Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
After 200 hours of Monster Hunter I decided to fire up Dark Souls and mess around a bit. I came up with a challenge that I shared with a few others and decided to make a video of it for others that might be interested in doing it as well. Here are the basic rules, though I will cover them in more detail in the actual video.
Low Level One Shot Challenge
Rules of the challenge:
1. Must start at SL 1.
2. Must play through normally, no BB glitch or save editing.
3. Must earn the right to level using the point system.
- One shotting a boss gives 2 points.
- Two shotting a boss gives 1 point.
- One shotting a mini boss gives 1 point.
- Use this list for what constitutes as a mini boss(darksouls.wikidot.com/bosses).
- Anything that respawns does not give points for obvious reasons.
- I originally took out the Giant rat and included the Berenike Knight, but for simplicity I'm switching it back. This way the mini-boss list is perfect as is and there will be no more confusion. If you already did it the other way it's fine, both are easy to kill.
- Boss fights with multiple opponents allow for 1 hit on each to count for a "one shot". However you aren't allowed 2 hits on each boss for a "two shot" kill. In that situation you must still one shot at least one of them to get the point.
- 4 Kings counts as a double boss, same as O&S.
- Causing an enemy to fall off a cliff due to your attack counts. Purposely trying to make an enemy fall on their own does not.
4. Single attacks with multiple hits count as one attack(ripostes, firestorm, homing soul mass, etc... Since "one attack challenge" sounds lame, I just called it "one shot challenge".
5. When you reach a point in the game where you are stuck and can't progress due to not being able to take any of the remaining bosses down in 2 or less hits, the challenge is over.
6. The goal is not necessarily to win the game, it is simply to gain the most amount of points before you cannot make any further progress. This requires a bit of strategy and forethought as opposed to pure skill.
7. No you may not summon a friend to use the trident dance buff on you.
The basic crux of the challenge is to earn points that enable you to level up by defeating bosses in one or two shots. Doing it in one gives you more points that will allow you to progress further than those taking the easy way out and relying on 2 shots. In order to reach the furthest possible point in the game you will have to level efficiently and not waste any points/levels for something you may not end up using later. There is a lot of planning and strategy involved in this challenge as you will have to decide when to sacrifice losing points on a boss or mini-boss in order to obtain gear to help you out later. There may be times where you can't one shot a boss or mini-boss, but need to get past them for some reason. You will have to decide whether or not to come back later and give up on the item you want, or take them down anyway and lose points that could haunt you later.
If enough people are interested I can post scores in the video descriptions as well as my site.
After 200 hours of Monster Hunter I decided to fire up Dark Souls and mess around a bit. I came up with a challenge that I shared with a few others and decided to make a video of it for others that might be interested in doing it as well. Here are the basic rules, though I will cover them in more detail in the actual video.
Low Level One Shot Challenge
Rules of the challenge:
1. Must start at SL 1.
2. Must play through normally, no BB glitch or save editing.
3. Must earn the right to level using the point system.
- One shotting a boss gives 2 points.
- Two shotting a boss gives 1 point.
- One shotting a mini boss gives 1 point.
- Use this list for what constitutes as a mini boss(darksouls.wikidot.com/bosses).
- Anything that respawns does not give points for obvious reasons.
- I originally took out the Giant rat and included the Berenike Knight, but for simplicity I'm switching it back. This way the mini-boss list is perfect as is and there will be no more confusion. If you already did it the other way it's fine, both are easy to kill.
- Boss fights with multiple opponents allow for 1 hit on each to count for a "one shot". However you aren't allowed 2 hits on each boss for a "two shot" kill. In that situation you must still one shot at least one of them to get the point.
- 4 Kings counts as a double boss, same as O&S.
- Causing an enemy to fall off a cliff due to your attack counts. Purposely trying to make an enemy fall on their own does not.
4. Single attacks with multiple hits count as one attack(ripostes, firestorm, homing soul mass, etc... Since "one attack challenge" sounds lame, I just called it "one shot challenge".
5. When you reach a point in the game where you are stuck and can't progress due to not being able to take any of the remaining bosses down in 2 or less hits, the challenge is over.
6. The goal is not necessarily to win the game, it is simply to gain the most amount of points before you cannot make any further progress. This requires a bit of strategy and forethought as opposed to pure skill.
7. No you may not summon a friend to use the trident dance buff on you.
The basic crux of the challenge is to earn points that enable you to level up by defeating bosses in one or two shots. Doing it in one gives you more points that will allow you to progress further than those taking the easy way out and relying on 2 shots. In order to reach the furthest possible point in the game you will have to level efficiently and not waste any points/levels for something you may not end up using later. There is a lot of planning and strategy involved in this challenge as you will have to decide when to sacrifice losing points on a boss or mini-boss in order to obtain gear to help you out later. There may be times where you can't one shot a boss or mini-boss, but need to get past them for some reason. You will have to decide whether or not to come back later and give up on the item you want, or take them down anyway and lose points that could haunt you later.
If enough people are interested I can post scores in the video descriptions as well as my site.
