Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Dark Souls II is a 3D Action RPG developed by FromSoftware Inc. and was released in March 2014. Three DLC episodes (Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Iron King & Crown of the Ivory King) were released in July, August and September 2014 respectively.

Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin is an upgrade and bundle of Dark Souls II that brings the game to Playstation 4 and Xbox One, as well as DX11 features on PC. It also bundles all previous DLCs and provides additional features and content.

The game is available for PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One, and is the sequel to Dark Souls. Visit the Leaderboards for the best times ever achieved.

Categories

• Any%: Defeating the end boss and triggering the ending cutscene.
• Any% Old Souls: Triggering the end credits after obtaining the 4 Great Souls.
• All Bosses: Finishing the game and defeating every enemy that is considered a boss (health bar at the bottom of the screen), including all three DLC episodes.

World Records

• Any%: 55:59 by PrepayingDeath ()
• Any% Old Souls: 1:11:36 by PrepayingDeath ()
• All Bosses: 2:20:04 by EnsgMaster ()

Helpful Tools

• SpeedSouls - Save Organizer
• No Babyjump Mod (Cheat Engine Table)

External Resources

• Speedrun Glossary on SpeedRunsLive
• Speedruns Compilation, a list of records for all categories, collected by KantiDono on Reddit (not updated since June 21, 2014)
• Throne of Want, Dark Souls II Speedrun Leaderboard (not updated since June, 2014)
• Dark Souls II at Wikipedia