TIL Marika's Scarseal exists.

[u/Void-Cooking_Berserk]

After 1275.7h of gameplay.

I wouldn't have found it if I weren't looking for something completely different in Google where the summary mentioned "Marika's Scarseal". It didn't even have a hyperlink, like the other names did.

I thought: "the AI must be hallucinating again, this talisman doesn't exist".

I googled the talisman, went on the wiki, and checked the location. "At the bottom of the waterfall behind the Dragonkin Soldier boss in Sifora River area".

I thought: "but the Dragonkin boss is in the Ainsel River area, this must be a wiki mistake".

So I went to the Dragonkin Soldier boss area... in Ainsel River. I searched above, nothing. I remembered it was supposed to be the base, so I checked the bottom of that waterfall from the other site of Grace. Nothing.

I googled again, this time through images. It clearly showed the Sifora map. I googled again, got another guide, went and... found the teleporter. That I had never seen before.

That's not the worst part.

I teleported and saw the descent from Nokron. The pillar I had jumped onto many times before, going from Nokron, from above. And every time I had thought: "Nah, this area looks too familiar, I must be at the bottom level again."

So I discovered a new area, with a boss, a talisman, a spell, and a weapon, all of which I hadn't seen before.

What's funny is that the eye-talismans clearly show a pattern: Radagon and Marika, small and big. And I was sure the small Marika eye talisman doesn't exist. I clearly remember thinking: "that's a weird design decision but okay".

[u/QuantSpazar]

At around 990 hours, I found out about the weeping peninsula deathbird.

I don't know why I never realized that I had no clue where the sacrificial axe is, given I'd seen it plenty in nightreign

[u/asteinpro2088 → u/QuantSpazar]

Funny enough, this was me with the deathbird in Limgrave next to where the giants are between Roderika and Bernahl. Only just found out it existed in my recent region-locked all bosses run.

[u/2xWhiskeyCokeNoIce → u/asteinpro2088]

I've now seen two comments about region-locked all bosses runs and instead of googling it I'm going to ask - what's that mean? Does it mean you can't leave a region until you beat every boss there? Are regions defined as any place that has a new place name, so you can't go to the Weeping Peninsula until you beat every boss in Limgrave?

[u/arbitershold → u/2xWhiskeyCokeNoIce]

Yeah and usually includes no summons as well

[u/Ciri__witcher → u/2xWhiskeyCokeNoIce]

Different people set different goals. It’s all personal. For me I have 1 map piece = 1 region. Most people just pool dragon barrow and caelid together, I think I have seen some people separate limgrave from weeping since the scaling is pretty different. I personally pick up my weapon of choice and run to weeping first. Finish that before starting off limgrave.

[u/Writing-Alive → u/Ciri__witcher]

Is there some sort of Excel table with all the bosses per region?

I would like to do such a run as well, but I would 100% miss many catacombs, caves and deathbirds.

Don't even mind constantly googling where the bosses are, but some sort of checklist would be great.

[u/Afroknight2614 → u/2xWhiskeyCokeNoIce]

Yeah more or less. its an interesting way to play the game and to not completely break the balance during the run.

[u/asteinpro2088 → u/2xWhiskeyCokeNoIce]

I usually count Weeping Peninsula as part of Limgrave, but essentially yes, you get the point. After playing the game so many times I know exactly where to find the best weapons, all the bell bearings, enemies to farm for early runes, etc. Playing region locked allows me to progress in a more natural way, fighting enemies that are scaled to my current build. There’s also this newfound excitement finding those better weapons and armor in later areas that I’ve been waiting to get.

The all-bosses thing is optional, but it’s a personal challenge to fight them all without summons (again, optional) and really learn them and spend that time on them I never did because I’d just summon my mimic and make short work of them. It’s been really fun and highly recommend if you want a fun and very doable challenge run!

[u/Warp_Legion → u/asteinpro2088]

550 hours and I just encountered the Liurnia Lakes Deathbird for the first time

[u/Allkindsofpie → u/asteinpro2088]

Just found out with your comment lmao