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Pharros' Lockstone

Activates Pharros contraptions to open hidden rooms, light areas or spring traps.

  • Category: Unique Items – Consumable

Where to find it

Found in most areas; Melentia sells one and Explorers start with one.

Walkthrough steps

  • Forest of Fallen Giants: Meet Merchant Hag Melentia and buy Lenigrast's Key first; she also sells a Traveling Merchant Hat, Pharros' Lockstone, Fragrant Branch of Yore, Soul Arrow, Heal and basic weapons
  • Forest of Fallen Giants: Down the ladder, open the trapped chest for a Titanite Shard, then use a Pharros' Lockstone on the hidden door for the Chloranthy Ring and a Titanite Slab
  • Forest of Fallen Giants: Back in Majula open the mansion with the House Key: Pharros' Lockstone in the library, Titanite Shards and a Torch upstairs
  • No-man's Wharf: Back downstairs, use a Pharros' Lockstone to light the whole wharf
  • The Pit / Grave of Saints: The next platform has a Pharros' Lockstone; then jump across for Poison Moss
  • The Pit / Grave of Saints: Use a Pharros' Lockstone to drop the bridge near the top; cross for Poison Moss, then go upstairs for Whisper of Despair and a Torch
  • The Pit / Grave of Saints: Drop down the hole for a Pharros' Lockstone, then use the coffins to reach the walkway and the Bleed Stone at its end
  • The Lost Bastille / Belfry Luna: A Pharros' Lockstone opens a hidden room with a Soul Vessel
  • The Lost Bastille / Belfry Luna: Use a Pharros' Lockstone to open the way into Belfry Luna
  • Huntsman's Copse / Undead Purgatory: Climb the ladder and make the tough jump to the pillar for a Pharros' Lockstone and a Token of Fidelity
  • Harvest Valley: Use a Pharros' Lockstone there to reveal the Poisonbite Ring and a Soul of a Proud Knight
  • Earthen Peak: Break the fence, walk left along the ledge and meet Laddersmith Gilligan; pay him 2,000 souls to lower a ladder to a Pharros' Lockstone and Twinkling Titanite
  • Earthen Peak: Higher up, a trapped chest holds a Pharros' Lockstone
  • Black Gulch: Follow the cliff to a cave with a petrified statue; free it, light the Hidden Chamber bonfire and take the Pharros' Lockstone from the jar
  • Black Gulch: Defeat The Rotten; summon Lucatiel of Mirrah (2nd fight), Lone Hunter Schmidt or Bashful Ray. Cutting his left arm drops a Pharros' Lockstone later. Reward: Soul of the Rotten and 47,000 souls
  • Iron Keep / Belfry Sol: Upstairs take the Pharros' Lockstone on the left, open the hidden door on the right for Fire Arrows and the next hidden door by the ballista
  • Iron Keep / Belfry Sol: Through the door, a Pharros' Lockstone reveals a hidden ladder to the Thunder Quartz Ring+1
  • Shaded Woods: Take a Fading Soul on the path, then a Pharros' Lockstone up on the left where the stone walls begin
  • Shaded Woods: In the building full of curse pots, go downstairs for a Soul of a Brave Warrior and Pharros' Lockstone
  • Shaded Woods: In the barrel ruins kill the three Lion Warriors, then go upstairs for a Pharros' Lockstone and Soul of a Brave Warrior
  • Doors of Pharros: Drop down and use a Pharros' Lockstone on the water contraption before the big door for Santier's Spear
  • Doors of Pharros: By the stairs a corpse has a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier and Pharros' Lockstone
  • Brightstone Cove Tseldora: Left door at the pit: Pharros' Lockstone in the jar and a Flame Butterfly behind the shelves
  • Brightstone Cove Tseldora: Descend the web maze: Torch behind a pillar, Pharros' Lockstone opposite, a Radiant Lifegem stuck in the web, and at the floor Corrosive Urns, Simpleton's Spice plus a Twilight Herb
  • Sinners' Rise / Shrine of Winter: Kill the exploding prisoners in the lower cells for a Soul of a Proud Knight and Pharros' Lockstone
  • Drangleic Castle / King's Passage: In the statue hall, kill enemies near the golem statues to open each door (a Ruin Sentinel waits behind every one): one has a Pharros' Lockstone, one the Mastodon Greatsword, one the Royal Soldier's Ring+1, and one a collapsing floor
  • Shrine of Amana: Through the fog light Crumbled Ruins; a Pharros' Lockstone in the water by the ramp gives the Helix Halberd
  • Undead Crypt: Quickly destroy every statue and the bell-ringer, then reveal the illusory wall on the left and use a Pharros' Lockstone
  • Aldia's Keep: Pull the statue chain to open the door, light the corridor with a Pharros' Lockstone and take a Radiant Lifegem (acolytes hide behind paintings)
  • Aldia's Keep: First left door: Pharros' Lockstone behind shelves, then an illusory wall to the Ritual Site bonfire
  • Dragon Aerie: 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
  • Dragon Shrine: Use a Pharros' Lockstone on the contraption under the stairs for the Judgment set
  • Memory of Orro: Take the Fading Soul; a Pharros' Lockstone opens a wall with a trapped chest holding Soul of a Hero items
  • Frozen Eleum Loyce: Open the shortcut through the cave, then avoid killing near the dormant Facsimile Giants; take Charcoal Pine Resins and a Pharros' Lockstone
  • Frozen Eleum Loyce: Over the bridge to the right take Prism Stones, Goldenfruit Balms and a Large Soul of a Brave Warrior; a Pharros' Lockstone reveals Durgo's Hat
  • Frigid Outskirts: Use a Pharros' Lockstone in the next building only if you want its healing pool