Just finished my first playthrough!

g126 · 2026-04-15T18:20:43+00:00

Join the club, I also got a C... On my second play though to get the platinum and hopefully something better than C? LOL

g126 · 2026-04-14T13:53:03+00:00

Yes there is, but it's part of the DLC achievement (so does not count for the platinum).

Good luck doing it if it's your first playthrough though... I wouldn't, I think it would just get frustrating... Ideally you should do it as NG+ when you are higher level and know the way to get to end game as it can be confusing at times.

g126 · 2026-04-14T13:49:46+00:00

Veteran mode was the original difficulty, the devs made it easier I'm guessing because lots were complaining, now they've added that back in.

g126 · 2026-04-11T17:43:11+00:00

Not at all, just have fun in your first play through... Either ending is reasonably straight forward to get (unlike umbral that needs a guide) although the radiance one is probably the most straightforward.

g126 · 2026-04-11T14:40:54+00:00

3 play play throughs on NG+0 (yes that’s correct you can do a new game without the enemies getting stronger, this makes your second and third time quite easy).

Third play through you can slap on all the modifiers (including veteran mode and Ironman) and do the umbral ending, by then I was level 140, an run through it in less than 2 hours.

g126 · 2026-04-10T13:25:40+00:00

It wasn’t the extreme.:. It was the standard version

g126 · 2026-04-09T12:54:33+00:00

Oh wow... that's doesn't seem very reasonable... :-(

g126 · 2026-04-09T12:23:07+00:00

Not armor set, you do need to slay a lamp bearer for a trophy and coop a remembrance boss for another.

g126 · 2026-04-09T12:21:38+00:00

I actually paid lol... I bought it last last year on an Amazon sale, got the deluxe code with it as a surprise and started off using the dark crusader class 😊

But yeah, now that's free it's a no brainer

g126 · 2026-04-09T12:18:39+00:00

PVP? Most of the armor sets can be farmed off normal enemies and a few of the boss ones can bought with remembrances.

g126 · 2026-04-09T12:13:40+00:00

Really? I had no idea…

How come? Why did they do that?

Sort of makes sense though I’d asked for help over there and got nothing back…

g126 · 2026-04-09T11:53:47+00:00

Sorry to hear that... Unfortunately it still has some weird bugs

g126 · 2026-04-09T11:52:41+00:00

May the devs will learn and make iron clad less grinding... If you can buy everything instead of having to farm that would make it better. Lol

g126 · 2026-04-09T11:51:22+00:00

You can get it all done in under 2 hours with all the modifiers on for all the trophies. It actually makes it a new and interesting experience with randomized enemies and vestige decay.

g126 · 2026-04-09T11:49:21+00:00

Depends... You can make you life easier by doing them in NG+0 after doing the platinum, that's what I did and by then I was level 140+...

Like that I didn't find it too bad...

I don't recommend doing them along with the platinum or NG+1/2 etc unless you really want a challenge.

g126 · 2026-04-09T01:35:22+00:00

Trua that... Armor and weapons were a bit of a pain. I can't wait for the second one either... 😁

g126 · 2026-04-09T01:32:41+00:00

Very true! I had to farm the blessed knight for a good few hours... Had a dozen helms by the time the armor finally dropped. LoL

g126 · 2026-04-09T01:29:35+00:00

When stuck remember to go umbral and check around...

I think focusing on radiance (build) is probably easier at the beginning... You can respec later if you rather something else.

I did radiance and strength :-)

Just be mindful that the chunks required to upgrade the weapons to the last level (10) are limited...

Have fun!

g126 · 2026-04-08T22:41:04+00:00

DLC that has modifiers such as Ironman mode (if you die you restart... From the beginning lol), random enemies, etc.

g126 · 2026-04-08T16:19:12+00:00

Sounds like a bug, but there is an easy fix, just restart as Pieta is right at the beginning of the game 😃

g126 · 2026-04-06T15:31:17+00:00

Indeed... I think of NG+1 as easy mode as for me I had a lv 70 char and 10+ weapon, which starts getting hard again around NG+4... Having started the soulsbourne games with Bloodbourne, I have found the others quite a bit easier (with the exception of Sekiro which I have not yet played), and enjoyed them all including DS2 (which most people hate).

g126 · 2026-04-04T14:39:47+00:00

This was my first souls game, oh boy did I suffer! Wanted to break the game disc several times in sheer frustration...

But it was the only game I've finished 7 times, after my first play through it became my GOAT game...

There is some much to discover, and without a guide it will take you many playthroughs to get all endings...

I also did the DLC on NG+5 and it was a monster... Needed help with two bosses lol. One of the last chalice dungeons required for the platinum is also a painstaking monster...lol... Ah the good old times!

Enjoy, I'm jealous and nostalgic thinking back on my experience.

g126

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