I think if I were to do this myself, I'd add the rule that if there isn't any "(weapon, spirit ash, talisman)" in a dungeon, I can use something I got from the last one in place of nothing/the torch. This would give opportunity to make more use of the actual boss rewards, and make the whole thing more bearable. This IS a challenge run, though, so props on you for adhering to the difficulty.
Yeah that is a fair point, but challenge runs have to have those moments like having to fight Godskin Apostle + Godskin Noble with a torch or it's no fun 😂
I think it would be interesting to use only boss rewards. You may use any of the bosses' drops at any time but only once each. Could come up with some interesting combinations. I don't know what you would use for the initial fight though.
Very creative idea and fun video. Only thing I’ll say is that I also really enjoyed the cross naginata, thought the moveset was very fun and liked using Loretta’s ash of war on it
me running guardian sword spear, and regualry fights dual cross naginata, I will really like fighting it is either you get sent to the shadow realm, or the player has 0 pvp understanding and still manages to get u to 50hp from poking you 7 ft away and you only won since they just messed up where they stood.
@@cthulhurage4580 I've been doing a Frozen Armament Cross Naginata on my Dex/Int build and it SLAPS. So much Burst damage when you get the procs, and it does good base damage because it's an enchantment and not an infusion, too. Throw on Flame of the Redmanes and you can reset the Cold Proc, too.
Hey guys, so I saw a few comments about the horrible beep sound for the 2-3 swears in the video and thought it would be easier to explain in a pinned comment here. In the lead up to this videos release, one of my other videos got hit by a restriction from UA-cam so at the last minute, I tried to remove anything in this video that might cause it to happen to this one. I know that sound is awful but let me assure you, lessons were learnt and that sound will never be heard in one of my videos ever again. Thank you all for watching and hope you've enjoyed the video regardless 😊
@jkleeds1031 Something you maybe also wanna pay attention to as your channel grows is misgendering. Might be seen as "overly PC" but it makes youtubers always kinda seem more professional. For example all black knife assassins are female and cleanrot knights might also be that too (Since the only one gendered in the game is female). But then you call a flower "she" which is also strange.
@@ElectricNox I guess because I saw the name Miranda? Seemed like a female name but yeah you're right probably something to note. Had no idea the assassins were female until reading comments here
the war-dead catacombs are scaled for dragonbarrow, which for some reason has scaling comparable to the mountaintop of the giants, so that's probably part of what made that boss take so long also, i personally feel that the reuse of astel actually _adds_ to his mystique; suddenly, he's not a one-off aberration, he's a member of a _species_ which raises so many questions (it also makes sense because the fallenstar beasts and malformed stars seem to be the same type of creature in earlier stages of it's life cycle)
Fun Fact: 13:46 Completing this Cave actually is required for getting Latenna the Albinauric as a Spirit Summon and gives you access to her quest if she isn't dead by the time you reach her. The reward for completing her quest and bringing her to that one church in the Consecrated Snowfield is a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. 32:42 There's also a Cemetery Shade in this Dungeon that drops the Mantis Blade.
Also, something not many people know, when you get her as a Spirit Summon, if you summon her near one of the bigger wolves, she does not just stand still, she will get on the wolf and ride around like the other Albinauric archers in the snowfields. I wish there were more Spirit Summons like this ;-;
@@WolfieTheWuf That's actually an oversight. The code that lets Albinaurics mount wolves wasn't removed for her, so she'll do it, but the wolf will still be hostile and they'll try to kill eachother.
My favorite dungeon has got to be the war-dead catacombs, watching spirits continue the war of the shattering for eternity even after their death really is something else. Honorable mention to yelough anix tunnel and fringefolk heros grave for being quite complex and gelmir heros grave for allowing you to ride a goddamn chariot
My favourite one is the jail style one in caelid, there is a good amount of gear and the layout Ia really good, have to explore the Dungeon twice ( before and after activate the leaver ) . I feel like the dungeons should have been like this one, pretty original
@@MorizonPlays it should be the first one on the right in the Consecrated Snowfields (I think). The Burial Watchdog I'm talking about is in a dangerous area (not the boss) so make sure you have a back up plan ✓
Honestly my one pet peeve of "Reused Bosses" is that the Burial Watchdogs all have minor differences, the first two had different heads and aggro patterns for example, but I get how when they usually die quickly its just "Thats the same guy!"
My favorite minor dungeon is the Forgotten Cave. I love the transparent ice for the floor, the dead dragon at the entrance, going under the ice for the boss, then finding that the boss has a unique weapon _AND_ unique (for a leonine misbegotten) attacks.
The unique feature of the serpent sword is it heals you whenever you kill an enemy, stacking with Taker's Icon & Rykard's Rune and all other heal-on-kill effects
additionally you dont even need to kill with the weapon, you can just have it offhanded and it'll heal you as long as its equipped, even if you're twohanding another weapon.
Gratz on the run, and on pushing through all the weaponless dungeons. I would've probably said you're free to craft your own weapons from the stuff you find inside the dungeons, like making thin beast bones into throwing daggers
I really love your content. Your scripts are so well written, your jokes are amazing , and your music choice is top tier. Thanks again for the great videos!
Cool idea for a challenge run! A few things that are probably totally useless now in hindsight, but might be good to know: - The flying Misbegotten's in Morne also drop the Misbegotten shortbow, a more strength scaling light bow that has Barrage - great for starting a bow only build - Don't remember if there was any to be found in those catacombs, but using crystal darts against any golem creature (ie the imps or the Watchdogs), can make them aggro other mobs for a time. Really nice for groups as you can make them fight each other - I think this challenge is the first time anyone has ever said "Rosus Axe is awesome" - The very first imp in Road's End Catacombs can actually drop the Forked greatsword - right next to the bonfire so the best farm spot, although the drop rate sucks - "Jail" is the correct pronunciation for Gaol, exactly the same. Just an old word for it, was actually the predominate spelling for it used between about ~1750 - 1930 - If using a Greatbow, you can actually get a faster shot off by jumping first, you start pulling the arrow back in-air and then can release shortly after you land. Check out dangitjm on youtube/Twitch, great guy and figured out a lot of how the bows in ER work best, especially in PvP - Just to be pedantic, but technically speaking for the Sainted Hero's Grave, the Black Knife is dropped by the black knife assassin miniboss just outside the entrance here - isn't actually in the dungeon. Granted, if you didn't use that its back to the forked hatchet or you pray to get a lucky drop of the Duelist weapon from the one that unlocks the boss room and doesn't respawn. So totally fair play to use the cool dagger imho - Shotel is fully pronounced, pretty much how it is spelled: "show-tul". Its an Abyssinian (present day Ethiopia) kind of curved sword - Cranial Vessel Candlestand's item description is... kinda horrific, go read it. But a unique weapon, although with limited utility, you can actually keep that flame spew ash up by mashing L2 as long as you have FP and stamina
Thanks for the detailed comment man! I actually did know about the crystal darts thing with the Watchdogs but annoyingly you can't get any darts in any of the dungeons where they appear. That's really cool to know bout the greatbow though, might try a greatbow only run someday!
The Ruin-Strewn Precipice is absolutely the best minor dungeon. It feels almost like a legacy dungeon, and then the payoff of getting to Altus (possibly) for the first time. Nothing beats that for me. Though Magma Wyrms that stand up are not very fun, but at least it's very unique if you haven't been exploring too much.
Much work was put into this video, and it must had been quiet a challenge to accomplish this run, so congrats for you sir, I hope you will earn more attention in time cause you deseve it.
Spirit caller cave or Anyx Tunnel Yealough I'm predicting. Also this is the 3rd video of yours I've watched. Liking all of them so far so I'm subbed buddy. Looking forward to this video
Ha! I totally called it with Spiritcaller. I was listening this video while shoveling snow and gathering firewood. It felt good to endure physical hardship and pain while listening to you describe your ordeal
I'm honestly more impressed with the patience you have to farm all of those weapons than you killing the bosses. Especially the stone club I've done that one before and that guy is tough to farm.
I feel like it would have been in the spirit of the run to be able to craft things from Cookbooks that you find specifically within a particular dungeon? Like, for instance, maybe you could take on Tombsward Catacombs using the Rancor Pots you get the recipe for inside, or use the Lightning Grease/Drawstring Lightning Grease you get the recipes for in Wyndham Catacombs on the Knight's Greatsword.
Favorite dungeon is Highroad cave, honestly looks amazing and 100% unique design with unique weapon in it. When i explored it on my first playthrough i was like "Wow, so there will be such an amazing dungeons here and not only catacombs" oh boy i was wrong. Top2 is Ruin Strewn Precipice as it felt like an actual tower climb and looked astonishing + new cool looking boss. Top3 Auriza Hero's Grave i had fun with knights + my favorite armor drops from them.
You should definitely try a bows only run. I did one and its alot of fun, its very challenging at times and offers a unique play experience imo. By the end I maxed out my damage potential a little over 200 per shot which kinda sucks but its definitely fun
Cave of the Forlorn just makes it clear how much of a missed opportunity it was to not have the other Misbegotten bosses not use the legendary sword weapons they looted (Grafted Blade Greatsword for the Morne Castle one, Ruins Greatsword for the Redmane one.) Maybe they could give a couple of gravity stomp/shockwave type attacks to the latter, call it Misbegotten Redmane, and then make the former afflicted mildly with Frenzied Flame, call it a Misbegotten Revenger? I could easily see them being way less loathed if they were at all distinguishable from the basic enemy Leonine Misbegotten found as early in the later game as like, Leyndell.
My favorite minor dungeon is definitely the one near Radahn's arena in which the restless souls of Cleanrot Knights can be found, locked in an eternal battle with those of some Redmane Knights and Radahn Soldiers. It's just such an epic place, and I farmed for the Cleanrot Knight set there for hours without actually getting tired of it. It provided a consistent challenge with the endlessly respawning enemies but was rewarding enough to make it worth it with the item drops and decent rune drops for that point in the game.
18:06 I would recommend giving the magma wyrm blade a try. I started using it on a strength/ faith build and it's actually quite good. The 2 handed heavy is a chop, and you can reliably use it to dodge attacks (or if you're me, get lucky and face tank less) because it lowers you're hitbox below a surprising number of attacks 23:40 if this is actually your first time trying magic in ER, I am so sorry it's Rock Blast 24:45 *THERES AN ACTUAL BOSS HERE?* 36:18 ah yes, Ornstein and Ornstein. They got rid of the slow guy 39:41 fun fact, there are *6* different godskin boss fights. 2 nobles, 2 apostles, both together in Faram Azula, and then 1 after another in spirit caller cave. Just why?
Hey gamer cool challenge, for another nice chill run in the same vein, you could do a Gun Game, wherein you use any weapon, every time it drops, until you find another one. (You can obvi use a prenup graded version if a new one of the same kind used previously dropped) but otherwise great video very chill and cool!!
Cool bit about astel is that it's the type of beast, not the thing's name. The falling star beast is the larval stage, the things you fight in some of the underground areas that fling rocks at you are the pupal stage, and Astel is the adult stage. He's not meant to be a unique boss, but a rare and dangerous creature from the stars, beyond the lands between.
My new favourite thing is actually trying out new weapons. It's really given me a great appreciation for the flexibility and variety Elden Ring provides
the war-dead catacombs is a late game dungeon, you're meant to do it at a similar time to farum. also the old altus tunnel and the altus tunnel have similar names because the old altus tunnel is the old one... they're also connected
Glad you enjoyed it! I'd actually recommend the Legacy dungeon variant from my other video as it avoids things like beating those Godskins with a torch 😂😂
I recently discovered how great the black bow is on my primarily knife run. That thing with serpent arrows and the scorpion dagger thing melt enemies between the scarlet rot and toxic
Love the dual crucible knight fight. Probably my favorite dou fight in the entire game. They and dragons are the one fight I never feel bad about doing over and over again. (Though most of the dragons are way to weak to need re attempts)
I'm gonna guess "frikkin Ordovis", out of the top of my head Honourable mention: The watchdog with the escort of like FOUR entire imps in the Impaler's Catacombs.... that's like in Weeping Peninsula, the cruelty of this troll is legendary
It's kind of wild how rich Limgrave is when it comes to these small dungeons. They get super samey as the game goes on but Murkwater has an unique look with the ingrown rock, highroad cave is just without peer in the entire game....
Golden Epitaph really is a good weapon in specific circumstances. It doesn't just give you 10% damage, it also doubles your damage vs undead and is classified as an Aura Buff (similar to Golden Vow), so you can use it in tandem with Sacred Order or Sacred Blade (both of which also deal another 2x to undead) to do ludicrous damage. I also like using the Omen Cleaver for elemental builds because it has a higher affinity vs physical damage split than a lot of other weapons meaning you waste less damage.
Also fun fact, iirc the Miranda flower summons have predetermined summon points, instead of summoning near you(I'm no 100% sure, but its one of these mass summons with essentially unmoving summons) so that's a reason to use them, since you can summon them far away from you theoretically
In the war-dead catacombs you can actually farm the whole cleanrot gear as well as the radahn gear, but for some reason, the drop rate from the ghosts is ridiculousy small compared to the normal variant. I farmed the dudes for runes once and I actually got a single cleanrot helmet and a pair of gloves in like 30 minutes
My favorite is the one with the duo of crucible knights because I had fond memories of me doing an only parry no spirits/summons fight. Felt powerful when I won❤️
did you know? theres a cemetery shade in the gelmir hero grave (not as a boss) it drops a curved sword that has low range but doubles its range on heavy attacks might have been cool to dual wield with the hammer even if not optimal
Also, you don't have to kill the spirit crucible knight, just find the misty area of the room and swing into it. You can hit the snail directly a few times before it teleports away, and repeat. Just have to dodge the crucible knights attack when it closes the distance.
This is similar to an idea I had a little while ago, could be another fun challenge run if you're up to it. All Remembrances, but only using Remembrance weapons, and after you use one to defeat a remembrance boss, you can't use it again. The only Remembrance boss that doesn't does give a weapon from Enia is Fortissax, so I'd recommend saving him for last. The only other weapons you can use are whichever one you pick up to use against your first remembrance target, after that boss weapons only. Also, with the staff from Renala, you can just use it to cast spells, would be far too painful to try and beat down a boss with a staff xD
@@JKLeeds That would also be really interesting, the question becomes, on the bosses with multiple weapons, do you pick one or use both? Godrick with the dragon head and greataxe sounds kinda fun 😆
@@JKLeeds it's not a massive problem or anything I was only half paying attention while playing pokemon and it just caught off guard for a minute and distracted me from even considering you were using it as a censor lmao. Even when I played back the video for a few seconds to see if it came from the video I was second guessing if it was the video or if I somehow accidentally replayed it timed with the beeping until I actually listened to the words and not just for the beep
@@JKLeeds it's a broken janky mess that's most well known feature is how glitchy it is, and is held together only by duct tape and dreams. So basically pokemon got back to it's roots in how the first games were made, it's unbelievably fun, and I can't stop doing raids
To be honest, I rate the Hero's Grave dungeons as a level above the rest of these. All of them felt memorable and challenging. The rest of these I mostly remember based on what items I can get there, most obviously the Smithing Stone Bell Bearings. As a side note, even though he gets reused for no reason, I really like this version of Astel compared to the other one. The coloring looks better, the difficulty is higher, and he has that crazy clone grab move that one-hit kills me on most of my playthroughs because I usually level Vigor last.
Re: Golden Epitaph It's a solid sidearm/backup for skeleton-heavy areas and deathbirds and such. Low requirements so basically any character can just pick it up and level it up a bit. Otherwise, not particularly noteworthy. But the skill is an aura buff that increases damage against undead by 100%. You can one shot death birds with the basic holy pots if you stack enough buffs, including this one
You could create a difficulty list of more standard challenge runs in different souls games. How difficult is a DS1 SL1 run, to a DS3 SL1 run? Then compare that to a no weapon upgrade run in the different games. It could be a good tool in getting hesitant people into trying different challenge runs.
for the abandoned cave you can easily avoid getting rotted by jumping of the side onto a ledge on the wall in the first area. maybe thats just with high enough immunity with gear though
"animal enemies obviously don't drop weapons"
the spiders from dark souls 2 dropping zweihanders like a boss
Not like only zweihanders but whole arsenal
Really wish there were some of those in Spiritcaller Cave 😭
Black knight greatsword too
H o w
haha i remember farming those for my first zweihander and i used it for the whole game including the dlc’s
I think if I were to do this myself, I'd add the rule that if there isn't any "(weapon, spirit ash, talisman)" in a dungeon, I can use something I got from the last one in place of nothing/the torch.
This would give opportunity to make more use of the actual boss rewards, and make the whole thing more bearable.
This IS a challenge run, though, so props on you for adhering to the difficulty.
Yeah that is a fair point, but challenge runs have to have those moments like having to fight Godskin Apostle + Godskin Noble with a torch or it's no fun 😂
@@JKLeeds I think you just have a slight masochistic tendency there.
I think it would be interesting to use only boss rewards. You may use any of the bosses' drops at any time but only once each. Could come up with some interesting combinations. I don't know what you would use for the initial fight though.
Very creative idea and fun video. Only thing I’ll say is that I also really enjoyed the cross naginata, thought the moveset was very fun and liked using Loretta’s ash of war on it
Yeah it's a sweet weapon actually! Really enjoyed it
@@JKLeeds Cross Naginata is one of my favorite weapons. The tryhards who dual wield running attack with it are missing out on that one handed moveset.
The guardian swordspear also has a fantastically unique moveset!
me running guardian sword spear, and regualry fights dual cross naginata, I will really like fighting it is either you get sent to the shadow realm, or the player has 0 pvp understanding and still manages to get u to 50hp from poking you 7 ft away and you only won since they just messed up where they stood.
@@cthulhurage4580 I've been doing a Frozen Armament Cross Naginata on my Dex/Int build and it SLAPS. So much Burst damage when you get the procs, and it does good base damage because it's an enchantment and not an infusion, too. Throw on Flame of the Redmanes and you can reset the Cold Proc, too.
Hey guys, so I saw a few comments about the horrible beep sound for the 2-3 swears in the video and thought it would be easier to explain in a pinned comment here. In the lead up to this videos release, one of my other videos got hit by a restriction from UA-cam so at the last minute, I tried to remove anything in this video that might cause it to happen to this one. I know that sound is awful but let me assure you, lessons were learnt and that sound will never be heard in one of my videos ever again. Thank you all for watching and hope you've enjoyed the video regardless 😊
I thought is was my fan it makes a beep like that and I had to replay the video to realize it
Can I suggest the elden ring parry SFX as a replacement for future bleeping? Deflecting the foul corruption of demonetization and all.
Haha clever idea! To be fair, I don't swear that much in the vids anyway so I'll just not have any in future
@jkleeds1031 Something you maybe also wanna pay attention to as your channel grows is misgendering. Might be seen as "overly PC" but it makes youtubers always kinda seem more professional. For example all black knife assassins are female and cleanrot knights might also be that too (Since the only one gendered in the game is female). But then you call a flower "she" which is also strange.
@@ElectricNox I guess because I saw the name Miranda? Seemed like a female name but yeah you're right probably something to note. Had no idea the assassins were female until reading comments here
the war-dead catacombs are scaled for dragonbarrow, which for some reason has scaling comparable to the mountaintop of the giants, so that's probably part of what made that boss take so long
also, i personally feel that the reuse of astel actually _adds_ to his mystique; suddenly, he's not a one-off aberration, he's a member of a _species_ which raises so many questions (it also makes sense because the fallenstar beasts and malformed stars seem to be the same type of creature in earlier stages of it's life cycle)
Fun Fact: 13:46 Completing this Cave actually is required for getting Latenna the Albinauric as a Spirit Summon and gives you access to her quest if she isn't dead by the time you reach her. The reward for completing her quest and bringing her to that one church in the Consecrated Snowfield is a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
32:42 There's also a Cemetery Shade in this Dungeon that drops the Mantis Blade.
Also, something not many people know, when you get her as a Spirit Summon, if you summon her near one of the bigger wolves, she does not just stand still, she will get on the wolf and ride around like the other Albinauric archers in the snowfields. I wish there were more Spirit Summons like this ;-;
@@WolfieTheWuf That's actually an oversight. The code that lets Albinaurics mount wolves wasn't removed for her, so she'll do it, but the wolf will still be hostile and they'll try to kill eachother.
My favorite dungeon has got to be the war-dead catacombs, watching spirits continue the war of the shattering for eternity even after their death really is something else. Honorable mention to yelough anix tunnel and fringefolk heros grave for being quite complex and gelmir heros grave for allowing you to ride a goddamn chariot
My favourite one is the jail style one in caelid, there is a good amount of gear and the layout Ia really good, have to explore the Dungeon twice ( before and after activate the leaver ) . I feel like the dungeons should have been like this one, pretty original
@@jajasking9652 yeah that is one is also cool as hell
Snowfield Catacombs with that secret room that's deep AF, with that one Burial Watchdog that hits like a truck
@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 i don't think I've even discovered that one, I'll find it on my next playthrough
@@MorizonPlays it should be the first one on the right in the Consecrated Snowfields (I think). The Burial Watchdog I'm talking about is in a dangerous area (not the boss) so make sure you have a back up plan ✓
Honestly my one pet peeve of "Reused Bosses" is that the Burial Watchdogs all have minor differences, the first two had different heads and aggro patterns for example, but I get how when they usually die quickly its just "Thats the same guy!"
My favorite minor dungeon is the Forgotten Cave. I love the transparent ice for the floor, the dead dragon at the entrance, going under the ice for the boss, then finding that the boss has a unique weapon _AND_ unique (for a leonine misbegotten) attacks.
The unique feature of the serpent sword is it heals you whenever you kill an enemy, stacking with Taker's Icon & Rykard's Rune and all other heal-on-kill effects
additionally you dont even need to kill with the weapon, you can just have it offhanded and it'll heal you as long as its equipped, even if you're twohanding another weapon.
Gratz on the run, and on pushing through all the weaponless dungeons. I would've probably said you're free to craft your own weapons from the stuff you find inside the dungeons, like making thin beast bones into throwing daggers
Your voice is super consistent without being monotone so it was a great video to fall asleep to. Thanks, homie
Hah you're welcome! I was actually ill during the recording of some of this so my voice was giving out at certain points. Glad you enjoyed it 😂
This is an awesome idea for a challenge, get to see a lot of variety and show off some unlikely items haha
That was exactly my goal!
If you want a follow up to use the boss weapons, you could do a similar run where you only use the latest boss weapon you acquired
Always wanted to try this specific type of challenge in several different games. Fun to see it in a video.
I really love your content. Your scripts are so well written, your jokes are amazing , and your music choice is top tier. Thanks again for the great videos!
"Let's play a drinking game" Way ahead of you mate. I got a drink the moment I saw that your character had pink backhair 😮
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dungeon Derp does seem to have that effect on people. My wife says he gives her nightmares
@@JKLeeds Loved the video btw. Beating both Godskins with just a torch was seriously impressive!
Thanks man! I wanted to cry when I got to that cave and realised there was no weapon 😥😅😂
unique idea and very well executed, great video!!
Thanks man! Glad you liked it 😃
I’d love to see you do a run with only boss weapons that would be a fun to watch
Cool idea for a challenge run! A few things that are probably totally useless now in hindsight, but might be good to know:
- The flying Misbegotten's in Morne also drop the Misbegotten shortbow, a more strength scaling light bow that has Barrage - great for starting a bow only build
- Don't remember if there was any to be found in those catacombs, but using crystal darts against any golem creature (ie the imps or the Watchdogs), can make them aggro other mobs for a time. Really nice for groups as you can make them fight each other
- I think this challenge is the first time anyone has ever said "Rosus Axe is awesome"
- The very first imp in Road's End Catacombs can actually drop the Forked greatsword - right next to the bonfire so the best farm spot, although the drop rate sucks
- "Jail" is the correct pronunciation for Gaol, exactly the same. Just an old word for it, was actually the predominate spelling for it used between about ~1750 - 1930
- If using a Greatbow, you can actually get a faster shot off by jumping first, you start pulling the arrow back in-air and then can release shortly after you land. Check out dangitjm on youtube/Twitch, great guy and figured out a lot of how the bows in ER work best, especially in PvP
- Just to be pedantic, but technically speaking for the Sainted Hero's Grave, the Black Knife is dropped by the black knife assassin miniboss just outside the entrance here - isn't actually in the dungeon. Granted, if you didn't use that its back to the forked hatchet or you pray to get a lucky drop of the Duelist weapon from the one that unlocks the boss room and doesn't respawn. So totally fair play to use the cool dagger imho
- Shotel is fully pronounced, pretty much how it is spelled: "show-tul". Its an Abyssinian (present day Ethiopia) kind of curved sword
- Cranial Vessel Candlestand's item description is... kinda horrific, go read it. But a unique weapon, although with limited utility, you can actually keep that flame spew ash up by mashing L2 as long as you have FP and stamina
Thanks for the detailed comment man! I actually did know about the crystal darts thing with the Watchdogs but annoyingly you can't get any darts in any of the dungeons where they appear.
That's really cool to know bout the greatbow though, might try a greatbow only run someday!
Ok mom
The Shotel is Ethiopian in origin? I never knew that, thanks!
nice video love the music choice, also very creative really thought people had already done like every challenge.
Yeah it's not easy to come up with new things, happy to hear you enjoyed the video 😊
You have my respect for doing North Caelid Dungeons with South Caelid set up
Yeah the difficulty jump between the two is quite something actually 😅😂
this is one of my favorite elden ring videos
Thank you, You earned yourself a subscriber
Thanks man! Glad you liked it 😃
Algorythm has been working overtime delivering me good content from creators I haven’t seen before, nice video dude
Thank you my man, welcome to the channel!
I think the Alabastor Lord's Sword does more damage to gravity themed enemies/aliens, which is really fitting against Astel.
Hey love the shoutout to Stillwater, MN. And the run. And your commentary. Really just bravo all around.
i love these creative challenge ideas with a bunch of rules that make sense and make it interesting
S/o Minnesota!! Huge smile and surprise on my face with you mentioning Stillwater lol I go to the area to hike all the time by the river at the cave!
What a fun idea! This is my first video I've watched of yours. Brilliant.
Thanks man, happy to hear you enjoyed the video 😄
This video is actually pretty good for seeing these dungeons back to back.
Pretty unique video idea, keep up the good work 👍
Thanks man, glad you liked it 🙂
Awesome video, man. You got me in the mood for another run. Poison + something else. I want that shield and those claws!
That shield honestly is a real revelation, can't believe how good the ash of war was!
Happy to hear you enjoyed the video! 😃
The Ruin-Strewn Precipice is absolutely the best minor dungeon. It feels almost like a legacy dungeon, and then the payoff of getting to Altus (possibly) for the first time. Nothing beats that for me.
Though Magma Wyrms that stand up are not very fun, but at least it's very unique if you haven't been exploring too much.
Such a good video and underrated channel, keep up the good work!
Much work was put into this video, and it must had been quiet a challenge to accomplish this run, so congrats for you sir, I hope you will earn more attention in time cause you deseve it.
Thanks friend 🙂
It’s nice to see a different challenge video. To many of the same ER challenges, first time I’ve seen this one and it looks like a good challenge.
Yeah I wanted to come up with something that hadn't been done before. Not easy to do actually 😅
Spirit caller cave or Anyx Tunnel Yealough I'm predicting. Also this is the 3rd video of yours I've watched. Liking all of them so far so I'm subbed buddy. Looking forward to this video
Thanks for the sub my friend! Glad you're enjoying the content and welcome to the channel 😃
Ha! I totally called it with Spiritcaller. I was listening this video while shoveling snow and gathering firewood. It felt good to endure physical hardship and pain while listening to you describe your ordeal
Your best video so far I think. Would love to see more content like this from you.
Thank you! I like making this stuff tbh, the only challenge really is it takes more time to make but there will for sure be more of it in the future.
I wasn't prepared for the Aladdin music.
NO ONE is prepared for the Aladdin music 😂
Was actually one of the first video games I ever owned back on Sega Megadrive so always makes me nostalgic
I'm honestly more impressed with the patience you have to farm all of those weapons than you killing the bosses. Especially the stone club I've done that one before and that guy is tough to farm.
That was probably the worst tbh. Painful!!
I feel like it would have been in the spirit of the run to be able to craft things from Cookbooks that you find specifically within a particular dungeon? Like, for instance, maybe you could take on Tombsward Catacombs using the Rancor Pots you get the recipe for inside, or use the Lightning Grease/Drawstring Lightning Grease you get the recipes for in Wyndham Catacombs on the Knight's Greatsword.
"Taking a shot whenever he says 'Crystal'!"
20:20: ok, time to call an ambulance.
Favorite dungeon is Highroad cave, honestly looks amazing and 100% unique design with unique weapon in it. When i explored it on my first playthrough i was like "Wow, so there will be such an amazing dungeons here and not only catacombs" oh boy i was wrong. Top2 is Ruin Strewn Precipice as it felt like an actual tower climb and looked astonishing + new cool looking boss. Top3 Auriza Hero's Grave i had fun with knights + my favorite armor drops from them.
You should definitely try a bows only run. I did one and its alot of fun, its very challenging at times and offers a unique play experience imo. By the end I maxed out my damage potential a little over 200 per shot which kinda sucks but its definitely fun
My favourite minor dungeon is definitely cave of the forlorn. It just looks really unique and interesting even if the boss is meh
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At least the boss has a cool weapon, that's probably the best thing I can say about him
@@JKLeeds sucks that it does holy at such a late point in the game. I definitely have to use it in an ng+ playthrough
Cave of the Forlorn just makes it clear how much of a missed opportunity it was to not have the other Misbegotten bosses not use the legendary sword weapons they looted (Grafted Blade Greatsword for the Morne Castle one, Ruins Greatsword for the Redmane one.) Maybe they could give a couple of gravity stomp/shockwave type attacks to the latter, call it Misbegotten Redmane, and then make the former afflicted mildly with Frenzied Flame, call it a Misbegotten Revenger?
I could easily see them being way less loathed if they were at all distinguishable from the basic enemy Leonine Misbegotten found as early in the later game as like, Leyndell.
I didn't realize the snowfields had that many dungeons in it. That place probably scarred me so bad I just ran through it as fast as I could
Now this is a challenge I had no heard and wished I thought of duing one of my playthrough
My favorite minor dungeon is definitely the one near Radahn's arena in which the restless souls of Cleanrot Knights can be found, locked in an eternal battle with those of some Redmane Knights and Radahn Soldiers. It's just such an epic place, and I farmed for the Cleanrot Knight set there for hours without actually getting tired of it. It provided a consistent challenge with the endlessly respawning enemies but was rewarding enough to make it worth it with the item drops and decent rune drops for that point in the game.
Imagine this is someone's first time seeing this game
18:06 I would recommend giving the magma wyrm blade a try. I started using it on a strength/ faith build and it's actually quite good. The 2 handed heavy is a chop, and you can reliably use it to dodge attacks (or if you're me, get lucky and face tank less) because it lowers you're hitbox below a surprising number of attacks
23:40 if this is actually your first time trying magic in ER, I am so sorry it's Rock Blast
24:45 *THERES AN ACTUAL BOSS HERE?*
36:18 ah yes, Ornstein and Ornstein. They got rid of the slow guy
39:41 fun fact, there are *6* different godskin boss fights. 2 nobles, 2 apostles, both together in Faram Azula, and then 1 after another in spirit caller cave. Just why?
Great video! Your commentary is well put together.
Thanks man! Glad you liked it😃
Hey gamer cool challenge, for another nice chill run in the same vein, you could do a Gun Game, wherein you use any weapon, every time it drops, until you find another one. (You can obvi use a prenup graded version if a new one of the same kind used previously dropped) but otherwise great video very chill and cool!!
Elden ring has no more cool challenge runs: this guy “ I think not” cool vid btw, loved it.
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it!
man i learned about so many weapons i didn't even know existed,thanks
Me too funnily enough! Pretty much the sole reason I decided to do this run 🙂
"the range of this frost breast is pretty insane" is my new favorite line
Cool bit about astel is that it's the type of beast, not the thing's name. The falling star beast is the larval stage, the things you fight in some of the underground areas that fling rocks at you are the pupal stage, and Astel is the adult stage. He's not meant to be a unique boss, but a rare and dangerous creature from the stars, beyond the lands between.
I enjoyed the legacy trial one with the main bosses you did so now I'm checking this one out so yeah I probably will enjoy this
I hope that you do 🙂
@@JKLeeds just reached the end was nice cool seeing someone actually give the other weapons some attention
My new favourite thing is actually trying out new weapons. It's really given me a great appreciation for the flexibility and variety Elden Ring provides
I've never ever used glintstone scrap. Who knew it could do that. Thanks for showing it off.
Me neither before this actually! It's surprisingly good!
@@JKLeeds awesome to see stuff that often isn't used.
The Raptor Talons’ charged attacks are super cool: they have you first leap towards your opponent, then backflip away!
the war-dead catacombs is a late game dungeon, you're meant to do it at a similar time to farum. also the old altus tunnel and the altus tunnel have similar names because the old altus tunnel is the old one... they're also connected
This is an awesome idea! I think i might try a variation of this!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'd actually recommend the Legacy dungeon variant from my other video as it avoids things like beating those Godskins with a torch 😂😂
This is a great idea. Can't believe I never thought of it
Just wanted to let you know you can actually just beeline for the magic snails in those dungeons
You can in the one with the crucible knights, not in the one with the Godskins. I also chose to kill the knight so I could test the weapon and ashes
Love the creativity, thanksfor fun content
I recently discovered how great the black bow is on my primarily knife run. That thing with serpent arrows and the scorpion dagger thing melt enemies between the scarlet rot and toxic
That was fun! Great job, slay, derp king, slay!!
I sliced my thumb open while listening to this video. 10/10 would watch again.
😂😂😂 hope you're OK!
28:15 So is no one gonna talk about how sick the synchronised stab was?
Love the dual crucible knight fight. Probably my favorite dou fight in the entire game. They and dragons are the one fight I never feel bad about doing over and over again. (Though most of the dragons are way to weak to need re attempts)
I'm gonna guess "frikkin Ordovis", out of the top of my head
Honourable mention: The watchdog with the escort of like FOUR entire imps in the Impaler's Catacombs.... that's like in Weeping Peninsula, the cruelty of this troll is legendary
This was recommended to me by UA-cam. Good stuff.
Thanks friend! 😄
It's kind of wild how rich Limgrave is when it comes to these small dungeons. They get super samey as the game goes on but Murkwater has an unique look with the ingrown rock, highroad cave is just without peer in the entire game....
Golden Epitaph really is a good weapon in specific circumstances. It doesn't just give you 10% damage, it also doubles your damage vs undead and is classified as an Aura Buff (similar to Golden Vow), so you can use it in tandem with Sacred Order or Sacred Blade (both of which also deal another 2x to undead) to do ludicrous damage.
I also like using the Omen Cleaver for elemental builds because it has a higher affinity vs physical damage split than a lot of other weapons meaning you waste less damage.
that sums up my gripe with elden ring: always the same bosses in the same environments over... and over... and again
surprised you hadn't used the cross naginata. That and a shield carried me through the entire game basically
Also fun fact, iirc the Miranda flower summons have predetermined summon points, instead of summoning near you(I'm no 100% sure, but its one of these mass summons with essentially unmoving summons) so that's a reason to use them, since you can summon them far away from you theoretically
Pretty sure they spawn on the little spikes people always say ground pound on
really liked the idea for this run
Thanks man!
My favorite is the forlorn cave by far seeing the jellies through the floor and the golden order greatsword are just so cool to me
I like how every dungeon reward is worthless because you can't use whatever it is
every time he curses it's like i'm taking a hearing test
In the war-dead catacombs you can actually farm the whole cleanrot gear as well as the radahn gear, but for some reason, the drop rate from the ghosts is ridiculousy small compared to the normal variant. I farmed the dudes for runes once and I actually got a single cleanrot helmet and a pair of gloves in like 30 minutes
you should do a run where you have to beat the game with equipment from minor dungeons
My guess is the two burial watch dogs will be the hardest.
My favorite is the one with the duo of crucible knights because I had fond memories of me doing an only parry no spirits/summons fight. Felt powerful when I won❤️
did you know?
theres a cemetery shade in the gelmir hero grave (not as a boss)
it drops a curved sword that has low range but doubles its range on heavy attacks
might have been cool to dual wield with the hammer even if not optimal
Also, you don't have to kill the spirit crucible knight, just find the misty area of the room and swing into it. You can hit the snail directly a few times before it teleports away, and repeat. Just have to dodge the crucible knights attack when it closes the distance.
I know but if I did that, I wouldn't really be able to test out the weapon and ashes from that dungeon 🙂
@@JKLeeds lol, fair =)
he was not lying"2:59" wait im still watching the intro.
This is similar to an idea I had a little while ago, could be another fun challenge run if you're up to it. All Remembrances, but only using Remembrance weapons, and after you use one to defeat a remembrance boss, you can't use it again. The only Remembrance boss that doesn't does give a weapon from Enia is Fortissax, so I'd recommend saving him for last. The only other weapons you can use are whichever one you pick up to use against your first remembrance target, after that boss weapons only. Also, with the staff from Renala, you can just use it to cast spells, would be far too painful to try and beat down a boss with a staff xD
Yeah I had been thinking about a boss weapons run. Alternatively, I could go through to NG+ and beat each remembrance boss with their own weapon 🤔
@@JKLeeds That would also be really interesting, the question becomes, on the bosses with multiple weapons, do you pick one or use both? Godrick with the dragon head and greataxe sounds kinda fun 😆
bro the beep you chose for censoring legit made me think my co2 detector was going off or demanding a new battery or something for a second
😂😂😂 sorry! It won't ever appear again
@@JKLeeds it's not a massive problem or anything I was only half paying attention while playing pokemon and it just caught off guard for a minute and distracted me from even considering you were using it as a censor lmao. Even when I played back the video for a few seconds to see if it came from the video I was second guessing if it was the video or if I somehow accidentally replayed it timed with the beeping until I actually listened to the words and not just for the beep
I know but it is a horrible sound and I definitely won't be using it again. How's Pokemon BTW? My wife and I are gonna sesh that after God of War
@@JKLeeds it's a broken janky mess that's most well known feature is how glitchy it is, and is held together only by duct tape and dreams. So basically pokemon got back to it's roots in how the first games were made, it's unbelievably fun, and I can't stop doing raids
Great! I'm looking forward to it actually, might even do something crazy like some Pokemon content on this channel 😂😂😂
To be honest, I rate the Hero's Grave dungeons as a level above the rest of these. All of them felt memorable and challenging. The rest of these I mostly remember based on what items I can get there, most obviously the Smithing Stone Bell Bearings.
As a side note, even though he gets reused for no reason, I really like this version of Astel compared to the other one. The coloring looks better, the difficulty is higher, and he has that crazy clone grab move that one-hit kills me on most of my playthroughs because I usually level Vigor last.
You should do a run where every boss that you beat, you have to use that weapon or item to defeat the next boss.
Yeah I thought about this actually, but not every boss drops a weapon 🤔 could be done, just would take a little planning
@@JKLeeds exactly what I was thinking. You could still use the torch for ones that only dropped a non-weapon reward.
A challenge run where you only use the weapon that would be dropped from the boss you're fighting. Like beating godrick with his axe, ect.
The rusty anchor is super fun to use
Great video, you are going to be successful of UA-cam I can tell
I hope so! Glad you liked it!
Re: Golden Epitaph
It's a solid sidearm/backup for skeleton-heavy areas and deathbirds and such. Low requirements so basically any character can just pick it up and level it up a bit. Otherwise, not particularly noteworthy. But the skill is an aura buff that increases damage against undead by 100%. You can one shot death birds with the basic holy pots if you stack enough buffs, including this one
Miranda’s are such pushovers. Also I absolutely hate the hero’s graves. They bring me levels of anger I cannot explain
My guess is the spirit caller cave is the hardest since theres no weapons in there, so you'll have to use a torch to fight the Godskins and the snail.
You could create a difficulty list of more standard challenge runs in different souls games. How difficult is a DS1 SL1 run, to a DS3 SL1 run? Then compare that to a no weapon upgrade run in the different games.
It could be a good tool in getting hesitant people into trying different challenge runs.
for the abandoned cave you can easily avoid getting rotted by jumping of the side onto a ledge on the wall in the first area. maybe thats just with high enough immunity with gear though
The Miranda flowers are staggered very hard by fire lol