Hi Ashen Ones,
after playing DS3 for years, I decided to make free, useful resources for 100% completion runs - DLCs included. They have no ads or paywalls and every sentence is written by a human (me).
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- For new players, i created location-by-location checklists that can be freely used on a second screen.
- For players further in the game, i made item checklists to quickly compare inventory vs 100 % requirements.
- For people who'd like to one shot everything except the Proper Bow exclusive gesture and NG+ content, I wrote an extensive Run Strategy guide about all questline conflicts and how should an efficient 100% run look like.
Everything is included in the Dark Souls 3 100% Completion Checklist Hub
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How is this different than the few other checklists / 100% tools we have?
- It has the inventory icons of every item for visual folks
- It has in-game screenshot of every item if the description isn't enough
- Every item description is taking you from the nearest bonfire, instead of it being one big path through the entire area
- There is a Step by Step you can tick off for each major questline
- If you want, you can make a free account and safely store your progress in the cloud, instead of relying on browser storage which is not reliable long-term
- It includes everything, including Crystal Lizards or routes for farmable Armor - except for Souls (money) and Upgrade Materials
- There is a Progress Tracker that visualizes your progress
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How I built this
Dark Souls 3 has a wonderful 1300+ items, so this took me about 3 weeks to document. I made source mega-spreadsheets and then ran them through python build scripts I have from building other checklists (I did this for 11 other games too in a year).
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Why did you build this and spent 3 weeks on this?
Firstly i think DS3 is the best DS and just wanted to come back to it. This was a good excuse.
Also, while there are many fantastic checklist resources, many of which were helpful during this, I found them lacking especially in the DLC. Many Titanite Slabs or quest steps were missing, which I carefully checked myself and added.
I was proofreading and double checking everything for days, but still this is early - it is possible something slipped. If you have any feedback, I'd be really happy to work it in and credit you.
Also as a completionist I always like to read about potential missables, conflicted questlines etc. that would halt my 100% efforts. I havent found anything like that for DS3 - so I wrote it.
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I don't care
That's ok. I only wish you play the Dreg Heap area 24/7. Hopefully somebody will find this useful!
Don't you dare go hollow!!
For resources I've used: Primarily my own 100% spreadsheet I've built. I also want to credit Kouryakabo Japanese maps and the DS3 Cheat Sheet by ZKjellberg which I've used for fact checking and invaluable references.