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Dark Souls All Achievements Speedrun World Record in 1:59:47 (With Commentary)

catalystz

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WORLD'S FIRST ALL ACHIEVEMENTS SPEEDRUN UNDER 2 HOURS! With FULL post-commentary to offer extra insight into the strategies used and the logic behind them, along with some trivia. After 3 months of hard grind, praying for good RNG, and painful resets, I finally present to you the world record for the fastest Dark Souls speedrun where obtaining all 41 Achievements (Trophies) is the goal. For further clarification and amusement, I have added ex post commentary elaborating on all the strategies employed and the routing logic behind the entire speedrun. Please, enjoy!

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Videos elaborating individual glitches:
▶️ Quantity Usage, Prompt Swap, Negative Dupe: This Discovery Broke DARK SOULS Speedrunning
▶️ Homeward Wrong Warp: New Glitch Changes Dark Souls Speedrunning...
▶️ Air Rolls: How Speedrunners Completely Skip Blighttown
▶️ Sen's Gate Skip: Skipping Sen's Fortress Using The Weirdest...

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20 Comments

@catalystz Creator 4 years ago Pinned

Hey! I hope you enjoy this run. It took a lot of effort to achieve it and to record the post-commentary, so hopefully it was of some value to you.
I have a quick question, did you enjoy this kind of format? I changed it up from my previous 'All Bosses' explanation and instead of having some explanations between the regular run audio, I chose to fully commentate it. Let me know if this, or the older format is preferable to you, so I know what to do in the future! Thanks 💙

@maybetomorrow3537 2 years ago

Did steam get you your refund?

@NinoBOTT 3 years ago

imagine being a steam worker handling a refund of the game and you see the player has 1.9 played hours and all achivements in the game

@jbf81tb 4 years ago

This is exactly the kind of thing I want to watch when it comes to speedruns. It feels like this video was made exactly for me. I love the internet. Much praise for having the technical skills to perform a run as challenging as this while also the drive to create this video. You're a uniquely awesome human being.

@AndiAbrudan 4 years ago

36:11 Chosen undead:
>shows up
>cuts dragon's tail
>signs his name in the ledger
>refuses to elaborate

@JimmyDaMid 4 years ago

Me: I don't want to watch movies for 1.5 hours, that's too long!

Also me:

@kinderwaff 4 years ago

I've done all achievents twice, on ps4 and ps3. 1st time it took me 100h, second 40h. Big time save, but still its 20times more than yours xD

@pppaspaodwuiowefheuifgeuifg9fg 4 years ago

"The player has destructive properties" is a powerful sentence

@TheOptionist 4 years ago

“Nito is first of the dead but his death animation lasts eternity”

that made me laugh

@cryofreezie3943 4 years ago

Love these speedrun breakdowns. Even though I don’t speedrun the game myself I still find your commentary and the techniques used fascinating

@hairypencilman8890 4 years ago (edited)

It may be pain to record a voiceover over 2 hours of footage but this video is awesome because of it. I wouldn’t previously watch an entire 2 hour speedrun but this made me feel like i was watching it with a buddy. I also love understanding the buzzard glitches a bit more, it makes the speedrun much more fun to watch. So instead of asking “why is doing so much damage to the gargoyles wtf”, I know that you did a firebomb glitch… anyways, thanks dude I hope this gets a bunch of views ♥️

@maybevoldemort8995 4 years ago

Congratulations! Great to have it with commentary, as I don’t keep 100% up to date with the latest skips etc and live commentary runs never explain the changes!

@crionis951 4 years ago

I'm glad I was there for the journey live. And of course F to all the good runs which died to farming

@williamjones5334 2 years ago

Gotta say, I enjoy the irony of speaking to Frampt but then getting Dark Lord on NG, and then talking to Kaathe but getting Link the Fire on NG+

@Hitsu1989 4 years ago

I can't get all achievements after 12 years and this man did it in less than 2 hours... What an absolute lad

@Klizzix 4 years ago

Thats exactly the kind of video i love to watch when it comes to speedruns. Id love this to exist for all kinds of dark souls speedruns especially. Thanks a lot for the effort Cata and congratz for the great run

@fernandolobo8297 2 years ago

1:22 "Yes, THE PENDANT", so I can later trade it with Snuggly for the Souvenir of Reprisal."
So this guy sorted the mind breaking mystery of What Is The Purpose Of The Pendant.😁😂

@UnkleMonkey18 4 years ago (edited)

The amount of game knowledge you have, and present to us, is just insane! Here's a great example about move telegraphing: 1:18:28

@landoncube769 4 years ago (edited)

Expect me to watch this video at least 5 times because I'll rewatch it after I keep falling asleep over the course of many nights
Btw love these types of long videos

@mozata6838 4 years ago

I love the combo of getting to see the full playthough + having post commentary so you can more thoroughly explain what's going on. I finally feel like I understand everything in a dark souls speedrun!