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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

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Find all 12 Estus Flask Shards in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin to upgrade your Estus Flask. Bring them to the Emerald Herald in Majula.

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Find all 12 Estus Flask Shards in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin to upgrade your Estus Flask. Bring them to the Emerald Herald in Majula.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Majula - Shard #1: In a corpse inside the well outside the mansion. You have to strike the stone on the well for the corpse to come up from the well.
  2. 2
    Majula - Shard #2: In a corpse behind a wall in the basement of the mansion, after you obtain its key.
  3. 3
    Forest of Fallen Giants - Shard #3: After gaining the Soldier Key, go up the stairs in the Cardinal Tower and open the door there. In the second room you will find a chest with a Shard and a Small White Sign Soapstone.
  4. 4
    Lost Bastille - Shard #4: From the left side of the first courtyard, there will be a corridor leading to a chest, containing the shard.
  5. 5
    No-Man's Wharf - Shard #5: In a chest inside a one story building, to the left of the stairs that leads down to the side of the docks with the ship. There are two sleeping enemies and numerous poison jars. The item is contained in a metal chest at the corner of the room.
  6. 6
    Earthen Peak - Shard #6: Down a poison filled hallway as you enter the second room. Setting the windmill on fire in the next area also drains this hallway of poison.
  7. 7
    Shaded Woods - Shard #7: Start from the Shaded Ruins bonfire; head to the hole in the ground near the giant basilisk, behind a locked door opened with the Fang Key.
  8. 8
    Shaded Woods - Shard #8: Found in a room opposite the Old Akerlarre bonfire.
  9. 9
    Brightstone Cove Tseldora - Shard #9: Before the Prowling Magus Boss fight, there is an illusionary wall to the left of the boss fog wall with the shard inside.
  10. 10
    Brightstone Cove Tseldora - Shard #10: The second is on a corpse in a building opposite the lower brightstone Bonfire.
  11. 11
    Drangleic Castle - Shard #11: In the room with a gated door, past the large room with 4 Alonne Knight snipers, 2 Syan Knights.
  12. 12
    Drangleic Castle - Shard #12: (Implicitly available as there are 12 total shards and 11 upgrades)
Tips
  • There are 12 Flask Shards in total.
  • You can only upgrade your Estus Flask 11 times.
  • The maximum amount of sips from your flask is 12.

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