Dark Souls II Strategy Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE: This product is a fixed layout eBook with no interactive elements and no videos or sound. When you zoom for readability, the layout isn't fluid and won't change according to your device or zoom level, so you will have to scroll for navigation on the page. This book is just like the printed edition of the guide.


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Dark Souls is back. And it’s darker and more difficult than ever. This time death is more punishing, and exploration more lethal.  Those who enter Drangleic unprepared will be left Hollowed and crushed. The Dark Souls II Collector’s Edition Guide is here to light a path through the darkness and to help free players from their wicked curse. From the same team that created the critically acclaimed Dark Souls guide comes the most anticipated strategy guide for the most unforgiving game of the year.


Area Guide Walkthrough

The Walkthrough uses beautiful, detailed maps to guide you in exploring every inch of the game’s huge world. It will take you through each area point-by-point, preparing you for ambushes, revealing NPCs and shortcuts, and highlighting every last item along the way.


Enemy Analysis

To succeed, you must know your enemy. Learn how to evade, block or parry their most lethal attacks, and how to strike back hardest with strategies for melee, magic and long range fighters. For every enemy, their locations, story significance, key stats, item drops… all will be revealed.


Weapons & Equipment

Weapons, Armor and Magic are all covered in exhaustive detail. Full stats, locations, upgrade paths and usage strategies are provided so you can easily compare all of the options when choosing which equipment to use and how to upgrade your gear.


Item Data

Complete item lists reveal every last consumable, accessory, upgrading material and offensive item. Quickly discover where to find each one, how to make the most of them, and how to defend yourself when they are used against you!


Plentiful Extras

Want to follow every NPC‘s quest to the end, pillage the most hidden areas and unlock every Trophy/Achievement? Everything you need is here, including easy-to-follow tables that detail NPC events, Covenants and New Game+ differences.