Guide for Dark Souls - Catacombs to Tomb of Giants
Continue down til you get to a spiral staircase along the wall, a skeleton will come to you and there will be floating heads called Wisps above the void, if these get close to you they will explode and cause a decent amount of damage, when they begin to flash and scream try get as far away as you can, while still keeping an eye on the skeleton if it's still alive, at the bottom of the stairs and through a tunnel you will be on a ledge with another skeleton, kill it and then climb down the ladder on the left.
At the bottom kill two more skeletons and head into a hallway on the left, on the other end kill two more skeletons and go through a hole in the wall on your left to come to a room with a new bonfire and a Necromancer, these are the enemies responsible for causing the skeletons to reanimate after you've killed them, there are six in total in the Catacombs area and once they are all dead you will no longer need to rely on your Divine weapons to stop them coming back to life as the Necromancers do not respawn, when you can rest at the bonfire and then use the lever beside it to create a new opening in the other room.
Head out and turn left up the new path, try to avoid getting too close to the statues as some of them can be traps. At the top of the path on your right you will see another Necromancer, if you are wearing the Ring of Fog he should leave you alone, otherwise he may use Pyromancy (namely Fireball) attacks. Take the path on your left and kill the three skeletons you come across then head up a small ramp into the crypt-like area where there will be three or four skeletons as well as the Necromancer, try to take him out first then deal with the rest of the enemies.
Head out through the only other exit, a skeleton will drop down from a higher ledge and attack, kill him then look for a room on your right with two more skeletons inside, kill them then search the corpse for a Lucerne.
Back on the main path continue along killing a couple more skeletons as you go and take a left when you reach a fork, when you enter a larger room kill the two skeletons here (one should have a bow) and look along the walls, on a corpse will be a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier. With the room cleared look through the openings and outside one you will see a path with a bridge covered in spikes, head out this way and turn right, you need to sprint down this path avoiding the statues, exploding Whisp enemies and skeletons until you reach a lever at the end, push it to flip the bridge on it's side, quickly pick up the Soul of a Proud Knight just past the lever then head back and cross the bridge, killing the skeletons on the other side and the Necromancer just behind them in the doorway.
On your right you will see a small room through a hole in the wall, do not bother going in here as it is a trap, instead continue forward and down a spiral staircase along the wall, in the first alcove you will find a skeleton, in the second there is a Soul of a Proud Knight resting just in front of one of the trap statues, be careful when picking it up (try from the side), and in a room at the bottom will be another Soul of a Proud Knight as well as three more skeletons. With everything gathered go outside the third room and turn to see a plaque on the wall, ignore it for a moment and go down another staircase until you come to another room on your right, inside push in the lever and head back to the plaque where a new path will have opened, enter and immediately turn left (going forward will lead to your death), when you come to another cliffside path turn left until you come to a ladder, at the base attack the wall on your left right next to a statue (this one is also a trap) to reveal a hidden path, follow it to find a new bonfire, rest and equip the Fall Control spell (you should have it by now). Head back out and up the ladder and push the lever to flip over the next bridge, head over to it and go through the fog door.
In the next section head down the steps and kill the skeletons then look for a weak brick wall and attack it, creating a new opening, walk through and turn right as soon as you step in, just below you will be a skeleton archer, drop down and kill it then drop down to the ground and kill two more skeletons. Along the wall is a ladder that leads up to another archer but he shouldn't bother you so it's your choice to kill it or not. Head up the steps in front of you and when you get close to a large statue at the end of the passage a Giant Skeleton will drop through the ceiling, kill it and at the base of the statue will be an open tomb, loot the corpse inside to gain the Darkmoon Séance Ring. Turn back and go through an opening on the left hand wall, follow this all the way to the end where a skeleton and Necromancer wait. Kill the pair and climb up a ladder on your right, at the top roll between the two trap statues and inside the room will be the Tranquil Walk of Peace spell (Checklist Miracle 10/23), then head back to where the enemies were and drop down from the ledge to find yourself back in the room where you broke through the wall, head back to the bonfire now to heal and restock if you need to.
In the room where you broke the wall, head outside through the opening and onto another cliff, here there will be a number of Whisps and on a large platform in the middle of the path four skeletons, kill them while avoiding the blasts from the Whisps and continue down the path into a new passageway, at the end you should be able to see a Prowling Demon waiting, head down and take care of him, when it's dead head to the end of the path and pick three Eyes of Death from a corpse. When heading back the way you came look on the right for a coffin poking out of the wall and slightly opened, walk up to it and it should give you the option to 'Nestle in coffin' choose to do this and wait about 30 seconds for a scene to play where the coffin lid is shut on you, this will transport you to an area in the Tomb of Giants.
Once out of the coffin, head over to the other side of the room where you will see Gravelord Nito inside a very large coffin, walk up to him and pray (he will not be hostile at all) then choose to enter his Covenant, doing so will unlock
and you will be given the Gravelord Sword (Checklist Weapon 13/50) and the Gravelord Sword Dance spell (Checklist Miracle 11/23). The Gravelord Sword is a fantastic weapon if you have been unable to get a Black Knight drop until this point and if it ups your stats (which I expect it will) you should equip it and use it as your new base weapon. Lastly, if you took my advice and made sure you got at least seven Eyes of Death from Basilisks in the Depths, with the three you just picked up you will have enough to offer to Nito allowing you to rise a rank in his Covenant and be rewarded with the Gravelord Greatsword Dance spell (Checklist Miracle 12/23). NOTE: You must do this BEFORE defeating Nito a little later otherwise you must wait until NG+. Head back now to the coffin you arrived in and head back to the area you came from then make your way back to the bonfire.
From the bonfire head towards the bridge again but this time head back through the passage way in the wall into the previous room with the spiral staircase. Head down again and this time past the room with the lever, at the end of the path use your Fall Control spell and look down, you should be able to see a small ledge below you, drop down to it and then to another with a corpse on it, loot the corpse for a Green Titanite Shard and drop down once more to a floor that has a hole in it, drop through for a scene where you will be introduced to Vamos this blacksmith will handle creating your Fire and Chaos weapons once you have the correct embers.
Speak with him and repair/upgrade what you like then head out through the opening he made for you, in this room you will encounter many Skeleton Wheel enemies as well as some Whisps, these guys an be quite annoying and will consistently roll towards you when they get the chance, try your best to avoid them and pick them of as you go. On each side of you will be a path to take, for now take the left side path into a room with two skeletons and a Necromancer, kill them and continue through here until you reach a ladder. Climb up and enter another room with two skeletons and a coffin in the centre, try to stick to the walls and avoid walking in the middle of the room, when the skeletons are dead, look at the floor on either side of the coffin and you will see that the bricks are a different colour, walk over them to drop down into another room with a Black Knight wielding an axe, kill him to get a White Titanite Chunk and then grab the Soul of a Proud Knight on the ledge beside it and drop down to the area below. Again take the same path and when you get to the room you dropped through the floor in climb another ladder up to another opening with a Soul of a Proud Knight just beside it, go through to find the area with the Prowling Demon in it from earlier. Take the path that leads outside and just next to the doorway will be a section of ramp with spikes on it, walk up it slightly and look down on the right side to see a couple of lootable corpses, cast Fall Control again and drop yourself down, the first has a Soul of a Nameless Soldier on it then drop down carefully to the next for the Cleric Set and a Mace.
Drop down once more and take the right hand path this time and follow it until you reach the fog door, walk through and in the next room drop down into the giant coffin to face your next boss...
The fact that Pinwheel is even a boss in this game seems like a bit of a joke, by this point in the game and with a decent weapon (which you should have in the Gravelord Sword) Pinwheel should go down within less than a minute, maybe getting one or two attacks in on you if it's lucky. As soon as the battle starts wield your weapon two-handed and run towards Pinwheel, attacking until you are exhausted, after a few hits it should teleport to the other side of the room, sprint over again, it may use a magic attack on the way but you should be fine. By the time you reach Pinwheel again it should have used its primary defence and made copies of itself, though usually the one you were originally running towards will still be the real one so attack it again and within a couple more attacks it should be dead.
When killed you will be rewarded with 15,000 souls, Homeward Bone and the Rite of Kindling which will unlock
along with it. In the spot you killed Pinwheel you will also find one of the three masks it was wearing, these are The Mask of the Child, The Mask of the Mother and The Mask of the Father. I would now highly suggest you use the Homeward Bone you just obtained to go back to the last bonfire as the next area is going to be extremely annoying and at times difficult, if you can use more that one spell at a time I would suggest equipping Fall Control and Cast Light, when you are prepared return to the Pinwheel room and climb out using a ladder on the right hand side, at the top venture into the darkness to enter..
If you have the Cast Light spell use it now, otherwise you are going to have to try navigate as best you can in the dark for a while using only the glowing stones as your guide. Follow the first lot until you come to a large coffin, walk across it as it acts like a bridge and on the other side will be a Giant Skeleton, they are no different here than they are in other areas so kill them as you would anywhere else, just be careful of your footing as there are a lot of long drops around the place, with the skeleton dead continue down the ramp it was on and you will come to the top of another coffin, walk onto it and slide down it to a landing below, on your right just around the corner will be another Giant Skeleton, kill it and pick up the Soul of a Proud Knight from the corpse. Head back to where you landed and slide down another coffin to the next landing below, on your right will be two more Giant Skeletons, if you aren't wearing the Ring of Fog they will likely both attack together, try to fight defensively and get behind them for easy hits. When they are dead follow the path to one more coffin though raised a bit higher out the ground than the others, slide down, you will see an item on your right but ignore it for now. At the bottom when you land you will see a fellow in front of you, ignore him for now and turn left and look for a ladder, climb down and follow the path at the bottom to find the areas first bonfire.
When you're ready head back up the ladder and turn right, you should be able to see a thin ledge that winds around the side of the cliff, walk up it until you come to a massive coffin with a small opening, drop down onto a ledge inside the tomb, below you on the ground are six Giant Skeletons, I highly recommend wearing the Ring of Fog here so that you have an easier time fighting each of them alone, when they are all dead you can find a Soul of a Proud Knight on a corpse as well as the Large Divine Ember on the corpse of a blacksmith, with those in hand climb out of the coffin and continue up the path along the cliff, at the top you will find two more Giant Skeletons, one with a sword and the other with a bow, try to kill the melee one first while paying attention to when the bowman fires his shots, when they are dead climb up the ladder. At the top will be two more Giant Skeletons, when they are dead head back to the ladder, just on the right you can drop down into a little ditch and pick up a Large Soul of a Proud Knight, climb back up the ladder and on the opposite side of it will be another Large Soul of a Proud Knight then head up to the back of the room and up two ladders out of the coffin, if you walk over to the other side and drop down you can pick up three Eyes of Death from a corpse then drop down and go up the ladders again, follow the path up a slope and you can find another Soul of a Proud Knight, if you drop down from here you will find yourself back at the beginning of the area, make your way back to the bonfire whichever way you choose.
With that little detour done head up the ladder and now approach the NPC you saw before, this is Patches the Hyena. Speak with him and he will ask if you are a cleric, answer 'No' and he will tell you of a treasure he is willing to share, approach the glowing stone on the protruding ledge and a scene will play out with Patches kicking you down into the pit below. When you gain control again you can collect two Large Souls of a Proud Knight and a Skull Lantern. This item can be quite useful, it takes the place of your shield in your off-hand and when raised will shine a light giving you better vision, if you don't have the Cast Light ability this is a good substitute for now though as I mentioned you will have to go without a shield in the meantime.
Follow the wall up into the room and you should see a woman sitting on the ground by one of the pillars, this is Rhea of Thorolund. Speak with her and she will warn you of her two companions who have turned hollow and are just ahead, go find them both - Vince & Nico - and defeat them both (try keep them away from Rhea, if she takes any damage she will become hostile for the rest of the playthrough. When they are dead return to Rhea and she will give you the Replenishment spell (Checklist Miracle 13/23) as a reward.
Head back to the path Vince and Nico were down but before heading in turn right and follow the wall to a path leading up, at the top on a corpse is a White Titanite Chunk, head back down and two Bone Tower enemies will sprout from the ground, these can attack quickly and hard so keep your guard up and try hit them a couple of times to take them down.
Up the path where Nico and Vince were follow it until you reach a room with three more Bone Towers, when they've been dealt with climb a ladder and at the top turn right and follow the ledge, you will be back at the bonfire so head down and rest again.
Back up the ladder, go and speak with Patches again, when you get the option select 'No' to tell him there is no grudge and he will give you Twin Humanities and will now turn up in Firelink Shrine as a merchant. Continue past him now and up the next path, when you get off the narrow ledge keep your guard up, there is a new enemy here, the Skeleton Beast, these can be difficult but their movements are easy to predict. When you see it always block the first attack, from there simply circle around them and take a shot after they attack and miss, lowering their guard. When you've killed it continue along the path on the right until you reach a fog door and pass through it.
On the other side there will be another Skeleton Beast just ahead and in the distance will be a Skeleton Archer, kill the beast first and then head over in the direction of the archer but be careful of the ground, you must search for a small bridge to the other side, on the bridge will be another Beast, lure it back onto the larger area so you can work your way around it and when it's dead go take care of the archer and pick up the Soul of a Brave Warrior just behind it.
Search the area now for a slope leading down into a cave like area, on the right go through the opening and along a ledge where you will find a Black Knight with a Halberd, lure it back into the cave and kill it there for a bit more safety then head back along the ledge it was guarding and at the end pick up the Effigy Shield (Checklist Weapon 14/50). Head back into the cave area and follow the wall around on your right to a path leading down, from here stick to the wall on your left and you should be able to stay out of the view of a Beast and Giant Skeleton, if you follow the wall a short time you will come to the areas second bonfire.
Before leaving again you should first become human and kindle the bonfire as we will be approaching the boss soon and we will also have the chance to encounter a Phantom NPC that drops two items required for an achievement, I will also remind you before defeating the next boss you must rank up at least once with the Gravelord Servant Covenant to obtain a miracle required for an achievement so do that now if you haven't already. When you are ready head back out and back along the wall up into the cave area and up to where the Skeleton Archer sits, kill the archer and the beast again and where the corpse sits by the archer walk off of the ledge to drop onto another just below it, follow this path around and you will see a corpse with loot on it, be careful, when you walk over the loot five Bone Tower enemies will rise up, kill them all first then collect the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring. When you have the ring walk over to the edge of the platform on your left and drop down to another just below you then turn around and face the other direction and drop down again, when you are back on the normal path you should be able to see a ladder on your right leading down, before taking this head up the ramp and then go down a path that leads under the next ramp up, follow it around to a Soul of a Brave Warrior, next head up the other ramp and as soon as you get to the top follow the wall around and up another, at the top of this ramp along the wall in an alcove is a White Titanite Chunk, with these items in hand head back down to the ladder and climb down it. Head down the path until you come to a tunnel on your right, head through and kill the Crystal Lizard if you can before it gets away. About halfway through the tunnel the NPC Phantom I mentioned earlier, Paladin Leeroy will invade you if you are in human form, he has some pretty dangerous attacks as he has a huge club for a weapon but this makes him slow and very vulnerable to backstabs, he also has the ability to cast healing miracle so use those to take advantage if you can, once you have defeated him you can collect a Humanity and the Grant and Sanctus items (Checklist Weapons 15-16/50), (if Leeroy happens to die by falling off the edge of the path simply quit out and reload your game and his item drops will appear either where he spawned or where he fell).
Head in through to the other side of the tunnel now, along your way you will be attacked by four Bone Towers and at the end of the path two Giant Skeletons (one melee, one archer), when they are all dead head through the next tunnel to the last area of this place.
Inside you can see a swamp like area at the bottom, down here you will come into contact with Skeleton Babies these little guys can be very dangerous as they have the ability to inflict Toxic which can be very deadly, they have no real pattern of attack as they simply try to swarm you while they continue to spawn and they will not stop so long as you are in the water. On land across from you will be a familiar enemy, Pinwheel Servants, they will mainly fire magic blasts at you but they can deal some decent damage especially if more than one can land an attack at a time, try to rush them and attack each one quickly, they have low HP so killing them shouldn't be any trouble.
From where you enter this area walk directly forward and drop down then turn left and drop down a bit again to pick up a Soul of a Hero. From the soul item you want to sprint while following the wall to your left this is will take you straight to the first Pinwheel Servant, from here turn to the right and kill the second one (use the pillar at the first Servant to block their magic and time your attack). To the left of the second Servant will be a third kill it then turn back and follow the path up a slope to the fourth Servant (sometimes this one will fall to where you killed the first three). When all are dead head up the sloped path again and stop at the turn, you will see a tunnel just in front of you, take a run and jump into the tunnel, when you land follow the path to a corpse and collect a White Titanite Slab, from here turn around and follow the path back to a ledge where you muct drop down into the water with the Skeleton Babies, there can also on occasion be another Pinwheel Servant waiting here for you, if so use a plunging attack and a quick follow up to kill the Servant then run up the ramp straight ahead as quickly as you can before any Babies can get to you.
At the top of the ramp heal up if need be and check your inventory, if you have a couple of Blooming Purple Moss Clumps the head back down the ramp, on your right you should be able to see a corpse, run down and pick up a White Titanite Chunk then run back up the ramp, if a couple babies manage to attack and poison you with Toxin use the Blooming Purple Moss to cure yourself, if you don't happen to have any on you it's best not to take the risk, once you have the chunk that's everything here, head back up the sloped path once more to the top and break through the debris to the fog door, before heading in make sure you have a Divine weapon equipped as well as your primary damage dealing weapon as some skeletons will join the boss fight and the boss is able to revive them, if you are using the Cast Light miracle it is best to wait for it to expire as Nito has a habit of spamming a particular attack if it is used, finally if you still have Fall Control attuned I suggest casting it before dropping into the arena saving yourself an Estus, when you are prepared walk through, on the other side you will come to a hole drop down to begin the boss fight with..
When you gain control heal if you need to, Nito will be coming at you from the left side as well as three Skeletons, walk up and try to draw the Skeletons to you before Nito gets too close and kill them quickly with your Divine weapon, they will be brought back to life otherwise as Nito is their Necromancer. When they're dead you want to try to stay with Nito in this one area of the arena as there are three Giant Skeletons camping out on the other end and they are make defeating Nito much more difficult.
With Nito alone now get nice and close to him on his left (your right) hand side, here almost all of his attacks (mainly his melee ones) will completely miss you, the only attacks you will need to be wary of are all predictable if you pay attention
- a grab attack where Nito's left hand (again your right) will glow red and he will swing it at you, either roll away if you can or roll into him and to your right to avoid it, this can be pretty damaging if it connects
- a Gravelord Sword Dance attack, this will be preceded by a scream, once you hear it be ready and roll away just as the scream ends, if this attack hits you twice in quick succession you will become poisoned by Toxic
- a powerful AOE attack, Nito will use this reasonably often, he will curl himself up into a ball and start to glow faintly, when he does this back off as far as you can (be careful not to back up in the direction of the Giant Skeletons), and keep your shield up, Nito will unleash a magic miasma attack that will likely break through your shield but shouldn't deal too much damage if you are far enough away
With these attacks in mind simply heal when needed, you should be able to wield your weapon with two hands to deal that little bit more damage as you should only need the shield to defend from the AOE attack, keep hitting Nito with everything you got and he will die before too long.
When he is dead you will obtain the Lord Soul, 60,000 souls and Humanity as well as unlocking
Head over to the bonfire on the other side of the arena (the Giant Skeletons will be gone with the death of Nito), before you leave look around the edges of the arena if you killed Paladin Leeroy and you will find the Paladin Set on a corpse. Use the bonfire to teleport to Firelink Shrine, Patches should now have taken up residence here, speak with him to see his wares where you can now buy the Crescent Axe (Checklist Weapon 17/50) for 10,000 souls. Next check your inventory for Blooming Purple Moss, if you are in short supply (less than ten) quickly visit the female Undead Merchant in the nearby aqueduct and buy some then use the bonfire to now teleport to Undead Parish.
When you have control head up the stairs and into the large cathedral, at the altar where you killed your first Heavy Knight you can find Rhea of Thorolund praying, speak to her and she will be grateful to you for rescuing her, she will also tell you of how Patches tricked her and her companions into the pit and may also speak of her fears of Petrus. Purchase all of the Divine Blessing items from Rhea, and all of the spells included those you already own (this is to trigger the next part of her story) when you have everything you should now have the Great Heal, Magic Barrier and Wrath of the Gods (Checklist Miracles 14-16/23). Next take the elevator down to Firelink Shrine and locate Petrus, kill him when you do, this will prevent him from killing Rhea himself, when everything is done head to the bonfire closest to you and warp to Anor Londo.
When you arrive, quickly speak with the Lady of the Darkling and upgrade your Estus Flask using the Soul we got in New Londo, next use the bonfire to this time warp to the Darkmoon Tomb. Head out and use the lever to call down the mechanical platform, take the stairs to the top and follow the path into the cathedral, there will be ten Painting Guardians here, in the centre of the room you should see the shattered remains of the chandelier we cut down when navigating the rafters in the ceiling of the cathedral, there will be a corpse on the floor next to it with the Great Magic Weapon spell (Checklist Sorcery 19/24), in the corner to the left of the giant painting on the back wall you can collect the Black Iron Set as well as a Greatsword and Black Iron Greatshield (Checklist Weapon 18/50). With all the items collected now head up to the painting and interact with it (you must have the Peculiar Doll item we got when we returned to Undead Asylum) to be pulled into another world.
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