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Elden Ring NPC Questlines Checklist

Every Elden Ring NPC questline step by step, with the missable points and the rewards, so you never lose a quest.

Melina

The hooded maiden who makes the accord with you, hands over Torrent and walks beside you toward the Erdtree and the Forge of the Giants.

  • Rest at your third Site of Grace in Limgrave (Gatefront is the usual one) and accept Melina's accord to unlock levelling and the Spectral Steed Whistle.
  • Accept her offer to bring you to Roundtable Hold, which comes after Margit, the Fell Omen or after resting at a grace outside Limgrave.
  • Rest at the Minor Erdtree Church grace outside Leyndell and talk to her to pick up the Outer Order gesture before the Erdtree burns.
  • Kill Morgott, the Omen King and rest at the Elden Throne grace; Melina returns and requests that you take her to the Forge of the Giants.
  • Stay away from the Three Fingers until the Erdtree is burning; taking the Frenzied Flame sooner makes Melina leave you for good.
  • Rest at the Forge of the Giants grace and speak to Melina to set the Erdtree alight and close her story.

Twin Maiden Husks

A pair of silent husks in a side room of Roundtable Hold whose shop grows with every Bell Bearing you bring them.

  • Visit the Twin Maiden Husks off the main hall of Roundtable Hold for basic goods, spirit ash stock and arrows.
  • Hand them each Bell Bearing you find; every one permanently adds that merchant's or smith's stock to their shop.

Finger Reader Enia

The old Finger Reader who speaks for the Two Fingers and turns remembrances into boss weapons, spells and armour.

  • Defeat your first Shardbearer, then enter the Two Fingers' chamber in Roundtable Hold to meet Enia; the Two Fingers grant the Rapture gesture.
  • Trade each remembrance with her for one of its rewards; the other choice needs a copy from a Walking Mausoleum or a new cycle.
  • Check her shop after each demigod falls, since she also sells their armour sets, which Boc the Seamster can later alter.

Smithing Master Hewg

The chained smith of Roundtable Hold who reinforces your arms and handles Ashes of War, bound to forge a weapon fit to kill a god.

  • Use Hewg in Roundtable Hold to upgrade weapons beyond +3 and to fit or duplicate Ashes of War.
  • Ask him about Roderika and carry their words back and forth until she becomes the Hold's spirit tuner (see Roderika).
  • After the Erdtree burns, Roderika asks you to talk Hewg into leaving the Hold; speak to him for his last words on the matter.

Miriel, Pastor of Vows

A giant mitred tortoise who keeps the Church of Vows, teaching spells from donated scrolls and prayerbooks and granting absolution.

  • Reach the Church of Vows on the eastern isle of Liurnia (or via the waygate below the Grand Library) and talk to Miriel.
  • Give him the Scrolls and Prayerbooks you collect so he can teach you their sorceries and incantations.
  • Hand him the Golden Order Principia to learn the Law of Regression, an alternative to Brother Corhyn for Goldmask's riddle.
  • If you wrong an NPC such as Ranni, use a Celestial Dew here to seek absolution and restore their trust.

Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon

Once defeated, the Carian queen stays in the Grand Library cradling her amber egg and offers rebirth to Tarnished who bring Larval Tears.

  • Defeat Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon in the Raya Lucaria Grand Library, then talk to her where she now sits.
  • Spend a Larval Tear with her to be reborn and reassign your attributes; doing it earns the Balled Up gesture.
  • Use her mirror option whenever you want to change your character's appearance.

Merchant Kalé

A travelling merchant sheltering in the Church of Elleh, the first shop you reach and the man who points you to Blaidd.

  • Visit Kalé inside the Church of Elleh and buy the essentials, notably the Crafting Kit and the Torch.
  • Once you have heard a wolf howling at the Mistwood Ruins, ask Kalé about it to learn the Finger Snap gesture.

White Mask Varré

A masked Bloody Finger loitering by the first grace who mocks you, then recruits you into Mohg's order of the Lord of Blood.

  • Talk to Varré beside The First Step grace soon after leaving the Stranded Graveyard.
  • Reach Roundtable Hold, then optionally return to The First Step for more of his jibes.
  • Defeat Godrick the Grafted or another Shardbearer and meet the Two Fingers and Enia in Roundtable Hold.
  • Before meeting him in Liurnia, return to The First Step and read the message he left to learn the Bravo! gesture.
  • Find Varré outside the Rose Church on an island in western Liurnia and take the Festering Bloody Fingers he offers.
  • Finish three invasions alongside them, or invade the Writheblood Ruins on the Altus Plateau and kill Magnus the Beast Claw.
  • Return to Varré, ask to be anointed and receive the Lord of Blood's Favor.
  • Soak the cloth in a dead maiden's blood; the body in the chair at the Church of Inhibition is the simplest choice.
  • Bring it back to Varré for the reusable Bloody Finger and the Pureblood Knight's Medal, which warps you to Mohgwyn Palace.
  • In Mohgwyn Palace, use the red sign near the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint grace to invade and defeat Varré.
  • Talk to the fallen Varré on the ground nearby until he dies, then pick up Varré's Bouquet.

Ranni the Witch

The Carian princess, first met disguised as Renna, who plots against the Greater Will and offers the Age of the Stars.

  • Once you own Torrent, warp to the Church of Elleh at night and talk to "Renna" for the Spirit Calling Bell and Lone Wolf Ashes.
  • Defeat Royal Knight Loretta at Caria Manor and climb past the Three Sisters to Ranni's Rise.
  • Offer your service to Ranni at the top of her tower; if Rogier's quest made her turn you away, consult him and return.
  • Go down the tower, speak to the spirits of Blaidd, Iji and Preceptor Seluvis, then talk to Ranni again to receive her task.
  • Help Blaidd in the Siofra River until Sorceress Sellen reveals that Starscourge Radahn must fall to open Nokron (see Blaidd).
  • Defeat Starscourge Radahn at Redmane Castle so the falling star tears open a crater in Limgrave.
  • Descend into Nokron, Eternal City and claim the Fingerslayer Blade at the Night's Sacred Ground.
  • Finish everything you want from Preceptor Seluvis first, because handing Ranni the blade leads to his death.
  • Give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni at Ranni's Rise and receive the Carian Inverted Statue.
  • Place the statue in the Carian Study Hall and climb the upturned Divine Tower of Liurnia for the Cursemark of Death.
  • Enter the now-open Renna's Rise beside Ranni's Rise and collect the Snow Witch set inside.
  • Ride the waygate at the top of Renna's Rise down to the Ainsel River Main.
  • Take the Miniature Ranni from the coffin, rest at the nearby grace and speak to the doll three times.
  • Fight through Nokstella, Eternal City and defeat the Baleful Shadow to earn the Discarded Palace Key.
  • Back in the Raya Lucaria Grand Library, open the locked chest at Rennala's side with that key to claim the Dark Moon Ring.
  • Wade over the Lake of Rot to the Grand Cloister, where a coffin carries you down to Astel, Naturalborn of the Void; defeat it.
  • Take the lift up to the Moonlight Altar and drop into the Cathedral of Manus Celes.
  • Slip the Dark Moon Ring onto Ranni's finger to receive the Dark Moon Greatsword.
  • After the final battle, touch the blue sign to summon Ranni instead of Marika's remains for the Age of the Stars ending.

Blaidd

A half-wolf warrior sworn to shadow Ranni, first heard howling in the Mistwood.

  • Wander near the Mistwood Ruins until you hear a wolf howling.
  • Ask Merchant Kalé at the Church of Elleh about the howling to learn the Finger Snap gesture.
  • Perform Finger Snap below the Mistwood Ruins so Blaidd jumps down and tells you about Bloodhound Knight Darriwil.
  • Summon Blaidd in the Forlorn Hound Evergaol, kill Bloodhound Knight Darriwil together and talk to him afterwards.
  • Mention Blaidd to Smithing Master Iji so the Carian Filigreed Crest appears in his shop.
  • After joining Ranni, find Blaidd watching from a cliff east of the Siofra River Bank grace and talk to him.
  • Visit Preceptor Seluvis at Seluvis's Rise and accept Seluvis's Introduction.
  • Hand the introduction to Sorceress Sellen at the Waypoint Ruins Cellar to learn how Nokron is sealed.
  • Carry Sellen's answer back to Blaidd in the Siofra River; he sets out for Redmane Castle.
  • Start the Radahn Festival, greet Blaidd at Redmane Castle and summon him against Starscourge Radahn if you wish.
  • With Radahn dead, speak to Blaidd near the Starscourge Radahn grace on the battlefield.
  • Return to the Mistwood Ruins and read the note he left behind.
  • Optionally free Blaidd from the Forlorn Hound Evergaol, where he has been locked away.
  • After Ranni's quest ends, return to Ranni's Rise and defeat the maddened Blaidd for the Royal Greatsword and his armour.
  • Climb onto the wall behind Seluvis's Rise to find the Black Wolf Mask.

Smithing Master Iji

Ranni's giant war counselor, working as a smith on the road below Caria Manor and keeping a fatherly eye on Blaidd.

  • Meet Iji at his forge by the Road to the Manor grace; he upgrades weapons and sells Somber Smithing Stones.
  • If you helped Blaidd against Darriwil, tell Iji that Blaidd sent you to unlock the Carian Filigreed Crest.
  • After swearing yourself to Ranni, talk to his spirit downstairs in Ranni's Rise, then to Iji himself.
  • Look in on him after Starscourge Radahn falls and again after Ranni receives the Fingerslayer Blade.
  • Once Blaidd is dead at Ranni's Rise, tell Iji about it and talk until he has nothing more to say.
  • Leave and come back to find Iji dead, then take Iji's Mirrorhelm and Iji's Bell Bearing.

Preceptor Seluvis

Ranni's scheming tutor who turns people into puppets and hopes to make one of his mistress.

  • Join Ranni at Ranni's Rise and speak to Seluvis's spirit downstairs; he asks you to visit his tower.
  • Climb Seluvis's Rise, his own tower among the Three Sisters, and accept Seluvis's Potion, which he wants Nepheli Loux to drink.
  • Pick the drinker: Nepheli Loux, the Dung Eater, or hand it to Sir Gideon Ofnir to quietly destroy it.
  • Report back to Seluvis to open his sorcery shop.
  • Drop through the illusory floor of a ruin between Ranni's Rise and Renna's Rise and read the note in his secret puppet room.
  • Ask Seluvis about the puppet room while carrying a Starlight Shard and take one free puppet, Jarwight or Finger Maiden Therolina.
  • Reload, then buy all his sorceries and a second puppet with Starlight Shards to hear his real scheme.
  • Retrieve the Amber Starlight from the rocky canyon northeast of the Altus Highway Junction grace.
  • Give him the Amber Starlight for the Magic Scorpion Charm, which cannot be obtained any other way.
  • Reload and accept the Amber Draught; giving it to Ranni stalls her quest until you are absolved at the Church of Vows.
  • If the Dung Eater drank the potion, buy the Dung Eater Puppet from Seluvis before Ranni gets the Fingerslayer Blade.
  • Once Ranni has the blade, find Seluvis dead in his tower and loot his Preceptor set.
  • Visit Pidia at Caria Manor afterwards for the puppet left on his body.

Pidia, Carian Servant

Seluvis's fawning servant who hides in Caria Manor selling oddities and shares his master's fate.

  • Drop from the Three Sisters onto the Caria Manor ramparts and find Pidia in the room above the Manor Lower Level grace.
  • Buy the Weathered Map from him; it marks where the Amber Starlight for Seluvis lies.
  • After Seluvis dies, return to find Pidia dead too and loot his Bell Bearing and a puppet: Nepheli Loux if she drank the potion, otherwise Dolores the Sleeping Arrow.

Fia

The Deathbed Companion of Roundtable Hold who embraces Tarnished and secretly serves those who died in life.

  • Let Fia hold you in Roundtable Hold; use the Baldachin's Blessing she gives right away to lift its max HP penalty.
  • Once Rogier asks you about the Black Knifeprint, let her hold you and talk in secret to receive the Knifeprint Clue.
  • After the Radahn Festival has begun, embrace Fia again and accept the Weathered Dagger.
  • Pass the Weathered Dagger on to D, Hunter of the Dead, who stands nearby in the Hold.
  • Reload, enter the newly opened room near Hewg, loot D's body and speak to Fia before she disappears.
  • Defeat the Valiant Gargoyles in Nokron's Siofra Aqueduct and lie in the coffin behind them to reach Deeproot Depths.
  • Defeat Fia's Champions above the Across the Roots grace, then let Fia hold you at the Prince of Death's Throne.
  • Bring her the Cursemark of Death from Ranni's quest in exchange for the Radiant Baldachin's Blessing.
  • Talk until she repeats herself, reload until she is asleep, then touch her to enter the dream of Lichdragon Fortissax.
  • Defeat Lichdragon Fortissax and take the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince, the key to the Age of the Duskborn ending.
  • Reload once more and collect Fia's Hood and Fia's Robe from her body.

D, Hunter of the Dead

A golden-armoured hunter of those who live in death, sworn to the Golden Order and wary of Fia.

  • Talk to D near the graves by the Summonwater Village Outskirts grace in Limgrave.
  • Defeat the Tibia Mariner haunting Summonwater Village and pick up its Deathroot.
  • Show D the Deathroot and accept his introduction; he marks the waygate to the Bestial Sanctum on your map.
  • Use the waygate north of the Third Church of Marika and give Gurranq the Deathroot.
  • Talk to D in Roundtable Hold so he starts selling incantations.
  • Optionally summon him against the Tibia Mariner above the Carian Study Hall and the Black Knife Assassin in the Black Knife Catacombs.
  • Hand D the Weathered Dagger once Fia gives it to you; he will not survive the night.
  • Reload, open the new room near Hewg and loot D's corpse for the Twinned set and D's Bell Bearing.

D, Beholder of Death

D's twin brother, who shares his armour and his vow, waiting by the Valiant Gargoyles in Nokron.

  • Find D's twin outside the Valiant Gargoyles' arena near the Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs grace in Nokron.
  • Give him the Twinned armour set to learn the Inner Order gesture; he can then join you against the Valiant Gargoyles.
  • Finish Fia's quest at the Prince of Death's Throne and talk to D's brother standing over her.
  • Kill him or simply reload to claim the Twinned set back together with the Inseparable Sword.

Sorcerer Rogier

A courteous spellblade investigating the Night of the Black Knives, cursed by what he found beneath Stormveil.

  • Talk to Rogier in the Stormveil Castle chapel past the Rampart Tower grace; he sells sorcery Ashes of War.
  • Defeat Godrick the Grafted, then speak to Rogier in Roundtable Hold to receive Rogier's Rapier.
  • Drop below the walls from the Liftside Chamber grace, kill the Ulcerated Tree Spirit and touch Rogier's bloodstain by the giant face.
  • Describe what you saw beneath Stormveil to Rogier.
  • Let Fia hold you and talk in secret to obtain the Knifeprint Clue.
  • Defeat the Black Knife Assassin behind an illusory wall in the Black Knife Catacombs to claim the Black Knifeprint.
  • Show the Black Knifeprint to Rogier, reload and talk again; he suggests you visit Ranni.
  • Speak to Ranni at Ranni's Rise; when she dismisses you, ask Rogier for advice and go back to her.
  • Once you serve Ranni, tell Rogier, who soon slips into a deep sleep in his chair.
  • Return later to find him dead and take Rogier's Letter, Rogier's Bell Bearing and the Spellblade set.

Sorceress Sellen

An exiled Raya Lucaria sorceress with a primal glintstone for a head who takes you on as her apprentice.

  • Defeat the Mad Pumpkin Head in the Waypoint Ruins and agree to study under Sellen in the cellar; she teaches Nod In Thought.
  • Touch the crystal-headed Primeval Sorcerer Azur north of the Hermit Village on Mt. Gelmir to learn Comet Azur.
  • Tell Sellen about Azur and take the Sellian Sealbreaker she gives you to seek Master Lusat.
  • Break the seal inside the Sellia Hideaway in Caelid and touch Master Lusat for Stars of Ruin.
  • Report Lusat's fate to Sellen and accept a Starlight Shard.
  • After Starscourge Radahn falls, speak to Sellen again; she asks to meet you at the Witchbane Ruins.
  • Find her shackled at the Witchbane Ruins in the Weeping Peninsula and receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone.
  • Talk to Witch-Hunter Jerren in Redmane Castle until he leaves, then rest at a grace.
  • Go back to the Witchbane Ruins, where Jerren now stands over Sellen's body, and talk to him.
  • Place Sellen's Primal Glintstone in the puppet hidden in Seluvis's secret room near Ranni's Rise.
  • With Rennala defeated, pick a sign outside the Raya Lucaria Grand Library: gold to aid Sellen, red to aid Jerren.
  • If you sided with Sellen, defeat Jerren, then talk to her in the library for the Glintstone Kris and Shard Spiral in her shop.
  • Having found Lusat earlier, reload and collect the Witch's Glintstone Crown beside her transformed body.
  • Revisit the spots where Azur and Lusat sat to pick up their Glintstone sets.

Witch-Hunter Jerren

The flamboyant master of the Radahn Festival, a witch hunter with an old score to settle with Sellen.

  • Talk to Jerren at Redmane Castle to launch the Radahn Festival and learn the Heartening Cry gesture.
  • Once Starscourge Radahn is dead, find Jerren in the chapel by the Chamber Outside the Plaza grace and keep talking until he leaves.
  • Speak to him at the Witchbane Ruins next to Sellen's body.
  • Outside the Raya Lucaria Grand Library, use the red sign to fight Sellen on Jerren's side.
  • Once Sellen falls, speak to Jerren; he hands over the Witch's Glintstone Crown, Sellen's Bell Bearing and an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
  • If you sided with Sellen instead, Jerren drops his Eccentric set when defeated.

Gatekeeper Gostoc

A sly gatekeeper at Stormveil's front gate who sells wares while hoping to rob the unwary.

  • Talk to Gostoc at Stormveil's main gate; let him open it or take the side path he recommends.
  • If you take the side path, glance back now and then to catch him trailing you, and talk to him.
  • After Godrick the Grafted falls, find Gostoc inside the boss arena and talk to him there.
  • Complete Nepheli Loux's and Kenneth Haight's quests and defeat Morgott, the Omen King.
  • Rest at the Godrick the Grafted grace and visit the throne room, where Gostoc sells an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Nepheli Loux

Gideon's adopted daughter, a proud axe-wielding warrior who may yet become the rightful ruler of Stormveil.

  • Find Nepheli in a side building near the Secluded Cell grace in Stormveil Castle and talk to her.
  • Optionally summon her at the fog wall, then defeat Godrick the Grafted.
  • Speak to her in Roundtable Hold until she gives you the Arsenal Charm.
  • Find her below the bridge outside the Village of the Albinaurics in western Liurnia.
  • Kill the Omenkiller in the village; Nepheli can be summoned to help.
  • Back in the Hold, talk to her at the foot of the stairs near Hewg, then ask Sir Gideon Ofnir about her.
  • Never give her Seluvis's Potion; it turns her into a puppet and ends her story.
  • Make Roderika the Hold's spirit tuner and have her raise any Spirit Ash to +4 before going further.
  • Use an Imbued Sword Key at the Four Belfries to reach the Chapel of Anticipation and loot The Stormhawk King there.
  • Give The Stormhawk King to Nepheli in Roundtable Hold.
  • Finish Kenneth Haight's quest and defeat Morgott, the Omen King.
  • Rest at the Godrick the Grafted grace, then speak to Nepheli in the throne room to be given an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Kenneth Haight

A loud noble who claims Limgrave as his inheritance and wants a worthy lord to rule it.

  • Answer Kenneth's cries for help atop the ruins between the Mistwood Outskirts grace and the Third Church of Marika, and accept his request.
  • Kill the knight holding the top of Fort Haight.
  • Return to Kenneth, pledge your service and take the Erdsteel Dagger.
  • Rest, then meet him on the battlements of Fort Haight, where he explains that Limgrave needs a proper ruler.
  • Give The Stormhawk King to Nepheli Loux and defeat Morgott, the Omen King.
  • Talk to Kenneth in the Stormveil throne room, where he waits with Nepheli and Gostoc.

Boc the Seamster

A shy demi-human tailor, first disguised as a bush, who alters your clothing and longs to be beautiful.

  • Strike the talking bush beside the road near the Agheel Lake North grace to reveal Boc, then talk to him.
  • Visit him again next to the grace inside the Coastal Cave in western Limgrave.
  • Defeat the Demi-Human Chiefs in the Coastal Cave and return his Sewing Needle to him.
  • Rest at the Lake-Facing Cliffs, East Raya Lucaria Gate and Altus Highway Junction graces to meet him and alter armour.
  • Open the chest in the Church of Vows on Liurnia's eastern isle to obtain the Gold Sewing Needle.
  • Buy one alterable demigod armour piece from Finger Reader Enia and keep it in your inventory.
  • Pick up the Prattling Pate "You're Beautiful" in the Hermit Village on Mt. Gelmir before going further.
  • Give Boc the Gold Sewing Needle at one of his later graces and let him call you lord to learn My Lord.
  • When he brings up his looks, refuse the Larval Tear and play "You're Beautiful" next to him; the tear leads to his death.
  • Talk to him once more and say you heard a voice; he then stays at the East Capital Rampart grace for good.

Roderika

A grieving young woman hiding in the Stormhill Shack who discovers a gift for spirit tuning.

  • Talk to Roderika in the Stormhill Shack until you have the Sitting Sideways gesture and the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes.
  • Pick up the Chrysalids' Memento from a pile of bodies in a room past the Grafted Scion, near the Rampart Tower grace in Stormveil Castle.
  • Bring the memento back to Roderika while she is still sitting in the Stormhill Shack.
  • Meet her by the fireplace in Roundtable Hold and talk until she hands over a Golden Seed.
  • Ask Smithing Master Hewg about Roderika and relay his words to her and back until he agrees to teach her.
  • Leave and return to find her sitting beside Hewg as the Hold's spirit tuner.
  • Have her tune any Spirit Ash to +4, then talk to her for the Curtsy gesture.
  • Go back to the room where the memento lay in Stormveil Castle to find the Crimson Hood.
  • Summon the Spirit Jellyfish beside the jellyfish spirit at the Stargazers' Ruins on the Mountaintops of the Giants for the Fancy Spin gesture.
  • After the Erdtree burns, talk to her by the fireplace; she wants you to persuade Hewg to leave.

Irina

A blind young woman waiting by the road into the Weeping Peninsula for word of her father, Edgar.

  • Talk to Irina beside the road just past the Bridge of Sacrifice grace and accept Irina's Letter for her father.
  • Leave her unharmed: killing her yourself breaks Hyetta's questline.
  • Deliver the letter to Castellan Edgar in Castle Morne and clear the castle (see Edgar).
  • Return to the Bridge of Sacrifice to learn what became of her, with Edgar kneeling at her side.

Castellan Edgar

The stern master of Castle Morne who put duty before his daughter and is driven to revenge by her death.

  • Bring Irina's Letter to Edgar on the upper walls of Castle Morne.
  • Kill the Leonine Misbegotten at the castle's end; you may summon Edgar for the fight.
  • Tell Edgar that the beast is dead.
  • Go back to Irina's spot by the Bridge of Sacrifice and talk to the grieving Edgar there.
  • Edgar returns as Edgar the Revenger, waiting at the Revenger's Shack on the west shore of Liurnia; win his invasion to get his halberd and a Shabriri Grape.

Hyetta

A blind pilgrim in Liurnia who craves strange grapes and is being drawn toward the Frenzied Flame.

  • Take Irina's Letter from Irina so Hyetta appears in Liurnia.
  • Find the first Shabriri Grape in Stormveil Castle beneath Godrick's throne room.
  • At the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace, hand it to Hyetta and you learn the As You Wish gesture.
  • Uncover the grape under the boarded floor of the Purified Ruins and give it to Hyetta on the nearby shore.
  • Kill Edgar the Revenger when he invades near the Revenger's Shack; he carries the last Shabriri Grape.
  • Give it to Hyetta by the Gate Town Bridge grace and be honest: they are human eyes.
  • Rest and talk to her again before she moves on.
  • Slay Festering Fingerprint Vyke beside the Church of Inhibition and take the Fingerprint Grape he drops.
  • Give the Fingerprint Grape to Hyetta at Bellum Church.
  • Kill Mohg, the Omen below Leyndell and strike the altar behind the chest to open a passage down.
  • Talk to Hyetta by the Frenzied Flame Proscription, remove all armour and open the great door; do this after burning the Erdtree to keep Melina.
  • Accept the Three Fingers, then talk to Hyetta until she dies and loot the Frenzied Flame Seal.

Bloody Finger Hunter Yura

A ronin who hunts Bloody Fingers across the Lands Between, unaware of what is hunting him.

  • Talk to Yura under the ruined overpass between the Seaside Ruins and Agheel Lake South graces.
  • Optionally kill Flying Dragon Agheel, with Yura's help from the nearby summoning statue, and tell him about it.
  • Head for Murkwater Cave and defeat Bloody Finger Nerijus when he invades; Yura joins the fight.
  • Talk to Yura further up the stream, north of Murkwater Cave.
  • On the broken bridge north of the Main Academy Gate grace, use Yura's red sign and help him kill the Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin.
  • Talk to him afterwards to receive Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists.
  • Locate the dying Yura in the Second Church of Marika on the Altus Plateau and claim his Nagakiba.
  • Defeat Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger when she invades right after, for her poleblade and a Purifying Crystal Tear.
  • Follow what remains of him to the Zamor Ruins (see Shabriri).

Shabriri

The voice of the Frenzied Flame, wearing Yura's body and tempting you toward the Three Fingers.

  • Rest at the Zamor Ruins grace in the Mountaintops of the Giants and talk to the figure wearing Yura's body.
  • Listen as Shabriri urges you to seek the Three Fingers and the Frenzied Flame.
  • Kill him, or embrace the Frenzied Flame and return, to find the Ronin's set where he stood.

Patches

A treacherous trickster who ambushes you in Murkwater Cave, begs for mercy, then turns up everywhere selling goods.

  • Open the chest in Murkwater Cave to start the fight with Patches, and stop attacking once he surrenders.
  • Spare him and talk to him to learn Grovel for Mercy; killing him here ends his story.
  • Reload so he opens his shop, then optionally hit him three times and let him beat you down to earn Extreme Repentance.
  • Open the chest he points out, get whisked away, then return to him for the Calm Down! gesture before reaching Altus Plateau.
  • Look for Patches camping at the Scenic Isle grace in southern Liurnia and chat with him.
  • Read his message west of the First Mt. Gelmir Campsite grace and follow the rainbow stones to the cliff edge he lures you to.
  • Talk to him inside Volcano Manor, then finish any contract to receive the Letter to Patches.
  • Invade and defeat Great Horned Tragoth near the Magma Wyrm Makar arena for the Bull-Goat set.
  • Report to Patches, reload and talk again for the Magma Whip Candlestick before Rykard dies.
  • After Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy falls, find Patches on the Shaded Castle bridge before Elemer of the Briar and take the Dancer's Castanets.
  • Optionally offer the castanets to Lady Tanith in Rykard's chamber.
  • Return to Murkwater Cave, fight him once more and accept his surrender for the Patches' Crouch gesture.

Iron Fist Alexander

A jovial warrior jar seeking glory, who keeps getting stuck on his way to great battles.

  • Keep hitting the jar wedged into the ground on the clifftop to the south of the Saintsbridge grace until Alexander pops out, then speak with him to receive Triumphant Delight.
  • If you like, fight through the Gael Tunnel and unbar the door at its far end to chat with him.
  • During the Radahn Festival, talk to him at Redmane Castle and summon him against Starscourge Radahn.
  • After the battle, talk to Alexander on the battlefield near the Starscourge Radahn grace.
  • Find him stuck again on the cliffs above Jarburg in eastern Liurnia; douse him with an Oil Pot and hit him free.
  • Defeat the Magma Wyrm near the Seethewater Terminus grace on Mt. Gelmir and talk to Alexander soaking in the lava for the Jar helmet.
  • Summon him for the Fire Giant fight; some players report his story stalls if you skip this.
  • In Crumbling Farum Azula, head out from the Dragon Temple Lift grace and find him waiting on a rooftop.
  • Accept his duel and defeat him for the Shard of Alexander and Alexander's Innards.

Knight Bernahl

A veteran knight selling battle arts at the Warmaster's Shack who later joins the Recusants of Volcano Manor.

  • Meet Bernahl at the Warmaster's Shack in Stormhill and browse the Ashes of War he sells.
  • Do not kill him early: his Devourer's Scepter comes later anyway, and an early death costs you the rest of his rewards.
  • Join Volcano Manor and talk to Recusant Bernahl in a side room of the manor.
  • Complete two of Lady Tanith's contracts, then accept Bernahl's own request and the Letter to Bernahl.
  • Answer his red sign in the Fortified Manor in Leyndell and help him take down Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm and Vargram the Raging Wolf, earning the Raging Wolf set.
  • Report to Bernahl for the Gelmir's Fury sorcery.
  • Bernahl leaves once Rykard is dead; the sword he left on his chair continues to teach you his Ashes of War.
  • Optionally summon him against the Godskin Duo in Crumbling Farum Azula.
  • Head away from the boss bridge past the Beside the Great Bridge grace and defeat Bernahl's invasion for his set, Devourer's Scepter and Blasphemous Claw.

Thops

A humble Bluntstone scholar locked out of Raya Lucaria who only wants a spare key to get back to his studies.

  • Speak with Thops inside the Church of Irith, which sits beside the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace, and give him 10 runes.
  • Inside Raya Lucaria, cross the rooftops from the Debate Parlor grace to grab the spare Academy Glintstone Key from a chandelier.
  • Give Thops that second key (he refuses your first) to learn the Erudition gesture; he then heads for the academy.
  • Find his body in a chair outside the Schoolhouse Classroom grace and loot Thops's Barrier, the Academy Glintstone Staff and Thops's Bell Bearing.
  • Optionally return to the Church of Irith and kill the Teardrop Scarab now there for Ash of War: Thops's Barrier.

Rya

A young woman of Volcano Manor, really the serpent-blooded Zorayas, who recruits you to Lady Tanith's house.

  • Talk to Rya in the gazebo northeast of the Scenic Isle grace; she wants her stolen necklace back.
  • Pay Blackguard Big Boggart 1,000 runes at the Boilprawn Shack to get Rya's Necklace back.
  • Return the necklace to Rya and receive the Volcano Manor Invitation.
  • In Altus Plateau, find Rya near the top of the Grand Lift of Dectus or below the Lux Ruins and let her carry you to Volcano Manor.
  • Join Lady Tanith's house and complete the first contract, on Old Knight Istvan.
  • Visit Rya in her new room, now in her serpent form; talk, reload and talk again.
  • Complete the second contract, on Rileigh the Idle.
  • Roll through the illusory wall beside Rya's room, reach the Prison Town Church grace and open the church doors.
  • Tell Rya what lies beyond; optionally ask Lady Tanith about her troubles.
  • Slay the Godskin Noble guarding the Temple of Eiglay; it drops the Serpent's Amnion that Rya wants.
  • Give the Serpent's Amnion to Rya; after a rest she is gone.
  • Optionally ask Lady Tanith about her absence to receive the Tonic of Forgetfulness.
  • Find Rya hiding in a room by the lava beyond the Temple of Eiglay before you kill Rykard.
  • Decide: kill her as she asks, give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness, or leave her be and go defeat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy.
  • If you spared her without the tonic, talk to her after Rykard falls and reload to find Daedicar's Woe and Zorayas's Letter.

Blackguard Big Boggart

A burly ex-convict boiling prawns at a Liurnia shack, who swears he has given up his old ways.

  • Meet Boggart at the Boilprawn Shack in Liurnia and buy Rya's Necklace from him.
  • Buy at least one Boiled Prawn to earn his trust and the Spread Out gesture.
  • If you would rather he survive, wait to buy prawns until after the Dung Eater's outer moat invasion is done.
  • Optionally summon Boggart against Magma Wyrm Makar at the Ruin-Strewn Precipice.
  • Once you reach Altus Plateau, find him by Leyndell's outer moat south of the Minor Erdtree and talk until he warns you about the Dung Eater.
  • Advance the Dung Eater's quest until his note summons you to the outer moat.
  • Reload near Boggart to find him dying, then defeat the Dung Eater when he invades.
  • Loot Boggart's body for a Seedbed Curse, the Blackguard's Iron Mask, an Iron Ball and Blackguard's Bell Bearing.

Jar-Bairn

A little living jar in hidden Jarburg who dreams of becoming a great warrior jar like his uncle Alexander.

  • Hop down the ledges marked by grave markers on the cliffs south of the Carian Study Hall to reach Jarburg.
  • Talk to Jar-Bairn on a doorstep by the Jarburg grace, then rest and talk again until his lines stop changing.
  • Never smash the living jars of Jarburg, or the quest fails.
  • When Diallos leaves Volcano Manor and moves to Jarburg, talk to him and Jar-Bairn, reloading between visits.
  • Pass time until Jarburg has been raided, then talk to the wounded Diallos and to Jar-Bairn.
  • Reload and speak to Jar-Bairn beside what remains of Diallos.
  • Finish Iron Fist Alexander's quest and give Alexander's Innards to Jar-Bairn.
  • Reload once more to find the Companion Jar talisman where he used to sit.

Diallos

The unsure younger son of House Hoslow, searching for his lost servant and trying to prove himself.

  • Meet Diallos in Roundtable Hold and hear about Lanya, the servant he has lost track of.
  • Find him mourning on a rooftop north of the Academy Gate Town grace and talk to him before you kill Rykard.
  • Speak to him again back in Roundtable Hold.
  • Join Volcano Manor and chat with Diallos after each contract you complete.
  • When he leaves the manor, follow him to Jarburg and talk to him and Jar-Bairn, reloading in between.
  • After poachers attack Jarburg, answer his final question and speak to Jar-Bairn.
  • After one more reload Diallos is gone, leaving Diallos's Mask, Hoslow's Petal Whip and a Numen's Rune behind.

Latenna

An Albinauric archer mourning her wolf Lobo, who longs to be carried to Miquella's Haligtree.

  • First claim the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) from Albus, who hides in the Village of the Albinaurics.
  • Clear the Lakeside Crystal Cave south of the Scenic Isle grace and meet Latenna at the Slumbering Wolf's Shack.
  • With the medallion in hand, agree to take her north for the Latenna the Albinauric spirit ash; do it before finding the other half, or she dies.
  • Defeat Commander Niall at Castle Sol for the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left).
  • Use both halves at the Grand Lift of Rold, choosing the secret medallion option, to reach the Consecrated Snowfield.
  • Summon Latenna beside the giant Albinauric at the Apostate Derelict grace to receive a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Albus

An elderly Albinauric hiding as a pot in his ruined village, guarding half of a secret medallion.

  • Reach the Village of the Albinaurics in western Liurnia and rest at its grace.
  • Kill the Depraved Perfumer up the hill and strike the out-of-place pot nearby to reveal Albus.
  • Talk to him twice to receive the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right).

Millicent

A young woman afflicted with Scarlet Rot whom Gowry sends you to cure, and who sets out to discover her purpose.

  • Bring Gowry's repaired Unalloyed Gold Needle to Millicent in the Church of the Plague in Sellia (see Gowry).
  • Rest at the Church of the Plague grace, then speak to Millicent once more; she hands you the Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom.
  • Talk to her down in Gowry's Shack, then reload so Gowry returns to his chair.
  • Open the chest guarded by a Cleanrot Knight in the Shaded Castle to take the Valkyrie's Prosthesis.
  • Give it to Millicent north of the Erdtree-Gazing Hill grace in Altus Plateau.
  • Defeat the Godskin Apostle in Dominula, Windmill Village, with her summon if you like, and talk to her by the Windmill Heights grace.
  • Talk to her again at the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins grace on the Mountaintops of the Giants.
  • Speak to her at the Prayer Room grace in Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.
  • Kill the Ulcerated Tree Spirit before the Drainage Channel grace, then reload to make two summon signs appear.
  • Choose: the gold sign helps her against her sisters, the red sign lets you invade and kill her for Millicent's Prosthesis.
  • If you helped her, talk to her by the rot pool for the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, then reload to take back the Unalloyed Gold Needle.
  • Defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella, reload, and use the needle on the scarlet flower in her arena for Miquella's Needle and a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Gowry

A kindly old sage living by the Swamp of Aeonia who cares for Millicent, though his motives are far from kind.

  • Speak to Gowry at Gowry's Shack close to Sellia; he wants you to locate the Unalloyed Gold Needle in the swamp.
  • Track down Commander O'Neil deep in the Swamp of Aeonia; the Unalloyed Gold Needle is on him.
  • Give Gowry the needle, then reload and talk again to get it back repaired, along with Sellia's Secret.
  • Deliver the needle to Millicent in the Church of the Plague (see Millicent).
  • Report back to Gowry to open his sorcery shop.
  • After Millicent gets the Valkyrie's Prosthesis, buy Pest Threads from Gowry and talk on to learn the Desperate Prayer gesture.
  • Once Millicent's fate is decided in Elphael, return to Gowry; kill him if he still lives for Flock's Canvas Talisman and Gowry's Bell Bearing.

Great-Jar

A huge silent jar in northern Caelid that tests visitors with a gauntlet of three invaders.

  • Climb to the Great-Jar at the colosseum north of the Deep Siofra Well grace and talk to it.
  • Use the three red signs down the slope and beat all three Knights of the Great Jar without dying.
  • Return to the Great-Jar after the third victory; it rewards you with the Great-Jar's Arsenal talisman.

Gurranq, Beast Clergyman

A hulking beast priest at the Bestial Sanctum who hungers for Deathroot and rewards each one with bestial arts.

  • Take the waygate that D marks for you, north of the Third Church of Marika, to the Bestial Sanctum.
  • Feed Gurranq your first Deathroot for the Clawmark Seal and the Beast Eye.
  • Hand over Deathroots two to four for Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality and Ash of War: Beast's Roar.
  • After the fourth, rest and return; when he turns on you, wound him until he calms down, but do not kill him.
  • Give Deathroots five to eight for Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, Beastclaw Greathammer and Gurranq's Beast Claw.
  • Track down Deathroots from Tibia Mariners and catacomb bosses across the Lands Between until you have all nine.
  • Offer the ninth Deathroot for an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone; Gurranq then leaves the sanctum.

Brother Corhyn

A devout cleric of Roundtable Hold who teaches incantations and goes searching for the scholar Goldmask.

  • Talk to Brother Corhyn in Roundtable Hold to learn the Prayer gesture and open his incantation shop.
  • After reaching Altus Plateau, speak to him in the Hold; he announces he is leaving to find Goldmask.
  • Corhyn waits along the road to the north of the Altus Highway Junction grace; ask him about Goldmask.
  • Locate Goldmask on the northern half of the broken Forest-Spanning Greatbridge, then tell Corhyn where he is.
  • Rest and talk to both of them, now side by side on the bridge.
  • In Leyndell, meet them on the cliff east of the colosseum and hear Goldmask's riddle.
  • Take the Golden Order Principia from above the Erdtree Sanctuary and trade it to Corhyn or Miriel for Law of Regression.
  • Before burning the Erdtree, go down the lift west of the Erdtree Sanctuary grace, stand on the message facing the statue and cast Law of Regression.
  • Read the altered message and tell Goldmask that Radagon is Marika to earn the Golden Order Totality gesture.
  • Talk to Corhyn afterwards; Immutable Shield joins his stock.
  • The pair stands once more on the bridge to the south of the Stargazers' Ruins, in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
  • After Crumbling Farum Azula, find Corhyn by the giant spiral spear in Leyndell, Ashen Capital (or on the Stargazers' bridge if you offered him the Tonic of Forgetfulness).
  • Talk to him, reload and pick up his Flail, Corhyn's Robe and Corhyn's Bell Bearing.

Goldmask

A silent golden-masked scholar of the Golden Order whose insight can mend the Elden Ring into an Age of Order.

  • Find Goldmask standing in silence on the northern half of the broken Forest-Spanning Greatbridge in Altus Plateau.
  • Lead Brother Corhyn to him and talk to both (see Corhyn).
  • Solve his riddle in Leyndell with Law of Regression and report it before the Erdtree burns.
  • Look for him again on the bridge just south of the Stargazers' Ruins in the mountains.
  • After Crumbling Farum Azula, find Goldmask below the colosseum cliffs in Leyndell, Ashen Capital and take the Mending Rune of Perfect Order.
  • Reload and loot his body for Goldmask's Rags, Gold Bracelets and Gold Waistwrap.

Dung Eater

A vile spirit who defiles the dead with Seedbed Curses, offering the Blessing of Despair to those who free him.

  • After reaching Altus Plateau, find the Dung Eater in a newly opened room past the Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold.
  • Bring a Seedbed Curse, such as the one near the East Capital Rampart grace, and talk to him for the Sewer-Gaol Key.
  • Go down through the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beyond the Underground Roadside grace and unlock his cell.
  • Read the message he left at his spot in Roundtable Hold.
  • Go to Leyndell's outer moat and defeat the Dung Eater when he invades, gaining the Sword of Milos.
  • Talk to his spirit in Roundtable Hold, who tells you to bring curses to his real body.
  • Collect five Seedbed Curses from places such as the Capital Rampart graces, Volcano Manor, Boggart and the halls around Elphael's Prayer Room.
  • At his cell, give him either Seluvis's Potion (for the puppet) or the five Seedbed Curses (for the ending).
  • With the curses given, take the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse, then reload and loot his body for the Omen set.

Sir Gideon Ofnir

The All-Knowing leader of Roundtable Hold who trades in information and plans to claim the throne himself.

  • Visit Gideon in his study in Roundtable Hold; he treats you as an outsider until you hold a Great Rune.
  • After claiming your first Great Rune, ask him about the remaining Shardbearers.
  • Optionally hand him Seluvis's Potion so he can dispose of it.
  • Defeat Morgott, the Omen King and talk to Gideon to begin trading news.
  • Report Mohg, the Omen, the Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum, Miquella's Haligtree, Mohg's death and Malenia's death before he leaves the Hold.
  • Collect his payments for that news: Fevor's Cookbook [3], Black Flame's Protection, Law of Causality and Lord's Divine Fortification.
  • After he leaves, face him in Leyndell, Ashen Capital on the way to the Erdtree.

Ensha

Gideon's skeletal, silent retainer, Ensha of the Royal Remains, who lurks by his master's door.

  • Interact with Ensha beside Gideon's door to learn the What Do You Want? gesture.
  • Collect either portion of the Haligtree Secret Medallion, go back to the Hold and beat Ensha when he ambushes you.
  • Take the Clinging Bone from his body and the Royal Remains set from the spot where he used to stand.
  • Talk to Gideon afterwards for his half-hearted apology.

Lady Tanith

The devoted consort of Rykard who runs Volcano Manor and hands out contracts to kill agents of the Golden Order.

  • Reach Volcano Manor, accept Lady Tanith's offer to join and take the Drawing-Room Key.
  • Unlock the drawing room and read the Letter from Volcano Manor on the table to receive your first target.
  • Invade and kill Old Knight Istvan through the red sign the letter marks near the Warmaster's Shack in Stormhill.
  • Report to Tanith for Magma Shot, then reload and collect the next letter from the drawing room.
  • Invade Rileigh the Idle at the marked spot outside the Old Altus Tunnel grace.
  • Return to Tanith for the Serpentbone Blade, then reload and take the Red Letter.
  • Invade Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood near the Shack of the Lofty in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
  • Report the kill to Tanith and receive the Taker's Cameo talisman.
  • Wrap up Rya's, Bernahl's and Patches' manor business before letting Tanith lead you to Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy.
  • Defeat Rykard and speak to Tanith once more.
  • Find Tanith feeding on Rykard's body in his chamber; optionally offer her Patches' Dancer's Castanets.
  • Kill her for the Consort's set, then beat the Crucible Knight who invades for Aspects of the Crucible: Breath.

Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood

The head of House Hoslow and older brother of Diallos, the final target of Volcano Manor's contracts.

  • Accept Lady Tanith's third contract after finishing the Rileigh the Idle job.
  • Invade Juno through the red sign east of the Shack of the Lofty and let him finish his salute to learn Hoslow's Oath.
  • Defeat him for Hoslow's Petal Whip and the Hoslow armour set.

Needle Knight Leda

The devoted leader of Miquella's followers in the Land of Shadow, who turns on any companion she judges unworthy.

  • With Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood dead, talk to Leda beside Miquella's cocoon at the Cocoon of the Empyrean grace.
  • Touch Miquella's withered arm to cross into the Land of Shadow.
  • After beating the Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Belurat, find and read the message Leda left up the stairs past the arena.
  • Read her second message next to Miquella's Cross at Castle Ensis.
  • Optionally summon Leda against Rellana, Twin Moon Knight.
  • Talk to Leda at the Highroad Cross grace in Scadu Altus until she repeats herself.
  • Break Miquella's charm by approaching the Shadow Keep main gate or heading north past Bonny Village, then speak to Leda again.
  • Discuss who might threaten Miquella; whatever you answer, she resolves to hunt Hornsent.
  • Before entering Messmer's arena, pick a sign on the battlements near the Storehouse, First Floor lift: red helps Leda kill Hornsent, gold defends him.
  • If you helped Leda, collect Lacerating Crossed-Tree from her at Highroad Cross; she now suspects Sir Ansbach.
  • By Ansbach at the Storehouse, First Floor, choose again: red helps Leda kill him, gold protects him and earns Leda's Rune.
  • If you sided with Leda twice, receive Retaliatory Crossed-Tree from her at Highroad Cross.
  • Defeat Leda and her allies beyond the Cleansing Chamber Anteroom grace in Enir-Ilim and loot Leda's Sword and Leda's Armor.

Hornsent

A Hornsent warrior who follows Miquella only for the chance to avenge his people on Messmer and Marika's line.

  • Talk to Hornsent at the Three-Path Cross grace in the Gravesite Plain to receive the Cross Map.
  • Optionally give him a Scorpion Stew from the Hornsent Grandam in return for three Furnace Visages.
  • Talk to him again at the Highroad Cross grace in Scadu Altus for the New Cross Map.
  • After Miquella's charm breaks, talk to him at Highroad Cross until he heads for Shadow Keep.
  • Optionally summon him against the Golden Hippopotamus at the Shadow Keep main gate.
  • Before entering Messmer's arena, answer the signs near the Storehouse, First Floor: defend Hornsent for Ash of War: Swift Slash, or help Leda kill him.
  • If he still lives, decide whether to summon him against Messmer the Impaler, then talk to him afterwards.
  • If you summoned him, defeat his invasion near the Church of the Bud in the Ancient Ruins of Rauh; otherwise face him in the Enir-Ilim group fight.
  • Loot the Falx and his Hornsent set (Caterpillar Mask, Braided Cord Robe, Braided Arm Wraps, Soiled Loincloth) from his body.

Sir Ansbach

A former Pureblood Knight of Mohg, now an ageing but courteous follower of Miquella.

  • Talk to Sir Ansbach at the Main Gate Cross grace outside Belurat; he asks you to seek out Miquella's Crosses.
  • Before the charm breaks, tell him about the Belurat cross and the Cerulean Coast or Scaduview crosses for extra lore.
  • Once Miquella's charm is broken, talk to him until he leaves for Shadow Keep.
  • Find him at the Storehouse, First Floor grace in the Specimen Storehouse and talk to him.
  • Speak to Redmane Freyja on the Storehouse, Seventh Floor first, then pass her request on to Ansbach.
  • Take the Secret Rite Scroll from the shelves near the Storehouse, Fourth Floor grace and give it to Ansbach.
  • Rest, then talk to him again for the Letter for Freyja.
  • If Leda comes for him, choose: gold keeps him alive (Ansbach's Longbow, Leda's Rune), red kills him (Ansbach's Longbow and his set).
  • If he lives, summon him for the Enir-Ilim group fight and talk to him at the top of the lift afterwards.
  • Defeat Promised Consort Radahn, then collect Ansbach's set, the Obsidian Lamina and Furious Blade of Ansbach by the arena entrance.

Redmane Freyja

A Redmane knight who once fought for Radahn and now follows Miquella, searching for the truth behind his plan.

  • Talk to Freyja at the Three-Path Cross grace in the Gravesite Plain.
  • Optionally summon her against the Divine Beast Dancing Lion and Rugalea the Great Red Bear, chatting with her after each.
  • Once Miquella's charm breaks, talk to her at Three-Path Cross until she leaves.
  • Optionally summon her for the Golden Hippopotamus at Shadow Keep.
  • Find her studying a stone on the Storehouse, Seventh Floor of the Specimen Storehouse and hear what she needs.
  • Tell Sir Ansbach about her before giving him the Secret Rite Scroll, then collect the Letter for Freyja from him.
  • Give her the letter and talk until she rewards you with the Golden Lion Shield.
  • Defeat her in the Enir-Ilim group fight and loot Freyja's Greatsword and Freyja's set.

Moore

A gentle giant merchant who leads the friendly Forager Brood and serves Miquella with a soft heart.

  • Meet Moore at the Main Gate Cross grace, buy something from his shop and keep talking to him.
  • Leave the friendly Forager Brood pests alone; killing two makes Moore invade, and his death can cost you the Black Syrup.
  • Meet Thiollier at the Pillar Path Cross, then return to Moore for the Black Syrup before either of them moves on.
  • Speak with all six friendly Forager Brood in the Land of Shadow to get their cookbooks; the shivering one on the northern side of the Church of the Crusade needs a Warming Stone to thaw it.
  • After helping the cold one, talk to Moore for the seventh cookbook before answering his final question.
  • When the charm breaks and he asks whether you must be sad forever, answer "I don't know" until you have everything.
  • Then choose "Put it behind you" to face him in Enir-Ilim, or "Remain sad forever" to find him dead by the Church of the Crusade.
  • Loot Moore's Bell Bearing, the Verdigris Greatshield and the Verdigris set from his body.

Thiollier

A timid poison-brewing Tarnished who follows Miquella mostly for love of St. Trina.

  • Talk to Thiollier beside the Pillar Path Cross grace; he also sells goods.
  • Bring him Moore's Black Syrup and answer that you are weary of life to receive Thiollier's Concoction.
  • After Miquella's charm breaks, talk to him again.
  • Defeat the Putrescent Knight in the Stone Coffin Fissure and find St. Trina past the Garden of Deep Purple grace.
  • Tell Thiollier where St. Trina is, or let him go searching; either way he ends up lying beside her.
  • Imbibe St. Trina's nectar again and again, dying each time, until her voice has nothing more to say.
  • Relay St. Trina's words to Thiollier two times and he becomes angry.
  • Rest or drink the nectar once more and defeat Thiollier's invasion for St. Trina's Smile, before the Enir-Ilim fight.
  • Talk to him again in St. Trina's chamber.
  • Summon him for the Enir-Ilim group fight and, if you like, against Promised Consort Radahn.
  • After the final boss, pick up Thiollier's Hidden Needle and his set near the arena entrance.

Dryleaf Dane

A silent martial-arts monk in Miquella's service who accepts any challenger at the Moorth Ruins.

  • Pick up the Monk's Missive and the May the Best Win gesture at the Highroad Cross grace.
  • Perform May the Best Win in front of Dane at the Moorth Ruins grace to challenge him.
  • Beat Dane in the one-on-one fight; he leaves you Dryleaf Arts and Dane's Hat.
  • Optionally summon him against Romina, Saint of the Bud.
  • Defeat him in the Enir-Ilim group fight and loot Dane's Footwork.

St. Trina

Miquella's abandoned other half, a sleeping saint whose nectar brings deadly slumber.

  • Break Miquella's charm to open the way down into the Stone Coffin Fissure from the Cerulean Coast.
  • Defeat the Putrescent Knight and follow the path past the Garden of Deep Purple grace to St. Trina.
  • Choose Imbibe Nectar again and again; you die each time, and from the fourth drink her voice speaks to you.
  • Defeat Promised Consort Radahn, then return to her chamber and take St. Trina's Blossom from her body.

Igon

A crippled drake warrior who lives only to take revenge on Bayle the Dread.

  • Talk to Igon groaning on the ground south of the Pillar Path Waypoint grace until he repeats himself.
  • Pass through the Dragon's Pit and defeat the Ancient Dragon-Man to reach the Jagged Peak.
  • Speak with the Dragon Communion Priestess at the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion before pressing on toward Bayle.
  • Defeat the pair of Jagged Peak Drakes beyond the Foot of the Jagged Peak grace.
  • Talk to Igon at the narrow canyon entrance nearby to receive Igon's Furled Finger.
  • Within Bayle the Dread's arena at the peak, summon Igon using the sign immediately left of the entrance.
  • Defeat Bayle the Dread, then return to Igon's spot by the drakes for Igon's Greatbow, his set and Igon's Bell Bearing.

Hornsent Grandam

An old Hornsent woman who survived Messmer's purge of Belurat, hiding in a locked storeroom.

  • Find the Storeroom Key in Belurat, Tower Settlement and unlock the storeroom across from the Small Private Altar grace.
  • Speak to the Hornsent Grandam before fighting the Divine Beast Dancing Lion to hear all of her story.
  • Defeat the Divine Beast Dancing Lion, wear the Divine Beast Head and talk to her for Watchful Spirit and a Scorpion Stew, before Messmer dies.
  • Reload and visit her again whenever you need another Scorpion Stew.
  • After defeating Messmer the Impaler, wear the Divine Beast Head again and talk to her for a Gourmet Scorpion Stew.
  • Rest and return while she sleeps to pick up one more Gourmet Scorpion Stew.

Count Ymir

The High Priest of the Cathedral of Manus Metyr, a glintstone scholar devoted to the Mother of Fingers.

  • Talk to Count Ymir in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr for the Hole-Laden Necklace and the Ruins Map; he also sells spells.
  • Ring the bell at the Finger Ruins of Rhia with the necklace and take the Crimson Seed Talisman +1.
  • Report to Ymir for the second Ruins Map and Beloved Stardust; Swordhand of Night Jolán now waits in the cathedral.
  • Perform the O Mother gesture at the altar by the Shadow Keep, Back Gate grace to open the way to the Hinterland.
  • Ring the bell at the Finger Ruins of Dheo for the Cerulean Seed Talisman +1.
  • Return to Ymir for the third Ruins Map.
  • Talk to Ymir, reload until his throne stands empty, then examine it and climb down into the Finger Ruins of Miyr.
  • Defeat Swordhand of Night Anna when she invades to earn the Claws of Night.
  • Ring the final bell inside Finger Ruins of Miyr; it pulls you into a fight with Metyr, Mother of Fingers, which you must win.
  • Back in the cathedral, examine the throne and defeat Jolán and then Ymir for the Maternal Staff, High Priest set and Ymir's Bell Bearing.
  • Collect the Cherishing Fingers lying in the graveyard to the west of the cathedral.

Swordhand of Night Jolán

Count Ymir's silent swordswoman, an assassin of the Night who longs for a guiding light.

  • After Ymir thanks you for the first bell, reload and talk to Jolán leaning on a pillar in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr.
  • Talk to her after each bell you ring, and optionally summon her against the Tree Sentinels in the Hinterland.
  • Finish Count Ymir's quest, rest, and find Jolán slumped against her pillar.
  • Fetch the Iris of Grace by the Sunken Chapel grace and the Iris of Occultation from the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Shadow Keep's Church District.
  • Give Jolán one iris: Grace for her spirit ash, Occultation for the Sword of Night; keep the other for Queelign.
  • With her spirit ash, climb Rabbath's Rise and touch Anna's puppet to unite them as Jolán and Anna.

Fire Knight Queelign

A zealous Fire Knight of Messmer who hunts you through the Land of Shadow before begging for salvation.

  • Defeat Fire Knight Queelign when he invades in Belurat, Tower Settlement for the Crusade Insignia.
  • Win the second invasion at the Church of the Crusade, north-west of the Highroad Cross grace, to receive the Prayer Room Key and Ash of War: Flame Skewer.
  • Use the key on the Prayer Room door in Shadow Keep's Church District, where Queelign waits in person.
  • Collect the Iris of Grace near the Sunken Chapel grace and the Iris of Occultation from the Church District's Ulcerated Tree Spirit.
  • Give him one iris: Grace for his spirit ash, Occultation for Queelign's Greatsword; save the other for Jolán.

Dragon Communion Priestess

An ancient dragon in priestly guise at the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion, loyal to Dragonlord Placidusax.

  • Reach the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion south of the Dragon's Pit Terminus grace and talk to the priestess.
  • Agree to devour draconic essence to receive the Ancient Dragon's Blessing and unlock the altar.
  • Before killing Bayle, decide whether to give her Thiollier's Concoction; if so, visit her at night and hand it over.
  • Defeat Bayle the Dread at the summit of the Jagged Peak.
  • Return to the altar: with the concoction given, confess what you did for Dragonbolt of Florissax and Ancient Dragon Florissax; otherwise take the Priestess Heart and Flowerstone Gavel she left.