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. Subscribe for more: ru-vid.com?su...
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
@@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 :)
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.
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
@@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
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.
@@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 :)
@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.
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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 :)
@@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
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
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!
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!!
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
@@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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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"
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
You forgot to mention to make sure you finish Seluvis quest before finishing Ranni's questline. If you don't he'll die and you'll miss out on the Scorpion Magic Tailsman
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
"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.
@@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
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.
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
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
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)
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.
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)
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
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.
Fun fact about the warrior jars... They actually eat corpses believing they will obtain the strength of those they eat the little one is happy because he can eat a piece of Alexander to gain his he also eats diallos so yeah there's that
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.
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.
@@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
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.
@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
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.
The only reason to complete the patches quest is to get the best heavy armor set in the game. Definitely worth mentioning, my main focus of my NG+ run was not killing patches so I could get the bull goat set. 100 poise means its heavy as hell but looks great and is the tankiest of tank builds.
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
