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Ariandel is relatively slow (he’ll make his way across the room in straight-ish lines, banging his bowl as he goes), but can swing that thing in a pretty wide arc if you stay close to him for too long.
We’re going into extra time, and the lesser spotted third phase. They can hit you with their branches, and grab you for a nasty Frost attack if you hang around too much. You can drop down here to kill a Ringu monster, get a gem, and open up that gate from before if you like. Plus, you know, the healing.Well good news, Vilheim, you won’t see any after me.Leave the Archive building attic, loop around the right (across the roof), and you’ll find the way to drop down to the next bonfire. Here, you can climb around and explore some of the higher areas, get inside some of the buildings, and so on. Dig deep into your memories of doing Ornstein and Smough (assuming you played Haha, you thought it was over. Advance really slowly and don’t go down the stairs at the end of the pathso he doesn’t attack.Equip your best arrows and ping Dunnel with headshots and he’ll spend a while just casting pyromancy spells, which don’t reach you. If she’s leaping into the air (and is visible), she’s going to zip towards you with a bit Frost AoE landing. His health pool isn’t massive, but he’s quick, hits like … well … a gigantic wolf, and can end you if you miss the timing on his charges. If you’re close enough to her when she tries this, she actually can’t do it (or you’ll see roughly where she’s leaping away to). From here, you can open a door back into the attic (it doesn’t open from the other side, in classic style).The woods here are infested with Followers, so it’s probably wise to carry a bow or equivalent to you can snipe some at a distance. After defeating Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel’s main boss, what’s an Ashen One to do? Ariandel Chapel. It’ll link you back to the area where you pushed down the first tree and extend that shortcut (although at this point there’s not a huge amount of use for it).From Friede’s bonfire, go down your newly opened shortcut and back to the delightful basement full of insects. Never miss a thing. The fact that this Phase comes after two others will make it incredibly challenging to do alone.Friede will still turn invisible in this Phase too, and the same sort of tactics as in Phase One apply again. You can take a detour to the right, into the red-tinged insect nest, to pick up the ice magic The chapel actually serves as a kind of crossroads hub, so you have a few options of travel now. That means some of this stuff won’t be universal if you’re, say, a heavy magic user or something. Kill him, then try the iron gates up ahead. Optional: Go to the Cathedral and talk to Sister Friede to obtain the Chillbite Ring. Chillbite Ring ... Take the left path from the cliff to go down to a lower platform on the cliff that ends with a body holding the torch. Chances are you’ll be attacked by a wolf or three almost immediately. Most of his attacks ARE charges, so that covers a lot. After what you’ve seen, that probably sounds just dandy.
Once you get a rough idea where to go, you can rush this part without really engaging anybody.From the final branch above the ice (with the Millwood bow guy stood on it), take a left off the edge and go underneath where you just walked down to find the bonfire.Hugging the right wall from the bonfire alcove will lead you to a place where you can drop down into a field of flowers. She’s inside the chapel, and will give you the Chillbite Ring if you speak with her a couple of times. The best openings are (as is often the case) at the end of her combos, or (again) if you can uncover her from invisibility. The entirety of the DLC takes place in one new area - The Painted World of Ariandel, and has been broken up into sections for the purposes of this walkthrough into notable areas, some of … This guide will not explain how to find non-essential items or how to fight bosses. Surprise, it leads to a boss fight! A charnel pit, for those of you who have played X many From Software games and never come across the term in a walkthrough, is where the dead bodies go.Take the stairs down from Ariandel Chapel back to the bug-filled basement accessible from Snowy Mountain Pass.
When I played through the DLC it was a with a level 80 Dex character using a shield and estoc combo. He’s the jerk slaying all the other hapless birdos. He also seems to speed up a bit, just for kicks. There's a … Tackling him is quite hard, mostly because he (like a lot in this DLC) dishes out a lot of damage in each hit. Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel's Snowy Mountain Pass bonfire will be your base of operations for the next area you'll be exploring. I've been playing this DLC solo and blind ... and I'm finally stumped. He’ll attack at absurd, Atop the ladder there’s a room with a friendly Corvian inside who’ll urge you to burn the world. Alternately, looking from the mine-shaft type entrance it’s in the furthest left-hand corner of the room. If you notice Friede turning invisible in this phase it means she’s going off to heal somewhere so you should be finding her and hitting her (alternatively, use this as a chance to beat up Ariandel without Friede bothering you – you can most likely put out more damage than she can regain).This pair share a health bar, so it technically doesn’t matter who you opt to target. Watch out for ambushes from the sides of the mini-valleys, and for ones that are just casually sat down blending in with the foliage.Once you feel you’ve explored around the bell as much as you’re able, you’ll want to head up and left from it on a path that runs into a few wolves. Equipping a strike weapon like a mace can be a great help, as it means you can actually stagger the Millwood fellows.Right across the other side you’ll see a tower sticking out. It should leave you in a great position for a backstab (or some cheap hits if you miss that sweet spot).About halfway through his health, a massive wolf will join the party.
Use the steps below, or check the gallery for some quick landmarks and pointers.Turn left at the tower and continue up the snowy hill.The ladder rope bridge leads to a path that will take you to the Corvian Settlement.Cross the stone bridge in the Settlement and take the right path to reach a ladder to the rooftops.Climb to the rooftops, use the tower ladder, and open the graveyard gate to access the archive.Leaving the archive attic, move up the mountain pass to reach the crypt entrance.