Once you have left the tutorial area, talk to White-Faced Varre nearby then head North-West to the Church of Elleh and talk to Kale. Continue North to the fork in the road and grab the Grace to your West and the Grace to your East. Rest at the Grace to your East. From now on, rest often and look for the "Talk to" option in the Grace menu when resing
Head East and find a talking tree. Hit or roll into the tree to break the illusion and find Boc. Head North from there, through a small camp of enemies and go North, up through the hills to find Alexander then make your way down to grab the Grace.
Go back to the starting grace and go West and downhill to the beach. In the side of the cliff North-West on the beach will be a cave where you can find Boc again. Go through or don't then go back to the Grace where you found Alexander.
Head East across the bridge to find a man mourning over a dead body beside the road. Head South and West to find a Spiritjump (horse-jump) at the bottom of a ravine containing a stream. Jump down onto that Spiritjump to avoid damage and head South. After the fight, talk to Yura nearby then head into the cave by the campfire.
Deep in the cave is a boss. At half-health, he will ask for mercy. If spared, reload and go back to boss room. Reload and go back again, opening the chest this time.
Head just South-East until you hear some howling then head North back to the road to find a man named Kenneth on top of some ruins. Head South-East, through the forest to Fort Haight in the South-East Corner. Explore Fort Haight to get one half of the Dectus Medallion.
Return to Kenneth then go back to the Church of Elleh where Kale is. Wait until nightfall at the Grace and talk to Renna nearby, then Kale to get the Fingersnap Emote.
Return to the forest, where you heard the howling and use Fingersnap nearby to meet Blaidd. After talking to him, go to Fort Haight and talk to Kenneth then go back to the Grace West of that fork in the road, North of the game's start and head West through the gate.
Follow the path until you reach Stormhill Shack and talk to Roderika a few times then continue North. Don't follow the path, instead go through the forest to find a broken bridge. There is a path there you can choose to take but know that it will skip parts of some questlines.
You may now safely explore all of Limgrave except for Stormveil Castle without breaking anything, provided you don't go down the giant elevator near the Minor Erdtree in the Eastern forest(It's called the Siofra River Well), use any Waygates or allow yourself to get caught in any trapped chests like the one in the cave that you opened earlier. Everything else is safe.
Here are some notable people and places.
Knight Bernahl can be found in Warmaster's Shack on the road East of Stormhill Shack.
North of Warmaster's Shack is a Coliseum with an Invader.
East of the lake in Limgrave is the Waypoint Ruins. Under them is Sorceress Sellen
Going South
Go back to the starting Grace and head South-East. In the South-East corner, before you go down the slope, you will see a bunch of glowing rocks facing a circle. Go over to the circle and enter it. Blaidd will be available for you to summon if you wish. Defeat the enemy and talk to Blaidd then go down the slope.
Cross the bridge and talk to Irina on the roadside then keep heading South.
You can safely explore this whole area, minus Waygates and trapped chests that teleport you, without breaking anything.
Once you're finished, go to Castle Morne in the deep South and go through the castle to find Edgar on the Ramparts. Talk to him then continue through the castle and fight the boss(Edgar is available to summon).
With the boss dead, talk to Edgar again then go back to Irina. After that, we are done with this zone entirely and shall never return.
Storming the Veiled Castle
^ Do this. If you should come across Chrysalid's Memento while exploring Stormveil Castle, give it to Roderika before you kill the boss.
After the first boss, rest to discover Roundtable Hold. Talk to everyone, meet and greet, beware of hugs, and then go back.
Once both bosses are dead, go through the door behind the boss room and you will enter Lake Liurnia.
Don't kill Gostac, the one who tells you about the side path if you want to do his quest.
Nepheli Loux is just South of the 2nd boss and can be summoned for the fight.
Rogier is in the Chapel requires you to kill the monster under Stormveil to continue his quest.
Swimming in the Lake
So nearby should be a few NPCs depending on your choices, interact with them if you wish then head North-West down the slope to the Lake. Go North-West from here to find an island with an old friend on it, follow his instructions to go East to find a girl named Rya if you wish and if you choose to help her, go North-West to find the man she seeks.
Whatever your choice, head North to the Academy Gate Town and explore the area to find Diallos with his friend.
From here, explore the whole zone to your hearts content but a few warnings. Don't take the Coward's Path just yet. You'll know it by the name Ruin-Strewn Precipice. And don't go down the Ainsel River Well in the North-East. Waygates and trapped chests SHOULD be fine to take. I can't think of any that aren't.
When you are finished exploring, go West of Raya Lucaria if you haven't already and grab the Glintstone Key from nearby the Dragon found there. Take it to one of the seals blocking off the academy, the closest one is North-East of Raya Lucaria on top of a broken bridge. Use the key on the seal and enter the academy.
Explore the academy to your hearts content. Remember the information that the old friend gave you about the Iron Virgin below the Academy and try to avoid going down that elevator just yet. To explain, try not to let the Iron Virgin eat you. It won't necessarily break anything but I don't believe it's part of the game's "intended" path and you will be in hot lava if you do it.
Besides that, explore the academy to your heart's content and eventually kill the boss and go back to Roundtable Hold. You should now have "permission" to go up the Grand Lift.
Before we leave the lake though, here's a couple of things we need to do to get to other areas later.
In the North-West section of the map is Caria Manor and South of it is a Giant named Iji. Go through Caria Manor and then North-West to find Ranni's Rise. This begins Ranni's Questline and leads to one of the big 3 endings. Seluvis is in the tower South of Ranni's Rise and has another questline.
Along the cliffs in the South section of the map is the entrance to a town. Nepheli will be on the road here on a bunch of corpses(may require reloading the area/resting at a Grace before she appears) and in the town is a very very large pot. Try rolling into it to meet Albus and acquire the first half of the Haligtree Medallion.
East of the town, also along the cliffs, is a cave. Go all the way through it and past the boss room to find Latenna. If you met Albus she will be more talkative.
Revenger's Shack in the West section of the zone will have an invasion with an important item for a questline.
In some ruins on the shore in the South-East will be an NPC who will appear again on the broken bridge to the East of Raya Lucaria and again in the church past the broke bridge in the North section of the map.
At the Main Gate of Raya Lucaria, just to the North will be a summon sign that lets you continue Yura's Questline.
In the South-West of Raya Lucaria will be the Rose Church where White-Faced Varre will be with his questline. Note: He thinks fingers are gross.
At the East section of Lake Liurnia is Jarburg, remember this area for Diallos and Alexander's Quests. In it is Jar-bairn quest.
Arriving in Caelid
Go back to that Grace where you met Alexander in Limgrave then head along the road East. continue East to and past the Smoldering Church to the Shack of the Rotting.
Feel free to explore. Caelid has a lot to do! You've got friendly locals, bird-watching, historical areas and plenty of dogs to pet. Just remember, please don't feed the animals.
Here are things NOT to do. Don't enter Redmane Castle in the South-East yet(that means no touching the Waygates on the bridge nearby it also be wary of the Waygate in Fort Gaol in the South-West corner. I know it leads around here but don't remember specifically where) and other than that, the zone should be fully explorable, albeit dangerous.
Once you've finished you're exploration go to the Shack of the Rotting Grace back in the North-West corner. Go North-East to the cliffs and follow along them to eventually find a path to jump over to the other side. This is a more dangerous area to explore but head East, avoiding the wildlife, and if you follow the road going East you should eventually see a massive Dragon. Run past it to the left and get to the Fort Faroth Grace. Explore Fort Faroth to get the other half of the Dectus Medallion.
Alexander is at the end of the Gael Tunnel on the West side of Caelid.
! South of Sellia, Town of Sorcery, in East Caelid past the swamp is Gowry's Shack where you can find Gowry and do Millicent's Questline. Millicent is important to undo a specific Ending if you so choose.!
North of Sellia, through the seal is a path. Follow the path to a church. North of the church is a giant tombstone. Past the tombstone is an illusionary wall leading to a cave.
In the far North-East will be the Bestial Sanctum, which you may or may not have already been to if you followed D's (nuts) instructions. Inside will be Gurranq, Beast Clergyman.
Once you've got the second half of the medallion and done all you wish to do, it's time to leave.
At this point, all Waygates/Trapped Chests in Weeping Peninsula, Limgrave, and Liurnia Lake are safe. The Iron Virgin is still not.
Going Underground Part 1: Exploring the River Wells
Go to Liurnia Lake and to the Ainsel River Well in the North-East, North of Carian Study Hall. Go down the lift and explore the area. Nothing notable really but this is the time to go.
Now go to the Siofra River Well in East Limgrave in the forest. Go down the lift and explore the area. In part 1 of the area, there isn't much. In part 2 of the area you can find Blaidd in the East section along the cliffs if you have continued Ranni's Questline. There is also a couple secrets in the area but I won't spoil it. When you're done with the area go ahead and leave. With this done, we are done with Limgrave with the exception of one optional quest step later.
Castle Redmane
If you've been following Ranni's Questline, now is the time to go to Castle Redmane in the South-East section of Caelid. If you haven't then you may have to wait until you've taken the lift up to Altus Plateau if the area isn't ready yet.
The way you'll know if the area is ready is that at the bridge near the castle you will find 2 Waygates, one on either side of the bridge. If you can use them, you can do the fight. Otherwise go to the next section and come back after.
So use one of the Waygates at the bridge then go up the stairs to the boss fight. After the boss fight, you can now explore the boss area and also the castle without fear of messing anything up.
Go back to the church where the announcement was made to talk to Jerren. If you rest at the Grace and come back, there is a boss battle in that area.
With the boss fight finished and everything explored, go ahead and leave Caelid, we won't be coming back except for an optional quest involving the seal in the illusory cave past Sellia.
As usual, Roundtable Hold for dialogue and quests.
Underground Part 2: Into the Crater
This section mostly applies to if you're doing Ranni's Questline. You can do the area anyway but you won't be able to open the chest at the end of the area.
Go to the ruins where you first met Blaidd to find a note saying to enter the crater alone.
Optional: Go back to the Evergaol where you fought Bloodhound Darriwil in South-East Limgrave. If you interact with it you will find Blaidd. Afterwards, go to Iji and talk to him about it.
Go to the South-East section of the forest, near Fort Haight, and you will find a giant crater. Enter it and you will find 2 different paths going North and South.
At the end of the one going South is a chest needed for Ranni's Questline.
At the end of the North path is a boss fight. After the boss fight, there will be a coffin. If you want, you can go ahead and enter it to get a Grace for easy teleport later but don't explore the area quite yet.
Once you have the Fingerslayer Blade, don't give it to Ranni and talk to Seluvis first and do his questline if you want. Giving the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni will end his questline. Note that if you follow through with his questline when he gives you his second potion, you may lock yourself out of Ranni's questline. Using the Church of Vows may fix this.
Give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni and you're ready to leave.
Go back to Roundtable Hold and talk to everyone if you want dialogue and quest stuff.
Here you have a choice and I recommend eventually doing all of them.
Choice 1: The Grand Lift of Dectus
Go to the Grand Lift of Dectus in the far North of Liurnia Lake. When you get to the big circle in front of the 2 statues, you will have a prompt to use the medallion and the lift will activate.
At the top of the lift is Altus Plateau. Explore this area to your hearts content but don't enter Leyndell just yet. Everywhere else and everything else should be fine.
The Shaded Castle in the North where an item needed for Millicent's Questline is found.
On the road going North from the crossroads is Brother Corhyn(you may need to go back and talk to him in Roundtable Hold first).
On the North side of the broken bridge in the North is Goldmask.
In the West standing next to the Erdtree Gazing Hill Grace is Millicent, she also appears at the Windmill Heights North of the broken bridge.
In the Centerish part of the area is the Second Church of Marika where you can finish Yura's Questline.
Once you've explored the area completely, you can technically continue to Leyndell but I think the game intends you to do the other choices/go into the crater first.
Choice 2: Taking the Coward's Path
In North section of Liurnia Lake is a river in a ravine. Go up the river to the end to find a ladder going up to Ruin-Strewn Precipice. Continue the path up to make it through the Coward's Path and get to Mt. Gelmir.
Explore the area to your heart's content
Going around the North-East and going all the way West and just basically around the Mountain you will eventually come to the Craftsman's Shack. Past it is the Hermit's Shack. Past that is the Hermit's Village. Past that is a man with a crystal face that gives you the spell Kamehameha. Remember, it takes 50 years to learn this technique.
After talking to this man, you can go to Sorceress Sellen and continue her questline. She will give you the key to the seal in that illusory cave in Caelid.
If you helped Rya, she will be around the Lux Ruins to take you to Volcano Manor.
You can also find Alexander in this area in the lava just past the Magma Wyrm. However in order to get him to appear you must go back to Liurnia Lake and, just South of it at the top of the cliff, there is Alexander, stuck. Throw an Oil Pot at him to free him and he will appear here.
Eventually you will reach the Volcano Manor and can explore it. It's fine to explore this whole area but DO NOT kill the final boss of the area if you want to do the Volcano Manor questline. You can't do this by mistake because the boss has 2 phases. If you beat a boss here and he goes into Phase 2, leave if you plan to do the Volcano Manor Questline.
After this, you can enter Altus Plateau from this area if you didn't already. You also have one more option.
Choice 3: The Iron Virgin
Below Raya Lucaria, taking the rotating elevator outside the Student Classroom and heading down, you can find an Iron Virgin. Let it eat you and you need to die while being eaten by it to be teleported by it.
This will take you to Mt. Gelmir to a path you can't easily reach any other way. Continue through this path to the end to reach Mt. Gelmir.
For more information on this area, see Choice 2
Underground Part 3: Into the Coffin and Following Ranni
Roundtable Hold for quests and such again.
Part of section doesn't require anything but the other part requires Ranni's Questline. If you haven't done it, then it's fine, it's not necessary but as far as I know you can't get past the seal to the area.
Go back to the boss room where I mentioned the coffin. If you didn't get in the coffin yet, get in it this time. If you did get in the coffin, teleport to the Grace in Deeproot Depths.
Explore Deeproot Depths entirely. If you've been doing Fia's Questline, it will continue here but don't worry if you didn't.
Now, if you've done Ranni's Questline, go to Ranni's Rise and go to the tower North of it. Enter the Waygate to get to the next area and you will find a doll in a coffin nearby. Try talking to it at the Grace.
If you haven't done Ranni's Questline, go to the West section of Deeproot Depths to find a coffin. It will lead to the same area but there won't be a doll to talk to.
Explore this area thoroughly and at the end of part 1 will be a lift going down. At the end of part 2 will be another coffin leading to a boss fight.
If you have been doing Ranni's Questline and talked to the doll, you will have gotten a key while exploring. Take the key to the Raya Lucaria boss room and use it to open that locked chest.
Head back to the boss fight past the coffin and the seal in the boss room will be open now leading to another area to explore.
After you're done, head back to Ranni's Rise to finish Blaidd's quest if you like. With that you're ready to go to Leyndell.
Onwards to Leyndell
Go to Leyndell after going back to Roundtable Hold to get dialogue and questlines. You can explore this whole area safely and after defeating the boss you can be ready to leave.
At this point in time. You are now 100% safe to explore this and all previously explored areas without breaking anything you haven't already broken with the exception of 1 place. DO NOT go down the hidden path deep within the sewers. The hidden path in Mohg, The Omen's boss room If you do then you will break a little bit of dialogue and possibly lock yourself into an ending.
Boc is back in the East Capital Ramparts Grace if you did his story. Buy some boss gear to continue his questline.
If you have Seedbed Curse, bring it to Dung-Eater in the Roundtable to get a key to a door in the Sewers and continue/finish his questline.
Corhyn and Goldmask can be found in the South part of the city by the Coliseum to continue their questlines.
After beating the boss. Nepheli Loux, Kenneth Haight, and Gostac's questlines can be completed.
Warning: Yura's Questline breaks if you proceed to the next area before finishing it.
Now you will leave the city through the East, using the Grand Lift of Rold and onwards to the Mountaintops of the Giants.
Climbing Mt. Giants
Right away you will find a man named Shabriri. You can now safely go to the hidden path deep in the Sewers of Leyndell without missing any dialogue. Be warned that continuing the quest here will lock you out of all other endings unless you're doing Millicent's Questline and you successfully complete it.
You may now explore the area entirely. When you've finished exploring, head to Castle Sol in the North and complete it for the other half of the Haligtree Medallion.
Afterwards, you can go ahead and defeat the Fire Giant in the South-East but don't continue past him just yet. If you do, you will make an irreversible decision.
Instead, after defeating the Fire Giant, go back to the Grand Lift of Rold. Go to the spot where you would use the medallion to activate it and press the right or left buttons to go through the options until you get the option that has (Secret) on it. This will use the Haligtree Medallion instead of the Rold Medallion.
Go through the area and you will enter the Consecrated Snowfield. Explore the area to your hearts content and when you're done you will have 2 options, but first....
Alexander is available to summon for the Fire Giant if you have been continuing his questline.
Millicent appears at the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins and can be summoned in Castle Sol.
Corhyn and Goldmask are at the bridge South of the Stargazer Ruins if you've been continuing the quest so far.
In the North-West section of the Consecrated Snowfield is the Apostate Derelict where you can finish Latenna's Quest by summoning her.
Back to Roundtable Hold real quick and then it's time for your options. You should do both of them.
Choice 1: Mohgwyn's Palace
In the West section of Consecrated Snowfield is a Waygate covered in blood. Enter it to enter Mohgwyn's Palace. Explore the area and at the end is a boss.
White-Faced Varre can be invaded and killed here for his stuff. He appears at the end of the cave just before the last Grace before the boss.
Choice 2: Miquella's Haligtree
In the North Section of the Consecrated Snowfield is Ordina, Liturgical Town. Interract with the Imp Statues there to enter the Evergaol and light the fires to open the Waygate in town. Take the Waygate to enter the Haligtree.
Explore the area entirely and kill the boss at the end.
Millicent's Questline finishes here. Talk to her in the Prayer Room then kill the Defiled Root just before the Drainage Channel Grace. You will have 2 options for her quest on the hill above where you fought the Defiled Root.
Roundtable once more then onwards to the Giant's Forge
This Tree is on FIIIIREEEE!!!!!
Go past the Fire Giant's boss area and rest at the Giant's Forge Grace to light the fire. This decision can't be reversed. You will then enter Crumbling Farum Azula.
Go back to Roundtable Hold for dialogue and such after reaching Crumbling Farum Azula.
Note: At this point you can safely complete ALL questlines and 100% explore ALL areas of the game without fear of breaking anything that isn't already broken.
WARNING: So many quests break after COMPLETING this area that I'm not listing them. If you beat the final boss of the area, assume that any unfinished quests can no longer be completed. Finish EVERYTHING you want to do before killing the final boss of the area. He has 2 phases so if a boss starts a phase 2, then you'll know you're there. DO NOT COMPLETE this area if you want to do unfinished quests.
Go through this area to the end to boss and kill him to be sent to the next area.
Alexander will be here behind an Imp Statue door. After finishing with him, go to Jarburg to finish the questline.
If you've finished Volcano Manor's Questline, Recusant Bernahl will invade you on the path opposite the final boss.
After you've grabbed this area's Grace, go back to Roundtable Hold for more dialogue.
Ending the Game
Here you can finish the game. Just proceed through the area and defeat the bosses on the way.
If you finished Goldmasks Questline, his body can be found in a corner to the South past a bridge and some Giant Plants.
Meet Roderika at the Stormhill Shack just outside of Stormveil Castle. Talk to her multiple times and go into Stormveil Castle.
Find the Chrysalid's Memento deep in the castle on a pile of corpses nearby a Mini-Boss Grafted Scion that looks like the boss in the Tutorial. Return the Memento to Roderika.
After unlocking Roundtable Hold, talk to Roderika and Blacksmith Hewg multiple times until Hewg takes Roderika as an apprentice.
Go to Roderika's previous location at Stormhill Shack for Golden Seed and back to her in Roundtable Hold for another Golden Seed.
Go back to where you found the Memento for a Crimson Hood.
Notes: If you unlock Roundtable Hold before getting her the Memento, make sure not to talk to Blacksmith Hewg about her or you will not be able to finish the questline anymore. You can finish it even if she is in Roundtable Hold as long as you don't mention her to Hewg. Is this the end of the questline? She has later dialogue but nothing has really happened besides asking you to save Hewg, but he refuses. Notes: End?
Blacksmith Hewg
Follow Roderika's Questline, later mentions wanting to create a weapon that can kill a god.
After you upgrade a weapon to max, he thanks you for allowing him to make the weapon and hopes that you'll use it to kill a god.
Notes: End?
Boc the Seamster - Multiple Choices:
Is a tree South of the Telescope South of Agheel Lake North Grace, he will talk to you. Hit him to free him and talk to him a couple times.
Go to Coastal Cave, on the shore West of the games start and talk to him inside a few times. Kill the boss of Coastal Cave and talk to him again to give him the Sewing Needle.
Meet him next to the the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace, North of Stormveil Castle and talk to him and he will start altering your clothes for you.
He will appear again at a few different Sites of Grace but doesn't do anything.
Grab the Gold Sewing Needle from the Church of Vows on the East side of Liurnia Lake. Eventually you'll meet Boc at the East Capital Rampart in Leyndell Royal Capital.
You have to buy a piece of boss gear from Enia and then you will be given the option to give him the Gold Sewing Needle. Later he will mention his ugly appearance and ask your thoughts on it.
Here you have a choice.
He will mention Rennala and ask for a Larval Tear to go change himself. If you choose to give it to him, he will show up at Rennala's boss room as a human, then when reloaded he will be dead.
Alternatively, if you go to Hermit Village, located South-East of Volcano Manor and most easily reached by going through the "Coward's Way" to reach Mt. Gelmir, you will find Prattling-Pate: You're Beautiful on the South side of the village. Take that and use it next to Boc in East Capital Rampart and then talk to him. He will mention hearing his mother's voice and ask if you feel the same. If you agree then he will be happy with his appearance.
Notes: Do not talk to Boc in East Capital Rampart until you have the Prattling-Pate: You're Beautiful. Otherwise, he may disappear forever.
Thops
Meet at the Church of Irith next to the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace. Buy all Sorceries.
After getting into the Raya Lucaria Academy, find the Glintstone Key on top of a Chandelier in the Church of the Cuckoo's inside of the Academy. This can only be gotten by travelling the rooftops which start near the Debate Hall Grace.
Give him the key then travel to Schoolhouse Classroom Grace in the Academy and loot his body just outside and around the corner.
Notes: Could he have been saved? Probably not since he is a Bluntstone.
Miriel, Pastor of Vows
Located at the Church of Vows on the East Side of Liurnia Lake. Takes Scrolls and Prayer Books and teaches their contents.
Notes: Could there be more?
Gurranq, Beast Clergyman
Go to the Third Church of Marika, just North-East of the Minor Erdtree in East Limgrave. Go North of the Church and into the water to find a Sending Gate. Use it to find the Bestial Sanctum where Gurranq is.
He wants Deathroot which can be found in quite a few different locations, usually places where there is a lot of death or Undead for a total of 9. Give Deathroot to him and he will give various rewards.
After the 4th Deathroot, he will become hostile and must be hurt a little to get him to become friendly again(rot or poison makes this easy, just run outside after applying).
Turn in all 9 Deathroot and he will leave and become Maliketh, the Black Blade which is a boss late in the game.
Notes: His location can be told to you by D, Hunter of the Dead.
Brother Corhyn
Found in Roundtable Hold. After you go up the Grand Lift or take the Coward's Path, talk to Brother Corhyn and he will announce he is leaving.
After getting up the Grand Lift of Dectus, go North-East of the lift to the Altus Highway Juntion Grace and North of that you can find Corhyn along the road.
Talk to him then go to North-East and on the North-End of the bridge you can find Goldmask.
Talk to Goldmask then go back to Corhyn and talk to him then back to Goldmask.
Corhyn and Goldmask can later be found in Leyndell on a hill near West Capital Rampart. Talk to them and then get the Golden Order Principia near the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace(South-East of West Capital Rampart) by going up a root, through the door, and jumping onto a roof before circling the building and climbing another root.
Take this book to Corhyn or Miriel and learn the Law of Regression. After learning, travel West of the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace and down an elevator and stairs to find a message on the ground. Stand on the message and face the statue then cast Law of Regression. Touch the newly formed message then talk to Goldmask and Corhyn.
Later, travel to the Stargazer's Ruins in the North section of the Mountaintops of the Giants, located on the North-Eastern corner of the map and talk to them.
After beating the Fire Giant and Maliketh, find the corpse of Goldmask on the West side of Erdtree Sanctuary Grace, past a few plants for the Mending Rune of Perfect Order. Reload and check Goldmask again for his armor. Corhyn can be found on the bridge near Stargazer Ruins, kill him for his armor and weapon.
Notes: Quest can be completed even with Corhyn dead. You also have the option to give him the Potion of Forgetfulness from Rya's Questline. Makes him stay at Stargazer Ruins and he won't sell you incantations anymore
White-Faced Varre
Found just outside the starting area, talk to him then return to talk after unlocking Roundtable Hold. Return to his location after killing Godrick to find a message.
Go to the Rose Church located on an island in the South-West area of Liurnia Lake. Talk to him for Festering Bloody Fingers then perform 3 Invasions, outcome doesn't matter, and talk to him again for a Lord of Blood's Favor.
Next go to the Church of Inhibition in the North-East section of Liurnia and interact with the corpse of the maiden in the chair. Return to Varre to get a reusable Blood Finger for Unlimited Invasions and a Pureblood Knight's Medal that he says to use "when the time is right"
Can be fought as an invader in Mohgwyn's Palace.
Notes: There are multiple alternatives to the Church of Inhibition, it's just the easiest. When is the right time to use the Pureblood Knight's Medal?
Bloody Finger Hunter Yura
Can be found South-East of the lake in Limgrave under an overpass. Talk to him to learn about the dragon nearby. Kill the Dragon for more dialogue.
Go North of the lake, up the stream and be Invaded by Bloody Finger Nerijus and Yura will appear to help. Don't let Yura die. After Nerijus is dead, go a bit further North and talk to him under another overpass.
Later, when you get access to Raya Lucaria Academy, go to the Main Academy Gate Grace and on the bridge going North, past the seal(don't interact with it, just walk past) you will see a Red Summon Sign. Interact with it and help Yura kill Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin, Yura living or dying doesn't matter here. Talk to him after the fight.
Later, after going up the Grand Lift of Dectus, Go North-East of the Grand Lift to the Second Church of Marika. There you will find him on the ground. Talk to him then you will be Invaded by Bloody Finger Eleonora. Kill her for a few rewards.
Notes: His body is later taken over by Shabriri, advancing too far causes his death so Shabriri can take over.
Found under the Waypoint Ruins East of the lake in Limgrave after a boss fight. Accept her offer to teach you sorceries.
Later go to the Hermit Village in the West part of Mt. Gelmir, North-West of the Grand Lift of Dectus, and find an old man named Primeval Sorceror Azur who has a crystal for a head and gives the spell Comet Azur.
Go back to Sellen. Then head to Sellian Hideaway in North Caelid past the seals in Sellia and North of the Church of the Plague Grace. It is hidden behind an Illusory wall behind a giant gravestone.
Go through Sellia Hideaway and at the bottom you will find a seal guarded by a sorceror. Kill him and open the seal then talk to Master Lusat and defeat Radahn in Redmane Castle then return to Sellen.
Head to Witchbane Ruins, South of the Fourth Church of Marika in West Weeping Peninsula, South of Limgrave, and talk to her.
Beat Caria Manor in North Liurnia Lake and go North-West of it to find a Dragon. Beat or ignore it and search the ruins for an Illusory Floor. Enter inside and find the Illusory Wall at the back to find Sellen again.
Interact with her and return to Sellen in Witchbane Ruins. Talk to Witch Hunter Jerren a few times. If Jerren is not there, go to Castle Redmane and talk to him in the church on the way to the Radahn Boss Fight and he will leave and appear in the Witchbane Ruines.
After getting access to Raya Lucaria, go to the Grand Library Grace and walk out to find 2 Summon Signs. One helps Sellen and one helps Jerren.
Sellen gives the Glintstone Kris and makes Shard Spiral available to buy, Jerren gives an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone and both give Witch's Glintstone Crown. Choose one and kill the other.
Notes: Scrolls can be given to her but I'd give them to Miriel. Sellen also features in another questline but isn't completely necessary to complete it.
Blackguard Big Boggart
Appears at Boilprawn Shack in the South section of Liurnia Lake.
During Rya's Quest for her necklace, he is the thief and will let you buy the necklace. Buy the necklace and some Boiled Prawns and he will give you an emote for buying the Boiled Prawns.
Later he appear in the North outer moat of Leyndall and will sell Boiled Crabs as well. Buy some.
Later during Dung-Eater's questline, Dung-Eater's invasion will happen here. Talk to Boggart and he will warn you about Dung-Eater being in the area and to stay on your guard. If you reload the area you will find him having become a victim of Dung-Eater, tied to a chair. He begs you for death and then dies, leaving a Seedbed Curse on his body.
Notes: If you kill Dung-Eater Invader before having bought Boiled Prawns from him then he will still appear in Leyndall but will not become a victim of Dung-Eater. His Seedbed Curse is not necessary to complete Dung-Eaters Questline nor get his Ending.
Dung-Eater - Multiple Choices:
Appears at Roundtable Hold beyond the room with the Twin Maiden Husks. When given a Seedbed Curse(found in several locations, the earliest meaningful one being available in Leyndell Royal Capital) he will give you the Sewer-Gaol Key and tell you to come meet him.
Go to the Avenue Balcony Grace in the Center of Leyndell Royal Capital and find a Well to the North-West in a ruined area nearby the Lower Capital Church Grace. Go down the Well to enter the Sewers.
Go through until you reach the Underground Roadside Grace. Go out the door, turn left, run past the big guy and go down a large open grate on the left side before reaching the gate. Once you fall in, go down the path, not into the sewer pipe tunnel, and you'll see multiple giant flowers. Run past the flowers and up the ladder to find the room with a bunch of Giant Hands. Kill the hands and then open the nearby door with the Sewer-Gaol Key to find Dung-Eater.
Talk to him then go back to where he was in Roundtable Hold to find a message. Go to outer moat on the North side of the Leyndell Royal Capital, outside the city walls, and he will spawn as an Invader. If he doesn't, it means that Blackguard Big Boggart is there and you should talk to him, buy some Boiled Crab, talk some more, reload the area, and talk to him again to collect a Seedbed Curse. When walking away, Dung-Eater should invade.
Kill him and go back to the him in Roundtable Hold. Go to his real body and depending on if you've progressed Seluvis' Questline, you get a choice.
The default choice is to give his body Seedbed Curses and once you given him 5, you get the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse for another ending to the game.
If you've gotten the Seluvis's Potion from Seluvis, you can choose to give it to Dung-Eater while he is tied to the chair. Go back to Seluvis and talk to him until he offers to sell you the Dung-Eater Puppet as a Spirit Ash.
Notes: Gross.....
Great Jar
Found in North Caelid just outside an arena. Doesn't speak but after talking to him there will be 3 Red Summons just down the hill from him named Knight of the Great Jar. Defeat them and talk to the Great Jar again for a reward.
Albus
Go to the Folly on the Lake Grace in the South section of Liurnia Lake. Go South-West from there and you should find a town hidden beneath the cliffs.
Proceed through the town and after getting the Village of Albinaurics Grace, kill the flute-playing enemy and nearby you should see a large Pot, Bush, Tree(it varies). Roll into it or attack and it will turn into Albus.
Talk to him to get the Haligtree Secret Medallion(Right). He will mention Latenna and then die.
Latenna
South-East of where you found Albus, South of the Scenic Isle Grace you will find the Lakeside Crystal Cave. Go through the cave and you will find the Slumbering Wolf's Shack.
Here you will find Latenna and her dead wolf, Lobo. If you haven't done Albus' quest, she will not say anything meaningful. After you've talked to Albus, she will be more friendly and will tell you where to find her half of the medallion as well as join you as Spirit Ashes.
Much later you will get to the Mountaintops of the Giants. Go to the North section of this zone to Castle Sol and you will find the Haligtree Secret Medallion(Left) after killing the boss.
Go back to the Grand Lift of Rold where you entered the Mountaintop of Giants and go to activate the medallion but don't activate it yet. When you get the option to use the medallion, click left or right until you see the option "Use Medallion(Secret)" and choose that one.
Go through the Hidden Path to the Haligtree into the Consecrated Snowfield then head to the Northwest to the Apostate Derelict. Near the NPC will be a Summon interaction which will summon Latenna. She will reward you with a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
Notes: Asks you to bury her beside Lobo when everything is done. Can this be done after killing final boss?
Ensha
Found being an Edgelord in Roundtable Hold. After getting either half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion, will invade you the next time you go to Roundtable Hold.
Dies an edgy death. Go to where he once stood for his armor set. Talk to Gideon to see how sad he is about the death of the Edgelord.
Notes: edge-lord!
Nepheli - Multiple Choices:
Found outside and down the path going towards Stormveil's Main Gate from the Secluded Cell Grace outside the boss room. Go from the Grace towards the Main Gate and she will be in a side room on the way. She can then be summoned for Godrick the Grafted boss fight.
After killing Godrick, she appears in Roundtable Hold just before the Twin Maiden Husks and gives you the Arsenal Charm.
Can then be found just outside the Village of the Albinaurics South-West from Folly on the Lake Grace in the South section of Liurnia Lake. Talk to her then kill the nearby boss Omenkiller.
Return to the Roundtable Hold and go downstairs past Hewg and talk to her there then talk to Gideon. From here you get a choice.
If you have done Seluvis' questline, you can give her the potion and she will appear in Seluvis' puppet room. After his death, you can get the Nepheli Loux Puppet.
If you don't give her the potion, you can give her the Stormhawk King Ashes. These are found by going to The Four-Belfries located in the West part of Liurnia Lake. There you will find 3 locked Waygates and a single key. Use it on the Gate that mentions Anticipation. This will return you to where the game started. Go through the area, get your revenge, and find the Stormhawk King Ashes around the chapel where you first spawned. Give these to Nepheli Loux and she will be reminded of her first hawk.
Notes: Based on data-mining, it appears that she is meant to be the Lord that Kenneth Haight is looking for but no one has figured out how to continue her quest. It appears that an NPC necessary to the quest has been removed and so this may be the end to her quest though it isn't certain. I have a theory that the fates of some of Seluvis' puppets can be changed.
Pidia
East of Ranni's Rise, North-East of Seluvis' Tower, jump off the cliff on to the ramparts of Carian Manor. Make your way through this path and you will find Pidia inside the building where the Manor Lower Level Grace is located, but above it where you couldn't reach before.
Becomes a merchant for you. Return after Seluvis' death and you will find him being murdered by his own puppets. By the time you arrive, he is dead. Has Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet to loot.
Notes: Pitiful Pidia.
Seluvis - Multiple Choice:
First encountered during Ranni's questline as a spirit. To do this, go through Carian Manor in North-West Liurnia Lake and go North-West of that to get to Ranni's Rise. Talk to Ranni and join her(if you already are helping Rogier, you'll have to go back to him then come back to join her)
After joining her go downstairs and talk to the spirits then back upstairs to Ranni. DO NOT give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni. Once you do, Seluvis dies.
Seluvis can now be found in his tower South-East of Ranni's Rise. He will give you a potion to give to Nepheli and you can buy Sorceries from him. The choice is here.
If you give it to Nepheli, you will make Seluvis happy and get the Nepheli Loux Puppet later from his dead body.
If you give it to Gideon, nothing happens.
If you give it to Dung-Eater at the end of his questline instead of the Seedbed Curse, then you can buy the Puppet from Seluvis.
After buying all of his sorceries, go North of his tower, into the ruins and find an Illusory Floor in one that leads down to a room full of Seluvis' Puppets. Roll into the door in the back to reveal an Illusory Wall. Go back to Seluvis and bring up the room(may require buying all Sorceries from him first) and he will give you a free puppet.
After you buy all Sorceries and get your first puppet, he will let you in on his scheme. He wants you to find the Amber Starlight Shard located North-East of the Atlus Highway Junction Grace, North-East of the Grand Lift of Dectus, in a canyon filled with Krakens.
Bring the Amber Starlight Shard and give it to him to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm. He will then give you a potion to give to Ranni. If you do it, then she will wake up angry at you, then kill you and Seluvis. Seluvis also dies after giving the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni and continuing her quest.
If you give the potion to Ranni and make her mad, you can absolve yourself at the Church of Vows to fix her questline, but I recommend just not giving her the potion. After his death his corpse will sell you puppets for Starlight Shards.
Notes: Other uses for the potions he gives you?
Gideon Ofnir
First found in Roundtable Hold. Talk to him for mean comments.
Upon reloading, appears in the room next to Ensha. Talk to him for more mean comments.
Collect at least one Great Rune, most will get Godrick's first, then return to him to be neutral and be given information about the Great Rune holders.
After killing Morgott at the Erdtree, return to him to be besties and he will offer you information and ask that you share any info you get as well.
Return to Gideon periodically after killing Mohg, The Omen, finding the Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum, killing Mohg, Lord of Blood, reaching Miquella's Haligtree, and killing Malenia, Blade of Miquella. He will reward you for the information.
Mohg, The Omen is found in the Sewers beneath Leyndell on the way to complete Hyetta's quest.
Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum can be entered by used the Pureblood Knight's Medal from the White-Faced Varre questline or by finding a blood-covered Waygate in the woods in the West section of the Mountaintops of the Giants, North-West of where you enter after using the Haligtree Secret Medallion. Mohg, Lord of Blood is found as the boss of that area.
Miquella's Haligtree is found through the Waygate in Ordina, Liturgical Town(covered in Millicent's guide) and Malenia, Blade of Miquella is found as the final boss of the area.
After giving all the information and receiving all of your rewards, Gideon will say that he has nothing more to teach you.
After advancing the game to after the Forge of Giants, he will tell you he is getting everything he can before he leaves. Upon reaching Leyndell again, he will be gone from Roundtable Hold.
After going through Leyndell for a second time, he will be found in the boss room where you fought the Golden Shade of Godfrey on the way to the Erdtree. He decided to quit being besties and now has the powers from all that stuff you told him about.
Kill him. Hear more mean comments.
Notes: All-Knowing but didn't know how bad he'd get beat down.
3. Nomad in North Limgrave, West of Summonwater Village
4. Next to giant bear by Patches teleport(open the trapped chest in Murkwater Cave, located in the river going North from the lake in Limgrave)
5. Nomad Northwest of Fort Haight in the South-East section of the forest in East Limgrave
6. Fort Haight in the South-East section of the forest in East Limgrave
7. North of Stormhill Shack at the edge of the broken bridge
8. Tombsward Cave, South-East of Fourth Church of Marika in North-West Weeping Peninsula
9. Tombs ward Catacombs, South of Church of the Pilgrimage in North Weeping Peninsula.
10. In Stormveil Castle, from Rampart Tower Grace, go through the North Door and jump to the roof in the East. Keep going this way and you'll find it.
11. Nomad at the entrance to Liurnia Lake
12. Rose Church, South-West of Raya Lucaria
13. Nomad North of Bellum Church in North-East Liurnia Lake
14. Smoldering Church North-East Limgrave/North-West Caelid
15. Nomad South of Caelid swamp at fork in the road.
16. Nomad in South/Center of Ainsel River.
17. Nomad in center of Siofra River on top of wooden house.
18. Nomad in center of Siofra River on top of wooden house.
19. Woodfolk Ruins, East of the Minor Erdtree in North Altus Plateau
20. Nomad in North Mt. Gelmir, North-East of Volcano Manor
21. Volcano Manor in the area hidden behind the Illusory Wall in one of the hallway rooms.
22. Chest in West Lake of Rot, West of Ainsel River underground. May require Ranni's questline.
23. Consecrated Snowfield, North of the first Grace. Requires Haligtree Medallion
24. Mohgwyn Palace on the edge of the cliffs past the swamp. Requires Haligtree Medallion or completion of White-Faced Varre's Questline.
Missionary Cookbook
1. Kale in Church of Elleh
2. Patches in Murkwater Cave located in the river going North from the lake in Limgrave.
3. Smoldering Church North-East Limgrave/North-West Caelid
4. Minor Erdtree Church, Southwest Leyndell Capital.
5. Siofra Aqueduct, in the crater in South-East forest in East Limgrave, made after Radahn fight. Past the Crucible Knight, North-East of Ancestral Woods Grace.
6. Volcano Manor, from Temple of Eiglay Grace, go up the elevator and hop down into the lava. Go past the the Iron maiden, through a window, down a ladder, and down the stairs.
7. Nomad in Mountaintops of the Giants, near the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Grace.
Armorer Cookbook
1. In camp north-east of North Agheel Lake Grace
2. Nomad by Coastal Cave in South-West Limgrave
3. Nomad Northwest of Fort Haight in the South-East section of the forest in East Limgrave
4. Castle Redmane in South-East Caelid in the North-West gatehouse
5. Castle Redmane in South-East Caelid. Follow the path going through the door in the South-West.
6. Siofra River. West of the Siofra River Bank Grace
7. Fort Laiedd in West Mt. Gelmir. West of Volcano Manor.
Fevor's Cookbook
1. On a stone tomb south of Summonwater Village in North-East Limgrave
2. Nomad East of Raya Lucaria Main Gate Grace. Requires Glintstone Key gotten next to the Dragon West of Raya Lucaria.
3. Reward from Gideon Ofnir for information on Mohgwyn Dynasty Medallion. Requires either Haligtree Medallion or finishing White-Faced Varre's Questline.
Glintstone Craftsman's Cookbook
1. In outpost North-West of Church of Irith next to Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace
2. Lanskyar Ruins in South East Liurnia Lake
3. Highway Lookout Tower in East Liurnia Lake, North-West of Liurnia Highway North Grace
4. Academy Gate Town South-East of Raya Lucaria Academy. It's in a chest North-West of the Grace.
5. Raya Lucaria Academy in a chest past the Schoolhouse Classroom Grace
6. Caria Manor in a room South-East of the courtyard.
7. Pidia in Caria Manor. Complete Caria Manor then go to Seluvis's Rise West of it and then go east and drop onto the rampart from the cliff.
8. South-West of Albinaurics Rise in East Consecrated Snowfield. Requires Haligtree Medallion.
Frenzied Cookbook
1. Frenzied Flame Village in North-East Liurnia Lake
2. On the Path Down to the Frenzied Flame.
Perfumer's Cookbook
1. Perfumer's Ruins, North-West of Abandoned Coffin Grace in Altus Plateau, found by going through the "Cowards" path past the Magma Wyrm.
2. Rooftops of Shaded Castle in North Altus Plateau
3. Auriza Side Tomb North East of Leyndell. Open the chest in the room with a lot of benches.
4. Nomad in South/Center Ainsel River
Ancient Dragon Apostle's Cookbook
1. Wyndham Catacombs in West Altus Plateau. South-East of Volcano Manor
2. Nomad just North of the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Grace on the South side of the broken bridge in North/Central Altus Plateau.
3. Cathedral of Dragon Communion in South Caelid, West of Castle Redmane.
4. Crumbling Farum Azula on a roof in the South-West section past a dragon.
Do I need to follow the playthrough in this exact order?
By "intended" what I mean is that this will get you through the game in the safest way possible and with as few risks as possible. This will, in some ways, take away a lot of the open-world aspect that the game offers. It may be the "intended" story, but I don't believe it is the "intended" way to play. With that said, if you plan to stick with the game for multiple playthroughs and enjoy the "Dark Souls Experience" please wait to use this guide until at least your second playthrough. However, I completely understand if you just don't have time for multiple playthroughs or find the idea of exploring the massive open world with no direction frustrating. With there only being so many hours in a day, and only so many of those hours being available to play with, it's perfectly fine if you just want to see all there is to see in a single playthrough. That's why this guide is here. I hope that this guide can help players of all kinds to enjoy this game as much as I've been enjoying it and see all that the game has to offer! So to all my fellow Tarnished....Hang in there, skeleton!
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