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After much struggling, I finally made it to the (first?) bonfire in blighttown
I hope the bell isn't too far off. a path back to firelink would be nice too
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what the hell is this, I got to the bottom after much struggling and all there is is a seemingly endless supply of bugs that fly towards me and a bog that instantly poisons me if I touch it
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@Felthry welcome to the obligatory poison swamp area. I hate this place. there's an item that helps you move through the swamp easier but it's in a weird place.
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@yaodema PLEASE tell me I'm close to a shortcut back to firelink
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@yaodema I found one of those embers you need to upgrade equipment past +5 and I want to go to the blacksmith and actually do that
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@Felthry so, uh. I dunno about "shortcut" per se but there is an elevator you can reach from the swamp level that'll take you out of here. You can reach New Londo from there, but be wary of the drakes. It'll be a fight to get out from here.
you'll need a key for the door to New Londo, it should be in a chest past the elevator and up the ladders, near the entrance to the Valley but before the big boys.
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@Felthry I guess this does count as a shortcut. Just one that's got a lot of enemies on the way out. If you took Master Key you could go backwards through this to enter Blighttown early.
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@yaodema am I at least nearly through the extremely frustrating bit
how do I deal with the poison swamp, also
and where the hell are all these bugs coming from that keep comboing me to death
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@yaodema I just want to be out of this horrible place where I keep falling to my death and enemies knock me off to my death and tiny bugs stagger me until something else stabs me to my death and enemies grab onto me and do like 90% of my health bar before I can get them off and I can barely even see a thing and
augh sorry for venting at you. just. does it get better? soon? is there some way to easily bypass this?
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@Felthry The swamp's poison isn't instant, and poison-resisting equips can help, but I often spent a fair bit of time poisoned and just healed through it. You don't want to use moss clumps to heal the poison until you're in a spot to not touch more poison for a while.
If you're struggling with blowdart jerks, there's tricks to them that I can cover later.
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@yaodema I want to finish this game, I don't want to get stuck here, but I just. I can't. I need a way to get through this one area, no matter how cheaty it might be. I do have the master key if that helps
also I forgot about the blowdart ones, I managed to kill all of those (i think) and they don't seem to respawn
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@Felthry yup, they don't respawn, and thank goodness for that. The master key means you don't need to hunt for the New Londo Ruins key to get back to New Londo.
Kindle the bonfire at the bottom if you haven't yet, take a breather as you need, and work on making it out.
When you leave the area with the bonfire, turn right and hug the wall. You'll reach a wooden structure. There will be firebreathing mutated bug things on the path and fliers will head towards you so be mindful.
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@yaodema okay where is the bonfire at the bottom, I have no tfound a bottom bonfire
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@Felthry when you get down to the bottom, turn right and hug the wall, and you'll find an archway alcove thing with a bonfire right at the entrance. There's a chest further in that might be useful for later equipment upgrades, but mostly this is your resting point.
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@yaodema okay. going to try to get down to that so I can at least claim to have made some progress in the last few hours
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@Felthry gosh do I know that feeling. hope it goes well!
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@yaodema okay made it to there, then found laders going up and went up and got a key to new londo and then got squashed by one of those big guys
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@Felthry progress! You're on your way out. those big boys are cheesable, you should be good to go soon.
to ease frustration: when you reach the Valley and see the bridge across the chasm, cross it and open that door you see on the other side. You'll be near the entrance to New Londo Ruins; getting back to Firelink should be simple from there.
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@yaodema I mean last time I was in new londo I just kept getting obliterated by ghosts
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@Felthry The gate will take you to before the ghosts, right near where you enter from Firelink.
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@yaodema okay so I got up to firelink and the bonfire is out and I am assuming that's another questline that I need to do to get it relit but: I also took the ember to the blacksmith and now I have the option of upgrading this longsword +5 to either a longsword +6 or a raw longsword. what's the difference?
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@Felthry Raw weapons have higher base stats but get no benefit from your character's stats. I have never used that upgrade path.
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@yaodema ah, that sounds a little less than good, I'll go to the +6 longsword then, thanks
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@Felthry also since you mentioned the fire is out, make sure to check on the firekeeper at the shrine next time you're by.
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@yaodema I did, she was dead and there was stuff I could grab there, some armor that doesn't seem too good and one of those online play items that I just stick in the bottomless box and forget about
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@Felthry that last item is special and you should bring it with you if you want the fire relit later.
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@yaodema oh, do I need to do the online play thing? need to get this thing connected to wifi then...
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@Felthry it's not online, but it resembles an online play thing. you use that to confront the killer.
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@Felthry The bugs respawn in the distance, they don't come from anywhere specific. Different weapons can deal with them better, or just moving. Rolling may be faster than walking through the swamp without the special item (you'd have to go back to Firelink to get where that item is anyway).
what you're describing is most of why I don't like Blighttown. It's just a mean area.