Arrival via the Ship:

A detailed walkthrough for arriving via the Ship in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. Learn enemy locations, item pickups, and Bonfire locations.

Make your way through the dock and enter the bastion. Use the elevator that's in the room. After riding the elevator, go inside the cell beside the lever to find a corpse containing a Soul of a Proud Knight and Radiant Lifegem. Make your way along the stairs and enter the open prison cell on your right to loot two common fruits. Next, enter the next open prison cell to your left to light the Bonfire.

Now head to the walkway. You'll encounter a white knight sitting along the path. He's not hostile and will only attack if you do. You can try killing him to get a hold of his weapon, the Hiedle Spear.

OPTIONAL: Kill the White Knight

This fight will be similar to your previous encounter with a White Knight. Only this time the space will be pretty narrow and you'll probably have a hard time attacking him. Make sure to keep your distance since his spear has both range and a wide reach.

Once you get passed the White Knight, take the ladder down and prepare to encounter some hounds in the courtyard. After that, destroy the scaffolding nearby to make the corpse fall down and loot an Alluring Skull from it. Break down the wooden barricade and kill the enemy behind it. The door in this room is locked and can only be unlocked if you acquired the Antiquated Key. See the "Arrival via the Eagle" section above for its exact location. There is a lootable corpse inside the small room; beware of the two undead inside. You'll get two Flame Butterflies.

Exit the room and continue along the next path. There's a narrow path beside the wall that's blocked by a wooden scaffolding. Get rid of it and and follow the path to reach a chest containing a Estus Flask Shard and a Large Titanite Shard.

Return to the main path and continue until you reach a large gate. Open it by using the device on the right. Kill the two hounds that attack you and make your way to the stairs. Be careful of the enemy on top of the stairs since he'll kick a fire barrel towards you. Fall back once he does this, then kill him and move on.

Kill the next hounds that you face. Loot the corpse at the right dead end. You'll get a Gold Pine Resin from it. Next, you'll have to deal with a hound and an enemy using a scythe. Lure the dog towards you and kill it, then go for the scythe enemy. Continue to the tower and if you have talked to Lucatiel next to the Bonfire leading to No-Man's Wharf, you'll find her inside the tower. Speak to her to receive a Human Effigy. Exhaust her dialogue too.

Head outside the tower there is a broken part of the path which you can walk on and reach the ladder. Climb up the ladder to loot a corpse containing a Large Titanite Shard.