Can You Beat Salt and Sanctuary with only Bows / Crossbows? | Salt and Sanctuary Challenge Run

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  • Submerged Lemon tries his hand at ranged combat.
    Salty pincushions are the new hotness, apparently.
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Komentáře • 129

  • @TheBacklogs
    @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +115

    Remember to post challenge run suggestions down below!
    Thanks for dropping by, you guys and gals really make my day.

    • @Praetarius
      @Praetarius Před 2 lety +3

      Anything like "Can you beat NG+7 with a freshly created character?" on the todo list?

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 2 lety +12

      Lol. NG+ on a fresh character is bad enough.

    • @Praetarius
      @Praetarius Před 2 lety +4

      worse than potato?

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 2 lety +8

      Not quite that bad.

    • @funtimefoxy2429
      @funtimefoxy2429 Před 2 lety

      You should try a game called iron tails it's basically 2D dark souls but

  • @themambawarrior2290
    @themambawarrior2290 Před 2 lety +379

    Fun fact about crossbows: They have the same mechanic as the guns, in that, if you shoot an enemy and interrupt their attack, it can open them up to a riposte, like a parry.

    • @Aries0098
      @Aries0098 Před 2 lety +13

      Have they buffed bows and crossbows? Or are guns still objectively superior? I'm looking into buying the gane and playing a ranged character.

    • @TheTaxSationalSir
      @TheTaxSationalSir Před 2 lety +11

      @@Aries0098 guns are still kings

    • @sand_sand7304
      @sand_sand7304 Před 2 lety +11

      Bloodboorne music grows louder

    • @mkv2718
      @mkv2718 Před 2 lety +5

      Another fun fact:, don’t know if this applies to guns, but with crossbows and weapon buff you use will actually buff the off hand weapon too. And yes, it does increase the dmg.

    • @PardamLima1027
      @PardamLima1027 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@mkv2718 It does affect guns too, I should know since I'm a gun enthusiast in this game.

  • @codydailey3841
    @codydailey3841 Před 3 lety +265

    This guy is really a hidden gem. Keep it up bro

  • @8lacKhawKtheRIPPER
    @8lacKhawKtheRIPPER Před 3 lety +74

    Wait wait wait, there's a 80+ pages long pdf about this game's lore? How have I never heard of that? Damn. Thanks for mentioning that one, haha. Gotta give it a good read in the near future. o/

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +36

      At the moment, it's the best thing we have. One day, I'd love to make a lore series for S&S, similar to Vaatividya's "Prepare to Cry" series.
      Life goals and all that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @acidente_dev
      @acidente_dev Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, It's called the drowned tome. Pretty cool reading. And a nice way to upgrade your weapons.

    • @acidente_dev
      @acidente_dev Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheBacklogs Just doet

    • @misafan4u
      @misafan4u Před 3 lety +4

      there is also a youtube series where they go through the lore with all the information from the drowned tome (I may be wrong but it may be done by the author of the drowned tome)

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +12

      @@misafan4u you are correct! Cyberphile did a lore walkthrough of the game, which is super helpful for anyone playing along.
      If I were ever to make my own, it would be focused around one particular point of the lore each video ("The Sodden Knight", "Askaria and the Inquisition", etc.). I've always found let's plays to be hard to watch start-to-finish, due to the time commitment.

  • @mediocremason
    @mediocremason Před 3 lety +117

    Has anyone suggested a Castlevania "Whip Only" runs? It isn't anything too wild but it really makes the game felt more like a Castlevania game

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +40

      Ive received a few variations of the challenge, mainly "bloodborne swordwhip/gun" runs. But I can definitely give it a try!

    • @darknessbobulus
      @darknessbobulus Před 2 lety +8

      Whip Run! Whip Run! Whip Run!

    • @rubdulbah3201
      @rubdulbah3201 Před 2 lety

      Which Castlevania are we talking about here, the original or lords of shadow?

    • @mediocremason
      @mediocremason Před 2 lety

      @@rubdulbah3201 for me? The original Castlevania

  • @muffinman2546
    @muffinman2546 Před 2 lety +118

    Crossbows aren't all that much slower than bows and can be dual-wielded with another weapon for flexibility.
    You can even jump every time you shoot your crossbow mid-air to skip the reload animation.

  • @billyjoel8510
    @billyjoel8510 Před 3 lety +49

    Just binged your whole SAS series. Great videos keep up the good work

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +11

      Wow, that's a lot of video! I'm glad you enjoyed the series so far, thank you for your support!

  • @fireslinger2999
    @fireslinger2999 Před 2 lety +50

    it's neat to see you go form like 50 or so subs to almost 10k in less than a year made respect

  • @hesiolite
    @hesiolite Před 3 lety +35

    Damn you're the most productive man in the whole SnS community! Keep up the good work buddy! :)

  • @wunnup3229
    @wunnup3229 Před rokem +3

    I fell in love with the Crossbows immediately when I first played. They've made the vast majority of the game insanely easy for me. Lots of bosses can be killed relatively easily with them.

  • @wilhelmzdobywca965
    @wilhelmzdobywca965 Před 3 lety +17

    I lOVE IT! I love it, I love it, I love it. I always thougth that these kind of challenge-guide-videos (like ymfah in Souls) and like Yours are just for fun, not actual guides but crush my ears and call ma an elf if i won't try this build myself. In my second playthrough i tried to figure out and use effectivly bows but gave up due to insufficient knowledge of the game. Now this is something i wanted! Thank you!

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +7

      Glad you enjoyed it! Go get 'em :)
      Also, I'm honored to be mentioned in the same breath as ymfah haha

  • @shadowknight311
    @shadowknight311 Před 2 lety +8

    Short answer: Yes
    Long answer: Y (dodge) E (draw) S (loose)

  • @acidente_dev
    @acidente_dev Před 3 lety +21

    Challenge Mode: Beat with the power of friendship (yes, coop)

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +11

      I would love to play through this game co-op again. Absolutely 100% added to the list.
      I'll have to think of a way to spice it up.

    • @BigBoyWhat
      @BigBoyWhat Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheBacklogs Yes if there was only ever a way to spice it up

    • @kovakingaming5392
      @kovakingaming5392 Před 2 lety

      @@TheBacklogs Possibly another run similar to potatoes only? At least with a modded run concept.

    • @CertifiedElite420
      @CertifiedElite420 Před rokem

      @@TheBacklogs each boss you fight is like pokemon. you can only watch, or throw firebombs.

  • @The8thHost
    @The8thHost Před 3 lety +25

    Love the video as always! One suggestion (and it's the tiniest of nitpicks!) would be to import your character images into photoshop and use the defringe tool to remove the white anti-aliasing artifacts, it'd make it look way more clean!
    If you want any more help with the art stuff for the channel hit me up and I'd be happy to help, I can't draw worth a turd but I can design stuff/beat adobe products over the head until they give me what I want.

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +10

      That's a great tip! ...how does one do that in Paint?
      In all seriousness, I am using completely free software to do, well, everything. Do you think that's something I could do in Gimp?

    • @The8thHost
      @The8thHost Před 3 lety +6

      @@TheBacklogs I'm not sure? I've never used Gimp so I couldn't tell you. It's a very quick process in photoshop, I wouldn't mind doing it for you if you have a way to get the files to me?

    • @The8thHost
      @The8thHost Před 3 lety +6

      I should say I tried joining the discord via the link in the description but it didn't work for me, just taking me to my landing page.

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety +6

      @@The8thHost woops! Fixed the link. Thanks for catching that!

  • @nert4285
    @nert4285 Před 2 lety +5

    You could probably use incantations to buff your weapons, eliminating the need for item buffs, freeing up some money and also giving you a damage buff that scales with magic. Though I would understand if that goes against the restrictions.

  • @palkia1416
    @palkia1416 Před 4 měsíci

    Dude I recently started playing S&S and I love how these videos came before the Dark Souls runs, it's great to see how far you have come, congratulations 🎉

  • @trasen5626
    @trasen5626 Před rokem +1

    Its crazy watching the backlogs ( 😉 ) and hearing about your old subrscriber goals and accomplishments

  • @lukerowe2886
    @lukerowe2886 Před 3 lety +14

    Can you beat Salt and Sanctuary with only throwing weapons? (throwing knives, grenados, etc...)

  • @amihs_4307
    @amihs_4307 Před 2 lety +3

    Diamond in the rough, thank you for the quality content.

  • @Cj-fm6yf
    @Cj-fm6yf Před 9 dny

    So interesting to watch lemons old videos and see that he never really changed, same high quality stuff at 500 subs as 426k.

  • @bowenledington6796
    @bowenledington6796 Před 2 lety +9

    I’m terribly sorry for being a year late but you missed a joke I use all the time with my name bowen, BOWEN ARROW I’ll see myself out now I appreciate all the hard work you do

  • @matthewdylla6090
    @matthewdylla6090 Před 2 lety +2

    I think I've watched most of your videos and I found you just last week. Look forward to more uploads

  • @zacharyrenfro3716
    @zacharyrenfro3716 Před 2 lety +1

    I fuckin lost it during that intro skit, that scream was hilarious

  • @kokukun6907
    @kokukun6907 Před 8 měsíci +1

    ever sense i discover your channel due to wanting to see something new you got me calling skeletons tony (thank you man cause i like it

  • @TruePirateKing12
    @TruePirateKing12 Před 9 měsíci

    This video was un-BOW-lievably good.

  • @MyNameisRevenant
    @MyNameisRevenant Před 3 lety +4

    great video explanation, i didnt know that the skeleton's name was Tony until now.

    • @MattHew-rq8zw
      @MattHew-rq8zw Před 2 lety

      "Look Tony, Tony's everywhere!" Tony being shown the catacombs in Dark Souls by another undead.

  • @misterG2006
    @misterG2006 Před 3 lety +1

    Super! Will try this. Liked and subscribed :)

  • @knockitoffnow89
    @knockitoffnow89 Před 2 lety

    4:04 'Bow and arrow puns'
    Beau

  • @S0renz
    @S0renz Před rokem +1

    Can you beat Salt and Sanctuary with only the cast iron skillet? Start as Chef and just start bonking with the skillet.

  • @tricmagic
    @tricmagic Před 7 měsíci +1

    And Carl was never seen again.

  • @tomc.5704
    @tomc.5704 Před 2 lety

    I am so glad youtube algorithm graced me with the MEC only XCOM run

  • @ethakis
    @ethakis Před rokem

    Karl’s scream had me dead

  • @lucianosisconetto9899
    @lucianosisconetto9899 Před 2 lety

    1 year after, but still... I love that kind of video of you, if you want to keep doing it

  • @expendable9479
    @expendable9479 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Watching a dark souls play and I never understood why the skeletons are Tony until now

  • @shif1
    @shif1 Před 2 lety

    oket the intro was gold

  • @noraairobas7804
    @noraairobas7804 Před rokem

    Can’t wait to see where we go from here 🥰🥰🥰

  • @cameronharshaw5982
    @cameronharshaw5982 Před 2 lety +1

    Love this guy 😻

  • @joshmott1994
    @joshmott1994 Před 2 lety

    The intro gave off huge “DONT TELL MOM” vibes

  • @The-Great-Penguin
    @The-Great-Penguin Před rokem

    How our boy has grown

  • @l3k064
    @l3k064 Před rokem

    That intro is a certified "don't tell mom" moment

  • @Salted_Fysh
    @Salted_Fysh Před 2 lety +5

    Actually, ranged combat *is* the most gentlemanly form of combat - in Japan. Samurai were expected to be master Archers and your skill with the bow had a significant social impact.
    🤷‍♂️

    • @srmelancia3523
      @srmelancia3523 Před 2 lety

      They do dislike guns and think its dishonorable so i think it depends on the ranged combat weapon u using

  • @misafan4u
    @misafan4u Před 3 lety +1

    another great video :)

  • @latincristo
    @latincristo Před 9 měsíci +1

    tony's id like you to meet Gary.
    GAAAARRRRYYYYY!

  • @MadMax55777
    @MadMax55777 Před rokem

    Well played challenge!

  • @coraline2770
    @coraline2770 Před rokem +1

    I am revisiting bow in enchanted edition and im loving it

  • @mileator
    @mileator Před 2 lety +1

    5:17 just do what I do and blend The Best of Both Worlds. Joystick and mouse

  • @knightsilverthesoulsenjoyer

    I shall become what I hate most... "first".

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      Not only are you first, you're the first to comment "first."
      ...that's a lot of firsts.

    • @knightsilverthesoulsenjoyer
      @knightsilverthesoulsenjoyer Před 3 lety

      @@TheBacklogs Oh god you mean I'm *actually* first? Oh no...

  • @Crazyoldman84
    @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety +3

    Poison run?

  • @AngelFluff723
    @AngelFluff723 Před 2 lety +1

  • @brokendrumsticks2112
    @brokendrumsticks2112 Před 2 lety

    can you do a holy damage only run? i think you already did poison, so thats the only one i could think of

  • @DudeMcPerson
    @DudeMcPerson Před 3 lety

    Idk what to comment but hopefully the interaction helps the algorithm pick you up

  • @Crazyoldman84
    @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety +1

    I love bow build its the best👍🏼

  • @jodexstar2238
    @jodexstar2238 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh damn bows were bad? Huh. Never knew that.
    I mean I'm not exactly some hardcore salt and sanctuary player as I've only played it a couple times but on my first 2 runs I thought bows were almost a cheap way to win. I guess I just failed to find the correct weapons or builds.

    • @hernanspengler1185
      @hernanspengler1185 Před 2 lety

      I always liked bows. Accesible fire and poison, and eases salt farming with Mal's Floating Castle's Grave Walker, and the Tree of Men's first phase

  • @GrapeBoi007
    @GrapeBoi007 Před 2 lety +1

    I been playing this game for 5 days now. I still don't know how use the bow and crossbow XD

  • @wunnup3229
    @wunnup3229 Před 9 měsíci +1

    After watching this and the poison only run, I made a poison crossbow run and... uh... why does everybody think this game is hard?

  • @connorberger9614
    @connorberger9614 Před 2 měsíci

    Very late but I’m working on doing bow only for all the souls games. I’ll let you know how it goes

  • @camwyn256
    @camwyn256 Před rokem

    The skeletons are all named Tony, because ynoT?

  • @bearmyth3009
    @bearmyth3009 Před rokem

    hey i know you have stopped doing challenge runs for this game but have you ever beat salt and sanctuary with only fire damage?

  • @liamashburn3334
    @liamashburn3334 Před 2 lety +1

    All Tony as in SkeleTony?

  • @Crazyoldman84
    @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety +1

    I just beat Ng+2 using only bow. Golden wine is good stuff👍🏼

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      Nicely done! I'm impressed that the build is able to get that far.

    • @Crazyoldman84
      @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety

      @@TheBacklogs also beat tree of men using only wraith fangs it took me 120 fangs plus I used a few on the assassin dude just before the fight. Can be done in less if your aim is good. I was using boatman armour just for the look I wanted. Took me a few tries but it was a lot of fun. Ng+ 👍🏼

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      @@Crazyoldman84 Have you considered recording your feats?

    • @Crazyoldman84
      @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety

      @@TheBacklogs unfortunately I only have the vita to play salt and sanctuary with no way of recording ☹️

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      @@Crazyoldman84 *sad tuba noises*

  • @attisthepegasus3633
    @attisthepegasus3633 Před rokem

    Boney Tony

  • @BonkyChilliams
    @BonkyChilliams Před 2 lety

    How tf did you get the flying archer things ashes to drop? I've farmed dozens and nothing but arrows drop from them

  • @camwyn256
    @camwyn256 Před rokem

    Bro and Arrow

  • @vahaggrigoruyan7228
    @vahaggrigoruyan7228 Před rokem

    Start is Hilariuous

  • @SilverOrlov
    @SilverOrlov Před rokem

    LOL, I died for about 5 times with Third Lamb and killed Dried king with first try.

  • @juliandiazparrondo5389

    Poor Carl...

  • @ham8426
    @ham8426 Před 2 lety

    Not sure if it applies to controllers but with Mouse and keyboard the crossbow has bugged aiming.

  • @gestaltengine6369
    @gestaltengine6369 Před 3 lety +1

    Too bad mouse aiming with crossbow is buggy. Wherever you aim the character shoots straight anyway. Unless you're in a middle of a jump, then it works as intended.

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      Yeah, crossbows are a little goofed. I feel like they're best suited to being used for their backhop combo, as they have the farthest backhop of any of the offhand weapons.

  • @HarrytheUnlucky
    @HarrytheUnlucky Před 2 lety

    SAS blunt only?

  • @r308ifleplays3
    @r308ifleplays3 Před 2 lety

    I would like the video but it has 666 likes, I would be doing the dark lord a disservice

  • @Chem_Haz
    @Chem_Haz Před 2 lety

    Are you playing on xbox?

  • @Crazyoldman84
    @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety +1

    Would be interested to see crossbow only run👍🏼

    • @TheBacklogs
      @TheBacklogs  Před 3 lety

      Lol. Alright - I can throw it on the list, though I'll probably put it on the backburner, as I'm not sure how different it would be from the Bow Only Run.
      Something tells me by the time this is all said and done I'll have done a "Can You Beat S&S" for every weapon type haha

    • @Crazyoldman84
      @Crazyoldman84 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheBacklogs That's what we want a run for every weapon😂😂😂. Never stop please 😁👍🏼

  • @shaggyboii8658
    @shaggyboii8658 Před 3 lety +1

    NIOCE

  • @igorcouto5718
    @igorcouto5718 Před 2 lety

    Can you BEAT Salt and sanctuary alway overburden?

  • @pickleplatypus2685
    @pickleplatypus2685 Před 2 lety

    What did Carl do to deserve this

  • @naile9026
    @naile9026 Před 2 lety +2

    #Carllivesmetter ✊

  • @The-Great-Penguin
    @The-Great-Penguin Před 2 lety

    Any plans for 100k?

    • @BloodyAshes
      @BloodyAshes Před 2 lety

      Dude the video is a year old, I don't think lemon will be checking the comments.

  • @cuteshaymin9640
    @cuteshaymin9640 Před 2 lety +2

    dark souls with the worst weapon in the game with no upgrading it

  • @gelidia
    @gelidia Před 9 měsíci

    bring back Drumkick Solaire 🥲