Dark Souls - Prepare to Die (PC) - Page 122

He tells you that you have to ring two bells. One is up in the undead church ( where the gargoyles are ) and the other is in Blighttown. So your next step is killing the gargoyles and ring the first bell

Defeating the gargoyles would be your 'next objective' now, you don't really have any business beyond the spear wielding statue yet, you can go there nonetheless though that's the great thing about dark souls. Save yourself a ton of trouble and don't go down the skele path, that's endgame area.

The "correct" route is the gargoyles. The titanite demon (headless spear statue) and the skelly route are both a bit later, typically. As far as the game guiding you, the best thing I can recommend is to talk to the snarky warrior that sits next to the Firelink bonfire and listen carefully (because you can only see dialogue once) after you finish the first few major bosses. If you don't care much about help/spoilers, then go beat the gargoyles and come back to this thread!

first half of the skele path isn't endgame, I'd say after blighttown is a good time to do it because of what the boss gives when killed. It's a pain to do the first time though...

You're right on that, on a first time playthrough though I'd still hold off on that area for as long as possible. Rite of kindling isn't that important imo (if that's what you're talking about), after blighttown I don't think you'd really need it anymore. I never used it atleast.

I killed Queelag, rang the second bell, went downstairs and found a hidden bonfire. There was also a stonewall which is probably a huge door/gate but I wasn´t able to open it. I went further and reached a huge firedemon.I killed him by cutting off his "hand" he fell down and died. Now I´m not sure where to go, but this fire area is probably wrong. To the left there are like ten of these giant taurus demons and to the right about six capra demons. So I went back to the darkroot garden and killed the butterfly. Which was a weird boss fight^^
So where should I go next? And someone told me that you find your first elemental weapon after queelag, well I did not

it's not that important, I agree. I actually never did it the way I said on any playthrough. But for the first one I did, with no summons whatsoever, I really wish I knew about the rite for smough and ornstein... These bitches... It's also good as a preparation for ng+, kindling everything to the max makes it easier.

after you rang both bells, go back to the smith near the church. Something has changed ;-)
As for the elemental weapon, you can make one with queelag's soul, maybe that's what you heard about. Don't know about any other around this time.

You should take your time after killing Quelaag (assuming this is the second bell you rang). Sen's Fortress (aka the place right behind the first smithy which had a huge locked gate) is a pretty steep jump in difficulty if you don't know what you're doing and just rushing into it. I actually recommend exploring like you did, get some levels, grab some good gear, and then move through Sens' Fortress slowly.

you get the rite of kindling, and also find the smith needed for fire element