Forest Of The Fallen Giants (II) | Walkthrough Dark Souls II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Climb down the ladder. At the wall, you will notice a sitting knight. At this moment, you can attack him and take advantage of his inattention, to deal damage. However, you need to be careful, because there is a knight going your way, over the stone bridge. Maintain medium distance between you and him. He will perform a combo of three blows. The last one is a hit against the ground, at which point you should counter-attack. Once you cross the bridge, you will notice another opponent, lying down on the ground. Kill him before he manages to his feet and collect the soul next to him.
Return to the other side and enter the other location. At the bottom of the stairs, behind the column there is another opponent, lying down on the ground. After you kill him, walk through the mist and climb up over the big root. Once you are atop the wall, stop in a convenient positions and jump down onto the wooden platform. Run over it and enter the room. Be especially cautious here, because there will roll a stone from above. Run up to the location that the stone fell down from, defeat one opponent along your way, and talk to the Cartographer. He will give you a key to his villa in Majula. In one of the corridors, at the end, collect the item.
Leave this place by going along the same way that you got here and climb onto the wall, over the ladder. Defeat the archer here and jump down a bit ahead. Kill the two enemies on the wooden platforms. Return to the root and climb over it. Halfway along the root, you can jump down to a stone balcony below. Defeat the undead and collect the item,. return to the top of the wall, over the root. Approach, slowly the opponent with his back turned at you and attack his back. Then, fight the knight with the halberd. Once you defeat him, climb up the ladder. In the corner, there is an enemy throwing fiery bombs. If you come closer to him, silently, you will be able to attack him and he will fall down to a lower level, before he knows what hit him. return now to the lower level and finish him off. Around the corner, there are another two opponents. One of them will run up to you. He is armed with a pike so, you should have your shield raised, at all times. After his combo, you can attack. He can also attack with his shield, at which point you should move away, and attack when he stoops. Then, kill the knight with the halberd.
Climb down another ladder. On the right, you will notice a hole in the wall. Enter and skip away at the same moment, because there are stationary crossbows inside. There will be several knights, armed with two-handed swords, to run out of the room. The best way to defeat them is to return to the higher level, over the ladder, and pepper them with fire bombs. Once you have killed all of them, enter and climb down the ladder. There is a chest there but, you need to watch out, because poison will be released, at the moment at which you open it. Approach, open it and skip away. Collect the Titanite Shard.
Return upstairs and approach the second "crossbow" on the right. Once you use it, you will hit the barrels which will explode to deal damage to another enemy. And it is not that easy to defeat. Exit the location and go straight ahead. You need to watch out, because you will be peppered with bombs. Run up to the enemy with the club and retreat immediately. This way, you will be able to fight him without taking the risk of being hit by a bomb. He has three attacks: vertical hit, horizontal swing and a series of thrusts. After each one of such attacks, attack once and retreat. Repeat until successful.
When you turn right, you will be able to climb the wall that you were peppered with bombs from. Follow until the very end and enter the room. A level below, there are opponents. You can use your bombs to defeat them. Once you eliminate them, jump to the lower level and open the chest. Jump out of the window to fall to the very bottom. walk through the passage that used to be guarded by the beast with the club.
First, climb up the stairs on the right. From the corpse, collect the Lifegem and the Homeward Bone. Return to the lower level and defeat two pikemen. Try to lure them one-by-one. On the right, you will notice a big sword stabbed into the building that you are in. At its end, there is an item guarded by a knight with a two-handed sword. Walk to the lower level and walk through the mist.
In the next location, enter the room on the right. At the wall, there is an undead sitting. Kill him before he stands up, to avoid the fight. At the other side, at the bottom of the stairs, there is a corpse and a soul. G towards the elevators and open the door. This way, you will unlock a valuable shortcut to the bonfire. Take the lift to the bottom. Follow the corridor, where you will encounter a knight with a two-handed sword, halfway through. Walk through the mist, where there is The Last Giant.