Do you have to go through Blighttown?

You have to make the trip because it's worth it. Just go and farm Darkroot Garden for blooming moss clumps or purchase them from the merchant above the depths. Like what Archa said, approach the snipers closely and keep your shield up.
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Can you skip Blighttown?

In my last playthrough I used that as a shortcut to Firelink, never thought it could be used like that. Thanks! You can not skip Blighttown, but you can make it significantly shorter by taking the shortcut through the Valley of Drakes. If you have the master key at the start of the game it makes it way easier...
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Is Blighttown mandatory?

Blighttown has a TON of useful goodies. Nothing strictly necessary aside from Queelag per se, but very worth your while to explore. The hardest part of Blighttown by a significant margin is the area between The Depths leading down to the Swamp that has all those pink ghouls and fire breathing dogs.
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Is Blighttown worth exploring?

There are a few items scattered around that make exploring worth your time — especially the Titanite. And the Giant Leeches on the right side of the map above are a great way to farm for Green Titanite.
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Is there anything important in Blighttown?

Crossing Blighttown is necessary to ring the second Bell of Awakening, found past Chaos Witch Quelaag in Quelaag's Domain. Several NPCs visit Blighttown as part of their respective questlines, with Quelana of Izalith and Shiva of the East both acting as merchants.
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What level should I be at Blighttown?

It's one of those areas that can find action all over because of master key access. If a player is running the game normally they will usually be around level 30 when reaching Blighttown. Now that weapon level is a factor... a lot of people will have a +5 weapon when reaching Blighttown no matter how they got there.
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Is Blighttown really that hard?

If you're new to the game, Blighttown is hellish. I was, and it took hours and hours for me to get through it. You seem to coming from a position of experience with the series. That's not really an option for new players, unless they've already taken time to practice that.
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Why is Blighttown so infamous?

Blighttown is perhaps the most despised and notorious area in the entirety of Dark Souls due to its abysmal frame rate and obnoxious poisonous sludge, but beneath the surface of its rage-inducing difficulty, players will discover it tells one of the most somber tales in the series.
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Should I go to Darkroot or Blighttown first?

I personally went Darkroot Garden first, for the very reason MonolithTMA suggested - you get a ton of drops in there that you'll need for Blighttown. It's faster (and cheaper) early on to farm the walking trees for the various moss clumps.
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Are there any bosses in Blighttown?

Return to the Blighttown bonfire once more and prepare yourself for the next stage of your quest - the Boss Chaos Witch Quelaag.
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What is the most difficult area in Dark Souls?

10 Hardest Dark Souls Areas, Ranked
  1. 1 The Ringed City Is One Final Challenge.
  2. 2 Anor Londo Has Its Infamous Archers. ...
  3. 3 Blighttown Has Everything Players Hate. ...
  4. 4 Iron Keep Has Hard Enemies And A Challenging Boss. ...
  5. 5 Sen's Fortress Is A Deliberately Grueling Test. ...
  6. 6 Irrithyl Dungeon Is Full Of Nightmarish Foes. ...
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What is the hardest location in Dark Souls 2?

1 Frigid Outskirts (Dark Souls 2)

No area comes close to Crown of the Ivory King's Frigid Outskirts. This zone has one of the worst enemies in the entire franchise, an incredibly difficult final boss, and one of the most frustrating boss treks FromSoftware has ever designed.
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What areas are optional in Dark Souls?

undead burg, lower burg, the depths, blighttown through the main entrance, darkroot garden 1st area and hydra area, valley of drakes, painted world, the great hollow, ash lake.
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Is Blighttown optional?

You can completely ignore Ash Lake, Depths, Lower Burg, most of Blighttown, Painted World, Valley of the Drakes and Darkroot Basin if you want. To skip most of blight town, you need to go through the Valley of Dragons. Also, either the depths or Valley of Dragons is not optional.
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Is Valley of Drakes optional?

Valley of Drakes is an optional area you can visit from multiple locations within Dark Souls. If you're looking for more help, our Dark Souls walkthrough and guide can help with all other areas of the game, including the dreaded Taurus Demon, Capra Demon, Ornstein and Smough bosses.
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Why is Shiva not in Blighttown?

If you make him hostile either by breaking the covenant or by attacking him without getting him killed (or you lose), he will relocate to Darkroot Garden and attack you on sight. If you absolve your sin and rejoin the Forest Hunter, he'll be back in Blighttown.
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What is the best start for ds1?

  1. Warrior: excellent starting equipment, great stats for melee builds as he can equip almost anything early on.
  2. Bandit: Best starting class for vitality/strength builds, strongest starter weapon.
  3. ...
  4. Thief: Master Key, bandit knife, can choose extra gift, great choice for speedruns/dex fags.
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Is Darkroot Forest optional?

A trek into Darkroot Garden is not necessary to advance the story at this point, but it does provide a great spot to level up and tackle a boss before heading into the far more deadly Depths.
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Is Darkroot Garden optional?

Darkroot Garden is one of many optional areas in Dark Souls, and paves the way to two bonus boss encounters. If you're looking for more help, our Dark Souls walkthrough and guide can help with all other areas of the game, including the dreaded Taurus Demon, Capra Demon, Ornstein and Smough bosses.
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What is the weird creature in Blighttown?

The Parasitic Wall Hugger is a large, insect-like creature found clinging to a wall in Blighttown.
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Is there a way out of Blighttown?

waterwheel way. Take that elevator then climb ladders all the way up will bring you to the "back" entrance of Blighttown which leads to Valley of the Drake, then through New Londo, and finally get you back to firelink shrine. "May the good blood guide your way."
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Did Dark Souls remastered fix Blighttown?

And we can prove it. It's almost time for a long overdue return to Lordran. We've seen plenty of early areas in the Dark Souls Remaster already, from the Undead Asylum to the Taurus Demon, and most recently in the Network Test right up to the Bell Gargoyles.
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What is the hardest area in Dark Souls 3?

Lothric Castle is one of the last areas to embark on, and easily makes the list as the hardest area in Dark Souls 3 due to the difficulty scaling. Enemies have more health, and they hit much harder, so players who have not leveled up their health or fail to time their rolls and parries are in for a bad time.
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Do Blighttown snipers respawn?

There's dart blowers sniping at you. Just keep an eye out for their projectiles so that you can trace the location. Mercifully they don't respawn, so it will get easier.
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How do you get through Blighttown easily?

When you've defeated the Gaping Dragon and opened up the door to Blighttown, head down the ladder until you fight a troll. Take this troll out, and then you want to take out the ghouls that are about to rush you. After that, lure out the others and take them out one by one until they're all dead.
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