Dark Souls II's HundoDex

Doors of Pharros

Gyrm caverns full of Pharros contraptions, guarding the Royal Rat Authority and the road to Tseldora.

  • Suggested level: 55–70

Bosses

  • Royal Rat Authority: Kill the small rats first and stay under the big rat to avoid its toxic bites.

Bonfires

  • Gyrm's Respite
  • Ordeal's End

Items found here

Walkthrough: Doors of Pharros

  • Go back up the ramp for a Dragon Charm in the chest and a Lifegem higher up
  • Lonesome Gavlan now sells poison goods without limits
  • Rat King members may summon you here, and Bowman Guthry invades offline players
  • Left door and ramp: grab the Gyrm Axe and a Torch
  • Drop down and use a Pharros' Lockstone on the water contraption before the big door for Santier's Spear
  • At the far end of the cave a corpse has Amber Herbs; climb the ladder in the next cave for Twisted Barricade and a Soul of a Proud Knight
  • Activate the first contraption on the ledge, then go below it for a chest with a Faint Stone and Twinkling Titanite
  • Further along, a trapped chest holds a Titanite Chunk and Petrified Dragon Bone
  • By the stairs a corpse has a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier and Pharros' Lockstone
  • Go left around the ledge, light Ordeal's End, then circle the edge for a Soul of a Brave Warrior
  • Defeat the Royal Rat Authority (no summons); kill the four small rats fast and stay under the boss. Reward: Royal Rat Authority Soul and 14,000 souls
  • Sweet Shalquoir now sells the Flying Feline Boots
  • Past Gavlan, kill the axe-throwing Gyrm and the Crystal Lizard, then enter Brightstone Cove Tseldora, breaking a pot for a Radiant Lifegem and lighting Royal Army Campsite
  • NG+: the slope chest has five Dragon Charms and Gavlan's final spot gets an Old Radiant Lifegem