The Bed of Chaos |
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| Location | Lost Izalith |
| Health * | NG: 2 |
| NG+: 3 | |
| Souls * | NG: 60,000 |
| NG+: 120,000 | |
| * Recorded in PATCH 1.05 |
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| weakness: cheese,damage |
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The Bed of Chaos is a Boss in Dark Souls, located in Lost Izalith. In an attempt to create a second First Flame, the Witch of Izalith conducted a ritual that ultimately failed. The power unleashed from this ritual formed the Bed of Life, which became the source of all demons. Different from most boss encounters, the objective in the fight against the Bed of Chaos is not to gradually deplete the boss's health.
The Bed of Chaos Dark Souls Information
In an attempt to create a second flame, the Witch of Izalith performed a ritual, which was initially a failure, and its power formed a bed of life which would become the source of all demons. Many believe the two orbs next to her are two of her daughters, though this is only speculation.
On your way to the boss' chamber below Lost Izalith, you will be attacked by a corrupted Daughter of Chaos. If you are keeping count of the Daughters of Chaos, excluding the spider sisters and the three we've just mentioned, that's only 5; the body Ceaseless Discharge guards and attacks you if you loot, is another sister, as well as Quelana - who you meet in the Blighttown swamp and asks you to help free her sisters.
The Bed of Chaos Dark Souls Drops
- Lord's Soul
- 60,000 Souls
- 1 Humanity
The Bed of Chaos Dark Souls Lore
- The Bed of Chaos is generally assumed to be The Witch of Izalith. She may be conjoined with two of her daughters.
- In an effort to rekindle the First Flame, the witch produced the Chaos Flame which mutated her, and her children.
- The various demons in the area are presumed to be the spawn of The Bed of Chaos and the Chaos Flame.
Dark Souls Bed of Chaos Boss Guide & Strategies
Attacks
Swipe & Slam
She will often do a slow sweeping attack in which she drags a hand across the ground then raises her fist - a little slowly - and slams it down quickly afterwards, on the side the arm is located on. The animation for her lifting the arm up after the slam is a bit slow. While this attack can be blocked or dodged, if it makes contact with the player, will stagger them; the sweep will push while the slam will act like most overhead attacks in which will cause the player to fall momentarily.
There's a slight variation on this attack; instead of a swipe and slam, you'll be met with two quick swipe attacks. One arm from the side the player is on, followed by a quick sweep from the other arm. The starting animation looks the same so look for the end of the first swipe, to tell which attack is coming.
Fire Scythe(s)
After destroying one glowing root, the fiery being will free one large scythe-like appendage from within the boss's back. This has a longer range than the boss's hands and will attack stab down at the ground, and drag its scythe and the player, towards it. Not only does this attack deal serious fire damage, it does a bit of physical as well. The fire-scythe is constantly poking around the ground, and can be evaded by rolling sideways.
The only variation in this attack is that destroying the second root will cause the Bed of Chaos to free its other appendage, which will also attack the player in a similar fashion. This just means there's more to dodge.
Firestorm of Chaos
After destroying both glowing roots, the Bed of Chaos will start being able to cast a spell that is similar to Firestorm by lifting its fire scythe-like arms then thrusting them into the floor which reveals circles of fire on the ground, dictating where the pillars of fire will soon rise. Make use of these indicators, and dodge them appropriately. While very deadly, this attack is slightly rare, but its main danger resides in that it can be cast anywhere, including the small tunnel where the bug resides.
Chaos Fireball
The Bed of Chaos may also shoot out fireballs from its torso. These are lumped upwards then fall while moving outwards, spraying the entire arena. While dangerous, they are slow moving and can be avoided by simply walking away from where they're landing. They do not home in, and hit the ground randomly. This attack is extremely rare and it is possible to go through countless battles with the Bed of Chaos without ever witnessing it.
Fire Gate
If you loiter around the base of the tree, without proceeding into the tunnel, the Bed of Chaos lets out a scream before setting the area on fire. To avoid this, once you get to the base, run into the tunnel, and complete the mission.
Strategy
This boss, akin to the Dragon God from Demon's Souls, is a puzzle boss. Upon entering the arena you will notice two large, non-respawning orange orbs, one on either side of the boss. These spheres contain one glowing root each, surrounded by normal roots; the glowing roots can be destroyed by normal damage while the regular roots can also be destroyed by rolling into them.
The two glowing roots need to be destroyed to proceed with the fight, but doing so causes a fiery being to emerge from the boss itself, increasing the boss' attack options and severity, and also causes the floor to begin to crumble in specific locations. The main danger of this fight is falling into these bottomless pits. Make sure not to sprint mindlessly as you will fall in the collapsing floor; stay attentive to the floor, more so than the boss.
Once you take both the orbs, carefully proceed down the middle, but expect a mass chunk of the floor to fall through. This will expose a little ledge you can jump off of and onto a thick tree branch. Before you do so, pay attention to the pattern of melee swings of the boss, so that they do not hit you midair and cause you to fail the jump. Run up the branch, rolling through the little branches sticking out of the cave entrance. In here, you'll find a small tunnel with more little branches you need to roll through.
Defeat the Bed of Chaos, by killing the Chaos Bug at the end of the small tunnel; any amount of damage will do the trick.
Easy Range
Bows can also be used to great effect in this fight, as it is possible to snipe the glowing roots without having to enter the orange orbs yourself, making the ordeal safer. Be careful that the hitbox of the glowing root lies behind regular roots, and while these can be destroyed by arrows, it may take a couple of tries after clearing them up as the hitbox of the glowing root is small. You will however, have to position yourself in a good-enough position to see the glowing roots while remaining at a relatively safe distance, and avoiding more falling platforms.
The Bed of Chaos Dark Souls Tips and Notes:
- Since the orbs do not respawn, and going from the starting area of the boss arena to either of the orbs or towards the boss itself is easier than going from orb to orb or from them towards the boss, quitting the game after destroying the glowing roots can be used to great effect. The next time you log the character, you will appear just outside the fog door, and you can instantly enter again and head towards the other orange sphere or attempt to make the jump to the tunnel in an easier fashion.
- Even after a successful jump to said root, the Bed of Chaos can still knock you down into the pit by clipping your character with bits of its arms or with its scythe-like appendages.
- While inside the tunnel, you're safe from all the other attacks but you are still able to get hit by the Firestorm spell, thus victory is not assured until the bug is slain.
- The Chaos Bug itself will not take any damage from fire, which is only a concern with pure pyromancy, as the physical damage of any Fire or Chaos weapon is still enough to kill it in one swing.
- Owing its emphasis on puzzle solving rather than direct combat, its tendancy to force players to keep jumping around, and buggy movement that frequently knocks players to their deaths, fans have often ranked the Bed of Chaos as the worst boss in FromSoftware history. FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki also called the Bed of Chaos his "greatest regret".
The Bed of Chaos Dark Souls Gallery
AnonymousYou know the boss is awful when even Miyazaki regretted adding it.
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What if this boss was made as intended and they just lied about the deadlines because they realized people hated this boss.
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To everyone commenting on the runback:
From the Lost Izalith bonfire, run straight ahead, through the lava and ruined building and onto the root. Follow the root all the way to the end and ignore the stone demons. Continue underneath the bridge and proceed up the stairs on the right, and kill the multi-limbed gulper whose name I’ve forgotten. Through the stone structure and out to the right, continue straight ahead, and through the fog gate at the left.
The path takes in all a few seconds (at most a minute, much quicker than the chaos servant shortcut), and I find it to be among the shortest runbacks yet.
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That runback is absolute cancer, even with the Chaos Servant lvl 2 shortcut.
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worst fromsoft boss i’ve ever had the displeasure of fighting, and i even beat consort radahn pre nerf
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It’s not the worse boss that fromsoft ever made, nor is Radahn, or even the gank squad, the worst boss is loran silverbeast, it’s literally just a normal enemy but with like 200 extra HP added.
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This boss sucks. It's undeniable. But I just find lost izalith and the visual design of this boss insanely fascinating due to their troubled development.. Crappy as it, and its run-back, is, I'm glad it exists.
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only boss to just make me straight up laugh just because of how absurd the mechanics are vs the expectations they had for fighting the damn thing
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I would say with the ( nerf in mind ) radahn is now the worst final boss in soulsborne (for now) less an enjoyable fight then slave knight gael, gerhman (if you choose the bad ending) less hard but fair/trading equal blows back to an aggressive boss. like orphan/manus/fume knight, less an satisfying conclusion/end then soul of cinder. Less iconic/original then gwyn (since you fight the guy 2 times in the game even if you fight them diffrently the are still the same person) and in terms of difficultly he is the opposite of true king in demons souls. (Where lore wise it's accurate why he is nothing more then a weak blob. But fight wise he is the easiest final boss ever ) and radahn being a hard and broken fight that wasn't enjoyable to the point it needed to be nerfed.
Now with the nerf in mind i wouldn't say he is the worse boss in soulsborne that surpassed the bed. But he is (for now) the worst final boss
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Radahn got nerfed but that only proves again that he surpassed the bed. Cause the bed never got nerfed at all lol
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Cant believe this guy was surpassed by Promised Consort Radahn for how terrible you can make a boss. At least this one takes 2 fire bombs and saves your progress if you die
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Ok, hear me out. He isn't even tough. Only the runback makes him so infuriating. But at least he didn't annoy me like Manus. F*** Manus, rest in piss.
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yeah every time i play ds1 when i come to this monstrosity i realize i rather fight consort with my bare fists instead lol genuinely horrible, putrid, trash and i absolutely have zero idea why they didn't change it in remastered lol.
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This fight doesn't even really annoy me in a vacuum, it's the long runback and the fact that I'm probably losing whatever humanity I'm holding.
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I'm convinced all these comedians waltzing in here saying this is better than the elden ring dlc final boss haven't tried fighting this since 2014
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Hey, Radahn may be bad, but atleast it can actually function. Unlike this mess
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Never in my life I will feel guilt for running cheat engine on this boss.
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Eh you know what it’s not even in the top 5 worst fromsoft bosses. Since at least it dies quickly.
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I don't even want to think about the absolutely brain-damaging amount of salt that must be going through your system to even consider that Consort Radahn is comparable to this mess.
Singlehandedly makes me think twice before doing another DS1 playthrough.
Coming back after shadow of the erdtree.
This boss is better than all of them.
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Still worse than Promised Consort and I will die on that hill.
Yes Promised Consort is infinitely harder but being harder≠worse. Atleast Radahn is an actual fight, and still needs to actually attack you in order to win, no matter how relentless and spammy, whereas Bed of Chaos relies on fall damage and shitty platforming (In a game with a very, very clunky jump that requires a full run up and dodge) in order to kill you.
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Would you rather fight bosses that suck but are hilariously easy to murder, and have progress being saved incase you failed. Then to deal with artificial bosses bosses who combo forever and only give you 1 time to hit them back before it all happens again. In a slow, less engaging way of so called "fighting to the death between 2 skilled warrior" and if fhat doesn't kill you make the 2nd phase a blinding, epilepsy granting, chaotic, mess. where you don't even can understand or comprehend what is even going on anymore. While dealing with questionable difficulty if it is even fair or fun to try and overcome it in the 1st place.
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The elden ring dlc final boss became the final song of drakengard 3 levels of bs. And if you have seen the final song and that game i will understand that boss fight was indescribablely awful. And the final boss of the elden ring dlc took elements from that monstrosity. (And no i am not talking about it being a rhythm final boss in a character action game. If you need info of the final song watch yt "nero the sky who did an entire analysis video on that horrendous boss so you can compare it)
But the point i am making here is the bed of Chaos no matter how bad it is it can never be as bad as what the final boss in elden ring became
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Thank god for the one that didnt allow the fight to be reset after death. Truly an angel.
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Congratulations, ever since the Elden Ring DLC, you are no longer the worst boss in Fromsoft history.
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This is not even a boss. This is some dumb-brainless-sh!t-puzze-joke. Jumping and running through indestructible branches with hitboxes twice the size they should be, that can cover 1/3 of the arena in single swipe, dealing absurdly high poise damage that can toss you like a ball even in heavy armor, hitting you far from the above for half of the health. And you even can't move camera up and look at this crap because floor is full of holes and falling bricks with killboxes below them. And of course there is firestorm that eat your whole health on single hit even at NG.
That's why respected pro players like speed runners, no-hit runners or challenge runners use firebomb cheese tactic because they don't even consider fighting this joke the way is supposed to be.
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In the official Brazilian Portuguese translation, it is used the word for Cradle rather than the word for Bed, which seems more appropriate lore-wise
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In fairness if an uninspired boss is your greatest regret, you've lived a good life
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The bed looks way more fun then the elden ring dlc final boss fight. Because the pain is over quicker
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Every time Elden Ring has me on my knees, I come back here and remember it could always be worse.
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Wait. Its weakness is cheese therefore is it lactose intolerant?
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Over my MANY playthroughs of this game I've discovered the most consistent strategy to beat this boss without dying is this:
1. Buy and two-hand the Baldr Shield from the Crestfallen Merchant in Sen's Fortress. It has ludicrously good stability for its weight and stat requirements (only 12 Str), the horizontal swipes become a joke with this shield
2. Equip the entire Gold-Hemmed Black set and the Flame Stoneplate Ring to max out your fire DEF so that you won't get one-shotted by Chaos Firestorm
3. Kill the chaos bug on the left then make your way to the one on the right always with your shield up to block any horizontal swipes
The rest is just memorizing the spots where the floor crumbles/fire scythes land/slam attack lands which is provided here in the Wiki.
Many no death runs have been ruined by this piece of sh*t designed boss but not anymore!
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Breaking the two glowing roots was easy enough, but I've been swiped out of the air mid-jump five times now trying to land on that stupid root. Guess I'll just keep rolling the dice FML
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Just realized you have to go INSIDE the Bed of Chaos, not follow the root down into the void and fall off 5 times like an idiot....
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It's possible to survive the Chaos Firestorm by equipping the Flame Stoneplate Ring and the witches' set (guaranteed OHK in NG+ doe)
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I actually liked this fight, beat maybe my 11th time? Not that bad itself, the run back isn’t that bad either all the enemies are super easy to avoid
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You should use the Daughter of Chaos bonfire for the run. Spend 30 humanity to open the shortcut. Then take the elevator down, but don't go for the stairs, instead drop down the opposite site. You are now in the room where you fought the Firesage Demon, from there you can access the shortcut, pass the Titanite Demon and reach Bed of Chaos. Good luck!
Whoever thought this boss would be a good idea seriously needs to get shot
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You know, I always wonder, what was FS going to do with this boss if they didn't have a time limit, what did they want to make this boss.
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Why haven't I learned my lesson not to go through the fog gates if I have enough souls to level up?
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Players who fight The Bed of Chaos will turn into rage demons, rage quit/uninstall or throw their controllers away.
Great concept.
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Just use a shield to block it's swipes and pray you make the jump.
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Just beat this abortion of a boss.
Tips:
Don't bother rolling.
Use a shield to block the sweeps, just make sure you have enough stamina.
Don't bother jumping.
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Why the actual hell does the tree arm does this much damage??????
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fell into a hole, did the annoying runback, only to once again get knocked off by a slow ass tree arm that does a **** ton of damage. think yall have heard this plenty of times but, **** this boss lol
Died maybe 50 times trying to to roll through the tree hand swipe attacks. :D Eventually switched to a shield which got me through it somewhat quickly. The lesson is, don't be like me.
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Look, I know I'm getting downvoted, but once you know how to do this boss, and you've done it on multiple playthroughs it's not that bad. It's definitely not perfect, but I respect the idea, and would LOVE more gimmick bosses in the future, just maybe tested more. I still love everything about Demon God, a precursor to this boss. We didn't get nearly enough of this stuff in ER imho.
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This boss sucks ass, but thank GOD it kinda saves your progress after you die. Ninja flip ring also made it pretty tolerable, so I can't imagine the horrors of fat rolling this thing.
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FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki also called the Bed of Chaos his "greatest regret".
At least he's honest
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I nearly did this boss first try but died to the flame pillars at the end
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needed like 5 or 6 tries to finally beat it, killing with one hit actually made me mad more than dying and losing my 50k souls
For some reason I enjoyed this fight more then half of elden rings one after a replayed DS1. I think I might be going insane
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??? more of an IQ test than a fight beat it second try after realizing I shouldn't throw lightning spears at it
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Good God, what were they thinking? This boss and the whole Lost Izalith area is a big fat joke
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I love how they gave it a 50% HP boost for NG+ when it literally has 2HP
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This boss is actuallu easy just run to him 3 times and you got it
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Finally beat this overgrown tree. I think spent more time running back to the boss than actually fighting it. FFS, what the hell were thinking when they made this damn thing?
The entire Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith area is a giant embarrassing shortcoming and this fight is the pinnacle of its failures. Dark Souls would have been an all-time masterpiece if not for the glaringly incomplete design of this dreary abortion of a level. I hope it makes Miyazaki groan every time he remembers what could have been.
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Truly a work of art, meticulously handcrafted to perfection by Miyazaki. This is what every boss should aspire to be. The pinnacle of boss fights, generations upon generations of boss battles have lead up to this moment. The music, the atmosphere, the emotional weight and, most importantly, the design of this legendary battle is one that will go down in the history of gaming as the most iconic and well designed boss of all time. No Fromsoftware boss has never come close to the absolute perfection of this fight, although some have come close, such as Capra Demon, praised for its generous and fair arena, or perhaps Godskin Duo, for its perfectly balanced duo battle that somehow managed to evolve, and redeem, the utter abomination of a fight that was Ornstein and Smough. This boss proves From are masters at their craft, despite the occasional misses like the horribly balanced Artorias or Slave Knight Gael, those are exceptions. Bed of Chaos is a flawless masterpiece. Thank you Miyazaki, for bestowing this piece of art upon the human race.
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This boss singlehandedly proves that Dark souls worst in the series
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When I want to replay DS1 but remember this thing exists...
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Better use all yours soul and humanity before fight this boss.. because here you are fxxxed. The floor fall apart when you are so close you, got not chance to react. And all attack just purposely to blow you and fall to the hole..
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this boss was the easiest I've ever done so far lol dont understand all the critiques.
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At least it doesn’t regenerate the branches lol. But the real pain in the ass is running back after you die.
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it all goes downhill the moment you pass through the fog wall…
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You can make it a Bed of Cheese with a Bow, 2 firebombs, and some fire protection.
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This boss is the worst thing ever, so many stupid deaths and the highest number of souls I ever had, just lost to this cancerous fu****
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this. boss. is... CANCER! CAN IT NOT ATTACK FOR ONE ****ING SECOND! OR HAVE MASSIVE DAMAGE WITH MASSIVE AREAS!? LIKE HOLY **** THIS BOSS IS PURE ****ING CANCER!
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Had an interesting thing happen while battling Bed of Chaos. Far from it being rare, they were spamming the fireball attack for a while. It could've been some sort of statistical anomaly, but the number of times the attack happened makes that seem unlikely. It's also possible the attack is triggered by hugging the back walls, because that's exactly what I was doing for a while in an effort to gauge attack patterns.
I am the only person in the whole 8 billion population of the earth who had actually fun with bed of chaos.
Still better than elden beast
you can turtle through this with a really good shield and maybe some stamina regen, god help you with last part though, sweeps won't let you do it unless you get lucky
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