Revisit Things Betwixt

Return to Things Betwixt to explore all areas and collect all treasures. Ensure you have a Fragrant Branch of Yore. Find Ogre x 2 on a beach and defeat them. Lure one at a time away from the beach to fight. If you approach the beach, the Pursuer would spawn. After defeating the Ogres, exhaust the dialogue of Housekeeper Milibeth and she would gift you the Handmaid's Ladle. For a high level character, the Handmaid's Ladle might seem like a joke weapon, which it really is. However, for a very low level character, such as an SL1 character, the Handmaid's Ladle increases each of Vitality and Endurance by one point. The weapon also increases Adaptability by two points, but at the cost of decreasing one point in Dexterity. For an SL1 character, the Handmaid's Ladle can be paired with the Peasant set to raise Adaptability to 14, enough to allow you to roll through most attacks.

49. Return to Things Betwixt, Dark Souls II: SotFS

Exhaust Strowen's dialogue to receive Human Effigy x 6. Find the nest of the Sparkling Sisters Dyna and Tillo. Trade with them by leaving each of the following items on their nest, one at a time, to receive a random reward: Prism Stones, Small Smooth & Silky Stones, Smooth & Silky Stones, Petrified Somethings. A number of sconces are scattered throughout Things Betwixt. Similar to the sconce invasion at The Gutter, light all sconces and an NPC red phantom would spawn. Unlike the invasion at The Gutter, there are no messages to warn that a red phantom has invaded.

Notable loots:

• Stone Ring. A guaranteed drop from the Ogre near the Old Ladies' house.
• Estus Flask Shard. On a corpse in a nest of Basilisks. The nest is blocked by a petrified enemy.
• Elemental stones. Random drop by the Basilisks. The path to the nest of Basilisks is blocked by a petrified enemy. Some of the useful stones dropped by the Basilisks include Raw Stone (physical damage), Faintstone (magic damage), Boltstone (lightning damage), Firedrake Stone (fire damage), and Darknight Stone (dark damage). A melee weapon infused with a Raw Stone can still be buffed by the various elemental resins, e.g. Gold Pine Resin and Aromatic Ooze, as well as being buffed by various spells. However, a melee weapon infused with a stone other than a Raw Stone can only be buffed by a spell. For example, your sword can be infused with a Boltstone and you can also buff the infused weapon with Flame Weapon in order to have physical, lightning, and fire damage. On the other hand, the Boltstone infused sword cannot be buffed with Charcoal Pine Resin.