Elden Ring: 10 QUESTS You Shouldn't Have MISSED

Elden Ring (PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S/One) is filled with incredible quests you could miss out on. Here are some of our favorite optional missions and objectives.
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[@user-op2bh7rc9z]

In Alexander’s eyes, he was laid to rest by the most worthy of opponents, and a comrade he wouldn’t have had it any other way. I consider that a good ending for him.

[@mkv2718]

But he doesn’t have eyes. Cuz he’s a jar.

[@johannesnagengast7643]

But he is still right about Alexander.

[@adrianacosta5863]

I agree 100%. Same with Hewg, even though he got dementia, he was proud serving the best

[@inframatic]

I don’t know what this video is talking about because at the end of his quest you get an amazing talisman

[@dustinschalk8825]

@@mkv2718 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Owned

[@duke_8747]

Would like to note: Alexander’s quest is definitely worth finishing if you uses any ashes of war. His talisman greatly increases damage from ashes of war.

[@menyce3]

I was gonna say this. Thank you. Btw doesnt his talisman increase skill damage?

[@mikehoncho5135]

@@menyce3 That’s what they said

[@elipetrou9308]

Damn I only met him at the festival, is there any other way to get the reward?

[@duke_8747]

@@elipetrou9308 he has a long quest line. Go back to the site of grace where you defeated radahn and talk to Alexander next you will need to get him un stuck again using an oil pot and hitting him near gate town bridge. Then you will meet him end game near the island where you fight maliketh and he will challenge you to a battle and you will get it then.

[@menyce3]

@@mikehoncho5135 i misread it. Apologies.

[@ZephWraen]

The nice thing about Alexander's quest is you can miss him in several places and still finish his quest. I never once bumped into him when he was stuck in the ground, but still got all the other encounters, so those all seem optional.

[@fishie00]

Yeah you can skip the oil jar part, and go to the lava pool after some point. (that was what happened to my playthrough)

[@Darklord_tK]

I first found him in the cave you get moonveil katana after being teleported into the crystal mine from the trap chest never seen him trapped in the ground

[@crypandora66]

@@fishie00 same

[@jasiahhaye8317]

did you get the great-jar’s arsenal?

[@desert0x38c9]

@@jasiahhaye8317 ?

[@LoicReviews]

Actually, you could summon Alexander during the Fire Giant fight!!

[@NightGazer]

A big help in that fight. I had him and my summons. Then I became sad when I killed him at the end of his quest.

[@sethfitts1983]

His talisman for completing is quest is seriously one of the best in the game too. Video saying you don't get good loot is pretty inaccurate

[@sethdemers1530]

Seth Fitts which talisman is that

[@sethfitts1983]

@@sethdemers1530 great jar shard. 20% damage buff to all ashes of War and weapon abilities.

[@dank-bongripper9836]

Except if he's bugged out and stays in Radahn's arena

[@solofox9426]

If you read the shard of Alexander description it says that there is clumps or red hair attached to it, implying that Alexander put the leftovers of Radahn into his pot. Thats why he is super powered during final dual

[@Sorrowdusk]

The Fire Giant too if you summon him during tay fight

[@SeraAngelo]

probably the Fire giant's hair, Radhan's hair isn't red, that's his helmet plume.

[@yupmcgrath2139]

Red hair implies he has something to do with Radagon. Could be Radahn though! The lores great in this game!~

[@JOSHUAHEROO]

@@SeraAngelo His hair is red, he is the son of Radagon who also has red hair.

[@piffsponza]

@@JOSHUAHEROO thank you.

[@baconsir1159]

The reward for fully completing Alexander’s questline is definitely pretty great

[@thecaptain8963]

Yeah I was gonna say xD that Talisman is on nearly all the builds oit there xD

[@baxterolson2478]

Shard of Alexander is probably one of the best quest rewards in the game. 15% skill dmg is almost a guaranteed talisman slot

[@sussybaka6951]

Ya

[@dacbiet]

It’s definitely one of the best talisman in game

[@ThisGuyz2Legit]

Do you have to fully complete his quest? Cause I never unstuck him from any hole. But he did help against radahn and I did find him at the volcano. Will he still show up for the final fight for me?

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Boc actually has a pretty good ending. If you accept him the way he is, he would be grateful and would wish to remain around you after you become Elden Lord. Essentially, you make him your royal seamster. He can work on your threads for eternity 😁 As for Diallos, for some reason, in my playthrough, he never made it to Jarburg. So the town was never attacked, it still looked peaceful even after Jar Bairns left. Pretty good resolution in my opinion. Which makes me think that Diallos may have inadvertently been the reason the town was discovered in the first place.

[@wells6351]

Ohhh interesting!

[@nope-0000]

Nope. He won't leave if diallos doesn't go there. You're full of shit.

[@MrCandycake]

You can mess it up at so many points in times I had him rebirthed but because I didn't have the "you're beautiful" token he killed himself x.x

[@alexgarmiryan6770]

Dialos never went there for me either, but Jar Bairns never left….

[@kidneystonermusic]

Make sure to tell him he's beautiful

[@Archerxtreme]

Patches quest received a small extra post v1.04 update. After Patches "dies" head back to where you first encountered him and the boss fight will start. Nearly identical to your first encounter Patches will confront you when you open the chest but then he'll recognize you and you will get a new gesture (the Patches' Crouch). You can kill him if you want now and loot his gear. Or if you choose to spare him, he becomes a merchant in the cave again. But really he has nothing new to sell, so you may as well kill him. Also unmentioned in the video, you can also deliberately provoke Patches to fight again by hitting him a couple of times, but this time let him lower your health to critical at which point he will tell you to beg for forgiveness. Use the Grovel for Mercy gesture which you learnt after fighting and beating Patches the first time and you will automatically learn a new gesture "Extreme Repentance". Use the new gesture to make Patches stop and he'll become a merchant again. You can continue his quest as normal.

[@RedDragon4275]

Just a note, Blaidd's name is actually pronounced with a 'th' at the end instead of a D. The name means Wolf in Welsh, and the DD is treated as a TH.

[@overseastom]

Also, Jarbairn is probably pronounced like JarBEARn, as bairn is an old word for a child, meaning he's basically called Jar-kid. Source: in Newcastle, England, we often say bairns when talking about someone's young kids.

[@meganberry6999]

Came here to look for this comment!

[@Marcuscaravan]

@@overseastom Same here in Yorkshire! The word originated in Scandinavia and its use in the UK traces back to the Viking landings in northern Britain. Hence why much of the north uses the word, where the south does not. Just a fun fact :)

[@RedDragon4275]

@Germaine Vorkuta Clearly the comments above prove you wrong. The word isn't English, so it doesn't matter how us English speaking people would say it. If you're saying it was a D at the end, then you're wrong. Plain and simple.

[@Marcuscaravan]

@Germaine Vorkuta What a stupid comment.

[@woyogoyo3639]

IIRC, Ranni’s ending changes depending on whether you talk to her at the grace atop Ranni’s Rise after getting married. Oh, and if you want a quest with an actual happy ending Kenneth Haight and Nepheli Loux’s quest is a good one.

[@thomasansley539]

For sure! And nepheli can help you with the Godfrey fight she saved my ass

[@Hartbreak1]

Yup, though it’s easy to give Nepheli a bad ending if you don’t know what you’re doing and fulfill a request from another certain quest.

[@thomasansley539]

@@Hartbreak1 yeah definitely don't give her sleeze bag's potion

[@kaiderhai86]

@@thomasansley539 I didnt give her the potion but I never could continue her quest.

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

@@kaiderhai86 because before the recent patch, her questline stopped as soon as you gave her the stormwing ashes, now it continues once you do kenneths stuff as well and meet him at his fort, rest at godricks grace to reset the area and go into the throne room :)

[@DarKKnightt07]

Ranni's questline was amazing but long and tough. The rewards you get at the end make it so worth it.

[@nathanc4298]

Nothing is worth killing Blaidd

[@leonwendker3610]

Best Ending and the most beautiful. I see this in my eyes: My/Our Tarnished married Ranni the Witch and becomes the Elden Lord. Both of them lives and thats what matters.

[@hennessya96]

Only for sorcerers really. My first playthrpugh I did her quest with minimal looking anything up and was really just following up with it because I was a mage and was looking for good loot.

[@fish_bacon]

Killing that shade was a bitch tho

[@wintersotero9749]

She is the Most Special Beautiful Characters,sooooo.

[@justinjacobson7495]

There's a step between freeing Alexander from his first hole and the Radahn Festival. After you free him, he's in Gael Tunnel, which is the same place you get the Moonveil

[@aether3885]

Also, you have to talk to Alexander on the field where you fought Radahn after defeating him in order to get him to move on to his next spot

[@hossbonaventure]

Interesting, I never once ran into him before Gael Tunnel when I was looking for Moonveil

[@joshhollands7805]

@@hossbonaventure I accidentally killed him here 😥😥

[@InMyFaceAndLovingIt]

@@hossbonaventure You don't need to talk to him, but he's just hanging around the boss room because he thought the tunnel was a dead end

[@justinjacobson7495]

@@hossbonaventure right by the boss, there's a door that leads to a grace. Between the grace and the boss door, Alexander will be chillin' and surprised to see you. He's only there if you've freed him but not activated the Radaahn Festival

[@ARIXANDRE]

Currently going through Ranni's quest. It's a mix of obtuse lore with amazing depth and characters.

[@silenthillers3503]

i did that to but like i jumped alot of it

[@tiktikboom2371]

I f-d that quest up at the end, cause I got myself hugged by the 3 fingers 🤣. Bah.

[@christophluger793]

They actually mistranslated a lot what was said in Japanese. It sounds like an evil plot at first but it actually is the best solution for this universe imo.

[@christophluger793]

@@tiktikboom2371 you can undo the frenzied flame, but it's a long and hard questline (you have to beat Malenia at the end). It's the questline from Milicent with the needle.

[@charsquatch600]

If you want her ending, be sure to summon her fr her sign at the end. I messed it up

[@JPiattelli]

As someone with kids. I don’t know how tf I would have remembered all these quest lines and organically come across all these. Hardcore souls fan here, but first time experiencing a game as a dad. Makes you realize what a commitment these games are to get the most out of them lol

[@akmalll5722]

yeah lmao i can't remember most of it but I made a "journal" for my playthrough, originally it was intended to uncover the lore without watching any lore video but the journal help to remember most of npc quest. not all since some of it didn't even mention where they go.

[@casvanommeslaeghe]

I view it as a grand collective bit of jolly cooperation. Souls games more than any other get the internet community to go on a hunt for obscure clues and secrets and tell each other about it. It's the meta game above the game imo.

[@JPiattelli]

@@akmalll5722 I wish I would have done that. Taken some notes

[@jor840]

same here, have only a few evenings for gaming due to kids etc and made a notepad on my phone to write down all the stuff I want to do in the future haha :)

[@1IGG]

I feel you, mate. Working 40+ hours plus having a 2 year old running around is pretty time consuming. pro tip is to sleep less and game more ;)

[@Epiductions]

Latenna's quest starting at the end of Lakeside Crystal Cave in Liurnia is easily missable if you progress too far because she'll just die and you won't be able to get one of the 8 somber ancient dragon smithing stones in the game

[@fishie00]

Didn't know about this. So pretty much visit her once you got to liurnia.

[@blackarcane6702]

I immediately went to find her after Gideon brings her up. Her entire questline is easily missable as well. I found the church she needed to be at on a whim. I'm not sure if going further past that church locks you out of the end of the quest, but I'll be glad if it doesn't

[@TSotP]

I just killed her for her Armor, ngl

[@rikkitikkitavi31]

And she is a pretty awesome quest reward. Great summon

[@zenosama8505]

Funny thing about patches, you can summon him during the radahn festival and he will just immediately go back to his world

[@papadaddio866]

You forgot the one quest arc that actually does yield a genuinly happy ending for multiple NPCs. After patch 1.03, you can work across Nephili Loux, Kennith Haight's and Gatekeeper Gostac's quests to basically have Nephili crowned the next queen on Limgrave. It's a surprisingly positive note that really stands out against all of the other quests that end on a down note in this game

[@BaddyPlays]

Thanks for reminding. I just started NG+ and i Nepheli disappeared in my first playthru

[@blindhitman4207]

lol I killed the gatekeeper 😂 swear he was takin my shit

[@otherpandanine8788]

​@@blindhitman4207 he was taking ur shit if you don't go though main gate lol

[@SharkAttackSkinder]

@@blindhitman4207 me too lol he had 30,000 of my runes!

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

@@SharkAttackSkinder 30k???? I think I forgot something in Stormveil castle... brb

[@SkillJoy.]

I gotta say, the voice acting for these npcs is absolutely phenomenal

[@Jim26D]

I love the from soft voice acting. It's so distinct

[@bendelaughter]

I love the voice acting so much. Honestly though, Morgott takes the cake. That voice actor did an incredible job with him.

[@Mr-O-]

Totally agree,I wish they put the same effort into HZ Forbidden West,would have made it so much better.

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

@@Mr-O- Forbidden west had pretty amazing voice acting & facial animation , zero dawn was ok , From software voice actors however just feel atmospheric , cryptic or sometimes eerie as if they are trying to hide something

[@jahcreator]

Voice acting is good. Lip synch is awful. I expected demon souls like luo synch but was sorely disappointed. Bluepoint did it justice, even though it's wierd but delicious

[@judebarrios7709]

Completing Jar-Bairn's quest rewards you with the depression talisman. The talisman's buff is stackable as well so pretty neat.

[@Jemobulas_DotA_Coach]

At Sellen's quest during the time Sellen is found at the Academy, Renalla isn't gone. She's just standing to the side in the same room. For those who would like to see Sellen stay there forever and not turn into a sad ball of sadness, you can choose to not do the final part of her quest by informing her of Azure & Lusat's bodies locations. And you can still respec since Renalla remains in the room. Worth to note tho if you're an actual mage, you'll probably want to get the final rewards which are Azure & Lusat's full armor sets with their unique passive effects which increase both the Focus cost but also the Damage of their respective Sorceries. Plus they look sick af!

[@longjohnny]

Their armor looks shit.

[@t0kigh02t7]

I just found these sets last night and I never see anyone with them I don't think many know to go back to get them

[@LiegeMaximo]

azur armor is enough and dont tell her about lusats location.

[@mangos1346]

same with Blaidd. just dont do the last bit and he is still around and not mad :D

[@baconsir1159]

For Dungeater you can also feed him Seluvis’s Potion when he’s tied up in the basement, letting you potentially get him as an ash summon

[@forrestallen9354]

Just do it before finishing Rannie's questline. If you try to do it after you cant.

[@sander6499]

It's one of the strongest summon in the game. I also recommend getting his sword and armor too

[@Kass_me]

Yeah but if you do that you cant get his ending

[@wolfgangnester1867]

@@Kass_me his ending sucks though

[@AmericanGadfly]

i want to get him as a summons, then on another playthrough make him fight himself

[@Legacy-of-Diablo]

0:15 number 10 2:20 number 9 4:15 number 8 5:49 number 7 7:04 number 6 8:16 number 5 9:50 number 4 11:22 number 3 13:27 number 2 15:26 number 1 Cheers

[@Rune6969]

thanksssss

[@Legacy-of-Diablo]

@@Rune6969 no problem

[@saintlaronron7642]

people like you make the world go round fr

[@AshenTarnished]

Alexander quest gives you one of the most important talisman in the game

[@joshuapatrick682]

And isn’t really tragic, he accomplished his objective, and had some awesome fights with Legends along the way…

[@adnanhussain9057]

@@joshuapatrick682 unlike millicents prosthesis

[@Jemobulas_DotA_Coach]

Iron Fist Alexander offers an absolute must-have reward which is Shard of Alexander among other items one of which is required for another chain quest. The Shard greatly increases all damage from your weapon skills. For reference - my mage's Moonveil Katana skill "Transient Moonlight"' got it's damage boosted from 1300 to 1500+. This was the difference in most PvP fights and in quite a large number of PvE ones where the weapon would directly one shot an opponent instead of leaving him at very low hp and giving him time to recover &/or retaliate.

[@Sasha-lf8bu]

I'm so torn between not wanting spoilers and also not wanting to miss a single thing. The way this game has me in a chokehold 😂

[@theredcinder7437]

I didnt want spoilers until i failed like 4 quests lol

[@phoephoe795]

Play it once blind, and enjoy that experience to it's fullest as you only ever get one blind playthrough. Save the wiki diving and video tuts for the NG+ rounds

[@CrouchingscarabflyingJ]

Play through blind first, then look up stuff you missed, try a different build and start up a ng+

[@KungligaLeo]

​@@phoephoe795ääää I

[@unlimitedisme]

If you get Sellen the new body but not finish her quest she will stay in Rennala's spot until you finish her quest. Also Rennala is still in the library, she's just chilling behind one of the bookcases.

[@leesasuki]

learn about this too late, like, 1 day too late...

[@498drifter]

@@leesasuki sellen is still in the library she’s just a ball of heads now

[@fishie00]

@@498drifter which is the primal form of glintstone (from the description of an item)

[@leedex]

I think Ranni’s and Fia’s quests are a must, because of the remembrances. I took Ranni’s quest first to get her ending and after beating the game, I finished Fia’s quest.

[@phoenixphxx8130]

"You don't get any particular good rewards for helping him out" *drops best talisman available* o.o

[@pHixiq]

Going on 3 play throughs, I’ve come to find out you can skip ALOT of steps for quest lines and still be able to complete them

[@lucascaruso7275]

Yeah you can, but best to try reach all the steps because the amount of times I have tried this and accidentally missed the entire quest. A sense of accomplishment comes with completing them all.

[@TRONiX404]

Making some kind of a journal entry for every quest encounter with alittle description would of made the quests more engaging. Well atleast for people who take a few weeks for a singe play through.

[@christophluger793]

@@TRONiX404 true. A journal would be cool. Like your character writing down who he/she met, what they said etc. Not a normal boring questlog but a nice journal.

[@TRONiX404]

@@christophluger793 kinda like sea of thieves, the journal updates with clues and interaction categorized by npc. Right now I'm using a YT quest Playlist and screen cap to track everything.

[@13nohead]

Really? Good. I've missed a lot. I can't finish yurias or Alexander's though 😔

[@channingtaintum]

For Patches's quest, when you meet him at the Shaded Castle, in the hallway of statues before Briar's boss fog, he gives you an item to give to Tanith, but only after you've killed Rykard.

[@bingobongo1615]

Yeah but does it do anything? Doesnt seem like it…

[@kirinixx]

@@bingobongo1615 probably something in the next update

[@OutlawRobot]

After giving it to Tanith, you can attack her, a knight will spawn you can fight him and get the last crucible ash or spell + some clothes, but I think he quest line isn't over yet, he and patches, so i didn't attack her just yet, waiting for next update, really wanna know where patches go after last contact, nobody seems to find him just yet!!!!

[@paytyt]

Dancers castenet... She poops on your kindness ... That's what aggrod me to smack her while she was snacking on rykards head

[@hafizazhar2936]

After u saw Patches at The Shaded Castle..u can go to Murkwater Cave..open the same chest..fight him again..then he'll surrender again..n open up his shop..again..thats the last i guess..

[@MetallicaKing48]

I love these extra little side quests, I hope they add more with future updates. Maybe bigger ones with DLC.

[@DonJuanMair]

I was just about to fight the Magma Dragon and boom there was Alexander standing right in the tunnel to say hi. So random, loved it.

[@bdbgh]

Remember to talk to Ranni's doll at the tower one last time before you proceed with the main story

[@TrevorMag62]

You do not have to defeat the two Abductor Virgins to escape Volcano Manor, it is much easier to get to the Subterranean Inquisition Chamber Site of Grace. There is no walking over magma involved, but there are a few bats, and a hole with multiple ledges to drop down. At the grace simply rest and teleport out.

[@jezinci16]

I like how you explain things in all quests, perfect for someone who have trouble completing it, excellent work my friend

[@Mine4062]

Very clear and helpful list. Just enough info without overload. Thanks!

[@terricon4]

I like how with patches, at least in the first cave if you pick a fight with him after having made peace and he starts fighting back... he'll tell you to beg for forgiveness once your health gets lower, last chance... and you get an emote for that and if you do it, he'll forgive, a momentary lapse in judgment I'm sure... So ya, he'll actually forgive you unlike all other characters that would start fighting back, should you hit them. He really does have his own code, twisted as it may seem at first glance, he's still more trustworthy than most I say.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

If you let him live he also sells a cookbook which contains the recipe for Gold-Pickled Fowl Feet. If you’ve already killed him you can give a bell bearing to the twins at the Round Table to get access to his wares.

[@praisethesun2496]

I got the platinum. Alexander's quest was one of my favorites.

[@Hartbreak1]

I know a lot of people have mentioned that you can skip parts of those quests (and that’s what will normally happen anyways) and still complete them but I find it more satisfying to do every single step on a quest. Doing all the steps on quest can give you more context on what’s going on and why stuff happens. For example doing all of Blaidd’s questline will give you the context on why he’s hostile at the end and make the ending feel more sad and depressing as you learn everything that led to that inevitability.

[@WalkingNowhere]

From what I can tell, some people consider Ranni's quest and ending canon since it involves more than half of the other things you can do, like Radahn, Rennala, several optional bosses, several friendly NPC's, and at least two other NPC's quests.

[@delrunplays2903]

It's probably the one that is the best setup for a sequel. Frenzied Flame destroys the world, and all the others have you stick around as the Elden Lord with a variation of the Golden Order. Meanwhile, Ranni's ending sees you leave the Lands Between with the establishment of a fundamentally different order.

[@Outside85]

It is also considered the only 'good' ending, since in classic Fromsoft form, we've learned that the Golden Order/Greater Will is pretty much messing up the entire world just to remain in power.

[@Fapfappa]

If you start Seluvis' quest and give the potion to the Dung Eater you can actually get the Dung Eater as a spirit summon! Did it totally by accident lol

[@CB-ur8zy]

I gave it to old man, can i still do?…

[@jacobfurmanov5163]

​@@CB-ur8zy no Gideon threw out the potion and I don't think seluvis gives you another one so the dung eater puppet won't be available

[@DJSLANKMAN]

Elden ring quests: I’m a need a whole ass degree for this shit📜

[@Dimi_Ste]

Thank you for being so straight to the point!

[@amorrobel]

Thanks for the tips on these side quests. Much appreciated! 👍

[@AymanAli-wp3vb]

I like how this video is exactly 18 minutes long. Not a second less or more. Definitely worth the time.

[@MonkrySlut]

I've also found the POT Dude in a random tunnel I got lost into just at the end of the tunnel there is room with 2 doors, behind one of them is a boss fight and the other is where the exit and he he is in. You can actually see him through the wall as the wall and door to the exit is made of wooden planks. Not sure if he will assist you with the boss as I was kind of under leveled for that dungeon and choose to just leave instead. It was funny because when you meet him again there he says something like " oh bro, are you lost too? lol"

[@southernthunder364]

he doesn't sadly

[@davide4725]

Gael Tunnel before the Radahn fight

[@j.l.5966]

Found him here early game when I was fetching the moonveil sword.

[@bsherder]

16:13 I don't remember at what point but every single time i fast traveled to that area i was able to loot all plants. I was very careful not to break any fences or jars of any kind or to accidentally land on any jar when dropping down from anywhere.

[@malango255]

Did my first play through blind offline. I was so happy how much I was able to figure out myself. Like the your beautiful item on boc.thst felt great.

[@DeadlyFredXXX]

I actually used that needle. I was going for Ranni's ending on my first go but was planning to do NG+ with a faith build and madness incantations. Well, you can get the perfect focus for that as part of someone else's quest but only once you accept the frenzied flame. So I do that, got my focus, used the needle and sailed off into the sunset with the moonwaifu.

[@Stefan-1978]

NG+ is very boring in Elden Ring. Its the same Game again, no changes. The enemies a little bit harder but your Charakter keeps everything from NG and is much too strong at the second run. So i've deleted my Charakter and started a new one.

[@DeadlyFredXXX]

@@Stefan-1978 you're not wrong

[@Stefan-1978]

@@DeadlyFredXXX Of course i'm not. 😄

[@vincey6158]

@@Stefan-1978 tbh yes, thats why i just create a new character for each run

[@Justin-ym5ce]

It’s pretty awesome, I missed so many parts to a lot of these but was still able to complete most, I’m glad they let you

[@rudygb17]

I actually encountered Alexander in a mine in Caelid, he didn't help me or anything but he was just before the boss fight and it is a pretty large dungeon, there is even a grace before the boss fight and I found it hilarious he was just chilling there.

[@Nick-Lab]

Alexander's talisman you get at the end is awesome. It is much better than the 1 you get for killing him early.

[@davidmoney96]

I’ve only beat the game once and I still feel unaccomplished

[@Hanging_Brain]

This comment would be better without the word “only”.

[@ricky836]

I think you mean still feel "tarnished."

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

I’m at 70 hours and still haven’t beaten the game

[@TRONiX404]

@@DadsCigaretteRun there's so much to do! I'm slow runner at 130 hr just doing volcano manner.

[@soulxtheory3173]

145 hours and I still don’t want to start 2nd play through

[@Nyarlarthotep9]

I love how fromsoft literally made an entire character off of one line of dialogue from Bloodborne. Fishing hamlet priest: "Lay the curse of blood upon them, and their children, and their children's children, for evermore. Each wretched birth will plunge each child into a lifetime of misery." And now we have the dung eater.

[@papadaddio866]

Yas! I'm not the only one who saw a Bloodborne connection in Dung Eater's dialogue

[@Jemobulas_DotA_Coach]

Milicent's quest's reward "Rotten Winged Sword Insignia" is actually completely busted for some builds like my Arcane/Bleed/25 Faith Double Godskin Peeler build. It stacks with the Flask of Wondrous Physick's effect which does the same thing and when you do a jump attack which hits 4 times instantly, you can literally one-shot any single player in the game regardless of their build. It's worth to note that this talisman stacks with Milicent's Prosthesis but it's not optimal to use both since there are better talismans to place in stead of her arm. Still it's a pretty nice lore items to compensate for it. Also they gave you the option to back out of the Lord of the Frenzied Flame ending by completing Milicent's quest because if you're not playing using guides and are instead exploring on your own, the game never explicitly tells you that this ending is the only one which locks you on one path unlike all other endings. And only when you actually lock yourself on that path you then get informed by Melina after defeating the Fire Giant that you still have time to return to your previous path. If you choose to ignore her however, you solidify yourself on becoming the Lord of Frenzied Flame and keeping those sick cosmetic burns across your entire body. It looks really well with the Hero's armor set for example which reveals a lot of your skin. Looks great on both female & male body types.

[@coreyshults1572]

For me it’s the eyes. Love the look

[@Acast009]

Problem with Rannis quest is you can miss her so many times and accidentally lock her behind the festival and since I didn’t fight Radahn till after Morgott - I leaped frogged most of the quest in terms of the side characters development. By the time i found ranni - I fast traveled to get the finger slayer and returned in less than a minute since I cleared out the city by then. By the time I found her again - I was done clearing out everything and just saw her dead randomly then ascend to wherever. I went back to Rannis rise area - blaiid finally appeared who I hadn’t seen since post Radahn fight/ only to go crazy for reasons I have no idea and that other scorerer guy was dead in his tower and I just collected his things. The blacksmith is just still making tools on the side of the road. The end.

[@MightyRude]

I found Alexander in a cave right next to the boss that drops moonveil

[@yupmcgrath2139]

I remember this! That’s when he was making his way through Caelid towards red mane.

[@PoncesPoint]

UPDATE: For Ranni’s quest, once you see her dead by the 2 fingers and give her the ring in the moonlight altar, you can head back to Ranni’s Chamber, rest at the grace and talk to the miniature Ranni one last time. You’re welcome.

[@splinteridiot]

I read somewhere that if you do that then at the end when you chose her ending, Age of the Stars, instead of saying “my fair consort” she will say “my dear consort”.

[@Alyasiry87]

@@splinteridiot I just beat the game and chose her ending and she did call me that. Made me tear up a bit

[@Karlach_]

@@splinteridiot +1 maidens

[@maevrik]

@@splinteridiot Simpin' intensified

[@PoncesPoint]

@@splinteridiot I actually had no idea. I found out accidentally by just going back to previous graces and seeing if anything changed. Sort of also going down memory lane since I liked her quest. I rested at her grace and the option was there. Thank you for telling me that it actually changes how she speaks to you at the ending. I had no idea

[@awildtimmy]

Wouldn't it be fun if Falcon made a video describing the route you should take through the game to get the most full and fleshed out experience, what things to grab and what his opinion of what the best way to play game would be? Wouldn't that be fun? c:

[@TheDownables]

My little head cannon as to why you need to help Millicent to undo the frenzy flame ending is because only a really rare act of good can undo a terrible act of evil. (Of course that really depends on your perspective on whether or not the frenzied flame is a good option) But it is a very interesting topic to think about from a thematic point.

[@josephbarling5341]

the rewards for Millicent’s quest are actually super good just depends on your build and also the shard of Alexander is so much better than the pot helmet

[@Acarinn]

alexanders quest finale is tied to jar bairn's quest, so theres a bit more to it. and you get a great talisman from alexander at the end of his part aswell that i dont think was hyped up enough

[@joshuapatrick682]

So Blaidd’s quest is truly the most tragic. Seluvis becoming a puppet himself the most hilarious and Dueling IronFist Alexander so that the stronger will consume the other and become the ultimate Champion is the most cathartic and compelling.

[@buddharocks492]

I encountered Alexander completely different.. He was stuck in some tunnels and I opened it then I saw him at the Radahn festival and then like 30 hours after I killed Radahn, I went back to the battlefield and Alexander was there putting bodies in himself and said he was going to the mountains to get stronger.. Have no idea where he is now lol

[@cardfreak0560]

MOUNTains. Hopefully that'll help

[@degaxx]

He'll be in the lava pool behind the magma wyrm in Mount Gelmir.

[@anish.seeniraj]

did you encounter him in gael tunnel at the border between limgrave and caelid? thats where i found him and he said he was going to redmane fort or some shit for some festival as well

[@TrikkShot1]

Patches actually meets his own end if you go back to the shaded castle after beating rykar, asks you to give an item to the beautiful dancer Tanith, which adds lore to her character as a whole, she was a dancer.. however the item does nothing for she never really cared for patches or dancing after rykar. Patches passes on his own without his maiden.

[@floppydisksareop]

Knowing Patches, he probably lived and just slinked off to some hole yet again. The guy doesn't really do final deaths.

[@RyuKaguya]

It's heavily believed that he's pretending to be dying.

[@denvercoplan6069]

He actually survives! After he gives you the item before the fight, he returns to Murkwater Cave, where he puts back up a fog wall, resets his chest, and waits for someone to rob him again. But this time, after jumping down to fight, he’ll say “oh wait! It’s you! It’s been ages!” And he’ll stop fighting on his own, and give you another emote.

[@bolson42]

Gold mask and corhyns quest is amazing. Finding out the secret of the statue on my own was one of the best “oh shit” moments i’ve had in gaming, ever.

[@AnimeRick86]

I know I'm new to Elden Ring but man I had no idea there's so much to this game. Thanks, for the great info!

[@alloftheexperts2111]

0:33 But you do get crazy good rewards for finishing his questline - The Shard of Alexander Talisman is essential for certain builds as it greatly boosts attack power of skills.

[@TheHydrogen4]

There are more spots you can find Alexander. His actions also provide inside into what is the purpose of the pots, and once you realize what that purpose is, you understand why you find pots in the locations you do. They have an important role in the lore of the game.

[@calebmahoney2448]

Feeding pots for the elden lord.

[@erinhoffer9920]

5:50 Blaidds name, the two d's are said like a "th" sound. It's Welsh, I think it means wolf

[@skyesthelimit6792]

Ive talked to patches in other spots outside as well. One I clearly remember: "When going to volcano manor when you climb up the first huge ladder hes right before that big jump from the rock edge to the other rock edge. Hes literally right behind you in a bush saying theirs something shiny close by" Have no idea Ill back track later on. I know horrible instructions but going by memory. Im sitting in church atm." Enjoy. btw: ty for posting good info. Kay

[@skalmortis]

Alexander's quest ''You don't get crazy good rewards for completing the quest'' I yelled WHAT?! The medaillon you get for finishing it is one of the strongest medaillons in the game no cap hahaha

[@jakelee8789]

Alexandria has one of the best rewards in the game imo, I love having a talisman that makes my skills hit way harder

[@mortysmith2192]

I've never played this game but man I love seeing any type of gameplay and lore from it, I hope to play it some day

[@adrianacosta5863]

you're lucky to be so young and introduced to this. I had pong. look it up lol "graphics"

[@mortysmith2192]

@@adrianacosta5863 lol I'm young but I at least know what your talking about, must be cool to see the evolution of games as a whole

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

2:09 awesome item especially using the Envoy's Long Horn weapon art

[@JorgeRodriguez-xd8ue]

Another thing you can you in the Dung Eater questline is to give him Selvius potion. If you don't give the potion to either Nepheli nor Gideon and just keep it, you can give it to the Dung Eater and turn him into a summon.

[@Loganmccoy1996]

I’ve done all of these! I’m excited for a part 2 maybe? I’m currently trying to get all the gestures and find new ones

[@gameranxTV]

👌🏼

[@IHateEnglish10282]

@@gameranxTV Aqui no Brasil tem um Canal Gigante com quase 3 melhores de inscritos chamado Sidāo Gamer que adora copiar seus vidios

[@snoochieboochyz]

Idk if anybody has ever thought of it but I added my potions to my pouch quick select slots and instead have my summons and trinkets/tools on the down button slot since cycle thru those isn’t so bad when looking for summons. Point being now (as Xbox player) I can hold Y button and have access to any potion with the corresponding D pad press. It’s made it so convenient instead of cycling to the desired potion.

[@grogueQ]

Same. Saved me from dying hundreds of times since I've been doing it that way.

[@overseastom]

It's how I have mine set up too, with the only problem being that I have to take my left thumb off the analog stick to quickly tap the D-pad, which does stop your movement, albeit only briefly. It's not a huge impact, but it can help enemies close the gap, which is a bummer.

[@snoochieboochyz]

@@overseastom yeah but same thing ya gotta take thumb off left stick to cycle thru the down Dpad to find your potion in the default setup. Atleast using our pouch setup you only need half a millisecond for a single dpad press

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Another trick is that a long D pad press will cycle back to the first item.

[@snoochieboochyz]

@@MichaelPohoreski woah.. so in practice it could work for the other directions!!! 🤯🤯

[@markusmikulas6806]

The first and only time i found him prior to the Radahn festival was in the underground mine connecting Stormveil to Caelid. It's the same location where you get the Moonveil katana

[@PizzaCatSamurai]

I never found Alexander stuck in a Bugs Bunny hole. First time i saw him was at the "Festival". Still got to the end of his quest and got a sweet piece of fleshy jar. And i think my first time meeting Blaidd was at Ranni's rise when she summoned Dah Bois.

[@DreaddNok]

I gave Boc the tear because I didn’t know about the other option. He ended up dying and I actually felt horrible.

[@Brute_Studios]

I've never had those encounter with patches in my first playthrough, gonna try that out in NG+

[@UstashaMe84]

My favourite bit of Dialogue is when Jar Bairn does her impressions of her uncle Alexander’s voice! Cracks me up every time!

[@OrphanTaco]

Patches has a questline tied to the volcano manor, if you complete his contract you get a very unique whip weapon you wouldnt otherwise be able to obtain. As what you do with him after that is completely up to you

[@knwbdy7876]

If you're talking about Hoslow's whip, you don't need to do Patches' questline for it. It's from the Volcano manor assassinations you get by talking to Tanith.

[@OrphanTaco]

@@knwbdy7876 no sir I was referring to the magma candlestick whip

[@knwbdy7876]

@@OrphanTaco Ahh yes I see, that makes sense

[@Roxxigaro]

I never found Alexander outside of the festival except for when he was in the lava where he gave me the helmet so it looks like you dont need to do every step to get the later rewards.

[@davidhutkai1157]

He will be at Farum Azula next.

[@michaellongbottom3331]

I'm gutted that I missed the Yura quest on my current (and first) play through, I really wanted to bloody twinblade thingy weapon

[@BLAZEVII]

I'm tarnished I had to subscribe. Keep it up! 👍

[@thomasroman7011]

"Ranni gives you a new possible ending.." translates to her giving you the true and best ending. Millicent also has one of the best quests honestly. She not only is tied to the best boss in the game but she gives you the item needed to reverse the most evil ending in the arena of another of the best bosses. And the rotten winged sword is so good if you use a fast combo heavy weapon.

[@seanseams6308]

Why’s Ranni ending the best

[@heroman2372]

Why does everyone say that Ranni gives the best ending?

[@peteganzo6786]

@@heroman2372 cause they get to marry Ranni

[@seanseams6308]

@@peteganzo6786 that’s so dumb lol she literally blue with two heads what’s so appealing about marrying her

[@Everythinggoodstaken]

@@heroman2372 cause they’re simps, frenzied flame is the best ending these guys wanna marry a blue loli character with 4 hands and did nothing but basically fix her fuck ups. Ranni never did shit for us and we’re marrying her??? Fuck all that I’m about to see if finishing Seluvis’ quest line if you can turn Ranni into a summon like Dung eater too lmfaoooo

[@peterphilipson2589]

The true purpose of the Millicent questline's final reward is, well helps you to get one of the hardest ending combination. The main objective of this "ending" is to burn the Erdtree without sacrificing Melina and avoid the frenzied flame ending.

[@bard1847]

Kind of a missed opportunity though that she doesn't show up with an added cutscene when you become the lord.

[@GattoriSancho]

So I guess thats the ending I am getting

[@jordanhaney872]

I needed this list cause I’m about 25 hours into my playthrough and haven’t run into a single one of these people lol

[@TrophyHunterTyler]

Great channel, great energy, great narrative, subbed

[@mkv2718]

Ya know, I would love to see Falcon in a Spelling Bee. Listening to him pronounce words incorrectly has just gotten endearing at this point

[@mduckernz]

The one for prosthesis was certainly something haha :) (pros-thee-sis... not pros-this-sis or whatever that was!) (and yeah, just endearing. No shade here)

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Falcon fucking up words that even the game has speech for has got to be a meme by now. =P

[@sikevillian]

I gave Boc a larval tear thinking oh you wanna look good I gotcha homie , then seeing him as a naked human devoid of his senses at the academy made me regret my decision. Boc is fine as he is. please don't give him a tear

[@papadaddio866]

I gave him the Larval Tear then remembered the Prattling Plate thing and did that before he warped to Renalla. He stayed in demihuman form but I lost out on a tear (all good, I have 20 in my inventory so I'm not hurting for them)

[@spartandelta9695]

A lot of people New to the souls franchise actually don’t know it but patches is always actually low key helping you. The Virgin advice is actually the quickest way to fight Rykard, when he kicks you down the mountain side it’s actually a direct path to Volcano manor. He also does this is DS1 in the tomb of giants leading you to Nito and in DS3 Ring city he kicks you down the hidden path leading to Gale in the worst ways possible he’s the most useful guide in the Souls series.

[@GattoriSancho]

Im sorry but he needed to die

[@thephoenixxy]

You can easily cheese the rot-pond ulcerated tree by running up to the broken branch from which you jumped down originally. Just keep a decent distance and use a bow.

[@serapheid3669]

or, as a mage, comet azur :D

[@vincey6158]

@Federico Apruzzese elden ring difficulty is optional, there is no 'right' way to play

[@vincey6158]

@Federico Apruzzese lmao, i run my 2nd playthrough as a mage with no summon, literally mage with no summon. I only say there are many ways to play this game, cheese mode and intentionaly making harder for yourself mode

[@thephoenixxy]

@Federico Apruzzese You assumed so many things that I'd say you sound like a child. Although, I doubt you actually are.

[@GarethBruce]

A small point I know but Jar-Bairn is pronounced more like "bear-n" than "beer-n" as "bairn" is a Scottish/northern English term for a child. As a Geordie, the constant mispronunciation is quite, jarring. Thanks for the vid all the same, they really did a good job with all the UK accents and localisation.

[@andrewkell6950]

I'd say the talisman that Alexander drops at the end of his quest is a worthy item. As for Millecent's quest either talisman you get are great. Both of these quests are requirements for an enemy bodying build.

[@JerkyFraser]

I think this is one of those games where I think it's good to use a walkthrough guide. There's so much that's easy to miss in Elden Ring.

[@AllProblemo]

I accidentally stumbled on rannis quest first and followed it through all the way to the void monster then had to come back because I was getting my ass kicked. Still haven't beaten game cleaning up all the quest looking around for things I haven't found. Appreciate the tips

[@ManateeMentality]

After you slay Blaidd, talk to the giant blacksmith on the road to Caria Manor. Earlier, when you’re exploring Nokron, the blacksmith tells you Blaidd was on another quest which is why he didn’t show up down there. But then after you slay Blaidd later, the blacksmith tells you that Blaidd had been actually been imprisoned for his own safety or for Ranni’s safety or something. Then he’ll say that he fears his time is near too. Reload the area and you’ll find the blacksmith dead on (black) fire, surrounded by dead black knife assassins, just like Blaidd was (except Blaidd had survived their assassination attempt on him by the time you find and battle him).