First time playing, question about Drake in Undead Burg

So...just killed the Taurus Demon...got to the bridge, survived the unexpected fire coming from behind me as I ran toward the Hollows...a lucky roll to the right found me at a staircase...killed the one hollow down the stairs...now I'm wondering how on earth I'll kill the Drake.

Point of interest: I accidentally hit the merchant near the Bonfire so I was forced to put him out of his misery. I did get a cool katana out of it though. However, I am out of arrows, which I assume are a big part of killing this Drake.

So...any advice? I'm sitting at level 19...got some decent weapons but nothing special. My katana put the Taurus Demon down pretty quick though.



I'm afraid I'm gonna have to find another merchant (not even sure how to get back to the Firelink Shrine)....or start fresh and not kill the merchant. Funny thing is, I had been to him a bunch of times...just hit the wrong button at the wrong time and he pulled out his sword...he was just askin for it.



Any help would be appreciated.

you are going to want to shoot his tail bout tree fiddy times from under the bridge to get the Drake sword. good starting weapon.



you don't really have to worry about killing the drake though (don't try with arrows because he will rejuv health when he gets low if you are only using arrows)

For the second time today; Stop cheating and flounder through confused your first time. There is a real sense of accomplishment in beating this game alone and guides ruin it. Beat it once having done everything wrong first, then come back and ask whatever you want.

Forum Pirate wrote:For the second time today; Stop cheating and flounder through confused your first time. There is a real sense of accomplishment in beating this game alone and guides ruin it. Beat it once having done everything wrong first, then come back and ask whatever you want.

Well aren't you a delightful fellow...

How many arrows do you have? I normally kill the Darke using melee.

Forum Pirate wrote:For the second time today; Stop cheating and flounder through confused your first time. There is a real sense of accomplishment in beating this game alone and guides ruin it. Beat it once having done everything wrong first, then come back and ask whatever you want.

You pretty much missed my point, anyway. I was asking if I needed to start from scratch due to accidentally killing the merchant. If I can't kill the stupid Drake without arrows (or advance further as a result) then why keep bashing my head against a wall that won't break down?



Get my point? Plenty of games have failure conditions like that, and it would only make sense that Dark Souls would be one of them.

Buggy Virus wrote:How many arrows do you have? I normally kill the Darke using melee.

Zero, which is why I mentioned killing the merchant.

Just trying to help you enjoy the experience you can only get that first playthrough. I may not sound nice but I'm trying to do you a favor.

gcates wrote:

Buggy Virus wrote:How many arrows do you have? I normally kill the Darke using melee.

Zero, which is why I mentioned killing the merchant.

you can no longer kill the drake with arrows since the latest patch.. how ever you need arrows to get the Drake sword from his tail the easy way. the Uchi is a solid weapon if you keep upgrading it though so i wouldn't sweat it.

Glutebrah wrote:

gcates wrote:

Buggy Virus wrote:How many arrows do you have? I normally kill the Darke using melee.

Zero, which is why I mentioned killing the merchant.

you can no longer kill the drake with arrows since the latest patch.. how ever you need arrows to get the Drake sword from his tail the easy way. the Uchi is a solid weapon if you keep upgrading it though so i wouldn't sweat it.

I don't have any patches. I just got the game and I'm in Afghanistan...so I'm playing completely offline. No XBOX live here.

Also, the main reason I ask anything (I generally go through games solo, sans advice) is that I get maybe an hour a day...and I can already tell this is a 50+ hour game...so I'm trying to avoid wasting time on futile endeavors. The Drake doesn't seem like something I can kill with a sword given the fact that the two giant Knights I've encountered thus far kill me with 1, maybe 2 hits and take little damage from my melee. Also...the one burst of fire that hit me took 75% of my health...so prolonged combat with it seems foolish. I guess I'll just see what happens.

Also, there is no way to make the game unbeatable. A few to make it a total bastard (killing black smiths) but none that make it impossible.

If you have no arrows don't bother witht eh drake at this point in the game. Run halfway across the bridge to the basement and just ignore the drake.

To be honest, you aren't that far into the game, so restarting isn't a huge deal. Still, there are multiple merchants that sell arrows. You can kill the Dragon with arrows, but not until much later in the game. In fact, you probably won't kill him even with melee until much later in the game.

Also, play the game however you want. I hate game nazis that think their way is "THE ONE TRUE WAY" to play the game. Do whatever is fun for you.

Buggy Virus wrote:If you have no arrows don't bother witht eh drake at this point in the game. Run halfway across the bridge to the basement and just ignore the drake.

Sebastrd wrote:To be honest, you aren't that far into the game, so restarting isn't a huge deal. Still, there are multiple merchants that sell arrows. You can kill the Dragon with arrows, but not until much later in the game. In fact, you probably won't kill him even with melee until much later in the game.

Also, play the game however you want. I hate game nazis that think their way is "THE ONE TRUE WAY" to play the game. Do whatever is fun for you.

That's pretty much what I was looking for. I like the way the game just kinda throws a world in front of you and says "there you go!". At the same time, it's hard to tell when you're completely out of your depth or the water is just a little bit over your head.



I understand that alot of what makes Dark Souls great is the unknown, the "do it yourself" nature of the whole experience...but I am not fortunate enough to have hours on end to devote to the game...and an hour in Dark Souls is like 5 minutes in any other game...bordering on insignificant.

Sebastrd wrote:To be honest, you aren't that far into the game, so restarting isn't a huge deal. Still, there are multiple merchants that sell arrows. You can kill the Dragon with arrows, but not until much later in the game. In fact, you probably won't kill him even with melee until much later in the game.

Also, play the game however you want. I hate game nazis that think their way is "THE ONE TRUE WAY" to play the game. Do whatever is fun for you.

And I know I'm not that far...but where I am represents a week of playtime for me given my limited amount of gaming time available...that's what keeps me from starting over.

I wasted like 3 hours repeatedly fighting the skeletons in the graveyard until I realized only the big one was giving me souls...then I accidentally found the path to the Burg...and once I found the bonfire I spent some time grinding there to level up and buy weapons.

It's been a slow process so far...but I've got a good handle on the combat (at least against the normal enemies). Still trying to figure out alot of the minor aspects of the game like weapon upgrading and such. This one might last me until I finally go home...then I can really get into it.

It's not a big deal if you killed the first merchant. I just suggest moving forward. The drake isn't really worthwhile to kill anyways.

I killed the first merchant for the Uchigatana and I'm really deep into the play thrpugh now and don't regret it. It's a great weapon for a Dex build and is awesome upgraded. The only thing you loose not having the merchant is an early source for arrows and your only source of Lloyds talismans.

The Drake should be avoided at all costs until your higher level. Later you'll kill him by popping out the stairs, shooting him in the face with an arrow to get him down off his perch then wacking him with the sword and running away and hiding till he goes back. Then repeating. You could accomplish this now but it would take a long time.

What you need to do is go down those stairs on the bridge find the door with the ladder shortcut to the bonfire then go through the other door and explore under the bridge. There is more down there then you think.

Sebastrd wrote:To be honest, you aren't that far into the game, so restarting isn't a huge deal. Still, there are multiple merchants that sell arrows. You can kill the Dragon with arrows, but not until much later in the game. In fact, you probably won't kill him even with melee until much later in the game.

Also, play the game however you want. I hate game nazis that think their way is "THE ONE TRUE WAY" to play the game. Do whatever is fun for you.

Thats not what i said. The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success.

The last miniboss I killed was the Drake. Bastard had it coming. It's totally optional.

You are playing with an unpatched game? Then I'm not sure if the Blacksmith you are about to come across sells arrows. :/

The Uchigatana is a really nice and effective weapon. I finished the game with a Lightning Uchigatana upgraded to the max, and it's still doing wonders in NG+

Forum Pirate wrote:Thats not what i said. The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success.

For you, The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success, for you.

We're not all the same.

Sebastrd wrote:

Forum Pirate wrote:Thats not what i said. The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success.

For you, The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success, for you.

We're not all the same.

I will say it like this:

Yes there is one true way. But no, it's not the only way.

Of course you can do whatever you want to complete the game. But THERE IS a TRUE WAY to complete it. Why you ask? Because the developers made the game to give you certain emotions that only come if you play the game the way it's meant to be played.

You can do it by using other methods, if you want to, but you won't get the True Emotion of Success that it's the point of playing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls; it's not an opinion, it's a fact. The developers wanted YOU to feel THAT.

If you don't want to feel that, then of course you maybe prefer other methods, but don't say there IS NOT a TRUE WAY.

You may not like the challenge, but that doesn't mean it's not the way it's supposed to be. If you want spoilers: You are not supposed to kill the drake, because at low levels, it's near impossible. You're supposed to realize that by yourself, and then continue to look other ways forward; and there is a pretty obvious one. Doesn't that feel good if you discover it by yourself? Guess now you will never know.

Ah, religion. It comes in all shapes and sizes.

Do whatever it is that's going to make you enjoy the game more. Personally, I'd start over, because I like my merchants alive and am a perfectionist that way. If others on this site feel that it's the easy way out, that's their problem--not yours.

@gcates:
First of all, don't waste your time trying killing the Drake right now. I believe its kind of overpowered for the stage and the SL your toon is right now and the weapons you carry.
You say you are playing pre patch, so I think the blacksmith at the Parish won't sell any arrows. You'll find a female merchant later when you open a shortcut from the Lower Undead Burg to the Firelink Shrine through the acueduct ( remember the closed gate inside the acueduct from the shrine to the burg?)
My other advice is, if you don't have much time to play, then use this toon as a training toon, try to get by yourself as far as you can, actually is harder in a pre patch game imo.
When you get back safe home and you can really put some time into it then start a new toon and you'll be already used to it and start to really enjoying it.
Good luck!!!

ChizFreak wrote:

Sebastrd wrote:

Forum Pirate wrote:Thats not what i said. The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success.

For you, The point of dks is the struggle and the satisfaction of overcoming it. Lessen the struggle by looking thing up, lessen the satisfaction of success, for you.

We're not all the same.

I will say it like this:

Yes there is one true way. But no, it's not the only way.

Of course you can do whatever you want to complete the game. But THERE IS a TRUE WAY to complete it. Why you ask? Because the developers made the game to give you certain emotions that only come if you play the game the way it's meant to be played.

You can do it by using other methods, if you want to, but you won't get the True Emotion of Success that it's the point of playing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls; it's not an opinion, it's a fact. The developers wanted YOU to feel THAT.

If you don't want to feel that, then of course you maybe prefer other methods, but don't say there IS NOT a TRUE WAY.

You may not like the challenge, but that doesn't mean it's not the way it's supposed to be. If you want spoilers: You are not supposed to kill the drake, because at low levels, it's near impossible. You're supposed to realize that by yourself, and then continue to look other ways forward; and there is a pretty obvious one. Doesn't that feel good if you discover it by yourself? Guess now you will never know.

A.) As I said before I was merely asking a question, and I did not expect to be met with pretentiousness. Unlike some, I am not afforded countless hours of gaming time due to the simple fact that I am in Afghanistan. I am enjoying this game, as well as the difficulty of it, greatly, but at the same time, while for you spending 5-6 hours to "figure out" you can't kill something is all well and good, for me that is 5-6 DAYS of play time, and I already had made the base assumption that I likely couldn't.

B.)Don't act like From Software didn't want people helping each other. After all, part of the online aspect of the game is hints gamers leave for each other. Also, don't act like you are in some way superior because I simply asked a question. I am far from the first person to do so, and I don't appreciate that one bit.

C.) I won't waste my time asking any further questions here at any point.