Dark Souls 2, but make it compost-based
Dark Souls 2 is already the kind of game that asks a lot from players, with brutal bosses, unforgiving combat, and a habit of making every small victory feel like paperwork. Still, that apparently was not enough to scare off YouTuber ymfah, who managed to finish the game using nothing but in-game poop.
The run is part challenge run, part tutorial, and part exercise in proving that almost any game can be broken if someone is determined enough. In the video, ymfah walks through the full process, from gathering the right amount of poop to figuring out how much is needed to take down specific bosses. He even gives the measurement a name: MPTK, or Minimum poop to kill.
How the run works
The video covers the entire journey, including fights with bosses like the Royal Rat Vanguard and Nashandra. To get enough ammunition for the run, most of the poop has to come from rats, which feels fitting in a way that no one asked for.
But collecting the stuff is only half the battle. If you want to clear the game with poop alone, ymfah shows that you also need to lean on a few bugs and exploits. That includes manipulating bonfires so you can move around while mid-menu, climbing through walls, and even luring enemies with poop so they will open doors for you. Because if the game will not cooperate, the game can at least be tricked.
Gear matters, unfortunately
As ridiculous as the setup sounds, the build still depends on the usual Dark Souls logic: bring the right gear or suffer for it. According to the run, that means loading up on equipment that boosts poison resistance, improves health preservation, and helps with stamina regeneration. That last part matters, because throwing poop repeatedly is apparently as tiring as it sounds.
The basic strategy is straightforward enough. Poop deals Toxic damage, which hurts enemies and bosses over time. So the goal is to hit hard enough to inflict Toxic, then let the damage tick away while staying alive long enough to keep the pressure on. Naturally, that also means continuing to throw poop during the process, while dodging attacks and trying not to get flattened by the world’s least dignified weapon.
Somehow, it works. And by somehow, we mean a highly technical combination of patience, poison, and too much time in a very unpleasant inventory screen.
