Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Achievement Guide/Roadmap, Covenants, Spells, NPCs etc

Dark Souls 2 - Achievement Guide and Roadmap
Overview:
Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10
Offline: 38 [1000]
Online: 0 [0]
Approximate time: 90 Hours (less if you already did DS2)
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 (or 1 1/2 and Covenant boosting)
Missable achievements: Yes - Lucatiel (though can be done on NG+)
Does difficulty affect Achievements: No
Unobtainable/glitched Achievements: No
Extra equipment needed?: No

Welcome to another potential bevy of deaths in Darks Souls II. This game doesn't seem quite as challenging as the first, but that may be because most players now know what to expect, you will still need a decent level of skill and perseverance in order to get the full 1000. If you have already completed Dark Souls 2 then be aware that Scholar of the First Sin has changed enemy, NPC and item placements so it can mean things are not exactly the same. Plus, you need to get all of the new DLC spells to get the relevant achievements as well. Still, if you already completed DS2 then this game should hold few surprises and you could possibly complete it in 30-40 hours if you rushed through it.

NOTE ABOUT ONLINE: I've put this game down as fully offline, which is true to a point. In order to get the achievements for all spells you HAVE to get Rank 3 in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant and the easiest way to do that is to play online and use the White Soapstone to be summoned to help other players defeat bosses and get Sunlight Medals in return. HOWEVER, you can get these items as very rare drops from a number of enemies so it is possible (but amazingly time consuming) to do this offline if you so wish.

Sunlight Medals

Offline
- Random drop from the Dark Giants (ridden by hollows) in Harvest Valley.
- Random Drop From Falconers in starting area (NG+), near Ruined Fork bonfire in Shaded Woods and in Brightstone Cove campsite (all playthroughs).

Online
- Can be obtained by helping another player beat a boss while in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant
- Can be obtained by defeating a boss with a player who is in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (can get more than one if you summon multiple Sun Bros)
- Can be obtained by phantom after summoning time limit expires (Phantom Duty Fulfilled) while in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant

Likewise if you are prepared to grind out 500 invasion kills for EACH of the Blue Sentinels and Brotherhood of Blood covenants (for the spells Rank 3 of each gives you) then you can get away with only one playthrough of the game, plus a partial one for the boss souls needed for NG+ spells. It is actually less time consuming just to play through the game a couple of times. Again, your choice. The only other Covenants required (Pilgrims of the Dark and Bellkeepers) can be done offline at your leisure.

The only missable task is for Lucatiel as you have to speak to her at set points and ensure she survives certain fights in order to get her gear as she vanishes after you last chat in Aldia's Keep (which isn't the case with Benhart). Though you can do this task in NG+ or later but it just makes your life harder than it needs to be. Likewise you could TECHNICALLY miss out on getting the items from other NPC's, or the achievement for getting them all in Majula, if you go around killing them. SO DON'T KILL ANYONE.

1st Playthrough

Walkthrough is here. This playthrough should see you trying to find EVERY covenant, kill every boss, find all NPC's, find all gestures and get ALL spells barring the ones that are NG+ or NG++ only.

Be sure to join and complete the following Covenants for spells (Heirs of the Sun - Rank 3, Pilgrims of the Dark - Rank 3, Bellkeepers - Rank 2). Go here to find out good methods to do so.

Be sure to keep ALL boss souls rather than using them and trade them to Straid (in the Lost Bastille) for unique spells. Note that you do NOT have to be able to use the spells - merely have them in your possession. A list of all spells can be found here.

ALWAYS speak to all NPC characters until they repeat themselves, as many of them will give you items, teach you gestures or move locations (to further their story) when you do so. This is needed to learn all gestures and get everyone possible to Majula. See here for help on both.

King Vendrick is an optional boss at the end of the Undead Crypt so read his specific achievement guide for help on defeating him.

It is advisable to do the DLC portions, for the spells you need, on the first playthrough as they are increasingly difficult on NG+. In order to access them you need to go to certain areas and have the correct key.

Crown of the Sunken King - warp room located behind Primal Bonfire in Black Gulch. Item needed to open door is found behind the door in the well in Majula (easy access via Gilligans third ladder) but you need the Forgotten Key to open - key is obtained by killing the two giants down the hidden drops in Black Gulch.

Crown of the Old Iron King - located behind Primal Bonfire in Iron Keep. Need Heavy Iron Key which is found on the same corpse as the Rebel Shield in Forest of Fallen Giants, in the central fire pit with the Salamanders. Can either use Cat Ring to drop in from above, or Iron Key (found in first room of Iron Keep on corpse under flaming statue) to open door near to where Last Giant was.

Crown of the Ivory King - access via Shrine of Winter (need four primal boss souls to open), should find Frozen Flower key on a corpse by the first bonfire in Drangleic Castle.

Once you defeat the last bosses (at the Throne of Want) you will be asked whether you want to start a NG+. Select NO and head back to Majula to finish up any tasks you need to (you can speak to Cale in the mansion for an achievement now you have beaten the last boss) and buy any items/spells you would like. All merchants replenish their stock on NG+ so buy up rare things you may need. Once you are ready for NG+ then the option to start it will appear when you rest at the Majula bonfire.

2nd + 3rd Playthrough

All of your stats and items will carry over to a new game (barring any keys or key items you have). On the second playthrough each of the main bosses guarding a Primal bonfire will give you a different unique soul (you can also get these souls by using a Bonfire Ascetic in NG, but as you need to do another run don't bother). DO NOT USE THESE. Trade them to Straid for more unique spells that you will need. Though you can skip some of the optional bosses this time around if you would like to. You will still need to play through most of the story though, and defeat the final boss, in order to get to NG++ (unless you feel like maxing out the Blue Sentinels and Brotherhood of Blood Covenants on either of the first two playthroughs).

On NG++ you need to get to Drangleic Castle as quick as possible, so either light the Primal bonfires and head through the Shrine of Winter or use the shortcut method that requires you to delete the update. Either way you need to speak to Chancellor Wellagar who will now stock the spells that could only previously be acquired by slogging through the invasion requirements of the Blue Sentinels and Brotherhood of Blood. Once you buy these you should have every spell and then snag the Dark Soul achievement.

Congrats on doing it all again.

 The Dark Soul 50g - Earn all achievements
Self – explanatory. This will unlock once you acquire your penultimate achievement which, all things being equal, will be for acquiring all of the spells of a certain class.

 Self Recollection 10g - Reclaim flesh and set out as an Undead
Once you start the game you will wake up in a field and move towards a house up ahead (do not attack anything yet) once there you will speak to some old Firekeepers and be able to choose you name and character, This will unlock once you are done.

 Supreme Weapon 50g - Reinforce a weapon to its limit
you will need the following to max out a regular weapon: 6 Titanite Shards, 6 Large Titanite Shards, 6 Titanite Chunks, 1 Titanite Slab (most of these are found through natural progression, a slab can be found in the Lockstone room below the Ballista room of Forest of Fallen Giants). Plus, the required amount of souls to upgrade the weapon. The easiest blacksmith to find is Lenigrast in Majula, speak to him and then buy his shop key from the merchant by the Cardinal Tower bonfire. Then head back and open the store. Once you upgrade a weapon to +10 with the above items this will unlock.

 Gesture Maestro 50g - Learn all gestures
You start with a number of gestures and then need to learn the following:

Welcome – Speak to Crestfallen Saulden, who is sat on the stone monument in Majula go through all his dialogue to learn this.

Duel Bow – Speak to Blue Sentinel Targray in the Cathedral of Blue (found in Heide’s Tower of Flame area) after acquiring a Token of Fidelity, you can find one on a ledge just under the bridge leading to the Undead Purgatory in Huntsmans Copse OR acquire by helping other players via the White Soapstone. You HAVE to join the covenant for him to give you the option of learning the gesture (but you can leave after).

Fist Pump – In Huntsman's Copse, after you lower the huge iron bridge cross it to come to a bonfire behind a locked door, take the Cliffside path nearby (rather than the caves) and follow it a ramp that leads up, the Key is on a corpse up here. Return to the locked room and speak to Creighton the Wanderer to learn this.

Joy – From Majula head back towards Things Betwixt but take the right hand cave instead. Speak to Benhart (with the blue sword) and then examine the statue up ahead. You need a Fragrant Branch of Yore to un-petrify Rosabeth of Melfia here, once you have done so go back and speak to Benhart again to learn this gesture.

Warmup – First purchase the Ring of Whispers from the cat in Majula (costs 5,800 souls) then speak to Manscorpion Tark in the Shaded Ruins (he is at the bottom of the left hand building as you face the giant basilisk in this area) after defeating Scorpioness Najka (you may need to rest first if you summoned him to help in the fight).

Hurrah! – Can only be acquired AFTER speaking to the Ancient Dragon and getting the Ashen Mist Heart. Then go to the Forest of Fallen Giants and access the Memory of Vammar (tree that looks like a giant near the ballista room). Speak to Captain Drummond in the memory to learn the gesture.

This One's Me – When you first get to Castle Drangleic go up the stairs ahead and speak to Chancellor Wellager (the ghost) repeatedly until he teaches you the gesture.

Have mercy! – Shortly into the Undead Crypt (after the first rooms with the ghouls and spellcasters) someone will call out to you. DO NOT HAVE A LIT TORCH OR SORCERY AT THIS POINT. Follow the path and speak to Grave Warden Agdayne to learn the gesture.

Prostration – In Earthen Peak, after the second bonfire that is behind a fog gate, go up the stairs outside that room and smash the wooden fencing ahead of you. Go along the ledge to the left to meet Laddersmith Gilligan, pay him 2000 souls for a ladder to reach a Lockstone and he will teach you this. If you miss him he will move to Majula AFTER you defeat the area boss and be sat by the pit near the mansion.

Decapitate – From the Ruined Fork Road in the Shaded Woods enter the foggy door and stick to the left hand wall, follow it up to a ruined circle and speak to the Head of Vengarl repeatedly to learn.

Mock – In the Lost Bastille, just before the bridge to Sinners Rise, you can go up some stairs to some cells with a petrified wizard. Use a Fragrant Branch of Yore to free Straid of Olaphis then speak to him repeatedly to learn this gesture.

Praise the Sun – Just before you enter the large building (Earthen Peak) via the door with all of the poison pots in Harvest Valley, there is a small path that runs across to the left above the poison smog with the two Dark Giants. Follow this to the Alter of Sunlight and you can learn this without having to rank up in the Covenant.

 Master of Sorcery 30g - Learn all sorceries
You will need a BASE statistic (i.e. no item bonuses) of at least 8 FAI/INT to speak to certain merchants. A full list of where they are found is here. You will need to find the following spells (NG+ REQUIRED):

Soul Arrow - Merchant Hag Melentia – 1,500 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 1,500 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 1,500 souls

Great Soul Arrow - Carhillion of the Fold – 3,000 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 3,000 souls
- Found in the Forest of Fallen Giants

Heavy Soul Arrow - Magerold of Lanafir – 2,000 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 2,000 souls

Great Heavy Soul Arrow - Magerold of Lanafir – 4,500 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 4,500 souls
- Found in Earthen Peak

Homing Soul Arrow - Straid of Olaphis – 6,500 souls
- Weaponsmith Ornifex – 6,500 souls

Heavy Homing Soul Arrow - Trade a Ruin Sentinel Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Homing Soulmass - Weaponsmith Ornifex – 6,000 souls
- Found in Shaded Woods

Homing Crystal Soulmass - Found in Shrine of Amana (on corpse in area with NPC invader after tunnel with large poison tick)

Soul Spear - Grave Warden Agdayne – 12,000 souls
- Found in Hunstman's Copse

Crystal Soul Spear - Trade Old Paledrake Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 10,000 souls

Shockwave - Carhillion of the Fold – 1,800 souls

Soul Spear Barrage - Carhillion of the Fold – 2,500 souls

Soul Shower - Trade Scorpioness Najka Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Soul Greatsword - Found in Drangleic Castle

Soul Vortex - Grave Warden Agdayne – 10,400 souls
- Found in The Pit
- Found in BrightstoneCove Tseldora

Soul Bolt - Found in Drangleic Castle (King's Passage)

Soul Geyser - Found in Aldia's Keep

Magic Weapon – Carhillion of the Fold – 2,000 souls

Great Magic Weapon - Reward for reaching Rank 1 in the Company of Champions Covenant
- Royal Sorcerer Navlaan – 6,000 souls
- Found in Black Gulch

Crystal Magic Weapon - Found in Dragon Shrine

Strong Magic Shield - Straid of Olaphis – 6,300 souls
- Royal Sorcerer Navlaan – 6,300 souls
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Yearn - Carhillion of the Fold – 3,000 souls

Hush - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Way of the Blue Covenant
- Found in Lost Bastille (hidden passage in Ruin Sentinel boss room, press A on the walls)

Fall Control - Magerold of Lanafir – 4,800 souls
- Weaponsmith Ornifex - 4,800 souls

Hidden Weapon - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in the Bell Keeper Covenant. To do so easily, be in the Covenant and go into Offline mode by just starting a Party Chat, then go to Belfry Sol. Head up the ladder from the bonfire and go straight towards the ballista ahead. Once there look left, if you see a Red Phantom then this is the guy you need to kill 30 times. He has a roughly 20% chance of spawning every time you rest at the bonfire (even after you permanently cause the other enemies here to disappear by killing them) and will do so infinitely though it will still take a couple of hours of farming. If you wear the Delicate String (bought from Titchy Gren in Undead Purgatory) and Symbol of Avarice (found in Crown of Ivory King DLC) he spawns more often.

Repair - Found in Shaded Woods, in chest behind a petrified Lion Warrior (in back left corner as you enter). Need a Fragrant Branch of Yore to reach.

Cast Light - Straid of Olaphis – 3,000 souls
- Darkdiver Grandahl – 3,000 souls

Chameleon - Found in Harvest Valley, on a corpse in the poison mist pit with two Dark Giants just before you enter Earthen Peak.

Unleash Magic - Received from Royal Sorcerer Navlaan after giving Aged Feather for fourth assassination. You can get the Feather by either killing the Emerald Herald in Majula (NOT RECOMMENDED) or she will give it to you when you speak to her after reaching the Dragon Aerie.

Focus Souls - Crown of Sunken King DLC. You'll come to a point where a dragon is shooting fireballs, ignore the bridge and go past the urns next to it on the right.

Soul Flash - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. Pull the lever at the upper floor in the room after the first bonfire to access a chest with this spell.

 Master of Miracles 30g - Learn all miracles
You will need a BASE statistic (i.e. no item bonuses) of at least 8 FAI/INT to speak to certain merchants. A full list of where they are found is here. You need to find the following spells (NG++ REQUIRED):

Heal - Merchant Hag Melentia – 1,500 souls
- Licia of Lindelt – 1,500 souls

Med Heal - Licia of Lindelt – 3,000 souls

Great Heal Excerpt - Licia of Lindelt – 4,500 souls

Great Heal - Cromwell the Pardoner – 8,000 souls
- Found in the Grave of Saints

Soothing Sunlight - Invade and defeat Licia of Lindelt (you will find a Crushed Orb in the Undead Crypt, take this back to where Lydia is standing in Majula and use it to invade and kill her. WARNING: Make sure you have bought everything you want from her as she will be permanently gone until NG+)

Replenishment - Licia of Lindelt – 3,000 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner - 3000 souls

Resplendent Life - Licia of Lindelt – 4,500 souls
- Straid of Olaphis – 4,500 souls

Bountiful Sunlight - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Blue Sentinels Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 11,000 souls

Caressing Prayer - Licia of Lindelt – 2,000 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner – 2,000 souls

Force - Licia of Lindelt – 1,800 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner – 1,800 souls

Wrath of the Gods - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Blue Sentinels Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 8,200 souls

Emit Force - Cromwell the Pardoner – 4,200 souls
- Blue Sentinel Targray – 4,200 souls
- Found in No-Man's Wharf (top ledge as you go to ring the bell, on a corpse)

Heavenly Thunder - Cromwell the Pardoner – 3,300 souls
- Blue Sentinel Targray – 3,300 souls

Lightning Spear - Licia of Lindelt – 6,000 souls
- Found in Earthen Peak

Great Lightning Spear - Straid of Olaphis (after clearing the Undead Crypt/defeating Velstadt) – 13,000 souls
- Found in The Pit
- Found in Undead Crypt

Sunlight Spear - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (need to assist 30 players with boss fights successfully AFTER joining the covenant OR be assisted by other covenant players when fighting a boss).

Soul Appease - Stone Trader Chloanne – 8,800 souls
- Grave Warden Agdayne – 8,800 souls

Blinding Bolt - Trade Old King Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 10,000 souls

Magic Barrier - Head of Vengarl – 2,700 souls
- Felkin the Outcast – 2,700 souls

Great Magic Barrier - Chancellor Wellager – 9,300 souls
- Found in Aldia's Keep

Homeward - Licia of Lindelt – 2,400 souls

Guidance - Licia of Lindelt – 3,700 souls

Sacred Oath - Trade Soul of Velstadt with Straid of Olaphis – 3,000 souls

Unveil - Straid of Olaphis – 2,200 souls

Perseverance - Cromwell the Pardoner – 3,500 souls

Sunlight Blade - Straid of Olaphis (after defeating Velstadt) – 12,400 souls
- Found in Shrine of Amana

Denial - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Need to shoot arrows into a switch near the end of the area (on a bridge where a Priestess was found) to open a room with this inside.

Splintering Lightning Spear - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. After the second bonfire there is tower next to the point where you drop down to grab the Eye of the Priestess, this tower has an invisible ladder you can climb to get this spell (ladder becomes visible if you come back holding the Eye).

 Master of Pyromancy 30g - Learn all pyromancies
You will need a BASE statistic (i.e. no item bonuses) of at least 8 FAI/INT to speak to certain merchants. A full list of where they are found is here. You need to find the following (NG++ REQUIRED):

Fireball - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) - 1,200 souls
- Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants
- Found in No-Man's Wharf

Fire Orb - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 3,400 souls
- Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants

Great Fireball - Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants
- Found in Brightstone Cove Tseldora

Great Chaos Fireball - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Brotherhood of Blood Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 17,400 souls

Firestorm - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 4,500 souls
- Dropped by Poisonous Horn Beetle in The Gutter
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Fire Tempest - Dropped by Guardian Dragon in Dragon Aerie
- Found in Shrine of Amana

Chaos Storm - Found in chest on flaming platforms in Iron Keep (use flame resist, orange burr, Flash Sweat and water to reach)

Combustion - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 1,500 souls
- Found in Huntsman's Copse

Great Combustion - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 4,800 souls
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Fire Whip - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 3,800 souls
- Dropped by Bell Keeper Phantom in Belfry Sol

Poison Mist - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 3,400 souls

Toxic Mist - Trade Royal Rat Vanguard Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Acid Surge - Trade Royal Rat Authority Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Lingering Flame - Straid of Olaphis – 6,700 souls
- Dropped by Undead Jailer in Lost Bastille

Flame Swathe - Straid of Olaphis – 9,500 souls
- Dropped by Bell Keeper Phantoms in Belfry Sol

Forbidden Sun - Received from Royal Sorcerer Navlaan after giving Sunset Staff for third assassination

Flame Weapon - Trade Old Witch Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 5,000 souls

Flash Sweat - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 2,300 souls

Iron Flesh - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) - 3,500 souls

Warmth - Grave Warden Agdayne (Undead Crypt) - 5,200 souls
- Dropped by Corpse Rat in Grave of Saints

Immolation - Found in Iron Keep (Belfry Sol)

Outcry - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. Acquired from Straid by trading Soul of Nadalia and 45,000 souls. To get the soul you need to destroy 11 Ashen Idols in Brume Tower AND defeat the Fume Knight.

Dance of Fire - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. From the first bonfire go down a series of ladders to a room with an Ashen Idol and some enemies, this spell is in a small room attached to that area.

Fire Snake - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. Go into the room to the left of the Foyer bonfire, it's in a metal chest here.

 Master of Hexes 30g - Learn all hexes
You will need a BASE statistic (i.e. no item bonuses) of at least 8 FAI/INT to speak to certain merchants. A full list of where they are found is here. You need to find the following (NG+ REQUIRED):

Dark Orb - Felkin the Outcast - 600 souls
- Straid of Olaphis - 600 souls
- Darkdiver Grandahl – 600 souls

Dark Hail - Darkdiver Grandahl – 1,500 souls
- Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 1,500 souls

Dark Fog - Straid of Olaphis – 5,200 souls
- Found in the Gutter

Affinity - Straid of Olaphis – 11,500 souls
- Dropped by Kobold of Aldia's Keep

Dead Again - Stone Trader Chloanne - 4,000 souls

Dark Weapon - Felkin the Outcast – 2,700 souls

Whisper of Despair - Found in Grave of Saints

Repel - Trade Giant Lord Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 5,000 souls

Twisted Barricade - Found in Doors of Pharros

Numbness - Trade Old Dead One Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 5,000 souls

Scraps of Life - Cromwell the Pardoner - 2,200 souls
- Found in Black Gulch

Darkstorm - Darkdiver Grandahl – 4,700 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir - 4,700 souls

Resonant Soul - Reward for reaching Rank 1 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant -
- Felkin the Outcast - 1,100 souls

Great Resonant Soul - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant
- Felkin the Outcast – 3,400 souls

Climax - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant

Resonant Flesh - Felkin the Outcast – 3,400 souls

Resonant Weapon - Felkin the Outcast – 4,000 souls

Profound Still - Darkdiver Grandahl - 13,000 souls

Lifedrain Patch - Trade Darklurker Soul with Straid of Olaphis - 5,000 souls

Promised Walk of Peace - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Just before second bonfire are some red eyed statues you can destroy to reveal a pillar, hit that to move another platform, use this to enter a cave and grab the spell.

Dark Greatsword - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Activate the pillar near the third bonfire here, and ride the activated elevator halfway down then jump onto a ledge then head outside over a small platform to find this spell.

Recollection - Crown of the Iron King DLC. In the room directly above where you get the Smeltor Sceptre, in one of the small rooms attached, found on a corpse.

Dark Dance - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. Just after second bonfire. Kill the enemies in the first area then head right before climbing the stairs along a snowy cliff to find this spell on a corpse.

 Selfless Giver 50g - Max-out devotion to covenant

You need to reach Rank 3 with ANY Covenant for this to unlock. You need to get two to Rank 3 for other achievements anyway (as you need the requisite spells) so aim for those. The two are: Heirs of the Sun (once joined the need 30 Sunlight medals for max rank – gained by helped other players beat bosses or being helped in turn by members of this Covenant) and Pilgrims of the Dark (need to find the Darkdiver in three places and then complete the small dungeon in each of them and light the beacon, then defeat the final boss). For a guide to all covenants and requirements go here.

 This is Dark Souls 10g - Die for the first time

Kill yourself, or be killed, in any way and this will unlock.

 King's Ring 20g - Acquire the King's Ring

Story progression – can’t be missed. Once you defeat the boss in the Undead Crypt you will go into the room behind him and see an optional boss (don’t attack him yet) and an item to grab. Pick up the item to get this ring and the achievement.

 Ancient Dragon 20g - Acquire Ashen Mist Heart

Story progression. Can’t be missed. Once you have the King’s Ring head to the Ruined Fork Road bonfire in the Shaded Woods and then through the middle opening to access a gate (need the ring equipped to open). This leads to Aldia’s Keep, go through here to the Dragon Aerie and then the Dragon Shrine. At the end of the shrine you will speak to the Ancient Dragon and be given this item and the achievement will unlock. You do NOT have to fight him, but if you do so it will make the Vendrick fight much easier - only attack him AFTER you get the Heart.

 The Heir 100g - See the ending

Story progression – can’t be missed. Once you have the Ashen Mist Heart you need to use it on the various inanimate giants in the Forest of Fallen Giants (one near ballista room, one past Pursuer fog gate location and one through King’s door you can now open). Once these are complete go to the King’s door in Drangleic castle (to the left of the first bonfire) and head to the Throne of Want. In Scholar of the First Sin you then have three boss fights, back to back, though you can do the first one BEFORE doing the memories of the giants to make your life easier. But you will still have to then beat Nashandra and Aldia to finish up.

After the last boss is defeated you have completed the game and get the achievement. You can then choose to mop up anything you have missed (BE SURE TO DO THIS) or go into NG+ (if you chose the first option you can then select NG+ from the Majula bonfire).

 Last Giant 10g - Defeat the Last Giant

The Last Giant is likely to be your first real boss and can be found in the Forest of Fallen Giants, after you have gone through the area to create a loop back to the Cardinal Tower bonfire there is an elevator here. Go down it to find a fog gate at the bottom. You can summon Pate to help you if you spoke to him repeatedly earlier in this section and are human. The fight is fairly simple. Simply aim to roll straight through his legs and he will swipe where you were, now attack his ankles and then roll away to avoid his follow up stomp. At 50% health he will use his arm to attack but follows the same pattern (but with a longer reach) so repeat the above until he dies. If you need to heal then do so AFTER rolling through his legs but instead of attacking.

 Sinner's Bonfire 20g - Light the primal bonfire in Sinner's Rise

Story progression – can’t be missed. At the end of the Lost Bastille you will find Sinners Rise. Head down the elevator and through the watery depths to find a long bridge leading to a boss fight. The Lost Sinner is pretty tough and will do relentless physical attacks, so summoning help is advised (you can summon Lucatiel from the bottom of the elevator if you spoke to her earlier and are human). Only go for single strikes and try and recover as much stamina as you can between her strikes. All her attacks CAN be blocked if you have a good shield and stamina, but only counter when there is an obvious opening. In terms of healing Lifegems leave you FAR less exposed than the Estus Flask. Once she dies you can enter a new area to light the Primal bonfire.

 Iron Keep Bonfire 20g - Light the primal bonfire in the Iron Keep

Story progression – can’t be missed. You need to defeat the Old Iron King at the end of the Iron keep to access the bonfire. He will come out of the lava and use a number of crushing attacks or flame based ranged attacks. For his physical attacks you can dodge under his horizontal swings and dodge his overhead smash at the last second – both leave him open to a counter. If you stay close he shouldn’t use his long ranged flame attacks that often but be warned they CAN hit you through the stone walls here and knock you into the lava, so only heal when you have a moment. If you have the Gyrm shield (found from enemies in the Doors of Pharros) you can block the flame strikes at the cost of a LOT of stamina. In truth he is fairly easy due to his habit of standing still and telegraphing his blows. Once he dies go into the small building here to activate the Primal bonfire.

 Gulch Bonfire 20g - Light the primal bonfire in the Black Gulch

Story progression – can’t be missed. For this fight you need to defeat The Rotten in the Black Gulch. He is a large enemy that does primarily melee attacks (that can be blocked if you have the Endurance and a good shield) and some dark spells too. You can find a summon sign for Lucatiel in the hidden room to the right side of the chamber before the mist door, plus another sign for an archer near the wall on the left side before the door. Keep your distance if you can, as he has a dangerous grab attack, and bait him into one of his large swings or an overhead smash. Then step in and attack him while he recovers. Watch out for the many flaming pits in this room as they do a lot of damage to you, and none to him. But he moves so slowly that you should be able to keep him at arms length and just dash away from him to heal if you need to. Once he dies you can go into the new room to activate the Primal bonfire.

 Brightstone Bonfire 20g - Light the primal bonfire in Brightstone Cove Tseldora

Story progression – can’t be missed. You need to kill the Duke’s Dear Freja, a giant two headed spider at the end of Brightstone Cove. You can summon an excellent ally (his sign is behind the pillar opposite the fog gate by the far wall) to aid you and be aware that a number of smaller spiders are present to begin with, so try and clear them out ASAP. Once they are dead stick really close to Freja’s sides. She can’t hurt you there as her leg stomps don’t get close enough and her other attacks come from each head. You can only damage each of her heads, so wait until she attacks and then get a couple of strikes in before moving to her safe area. She will do a big lunge, a two hit mandible combo or a large spit attack all of which can be easily dodged or blocked. If you need to heal try and bait her lunge attack and then run around to her side to quickly get health back while she recovers. Once she dies make sure to interact with the glowing red soul and then follow the passage to kill the weak Duke, then another passage to the Primal bonfire.

 Looking Glass Knight 20g - Defeat Looking Glass Knight

Story progression – can’t be missed. Once all of the Primal bonfires are lit you can access the Shrine of Winter in the Shaded Woods. This leads to Drangleic Castle and if you fight your way through here you will eventually end up at King’s Passage. Watch out for the horse headed statues leading to the fog gate (snipe them from afar if you can). You can find a summon sign for Benhart to the left of the gate if you spoke to him earlier, and he is pretty helpful. The Knight himself is pretty tough. He has high armour and will do rapid combos as well as using lightning attacks when he starts to lose health. When he gets down under 50% he will also summon a phantom ally from his shield, so try and take them out ASAP if you can. With an ally this fight is much easier as you can tank him early on, then retreat to get back health/stamina while he focuses on your ally. Once he dies the achievement will unlock.

 Vendrick 50g - Defeat Vendrick

Optional. King Vendrick is found at the end of the Undead Crypt after you defeat the boss there. He is not hostile to the player and will only attack if you do enough damage to him. The problem is that he has a ludicrously high defence UNLESS you seek out the five Giant Souls, which will reduce his defence by degrees until it is normal. Even then he can do a lot of damage with his physical attacks most of which are unblockable, or do a ton of stamina damage, so be on your toes. YOU NEED TO KILL HIM BEFORE FIGHTING THE FINAL BOSS. To get the five souls you need to do the following (once you have the Ashen Mist Heart):

•Dragon Shrine - Drop from Ancient Dragon.

•Memory of Orro - On the body of a Giant past two giants and two knights on Ballistae.

•Memory of Vammar - At the end guarded by a giant

•Memory of Jeigh - On a body of the giant after Giant Lord boss.

•Black Gulch - Requires defeating two giants in a hidden cave, reached by dropping down two more levels from the Forbidden Door that leads to Darkdiver Grandahl.

Now his defence will be normal and he only does four different attacks. If you are far away he will try and do a running leap to attack you, this is easily dodged and his sword gets stuck in the floor. He will sometimes shoot a cursed orb from his ring that can do massive damage, as well as cursing you (just for fun) but this can be rolled away from. His other attacks are either a large overhead smash or a horizontal attack that can be 1/2/3 hits. Stay close to his left leg and roll right when he attacks, then quickly hit him. Repeat until he is dead but don’t get overzealous. If you are human you can now open the locked door in the Shrine of Amana to get his soul and armour.

 Brilliant Covenant 10g - Discover a most brilliant covenant

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Examine the broken Sunlight shrine in Harvest Valley, hidden to the left side of the large building with windmill on it (Earthen Peak) along a small path that is over the poison mist pit with two Dark Giants in it. Watch out for the sickle enemy on your way there. You will need to get Rank 3 in this covenant for a spell and can also learn a gesture here.

 Protector Covenant 10g - Discover the covenant of the protectors

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Defeat the Old Dragonslayer in the Blue Cathedral (part of Heide's Tower of Flame) then speak to Targray on the balcony here. You must have at least one Token of Fidelity in your inventory to join (can find one on a ledge just below the bridge leading to The Undead Purgatory or by helping other players with the White Soapstone).

 Sanguinary Covenant 10g - Discover the covenant of the bloodthirsty

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Speak to Titchy Gren in the Undead Purgatory, available after the Chariot boss fight. You need to have one Token of Spite to join (acquired from a chest at the bottom of the ladders leading to The Gutter or from invading and killing another player via a Cracked Red Orb).

 Covenant of the Meek 10g - Discover the covenant of the meek

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Repeatedly speak to Crestfallen Saulden who is sat on the monument in Majula to be offered the chance to join, he will also teach you a gesture,

 Gnawing Covenant 10g - Discover the covenant of rodents

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Found in two places. The small room after you defeat the Royal Rat Vanguard boss in the Grave of Saints or a similar room after the Royal Rat Authority boss in the Doors of Pharros (he is optional). You get a Rat Tail for each of these bosses, which is required to join.

 Clangorous Covenant 10g - Discover the clangorous covenant

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Speak to the Bell Keeper either at Belfry Luna (Lost Bastille) or Belfry Sol (Iron Keep) both of which require a Pharros Lockstone to access. For Belfry Luna, go to the bonfire in the Servants Quarters in the Lost Bastille (after Ruin Sentinel fight) then down the ladder in that room. There is a Lockstone contraption in the room at the bottom, use it and hit the glowing face to gain access to Luna and this Covenant. You need to get this covenant to at least Rank 2 in order to acquire a spell.

 Covenant of Ancients 10g - Discover an ancient covenant

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: You need to get the Petrified Egg from the Dragon Shrine, from the bonfire there go up the first two flights of steps until you see a broken path with boxes at the end (on your right at the top of the steps). Break them and drop down onto a hidden ledge with two chests (one a mimic) follow this hidden route up a tall tower where you will be attacked by an NPC invader. Kill him and grab the egg from this room. Then go to the Iron Keep. From the Threshold Bridge Bonfire, go into the keep and immediately go right and find the merchant Magerold. Speak to him with the egg in your possession to join.

 Covenant of the Fittest 10g - Discover the covenant of the fittest

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: Examine the stone tablet in Majula, up the cliff on the far left side (if entering from Things Betwixt). You'll be given the Champion's Tablet. Joining this Covenant WILL make the game much harder for you - it will be as though you are playing NG+ from the off, so be warned.

 Abysmal Covenant 10g - Discover the Abysmal Covenant

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO JOIN A COVENANT TO GET THE ACHIEVEMENT – JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO: You need to talk to Darkdiver Grandahl in three different locations to join the Pilgrims of Dark. They can be done in any order. After the third one he will let you join. He will give you the Abyss Seal and you can then offer an Effigy to open a portal (in each area you found him) leading to the Dark Chasm of Old. You need to get Rank 3 in this covenant for a spell, so offer an Effigy at each place you found him to open a portal, you then have to defeat the phantoms in each area and light the beacon (take Flame Butterflys to light your torch) before falling into the mist at the end. After clearing the third area you will not be returned straight away but instead have to face the Darklurker boss. Be warned that if you die you have to offer ANOTHER effigy to redo the area.

Shaded Ruins - To the right of the ramp that leads up to the scorpion boss you will find a hidden wooden floor to fall through by some trees. He is at the bottom.

Black Gulch - Behind the Forgotten Key Door. Accessed via a hidden ledge near the pools with burrowing worms and hand monsters. Dropping down two levels has a large arch door that is locked. The next ledge down has a tunnel leading to a large room with two faceless giants. Killing both giants yields a Forgotten Key and Soul of a Giant. This key can be used on the previously found door to access a small chamber containing Grandahl.

Drangleic Castle - Behind the Soul-Activated door in the far left of the corner of the large room adjoining the King's Gate Bonfire. The room has two torch bearing giant statues at the end, and a Ruin guardian behind each door. You will need to drop through the floor in the required room to find him.

 Curious Map 30g - Light all flames on the map in Majula

After you find the Cardinal Tower bonfire go down the ladder in that room (the following areas have plenty of enemies but this is the route you need). At the bottom head left and through the door at the end, you’ll be facing a fallen tree that makes a ramp upwards. About halfway up you can drop onto a doorway on the left, do so and then turn around drop to the ground. Run across to the ladder down here and climb up it. At the top cross the wooden ramp on your left and make your way to the roof of the house, from here do a running jump to the wooden platform in the corner. Then go right and drop down to the next platform. There is a cave on the left side, so head in slowly, a boulder should roll down so be careful. Once it passes go up the ramp and speak to Cale. He will give you the mansion key and you should only leave when he starts to repeat himself. Once you have defeated the Last Giant he will be back in Majula, in the mansion by the stone map. You now need to do the following to light the fires (be sure to light all nearby bonfires):

Defeat the Last Giant - Forest of Fallen Giants
Defeat the Lost Sinner - Sinner's Rise
Defeat the Old Iron King - Iron Keep
Defeat the Rotten - Black Gulch
Defeat the Duke's Dear Freja - Brightstone Cove Tseldora
Obtain the King's Ring - Undead Crypt
Obtain the Ashen Mist Heart from the Ancient Dragon - Dragon Shrine
Defeat Nashandra - Drangleic Castle

DON'T CHOOSE NG+ after beating the last boss. Head back to Majula and speak to Cale to get his gear and the achievement.

 Change of Clothes 30g - Give Rosabeth of Melfia something to wear

She is the statue blocking the path to the Shaded Woods and you need a Fragrant Branch of Yore to free her. They can be found in a number of places:

Lost Bastille - in a chest near Tower Apart bonfire.
Lost Bastille - in a chest after the Lost Sinner fight.
The Gutter - on a corpse if you follow the route near the Forgotten Door.
The Gutter - on a corpse just before entering the Black Gulch.
Harvest Valley - in a cave in first poison mist area.
Iron Keep - purchase for 7,500 souls from Magerold.
Majula - purchase from Melentia for 12,000 souls.

Once freed you need to give her gear (helmet, armour, gloves and boots) and you will then get the achievement and she will move to Majula. BE WARNED: anything you give her can't be taken back so make sure it’s something you don't need.

 Gathering of Exiles 30g - Increase the population of Majula

You need to get the following NPC characters to appear in Majula (speak to Sualden after you do so for a bonus item):

Merchant Hag Melentia - found in Cardinal Tower by the bonfire. Speak to her after you have killed the Last Giant and she will move to Majula.

Cale the Cartographer - found in the Forest of Fallen Giants. From the Cardinal Tower Bonfire go down the ladder and left at the bottom. Through the door at the end and halfway up the sloping tree, drop onto a lower wooden ledge from here and then again to the floor. Go up the ladder on the building nearby and then over the wooden bridge to a roof - from here you can do a running jump to a wooden platform ahead, and then drop down to another wooden platform that has the cave entrance. Watch out for the boulder trap and then speak to Cale at the top of the slope until he says he will go back to Majula.

Rosabeth - she is blocking the entrance to the Shaded Wood initially. Needs to be freed using a Fragrant Branch of Yore. Then speak to her until she repeats herself, and be sure to give her some new clothes and she will then move to Majula, at the bottom of the memorial near the bonfire.

Carhillion - found in No-Man's Wharf, on the docks by the ship you summon. You need at least 8 Int to speak with him, do so repeatedly and he will then move to Majula (under a tree looking out to sea).

Licia - found after the Dragonrider fight at the top of Heide's Flaming Tower. If you exhaust all conversation she will then move next to the contraption in the tunnels by Majula (same tunnel that led to Heide).

Stone Trader Chloanne - found sat on a rock as you enter Harvest Valley. Speak to her until she says it is time for her to move on and she will go to Majula the next time you rest.

Laddersmith Gilligan - located in Earthen Peak. From the second bonfire (the one behind a mist door) go up the stairs and smash the wooden railing in front of you. Go along the left hand ledge to find him. Buy his ladder for 2,000 souls and make sure to exhaust all conversation. After the boss fight at the top of Earthen Peak (Mytha) he will then move to Majula.

Once ALL of the above are in Majula (at the SAME time, so do NOT kill anyone before this pops) you should get an achievement the next time you warp there.

 Moonlight Greatsword 30g - Inherit Benhart of Jugo's equipment.

This achievement needs some planning to make it as easy as possible so try to do things in the order I list them in order to make life easier on yourself. For more information on specific bosses/locations my walkthrough is here.

You first find Benhart sat on the path leading to the Shaded Woods, before the door blocked by the petrified Rosabeth. Speak to him here until he repeats himself and then un-petrify Rosabeth with a Fragrant Branch of Yore. Then head back to Benhart to speak to him again and learn a gesture, make sure he repeats himself.

Once you get to Brightstone Cove you will find his summon sign in one of the tents in the Royal Army Campsite (same tent that has a suit of armour stood in it) but don’t call him yet. Instead follow the path past the boulders and into the church, kill all the peasants and spiders leading up to the fog gate in there and THEN head back to summon him. This means he’ll have full health for the boss. Take him back there and kill the Prowling Magus and his Congregation – MAKE SURE THAT BENHART SURVIVES THE FIGHT OR IT WILL NOT COUNT. He needs to survive 3 of the 4 available boss fights for you to get his equipment. To make things easier you can buy the Redeye Ring from the cat in Majula for 6,700 souls as this will force the enemies to focus on you rather than the NPC.

After that you will meet him again by the Central Castle bonfire in Drangleic Castle (just before the platform that takes you up to King’s Passage). Speak to him until he repeats himself and then continue onwards. Once you access Kings Passage clear out all of the enemies and find his summon sign to the left of the fog gate leading to the Looking Glass Knight, it helps to summon a second player if you can as the Knight can do severe damage. Ensure he survives the fight and continue.

Once you have the Ashen Mist Heart (from the Ancient Dragon) go back to the birds nest in the Forest of Fallen Giants (just past where The Pursuer fog gate fight was) and speak to him there until he repeats himself. You can now use the Ashen Mist Heart to enter the Memory of Jeigh, his summon sign is straight ahead of you and down some steps (be sure to call him rather than Drummond) and have him help you defeat the Giant Lord.

Once that is done you can speak to him in the Memory of Orro in order to get his equipment and the achievement. If he died on one of the fights you can also summon him at the Throne of Want to assist you with the last boss (note this does NOT COUNT if you just use him for the Throne Watcher/Defender fight - he has to survive the Nashandra/Aldia fights), then head back to the Memory of Orro afterwards (DO NOT START A NG+ IF YOU ARE DOING THIS) as he will be there permanently. If you missed a fight or he died (if he dies before the boss is dead then you can let it kill you and summon him again, though obviously you need to use an Effigy or Life Protection Ring to be human again) you have two options. Either try again on NG+ OR use a Bonfire Ascetic at the relevant bonfire (Royal Army Campsite, Central Drangleic Castle, Place Unbeknownst, Kings Gate) to make the boss respawn and attempt the fight again. If you do the latter the boss will be tougher and (in some cases) have allies. You can theoretically use this method to get all three boss wins on ONE fight if you feel like it (so defeating the Prowling Magus three times on one playthrough via Ascetic use would be fine). But you still HAVE TO speak to him in the required places and have the wins before talking to him in the Memory of Orro (though he will stay there indefinitely so you can use the Ascetic method at your leisure).

 Holder of the Fort 30g - Inherit Captain Drummond's equipment.

Once you have spoken to the Ancient Dragon and acquired the Ashen Mist Heart you can enter the Memory of Vammar via the slumbering giant near the ballista room in the Forest of Fallen Giants. This is where Drummond is, you can speak to him now to learn a gesture but to get his equipment you need to kill the Giant Lord in the Memory of Jeigh (through the King’s door in the Forest of Fallen Giants). The Giant Lord is similar to the Last Giant and you can adopt almost the same tactics, plus you can summon Benhart in the memory to help you out. Once he is dead return to the Memory of Vammar again and speak to Drummond to get his helmet and the achievement.

 Lucatiel 30g - Inherit equipment from Lucatiel of Mirrah.

This achievement needs some planning to make it as easy as possible so try to do things in the order I list them in order to make life easier on yourself. For more information on specific bosses/locations my walkthrough is here.

IMPORTANT: Her locations have changed for Scholar of the First Sin, so be sure not to miss her. You can talk to her in ANY order, but you need to speak to her in No Mans Wharf and in the hidden tunnel at the start of Black Gulch to make her available for boss fights. Her last spot is ALWAYS Aldia's Keep and she needs to have survived three fights BEFORE you speak to her here. This has to be done in ONE playthrough.

In No Mans Wharf (past Heide’s Tower of Flame) head past the first groups on enemies until you are at the bottom of a long flight of stone steps, go up to the first level and into the building on your left. Up the stairs in here to find Lucatiel leaning against a wall. (NOTE: Originally she was by the bonfire just before this area so don't miss her).

Now you can work through No Man’s Wharf but don’t enter the fog gate on the ship at the end. Instead examine the wooden docks just before the ship and (if you are human NOT hollow)you should find a summon sign for Lucatiel on the floor. It’s better to kill all other enemies before the boss to make your life easier. You can also lower a shortcut just behind where Carhillion of the Fold sits back to the start and find a second summon sign which will make the fight a doddle. Now take her to the Flexile Sentry boss fight and kill him – MAKE SURE SHE SURVIVES THE FIGHT OTHERWISE IT DOESN’T COUNT, this holds true for every time you summon her. She needs to survive 3 fights out of the four available. To make things easier you can buy the Redeye Ring from the cat in Majula for 6,700 souls as this will force the enemies to focus on you rather than the NPC.

After you kill the Last Giant you will get the Soldiers Key, you can use this to access a door behind the Ironclad Solder opposite the ballista room. Up here you will find the fog gate leading to The Pursuer. You need to defeat him and then go into the room behind him to find a birds nest, examine it to be taken to the Lost Bastille. From where you land you need to head to the tower opposite to find Lucatiel. Talk to her until she repeats herself. You can also reach her if coming via No Mans Wharf. From the Exile Cells come onto the battlements, down the ladder and then left to a pull switch that opens a gate. Through the gate and up the stairs will get you to her tower.

Be sure to summon her for the Lost Sinner fight in Sinners Rise (her summon sign is in the same room that the elevator stops in on your way down, again kill the enemies leading to the fog gate before activating her).

You will find her again in Earthen Peak (she has once again moved from where she was in the original Dark Souls 2). As soon as you enter Earthen Peak proper (and the words actually come up on screen) look to your right, after killing an enemies of course). You will see a little passage in the bottom right corner that you cannot use until you stop the poison by burning the windmill and killing the boss. Do those things and REMEMBER TO COME BACK HERE AND SPEAK TO HER. Then talk to her until she repeats herself again.

You can summon her for the Smelter Demon fight in Iron Keep (it’s an optional boss just after the bridge you can lower) and her sign is right outside. This is a tough one to get her to survive but it can be done, I especially recommend summoning another player to help out to make things easier.

Next you will find her in the Black Gulch. When you enter, go left into the bonfire room and light a torch. Now go back out and edge along the cliff right outside until you see a platform you can drop down to (near a cluster of three poison spitting statues). Do so and you will find Lucatiel leaning against the wall in this passage, talk to her repeatedly. Then continue onwards but DO NOT go in the fog gate, you need to find the hidden bonfire. If you hug the wall to the left (if your back is to the fog gate) and follow it until you reach the cliff edge, you can then go left on a narrow path to the bonfire room (IMPORTANT: This path is blocked by a statue you need to depetrify, but you should have picked up a Fragrant Branch from a corpse on the ledge JUST BEFORE entering Black Gulch, so don't use that branch anywhere else) and Lucatiel’s summon sign. Now you can fight The Rotten and make sure she survives.

You can also find her in the Crown of the Ivory King DLC, in the Grand Cathedral, to be summoned for the boss fight there which would count towards the requirements if she survives.

Continue with the game until you reach Aldia’s Keep and she will be in the first little hut by the bonfire. DO NOT SPEAK TO HER UNLESS SHE HAS SURVIVED THREE BOSS FIGHTS as she will vanish after your conversation is done. If you found her and she survived the required number of fights you will get her equipment and the achievements.

If you missed a fight or she died (if she dies before the boss is dead then you can let it kill you and summon her again, though obviously you need to use an Effigy or Life Protection Ring to be human again) you have two options. Either try again on NG+ OR use a Bonfire Ascetic at the relevant bonfire (No Mans Wharf, Threshold Bridge, Sinners Rise, Hidden Bonfire – Black Gulch) to make the boss respawn and attempt the fight again. If you do the latter the boss will be tougher and (in the case of the Sinner and Flexile Sentry) have allies. You can theoretically use this method to get all three boss wins on ONE fight if you feel like it (so defeating the Flexile Sentry three times on one playthrough via Ascetic use would be fine). But you still HAVE TO speak to her in the required places and have the wins before talking to her in Aldia’s Keep.

 Smith for Life 30g - Inherit Steady Hand McDuff's equipment.

McDuff can be found in the Lost Bastille (from the tower where Lucatiel is found just go straight ahead down the steps and his cell is at the bottom on the right) either by using the Bastille Key (found in Belfry Luna) to open his cell or by using the explosive barrel at the top of the stairs nearby to blow open the wall to get in. Once there speak to him repeatedly and light the torch in here to get him to move off the chest he is sat on. You now need the Dull Ember.

Originally the Ember was on a corpse in Iron Keep, but now it is substantially easier to get. You need to kill The Pursuer in the Forest of Fallen Giants (either on the battlements near Cale the Cartographer where an eagle drops him in, or behind the fog gate on the upper battlements with the ballista). Once he is dead you can find a nest just past his fog gate location - examine it and an eagle will pick you up and drop you by the Tower Apart bonfire in the Lost Bastille. There are two chests here and the Ember is in one of them.

Take it back to McDuff and he will then be able to infuse your weapons (if you have the correct stones). You then need to spend at least 14k worth of souls with him (I chose to use it all on infusion which some people state is required, but equally people have had it unlock by just buying items/arrows) and then chose the regular talk option. He will give you a Titanite Slab and the achievement is yours.

 Garrulous Miser 30g - Inherit Laddersmith Gilligan's equipment.

Find him first of all located on a ledge in Earthen Peak. From the second bonfire (the one behind a mist door) go up the stairs and smash the wooden railing in front of you. Then go along the left hand ledge to find him. Buy his ladder here for 2,000 souls and make sure to exhaust all conversation. After the boss fight at the top of Earthen Peak (Mytha) he will then move to Majula. Now be sure to buy all three of his ladders down the Pit and then speak to him repeatedly until he gives you his item for the achievement.

 Reflections on Disembodiment 30g - Inherit equipment from the head of Vengarl.

You need to access the Shaded Woods, by using a Fragrant Branch of Yore to unpetrify Rosabeth. From the bonfire at the Ruined Fork Road in the Shaded Woods go through the right hand exit (the one shrouded in fog) and hug the wall to your left as you enter. Follow the way up and around to a clearing with some ruins and a pile of bones. Speak to the helmet here to find Vengarl – continue talking to him repeatedly to get his helmet and this achievement.

Covenants guide/locations

Here is everything you need to know about Covenants but were afraid to ask.

It will take a lot of time and effort to get max rank in some of them which will be needed to snag some of the rare spells for the associated achievements. However, be aware that a lot of the spells/items CAN be bought/found later in the game, for all those that DON'T want to max out rank in every covenant for the spells they can be bought - but not until NG++ so you would need to complete the game again twice. I believe the merchant that will then sell them is Chancellor Wellager (ghost in Drangleic Castle entrance). So you'd obviously have to get as far as that.

Please Note: You do NOT have to join every Covenant to get the achievements, you just have to get to the point where an offer is made - which you can then decline. It is wise to pick a Covenant and stick with it until you have maxed it out for the respective achievement or for certain spells etc.

Way of the Blue

How to join: Speak to Saulden who is sat on the monument in Majula. He will give you a Blue Seal, wear this to get help from Blue Sentinels when you are invaded. Level by killing invaders - the A.I. red phantoms you meet also count for this.

Ranks:
Rank 1 (Defeat 1 invading phantom): Bloodbite Ring
Rank 2 (Defeat 5 invading phantoms): Hush (can be found in Lost Bastille)
Rank 3 (Defeat 10 invading phantoms): Blue Tearstone Ring

Company of Champions

How to join: examine the stone tablet in Majula, up the cliff on the far left side (if entering from Things Betwixt). You'll be given the Champion's Tablet. Joining this Covenant WILL make the game much harder for you - it will be as though you are playing NG+ from the off, so be warned. Awestones can be dropping by invading Red Phantoms or by killing certain NPC's.

Rank 1 (Offer 10 Awestones): Great Magic Weapon
Rank 2 (Offer 25 Awestones): First Dragon Ring
Rank 3 (Offer 50 Awestones): Vanquisher's Seal

Heirs of the Sun - NEED TO GET TO RANK 3 FOR SPELL ACHIEVEMENT

How to join: Examine the shrine in Earthen Peak, hidden to the left side of the large building with windmill on it. Will be given Sun Seal which you can wear to assist other players. Get medals by helping others defeat bosses. You need the White Soapstone (acquired from Pate in the Forest of Giants) and then use if in front of boss mist doors (or where they were) to be summoned. You get one medal per successful boss killed as long as you are in the Covenant (you get a Token of Fidelity if not) - the host MUST survive. You also get a medal if you summon someone in this Covenant to help you in a boss fight and they survive. You can also farm these as a VERY rare drop from the Dark Giants in Harvest Valley and the Falconers near the Ruined Fork bonfire, Brightstone Cove campsite and in Things Betwixt (last one on NG+ only).

Ranks:
Rank 1 (Offer 10 Sunlight Medals): Sunlight Parma
Rank 2 (Offer 20 Sunlight Medals): Sun Sword
Rank 3 (Offer 30 Sunlight Medals): Sunlight Spear

Brotherhood of Blood

How to join: Speak to Titchy Gren in the Undead Purgatory, available after the Chariot boss fight. You need to have one Token of Spite to join (acquired from a chest at the bottom of the ladders leading to The Gutter or from invading and killing another player). Gives you Crest of Blood. Level by invading others or fighting them in duels.

Ranks:
Rank 1 (50 deaths of Host or Blue Phantom during invasion, or victories in deathmatches): Curved Twinblade.
Rank 2 (150 deaths of Host or Blue Phantom during invasion, or victories in deathmatches): Crescent Sickle.
Rank 3 (500 deaths of Host or Blue Phantom during invasion, or victories in deathmatches): Great Chaos Fireball

Bell Keepers - NEED TO GET TO RANK 2 FOR SPELL ACHIEVEMENT

How to join: Speak to the Bell Keeper either at Belfry Luna (Lost Bastille) or Belfry Sol (Iron Keep) both of which require a Pharros Lockstone to access. You are given Bell Keeper's Seal. Wear it when in the Bell areas to be summoned to defend them against other players. You can also level this offline by killing a constantly respawning Red Phantom at Belfry Sol. From the bonfire head up the ladder, run straight ahead to the ballista and then left to the bell tower. He should be here - if not rest at the bonfire and try again. (He spawns about 16% of the time roughly, odds can be increased by wearing the Delicate String from Titchy Gren in Undead Purgatory and the Symbol of Avarive from a Mimic in the Crown of the Ivory King DLC).

Ranks:
Rank 1 (Defeat 10 Hosts when invading as a Grey Phantom or 10 Black Phantoms that invade the Belfries): Titanite Slab x1.
Rank 2 (Defeat 30 Hosts when invading as a Grey Phantom or 10 Black Phantoms that invade the Belfries): Hidden Weapon (spell that cannot be bought ANYWHERE else)
Rank 3 (Defeat 100 Hosts when invading as a Grey Phantom or 10 Black Phantoms that invade the Belfries): Bell Keeper Helmet, Bell Keeper Bellyband, Bell Keeper Cuffs, Bell Keeper Trousers.

Blue Sentinels

How to join: Defeat the Old Dragonslayer in the Blue Cathedral (part of Heide's Tower of Flame) then speak to Targay on the balcony here. You must have at least one Token of Fidelity in your inventory to join (can find one on a ledge just below the bridge leading to The Undead Purgatory or by helping other players with the White Soapstone). He will give you the Guardians Seal which you can wear to be summoned to help Way of the Blue members you can also offer Tokens of Fidelity at the statue in the Cathedral to duel other players.

Ranks:
Rank 1 (50 deaths of invading Black Phantoms during co-op/host when invading as Revenge Phantom, or victories in training matches): Spirit Tree Shield.
Rank 2 (150 deaths of invading Black Phantoms during co-op/host when invading as Revenge Phantom, or victories in training matches): Wrath of the Gods.
Rank 3 (500 deaths of invading Black Phantoms during co-op/host when invading as Revenge Phantom, or victories in training matches): Bountiful Sunlight.

Rat King Covenant

Join Location: Found in two places. The small room after you defeat the rat boss in the Grave of Saints or a similar room after the rat boss in the Doors of Pharros. You get a Rat Tail for each of these bosses, which is required to join. You get further Rat Tails by defeating other players when they are summoned (against their will) while they are in the Rat Kings realms.

Ranks:
Rank 1 (Offer 10 Rat Tails): Smooth & Silky Stone x10
Rank 2 (Offer 20 Rat Tails): Smooth & Silky Stone x10
Rank 3 (Offer 35 Rat Tails): Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring

Dragon Remnants

How to join: You first need to get the Petrified Egg from the Dragon Shrine (found later in the game) and then go to the Iron Keep. From the Threshold Bridge Bonfire, go into the keep and immediately go right and find the merchant Magerold. Speak to him with the egg in your possession to join. Once in the Covenant you can leave a summon sign so that other players can call you for a duel, the winner will get a scale.

Ranks:
Rank 1 (Offer 10 Dragon Scales): Dragon Head Stone
Rank 2 (Offer 20 Dragon Scales): Dragon Torso Stone
Rank 3 (Offer 30 Dragon Scales): Black Dragon Greatsword

Pilgrims of Dark - NEED TO GET TO RANK 3 FOR SPELL ACHIEVEMENT

How to join: You need to talk to Grandahl in three different locations to join the Pilgrims of Dark. They can be done in any order. After the third one he will let you join. He will give you the Abyss Seal and you can then offer an Effigy to open a portal (in each area you found him) leading to the Dark Chasm of Old and fights with many familiar characters.

Shaded Ruins - To the right of the ramp that leads up to the scorpion boss you will find a hidden wooden floor to fall through by some trees. He is at the bottom.

Black Gulch - Behind the Forgotten Key Door. Accessed via a hidden ledge near the pools with burrowing worms and hand monsters. Dropping down two levels has a large arch door that is locked. The next ledge down has a tunnel leading to a large room with two faceless giants. Killing both giants yields a Forgotten Key and Soul of a Giant. This key can be used on the previously found door to access a small chamber containing Grandahl.

Drangleic Castle - Behind the Soul-Activated door in the far left of the corner of the large room adjoining the King's Gate Bonfire. The room has two torch bearing giant statues at the end, and a Ruin guardian behind each door. You will need to drop through the floor in the required room to find him.

Ranks:

Rank 1 (Successfully clear one area of the Dark Chasm): Resonant Soul.
Rank 2 (Light all three Braziers in the Dark Chasm): Great Resonant Soul.
Rank 3 (Defeat the Boss of the Dark Chasm): Climax, Xanthous Crown, Xanthous Overcoat, Xanthous Gloves, Xanthous Waistcloth.

These are the Covenants you will HAVE to level up in order to get all of the spells for the various achievements. If anyone finds these spells elsewhere then let me know and I will remove them from the list. The other Covenant spells CAN be bought from the Chancellor (ghost at the start of Drangleic Castle) on NG++.

Bell Keepers

Rank 2 (Defeat 30 Hosts when invading as a Grey Phantom or 10 Black Phantoms that invade the Belfries - can also kill respawning Red Phantom NPC, see above) - Hidden Weapon (spell that cannot be bought ANYWHERE else)

Heirs of the Sun

Rank 3 (need to successfully help defeat 30 bosses in co-op, or farm rare drops from enemies) - Sunlight Spear (spell that cannot be bought ANYWHERE else)

Pilgrims of Dark

Rank 3 (Defeat the Boss of the Dark Chasm) - Climax (hex spell)

NPC, Spell and Gesture locations/requirements (inc all Fragrant Branches)

In order to get all of the achievements you are going to need all of the spells. You merely have to have them in your inventory, rather than be able to use them. However, in order to speak to a number of NPC's that will help you out you will need Intelligence of at least 8 (DOES NOT INCLUDE BONUSES FROM ITEMS) and a Faith of at least 8 (DOES NOT INCLUDE BONUSES FROM ITEMS).

You will also get an achievement for getting all relevant NPC characters to move Majula, so you may as well do that as soon as possible. Be sure to speak to ALL characters until they repeat themselves. The NPC characters you need are as follows:

Majula

Merchant Hag Melentia - found in Cardinal Tower by the bonfire. Speak to her after you have killed the Last Giant and she will move to Majula.

Cale the Cartographer - found in the Forest of Fallen Giants. From the Cardinal Tower Bonfire go down the ladder and left at the bottom. Through the door at the end and halfway up the sloping tree, drop onto a lower wooden ledge from here and then again to the floor. Go up the ladder on the building nearby and then over the wooden bridge to a roof - from here you can do a running jump to a wooden platform ahead, and then drop down to another wooden platform that has the cave entrance. Watch out for the boulder trap and then speak to Cale at the top of the slope until he says he will go back to Majula.

Rosabeth - she is blocking the entrance to the Shaded Wood initially. Needs to be freed using a Fragrant Branch of Yore (see below for locations). Then speak to her until she repeats herself, and be sure to give her some new clothes and she will then move to Majula, at the bottom of the memorial near the bonfire.

Important - Fragrant Branch of Yore locations (for Rosabeth and others):

Merchant Hag Melitia - 12,500 souls (only sells one).
No Man's Wharf - chest in a room full of poison jars (near the ship).
Lost Bastille - from the Tower Apart bonfire (reached by interacting with the bird nest in Forest of Fallen Giants, after the Pursuer fog gate) go out the door and then left along a ledge and through a window. Kill all the enemies in here then go through the door at the bottom. There is a chest in the next room with a branch but watch out as the Dark Pursuer will spawn behind you.
Lost Bastille - in a chest after the Lost Sinner fight.
Harvest Valley - in a cave in the first poison pit you see.
Iron Keep - purchase for 7,500 souls from Magerold (only sells one).
Shaded Ruins - in a chest behind a petrified Lion Man (near arch leading to scorpion boss), you also get armour in the chest so this is a handy first use as you instantly get back the Branch you use to move the Lion Warrior.
Shaded Ruins - depetrify the Lion Warrior to the right of the bonfire (have to jump over to him) to get the Fang Key. Then use that on the door in the Basilisk pit, reached by either falling down the large covered hole or the smaller hole that also leads to Darkdiver Grandahl, to free Ornifex. Branch is on a corpse in the same room as her. So again you spend one only to reacquire it.
Manscorpion Tark - speak to him with the Ring of Whispers equipped and agree to kill his better half, then speak to him again afterwards.
Brightstone Cove Tseldora - after you kill Freja, kill the Duke before lighting the Primal Bonfire to get one.
The Gutter - from the first bonfire, cross the bridge in front of you and drop into the room below. Go to the front left corner and see a platform with a ring of torch sconces ahead (and one torch bearing enemy) jump over there and follow the natural path from here (not the ladder that leads to a Forgotten Door) to get to a room with a bunch of corpses with items. One of them holds a branch.
The Gutter - on a corpse just before entering the Black Gulch (keep this one to depetrify an enemy blocking the Hidden Bonfire in the Gulch).
Undead Crypt - iron chest just before Velstadt boss.
Aldia's Keep - last cage before Guardian Dragon has a mimic you can kill to get one (need to lower cages by getting Aldia's Key first).
Dragon Shrine - When you get to the room with the dragons egg, there will be some archways leading back outside, there is a ledge just below them with a chest containing a branch.
Forest of Fallen Giants - Once you've got the Kings Ring you can go through the big black door that leads to the final bonfire in this area called The Place Unbeknownst. go towards the fallen giant and turn left, drop down to the item which will be a branch and some Twinkling Titanite.

Carhillion - found in No-Man's Wharf, on the docks by the ship you summon. You need at least 8 Int to speak with him, do so repeatedly and he will then move to Majula (under a tree looking out to sea).

Licia - found after the Dragonrider fight at the top of Heide's Flaming Tower. If you exhaust all conversation she will then move next to the contraption in the tunnels by Majula (same tunnel that led to Heide).

Stone Trader Chloanne - found sat on a rock as soon as you enter Harvest Valley. Speak to her until she says it is time for her to move on and she will go to Majula the next time you rest at a bonfire.

Laddersmith Gilligan - located on a ledge in Earthen Peak. From the second bonfire (the one behind a mist door) go up the stairs and right, then smash the wooden railing in front of you. The go along the left hand ledge to find him. Buy his ladder here for 2,000 souls and make sure to exhaust all conversation. After the boss fight at the top of Earthen Peak he will then move to Majula.

Once ALL of the above are in Majula you should get an achievement the next time you warp there from another bonfire.

Spell sellers (also includes Licia, Carhillion, Rosabeth and Melentia from above)

Straid - found in the Lost Bastille but is initially petrified. You need a Fragrant Branch of Yore to free him (see above locations). Quickest route to him is to warp to the Sinners Rise bonfire, go back across the stone bridge, into the building and up the steps on your left as you enter. Watch out for the room full of prisoners guarding him. Once he is freed you can access his bonfire directly. IMPORTANT: Some of the boss souls you trade to him can be used for EITHER a spell or a weapon, so make sure you choose the spell or you'll have to kill that boss again in NG+.

Titchy Gren - in Undead Purgatory, up the stairs after the boss fight. You require a Token of Spite to speak with him, you can get one for free in a chest just before entering The Gutter (after climbing down the wooden platforms) or by invading other players.

Magerold - found in Iron Keep. Cross the bridge when you enter and, in the first room, go all the way right to find his shop.

Grave Warden Agdayne - found in Undead Crypt. DO NOT approach him with a lit torch, or light the ones nearby, or he will not speak to you.

Darkdiver Grandahl - you need to find him in three places to get him to speak to you fully. First drop through a hidden wooden floor to the right of the arch leading to the Scorpioness Boss in Shaded Ruins. Next, in Black Gulch, drop to a hidden platform in the spot between the two large worms. The door here is locked so drop down again to find some giants to fight, they give you the key to open this up and find him. Finally, in Drangleic Castle, there is a room with doors you can activate by killing nearby enemies - behind most doors is another Ruin Sentinel. You want to open the far left door (if facing into this room). Then enter it and fall through the floor. You can then give him a Human Effigy to open a portal to the Abyss in each area, you need to complete all three.

Royal Sorceror Navlaan - In Aldia's Keep. If you speak to him while human he will sell you items. If you speak to him while Hollow he will ask you to kill other NPC's and return their items to him, though in most cases you can get the items via other means. You can also release him and he will invade you at numerous points.

Cromwell - found in Brightstone Cove. After the Prowling Magus fight look in the nook immediately to your left as you exit the church. Head up the ladder here to find him.

Blue Sentinel Targay - Found after the Old Dragonslayer fight in the Blue Cathedral. You need at least one Token of Fidelity in order for him to speak to you, one can by found in Huntsmans Copse (by dropping off the bridge leading to the Undead Purgatory) or attained by helping other players kills bosses.

Chancellor Wellagar - found in the entrance to Drangleic Castle up the steps as you go in, he is a ghost so hard to spot at first.

Felkin - found sat on a chair in a small nook to your right as you first go into Huntsmans Copse, you need at least 8 Faith and 8 Int to speak to him.

Weaponsmith Ornifex - to get her you need to do the following. Depetrify and kill the Lion man that is stood on his own near the Shaded Ruins bonfire - he will drop the Fang Key. Now drop down into the nearby basilisk lair (either via the breakable floor with the curse pot on it, or the floor leading to Darkdiver). Kill the enemies and unlock the wooden door here. Speak to her until she says she will meet you ahead. She now moves to Brightstone Cove, in the room next to the lower bonfire (just in front of the swirling sand pit).

You will also need to get to maximum rank with the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (found in Earthen Peak) by joining it and then helping at least 30 other players defeat bosses. You then need to be at least Rank 2 with the Bell Keeper Covenant to acquire Hidden Weapon. Finally you need to fully finish off the Pilgrims of the Dark sidequest to get the Climax spell. All other Covenant spells can be found or bought from Chancellor Wellagar on NG++.

Pyromancy Spells

Fireball - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) - 1,200 souls
- Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants
- Found in No-Man's Wharf

Fire Orb - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 3,400 souls
- Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants

Great Fireball - Dropped by Salamander in Forest of Fallen Giants
- Found in Brightstone Cove Tseldora

Great Chaos Fireball - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Brotherhood of Blood Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 17,400 souls

Firestorm - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 4,500 souls
- Dropped by Poisonous Horn Beetle in The Gutter
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Fire Tempest - Dropped by Guardian Dragon in Dragon Aerie
- Found in Shrine of Amana

Chaos Storm - Found in chest on flaming platforms in Iron Keep (use flame resist, orange burr, Flash Sweat and water to reach)

Combustion - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 1,500 souls
- Found in Huntsman's Copse

Great Combustion - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 4,800 souls
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Fire Whip - Titchy Gren (Undead Purgatory – need 1 Token of Spite to speak with him) – 3,800 souls
- Dropped by Bell Keeper Phantom in Belfry Sol

Poison Mist - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 3,400 souls

Toxic Mist - Trade Royal Rat Vanguard Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Acid Surge - Trade Royal Rat Authority Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Lingering Flame - Straid of Olaphis – 6,700 souls
- Dropped by Undead Jailer in Lost Bastille

Flame Swathe - Straid of Olaphis – 9,500 souls
- Dropped by Bell Keeper Phantoms in Belfry Sol

Forbidden Sun - Received from Royal Sorcerer Navlaan after giving Sunset Staff for third assassination

Flame Weapon - Trade Old Witch Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 5,000 souls

Flash Sweat - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) – 2,300 souls

Iron Flesh - Rosabeth of Melfia (after moving to Majula) - 3,500 souls

Warmth - Grave Warden Agdayne (Undead Crypt) - 5,200 souls
- Dropped by Corpse Rat in Grave of Saints

Immolation - Found in Iron Keep (Belfry Sol)

(The following are only required if you have the Scholar of the First Sin version of the game):

Outcry - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. Acquired from Straid by trading Soul of Nadalia and 45,000 souls. To get the soul you need to destroy 11 Ashen Idols in Brume Tower AND defeat the Fume Knight.

Dance of Fire - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. From the first bonfire go down a series of ladders to a room with an Ashen Idol and some enemies, this spell is in a small room attached to that area.

Fire Snake - Crown of the Old Iron King DLC. Go into the room to the left of the Foyer bonfire, it's in a metal chest here.

Hexes

Dark Orb - Felkin the Outcast - 600 souls
- Straid of Olaphis - 600 souls
- Darkdiver Grandahl – 600 souls

Dark Hail - Darkdiver Grandahl – 1,500 souls
- Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 1,500 souls

Dark Fog - Straid of Olaphis – 5,200 souls
- Found in the Gutter

Affinity - Straid of Olaphis – 11,500 souls
- Dropped by Kobold of Aldia's Keep

Dead Again - Stone Trader Chloanne - 4,000 souls

Dark Weapon - Felkin the Outcast – 2,700 souls

Whisper of Despair - Found in Grave of Saints

Repel - Trade Giant Lord Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 5,000 souls

Twisted Barricade - Found in Doors of Pharros

Numbness - Trade Old Dead One Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 5,000 souls

Scraps of Life - Cromwell the Pardoner - 2,200 souls
- Found in Black Gulch

Darkstorm - Darkdiver Grandahl – 4,700 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir - 4,700 souls

Resonant Soul - Reward for reaching Rank 1 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant -
- Felkin the Outcast - 1,100 souls

Great Resonant Soul - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant
- Felkin the Outcast – 3,400 souls

Climax - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Pilgrims of Dark Covenant

Resonant Flesh - Felkin the Outcast – 3,400 souls

Resonant Weapon - Felkin the Outcast – 4,000 souls

Profound Still - Darkdiver Grandahl - 13,000 souls

Lifedrain Patch - Trade Darklurker Soul with Straid of Olaphis - 5,000 souls

(The following are only required if you have the Scholar of the First Sin version of the game):

Promised Walk of Peace - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Just before second bonfire are some red eyed statues you can destroy to reveal a pillar, hit that to move another platform, use this to enter a cave and grab the spell.

Dark Greatsword - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Activate the pillar near the third bonfire here, and ride the activated elevator halfway down then jump onto a ledge then head outside over a small platform to find this spell.

Recollection - Crown of the Iron King DLC. In the room directly above where you get the Smeltor Sceptre, in one of the small rooms attached, found on a corpse.

Dark Dance - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. Just after second bonfire. Kill the enemies in the first area then head right before climbing the stairs along a snowy cliff to find this spell on a corpse.

Sorcery

Soul Arrow - Merchant Hag Melentia – 1,500 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 1,500 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 1,500 souls

Great Soul Arrow - Carhillion of the Fold – 3,000 souls
- Magerold of Lanafir – 3,000 souls
- Found in the Forest of Fallen Giants

Heavy Soul Arrow - Magerold of Lanafir – 2,000 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 2,000 souls

Great Heavy Soul Arrow - Magerold of Lanafir – 4,500 souls
- Carhillion of the Fold – 4,500 souls
- Found in Earthen Peak

Homing Soul Arrow - Straid of Olaphis – 6,500 souls
- Weaponsmith Ornifex – 6,500 souls

Heavy Homing Soul Arrow - Trade a Ruin Sentinel Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Homing Soulmass - Weaponsmith Ornifex – 6,000 souls
- Found in Shaded Woods

Homing Crystal Soulmass - Found in Shrine of Amana (on corpse in area with NPC invader after tunnel with large poison tick)

Soul Spear - Grave Warden Agdayne – 12,000 souls
- Found in Hunstman's Copse

Crystal Soul Spear - Trade Old Paledrake Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 10,000 souls

Shockwave - Carhillion of the Fold – 1,800 souls

Soul Spear Barrage - Carhillion of the Fold – 2,500 souls

Soul Shower - Trade Scorpioness Najka Soul with Straid of Olaphis – 1,500 souls

Soul Greatsword - Found in Drangleic Castle

Soul Vortex - Grave Warden Agdayne – 10,400 souls
- Found in The Pit
- Found in BrightstoneCove Tseldora

Soul Bolt - Found in Drangleic Castle (King's Passage)

Soul Geyser - Found in Aldia's Keep

Magic Weapon – Carhillion of the Fold – 2,000 souls

Great Magic Weapon - Reward for reaching Rank 1 in the Company of Champions Covenant
- Royal Sorcerer Navlaan – 6,000 souls
- Found in Black Gulch

Crystal Magic Weapon - Found in Dragon Shrine

Strong Magic Shield - Straid of Olaphis – 6,300 souls
- Royal Sorcerer Navlaan – 6,300 souls
- Found in Drangleic Castle

Yearn - Carhillion of the Fold – 3,000 souls

Hush - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Way of the Blue Covenant
- Found in Lost Bastille (hidden passage in Ruin Sentinel boss room, press A on the walls)

Fall Control - Magerold of Lanafir – 4,800 souls
- Weaponsmith Ornifex - 4,800 souls

Hidden Weapon - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in the Bell Keeper Covenant. To do so easily, go into Offline mode by just starting a Party Chat, then go to Belfry Sol. Head up the ladder from the bonfire and go straight towards the ballista ahead. Once there look left, if you see a Red Phantom then this is the guy you need to kill 30 times. He has a roughly 20% chance of spawning every time you rest at the bonfire (even after you permanently cause the other enemies here to disappear by killing them) and will do so infinitely though it will still take a couple of hours of farming.

Repair - Found in Shrine of Winter, go through the Shrine and drop down the path then head right to find a dead end with a corpse. The spell is here. (Location has altered in Scholar of the First Sin - it is in a chest behind a petrified Lion Warrior in the Shaded Woods area).

Cast Light - Straid of Olaphis – 3,000 souls
- Darkdiver Grandahl – 3,000 souls

Chameleon - Found in Harvest Valley, on a corpse in the poison mist pit with two Dark Giants just before you enter Earthen Peak.

Unleash Magic - Received from Royal Sorcerer Navlaan after giving Aged Feather for fourth assassination. You can get the Feather by either killing the Emerald Herald in Majula (NOT RECOMMENDED) or she will give it to you when you speak to her after reaching the Dragon Aerie.

(The following are only required if you have the Scholar of the First Sin version of the game):

Focus Souls - Crown of Sunken King DLC. You'll come to a point where a dragon is hooting fireballs, ignore the bridge and go past the urns next to it on the right.

Soul Flash - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. Pull the lever at the upper floor in the room after the first bonfire to access a chest with this spell.

Miracles

Heal - Merchant Hag Melentia – 1,500 souls
- Licia of Lindelt – 1,500 souls

Med Heal - Licia of Lindelt – 3,000 souls

Great Heal Excerpt - Licia of Lindelt – 4,500 souls

Great Heal - Cromwell the Pardoner – 8,000 souls
- Found in the Grave of Saints

Soothing Sunlight - Invade and defeat Licia of Lindelt (you will find a Crushed Orb in the Undead Crypt, take this back to where Lydia is standing in Majula and use it to invade and kill her. WARNING: Make sure you have bought everything you want from her as she will be permanently gone until NG+)

Replenishment - Licia of Lindelt – 3,000 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner - 3000 souls

Resplendent Life - Licia of Lindelt – 4,500 souls
- Straid of Olaphis – 4,500 souls

Bountiful Sunlight - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in Blue Sentinels Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 11,000 souls

Caressing Prayer - Licia of Lindelt – 2,000 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner – 2,000 souls

Force - Licia of Lindelt – 1,800 souls
- Cromwell the Pardoner – 1,800 souls

Wrath of the Gods - Reward for reaching Rank 2 in Blue Sentinels Covenant
- Chancellor Wellager (New Game ++) – 8,200 souls

Emit Force - Cromwell the Pardoner – 4,200 souls
- Blue Sentinel Targray – 4,200 souls
- Found in No-Man's Wharf (top ledge as you go to ring the bell, on a corpse)

Heavenly Thunder - Cromwell the Pardoner – 3,300 souls
- Blue Sentinel Targray – 3,300 souls

Lightning Spear - Licia of Lindelt – 6,000 souls
- Found in Earthen Peak

Great Lightning Spear - Straid of Olaphis (after clearing the Undead Crypt/defeating Velstadt) – 13,000 souls
- Found in The Pit
- Found in Undead Crypt

Sunlight Spear - Reward for reaching Rank 3 in the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (need to assist 30 players with boss fights successfully AFTER joining the covenant OR be assisted by other covenant players when fighting a boss).

Soul Appease - Stone Trader Chloanne – 8,800 souls
- Grave Warden Agdayne – 8,800 souls

Blinding Bolt - Trade Old King Soul with Straid of Olaphis (New Game +) – 10,000 souls

Magic Barrier - Head of Vengarl – 2,700 souls
- Felkin the Outcast – 2,700 souls

Great Magic Barrier - Chancellor Wellager – 9,300 souls
- Found in Aldia's Keep

Homeward - Licia of Lindelt – 2,400 souls

Guidance - Licia of Lindelt – 3,700 souls

Sacred Oath - Trade Soul of Velstadt with Straid of Olaphis – 3,000 souls

Unveil - Straid of Olaphis – 2,200 souls

Perseverance - Cromwell the Pardoner – 3,500 souls

Sunlight Blade - Straid of Olaphis (after defeating Velstadt) – 12,400 souls
- Found in Shrine of Amana

(The following are only required if you have the Scholar of the First Sin version of the game):

Denial - Crown of the Sunken King DLC. Need to shoot arrows into a switch near the end of the area (on a bridge where a Priestess was found) to open a room with this inside.

Splintering Lightning Spear - Crown of the Ivory King DLC. After the second bonfire there is tower next to the point where you drop down to grab the Eye of the Priestess, this tower has an invisible ladder you can climb to get this spell (ladder becomes visible if you come back holding the Eye).

Gestures

You start the game with a number of gestures, but will need to learn the following for the achievement (note: you do not need to actively USE them in any way, but if you are doing jolly co-op then why not?):

Welcome – Speak to Crestfallen Saulden, who is sat on the stone monument in Majula go through all his dialogue to learn this.

Duel Bow – Speak to Blue Sentinel Targray in the Cathedral of Blue (found in Heide’s Tower of Flame area) after acquiring a Token of Fidelity, you can find one on aledge just under the bridge leading to the Undead Purgatory in Huntsmans Copse OR acquire by helping other players via the White Soapstone. You HAVE to join the covenant for him to give you the option of learning the gesture (but you can leave after).

Fist Pump – In Huntsman's Copse, after you lower the huge iron bridge cross it to come to a bonfire behind a locked door, take the Cliffside path nearby (rather than the caves) and follow it to another small cave that has some enemies and the Lockaway key. Return to the locked room and speak to Creighton the Wanderer to learn this. (In Scholar of the First Sin the key location has changed slightly, it is now on the large open ledge, directly above the small cave it was previously in).

Joy – From Majula head back towards Things Betwixt but take the right hand cave instead. Speak to Benhart (with the blue sword) and then examine the statue up ahead. You need a Fragrant Branch of Yore to un-petrify Rosabeth of Melfia here, once you have done so go back and speak to Benhart again to learn this gesture.

Warmup – First purchase the Ring of Whispers from the cat in Majula (costs 5,800 souls) then speak to Manscorpion Tark in the Shaded Ruins (he is at the bottom of the left hand building as you face the giant basilisk in this area) after defeating Scorpioness Najka (you may need to rest first if you summoned him to help in the fight).

Hurrah! – Can only be acquired AFTER speaking to the Ancient Dragon and getting the Ashen Mist Heart. Then go to the Forest of Fallen Giants and access the Memory of Vammar (tree that looks like a giant near the ballista room). Speak to Captain Drummond in the memory to learn the gesture.

This one's me – When you first get to Castle Drangleic go up the stairs ahead and speak to Chancellor Wellager (the ghost) repeatedly until he teaches you the gesture.

Have mercy! – Shortly into the Undead Crypt (after the first rooms with the ghouls and spellcasters) someone will call out to you. DO NOT HAVE A LIT TORCH OR SORCERY AT THIS POINT. Follow the path and speak to Grave Warden Agdayne to learn the gesture.

Prostration – In Earthen Peak, after the second bonfire that is behind a fog gate, go up the stairs outside that room and smash the wooden fencing ahead of you. Go along the ledge to the left to meet Laddersmith Gilligan, pay him 2000 souls for a ladder to reach a Lockstone and he will teach you this. If you miss him he will move to Majula AFTER you defeat the area boss and be sat by the pit near the mansion.

Decapitate – From the Ruined Fork Road in the Shaded Woods enter the foggy door and stick to the left hand wall, follow it up to a ruined circle and speak to the Head of Vengarl repeatedly to learn.

Mock – In the Lost Bastille, just before the bridge to Sinners Rise, you can go up some stairs to some cells with a petrified wizard. Use a Fragrant Branch of Yore to free Straid of Olaphis then speak to him repeatedly to learn this gesture.

Praise the Sun – Just before you enter the large building (Earthen Peak) via the door with all of the poison pots in Harvest Valley, there is a small path that runs across to the left above the poison smog with the two Dark Giants. Follow this to the Alter of Sunlight and you can learn this without having to rank up in the Covenant.