Aldia's Keep | Walkthrough Dark Souls II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Key points of Dark Souls 2 - Aldia's Keep
Passage to another location
Trap
Shortcut/Passage/Area
Landmark/Switch
Bonfire
NPC (friendly)
Item
Rare opponent/Boss
Trap
A TRAP (MIMIC) � Drops the Dark Mask and the Sunset Staff
A TRAP (a dragon) � You simply need to dodge its skull.
A TRAP x2 (the door) � After you approach the door, it is going to be smashed by the ogre standing at the other side! The same is true for the next door.
NPC (friendly)
Lucatiel of Mirrah � NOTE! If you are going to complete her side-quest, you cannot talk to her here, up until the moment at which you have met all of the requirements. Lucatiel disappears and she will be available only in the next cycle of the game (the NG+).
Navlaan � - Royal Sorcerer Navlaan. If you are dead (hollowed/zombie), he tasks you with several quests. After you complete them, you can buy spells from him.
Rare opponent/Boss
Invasion: Aslatiel of Mirrah � Drops the Old Mirrah Greatsword
Ogre (Shortcut) � Requires the Fragrant Branch of Yore. If you already have too many branches, you can lift the spell from the ogre. Otherwise, take the stairs on the left.
Painting Guardian � Red Phantom Painting Guardian. NG+ only. Appears once per game. May drop the Monastery Scimitar or elements of his armor.
Boss - Guardian Dragon
Landmark/Switch
Lever � Frees Navlaan. NOTE! If you want to complete his quests and buy spells from him, you mustn't free him! Otherwise, he will attack you later on.
Light � Requires the Pharros' Lockstone. Turns on the light in the entire corridor.
Item
Great Magic Barrier � On the upper floor, in the chest.
Northern Ritual Band +2 � Northern Ritual Band+2 + Petrified Dragon Bone. On the upper floor, next to the mirrors.
Bonfire Ascetic x2 � After you walk around the basilisk, at the end of the corridor in the chest.
Pharros' Lockstone � Behind the cabinet, at the corpse.
Soul Geyser � - Soul Geyser + Petrified Dragon Bone. In the acid at the corpse.
Aldia Key � In the acid at the corpse.
Malformed Shell � Behind the locked door. You need to lure the ogre here and proveke it to attack you - the monster is capable of smashing the wall, which will open the way for you.
Bonfire
Bonfire � Ritual Site. Past the illusory wall, halfway up the staircase.
Shortcut/Passage/Area
Passage � Requires the Aldia Key. This location allows you to make a safe passage to the location with the ogre, thanks to which you will walk around the trap.
Take the middle passage in Shaded Woods. Run straight ahead all the time. Take Red Tearstone Ring, which is lying in the water. Run up the hill. Wear the King's Ring and approach the big gate. If you're wearing the ring, the gate will open for you.
Run forwards, colleting items along the way. Kill the cursed monkeys that attack you and enter a wooden hut to light a bonfire. Behind the hut, you will find a chest. Watch out, because it's a Mimic. Hit the chest several times to kill it. Take Sunset Staff and Dark Mask.
Approach the stairs and collect Fire Seed lying near them. Go up. You can jump into the fountain to collect Radiant Lifegem. Go ahead and enter the building.
Go through the corridor and open the door. In the hall, you will find a huge dragon skeleton. If you approach it and hit several times, the head will raise, but then it will collapse and hit the ground.
Walk along and turn left under the stairs. Pull the lever at the end of the corridor. This will open the passage to Royal Sorcerer Navlaan. You will find him at the end of the same kind of corridor, located on the other side. You can buy a lot of magic items from him.
Go up the stairs. You will see some mirrors on the wall in front of you. First, turn right and take the corridor. At the end of it, there is a chest from which you can take Great Magic Barrier.
Return to the mirrors. Some of them spawn all kinds of enemies. You are not required to go through this place, but you can collect a lot of souls and items like Northern Ritual Band +2 or Petrified Dragon Bone.
Go upstairs. Use Fragrant Branch of Yore on the monument blocking your way. A very good way to defeat it is to use distance weapon. The enemy won't be able to approach you, because dragon bones are blocking his way. There's therefore no use in trying a close fight.
Take another stairs and go up. You will see a giant frog sitting in a cage. When you come near, it will destroy the cage and attack you. When fighting it, use the same tactic as with the enemy in the previous room.
When you defeat the frog, collect the items lying nearby and enter the next room. Pull the lever located near a dragon statue. This way you will open the passage behind it.
On the left, there is a slot to place Pharros Lockstone in. By doing that, you will light the whole corridor making your way easier.
Go ahead until you reach a cage hanging from the ceiling, with a yeti inside. The yeti will break the cage and attack you if you come close. Run fast to the room with the dragon statue. Your enemy is to big to fit in the door and you will have no problem killing it with a distance weapon.
Walking along, you will see a cage with two strange long-tailed creatures in it. The enemy is not able to break the cage, so you can defeat them easily.
Right behind the cage, you will find a room and a mage inside. Get rid of him. Take off everything you wear and jump into a hole filled with acid. Reach the gate as fast as you can and open it. When out of the acid, wear your equipment again and get ready for a fight with a mutant dog.
When running up the stairs, stop halfway through and open a secret passage. You will find a bonfire behind it. Go upstairs and open the door to find yourself in a corridor again.
Behind the cage which has not been destroyed, you will find another door. They will be destroyed by the yeti when you approach them. The strategy is the same. Head to the passage and attack using a bow, a crossbow or spells.
Along the way, you can also open a door in the wall to your right. Here you will find a few items and a giant mushroom, which you can destroy from distance.
After searching the workshop, run towards the door at the end of the corridor and open it. You have to be very careful now, because another Yeti will attack.
After killing the enemy, run across the bridge and enter the fog. Get ready to fight with Guardian Dragon.