Harvest Valley | 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.
After lighting the bonfire, leave the cave and turn right. After reaching the edge speak with Chloanne. Afterwards, use your bow or crossbow to take down the enemy below you. Backtrack a little and go through a tunnel, until you reach a place filled with poisonous mist. Enter it and collect all the nearby items. Watch as the bar representing your poisoning gradually fills and leave the mist before its full - you can consume a Common Fruit to delay the effects of toxins. In the meantime you will be attacked by skeletons.
After collecting all the items enter the next room. Kill all the skeletons rising by the wall and, while avoiding the hole in the wall, go into the subsequent chamber. Inside, there's a chest containing a Raw Stone and a merchant called Gavlan. Jump into the hole you just passed by and collect a Fire Seed and a Divine Blessing from a chest.
When you are done collecting items, go up the stairs and through a stone tunnel located ahead. At its end you will run into two enemies - to avoid direct contact, climb up the ladder on the right side. There, collect a Hexing Urn from the corpse and kill both foes with a bow or a crossbow.
After killing the dark magic wielding giants, go down the ladder and continue ahead, along a stone ledge. Get rid of the undead by the next ladder and climb it up. Kill the two enemies and open up the passage by flipping the lever. Another encounter awaits below you. Enter the corridor and turn right, towards a cave. Light a bonfire inside.
Turn right as soon as you leave the cave. Four holes in the ground can be seen on the plaza - by jumping into them, you can collect various items. Besides the holes, there are two passageways leading from the plaza. First, go through the left branch. At the end of the tunnel, behind wooden boards, there's a giant wielding dark magic. You can use him to get to the items hidden behind the wall. Evade him and make him fire his magic at the wooden wall, which should destroy it, opening a passage. While running towards the giant, pay attention to the passageway on the right, leading to another part of this location.
A very difficult encounter awaits you here - on a very limited area, you will be attacked by monsters you've encountered in the Huntsman's Copse. The only differences are that there are more of them and that they are a lot stronger now. The best method to safely get rid of them, is to run on the stone ledges, wait for them to get closer, and then attack them and jump back. Rinse and repeat, until there's none left. Afterwards, collect all the items and get away from this place. Use the passage above the wooden cart and turn right at the end of the tunnel. You will emerge on the plaza with the holes.
Now, use the other passageway. There should be two giants standing in front of you, in the poisonous mist. You will have to get close to them to force them into attacking you. Get on the wooden bridge and defeat the enemy with the warhammer - wait for him to slam his weapon into the ground and attack immediately. Afterwards, turn left and go through a stone ledge towards the windmill. Soon after entering the cave, you will be attacked by an enemy wielding a pair of curved blades. Defeat him and go deeper into the cave, until you see a broken statue - here you can join the Brilliant Covenant.
Go back to the wooden bridge and go through it. There are two roads leading to the building - one beside the bridge and the other one a little further, to the right. Use the one next to the bridge. An enemy wielding a warhammer will run from the building. Defeat him, go inside and avoid the yellow vases - restrain from breaking them, as there's poison inside.
Go straight ahead and climb up the stairs to reach the upper floor. There's a poisonous fungus at the top of the stairs - kill it and leap to the next room. Inside, kill another fungus and enter the subsequent chamber. While in the corridor, you must pay attention to two things - enemies wielding dual swords and a switch on the ground, which will activate a trap. At the end of the corridor you will find a corpse and a chest, containing a Heavy Crossbow +3 and a Heavy Bolt.
Get back to the grating and jump on the staircase located below. Before entering the toxic water, make sure that you have protection against poison and a full health bar. At the end of the corridor, there's an Estus Flask Shard. Halfway through the corridor, you will find an entrance to a side room. Kill all the fungi inside - do it as fast as possible, to avoid getting poisoned. You can use the Pharros Lockstone on one of the walls. A blue face will appear on the opposite wall - hit it to unlock a secret room, where you can find a bunch of fairly interesting items.
Get back to the place you've previously jumped from. There's a hole by the stairs, where a fungus is hiding - kill it and collect the item located on the corpse at the end of the corridor. Go back upstairs, where you will have to deal with four enemies equipped with warhammers. Before going through the mist, climb the stairs on the right side. Get rid of the fungi and open the chest (beware of the trap) - inside you will find a torch. Now you can enter the mist, where a Covetous Demon awaits you.