How was the Dark Souls DLC Discovered?
Today's video will explore a commonly asked question - How did players ever find the entrance to the DLC of Dark Souls 1? It's known for being weirdly complicated to access, hiding a lot of important content behind some very arbitrary steps. This video aims to provide some context for how finding the DLC at the time of its release was probably a lot easier than you might think.
0:00 Intro / Review
1:14 It Was Never a Mystery
3:31 It Would've Been Solved Day 1
4:03 Rescuing Dusk Was Known
4:41 Connections to Artorias & Oolacile
5:52 The New Crystal Golem
6:54 Entrance Location Was Known
7:29 Cove - Artorias Connection?
10:35 Design Review and Fixes
12:50 Bonus Fun Fact
Video that explains more about the location of landmarks in Darkroot vs Oolacile:
• Oolacile is Darkroot in the past [Dark Sou...
Website for browsing Dark Souls' maps:
https://noclip.website/
Video Sources in order of appearance:
From Software blog -
https://web.archive.org/web/201210270...
GameFront - How to Access New DLC Content -
• Dark Souls Prepare to Die - How to Access ...
TechPhantomReviewer - Accessing Sanctuary Guardian Area and Extra Content -
• Dark Souls PC - Accessing Sanctuary Guardi...
The Game Station - E3 2011: Dark Souls Interview - TGS -
• Video
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition retail contents confirmed for SA -
https://mygaming.co.za/news/business/...
Dark Souls on PC is going to blow the story wide open -
https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/dark...
Unpatched gameplay footage submitted by vergeofapathy (apathetic.bsky.social)
Phrexeus - Dark Souls 3D Map Viewer -
• Dark Souls 3D Map Viewer!
Dark Souls: Artorias Of The Abyss Screens Reveal New "Chaser" Dark Magic -
https://www.siliconera.com/dark-souls...
Dark Souls: PtDE Confirmed for PC, Announcement Trailer and Co-Op Matchmaking -
https://www.co-optimus.com/article/80...
Additional help / research:
/ @samuelhdiamond42 - Informing me of the original Crystal Golem placement and supplying 1.0 map data.
/ @kingborehaha - DSMapStudio assistance.
Non-Souls music used:
King's Field IV - City Ruins
Eternal Ring - Taboo Words