Getting from Bridge Approach Bonfire to Undead Purgatory

[Jar of Milk]

Is there really no shortcut to get onto the bridge? I don't want to have to deal with this guys with the whips every single time I die to the boss...It seems like there would be some ladder or tree I can knock down to get from the Bridge Approach bonfire up to the bridge...

[Wii remote gaming]

No afaik

[Terry]

Nope. No shortcut

[juicy]

Run past them and jump to the left where you see a gap. They'll stop chasing you.

[Bonkers]

Just run past them.

[myoptic]

if you dash past, you can make the jump to where they can't get you, or just go to the boss fog.

Toss alluring skulls around to keep the skellys off your back in the chariot fight. shouldnt take you more than a few tries.

[Yal]

if all else fails, all enemies in the game has limited respawns, so you could go from the bonfire to the boss gate, kill them all, go back, repeat until the path is clear. (i did that on my first playthrough). not only does it clear the path, you get a ton of souls to power up with before the boss fight as well.

[Ragnaman]

Summon an NPC to help you (the NPC is in the undead cave where twinkling titanite bug is located); He is there only after you get key to the 3rd bonfire in the area however.

Rush through the bridge (unless you have not killed the red phantom guarding the fog door);

I managed to beat the chariot solo (with NPC summon); NPC kept skelly attention while i kill the necromancers. Then the chariot was 1 on 1, but its slow and not too hard to read.

[Da Nut Crackah]

Originally posted by Ragnaman:

Summon an NPC to help you (the NPC is in the undead cave where twinkling titanite bug is located); He is there only after you get key to the 3rd bonfire in the area however.

Rush through the bridge (unless you have not killed the red phantom guarding the fog door);

I managed to beat the chariot solo (with NPC summon); NPC kept skelly attention while i kill the necromancers. Then the chariot was 1 on 1, but its slow and not too hard to read.

You know theres an NPC you can summon, Bashful Ray iirc, in one of those hut things just past the first little stone bridge. Much closer so less backtracking and fighting. Not to mention you don't need to first get a key.