In every Dark Souls game, the bonfire is a place of respite. It's where you wind down after a tough fight, replenishing your health so that you can continue your journey unabated. But somehow, Reddit user Saysick managed to go all of Dark Souls 3 without them.
Before we unpack how this run worked, there's a caveat: in Dark Souls 3, the hub — Firelink Shrine — isn't directly connected to the world. You cannot get to the High Wall of Lothric without using the central bonfire.
So, it's not actually possible to beat the game without a single bonfire. But Saysick avoided every optional checkpoint, a nonetheless hugely impressive feat.
In Dark Souls 3, you level up by talking to the Firekeeper in Firelink Shrine, which means you can level up without using a bonfire.
While that might sound useful for a run like this, returning to Firelink Shrine to level up, or just upgrade gear, meant starting at the very beginning all over again. So, Saysick was still underlevelled and outmatched throughout most of their run.
In fact, they tried to use a +2 Fire Shortsword against Pontiff Sulyvahn to avoid just that, but died and lost 150,000 Souls as...
