Is Asylum Demon optional?

The first encounter with the Asylum Demon is optional and it is highly advised for first-time players to escape the room to avoid confrontation. However, if the player has obtained Black Firebombs as a starting gift, they can be used to defeat the demon relatively quickly, requiring just 5 of them (in NG).
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Can you skip the Asylum Demon?

Asylum Demon

You can basically skip this boss by choosing firebombs as your starting gift. You should pick the thief class here so that you also get the master key, an item essential to later skips. All you do here is throw firebombs at the Demon until it dies, should take five.
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What do you get for killing the Asylum Demon?

Upon death he drops 1 Humanity, 2,000 souls, a Big Pilgrim Key and if killed on the first encounter he drops the Demons Great Hammer.
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Is the Stray Demon optional?

The Stray Demon is an optional boss found by returning to the Undead Asylum. The Stray Demon is similar to the Asylum Demon from the game tutorial, but is far more powerful. Among other things, it is no longer susceptible to Black Firebombs.
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Why is the Asylum Demon there?

It is unknown if the demon intentionally arrived at the asylum, or if it was sent there by Lord Gwyn as a test to find the most powerful undead to take his position as the linker to the First Flame. Under the Asylum Demon's supervision, no undead were able to escape the asylum, nor could any enter as well.
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Dark Souls: Stray Demon's Untold Secret

What is the secret weapon of the Asylum Demon?

If you do manage to kill the Asylum Demon, you'll receive the Demon's Great Hammer, an immensely powerful weapon suited to strength builds. You will also receive a humanity and 2000 souls for your victory.
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Is it possible to beat the first boss in Dark Souls?

Asylum Demon is the first boss encounter of Dark Souls, found within the Undead Asylum. It feels like the game is throwing you in the deep end with a screen-filling foe, and though it does pack a bunch, you can take it down swiftly with the right approach.
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Is the Taurus Demon optional?

The Taurus Demon is one of the Bosses found in Dark Souls. This optional boss is located in the Undead Burg. The easiest way to kill this boss is to simply run between his legs, attack him with melee and drive him to the side of bridge, he will fall off and die and you will (hopefully) still have full health.
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Is it worth fighting the Stray Demon?

Defeating the Stray Demon allows you to get the Peculiar Doll, and item that allows you to access another optional, locked away area in Anor Londo.
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What is Quelaag's weakness?

Next, Quelaag is weak against lightning damage. Use the Gold Pine Resin from earlier to give yourself a big advantage. Equip throwing knives to your D-pad if you haven't already done so, while arrows, crossbow bolts, and any projectiles that hit her human body will cause her to stagger.
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Can you return to the Undead Asylum?

Follow the narrow pathway along (ignore the arch - there's nothing through there) and you'll find a large nest. Enter it and you'll be given the option to curl up like a ball. Do so, wait a few seconds and the Giant Crow from earlier will come pick you up and take you to the Undead Asylum for your second visit.
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Who is the first boss in ds3?

The menacing Iudex Gundyr is the first of many Bosses you will face in Dark Souls 3. Iudex Gundyr is the first boss of the game and impossible to miss. He's fought just before reaching Firelink Shrine, inside the Cemetery of Ash.
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Is centipede demon optional?

The Centipede Demon boss is one of the optional bosses in Dark Souls. This demon is reached just before Lost Izalith, underneath Quelaag's Domain and the Demon Ruins.
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Is Demon Firesage optional?

The Firesage Demon is a potentially optional boss located in the Demon Ruins, after defeating Ceaseless Discharge and cooling the lava, he is in the ruins past the Capra Demons. He is essentially the same as the Stray Demon underneath Undead Asylum.
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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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Can you summon in Undead Asylum?

It is not possible to summon in the Northern Undead Asylum, so you're on your own. Despite his superficial similarity to the Asylum Demon you defeated to escape the area originally, the Stray Demon has a large amount of health and very powerful attacks.
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How do you escape Stray Demon grab?

For the stray demon, your left and right bumpers, in this case, your left and right mouse buttons. But only works for this boss or the slugs in Farron Keep. Other enemies, forget it (mimicrys, swamp wolvies, the dancer or irithyl valley, etc.)
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How do you get the strange doll in ds1?

The Peculiar Doll can be found when revisiting the Undead Asylum (it cannot be found during the tutorial). It is located in the cell where the game began, guarded by a Black Knight.
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Can I skip Capra Demon?

If you skip the Capra: you won't meet the Pyromancer teacher in the Depths , also can't get the Large Ember. Only killing the Capra can give you the key to the Depths. Go to new londo from firelink shrine and then through the other door on the right.
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Is the Taurus Demon the first boss?

One of the first bosses in Dark Souls sets the stage to emphasize player choice in a way that other games don't outside of the usual build variety. The first real boss that most players encounter in the original Dark Souls after the initial tutorial with the Asylum Demon is the Taurus Demon.
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Is the Taurus Demon the second boss?

The Taurus Demon is most likely only the second boss you will face, and as such, he is hard to miss if you follow the path through Undeadsberg.
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Is Asylum Demon easy?

On New Game Plus, the Asylum Demon can be easily defeated in the first encounter as the player retains all of their equipment from their previous playthrough.
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What is the hardest boss in ds1?

Hardest Bosses In Dark Souls, Ranked
  • 8 Gwyn, Lord Of Cinder.
  • 7 Sanctuary Guardian.
  • 6 Four Kings.
  • 5 The Bed Of Chaos.
  • 4 Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough.
  • 3 Manus, Father Of The Abyss.
  • 2 Artorias The Abysswalker.
  • 1 Black Dragon Kalameet.
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What boss was removed from Dark Souls 1?

"Undead King Ja-Yearl" is an unofficially named boss which was removed from the final release of Dark Souls.
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