Dark Souls II - Locations
The regions of Dark Souls II in rough order of access, branching out from the hub of Majula into four routes that each end in a Great Soul, plus the three Crown expansion areas. Every area is built around its own bonfire network and shortcut loop, and most open a route back to Majula rather than a r...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Things Betwixt | Starting Area | The foggy ravine and cave that serves as the tutorial: character creation, the first Ogre, and the Fire Keepers' cottage. | Drangleic (prologue) | Fire Keepers' dwelling Ogre cave First bonfire |
| Majula | Hub | The clifftop village hub, built around a bonfire overlooking the sea and the ruins of Drangleic Castle in the distance. | Drangleic | Majula bonfire Emerald Herald Maughlin the Armourer Lenigrast's smithy Saulden and the Way of Blue monument Sweet Shalquoir's shop The pit to the Grave of Saints and the Gutter |
| Forest of Fallen Giants | Starting Area | A ruined fort swallowed by trees, littered with the corpses of the giants who died in Vendrick's war. | Drangleic (western route) | Cardinal Tower Soldier's Rest bonfire The Last Giant's arena Pursuer rooftop The nest to the Lost Bastille |
| Heide's Tower of Flame | Ruined City | A drowned cathedral city of white stone and shallow water guarded by Heide Knights and Old Knights. | Drangleic (western route) | Tower of Flame bonfire Dragonrider's platform Cathedral of Blue Old Dragonslayer arena |
| No-man's Wharf | Harbour | A dark, rain-soaked harbour town of warehouses and moored ships, lit only by the player's torch and a few lanterns. | Drangleic (western route) | Wharf bonfires The ghost ship Flexile Sentry arena Lucatiel's summon sign |
| The Lost Bastille | Prison Fortress | A sprawling island prison of towers, courtyards and cells, reachable by ship or by the crow's nest from the Forest of Fallen Giants. | Drangleic (western route) | Servants' Quarters bonfire Tower Apartments Belfry Luna Sinners' Rise Steady Hand McDuff's workshop Straid's cell |
| Huntsman's Copse | Forest | A skeletal woodland of dead trees, broken carts and hooded executioners, entered through a tunnel from Majula's eastern path. | Drangleic (eastern route) | Bridge Approach bonfire Undead Purgatory Skeleton Lords arena Felkin's hut Chariot corridor |
| Harvest Valley | Poison Marsh | A toxic industrial valley of poison pools, broken scaffolding and harvesting machinery, populated by undead labourers. | Drangleic (eastern route) | Harvest Valley bonfire Poison pools The lift to Earthen Peak |
| Earthen Peak | Tower Fortress | A windmill fortress rising out of the valley, fought vertically through scaffolding and rotating blades. | Drangleic (eastern route) | Lower Earthen Peak bonfire Central Earthen Peak The windmill Mytha's poison pool arena |
| Iron Keep | Lava Fortress | A castle built over a lava lake, reached by a bridge from Earthen Peak, guarded by Alonne Knights and Ironclad Soldiers. | Drangleic (eastern route) | Ironhearth Hall bonfire Belfry Sol Smelter Demon arena Old Iron King's lava platform |
| Shaded Woods | Fog Forest | A fog-filled forest split into a visible half and a completely blind half where only silhouettes show. | Drangleic (northern route) | Ruined Fork Road bonfire The invisible fog section Vengarl's body Scorpioness Najka arena |
| Doors of Pharros | Flooded Ruins | A Gyrm-built ruin of water channels and giant doors, used as the Rat King covenant's invasion playground. | Drangleic (northern route) | Gyrm's Respite bonfire Rat King covenant hall Royal Rat Authority arena |
| Brightstone Cove Tseldora | Mining Village | A desert mining settlement built on spider-infested cliffs, with webs covering the buildings and spiders that drop from above. | Drangleic (northern route) | Chapel Threshold bonfire Weaponsmith Ornifex The Duke's chamber Freja's pit |
| The Gutter and Black Gulch | Underground Cavern | The vertical shaft beneath Majula's pit, descending through a pitch-black scaffolding maze into the Black Gulch's poison canals and tar pits. | Drangleic (underground) | Upper Gutter bonfire Black Gulch mouth The Rotten's arena Dark Chasm of Old entrance |
| Drangleic Castle | Royal Castle | The seat of Vendrick's kingdom, opened only after all four Great Souls are collected at the Shrine of Winter. | Drangleic (central) | King's Gate bonfire Mirror hall Looking Glass Knight arena Wellspring of the queen's chambers |
| Shrine of Amana | Sunken Shrine | A flooded cathedral complex of shallow water, singing priestesses and frog-like demons, walked through knee-deep water that slows movement. | Drangleic (central) | Rhoy's Resting Place bonfire Priestess choirs Demon of Song arena |
| Undead Crypt | Catacomb | A vast tomb of stone coffins and bell-ringing undead, lit by the player's own light sources. | Drangleic (central) | Undead Crypt entrance bonfire Belfry of the crypt Velstadt's throne room King Vendrick's chamber |
| Aldia's Keep and Dragon Shrine | Research Keep and Mountain Shrine | Aldia's keep is a decaying research manor of caged monsters and alchemical experiments, and the Dragon Shrine above it is a mountainside stair of Dragon Knights and drakes leading to the Ancient Dragon. | Drangleic (endgame) | Aldia's Keep bonfire The Ancient Dragon's rooftop Dragon Aerie Giant memory entrances |
| Throne of Want | Final Area | The kiln-like chamber beneath Drangleic Castle where the Throne Watcher and Throne Defender, Nashandra and Aldia are fought. | Drangleic (endgame) | Throne of Want bonfire Throne Watcher and Defender arena Nashandra's arena Aldia's final encounter |
| Shulva, Sanctum City | DLC Area | A sunken city built by the Drakeblood Knights, entered through a hidden passage in the Black Gulch. | Crown of the Sunken King | Sanctum City bonfires Dragon's Sanctum Cave of the Dead Sinh's arena Avelyn's location |
| Brume Tower | DLC Area | A soot-black tower of elevators, chains and furnace halls reached through the Old Iron King's memories. | Crown of the Old Iron King | Brume Tower bonfires Fume Knight's arena Iron Passage Memory of the Old Iron King Sir Alonne's arena |
| Eleum Loyce | DLC Area | A frozen cathedral city buried in snow, reached from the Shrine of Winter. | Crown of the Ivory King | Outer Wall bonfire Inner Eleum Loyce Frozen Outskirts Loyce Knight barracks Burnt Ivory King's arena |
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