The Lord’s Path (1-2) Walkthrough

From the Lord’s Path Archstone (1-2), start by going straight through the tunnel in front of you. There are many Hoplite enemies in this tunnel, so either take it slow and eliminate all the Hoplites or run straight past them. Just beware of their ranged attacks. Stick to the left of the tunnel and take a small ramp down all the way to a large grate. Talk to Ostrava and he will say he is surrounded by soldiers and ask for assistance. Exhaust his dialogue options, and then head back into the main tunnel. Continue following the main tunnel until you reach the entrance for the bridge.

Bridge of Death

As soon as you walk onto the bridge, sprint forward. Do not stop to pick up items. The Red Dragon (optional boss) will periodically swoop overhead and breathe fire over the length of the bridge. 

Player Tips: Before heading out to the bridge, heal to full health. There will be lots of ranged enemies up ahead, so keeping healing items on your quick item bar will be useful. You will be able to grab the items later. Be patient for now and leave them there.

As you approach the first tower, avoid the arrows from the archers above. Continue into the tower. On your right, there will be a small staircase leading to a door. Take the stairs all the way to the top of the tower. Take out the archers on top of the roof. You will not have to worry about the dragon on top of the roof of the tower. In the back-right corner is a wooden catalyst. Once the top of the tower is cleared, head all the way down the stairs. Do not go back into the tower, just keep heading down.

Optional Boss: If you have plenty of arrows, you can optionally defeat the Red Dragon boss at this point. For a full walkthrough, check out our Red Dragon boss guide.

At the bottom of the staircase, there will be a dark hallway to the left and an open gate to the right. Take the path left. There will be many hollows hidden behind barrier and behind pillars. You will need to eliminate all the enemies in this hallway. About halfway through the tunnel, on the right side is the Ring of Gash Resistance that you can pick up. Continue down this hallway, eliminating all the enemies. At the very end of this hallway is Ostrava. Talk to Ostrava for (3) Dark Moon Grass. Exhaust his dialogue options. 

Now that you have saved Ostrava, run all the way back down the tunnel to the open gate that is to the right of the doorway to the stairs. Continue through the gate. There will be more barriers to break and enemies to eliminate in this hallway. Beware of dogs in this hallway too. Dogs are extremely quick and can gang up on you quickly. You can bait the dogs back to make it easier. At the very end of this hallway is the merchant found in Gates of Boletaria (1-1). Talk to him and buy items if necessary.

Turn around, and head back down the tunnel. A short distance from the merchant, you will go through a set of open doors, with some breakable furniture on your right. Break the furniture to reveal a doorway. Go through this doorway and take the stairs all the way up to the second tower. Eliminate the archers on top of the tower. On the left-hand side, close to the stairs, there will be a Compound Short Bow and arrows. Once all the enemies here are taken care of, head down the stairs to the main level of the tower. Be careful of the archers in the tower to the left of the door.

Fog Wall

After going through the fog wall, continue sprinting down the bridge. There will be hollows that jump out at you along the way. They will be easy enough to sprint past. You can kill these hollows, but if you choose to stop, listen carefully for the dragon to approach. If you have not reached the halfway point between the fog wall and the gatehouse when the dragon approaches you will have enough time to sprint back to the fog wall tower.

At the end of the bridge will be the gatehouse, with a handful of hollows and two blue-eyed Knights protecting it. Take out these enemies. As you enter the gatehouse, keep right to find a staircase leading up. Take this staircase up. On the first landing will be a crystal lizard to eliminate. At the top of the staircase will be two archers looking out towards the bridge. On the right side of these archers is a Soldier’s Soul and Stone of Ephemeral Eyes. Go back down the stairs of the gate house.

Now, prepare for the boss battle with Tower Knight!