Talk:Hellkite Dragon/@comment-82.15.98.134-20130614000337

Just killed him. It was easier than I thought and I'm only level 30 (I probably could have killed it sooner). So all you need is a standard Longbow which you can find pretty early on near the entrance area of the Darkroot Basin along with the Hunter Set. Get about 20-30 poison arrows from the female merchant behind the bars in Undead Burg (yeah make sure you dont accidently kill her when you see her like I did, if you do turn of the game immediately and restart). Also you will need about 50 standard arrows.

Go under the bridge from the bonfire area making sure to kill the two hollows with sheilds. If you haven't go the Drake Sword yet then use normal arrows and keep shooting the tail from the safe area under the bridge until you get it. If you do have the Drake Sword, use all of your poison arrows on the wings or tail and then when the tail swings down close to you shoot it again (you will see what I mean just give it a few tries). After poison arrows are depleted use your standard arrows and it will die in no time I think I only shot it 30 times in total.

So you will get a nice 10,000 souls on first playthrough and get rid of the pesky dragon. Good luck!