornstein and Smough
• Kill Gwynevere
• Jump off the balcony and deathwarp to the AL bonfire

Stray Demon

• Dupe the 8k soul 999x
• Warp to Firelink
• Rest and level 23ATT 32END 45DEX 97INT
• Buy Homing Soulmass and Soul Spear from Logan
• Listen to his dialog as you leave!
• Return to Asylum (pretend to be an egg)
• Kill Stray Demon
• Get the Peculiar Doll
• Bone

Hydra

• Buy Soul Spear from Griggs
• Warp to Undead Parish
• Equip Armor in the warp
• Buy Crest of Artorias, Bastard Sword and a Kite Shield (either)
• Open the Sealed Door (quitout)
• Take the Hidden Bonfire
• Attune Homing Soulmass and both Soul Spears
• Jump onto the bridge and equip DGH for RTSR
• FC plunge
• Kill Hydra (3 soul spears)
• Quitout to spawn the golem
• Kill the Golem (2 soul spears)
• Talk to Dusk (just spam to say yes)
• Go to Dusk's summon sign and summon her
• Kill the 2 Golems that aggro
• Buy Hidden Body
• Darksign

Butterfly

• Kill Butterfly
• Darksign

Seath

• Attune Hidden Body
• Warp to Anor Londo (equip kite shield & Lingering ring)
• Archives Golden Fog Gate Skip
• Switch back to RTSR/BDR on the first elevator
• Ringswap DCR on the second elevator lever
• Air Roll duke skip
• Setup RTSR from fall damage with DCR and ladder skip
• Crystal Caves Fall Control drop
• Hidden Body for clams
• Kill Seath
• Darksign

Sif

• Consistent Knight RTSR
• Kill Sif
• Darksign

Guardian

• Equip DCR and jump onto the bridge for RTSR
• Pick up the Crown of Dusk
• Enter the DLC
• Equip Crown in the fog gate
• Kill Guardian

Artorias

• Hidden body on the bridge
• Air roll Royal Woods Skip
• Kill Artorias
• Take the Oolacile Township bonfire

Kalameet

• Run to Kalameet
• Equip DCR for RTSR drop setup or take extra fall damage before the dogs
• Snipe Kalameet from the air
• Equip Lingering ring over RTSR
• Darksign

Manus

• Air roll down the elevator
• Cast hidden body and run over the bridge
• Air roll down the next elevator
• Kill the sorcerer and get Dark Bead
• Swap RTSR over Lingering ring
• Setup RTSR from fall damage
• Kill Manus
• Darksign

4 Kings

• Attune Dark Bead
• Warp to Firelink Shrine
• Equip DCR then replace it with Covenant of Artorias
• Setup RTSR with fall damage on the NLR elevator
• Leave the elevator down
• Seal Skip
• Kill 4 Kings (2 soul spears, 3 dark beads)
• Take the Abyss Bonfire
• Place the Lordvessel with Kaathe
• Warp to Anor Londo

Priscilla

• FC Quitout down elevator
• Ringswap DCR/Equip Calamity ring
• FC Quitout to painting
• Enter the Painted World
• Setup RTSR with an arrow + calamity ring
• Switch back to BDR+RTSR
• Kill the undead dragon (2 dark beads)
• Cast Fall Control
• Jump attack the dragon butt
• Drop down
• Quitout at the Priscilla fog gate (optional moan glitch avoiding strat)
• Shoot Priscilla from behind
• Leave painted world

Gwyndolin

• Rotate the stairs down
• Kill Gwyndolin

Capra/Gaping

• Rest
• Run to Undead Burg
• Capra Fog Gate Skip
• Kill Capra Demon
• Quitout to spawn back at the top
• Depths Out of Bounds
• Kill Gaping Dragon
• Darksign

Pinwheel/Nito

• Run to the Catacombs
• Push the Lever and quitout
• Cast Hidden Body and air roll down catacombs
• Kill Pinwheel
• Heal and take the ladder
• Run through tomb of giants
• DCR ringswap in the Nito fog gate
• Cast Hidden Body
• Kill Nito (4 soul spears)
• Equip Lingering Ring over RTSR
• Darksign

Quelaag

• Cast FC and air roll down the NLR elevator
• Blighttown air rolls
• Switch back to BDR
• Kill Quelaag
• Skip the bell
• Equip DCR for the drop
• Take the ruins bonfire

Ceaseless Discharge

• Remove the DCR and take fall damage for RTSR
• Equip RTSR/BDR in the fog gate
• Kill Ceaseless Discharge
• Equip DCR
• Darksign

Firesage/Centipede/Bed of Chaos

• Jump down to take some fall damage
• Plunge to the lower area
• Remove DCR
• Drop down to setup RTSR
• Kill Firesage
• Cast FC and air roll after the bonfire
• Kill Centipede Demon
• Equip OCR and run through the lava
• Kill Bed of Chaos (Tokhi Bombs)
• Darksign

Gwyn

• Warp to the abyss
• Warp to the Lordvessel with Kaathe
• Offer the Lord Souls
• Setup RTSR from the black knight (regular thrust attack with armor)
• Kill Gwyn (parry, dark bead)
• Link the Fire

Any% Force Quit (Console Route)

Example Run:

Asylum

• Start Thief with Black Firebombs
• Kill Asylum Demon with bombs
• Skip Knife and Shield
• Get Estus and Key from Oscar
• Darksign
• Leave the Asylum

BKH

• Take the Elevator to New Londo Ruins (leave the elevator down)
• Pop the humanity from the hotbar (optional: dupe 99x humanity instead)
• Enter Valley of the Drakes
• Get the Dragon Crest Shield and the 2k soul in the dragon's claw
• Pick up RTSR from the tower and roll off the tower from the pickup animation
• Upwarp on the elevator
• Dupe the 2k soul 99x
• Take the bonfire and level 16VIT 20END 28STR 18DEX
• Pick up and equip the Grass Crest Shield
• Make the black knight fall off and get the Black Knight Halberd
• Return to the tunnel and Force Quit wrong warp

Quelaag

• Blighttown meme rolls
• Take a hit from an enemy for RTSR
• Kill Quelaag
• Ring the bell
• Darksign

Gargoyles

• Exit the tunnel and force quit wrong warp
• Rest at the Parish bonfire
• Kill Gargoyles
• Ring the Bell
• Darksign

Iron Golem

• Enter Sen's Fortress (optional faster FQ warp)
• Setup RTSR by blocking 3 arrows with BKH OR backstepping the boulder
• Kill Iron Golem
• Pop a humanity on the AL elevator

Ornstein and Smough

• Run through Anor Londo
• Get RTSR from fall damage or from the silver knight
• Kill Ornstein and Smough
• Kill Gwynevere and get the Lordvessel
• Darksign

Gwyn

• Warp to Firelink Shrine
• Equip thief mask, black leather armor/gloves
• Enter Firelink Altar
• Force Quit wrong warp
• Take a hit from the BKS knight thrust attack
• Equip Dragon Crest Shield in the fog gate
• Kill Gwyn (Parry, R1 (fail the riposte), Parry, Riposte, R1, Parry, Riposte, R1, Parry, Riposte)