Darkroot Garden

An overgrown forest of stone knights and tree men. Behind the Crest of Artorias door lie the Moonlight Butterfly and Great Grey Wolf Sif.

Suggested level: 20–40

Bosses

Moonlight Butterfly: Shoot it while it hovers and hit it hard when it lands on the bridge. Witch Beatrice can be summoned.
Great Grey Wolf Sif: Stay under Sif near the left front paw to avoid most sword sweeps. Drops the Covenant of Artorias, needed to fight the Four Kings.

Bonfires

Darkroot Garden

Items found here

Stone Greatsword: Sold by Shiva of the East (Forest Hunter members); rare drop from Giant Stone Knights in Darkroot Garden.
Partizan: On a corpse in Darkroot Garden below a two-headed lizard, near the Elite Knight armor.
Longbow: On a ledge on the path from Darkroot Garden down to the Basin, with the Hunter set.
Black Bow of Pharis: Dropped by Pharis, the hunter on the cliff near Alvina in Darkroot Garden.
Stone Greatshield: Rare drop from Giant Stone Knights in Darkroot Garden.
Pharis's Hat: Dropped by a bow-wielding Forest Protector past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Leather Armor: Hunter starting gear; on a platform on the path between Darkroot Garden and Darkroot Basin.
Leather Gloves: Hunter starting gear; on a platform on the path between Darkroot Garden and Darkroot Basin.
Leather Boots: Hunter starting gear; on a platform on the path between Darkroot Garden and Darkroot Basin.
Eastern Helm: On a cliff outcrop past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Eastern Armor: On a cliff outcrop past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Eastern Gauntlets: On a cliff outcrop past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Eastern Leggings: On a cliff outcrop past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Elite Knight Helm: On a corpse in the small forest past the white fog right of the sealed door in Darkroot Garden.
Elite Knight Armor: On a corpse in the small forest past the white fog right of the sealed door in Darkroot Garden.
Elite Knight Gauntlets: On a corpse in the small forest past the white fog right of the sealed door in Darkroot Garden.
Elite Knight Leggings: On a corpse in the small forest past the white fog right of the sealed door in Darkroot Garden.
Stone Helm: In a chest under the bridge past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Stone Armor: In a chest under the bridge past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Stone Gauntlets: In a chest under the bridge past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Stone Leggings: In a chest under the bridge past the Crest of Artorias door in Darkroot Garden.
Wolf Ring: Hidden path in lower Darkroot Garden behind a living tree near the stone knights.
Hornet Ring: Behind the tombstone where Sif appears, at the end of Darkroot Garden.
Dark Wood Grain Ring: Dropped by Shiva's ninja bodyguard (Forest Hunter covenant, Darkroot Garden or Blighttown).
Covenant of Artorias: Reward for defeating the Great Grey Wolf Sif.
Cat Covenant Ring: Gift for joining the Forest Hunter covenant with Alvina.
Look Skyward: Learned from Shiva of the East after joining the Forest Hunters.
Watchtower Basement Key: At the top of the tower after the Moonlight Butterfly bridge.
Soul of Sif: Dropped by Great Grey Wolf Sif.
Soul of the Moonlight Butterfly: Dropped by the Moonlight Butterfly.
Divine Ember: Held by a petrified blacksmith at the top of the tower past the Moonlight Butterfly.
Enchanted Ember: In a chest in shallow water between the cat's tower and the mushroom area, guarded by large mushrooms.

Walkthrough: Darkroot Garden

Kill the three Giant Cats.
Lure out the Mushroom People and open the chest for the Enchanted Ember.
Head deeper to the broken tower by the bridge and open the chest behind it for the Stone Knight Set.
Alvina of the Darkroot Wood waits past the bridge. Swear to the Forest Hunter covenant if you like; she hands over the Cat Covenant Ring.
As a Forest Hunter, talk to Shiva of the East here so you can shop with him later.
If you did not join the covenant:
Kill Pharis for the Black Bow of Pharis and Pharis's Hat.
Clear the other hostile hunters in this part of the forest.
In the lower forest, kill the Ents and pick up the Eastern Set.
Go back to the bonfire through the Crest of Artorias door you opened.
Take the gap in the wall right of the door and head down. Picking up the soul on the right wakes three Ents.
Strike the tree to the right just after the fog gate; it hides a secret path.
In the hidden clearing, take down the Stone Knight first, then the one by the tower; the Wolf Ring is your reward.
On your way out, more Stone Knights and Ents wake up. Finish them.
Pick up the Elite Knight Set.
Look in a recess in the left-hand wall for the Partizan.
Defeat the Moonlight Butterfly.
Witch Beatrice can be summoned at the foot of the tower that leads to the boss. Summon her if you want her help against the Four Kings later.
The tower beside the arena holds the Watchtower Basement Key, the Divine Ember and a Homeward Bone.
Return to the bonfire.
Go back through the forest and defeat Great Grey Wolf Sif for the Covenant of Artorias. Grab the Hornet Ring from the corpse by the grave.
Optional co-op: summons are rare, but aim for levels 15–25 for the Butterfly and 20–50 for Sif.
Bring the Divine Ember to Andre of Astora and upgrade if needed.
Return to Firelink Shrine.
Reah and her guards have left for the Catacombs. Talk to Petrus of Thorolund if he is around; killing him now stops him from murdering Reah later.
Run down to New Londo Ruins and give the Enchanted Ember to Rickert of Vinheim.
As a Forest Hunter who met Shiva, visit him in Blighttown:
Learn the Look Skyward gesture from Shiva of the East.
His stock includes rare weapons and the East Wood Grain Ring.
When done shopping you can kill him and his bodyguard for their gear, but you will be expelled from the covenant.
If they escape, they return to the forest spot where you first met them.
Finally, head back to the Undead Parish bonfire by Andre's forge.