Dark Souls II/Unused Areas

This is a sub-page of Dark Souls II.

Unused Areas

Name	Title card	Notes
Firelink Throne		Possible name of the area used for the final cut-scene and was internally named for consistency
Sunken Throne		Despite being a major character in the DLC, neither the Sunken King nor his throne are encountered in the Sunken City (Found amongst the other areas in the Crown of the Sunken King DLC)
Underground Corridor		(Found amoungst the other areas in the Crown of the Ivory King DLC)
Altar of Prayer		See above
Cavern of the Gallant		See above
Proving Grounds		Possible name of the Lud and Zallen boss arena (Found amoungst the other areas in the Crown of the Ivory King DLC)

(Source: Dark Souls II Wiki - Unused Content)

(Source: GameFAQs - Proving Grounds)

Unused Levels

Iron Keep

The Gutter

Undead Crypt

(Source: Dark Souls II Wiki - Unused Content)

Prototype Iron Keep

Video about the alpha version of Iron Keep made by SanaDsK (now Omega Fantasy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXowyshRW0Q

Prototype Gutter

Video about the cut content surrounding The Gutter made by Illusory Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_YcEvpAafE

Prototype Aldia Keep

Couldn't view this with DSMapStudio at the time (2021) since it was (and might be) a jumbled mess. So I had the assets loaded in-game to take screenshots

Prison Cages

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  Some prison cages

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  Prison Cages. Most likely for experiments

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  iirc, there are two rows of cages

Library

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  Downstairs

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  Upstairs

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  Aerial View 1. Stone textures are placeholders

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  Aerial View 2