Earthen Peak | Walkthrough Dark Souls II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Key points of Dark Souls 2 - Harvest Valley and Earthen Peak
Passage to another location
Trap
Shortcut/Passage/Area
Landmark/Switch
Bonfire
NPC (friendly)
Item
Rare opponent/Boss
NPC (friendly)
Stone Trader Chloanne � After you have exhausted all of the dialogue options, you will be teleported to Majula.
Gavlan � Inside the cave, past the poison fumes, right next to the Fragrant Branch of Yore. He will appear here after youhave talked to him in No-Man's Wharf. Then, he teleports to Doors of Pharros.
Lucatiel of Mirrah
Laddersmith Gilligan (IV fl.) � After you climb to the fourth floor, (over the stairs to the left of the second bonfire), turn right. Cross the doow and destroy the barrier. Now, as you go alongside the edge, go left. After you have exhausted the available dialogue options, this character moves to Majula.
Pate (III fl.) � In the room with the elevator, climb the ladder and turn left in the long tunnel. Now, you simply need to climb down the stairs - Pate is in the corner of the room.
Item
Fragrant Branch of Yore (1) � Inside the cave with the poisonous fumes. The item is at the corpse on the left side of the chamber.
Fire Seed � Inside the cave with the poisonous fumes. Jump down into another poisonous fog and enter a small alcove behind your back. The item is in the chest.
Old Knight Pike and Greatshield � - The first wooden barrier will be destroyed by the giant, right after you approach it. To get past the second wall, you need to stand at it, provoke the giant to attack and dodge its spell. Alternatively, when you come here during the NG+ you will encounter the Red Phantom - it will smash the wall for you and allow you to pick up the item.
Fragrant Branch of Yore (2) � After you defeat the opponents, crossing the door on the right on the "upper floor" will take you to the exit point. The item is at the corpse, on the edge of the escarpment.
Heavy Crossbow +3 � Right after you walk into the Earthen Peak, you will notice a grate with a plank sticking out of it, on the right. To get there, you need to take a precise jump. Inside, you encounter two Blade Assassins and obtain a crossbow.
Estus Flask Shard � On the right, right after you enter the Earthen Peak. You simply need to enter the tunnel, next to the well filled with poison. .
Poisonbite Ring � It is past the Pharros's door.
Twinkling Titanite (III fl) � After you encounter Gilligan (floor IV), you pay him to place the ladder and climb downstairs. Nearby, you will notice a corpse and Twinkling Titanite, and Pharros' Lockstone on it.
Mirrah Shield (V fl.) � You get to the item thanks to the elevator (the switch is in the neighboring corridor). The shield is in the chest.
Pharros' Lockstone � After you take the ladder, in the room with the elevator, follow the long corridor to the very end and turn left. After you defeat the witches, on your left, you will find a chest (A TRAP!) with the item.
Great Heavy Soul Arrow (III fl.) � At the end of the long tunnel (past the room with the elevator) turn right. Then, smash the barrier and fall down below. Behind you, there is a room with a chest - there is the spell inside.
Lightning Spear ( II fl.) � After you obtain the Great Heavy Soul Arrow, instead of crossing the door and return to Pate, go straight ahead. When you fall down to a lower level, in the alcove on the right, you can find a chest with the spell.
Poison Broadsword (II fl.) � It is across the cracked bridge. You can jump there from the spot in which you obtained the Great Heavy Soul Arrow
Spell Quartz Ring +1 (V fl.) � After you take the ladder, turn left. Smash the 3 urns with poison and open the illusory passage in the wall on the right. THe item is at the corpse.
Petrified Something (VII fl.) � Above the entrance to the boss location. After you defeat the Red Phantom and climb onto the balcony, turn left and examine the wall - the item is past the illusion.
Landmark/Switch
Switch 1 � The lever that opens the gate below (behind the backs of the two giants).
Statue � Unlocks the option of joining the Heirs of the Sun Covenant
Windmill (III p) � Allows you to remove poison from the majority of locations, including the boss chamber! To Do that, you need to approach it with your torch lit (e.g. from the nearby bonfire).
Bonfire
Bonfire (I floor) � Lower Earthen Peak. After you defeat the Covetus Demon.
Bonfire (VII fl.) � Above the entrance to the boss location. After you defeat the Red Phantom and climb onto the balccony, turn right and examine the wall - the Bonfire is past the illusion.
Rare opponent/Boss
Boss - Covetous Demon
Boss - Mytha, The Baneful Queen
Red Phantom (VI floor) � Crescent Sickle Phantom. After you defeat the three witches and the guard, before you go to the boss (and two more guards) enter the passage in front of you and turn left.
Trap
A TRAP (MIMIC) (VI fl.) � As you go towards the Red Phantom, turn right, instead of left. After you defeat the mimic, you will receive the Dark Gauntlets and the Work Hook.
There are two passages leading off the boss' arena - use the one on the right side. Climb up the stairs and light up the bonfire. You can also speak to Lucatiel of Mirrah, to receive a Ring of Steel Protection.
Exit the room with the bonfire and climb yet another staircase, where you will encounter two warriors. Block their attacks and launch your counterattacks when they are preparing for another move. There's a giant with a warhammer hidden behind a bowl hanging from the roof - defeat him and collect a Radiant Lifegem, located inside the corpse by the wall.
Exit the room and run across the bridge, towards the knight with a club. Block his attacks and launch your own whenever he's exposed. Afterwards, go outside and pay attention to the left side, from where two enemies will slide down the ladder. Kill them and go towards a hanging bowl. Get on a second, destroyed bridge - there are two archers here. You can get rid of them from a safe distance using a bow or a crossbow, hiding behind a wall after each shot. Collect all the nearby items and go outside.
Going further to the right side, you will see a lever on the wall. After flipping it, the bowl will raise up. Going upstairs, you will encounter another enemy. Run straight ahead and collect a Pike from the chest. Backtrack to the top and use the ladder.
Defeat another headless enemy and go through the mist, where you can find a bonfire to light.
Ignite the torch from the bonfire and approach the windmill. Light the oil located on the shaft of the device, which will stop the pump from spreading the poison on the lower level of the location, making your journey a lot easier.
Go upstairs and on the balcony, where you will be attacked by yet another enemy. Destroy the wooden railing and go along the edge of the wall on the right, to collect a Simpleton's Spice. By going to the opposite direction, you will reach the Laddersmith Gilligan. After speaking with him, by contributing 2,000 souls, he will set up a ladder for you, allowing you to go on the lower lever to collect a Pharros Lockstone and a Twinkling Titanite. After exhausting all the dialogue options, he will transfer to Majula.
Go back to the balcony and run on its far end. Flip the lever located on the wall to lift an elevator, below which you will find a soul and a Divine Blessing. Use the elevator to reach the top and collect a Mirrah Shield from a chest. Go back down, climb the ladder to reach the upper level and run along the corridor. Turn right halfway through it and go down the stairs, to speak with Jester Thomas. Go back into the corridor and continue along it, until you reach its end. An encounter with a knight wielding a magical spear awaits you here. Get rid of him, go a little further and kill another group of two knights an two witches - the witches are fragile, but they have a powerful fire attack at their disposal.
In the middle of the room you will find a round mechanism - if you've burned the windmill, it should be motionless. Jump down and kill the headless warrior. The exit out of this room is located behind the yellow, poison-filled vases.
Get all the way back to the place from which you emerged on the balcony. Watch out for a switch located on the floor - if you stumble upon it, you will activate a trap. There's another enemy hiding behind the pillars. Kill him and pick up a Minikin Mask, located inside the corpse on the edge of the wall. Afterwards, climb up the ladder to reach the upper level.
By going into the corridor on the right side, you will reach the other side of the round mechanism - there's nothing of interest there, so just go to the left. Climb the stairs all the way to the top and defeat two witches - note that they are in a close vicinity of the poison-filled vases. There's another knight and a witch hiding on the staircase on the right side.
Climb up another staircase, where you will have two paths available. After going to the right, use your throwing knives or bombs to destroy the vases from afar. Inside, there's a bunch of poisonous fungi. You can also see a chest there - restrain from opening it, as it's a Mimic. Stand behind the chest and start attacking it with your sword - try to land as many strikes as possible, before the chest transforms into a monster. After killing it, collect Dark Gauntlets and a Work Hook. There's also a place to use your Pharros Lockstone here, but you will just be flooded with poison if you do so.
Climb the stairs on the topmost level. There are vases with poison located on the edge. Stand with your back against them - there are secret, hidden walls located on the both sides of the entrance. By opening the one on the right side, you can collect a Petrified Something from a chest - the left one covers a bonfire.
Go down and defeat the two knights guarding the mist. On the right side of the staircase you will wind a Jester Thomas summoning sign, whereas inside the corpse on the left side there's a Poison Stone. Afterwards, go through the mist, where Mytha, the Baneful Queen awaits you.