Stuck at the start.

[Rav3n]

Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing. I've been up to stormhill castle and got completely mashed by the boss, so I must be too weak to do that yet. I've also been to that first underground tree thing and managed to kill that freaky bulldog guardian cat thing, but now I'm not sure what to do. Should I just go around killing enemies trying to level up my character before attempting the stormhill boss?

Any help?

[juicy]

the first boss you met right before stormveil castle?

If so, yes.

[Rav3n]

Originally posted by Liquid Juicy:

the first boss you met right before stormveil castle?

If so, yes.

Yes, that's the one. The one by the gates right before you get into the castle.

[juicy]

Originally posted by Rupert:

Originally posted by Liquid Juicy:

the first boss you met right before stormveil castle?

If so, yes.

Yes, that's the one. The one by the gates right before you get into the castle.

go to the weeping south area before you continue with margit.

Also look around for mine areas to upgrade your gear

[Kada]

Basically, just explore the world. go all over the place and see what you can find

[MEGA MAN]

add/ summon me if u need a phantom as bodyguard >:3

[Immortal Reaver]

There is Rogier NPC summon on the right, just before mist, if you need help.

[Lithium]

Well, no boss in this game will be just "rawpowered" and easy, when you play a normal game. Its like Sekiro, learn his patterns, find weak spots. Raw power wont bring you anywhere.

Start every bossfight with "i will die. But i will make a bigger dent this time, and learn."

[UmmUmBurst]

You can go around that boss if you just circle around the wall by going right.

I went around, got distracted and lvl'd up to like 20. Just focus on side quests, killing stuff, and trying to get map fragments.

Also you will eventually get something to summon other players by exploring, so you can just wait until then and have someone else kill it for you essentially.

[juicy]

Originally posted by Shakey:

You can go around that boss if you just circle around the wall by going right.

I went around, got distracted and lvl'd up to like 20. Just focus on side quests, killing stuff, and trying to get map fragments.

Also you will eventually get something to summon other players by exploring, so you can just wait until then and have someone else kill it for you essentially.

not reccomended for a first playthrough tbh

[[Lethalvriend]]

Originally posted by Shakey:

You can go around that boss if you just circle around the wall by going right.

I went around, got distracted and lvl'd up to like 20. Just focus on side quests, killing stuff, and trying to get map fragments.

Also you will eventually get something to summon other players by exploring, so you can just wait until then and have someone else kill it for you essentially.

If you do this you also immediately break/fail a couple quests. It's much better to explore to the south first and then come back to Margit later.

[Rivazar]

If you mean Margit he can be killed low leveled without any weapon upgrade if you can parry.
If you are knew and have never parried you can either try now or find any weapon with bleed. Or explore Limgrave, get +3 weapon, level a bit especially hp, get more flasks and get this Margit bastard.
You can summon Rogier (near entrance to boss) and if you have mana and ashes you can also summon spirit for aid (though only imps will have some impact here cause they are fast, they can step back from his attacks and most importantly they have bleed). But imps only if you chose them as starting gift during character creation.

[UmmUmBurst]

Originally posted by Lethalvriend:

If you do this you also immediately break/fail a couple quests. It's much better to explore to the south first and then come back to Margit later.

Appreciate the info. I just wanted to explore, get my bearings, and try a bunch of weapons. I didn't even realize you could explore East of the starting cave until I was well past the Academy.

[Magic A. I.]

The key to beating Magrit in that fight is to get a weapon that can break his poise fast enough. As long as he doesn't jump around and doesn't attack as often, it doesn't really matter, how much health he has. Dismounter and its unique upgraded version are great at doing that. Also, get the ashes from the graveyard next to the castle. These summons will distract him from you and Rogier just long enough, but make sure that summoning them is the first thing you do in the fight.

By the way, Grace points you to the main quest, so most of the time it's best to go the opposite way, like in every other RPG.

[königplatzen]

The first areas are basically, Limgrave, East Limgrave (esp. Mistwood) not past the red desert like area Caelid and Weeping Peninsula (south over the bridge).
Those can be explored before facing first boss in Stormveil, which should take already several hours. There are also a lot of side bosses, bosses which appear only at night, quests, traps and all the good stuff :-)

[Yal]

Originally posted by Rupert:

Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing. I've been up to stormhill castle and got completely mashed by the boss, so I must be too weak to do that yet. I've also been to that first underground tree thing and managed to kill that freaky bulldog guardian cat thing, but now I'm not sure what to do. Should I just go around killing enemies trying to level up my character before attempting the stormhill boss?

Any help?

There's six separate areas you can access without killing a single boss, so if you're stuck on Margit (which is kinda common) you should go explore and see what you can find. Levels won't matter a lot (though you should definitely get some when you've got the runes - try to prioritize more health early on for a much easier time), but finding some good spirit ashes and other gear will make a lot more difference. (There's a hidden graveyard below the castle with the Soldiers of Godrick ashes - those are excellent for the early game)

The southeast part of Limgrave has a bridge to the Weeping Peninsula area, there's a whole bunch of healing flask upgrades to find here and a couple of travelling merchants that sell upgrade materials and new armor and weapons. At the coast there's even a whole legacy dungeon, if you feel like warming up with something slightly easier than Stormveil.