Dark Souls 2: Drangleic Castle - courtyard

Kill the humanoid mammoths

Keep going forward. You'll see statues of two humanoid mammoths at the end of the bridge. They will come alive if you come close to them. There is a very good way to defeat them. Go back to the stairs and stop halfway. Keep your shield up and wait for their attacks. When they are above you they might not reach you. Focus on a single enemy. When you defeat it, kill another one.

Kill the guards

Go towards the gate. A few guards will attack you. Try to kill them as close to the statues next to the entrance as possible. Their souls will be absorbed by the statues and the gate will open. There is a chest containing a Great Combustion and Fire Seed on the right side of the castle.

Talk to the ghost

Get inside and go towards the stairs. You can talk to the ghost of a doorman.

Defeat the strong guards

Go to the stairs. You'll encounter strong guards. Keeping your shield up is essential. Try to block their hits and attack in right moments. Lure them into a wider space so that they can't corner you.

Attack from behind

After you kill them, use the passage on the right side of the stairs. You'll be able to attack the next few enemies from behind. Attack the powerful guard in the middle first.

Climb down the ladder

Open the door that was behind the enemies. Kill two regular guards inside and climb down the ladder.

Open the door

Go forward and open two blue doors. There is a bonfire behind them.

Kill the guards near the door

Light the bonfire, go out of the room and turn left. There are six doors there. Two sleeping guards are on both sides of each door. They will come alive when you approach them. When you kill them, their souls will be absorbed by the door and it will open.

Defeat Ruin Sentinels

There is a way to another bonfire and an old man on a chair behind the third door on the left. If you talk to the man, he'll let you go to an optional location for one Human Effigy each time. Back to the doors - each of them lock an enemy - equivalent of a Ruin Sentinel, but stronger. Try to open only one door at a time. When you defeat all the enemies and take items from chests, go through the first door on the right.

Open the chest

Open the chest and take the Dark Arrow. Moreover, you'll find a corpse from which you can take a soul, Old Radiant Lifegem and Monastery Charm next to the stairs.

Go upstairs

Go upstairs. You'll see some spilled acid. If you want to take items from here, take off all your items because the acid will destroy them.

Avoid the mask

Go upstairs until you reach a room with masks on the walls. Be careful because they shoot poison darts. Take a soul and a Twinkling Titanite from the corpse.

Kill enemies one by one

Go out of the room and go to the next one. There are three powerful guards inside. Lure them towards the stairs and kill them one by one. You can kill a guard with a crossbow first. Watch out for the painting because it's cursed.

Climb down the ladder

Exit the room, turn right and go upstairs. Climb down the ladder. There is a hidden room around the corner and a bonfire inside it. Light it. Kill the crossbowmen and climb up the ladder.

Talk to the queen.

Go upstairs. Talk to the queen sitting on a throne on the opposite side of the room.

Walk through the fog

Go out of the room and walk along the wall to the fog. You'll fight two Dragonriders behind it.

Dark Souls II

March 11, 2014

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