Talk:Sinners' Rise/@comment-173.187.179.42-20140408012424/@comment-134.3.47.112-20140515040043

There is actually another, although well-hidden way, that allows you to get there without killing the sentinels. When you unlocked the area coming from No-Man's Wharf you can destroy some wood blocking a way in the courtyard behind McDuff's Workshop. Following that path you get to a big room with one of Pharros' Contraptions. Spending one lockstone unlocks a room with an elevator. The elevator leads to an area* otherwise only accessible after defeating the sentinels**, from where a path leads to Sinner's Rise.


 * One floor below the elevators' destination is an illusionary wall that leads to a few items.


 * You cannot get to the boss fight from this side.