Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-1298206-20130619174144/@comment-1298206-20130620030746

Happypal wrote: Bluestripe the Wild wrote: but they are kind of annoying to defeat and I need to farm a lot of souls.

What do you mean "you need to farm a lot of souls"? Why? If you just kill the stone knights (which are rather easy to kill), you can get some good souls pretty quickly if you want.

In any case, I don't think you are supposed to stick around in Darkroot Garden too long. There's some good items there, but they are hard to get.

Kill the gargoyles and ring the first bell yet? If not, do that? If yes, you are supposed to go back to the bridge where the Red Drake is, near where you first met Solaire. There's a door there you should take to progress.

I'm seeing if I need to level up and would therefore devote the gathered souls towards that or upgrading buying equipment, etc.

I'm just exploring and whatnot. It might help me for later areas of the game.

Yes, I have defeated the Stone Gargoyle and rang the first Bell of Awakening. I know where to go, but thanks anyway.