Demon's Souls All Trophies Speedrun Guide

https://youtu.be/XEGZPZz0Ugk

A really big and time consuming project, if literally anyone uses it, even if just for casual trophy hunting, I'll be happy :) I do believe the remake trophy list is wildly different so this will likely not apply to that, but some things can still be taken for that. The video itself will have timestamps for the majority of the important item pick-ups and the objectives you need to meet; I couldn't include ALL of them, apparently there's a limit to the timestamps that can show in the player slider on Youtube, so do make sure to listen to the video as well. The video has a Google Sheet that I personally use as notes at all times, that will always be the most up to date version of my attempts, but I will post the current notes below. NaxHPL shared his outline of notes months ago and that's been the basis of these, though with many, many edits and reorganizing since then; thanks Nax! The dashes is where I generally split. Enjoy and good luck o7

> Start Magician
 
> Pick up the two sets of firebombs
> Equip catalyst and nexial binding, break chains, open shortcut, reload
> Pick up Cling Ring, Old Spice, jade hair ornament, equip cling ring, go back up 
> Thief's ring near Ostrava, kill all enemies, use fresh spice, talk to ostrava
> Pick up scimitar, kill Phalanx, touch archstone and warp
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> Monumental (accept the mission), new moon grass, 4-1
 
DON'T DIE MORE THAN ONCE IN HUMAN FORM IN SHRINE OF STORMS

> Crescent falchion, souls remains
> Regenerator's ring, cloudstone shard, graverobber's ring
> Equip Falchion on fog gate, Adjudicator
> Get Stone of Ephemeral Eyes after fight, touch archstone and warp
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> Dupe: new moon, old spice, stones, Swollen soul
> Take duped items (only 28 stones), talk to Thomas
> Use a swollen soul, talk to Thomas again, give jade item
> Level up: 16 INT, 30 MAG, 3-1
 
DON'T DIE MORE THAN ONCE IN LATRIA

> Get 3F key, nexial bind, back to 3-1

> Get 4F keys, ring of magical sharpness (equip)
> get 1F keys, Clever Rat Ring (CRR), kill reviver, get key, reload
> Fool's idol: four 1H R1s, flame, four 2H R1s
> Pick up baby nail after fight, touch archstone
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> Move Swollen soul to bottom of inventory as you run
> In first elevator: use 2 swollen souls, kill 4 guys holding up chain
> Unequip Nexial Binding as you fall, pick up Shard of Archstone (SoA)
> Free Yurt, fist backstab him off platform
> During cage elevator: use 9 swollen souls, equip thief ring
> Fragrant ring, throw souls remains for hand ball, mercurystone (shard, then chunk)
> Throw souls remains above tentacle, Kill lizard before bridge (Chunk of Moonlightstone, possible bonus: Pure Moonlightstone)
> 5 Swollen souls in elevator
> Kill 4 guys holding chain
> Put on CRR, take Soul Ray hit from Mindflayer on stairs, Maneaters
 
> Pick up Moon short sword, touch archstone
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> Kill both Mindflayers with Flame Toss, kill crystal lizard
> Kill Old Monk, use two swollen souls as he dies, touch archstone and warp
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> Dupe: Yellow Soul and Shards of Arch
> Take out SoA (28) and Yellow souls, go to 3-2
 
> Put on thief's ring, use 2 Yellow souls on elevator
> Get pure white world tendency event key above chain, use SoA
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> Back to 3-1, talk to Once Royal Mistress (singing NPC)
> Buy moonlight shard, ring of avarice
> Free Sage Freke, talk to him. Free Lord Rydell, talk to him, SoA
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> Lvl up: 17 VIT, 30 INT, rest into FTH.
> Buy Soul Ray and Homing Soul Arrow
> Memorize: HSA, SR and Water Veil. Go to 4-2.
 
Still don’t die more than once in Shrine

> Pick up soul remains, trigger pressure plate, pick up darkmoonstone shard
> Enemy suicide, pick up Ronin's ring and hiltless
> Old Hero w/ HSA, use 2 Yellow souls as he dies, touch archstone
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> Take off Thief ring at fog gate
> Storm King, kill as many little manta rays are you can, use Yellow souls in downtime
> touch archstone and warp 
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> Back to 4-2
> Go to Patches, loot Makoto, kill black phantom, open door, SoA
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> Go to 4-1, talk to Satsuki, DON’T give him sword, say no twice and kill
> Suicide 4 times while picking up bloodstain
> Thief's ring, kill & loot Vanguard with HSA, use 2 Yellow souls as he dies
> Get Uchigatana, Adjudicator's shield, SoA
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> Lvl up: 25 VIT, 35 MAG, rest into FTH (at least 18)
> Dupe: Storm, Hero, and all upgrade materials (except pure stones)
> Store pure stones and all weapons except moon sword, scimitar, uchigatana
> Take Storm souls, Go to 2-1

> Buy 1 hardstone and 1 sharpstone, suicide 3 times, warp back to nexus, back to 2-1

DON'T DIE MORE THAN TWICE OR WARP BACK EARLY IN STONEFANG

> Activate elevator, go human, kill & loot Primeval demon
> Move Storm souls to bottom of inventory, then use Storm souls going up elevator
> Pull lever to continue, kill and loot bag miner for Clearstone
 
> Pick up Meltstone, activate shortcut, use water veil before lava pool, skip lava
> Pick up Kris Blade, get Spiderstone shard
> Equip Kris Blade on elevator, then use Storm souls
> Kill Armor Spider w/ HSA and Kris Blade out, get spiderstone chunk, touch archstone
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> Kill bag miner enemy for Large hard and sharpstone shards and chunks
> Drop down plans, pick up Ring of disease resistance
> Throw soul remains, kill & loot Scirvir (Storm souls while dying), equip beast talisman
> Flamelurker with thief's ring and HSA, grab dragonstone chunk during fight, or after
> Touch archstone and warp, back to flamelurker
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> Get Dragon Bone Smasher and Master's ring
> Dragon God w/ 1 HSA, Storm souls as he dies, touch archstone and warp
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> Lvl up: 30 VIT, 30 FTH, rest into ENDURANCE. Go back to 2-2
> Talk to Scirvir with Dragon Bone Smasher (Pure Greystone), suicide
> Pick up greystone (shard and chunk). Kill & loot giant bearbug (dragonstone shard)
> Pick up ring of flame resistance, Club
> Pick up Pure hardstone and sharpstone, SoA
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> Dupe Colorless, Dragon, and Hard souls. Take Dragon God, Hard and Colorless
> Store pure stones, dupe all others upgrade material
> Use 3 Storm Souls, then buy Dagger, Short Sword, Battle Axe from Boldwin 
> Talk to umbasa girl for pure faintstone
> Learn all miracles from Saint Urbain, memorize Second Chance, go to 2-1
 
> Buy max. hardstone shards, put on ring of herculean strength
> Talk to Ed three times, give Red Hot Demon Soul
> Dagger +10 | Shortsword +10 -> melt Shortsword -> Shortsword +8 -> Morion Blade
> Moon Short Sword +4/5 (if you have pure) 
> Kris Blade +5 | Scimitar +8 -> Large Sword of Searching (LSoS)
> Battle Axe -> Crushing Battle Axe +5 -> melt BA -> BA +6 -> Dozer Axe
> Club -> Meat Cleaver | Wood catalyst -> Insanity Catalyst, SoA
 
> Store all weapons except LSoS, crescent falchion, uchi (and moon sword if +4*)
> Talk to Freke, buy Fire Ball, take off water veil, memorize Fireball
> Equip thief ring, go to 4-2
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> Farm bladestone (shard, chunk, and pure), pick up stain
> After pure obtained, SoA
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> Go to 1-2

DON'T DIE MORE THAN TWICE FROM THIS POINT ONWARD

> Pick up Winged Spear
> Pink up Ring of gash resistance, kill crossbow enemies, talk to ostrava
> Pick up Composite short bow
> Tower Knight w/ HSA, touch archstone
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> Reload at top of stairs near Fat Official
> Kill & loot fat official for iron ring of keys
> Unlock shortcut for ostrava, kill all enemies, loot fat official's hat, talk to ostrava (Pure Clearstone)
> Kill penetrator w/ HSA, touch archstone
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> Get CRR range, pull first phantom, kill & loot w/ HSA
> Throw soul remains, kill & loot other two phantoms, thief's ring back on
> Run past dragon, kill dragon with SR
> Talk to Regular Ostrava, then kill & loot Black Phantom Ostrava
> Spam Storm souls on elevator
> False king with HSA, touch archstone and warp
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> Dupe: Silver soul
> Store weapons except: moon short, LSoS, falchion, uchi, spear, short bow
> Lvl up: 20 END, rest into luck. Go to 3-2.

> Suicide 7 times while HUMAN, equip LSoS and thief’s ring as you die
> Warp back via archstone

> IF you haven’t gotten Pure Moonlight stone, go to Old monk archstone
> Kill crystal lizard with fireball, have LSoS out (repeat up to 3 times if needed)
> Touch archstone
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> Go to 3-1
> Do Latria skip if on console or 30 fps, otherwise go around to where Rydell was locked
> Throw soul remains, kill & loot Rydell, equip thief’s ring, SoA
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> Go to 4-3
> Pick up Cloudstone, kill & loot 2 crystal lizards with LSoS, Storm Ruler, SoA
> Kill Lizards again if needed (need pure darkmoonstone)
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> Go to 4-1
> Throw soul remains, kill satsuki, SoA
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> Go human, then go to 1-1
> Run down stairs to the left, kill Miralda
> Pick up ring of poison resistance, suicide
> Turn human, spawn all red phantoms, suicide again
> Kill Doran, get Demonbrandt, loot Doran, SoA
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> Go to 5-1, suicide 4 times while dropping armor, SoA
> Go to 1-1, kill & loot black phantom Miralda, SoA
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> Go to 5-1
> Pick up ring of magical dullness 
> Kill lizard (feinstone shard) and ticks (marrowstone shard and chunk) before bridge
> Pick up blessed mace 
> Buy 1 widow's lotus, kill ticks above for marrowstone
> Kill more ticks for marrowstone (If you don’t get any before bridge with 3 goblins, shard of archstone and do farm again)
> Leechmonger, touch archstone

DON'T DIE MORE THAN TWICE. OR WARP BACK TO NEXUS FROM THIS POINT ONWARD
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> Pick up in swamp: suckerstone shard, broken sword, cat ring, more suckerstone (pure and chunk)
> Kill & loot Selen, reload after getting past big goblins
> Kill primeval demon
> Knock down slug cluster, get moonlight sword
> Dirty colossus, touch archstone and warp to Nexus
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> Talk to monumental for Friend’s ring, SoA (DON’T SKIP THIS)
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> Go to 5-3
> Kill lizard on right (faintstone chunk), kill astraea, touch archstone, reload
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> Use widow's lotus when CRR range, kill garl, put on strength ring, loot both garl loots
> pick up pure marrowstone and mercurystone, SoA
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> Deposit stuff you don't need, keep Broken Sword, Uchi, Mace, Spear, Bow, Moon Sword*
> Go to 5-1
> Pick up Istarelle, SoA
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> Go to 1-3
 
> Kill blue eye knight
> Get bloody iron key from Fat Official, kill & loot biorr (shield & ring), thief's ring, SoA

> Back to 1-3, put on cap, pick up accursed ring and magical nature ring
> Kill Fat Official, talk to yuria, SoA
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> Go down to Old One
> Kill true king allant, put on herculean strength ring, take soulbrandt, SoA
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> Dupe: Pureblood, Eroded and Wriggling souls. Then take Pureblood soul
> Dupe upgrade materials except Pures
> Store weapons and armor you don’t need
> Kill magic apprentice, learn all spells from Freke, then kill him
> Kill patches, kill blonde umbasa girl, kill other miracle apprentice
> Learn both miracles from Urbain, then kill & loot him, reload
 
> Talk to mephistopheles and accept, SoA
> Learn all from Yuria, memorize firestorm (delete SR and fireball)
> Kill Yuria. Talk to mephistopheles, kill & loot her, SoA
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> Buy Dagger, Short sword, Heater Shield from Boldwin. Kill & loot him, Go to 2-1
> Use Storm soul, and buy maximum hard and sharp stone from Filthy merchant

> Go down to Ed
> Dagger -> Sharp dagger +5 -> melt it -> dagger +3 -> Quality dagger +5 -> melt it
> Dagger +3 -> Mercury dagger +5 -> melt it -> dagger +3 -> fatal dagger +5 -> melt it
> Dagger +7-> Needle of Eternal Agony | Short sword +3 -> dragon shortsword +5
> Moon Short Sword +5 (if you only have pure now)
> Broken Sword -> Blueblood Sword | Demon/soulbrandt -> Northern Regalia
> Crescent Falchion +5 | Tearing uchi +5 | Blessed mace +5
> Winged Spear +7 -> Scraping Spear | Shortbow +3 -> Sticky Shortbow +5 -> melt it
> Short Bow +7 -> Lava Bow | Shield +6 -> Dark Shield +5. SoA
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> Go below, turn around through fog gate for good ending, go into NG+
> Firestorm Phalanx
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> Tower Knight
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> Reload at stairs with fat official again 
> Kill & loot fat official, SoA

> Go to 1-3, get bloody iron key, SoA
> Back to 1-3
> Free Yuria, SoA
> Learn soulsucker

> Run done, quit out immediately, but verify that you received Platinum trophy. (If on console, show the load screen timer clearly. If on emulator, you may need to reload one more time and split during the load screen, as I do in the video.)

Demon's Souls Any% Magic route guide/notes [only for Emulator 60FPS]

My PB with commentary, for video reference: 

https://youtu.be/3BJZmDOP7ts

Note before learning this run that 60 fps makes a few skips impossible to do, namely Latria skip and Armor Spider skip. If you'd prefer learning a melee route with those skips available, try 30 fps or console runs, or plan out your own melee based route. Also don't forget to have the emulator's fps counter on screen at all times and to use the IGT plugin for livesplit.

> Start magician
> Skip tutorial

> Head to 1-1
> Pick up firebombs before first fog gate
> Break planks holding back boulders
> Equip catalyst on second left hand slot as boulders clear, and equip nexial binding
> Pull lever for boss gate
> Pick up turpentine
> Apply turpentine buff after pulling lever at bottom of tower

> Throw 5 firebombs are Phalanx shortly after fog gate
> Two hand, R1 R1 R1 R2, un-two hand, flame toss as you regen stamina
> Rinse repeat until boss dies
> Grab archstone, head to nexus

> Head towards monumental on top of nexus
> Talk to monumental, then load profile
> Head to 4-1

> Head to fog gate, load profile if low health and surrounded by skeletons at fog
> Grab Crescent Falchion
> Grab regen ring
> Grab half moon grass before fog

> Equip Crescent Falchion on second right hand slot 
> Adjudicator - Flame toss from high ground towards head
> Grab archstone, head to nexus

> Pop Adjudicator soul
> Level up with Maiden in Black - MAGIC to 31
> Head to 3-1
> Pick up 3F Key
> Use Nexial Binding

> Back to 3-1
> Open door to right of archstone
> Pick up 4F keys
> Reload at second 4th floor door (after corridor) to reset enemies

> Grab Ring of Magical Sharpness in iron maiden
> Equip Sharpness ring at door opening
> Head to 2nd floor
> Pick up 1F keys
> Head to 1st floor
> Arrow skip
> PICK UP CLEVER RAT RING WHILE PERFORMING ARROW SKIP, WHILE ALSO TAKING DAMGE TO SET UP CLEVER RAT RING
> Head towards Fools Idol reviver, equip CRR at door, kill him and grab key next to him, reload
> Drop down to ground level, careful of black phantom and your health when dropping
> Set up CRR range if not already in it

> Fool's Idol - 1handed - R1 R1 R1 R1, flame toss
> 2hand - R1 R1 R1 R1

> Grab archstone
> Grab fresh spice
> If health too low to survive a fall, heal with regen ring
> Kill 4 guys holding first chain
> Trigger elevator to go down, exit it, grab spice, walk on top of elevator
> Could heal here as well, then roll off elevator when at safe height
> Load profile before bridge, careful of centipede enemies

> Hug back corner of elevator (gargoygle on top of elevator should just fall as a result)
> Kill 4 guys holding second chain
> Set up CRR if not already in it

> Maneaters - Flame toss from range, 2h falchion up close
> Grab heals on bridge after fight
> Grab archstone

> 1h R2 on little centipedes
> running 2h R1 from right wall on mindflayers

> Old Monk - 2h R2, R1, R1, rinse repeat
> Pop maneaters soul
> Grab archstone, head to nexus

> Level INTELLIGENCE to 25, ENDURANCE to 12
> Back to 3-1
> Free Sage Freke
> Nexial Bind

> Buy Soul Ray and Homing Soul Arrow
> Equip HSA and SR
> Go to 5-1

> Slope quit out skip
> Knock down bridge, cross fog gate
> Kill spear goblin before bridge
> Roll push bugs away from bridge
> Kill both speak goblins ON bridge with soul ray

> Leechmonger - Homing Soul Arrow -> Soul Ray -> HMA -> SR -> Fresh Spice

> Equip regen ring
> Slope skip? Although seems harder on 60 fps 
> Toggle 1 hand and 2 hand while running in swamp
> Pick up cat ring (careful of black phantom)
> Pick up thief ring
> Equip thief ring at fog
> Replace rings with CRR and Sharpness

Dirty Colossus -
> 2h R1 his body until his body wood armor breaks, careful not to break his wood hand
> HSA -> HSA -> SR
> Grab archstone
> 2 fresh spice and 1  half moon grass before drop to Maiden

Maiden Astrea -
> Head towards right
> Run off planks
> Head to Maiden
> 2 HSA in CRR, heal with half moon after second cast
> Nexial Bind

> Pop Dirty Colossus soul
> Level VITALITY to 16
> Head to 2-1

> Grab lever to open gate
> Use water veil before lava pit
> Roll through lava (might be surviveable at lower VIT, but safe with 14 - 16 VIT. Should leave near CRR range)
> Grab Kris Blade
> Replace shortsword with kris blade on elevator, and have it on hand, can cast water veil 

> Armor Spider - 1 HSA

> Equip cat ring
> Drop down pit and quit out with cat ring
> Equip thief ring at fog gate

Flamelurker
> Get behind him, once you're behind, cast HSA and switch to sharpness ring before it fires
> Once more use HSA, then Soul Ray

Dragon God -
> Break first set of rubble
> Heal behind the pillar to reset his aggro
> Run at second set of rubble
> Ballista

> Do a small skip to drop to bottom faster
> Head towards next rubble and break (go back slightly and heal behind pillar to deaggro if he roars when or before you're breaking it)
> Break last set of rubble
> Ballista

> HSA at ledge and drop down to him
> Equip cat ring
> Nexial Bind

> Head to 4-2
> Click floor switch, head to illusory wall
> Use black skeleton leap attack to set up CRR
> Old Hero skip

Storm King -
> (If not in crr already, use small mantas)
> Kill 6 small mantarays with soul ray
> Equip thief ring, run to appropriate location and prep (fresh spice and reequip sharpness ring, pull out kris blade if not in hand)
> 3 soul rays
> Nexial bind

> Head to 1-2
> Load profile at beginning of tunnel for transition warp
> Load profile after crossing barrels in tunnel

Tower knight -
> HSA -> SR from behind
> Equip thief ring
> Grab archstone

> Load profile after rolling fire boulders and triggering enemies breaking boxes
> Set up CRR at crossbow guys (two counter hits while full health??? might wanna remove top two pieces of armor)
(for safely getting past 3 spear knights, I slow down and hold my shield up and wait to far two right ones to bounce off of it, THEN I run past)
> Replace thief ring with sharpness ring before boss

> Penetrator - 2 HSA
> Stay in crr, re-equip thief ring

> On dragon bridge, stall slightly after running past second fat official before running
> Before next dragon segment, have full stamina and start running after the first column on the right
> Let go of run for a fraction of second, then run again when dragon shifting spots
> HSA before Ostrava
> Restore MP, reequip armor, replace thief ring with sharpness ring, kris blade
(If you have regen ring and would like some padding from allant, restore hp to around 180)


Allant -
> HSA the whole fight, punish his dashs, explosions, etc
> If small hp left, soul ray or crescent falchion attacks work
> Nexial bind

> Talk to Maiden in Black

True allant -
> 4 HSA, then 2h crescent falchion to end
> Walk to shiny light to bring maiden
> Rolling r1 to kill maiden, then nexial bind, ending the run

> Split after the nexial bind for the final time.

Demon's Souls Any% Melee route guide/notes [only for Console and Emulator 30FPS]

My pb with commentary, for video reference: https://youtu.be/Ai_3sWQM-2A

> Start Hunter
> Skip tutorial

> Head to 1-1
> Pick up firebombs before first fog gate
> Break planks holding back boulders
> Rearrange weapons and items as boulders clear (Long bow on second left hand slot, replace augites with nexial binding)
> Pull lever for boss gate
> Pick up turpentine
> Apply turpentine buff after pulling lever at bottom of tower

> Throw 4 firebombs are Phalanx shortly after fog gate
> Deplete stamina with 2 handed r1 swings, then throw last firebomb
> Deplete stamina again, pick up item (looking for one shard of hardstone)
> Rinse repeat until you grab hardstore or boss dies
> Grab archstone, head to nexus

> Buy dagger from blacksmith
> Head towards monumental on top of nexus
> Equip dagger on the way to monumental
> Talk to monumental, then use nexial binding (or load profile)
> Head to 2-1

(If you didn't get a hardstone in Phalanx, buy a hardstone from the merchant at beginning of level, should have souls if you reloaded, otherwise pop phalanx soul)

> Pick up sticky white stuff
> Shoot jars from far away to let the dogs out early
> Armor spider skip

> Apply a DUPED sticky white stuff to dagger after skip
> Kill sack miner for large shards and chunks of hardstone
> Drop down to Flamelurker with the scaffolding 
> Pick up Full Moon Grass near Flamelurker fog
> Apply sticky white stuff to dagger again (safety dupes recommended)

> Flamelurker - aim your one handed daggers hits at legs/arms/back to stagger him with whole stamina bar

Dragon God -
> Break first set of rubble
> Heal behind the pillar to reset his aggro
> Run at second set of rubble
> Ballista

> Do a small skip to drop to bottom faster
> Head towards next rubble and break (go back slightly and heal behind pillar to deaggro if he > roars when or before you're breaking it)
> Break last set of rubble
> Ballista

> Pick up Master' ring and equip
> Apply sticky white stuff in ledge in front of Dragon god to cancel buff animation
> Two handed - 3 hits, 3 hits, 3 hits, 1 hit
> Remove helmet and shirt
> Grab archstone, head to nexus

> Pop Dragon God soul
> Storage dupe shards, large shards, and chunks of hardstone
> Upgrade Battle Axe to +9, Long Bow to +8 (+9 recommended)
> Level up with Maiden in Black - ENDURANCE to 15, STRENGTH to 34
> Head to 3-1
> Pick up 3F Key
> Use Nexial Binding
> Back to 3-1
> Open door to right of archstone
> Load profile

> Latria skip
> Arrow skip
> PICK UP CLEVER RAT RING WHILE PERFORMING ARROW SKIP, WHILE ALSO TAKING DAMGE TO SET UP CLEVER RAT RING
> Head towards Fools Idol reviver, shoot him with bow in CRR (clever rat ring) range from door
> Drop down to ground level, careful of black phantom and your heal when dropping
> Set up CRR range if not already in it

> Fool's Idol - 2handed - R1 R1 R2 R2
> Remove rest of armor before going to 3-2

> Skip archstone
> Run all the way to top of first set of spiraling stair cases in central tower
> Load profile

> If health too low to survive a fall, heal with crescent moon grass on first elevator
> Kill 4 guys holding first chain
> Trigger elevator to go down, exit it, walk on top of it
> Could heal here as well, then roll off elevator when at safe height
> Load profile before bridge, careful of centipede enemies

> Re-equip all armor on the second elevator going up
> Hug back corner of elevator (gargoygle on top of elevator should just fall as a result)
> Kill 4 guys holding second chain
> Set up CRR if not already in it (counter hit from mindflayer explosion at full health)

> Maneaters - Use turpentine as first Maneater walks towards you

> Pick up Full Moon Gress on higher maneater bridge
> Apply turnpentine before first mindflayer for quicker Old Monk death animation
(Alternatively, could just backstab Old Monk on last hit for quick deth animation as well)

> Old Monk - 2h R1s, last hit should be backstab if not fire buffed
> Nexial Bind

> Go to 5-1
> Slope quit out skip
> Knock down bridge, cross fog gate
> Kill spear goblin before bridge
> Roll push bugs away from bridge
> Shoot both spear goblins ON bridge

> Leechmonger - buff cancel with ledge again, turnpintine, 2h R1 till dead (recommend to have 3/4 to full health)
> Second slope quit out skip (hard to pull of consistently)

> Head towards two items close to each other in swamp
> Toggle 1 hand and 2 hand while running in swamp
> Pick up cat ring (careful of black phantom)
> Pick up black turpentine
> Pick up Royal Lotus before fog gate (if black phantom is too close, skip)
> Pick up thief ring
> Use royal lotus when in CRR range (or pick up royal lotus before next fog gate, then use)
> Replace Master's ring with thief ring at fog gate

Dirty Colossus - 
> Replace Thief ring with Master's ring at boss fog
> Apply black turpentine shortly after
> Avoid breaking colossus' wooden arm to avoid random mosquito waves
> 2h R1 until dead
> Carefully drop down to Maiden while still in CRR

Maiden Astrea -
> Bait an attack from Garl and roll behind him to backstab (2handed)
> 4 2h R1s
> FULL HEAL WITH FULL MOON
> Talk to Astrea
> Nexial Bind

> Go to 4-1
> Hill skip (if you dare)
> Otherwise head to fog gate, load profile if low health and surrounded by skeletons at fog
> Shrine of storms skip
(Could grab regen ring, very optional)
> If not in CRR range, use arrow trap to set it up (2 direct arrow hits at full health, make sure to toggle escape them)

Adjudicator - 
> 2 1handed hits on his torso sword
> 2 2handed r1s, 1 2h r2

> Click floor switch, head to illusory wall
> Old Hero skip

Storm King - 
> Kill 6 small mantarays with bow (should still be in CRR)
> Equip thief ring, run to appropriate location and prep
> 8 arrow shots to kill Storm King
> Nexial bind

> Head to 1-2
> Load profile at beginning of tunnel for transition warp
> Uneqip thief ring on way to bridge
> Load profile after crossing barrels in tunnel
> Equip thief ring at fog gate
> Apply black turpentine on DAGGER before boss

Tower knight - 
> 3 1h r1's from dagger on each leg
> Switch to axe, 3 2h r1s
> Grab archstone

> Load profile after rolling fire boulders
> Set up CRR at crossbow guys (two counter hits while full health??? might wanna remove top two pieces of armor)
(for safely getting past 3 spear knights, I slow down and hold my shield up and wait to far two right ones to bounce off of it, THEN I run past)
> Replace thief ring with master's ring before boss

> Penetrator - Bait the dash swing, roll past, 4 2h r1s if staggered, repeat once
> Replace thief ring with master's ring
> Keep CRR 

> On dragon bridge, stall slightly after running past second fat official before running
> Before next dragon segment, have full stamina and start running after the first column on the right
> Let go of run for a fraction of second, then run again when dragon shifting spots
> Running 1h r1 on Ostrava to stop him from attacking
(If you have regen ring and would like some padding from allant, restore hp to 184 or below)
> Unequip everthing but black turpentine and nexial binding, re-equip armor if needed

Allant - 
> Apply black turpentine on stairway
> only punish explosion attack or his dash attack, recommended 2 or 3 2h r1s 
> Nexial bind

> Talk to Maiden in Black
> Unequip all armor at fog gate if needed

True allant - 
> 4 2h r1s in his face, tank one hit while applying blak turpentine
> 4 2h r1s, tank a hit, should be in CRR
> Finish him off
> Walk to shiny light to bring maiden
> Rolling r1 to kill maiden, then nexial bind, ending the run

> On console, you will require to log in to the servers and check ingame time in the Pantheon. For emulator, the split timer ending after the nexial bind is enough.

Demon's Souls Skips/Tech/Strategy Playlist

A series of videos explaining a lot of the skips, glitches, boss strategies, etc. used in the Demon's Souls (original) speedruns, mostly by yours truly but I included some past videos that are still are relevant. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy22rgYlNB9iHxT8SfMMwjadNPRmsgbBd

How to item dupe without Stockpile Thomas

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Demon's Souls

PlayStation 3

Simoteus

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USA / NTSC

Console

30FPS (RPCS3)

60FPS (RPCS3)

Console or 30FPS (emu) or 60FPS (emu)

CONSOLE OR 30FPS (EMU) OR 60FPS (EMU)

Recently, some disagreements took place within the staff of SpeedSouls that we were unfortunately unable to settle in an amicable way. As a result, we decided that it is better for us to migrate away from SpeedSouls and start a new community.

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Demon's Souls All Trophies Speedrun Guide	BertoPlease 4 years ago
Demon's Souls Any% Magic route guide/notes [only for Emulator 60FPS]	BertoPlease 4 years ago
Demon's Souls Any% Melee route guide/notes [only for Console and Emulator 30FPS]	BertoPlease 4 years ago
Demon's Souls Skips/Tech/Strategy Playlist	BertoPlease 4 years ago
How to item dupe without Stockpile Thomas	BertoPlease 4 years ago