Play around with it, see how it works for you. Start your day with two 16 ounce glasses of water, before coffee or breakfast and drink plenty during the day. Drink a glass before lunch, and ditto before dinner. A gallon is certainly not too much, and again, if you live in a hot humid climate, it may not be enough. I have lived in both Texas - hot or hot and humid - and Minnesota - very cold but dry cold - and found that people did not drink enough water.
Players may also burn certain items in Bonfires to achieve effects. Bonfires serve as access points for Item Box drops. Due to the lack of a pause feature in Dark Souls 2, Bonfires are an integral point for players to take a break from play.
In the Reeking Cave, visited during the quest Diplomatic Immunity, there is a Dark Elf corpse. In Darkshade, southwest of Windhelm, the body of a dead female Dark Elf can be found at the back of the cave near the bottom of the ramp that leads to a chest. A permanent corpse of a Dark Elf can be found at Evergreen Grove. At The Ritual Stone there is normally a Dark Elf Necromancer who can be killed and then have her blood harvested. Drelas Cottage, on the opposite side of the mountain to Morthal, contains a hostile Dark Elf mage named Drelas.