Assuming you have the soldier key on you climb down the ladder by the cardinal tower bonfire then make your way towards where the misty gate was.
Where to go after central gutter bonfire.
Stuck at central gutter bonfire the 2nd bonfire it seems i can t find a way to progress or am missing something.
Towards the bottom end of the structure is the bonfire on a different platform.
Exiting and continuing the game will make the item appear where it should have dropped initially.
This bonfire is up above the path to black gulch the only reason you d want to use bonfire ascetics here is for multiple copies of the dark fog hex found on the ground level below or for multiple great clubs found on a rock ledge on the way down.
Kill the zombie and stand on the right.
The gutter is a very dark area so you may want to use a torch to make it easier to find your way.
Sometimes when an enemy drops an item it will go through the floor and fall to the bottom of the stage.
Smash them and welcome to the black gulch.
Head back to the bonfire and walk back up the the wooden bridge.
Oct 10 2015 11 24am take a ladder and make your way down.
After arriving in the gutter.
Go inside the room take a right and then go.
Light the bonfire then light a torch on the bonfire and continue straight ahead to find a vase and a pedestal you can light.
You ll see a bonfire in the distance.
From the bonfire there s a jar on the left hiding 2x dung pie next to a sconce you can light.
Light the pedestal then break the vase to obtain two dung pies.
There should be some pots blocking an exit.
You can also light some lamps on the way.
Jump down to the lower bridge and go up.
There doesn t appear to be a way back onto the ramp so wear the cat ring and drop to a larger wooden structure where you can light a sconce and find the bonfire across a small bridge hug the edges of the platform to get to the bridge.
From the second bonfire climb down one of the many ladders nearby and go to the floor with all of the hollows.
After you break the statues jump to the wooden bridges.
Run up to the ledge and jump towards the bonfire to light it.