Resting at A Vestige
If you want to exit the Umbral realm and return to Axiom at any point, you can rest at the Vestige points.
Stay in the Umbral here, or return to it if you rested at the Vestige. You’ll need to be in the Umbral to see the memory that appears in the next section. Head left from the Vestige, and drop down to see what looks like a soul kneeling.
Use Soulflay to extract the memory from the soul here and watch the memory play out. These are called Stigmas and will show you fragments from the past. Go left of the Stigma to collect a 3x Minor Holy Salts.
Head back toward the Stigma, then go left and into the trees. This not only allows you to collect an item here but also flank the enemy that waits at the end of this section. Pick up the 3x Fire Ward and then dispatch the enemy. Get ready to take on two more as soon as you emerge from this path.
Continue along this path, and you'll see an Effigy on the left that will allow you to exit Umbral here. Immediately to the right here, you'll see a small alley. There are three enemies hiding in here, but you'll likely only spot one from the Effigy.
Clear these out, then walk toward the next section, where you'll see a corpse hanging from a tree with an item on it in the distance. Don't go straight for the item and the body, instead take the first gate on the left, where you'll see the glow of another item.
There's an enemy waiting at the far end of this section, but be careful as you walk towards it, as one will emerge from the wooden wall on the left. You can get the jump on them by smashing through the wooden wall and taking them out. Once this area is clear, pick up the Broken Sword.
Approaching the tree, look for the enemy on higher ground, who will throw fireballs at you. Deal with them first, so you can concentrate on the two that circle the tree. Additionally, here, you’ll find another creature that can throw fireballs that have a parasite attached to it. This will pace up and down on the right-hand side of the enemy on the raised platform. Use your Umbral Lamp to kill the parasite and make the creature vulnerable to attacks. When this area is cleared, hit the corpse on the tree to drop the Pilgrim Garb and Pilgrim Skirt.
Then go behind the tree, to the left. You'll find another enemy waiting just by the iron gates on the right. Once you've got rid of them, go left to the wooden crates. These can all be smashed and you'll find enemies hiding behind them, as well as items from the body in the left corner, which is 2x Ammunition Pouch and 2x Small Manastone Cluster.
Go into the Umbral now and head for the exit of this area, which is where you found the enemy with the parasite. Look to the right as you make your way towards the stairs, to see an enemy with a heavy sword near the barn door. This enemy can be challenging at the start of the game with fire attacks, projectiles, and heavy swings of the sword, so take your time, or dash past it.
Collect the item (Orian Preacher Shield) and go to the right to climb up a ladder. You can cross a bone bridge here to reach the roof of the thatched house and you'll see a corpse above with an item. Knock it down, then drop down on the other side to fight two more creatures and collect additional items in this area as well as the one you knocked down. The items you should be able to collect in this area include a Raw Mangler Axe and 2x Enervated Vigor Skull.
When you're done, go up the wooden slope on the right and circle back around to the stairs going up and out of the area. You can leave the Umbral here to return to Axiom and continue the ascent up. As you reach the wooden planks, you'll find two enemies hiding behind it. Once they're clear, continue up the stairs and look for the enemy hiding on the left by the door.
At the top, you'll see an enemy gazing off into the distance. You'll be given a tutorial here on how to stagger enemies and attack them from behind. Once you've completed this, go to the left of where the enemy stood and smash the planks. Here you can pick up 3x Unripe Berries. Now continue left and up the next set of stairs.
As you reach the top of the stairs, you'll see a door. This is locked for now, so go toward it but turn left instead. Tucked away, you'll be able to see the next Vestige — the Vestige of Marco the Axe. Rest if needed, and use this as a checkpoint.
Go into the Umbral here and look toward the door again, but go left and look down. You can Soulflay a soul here to lower a ledge that will allow you to drop down. Go right to the bottom, and Soulflay the target in the center, surrounded by the stone-like souls to pick up the Umbral Eye of Betrayed Eliard. Then go to the right of this statue to find another Stigma you can Soulflay and receive 2x Umbral Scouring.
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