Dark Souls II Scholar Of The First Sin Master Of Sorcery Trophy Guide

Aldia’s Keep, Foregarden bonfire.
This is by far the trickiest NPC to be able to acquire spells from. I will give you a complete overview of what’s required below. Firstly, get to Aldia’s Keep, then proceed inside, go around to the right to speak with Navlaan.
Please Note: There is a lever at the end of the left path that will free Navlaan, it is very important that you !!DO NOT TOUCH THIS LEVER!! as he will disappear and also go on an NPC killing spree when he’s out which can seriously mess up your current playthrough.

Speak with Navlaan whilst you’re Hollow (die at least once and don’t use a Human Effigy) and he will request a few things of you before he will sell you his spells. Your first task is to bring him a Ladder Miniature, which can be acquired from Laddersmith Gilligan (found in Earthen Peak, speak with Gilligan to send him back to Majula) in Majula. You can purchase a Ladder Miniature after you have purchased the longest ladder for 12,000 souls, once acquired, take this back to Navlaan.

Navlaan will then instruct you to collect the Helm of Cale the Cartographer, to find Cale, go to the Forest of Fallen Giants, once you have gone up the stairs, drop down to the right just before you go up the tree trunk to where you can fight the Pursuer. Go up the ladder, across the rooftops to go to the top right corner of this area, watch out for the rolling boulder, speak with Cale to send him back to Majula, once he’s there, you will need to light all of the bonfires in the mansion.

Once you have lit every bonfire and have unlocked Curious Map, Cale will gift you his Helm so take this back to Navlaan. Next up, you need to acquire the Sunset Staff, this used to be easily acquired by killing the mimic outside Aldia’s Keep, however, in the SOTFS version of the game (PS4, Xbox One etc), it can ONLY be acquired from Felkin The Outcast in Huntsman Copse.

In order to acquire the Sunset Staff, you will need 20 Intelligence AND 20 Faith which, if you run a melee build can be a bit of a pain to grind to. You do have the option of killing Felkin to acquire the staff, however, ensure you have acquired all of Felkins’ Hexes before hand, otherwise Master Of Hexes will be unobtainable on this playthrough so having the required stats is the best option here. Once you have the Sunset Staff, return to Navlaan.

Finally you will be tasked with finding the Aged Feather, this can be acquired from the Emerald Herald who appears at the start of the Dragon Aerie location, speak with the Herald to acquire the Aged Feather then return to Navlaan. Please Note: you don’t actually lose the items, simply having any of the 4 required items in your inventory, is enough of a requirement for Navlaan.

After you have acquired all 4 of the items he requires, you will then receive the Unleash Magic sorcery and Navlaan will now sell you his sorceries. Just don’t ever pull the lever on the left pathway as this will still free him! In addition to the 5 NPCs listed above, you will also need to acquire Boss Souls then trade them in with Straid Of Olaphis in The Lost Bastille to acquire additional sorceries.

There are several sorceries located through the world of Drangleic in varying locations, including 2 of the 3 DLC packs (included with the S.O.F.T.S. version), the Crown of the Sunken King and the Crown of Ivory King. Then finally, you will also need to join the Bell Keeper Covenant (click the link to go to the Clangorous Covenant guide for information on this). I will give you the full list of all 31 Sorceries and where you can acquire them from and the stats required to use them.