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Dark Souls walkthrough

A survival guide to one of gaming's most hostile environments

OPTIONAL: SANCTUARY GARDEN (NEW CONTENT!)

Go to where you fought the Hydra in Darkroot Basin. More specifically, where you found the Golden Golem and freed Dusk. If you have the Broken Pendant in your possession from the Duke's Archives, there will be a black portal. Examine it to travel to Sanctuary Garden.

Rest up at the bonfire, because you’ve got a boss fight dead ahead.

BOSS – SANCTUARY GUARDIAN

 

Go into this battle with light enough armor so that you can do the fastest roll. You want to be able to dodge most of the boss’ attacks as opposed to blocking them. Watch out for the standard melee strikes (just backpedal to avoid), a forward shockwave, a diving attack, and lightning bolts (the latter three of which can be avoided by simply rolling to the side). He also does a single uppercut move designed to break your defenses. If you can dodge to the side after any of his lunging attacks or his shockwave attack, you can hit him while he recovers.

When airborne, the Guardian likes to spit lightning. Be ready with a shield that has good lightning defense (Eagle Shield or Effigy Shield) or simply roll to avoid the projectiles. 

Getting struck by the Guardian’s tail means instant poison. If you cut off the tail, you'll be awarded a Guardian Tail whip. The best time to strike the tail is after he does his diving attack (see video). Proceed to the other side of the lake bed after defeating the boss to get to the next area.

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11 comments

  • Sinxar - January 20, 2013 6:29 a.m.

    I assumed you needed to kill the Stray Demon for the ring, turns out you don't to get the Rusted Iron Ring. So just walk around the room to avoid it and still loot the place. It drops nothing of value anyway.
  • matt-mcsavaney - January 14, 2013 7:10 a.m.

    How does a caster beat the asylum boss? He one hits everytime i miss a dodge, i cant do that hit and run tactic the melee uses because of cast time which in turn gets me killed, help please?
  • Sinxar - January 6, 2013 6:49 p.m.

    In "The Depths", you can take the path behind the first butcher and kill the giant rat with a bow from the ledge you land on. It won't jump up to defend itself.
  • yuwendi-gozali - December 20, 2012 12:45 a.m.

    have some question, when went to ring second bell , im not enter blight town form depth but dark root secret road that lead to valey of the drake. so after i rang second bell im went to the depth to look for zena shop but i didnt find him anywhere. after i back to firelink too zena didnt appeared :( (i just read that zena going to fire link after u rang two bell in another walkthrought). the question is, how i find zena? should i have to NG+ first? i really want that armor from knight of atorias in new content (cos the armor is f*cking cool X( )
  • yuwendi-gozali - December 20, 2012 6:51 a.m.

    about my post... , nevermind, i just found him :] btw great walkthrought thx!!!
  • Iwaskia - October 21, 2012 6:25 a.m.

    whats that sword you used to kill the four nights? and how can you get it? i folow the walktrought so far but i dont think i have the sword.
  • Matt Hughes - October 23, 2012 9:10 p.m.

    If you mean the Four Kings boss battle, that Quelaag’s Furysword. You can find the details on how to obtain it near the end of pg 44 in this guide.
  • Iwaskia - October 26, 2012 5:19 a.m.

    thanks men that was a great help.
  • NEPAL - October 20, 2012 4:05 p.m.

    Thanks for the effort you put into the guide, really helped me with the game.
  • Matt Hughes - October 21, 2012 6:13 a.m.

    Sure thing - glad it helped!
  • grappler51 - September 11, 2012 6:17 a.m.

    Awesome guide! Got this recently for PC and was really confused about the humanity system, cleared a lot of things up!

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