Seven things to find early in Dark Souls II.
Your early hours of Dark Souls II are a critical time, when you first come to terms with the abundant challenges of the kingdom of Drangleic. Taking on challenges in an optimal order really does relieve some of the stress and help you get off on a good footing. Below are things you should seek out early in the game to ease the arduous road ahead.
Ring of Binding.
You need this badly. So, so badly. Here's why: whenever you die in Dark Souls 2, you become a little more Hollow. Hollowing reduces your max HP, and after a few deaths you'll find your available HP reduced by half. The only be able to recover your loss is though the use of Human Effigies, which are more precious than gold in the first sections of Dark Souls 2.
The Ring of Binding changes all of this. When worn as a Hollowed, it raises your maximum health to 75%... Still a handicap, but the difference between life and death a dozen times over.
The Ring of Binding is located in a chest just outside the Cathedral of Blue before the Old Dragonslayer Boss, just across the raised drawbridge from the Heide's Tower of Flame zone. To reach it from Majula, you'll need to be able to overcome a total of eight Old Knights guarding the path, a tall order for a new character. The Knights are very slow, but extremely durable, and they relentlessly follow characters who sprint past them.
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