A closer look at the Key Items / Lost and Found Chest of Firelink Shrine in Dark Souls 1. This video details the two different mechanics for retrieving lost items.
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0:00 Introduction
1:09 What makes it misunderstood
2:33 Firelink Chest Mechanics
6:46 Losing Items & Chest Exploit
10:04 Chest Shortcomings
11:43 Quitting and Reloading Intro
13:39 When Quitting and Reloading Doesn't Work
20:15 Spooky Location Shenanigans
21:51 Offering Box / Chest Demo Outro
Firelink Chest Flowchart:
https://imgur.com/a/anewnyv
Every Item that can spawn in Firelinnk Chest:
https://imgur.com/a/7YEP4MM
List of enemies where you can or can't quit and reload to re-obtained dropped loot:
https://imgur.com/a/EJ2J1jo
Outside Footage Sources:
Fix Ingward No Drop Bug on PC by https://www.youtube.com/@luke_rs -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKPaaZDgVak
I played Dark Souls on the PS3 by https://www.youtube.com/@muikkunen -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=565tGUxlC88
Special thanks to king bore haha for research on event flags, particularly everything regarding "Force Character Treasure" -
https://www.youtube.com/@kingborehaha
HotPocketRemix for additional assistance (reminding me where in the data all the possible chest items are listed out) -
https://www.youtube.com/@hotpocketremix2139
Keith Ballard as Frampt -
https://www.youtube.com/@KeithBallardA
Non-Souls Music used:
Space Quest IV - Shop Theme
SD Snatcher - Cure
The Secret of Monkey Island - The Scumm Bar
Silent Hill - Fear of the Dark
SD Snatcher - Spreading Die Hard
Flashback - Main Theme
Grim Fandango - Lost Souls Alliance