How to get to the second floor of the Lecture Building

These items can be used as markers to stop you getting lost in certain areas, for example in

the Forbidden Woods,

which can be a little confusing.

So you might find you need to use them eventually!

I stumbled across this reddit post and it turns out multiple players have also experienced this. Turns out there is a way to retrieve your blood echoes. Go to the Lecture Building and, for some unexplained reason, your blood echoes will be in the room adjacent to the bonfire. I really hope this helps someone out in the future. Happy hunting!

Update:

I did a little experiment where I intentionally died, exited the game and continued. I can confirm that regardless of where you died, you can always go back to the Lecture Building (1st Floor) and find your blood echoes waiting for you.