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The Great Hollow and Ash Lake

Down the hollow tree below Blighttown to Ash Lake, the Stone Dragon's covenant and its tail.

With the Lordvessel you can warp, which makes this the time for the Great Hollow: the climb down the giant tree in the Blighttown swamp is far easier than the climb back up, and the Stone Dragon bonfire at the far end of Ash Lake is one you can warp out from. The other two bonfires down here can't be warped to. The tree is a maze of roots and branches with deadly drops, Basilisks whose gas curses you, and mushroom people at the bottom who hit very hard. Armor with good curse resistance (the Crimson Set from Blighttown or the Dingy Set) helps, and so does Fall Control if you have it, though a fatal fall stays fatal. Siegmeyer needs three Purple Moss Clumps; the female Undead Merchant in the Lower Undead Burg sells them.

Give Siegmeyer three Purple Moss ClumpsHidden spoiler – activate to revealQuest stepMissablePoint of no returnMinor spoiler
Location
Blighttown · Swamp, near the giant tree – Have three Purple Moss Clumps first: if you lack them, buy them from the female Undead Merchant in the aqueduct passage beyond Firelink's shortcut gate. Warp to the Daughter of Chaos bonfire, then go back past Eingyi and up the stairs to the bell's round room, then back along the hall and down the stairs into Quelaag's empty lair, and leave through the Egg Carriers' tunnel and the cave mouth down the mound into the swamp. Head for the giant tree, whose root slopes up from the water like a ramp. Siegmeyer sleeps on a small island close to that root, by a support column near the stretch of Giant Leeches where the Server lay. Talk to him twice to wake him, then agree to hand over the moss.
Why you can lose it
Never attack Siegmeyer: an attack keeps him hostile from then on, and his story ends without this.
Point of no return
Beating Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, then lighting the bonfire or walking out of his arena: either ends this run at once and starts the next one.
Requires
Summary
Siegmeyer has come down to the swamp after your talk at Firelink. Giving him three Purple Moss Clumps is required: it moves his journey on, the start of a chain that ends in a Titanite Slab, one of the nine the upgrade trophies need. He also gives a shield.
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Location
Blighttown · Swamp, near the giant tree – Siegmeyer gives it as soon as he takes the three Purple Moss Clumps on his island.
Why you can lose it
Never attack Siegmeyer: an attack keeps him hostile from then on, and his story ends without this.
Point of no return
Beating Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, then lighting the bonfire or walking out of his arena: either ends this run at once and starts the next one.
Requires
Summary
A shield Siegmeyer gives in thanks for the moss; no one else hands it out.
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Bonfire: The Great HollowArea
Location
The Great Hollow · Top of the tree – Warp to the Daughter of Chaos bonfire, then go back past Eingyi and up the stairs to the bell's round room, then back along the hall and down the stairs into Quelaag's empty lair, and leave through the Egg Carriers' tunnel and the cave mouth down the mound into the swamp. Wade across to the giant tree, the biggest thing in the swamp (where the Plank Shield lay): one of its roots slopes up out of the water like a ramp, with Giant Leeches round its foot. Walk up the root to the small alcove at the top, where the Plank Shield corpse was. Strike the wall to the left of that spot: it vanishes, and a short passage leads to the chest of Twin Humanities. Strike the wall behind the chest too; it is also false. Follow the narrow passage beyond and climb down the ladder at its end to the bonfire.
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Summary
The bonfire at the top of the hollow tree, behind two illusory walls. It can't be warped to.
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Getting down the tree

There is only one direction here: down, along roots and branches and by short drops onto lower branches and mushroom caps. Most roots you can walk on are pale tan on top. Rest at the bonfire before every side trip, since a wrong drop is fatal and climbing back is slow. If the camera keeps spinning when a root blocks the view, turning off the camera's auto wall recovery in the options helps. The ten Crystal Lizards appear at random among fixed spots: if one isn't there, quit and reload; one that escapes comes back on a reload, but a dead one doesn't.

Cloranthy RingCollectible
Location
The Great Hollow · Hollow stump below the first root – From the Great Hollow bonfire, walk forward down the first root until the path bends to the right. Look down on your right: a corpse lies inside a hollow stump in the middle of the tree. Roll off the root toward it and land on the corpse; the fall is short. Aim well: a hole further down kills you if you overshoot.
Requires
Summary
A ring that speeds up stamina recovery, on a corpse hidden in the hollow middle of the tree.
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Red Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 1)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · Upper branches – High up in the tree, a dead body lies on one of the branches below the bonfire. No closer spot is known: look over the edges of the first roots for it.
Requires
Summary
Red titanite for the fire path, high up in the tree.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 1)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – From the Great Hollow bonfire, look down into the hollow on your right and drop onto the branch walkway below; it can't be reached any other way. Follow it up and round to the tree wall, then drop to the platform below, outside a cave mouth: the lizard waits there.
Requires
Summary
A Crystal Lizard on a platform outside a cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 2)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – From the platform of the first lizard, walk into the cave; it spawns at the back.
Requires
Summary
A Crystal Lizard at the back of a cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 3)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – Take the same drop from the bonfire onto the branch walkway, but follow it up only to where it curves. Drop down against the wall onto a second branch, then drop with care onto a narrow ledge below. Turn round at once: the lizard sits at the cave entrance there.
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Summary
A Crystal Lizard at a cave mouth on a narrow ledge. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 4)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – From the third lizard's ledge, follow the cave as it bends in an S. Near the end of the bend, just before it opens onto a platform, the lizard waits.
Requires
Summary
A Crystal Lizard inside the S-shaped cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 5)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – Follow the S-shaped cave to its end, where it opens onto a large platform looking down on a cave with three Basilisks. Three lizards spawn on this platform.
Requires
Summary
One of three Crystal Lizards on the big platform at the end of the S-shaped cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 6)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – On the same platform as the fifth lizard, at the end of the S-shaped cave.
Requires
Summary
One of three Crystal Lizards on the big platform at the end of the S-shaped cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 7)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – On the same platform as the fifth and sixth lizards. If not all three are there, reload until each has spawned and been killed.
Requires
Summary
One of three Crystal Lizards on the big platform at the end of the S-shaped cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier (Basilisk cave)Consumable
Location
The Great Hollow · Basilisk cave – From the Great Hollow bonfire, follow the main roots down, past the Cloranthy Ring's bend, to a cave where three Basilisks wait; kill them before their gas builds up. The corpse lies just outside that cave, tucked away on the left as you come out of it.
Requires
Summary
A soul item just outside the first cave with Basilisks.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 8)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – On the main route down, only a few steps above the Basilisk cave: it hides just under the point where two branches meet side by side. It is easier to reach coming up from the cave than going down.
Requires
Summary
A Crystal Lizard on the main path, close to the Basilisk cave. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 9)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – Leaving the Basilisk cave, follow the downward branch on your right. As it winds down you pass one platform on the left; the next one, below you against the wall, is this ledge. It is the second platform up from the two long ladders, where the ledge seems to hold you up in mid-air.
Requires
Summary
One of two Crystal Lizards on a ledge against the tree wall. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Crystal Lizard (Great Hollow 10)Other
Location
The Great Hollow · Crystal Lizard ledges – On the same ledge as the ninth lizard, below the winding branch from the Basilisk cave.
Requires
Summary
One of two Crystal Lizards on a ledge against the tree wall. Kill it before it escapes for Twinkling Titanite and a chance at other titanite.
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Red Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 2)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · Branches above the Basilisks – From the bonfire, follow the main root down past its first bend to a cave where three Basilisks wait; kill them before their gas builds up. A dead body rests on a little branch overhanging one of the groups of Basilisks, on the way from their cave down to the root canopies. No closer spot is known: look down from the branches near each group.
Requires
Summary
Red titanite for the fire path, above one of the Basilisk groups.
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Blue Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow canopy)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · Root canopy – Leaving the Basilisk cave, follow the downward branch on your right as it winds down to two long ladders, and climb down them onto a dense canopy of roots. A Basilisk waits here and the floor has holes that are easy to miss. Near the base of the trunk is a ladder down; beside it, drop through the hole to the corpse with the chunk below.
Requires
Summary
Blue titanite for the magic path, below a hole in the first root canopy.
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Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier (mushroom path)Consumable
Location
The Great Hollow · Lower canopy – Down on the lower canopy, four Basilisks stand round the trunk (from the edges of the holes above, you can lure a couple into walking off their canopy). On the side of the lower canopy, a root slopes down toward the mushroom caps; the corpse sits at the top of that branch path.
Requires
Summary
A soul item where the branch path starts down to the mushrooms.
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Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 1)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · Mushroom caps – Lower down, the path turns from branches into the tops of giant mushrooms. The corpse lies on top of one mushroom platform you reach only by dropping onto it carefully from higher up, near the bottom of the tree.
Requires
Summary
Plain titanite on a mushroom cap, the last treasure on the way down.
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Blue Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 2)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · On the way down – On a corpse on one of the side branches or mushroom tops between the Great Hollow bonfire and the fog gate at the bottom. No closer spot is known: look over each edge on the way down, since most treasure here needs a careful drop onto a lower branch or mushroom cap.
Requires
Summary
A second Blue Titanite Chunk on a corpse in the tree.
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White Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 1)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · On the way down – On a corpse on one of the side branches or mushroom tops between the Great Hollow bonfire and the fog gate at the bottom. No closer spot is known: look over each edge on the way down, since most treasure here needs a careful drop onto a lower branch or mushroom cap.
Requires
Summary
White titanite for the divine path, on a corpse in the tree.
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White Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 2)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · On the way down – On a corpse on one of the side branches or mushroom tops between the Great Hollow bonfire and the fog gate at the bottom. No closer spot is known: look over each edge on the way down, since most treasure here needs a careful drop onto a lower branch or mushroom cap.
Requires
Summary
Possibly a second White Titanite Chunk on a corpse in the tree.
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Titanite Chunk (Great Hollow 2)Upgrade
Location
The Great Hollow · On the way down – On a corpse on one of the side branches or mushroom tops between the Great Hollow bonfire and the fog gate at the bottom. No closer spot is known: look over each edge on the way down, since most treasure here needs a careful drop onto a lower branch or mushroom cap.
Requires
Summary
Possibly a second Titanite Chunk on a corpse in the tree.
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Bonfire: Ash LakeArea
Location
Ash Lake · Beach by the Great Hollow – From the Great Hollow bonfire, work your way down the main roots to the cave with three Basilisks, then take the branch down on the right to the two long ladders. Climb down onto the root canopy (a Basilisk; mind the holes) and take the ladder by the trunk down to the lower canopy, where four Basilisks stand round the trunk. From its side, follow the big sloping root down onto the mushroom caps. Small mushroom people come first; near the bottom the large ones can kill with one punch, so dodge rather than block, or run past. At the bottom, keep going the same way and turn left into a tunnel to a fog gate. Beyond it, slide down the hollow log onto the sand and turn right at once to the bonfire, keeping clear of the Hydra in the water on your left.
Requires
Summary
The first bonfire on Ash Lake's beach, just outside the hollow tree. It can't be warped to.
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Black HydraBoss
Location
Ash Lake · Beach by the Great Hollow – From the Ash Lake bonfire, it rises from the water on the left of the beach, though it can leap over the sand to the other side. Fight at the water's edge, never in it: the bottom drops away fast. When a head slams onto the sand it stays there a moment, so hit it until it is cut off. With a few heads gone, a bow from the edge finishes the rest. To skip it, run the crest of the dune with a light load.
Requires
Summary
A many-headed serpent in the lake beside the first stretch of beach. It doesn't come back once killed, and it drops Dragon Scales.
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Dragon Scale x2 (Black Hydra)Upgrade
Location
Ash Lake · Beach by the Great Hollow – The Black Hydra drops them when it dies.
Requires
Summary
Two Dragon Scales, the Hydra's reward. Scales are the Path of the Dragon's offering and upgrade dragon weapons.
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Dragon Scale (Ash Lake, left of the exit)Upgrade
Location
Ash Lake · Beach by the Great Hollow – From the Ash Lake bonfire, walk back past the hollow log you came out of and keep left along the shore, round the outside of the Great Hollow's tree, to the corpse at the water's edge.
Requires
Summary
A Dragon Scale on a corpse by the water, on the outer side of the hollow tree.
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Dragon Scale (Ash Lake hollow log)Upgrade
Location
Ash Lake · The big dune – From the corpse by the Great Hollow's tree, head along the beach: a hollow log lies across the sand to the right of the big dune, as seen facing away from the Great Hollow. Walk inside it to the corpse.
Requires
Summary
A Dragon Scale on a corpse inside a hollow log lying on the beach.
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Dragon Scale (Ash Lake shoreline)Upgrade
Location
Ash Lake · Shore before the first great tree – From the hollow log, carry on toward the next giant tree; two Man-Eater Shells, big clams that bite, sit on the way. Just before the tree, walk carefully along the water's edge on the left to its very end, where the corpse lies. Don't slip off: you can't swim.
Requires
Summary
A Dragon Scale at the end of a strip of shore before the first great tree.
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Great Magic BarrierSpell
Location
Ash Lake · Inside the first great tree – From the Ash Lake bonfire, follow the beach away from the Great Hollow toward the next giant tree. If the Hydra lives, keep to the right side of the dune and watch for it leaping across. Two Man-Eater Shells lie on the way. At the tree, pass the opening at its base and go up the root ramp on its right side (a Basilisk waits partway). About halfway round, look down toward the water: the tip of a hollow log juts out below the root. Drop carefully into it and follow it back inside the tree to the corpse that holds the miracle.
Requires
Summary
A miracle on a corpse hidden inside a great tree, one of the miracles for Prayer of a Maiden.
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Bonfire: Stone DragonArea
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – From the first great tree, follow the winding strip of sand on toward the last big tree in the distance. Deep water lies on both sides and kills, so keep to the middle. One more Man-Eater Shell waits in a dip in the sand: easier to kill while it stays in the hole. At the last tree, the bonfire burns in front of the great stone dragon in its nest.
Requires
Summary
The bonfire at the far end of Ash Lake, in front of the Stone Dragon. You can warp to it.
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Covenant: Path of the DragonQuest step
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – At the Stone Dragon bonfire, talk to the dragon and pray to it to join. Joining moves you out of your current covenant; in Remastered you can switch covenants at any bonfire, but leaving one halves what you have offered to it. The dragon stays peaceful.
Requires
Summary
Join the Path of the Dragon at the Stone Dragon. The trophy comes with joining; there is no other requirement.
Trophies
  • Silver · PlayStationCovenant: Path of the Dragon
  • Achievement · XboxCovenant: Path of the Dragon
  • Achievement · SteamCovenant: Path of the Dragon
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Dragon EyeKey item
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – The Stone Dragon gives it as you join.
Requires
Summary
The covenant's item for its online duels, which are fought for Dragon Scales. It works only while you stay in the covenant.
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Dragon Head StoneKey item
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – The Stone Dragon gives it as you join, together with the Dragon Eye.
Requires
Summary
Turns your head into a dragon's so you can breathe fire, as long as you wear no helmet. It keeps working after you leave the covenant.
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Dragon GreatswordWeapon
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – From the Stone Dragon bonfire, walk round behind the dragon's nest and strike its tail until it comes off; the sword is yours. The dragon stays peaceful and your covenant stays intact. Only the tail: don't swing at its body.
Requires
Summary
A huge sword cut from the Stone Dragon's tail, one of the rare weapons for Knight's Honor.
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Dragon Torso StoneKey item
Location
Ash Lake · The last great tree – While in the covenant, offer Dragon Scales to the Stone Dragon: at rank +2 (30 scales offered) it hands this over. Beyond the scales listed in this guide, more come only from the Drakes in the Valley of Drakes, as a chance drop, or from Path of the Dragon duels online. The Stone Dragon bonfire is one you can warp to.
Requires
Summary
Turns your whole body into a dragon's, with a roar that knocks enemies back. The covenant's reward for rank +2.
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Rest at the Stone Dragon bonfire and warp out; you never have to climb the tree again.

About this guide

Three runs. The first is the full walk: every area, Artorias of the Abyss, every covenant, all four spell collections and the ten weapon-upgrade trophies, ending at the Kiln. New Game+ is a leaner run for the other ending and the last miracle. A short third run stops once the last Soul of Sif has been turned into a weapon. A few trophy weapons and covenant offerings only come from enemies, so expect some farming.

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