Master key (repost)

[Ansakura]

if i picked the master key as a starting gift yet progressed thourgh the game normally is there a chance i can open a door or cuase a break in the progression route...like going through blighting via valley of drakes

i ask cuase i wanna go through the catacombs to get the silver serpent ring but i was told if i get the astora sword from the valley i can kill the skeletons so they wont respawn or should i just lvl up some then do cata for the ring?

[Rithm Fluffderg]

A break in the progression route? I'm not sure what you mean.

There are areas you can skip (like Lower Undead Burg, the Depths and 90% of Blight Town, for instance) if you have the Master Key. You can miss some items, but not permanently.

However, it's not like those areas will suddenly cease to exist, either - you can always go back to them. In fact, I like to finish the Depths before skipping Blight Town.

[Mirage]

You kinda answered your own question there.. opening the door to valley of drakes is breaking the normal progression route and allows you to skip gaping dragon.
But it's not gamebreaking or anything if that's what you mean.

Astora straight sword has divine infusion, which prevents the necromancers in the catacombs from reviving them, killing the necromancers also fixes this.

You can create your own divine weapons after you kill the Moonlight Butterfly and get the divine ember, which does the same thing.

[Ansakura]

ahh...i was asking about the game breaking is cuase that is what the description says is that by useing the master key some areas become option but as im so used to DS3 i was not sure if that means i would break the game in a way...

[Ansakura]

would it be a dumb idea to use the master key just to open that gate to get the sword that early or should i just wait til i get the devine ember and do cata then?

[m0k]

I would not use the Master Key for a first playthrough. Like mentioned, you can miss portions of the game. I think it's not gamebreaking (the word you might be looking for is sequence-breaking) but disrupts the progressive flow of the game. You will eventually end up in Valley of Drakes anyway.

[Ansakura]

ahh...i just call it game breaking cuase it make it easy for me as certin words i find hard to spell

[UTgasman]

It doesn't break the game, just lets you do things out of order. You can't past the yellow fog doors until you get the Lordvessel. It does allow you to access things that are nice to have (get the grass crest shield by running past the drakes; or you can easily tank the capra demon boss if you use the master key then go through blighttown the back way til you get the eagle shield)

[Mirage]

Getting the sword does nothing else but get you the sword, it's still not going to make the catacombs that much easier at low level and plenty of people rush down there without a divine weapon as well.

[Ansakura]

so better tow ait a bit...what sl do yu think i should be before i go down

[m0k]

You can do it before Sen's Fortress, which would have you in the 30s range (you can go to Drake Valley right after Blighttown and come around that way back to Firelink). You can also go after Anor Londo, around SL 50, which will also give you even more reason to be there.

If you want to go there for kindling (more estus flasks), do it before Sen's.

[Kris]

Go down the elevator to new londo turn right. There should be a tower with a staircase in it that leads to the vally of drakes.

[Esce]

Postat inițial de shadowkin22:

i ask cuase i wanna go through the catacombs to get the silver serpent ring but i was told if i get the astora sword from the valley i can kill the skeletons so they wont respawn or should i just lvl up some then do cata for the ring?

The ring is after a golden fog, if I remember correctly. So no ring before Anor Londo.
Also it is a pain to get up to firelink without the lordvessel.

[m0k]

Postat inițial de Esce:

Postat inițial de shadowkin22:

i ask cuase i wanna go through the catacombs to get the silver serpent ring but i was told if i get the astora sword from the valley i can kill the skeletons so they wont respawn or should i just lvl up some then do cata for the ring?

The ring is after a golden fog, if I remember correctly. So no ring before Anor Londo.
Also it is a pain to get up to firelink without the lordvessel.

Nope. Obtainable before Anor Londo. There is a boss fog inbetween areas, but no golden one.

[Esce]

Postat inițial de Mr. Sheffield:

Postat inițial de Esce:

The ring is after a golden fog, if I remember correctly. So no ring before Anor Londo.
Also it is a pain to get up to firelink without the lordvessel.

Nope. Obtainable before Anor Londo. There is a boss fog inbetween areas, but no golden one.

Ok, thanks. I know that there is a fog gate after the first skeleton beast, but I thought that it is golden before you get the lordvessel.

[Mirage]

At the end of the day it kinda depends on what your end goal is, it's probably a lot more effective to grind for a bit of souls here and there, in Ariamis for example, than to rely on the silver ring for it. Especially because it costs you a ring slot.