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Beat the Leechmonger boss (5-1) and this boss was unarguably the most easiest boss in the entire game for me. Heck, the whole level in particular, was piss easy, even easier than the game's first level of Boletaria. The only minor threats were the narrow areas and those Giant Depraved ones. Since I was in soul form and had virtually no souls left, I was open to experimenting and not afraid of dying. The loot in this level is next to nothing. I only managed to rake in 11k after beating the boss and all the enemies in the area. :P
 
Beaten the first boss and it was highly satisfying now its time for some soul farming.Which upgrades should i do now ?
 
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Beaten the first boss and it was highly satisfying now its time for some soul farming.Which upgrades should i do now ?
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Start raising up your Endurance and Vitality. Endurance is highly required, as you'll be dodging and blocking a lot, so it will eat up your stamina. Get a good shield and explore the rest of the worlds to get a good piercing weapon like Winged Spear.
 
Shields are highly expensive any cheap way to get a good shield and strong one ?
 
I used the Heater shield initially. You can find it in 2-2. Else, you can visit 4-1 and grab the Adjudicator's shield. However, 4-1 has extremely difficult enemies and their strikes deal a lot of damage. So for now, grab any shield decent shield you can grab from enemy drops and use that, till you get your stats up.

Which world are you planning to visit now?
 
I think ill around in 1-1 for some time to soul farming then will get a shield and a sword , did you tried killing the dragon in 1-1 right ahead when you kill first boss ?

Also it says that you must not use lead souls on upgrades and there is a npc which gives powerful magic attack later in level where is the npc located ? And which level is recommended ? I thought that the levels open sequentially never knew this before that all level opens up after 1.
 
I killed the Red Dragon, which should be the optional boss of 1-2. But I can't seem to beat the Blue one, which I encountered in 1-4 yet. So decided to come back later, with some better gear.

Don't consume any Demon's souls (boss souls), as they can be used to trade spells and miracles from the NPC's like Saint Urbain and Sage Freke later on in the game. So keep them safe with you. The NPCs are spread throughout each worlds. You'll find Blacksmith Ed in 2-1, he will be of major use for your weapon upgrades. Sage Freke is the one you approach for spells. He should be freed from 3-1. Saint Urbain is rescued in 4-2 and he'll teach you a good number of miracles. I recommend doing the first stage of each world. Some are relatively tough, while the rest are piece of cake. Keep gathering Stone of Ephemeral Eyes along the way. These stones can be used to instantly revive you from Soul to Body form. I have around 18 of those. Only used them once till now. Farm 1-1 for sometime and get some healing items from there. I'm re-visiting this area today, as my healing items were vastly consumed in 5-1.

A word of cation to both you and Gannu: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT attack any NPCs in the Nexus, accidentally or otherwise. Some of them will start attacking you and you'll have no other choice but to put them down. Once an NPC is dead, you won't be able to revive him/her for that play-through. Also, quitting and reloading doesn't help. So be careful.

Forget to ask this how do I know what is 2-2. 4-2 etc
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Visit the fist Archstone. Once you have beaten the first boss, that clears 1-1 and the Archstone should now have 2 options (areas) to select; Boletarian Palace & Phalanx Archstone. If you pick Phalanx Archstone, that's 1-2. Similarly the next world would have only one option right now Stonefang tunnel, once you beat the boss, it will show Armour Spider Archstone (2-2).
 
Thanks trying to get around 5k souls before moving ahead, do you think i should get any weapons from seller in Nexus ? The first level was very easy including boss fight heard that with later level you cant go ahead with magic attacks only
 
Grab the Heater shield from Blacksmith Boldwin in Nexus. Farm 1-1 a few times. This shield should be good enough for starters. I used Soul arrow exclusively for the first level and now I'm all melee. Did you kill the Red Eyed Knight in 1-1?
 
Yes killed it twice but now I died on my 3rd playthrough have to recover my soul now
 
Don't be too greedy. This has got me killed a lot of times. If you have enough for your next soul upgrade, then head back to Nexus and spend it.
 
Recovered my soul and completed 1-2 and beaten the tower Knight boss he was difficult for me thankfully I was completely ready for it which area should I visit now ?

It's being a long time since I played a game continuously for 4+ hours (Last was ac revelation when my parents were out on weekend and I ran into revelation with Marathon run :o ) my fingers are paining as I had my shield up all the time and there was no respite thanks to no pause screen.The last time I enjoyed so much was I played AC 2 way back in 2009 it was such a beautiful ride.
 
OK so the world is like, Nexus is the central location where you have all the NPCs, traders, blacksmiths, alchemists etc. and then you go into different worlds (1-1, 1-2, 2-1 etc.) from the Nexus, rescue more NPCs, finish the demons, collect their souls and come back to Nexus. Is that how it is?

So not all worlds are unlocked from the beginning? And what if you die at the boss battle? You spawn in the soul form and have to go near the boss where the blood-spill is, to regain back your human form? Oh man, that could be painful if that is what it is. :(

And do bosses have health bars like most RPGs out there? If not (a la God of War), how do we assess their health?

After I am done with MP3, I'll quickly complete DMC and begin this one. Thus, the queries!
 
Yes boss has life bar and you have to earn your soul if you die by going back to place were u died.Afaik you also have npc outside nexus but I'm not deep in the game yet @Ethan_Hunt
 
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Recovered my soul and completed 1-2 and beaten the tower Knight boss he was difficult for me thankfully I was completely ready for it which area should I visit now ?
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Excellent Dinesh. You won't be able to proceed further from the Tower Knights place, as it's blocked by a fog. So start visiting the first areas of 2-1, 3-1 & 5-1. Rescue Sage Freke ASAP and learn the Warding spell by trading the Tower Knight's souls with him. This spell provides you protection against heavy physical damage, albeit not from Fire & Magic. Trust me, I used it for slaying loads of bosses and heavier enemies.

It's being a long time since I played a game continuously for 4+ hours (Last was ac revelation when my parents were out on weekend and I ran into revelation with Marathon run) my fingers are paining as I had my shield up all the time and there was no respite thanks to no pause screen.The last time I enjoyed so much was I played AC 2 way back in 2009 it was such a beautiful ride.
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I know the feeling. This game just draws you in and you end up playing it for hours. At times, I didn't realise, I was late for office. :P
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OK so the world is like, Nexus is the central location where you have all the NPCs, traders, blacksmiths, alchemists etc. and then you go into different worlds (1-1, 1-2, 2-1 etc.) from the Nexus, rescue more NPCs, finish the demons, collect their souls and come back to Nexus. Is that how it is?
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You got it. The only NPC that does not follow you to the Nexus is Blacksmith Ed. He stays in world 2-1, but it's very easy to reach him.

So not all worlds are unlocked from the beginning?
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Once you defeate the first boss, Phalanx, you'll have access to the first levels of all the world. You can choose to do them in any order.

And what if you die at the boss battle?
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You'll start at the beginning of the level.

You spawn in the soul form and have to go near the boss where the blood-spill is, to regain back your human form? Oh man, that could be painful if that is what it is.
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Correct. It is painful in the beginning, but the more you struggle, the more you learn. Some areas are dam short, so you can just speed run straight to the boss, to avoid killing them again. You can also regain your body form by using the 'Stone of Ephemeral Eyes'. You'll find this item in almost all the levels, but at odd locations.

And do bosses have health bars like most RPGs out there? If not (a la God of War), how do we assess their health?
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All the bosses have health bars. BTW even God of War had health bar listed for it's bosses. I think God of War 3 skipped it entirely. :P
 
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Sort of. I mean, you get full health and you can use any other ring, instead of the Cling ring. In body form, you do slightly less damage though. I have notice this quite often. In body form, it takes 2 swipes from my Crescent Falchion to take down the Boletarian soldiers, while just one hit kill in Soul form. I only used it twice, thus far in the game. The rest I have done in Soul form, without much issues.
 
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