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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

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Guide to reaching Drangleic Castle in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, including item locations and enemy strategies.

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Guide to reaching Drangleic Castle in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, including item locations and enemy strategies.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Fast-travel to the Shaded Woods' Ruined Fork Road Bonfire.
  2. 2
    Take the stairs to your left and go through the door on the left-hand side.
  3. 3
    Kill the four enemies ahead as you make your way down the path.
  4. 4
    Veer left when you pass beneath the stone archway, then kill the two enemies ahead.
  5. 5
    Carry on towards your left to loot a Soul of a Proud Knight and a Ring of Life Protection.
  6. 6
    Make your way back down the path and kill the enemy resembling the Flexile Sentry.
  7. 7
    Kill the weaker enemy nearby before engaging the Flexile Sentry-like enemy.
  8. 8
    Go to where the Flexile Sentry-like enemy was standing and take the Golden Falcon Shield and the Dragonslayer's Crescent Axe.
  9. 9
    Take the path on your left until you arrive at the Shrine of Winter.
  10. 10
    Go up the stairs and open the door in front of you.
  11. 11
    Walk through this room and carry on down the path ahead.
  12. 12
    Take a right until you come to a Large Soul of a Lost Undead and a Repair item.
  13. 13
    Travel in the opposite direction until you've picked up a Divine Blessing from the left-hand section of the path.
  14. 14
    Carry on along this path and kill the white knight on your left to gain a Heide Lance.
  15. 15
    Keep travelling down the path and grab a Human Effigy and a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  16. 16
    Enter the tunnel ahead.
  17. 17
    Make your way upstairs and kill the three enemies hovering around the middle of the stairway.
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    Once they're dead, go all the way up to the top, and move around the massive boulder to get a pair of Holy Water Urns.
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    Keep heading to the top of the stairs to enter Drangleic Castle itself.
Tips
  • To make fighting the Flexile Sentry-like enemy easier, fight it from range as much as possible, or block its attacks and counter-attack.
  • Back up to separate yourself from the smaller opponent before killing it.

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