Dark Souls III - Team Hitless

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Defeat the bosses that are required to complete the game.

All Main Game Bosses

Need to defeat all of the bosses and complete the game. Excludes the bosses from the two DLCs.

All Bosses

Need to defeat all the bosses in the game and complete the game. Includes bosses from both DLCs.

Hitless Rules for Dark Souls iii

General Rules

Run needs to be done according to the Team Hitless rules
Runs may not contain modded NSFW content
Mods or other 3rd party software that unlock FPS can alter gameplay (such as hitbox generation, status buildup, unintend map interactions) and as such are not allowed.
A hit is defined by a loss of health and/or stagger to the player caused by an enemy or trap.
Environmental damage caused by static features such as lava, water, swamp, spikes, campfires do not count as a hit.
While fall damage does not count as a hit, a death from falling does.
Blocking an enemy counts as a hit, but a perfect parry/deflect does not.
Major glitches are not allowed, you can find a list of all banned glitches for Dark Souls III here.
Minor glitches or sequence breaking events that are allowed for Dark Souls III can be found here.
Quitouts are not allowed, except:
* when in Firelink Shrine or after resting at bonfires. You may quit out after killing a NPC to acquire their items as long as no enemies are aggroed (e.g. making Siegward or Sword Master fall to their death to acquire their weapons)
* when lizards despawn if no enemies are aggroed and no other benefit is gained from the quitout besides respawning the missed lizard, e.g. positional or timing advantages;
* when falling through the map due to a glitch (eg. entering invisible walls and then falling through the floor) or stuck in an infinite fall animation as long as no other benefit is gained from the quitout e.g. positional, timing, or weapon pickup advantages
Summon other players is forbidden, but NPC summons are allowed.
Killing or damaging bosses/ads from outside of the boss arena is forbidden.

Speedrun Rules

Official Team Hitless speedrun rules for Dark Souls 3 can be found here.

Specific Rules for Dark Souls III

Undead Hunter’s Charms are not a hit
Vow of Silence is not a hit
Jailer’s HP Drain is a hit
The game must be set to offline
- It is encouraged to also set Steam to ‘Offline’ mode (if on PC). This will allow you to avoid certain NPC invasions
Beating Cinder (victory message + souls) is required to complete a run, but other category specific requirements may need to be met in order to complete a run in certain categories. You can link the flame at any point in the run.
All patches are allowed.
For X Only runs, e.g. Weapon X Only, attacking and/or damaging enemies is only allowed with the X Only Restriction, fists and consumables. For Magic Only runs, e.g. Sorcery Only, Pyro Only, catalyst/chime/glove melees are allowed in addition to the previous restrictions.
For miracle only runs you can use the starting Mace non upgraded until you get the Lightning Spear (the first available damaging miracle spell) in Farron Keep. You have to obtain the spell as early as possible (can kill only Gundyr and Vordt from the bosses with the Mace).
It is allowed to intentionally kill yourself for the sole purpose of reaching the Hollow Ending. This can also be part of All Achievement Runs or Multiple Ending Runs (only Achievement endings). These Deaths have to be done in Firelink Shrine as part of the quest with no enemy aggro.
The use of the Perseverance weapon art to hyperarmor a non-damaging effect is not a hit. If the attack or effect causes damage while Perseverance is active that is still a hit.

Specific Rules for Non Fresh Start NG+ Runs:

NG+ runs without fresh start are allowed for runners who already have a hitless run in that game. There won‘t be Worlds First for this category and they are not valid for Team Entry.
Max SL125 at the start, with less remaining souls which are required for the next level. Can level up normally after.
Max 99 per each consumables at the start, but those can’t be soul items.
Can have any accessible items/weapons from NG.
Can’t use the carried over equipment to sell for extra levels.
Must show inventory at the start of the run.

Specific Rules for Fresh Start NG+7 Runs:

For Runs on NG+7 with a fresh start the following is allowed:

Starting a fresh run and using CE to change the game to NG+7
Starting a run from a savefile at the Firelink Bonfire in NG+6; Full inventory and character stats must be shown at the start of the new run
Starting a run from a savefile at the very beginning of the NG+7 Run; Full inventory and character stats must be shown at the start

Soul count/gain must be be visible during the whole run.

HUD Rules for Dark Souls iii

To ensure a smooth verification process by our verifiers, we recommend not covering the following HUD elements marked in red. This is particularly important to help the verifier when there is an ambiguous situation, especially during boss fights.