Dark Souls 2: Iron Keep - journey through the fortress

Use the elevator.

Use the second exit after the fight with the boss. Go upstairs and use the elevator. Run along the corridor and on its end, just before the bridge, turn left and light up the bonfire at the bottom of the stairs. There's a Human Effigy on a burning stone.

Open the door.

Run to the other side of the bridge and defeat the knights - they are fairly mobile, which is why you should hide behind your shield and attack at the right moment. After getting rid of them, open the door to the palace.

Speak with the merchant.

Immediately after entering into the room, turn to the right. Climb the stairs located halfway through the corridor and defeat another knight. Collect a Pharros Lockstone from the corpse. Go down and turn to the left, into a chamber - speak to Magerold of Lanair sitting next to the wall.

Collect the key from the corpse.

Get back to the main room and defeat the two knights located on the elevation. In the center of the room, there's a fire-breathing statue and a key located in the corpse, below the stream of fire. You can collect the Iron Key, if you approach it from the left side. Afterwards, climb the stairs to reach the subsequent room, where a group of three enemies await you. Approach the entrance and as soon as the enemy sees you and starts his pursuit, retreat a little and take care of him. Repeat the process with the other melee enemy. Afterwards, run into to the room, turn right and get rid of the archer.

Kill the archer.

Go outside and draw your ranged weapon. On the right side, behind a wall, there's an archer firing heavy arrows, which inflict a lot of damage. Lean from behind the wall and fire at him, until he's dead. Afterwards, run ahead and defeat the knight. There are two more archers in this room, so pay attention to your surroundings. Run to the other side of the pathway and jump down, through a ladder gap. Collect a soul and a Repair Powder from the corpse. Go back to the ladder and climb it all the way to the top. There's an archer here, who can inflict serious damage even in melee combat - run straight to him and try to damage him as much as possible before he draws his magic sword. Collect a Life Ring +1 and a Twinkling Titanite. You can also take down the knight on the bridge near you, by using your ranged weapon.

Run across the bridge.

Jump on the lower level use the metal staircase to get down. Defeat the enemy a flip the lever to lower the bridge. Backtrack to the top and run across the bridge, defeating the enemy standing on the middle of it. Defeat the archer standing near the mist - afterwards, the location should be free of enemies and you can safely search the surroundings.

Get to the chest.

On a nearby pillar you should find a corpse - collect a soul and a Red Leech Troches from it. Afterwards, run to the other side of the pathway - halfway through you will have to jump over a cleft. Collect a Zweihander from the chest.

Jump onto the stairs.

Jump to the tower where the first archer was. There's a Dull Ember located on the destroyed staircase. Get inside and use the ladder to get to the upper level. Instead of using your Pharros Lockstone, simply jump down.

Turn the valve.

Get back on the bridge and jump down. Approach the valve located on the building's wall and turn it - by doing so, you will extinguish flames inside. Get inside and collect a Large Titanite Shard and a Petrified Dragon Bone.

Kill the archer.

There are two choices for you here - you can either decide to enter the mist and fight the Smelter Demon, or, if you feel that you won't be able to defeat him yet, climb up the ladder, go straight ahead and climb yet another ladder. If you've selected the more difficult path, go through the mist, where a Smelter Demon awaits you. After killing him, go upstairs and open a chest, where you will find a Porcie Shield and a Flame Butterfly. In the next room you will find a bonfire and a door, which will unlock a shortcut after you open them - regardless of your "path selection", you will be in the same room by now. Kill the knight with the magic sword and enter the subsequent room. Here you will stumble upon two enemies equipped with maces, which you've fought in the Forest Of The Fallen Giants - the method to defeat them is the same.

Use the Pharros Lockstone.

Enter the next room and open the door on your left side. Inside, use your Pharros Lockstone and hit the blue face to open a passage to an optional location - Belfry Sol.

Dark Souls II

March 11, 2014

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