Dark Souls 2 Gifts Guide will help you on how to best use them in the game so you can advance.
Gifts are item in which you as the player will need to find and from character creation. You will need to have all the eight gifts to choose from in total. See below all the gifts that you can gather during the game.
TOC: Walkthrough, Leveling Up, Dying and healing, Human Effigy Locations, Inventory and Equipment, MaJula Items Locations, Achievements, Heides Tower of Flame Items Locations, Key Locations, Rings Locations, Bonfires Locations
Life Ring: This ring of old slightly increases HP. Increases HP by 5%
Human Effigy:
A familiar looking effigy. Returns the hollowed to life.
- Removes any penalties to the player’s health bar due to deaths while hollow
- User is turned human and is more likely to be invaded.
- Can be burned at the bonfire to disable all direct multiplayer interactions (no summoning/invading)
Healing Wares:
Various items used to cure poison and restore HP. Essential for anyone travelling Drangleic.
Includes:
- 10 Lifegem (Total of 20 Lifegem at start)
- 3 Radiant Lifegem
- 1 Old Radiant Lifegem
Homward Bone:
Returns you to the bonfire last rested at. Having one may ease your mind, but there are no easy journeys.
A seed grown from a Tree of Giants. Inedible.
- Makes mobs hostile towards invaders.
Bonfire Ascetic
Toss into a bonfire to raise the strength of nearby foes.Only for those who seek greater challenges.
- Nearby foes make ??? more damage / have ??? more health.
- It is suggested in the guide that the Bonfire Ascetic has the effect of raising the NG level of the area in which it is used. If used in NG+, it is possible to acquire new weapons and secrets that would be found in NG++ at the cost of NG++ difficulty.
Patrefied
A simple petrified lump. It may be of some use, someday.
- Can be traded with Dyna and Tillo for a random high-tier item.