Forest Of The Fallen Giants (I) | Walkthrough Dark Souls II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Key points of Dark Souls 2 - Forest of The Fallen Giants
Passage to another location
Trap
Shortcut/Passage/Area
Landmark/Switch
Bonfire
NPC (friendly)
Item
Rare opponent/Boss
Passage to another location
MEMORY OF JEIGH � Requires: King's Ring (Undead Crypt), Ashen Mist Heart (Dragon Shrine - Ancient Dragon)
MEMORY OF VAMMAR � Requires: Ashen Mist Heart (Dragon Shrine - Ancient Dragon)
MEMORY OF ORRO � Requires: Ashen Mist Heart (Dragon Shrine - Ancient Dragon)
Bonfire
Bonfire � Requires: King's Ring (Undead Crypt). The Place Unbeknownst
Item
Twinkling titanite � Requires: King's Ring. Twinkling titanite which can be found at the body hanging down from the escarpment
Fire Longsword � To obtain the sword, you need to enter the corridor and run between the fireballs. Then, walk into the room on the left
The Drangleic Armor + Drangleic Sword set � You just need to jump down into the crack and search for the items at the body there
Ring of Restoration (the underground) � Required: Soldier Key. After you climb down the ladder (1), cross the bridge, open the door and walk ahead. The ring is in the chest.
Sorcerer's Staff � Once you walk into the trap and the gates close behind you, you will have to push forward. Soon, you will reach the stairs. In the wall on the right, there is a hidden passage. Inside, there is the chest with the Sorcerer's Staff.
Life Ring � After you have walked around the trap and defeated the opponents, climb down the ladder and attack the door. The soldiers at the other side will open it for you. The Life Ring is in the chest, inside the new room.
Human Effigy x5 � After you have crossed the bridge, you simply need to look for the plank to an islet. The chest contains Human Effigy x5
Leather Armor Set � In the chest, there is a full set of Leather Armor and Hunter's Hat.
Shortsword � After you leave the "arena" through the breach in the wall, take the ladder and then, climb up the winding stairs (watch out for the enemies!). There, you simply need to jump over the rift and pick up the sword lying next to the body.
Seed of a Tree of Giants � If you are defeated by another player, the tree may grow the Seed of a Tree of Giants.
Estus Shard � Required: Soldier Key. You simply need to climb up the stairs to the upper floor. The Estus Shard is in the chest in the second room (above the bonfire).
Chloranthy Ring, Titanite Slab � Requires: Pharros' Lockstone. After you walk around the trap and defeat the opponents, climb down the ladder, into the underground and open the secret passage, using the Pharros' Lockstone. The treasures are in the chests.
NPC (friendly)
Benhart of Jugo � After the meeting at the Drangleic Castle
Melentia � Merchant. After you defeat the first boss, you will be teleported to Majula from here
Pate � A side quest. It is a good idea to have a chat with Pate before you cross the gate and after you have broken free from the trap. Thanks to this, youwill receive the White Sign of Soapstone. Also, he will be able to helpp you during the battle with the Last Giant, which will allows you to receive his equipment, in the future.
Cale the Cartographer � Side mission: Cale gives you the keys to the house in Majula and, in the future, he will move in himself.
Rare opponent/Boss
Siegmeyer of Catarina � Requires: Soldier's Rest of level 2, or higher. Once per entire game. After you exit the building, when you take a look at its rooftop, on the right there is the Red Phantom. After you defeat it, you can receive a fragment of the Catarina armor.
Heide Knight � The knight that appears once per entire game. He leaves a random weapon or and element of the Heide armor.
Optional boss - The Pursuer � After you walk into a small arena, you will have an one-time opportunity to fight the Pursuer. If you win, in the future you will avoid one more battle with this boss. In the case of a failure, you will get an opportunity to take revenge.
Boss - The Last Giant (the underground) � After you take the ladder (1), it is enough to take the elevator to the very bottom of the location. The Last Gaint is awaiting you past the mist.
Boss - The Pursuer � Requires: the Soldier Key.
Shortcut/Passage/Area
Shortcut (1) � You simply need to destroy the gunpowder barrels, with fire (fire arrows, bomb, fire sword). The explosion opens up a new passage for you.
Shortcut (the underground) � You can oen this door only from the side of the elevator. It allows you to reach, quickly, the boss, in the case of a failure.
Optional area 1 (the undrerground) � Requires: the Soldier Key. After you take the ladder in (1), go left to a new room. There, turn right immediately and open the door with the key.
In this location, you encounter the Old Ironclads. It is here that you can obtain their armor.
Optional area (the undrerground) � Requires: the Iron Key.
This area is being occupied by fire belching salamanders. You can find here the Hawk Ring and the Rebel's Grandshield - a shield that ensures high resistance to magic.
Landmark/Switch
Ladder
From the bonfire in Majula, you need to go alongside the slope. You will reach a stone chamber, where there is a chest, around the corner, with a Rusted Coin. Keep following the corridor and take a turn to the left, at some point. You will reach a metal grate which requires you to pull the lever, if you want to open it. Past the passage, there is a corridor with a wooden bridge at the end. Once you cross the bridge, turn left and make it over the wooden planks onto the islet. Open the chest and collect a Human Effigy.
Keep following the only possible path. At the end of the tunnel, turn right and go up the river; at the end, you can collect another item. return to the bank where you will find several opponents which you have already fought in Things Betwixt. Try to lure them away from the group and kill one-by-one. After the battle, cross the river, where you will find a Lifegem, under a tree. A bit ahead, on a small meadow on the right, there is a bonfire, which you can kindle.
Cross the makeshift bridge over the river. At the other side, there are two enemies. Defeat the one with the shield, in the first place, by blocking his attacks and, at the moment at which he finishes his sequence, start yours. On the elevation, there is an archer. Run towards him and attempt to avoid his arrows. At the moment at which he draws his sword, attack. Once you have defeated all of your enemies, jump down to the river, where you will find a sleeping bandit. Once you attack him, he will wake up. After the fight, follow the river a bit and collect the soul.
Then, go to the location where you have been fighting the archer. In the cave behind him, there is a ladder that leads deeper into the location. Up there, there is a tough fight for you to fight. You will be attacked by three opponents who are additionally reinforced by an archer on the walls. The best way to win in this situation is to hide behind the tree, where you will be unreachable for the arrows. Raise your shield and, at the moment at which any of the opponents ends his sequence, attack. The next step is to defeat the archer. To do that, go towards the passage and, right past it, turn left and climb the stairs. Be careful while doing that because, as soon as you start climbing, you will be attacked by a bandit. Once atop the stairs, run up to the archer and kill him. You can now collect all of the items here. Under the tree, there is a white knight sitting but, as long as you do not attack him, he is not hostile. Walk through the mist now.
Run along the tunnel and walk through the hole in the wall of the next location. There are two opponents here. After you defeat them, exit the location and turn left, approach silently to the enemy and attack him. Turn around and run down the corridor at the end, before you reach the stairs, you will meet another enemy who is preparing to attack. Land 1-2 blows and switch to defense.
Atop the stairs, you will encounter four enemies. One of them is casting explosive bombs. The best way out of this situation is to defeat him in the first place. Once you have dealt with all of them, take the shield on the rubble. Climb up the ladder, where you can go to the optional location. To get there, you need to jump down the wooden scaffolding to the very bottom and defeat the enemies along the way. Once you are at the bottom and kill all the enemies, on the left, you will notice two entrances. The first one will take you to a corpse with an item on it. The next opening leads deeper into the cave where, at the end of the tunnel, there is a fire spewing beast. Enter a bit deeper into the cave and retreat, because you will be attacked by a bandit. Once you defeat him, run towards the door on the left and open it. Inside, you will find a chest with the Fire Longsword in it.
Return now to the very top, to the location where you have jumped down to the scaffolding. Around the corner, you will find an item and a sitting opponent. Take advantage of that and deal as much damage to him, before he manages to get up, as possible. Then, open the door. At the other side, there is a bonfire and a merchant - Merchant Hag Melentia, from whom you can buy the Lenigrast's Key.