The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[iWarMachine]

StokedUp said:
im a bit lost at the mo.
Ive gone through UNDEAD BURG and defeated the taurus demon and also gone through UNDEAD PARISH and took the dragons tail to get the Drake Sword (which is awesome), i defeated the metal tusk beast there and took the "mysterious key", i then sort of hit a dead end so headed back to UNDEAD BURG and went down the spiral staircase in which i came face to face with a big guard at the bottom so i deafeated him and went through the door and came out into DARKROOT BASIN. ive defeated a dark knight in this region and also found some leather armour. but im getting the impression i might be heading the wrong way or missing something.

That is the wrong way indeed. you have to go back to where you killed that metal tusk beast before the closed gate, there's a ladder at the right side, under the bridge with the archers, that's the path you should take.