

Defeating a boss: To successfully defeat a boss you must kill them and stay in the boss room long enough to see the Victory Achieved notification.

The Taurus Demons and Capra Demons in the Demon Ruins.Undead Dragon (Valley of Drakes & The Painted World of Ariamis).Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough.Other enemies are not considered bosses by the Dark Souls community even if it may seem like they are because of their size. All others like Duke Skip, Ceaseless Skip, Item Dupe, Moveswap or Toggle Escape are fair-game.Īny enemy that has a large health bar on the bottom of the screen when engaged in combat is considered a boss. Glitches, skips and sequence breaks are all allowed with the exception of the Force Quit Wrong Warp.You need to kill all other bosses first before finishing the game by killing Gwyn.Go to this page to find the rules that apply to all Dark Souls speedruns.) (The rules listed here are specific to this category. The run and the time given are the last time that route had the record. These are older routes that were once the fastest route for some time. This has the fastest route along with a route recommended for beginners which does not have some of the more difficult skips and techniques.
