Dark Souls II's HundoDex

Dragon Aerie

Bridges between cliffs full of Crystal Lizards and dragon nests.

  • Suggested level: 100–130

Bonfires

  • Dragon Aerie

Items found here

  • Dragon Tooth: On a corpse in an egg nest in Dragon Aerie.
  • Flame Quartz Ring+2: Dropped by a Guardian Dragon in Dragon Aerie.
  • Aged Feather: Given by the Emerald Herald when you meet her at the start of Dragon Aerie.
  • Bonfire Ascetic: Dragon Aerie: cave across the first bridge, blocked by a statue you free with a Fragrant Branch of Yore.

Walkthrough: Dragon Aerie

  • Walk up the path, skip the left fork for now and talk to the Emerald Herald for the Aged Feather
  • Back at the fork, cross the bridge and light the Dragon Aerie bonfire
  • You can skip the aerie entirely by climbing the ladder, riding the zip line and crossing to the Dragon Shrine
  • Exploding citizens wreck durability and breaking eggs angers the dragons and can collapse the last bridge, so move carefully; the dragons stay calm unless provoked
  • Cross the bridge and free the cave statue with a Fragrant Branch of Yore for a Bonfire Ascetic
  • Kill the Crystal Lizard on the right for a Radiant Lifegem, then three more up the path
  • The Guardian Dragons here can be killed for loot such as the Flame Quartz Ring+2; another lizard waits up the right ramp
  • Corpses nearby hold a Darknight Stone, Dragon Tooth, Boltstone and Soul of a Brave Warrior; past the next bridge grab an Old Radiant Lifegem
  • Over two more bridges, kill the Dark Priestess on the right for a Petrified Dragon Bone and the three Crystal Lizards near the dragon
  • The second dragon can drop Fire Tempest; loot a Soul of a Great Hero and Large Soul of a Brave Warrior nearby
  • In the cave drop right, turn around and kill the lizard, then drop to the bottom for another lizard and the third dragon (Twinkling Titanite, Petrified Dragon Bone, Petrified Something)
  • Collect a Soul of a Great Hero, the Ring of the Evil Eye+1, a Bleed Stone, a Dragon Charm and a Firedrake Stone
  • In the right-hand cave drop off the ledge for a Soul of a Brave Warrior and Pharros' Lockstone, then warp back with the Aged Feather
  • Up the ladder, skip the zip line and drop off the path's ledge for Twinkling Titanite
  • Ride the zip line and drop onto the platform for a Soul of a Great Hero
  • Cross the final bridge into the building and light Shrine Entrance
  • NG+: the cave below the first nest has Elizabeth Mushrooms and the second nest path has extra Petrified Dragon Bones