New Game Progress

Recommended for playthroughs after the first one (not NG+, starting new save). All non-required bosses marked as optional.

Easily reachable (Somber) Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones not marked as optional, others are optional.

Weapon upgrades are written as "normal (somber)".

Kill any merchants (except for maybe Kale) and give their bells to the twin maidens to be able to easily buy smithing stones when you need them.

If you're missing stones to upgrade your weapons you can: A) explore caves, B) check Fextralife for locations, or C) get the Bell Bearings that allow to buy upgrade materials from Twin Maidens.

Simple rule of thumb for leveling: 1) Meet weapon requirement first, 2) Every two levels, add one point to VGR and one to your main stat(s), 3) If unsure about your main stat, just boost VGR until you figure it out

• Buy crafting kit from Kale
• Pick Whetstone Knife from Gatefront Ruins
• Rest in Gatefront Site of Grace to get Torrent
• Teleport to the Church of Elleh Site of Grace and talk to Ranni to get Spirit Calling Bell and Wolves spirit summon. Feel free to upgrade the wolves before you get whatever spirit summon you will use in the end game
• Let Magrit kill you to access Roundtable Hold
• Get Flask of Wondrous Physick and Sacred Tear from the Third Church of Marika
• Decide how you want to reach Altus Plateau later in the game: A) With the two halves of the Dectus medallion, B) Through the Ruin-Strewn Precipice, accessible going north past the Bellum church, north of the path toward the Dectus Lift, C) By letting the Abductor Virgin at the bottom of Raya Lucaria telport you to Volcano Manor, and defeating the Abductor Virgin duo. (option A is the easiest one, option C is possibly the fastest one)
• If you choose to access Altus Plateau with the Dectus Medallion, you need to grab both halves of the Dectus Medallion
• Nepheli Clear Fort Haight (east Limgrave, south of Mistwood) from enemies
• Nepheli Speak to Kenneth Height atop the battlements southwest of Third Church of Marika
• Alexander Find Alexander in Northern Stormhill, West to the river and North of the Agheel Lake North Site of Grace. Him a few times on the back with any weapon until you free him. He will reward you with some items
• Sellen Talk to Sellen at the Waypoint Ruins Cellar grace and select the "I want to learn sorcery" dialogue option. Located Western Limgrave, right east to Agheel Lake, downstairs Waypoint Ruins.
• Hyetta Talk to Irina south of the Bridge of Sacrifice grace (Weeping Peninsula)
• Optional In Weeping peninsula, get the Sacred tears from all 3 churches (Callu Baptismal Church, Church of Pilgrimage, Fourth Church of Marika)
• Optional If you don't plan to get Mimic Tear, you can get Lhutel the Headless spirit summon from Tombsward Catacombs south of Weeping Peninsula Erdtree avatar (requires 104 FP)
• Hyetta Give Irina's letter to Edgar in Castle Morne (Weeping Peninsula)
• Hyetta Defeat Leonine Misbegotten, the boss of Castle Morne (Weeping Peninsula)
• Hyetta Talk with Edgar in Castle Morne (Weeping Peninsula)
• Hyetta Go to where Irina was, next to Bridge of Sacrifice grace, and talk with Edgar.
• Optional Get 50,000 runes from killing the sleeping dragon Greyoll in Dragonbarrow with bleed (Reduvia, Uchigatana or Bloody slash ash of war)
• By this point, your weapon can be upgraded to +3-4 (1-2)
• Defeat Magrit
• Whetblades Iron Whetblade (Heavy, Keen, and Quality). Stormveil Castle Can be looted off a corpse found in the armory room, through the north-western door in the hall with the Grafted Scion. You will need to use the Stonesword Key on the imp statue to dispel fog gate blocking the doorway
• Nepheli Talk to Nepheli in the north room of Stormveil Castle courtyard
• Beat Godrick in Stormhill Castle (or alternatively beat any one of the other Shardbearers: Radahn, Rykard, or Rennala)
• Hyetta Get Shabriri Grape from Godrick's throne room at Stormveil Castle
• Get the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace near Godrick's throne, in Liurnia
• Hyetta Give Shabriri Grape to Hyetta in the Lake-Facing Cliffs site of grace in Liurnia
• Nepheli After defeating Godrick and resting at his grace, talk to Nepheli in Roundtable Hold (you might need talk first to Gideon and rest in a grace for Nepheli to appear)
• Varré Obtain any of the Great Runes (a good choice is to get Godrick's Great Rune as it's useful and easy to get, or beating Rennala will also get you her Great Rune)
• Varré Talk to Enia in Roundtable Hold
• Buy lantern from Nomadic Merchant in Liurnia of the Lakes in Liurnia Lake Shore grace
• Get the South Raya Lucaria Gate site of grace in south side of Raya Lucaria
• Hyetta Get Shabriri Grape from Purified Ruins, found along the lake shore on the eastern landmass of Liurnia (stick to the east side of the lake from the Liurnia Lake Shore grace). The Grape is at the lower level, behind a breakable wooden plank
• Hyetta Find Hyetta west from the Purified Ruins and give her a Shabriri Grape
• Varré Talk to Varré in Rose Church (west from Fallen Ruins of the Lake grace in Liurnia) and get Festering Bloody Finger
• Varré Use Festering Bloody Finger to invade players three times (you can exit their world immediately
• Varré Talk to Varré in Rose Church, accept the dialog and get Lord of Blood's Favor
• Hyetta Get Shabriri grape by killing Edgar, either in Revenger's Shack in south-western Liurnia (directly north from the minor Erdtree) OR in Castle Morne if you didn't progress Irina and Edgar's questline
• Get Academy Glintstone Key from Liurnia of the Lakes, south from Crystalline Woods site of grace, behind Glintstone Dragon Smarag
• Nepheli Talk to Nepheli at Village Of The Albinaurics and defeat Omenkiller
• OptionalAll RemembrancesLatennaMillicent Get Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) by speaking to Albus in Village of the Albinaurics (Albus is hidden inside a jar, roll into the jar and talk to Albus)
• Latenna From Liurnia Lake Shore grace, looking north hug the left wall until finding the entrance to Lakeside Crystal Cave. Progress through the dungeon to find Latenna at the end and grab the grace
• Hyetta Find Hyetta north of the Gate Town Bridge, easter Liurnia of the Lakes (in front of the southern broken bridge in the east side of the lake, above the cliffs) and give her a Shabriri Grape. Exhaust her dialogue. Reload the area, and exhaust her dialogue again
• Nepheli Talk to Nepheli in Roundtable Hold
• Nepheli Talk to Gideon Ofnir about Nepheli
• Nepheli Progress Roderika's questline if you didn't, by talking to Roderika and Hewg multiple times in Roundtable Hold (and resting at the grace) until Roderika moves nearby Hewg
• NepheliVarré From the Four Belfries (Liurnia), seek the waygate that has the message "Precipice of Anticipation" and use the Imbued Sword Key you find at the top (fourth) belfry to activate the waygate. You will reach the Chapel of Anticipation
• NepheliVarré Defeat the Grafted Scion
• Nepheli Get the Stormhawk King found in the Chapel of Anticipation and give it to Nepheli
• Varré Soak Lord of Blood's Favor in the corpse at Chapel of Anticipation (you can also do this by killing Irina in Weeping Peninsula or in the Church of Inhibition in north Liurnia)
• Varré Talk to Varré in Rose Church multiple times until he gives you the Pureblood Knight's Medal
• Varré Use the Pureblood Knight's Medal to reach Mohgwyn's Palace (it's also possible to reach Mohgwyn's Palace from Consecrated Snowfield much later in the game though a waygate portal)
• Enter Raya Lucaria and beat Wolf of Radagon
• Whetblades Glintstone Whetblade (Magic and Cold). Raya Lucaria Academy Looted from a corpse hanging off the window ledge of an office balcony. From the Debate Parlor site of grace, head west of the courtyard fountain, up the collapsed stairs, past the kneeling Commoners, and into the room with the Twinsage Sorcerer
• By this point your weapon could be +4-6 (2)
• Optional Go through the waygate after the stairs with the giant rolling balls after wolf of Radagon to reach Church of Vows, and get Flame, Cleanse Me incantation (12 FAI) at the fire monk camp southeast of Church of Vows
• Sellen Beat Rennala. Or, just for game progression (excluding quests), beat any one of the other remaining Shardbearers that you didn't defeat yet: Godrick, Radahn, or Rykard.
• Smithing Stone Bell Dropped by the Crystalian Boss at the end of Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel (northeastern Liurnia, east from the walking mausoleum in the lake)
• RanniSellen Beat Loretta in Caria Manor
• Ranni Talk to Ranni, then her servants, then Ranni again. If you don't find Ranni, it's possible that you have started the Radahn festival, so you will have to kill Radahn before progressing
• Seluvis Talk to Seluvis in Seluvis's Rise to get Seluvis's Potion (beware that giving this item to certain NPCs can lock you out of their quests)
• Optional Beat Ancestor Spirit in Siofra river, which you can access through the Siofra Well in Mistwood
• Whetblades Red-Hot Whetblade (Fire and Flame Art). Redmane Castle (south Caelid) From the Chamber Outside The Plaza site of grace, head out the south-side door, west past the flamethrower enemies, and then to the door past the Abductor Virgin and hanging bodies. Note: if you reach Altus before this step, you will need to defeat Radahn to access the rest of Redmane Castle
• Hyetta Kill Festering Fingerprint Vyke near the Church of Inhibition (the pathway south from Dectus Lift in the Liurnia side) as he drops a Fingerprint Grape
• Hyetta Find Hyetta in Bellum Church in Liurnia of the Lakes (the path toward the Dectus Lift from the East Raya Lucaria Gate grace, hugging the left side) and give her the Fingerprint Grape
• Reach Altus Plateau in one of 3 ways
• Rest in any site of grace in Altus
• Optional It should be possible to progress Fia's quest now, but Fia's quest can be also skipped as she will be in Deeproot Depths regardless after you burn the Erdtree later
• By this point your weapon can be +10-14 (3-5)
• Glovewort Bell Dropped by Erdtree Burial Watchdog in Wyndham Catacombs, in Altus Plateau. At the top of the Wyndham Ruins, reachable north of Erdtree-Gazing Hill grace
• Somber Stone Bell Defeat Crystalian Spear and Ringblade boss in Altus Tunnel, directly south from the Minor Erdtree in Altus Plateau
• Smithing Stone Bell In a chest at the first secret area inside the Sealed Tunnel (Down at south of the lake right next to the west gate to Leyndell Royal Capital from the outside, Altus Plateau)
• Alexander Alexander's next location is in Gael Tunnel, found from the rear entrance that borders Limgrave and Caelid. You can skip this step as it is not necessary
• Somber Stone Bell Dropped by the Fallingstar Beast in Sellia Crystal Tunnel (Caelid). Reachable by opening the chest in Dragon-Burnt Ruins in Limgrave
• Millicent Speak with Gowry in Gowry's Shack within Caelid. The Gowry's Shack is found in eastern Caelid, just before Sellia, Town of Sorcery. Players can reach this location by following the Caelid Highway to the east and the north. Or from Sellia Under-Stair grace going south. You can skip this step, but it will enable you to summon Polyanna for O'Neil's fight
• Millicent Defeat Commander O'Neil, located in the Swamp of Aeonia (central Caelid). He will drop the Unalloyed Gold Needle. You can cheese O'Neil by sneaking behind him and repeatedly casting Posion Mist
• Millicent Give the Unalloyed Gold Needle to Gowry, reload the game and get the repaired needle from him
• Millicent Reach the Church of the Plague and give the needle to Millicent. It's reached by heading southwest from the Fort Faroth grace site and taking the Spiritspring down or from the backstreets of Sellia, Town of Sorcery. Or, coming from Dragonbarrow, jump down a Spirit Spring to the north of the Church
• Millicent Rest at a grace, then talk to Millicent again and exhaust her dialog. She will gift you the Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom
• Millicent Find Millicent in Gowry's shack. Exhaust her dialogue. Reload the game and Millicent will be gone and you can purchase spells from Gowry
• OptionalAlexanderAll RemembrancesRanniSellen Radahn Festival should be active now, and you can beat Radahn
• Alexander Find Alexander next to the Radahn grace and talk to him
• Alexander Follow the path south from the Artist's Shack Site of Grace. Alexander will call out for help. Use an Oil Pot or Roped Oil Pot to free him (this step can be skipped by going to Mt. Gelmir after the Radahn festival)
• OptionalAll Remembrances If you beat Radahn, you can now access Nokron
• Ghost Glovewort Bell On a corpse lying at the base of a gazebo near the Nokron, Eternal City grace
• Optional get the Mimic Tear spirit summon from Nokron
• Whetblades Black Whetblade (Poison, Blood, and Occult). Nokron, Eternal City Found on a corpse slumped in front of an altar in Night's Sacred Ground grace
• Ranni If you don't plan to follow Seluvis' questline, you could complete most of Ranni's questline by this point
• OptionalAll Remembrances Beat Regal Ancestor Spirit in Siofra river, the part reachable after beating Mimic Tear (Nokron)
• OptionalAll Remembrances Beat Valiant Gargoyles in Siofra Aqueduct, and access Deeproot Depths through the coffin in their arena
• Alexander Talk to Alexander near the Seethewater Terminus Site of Grace at a lava lake behind a Magma Wyrm, south of Fort Laiedd in Mt. Gelmir. To reach Seethewater Terminus Grace, head north through the ravine west of Wyndham Ruins
• Sellen Get the Comet Azur spell at the Primeval Sorcerer Azur grace. Reachable from Altus Plateau: start at Altus Plateau or Erdtree-Gazing Hill grace, go north through Wyndham Ruins and find Seethewater River grace. From that grace it's a long straight path around Mt. Gelmir. At the very end you will find Primeval Sorcerer Azur
• Sellen Talk to Sellen at the Waypoint Ruins Cellar grace and select the "Let us journey together" dialogue option. You will receive the Sellian Sealbreaker key.
• Sellen Find Lusat in the Sellia Hideaway and get the Stars of Ruin spell. He is behind a secret cave behind an illusory wall. To reach the entrance, start at the Church of the Plague site of grace and head north up the hill and straight under the wooden arch. Look to the North-East for a small graveyard with a single sorcerer enemy wielding a staff and a club. Behind the main headstone, along the cliffside, there's a secret door you can reveal by rolling or attacking it
• Sellen Talk to Sellen at the Waypoint Ruins Cellar grace about her request and about Lusat's location.
• Sellen Talk to Sellen in the Witchbane Ruins where she is shackled. You will receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone. Witchbane Ruins are located directly south of the Fourth Church of Marika, in the west region of Weeping Peninsula
• Sellen Talk to Witch-Hunter Jerren in the chapel near the Chamber Outside the Plaza grace. If you rest at a grace, Redmane Castle will reset to its version filled with enemies
• Sellen Talk to Witch-Hunter Jerren at the Witchbane Ruins where Sellen's dead body is shackled.
• Sellen Find Seluvis's Secret Puppet Room in the Three Sister, in an illusory floor in between Ranni's Rise and Renna's Rise, and transplant Sellen's primal glintstone in Sellen's puppet. Sellen's puppet is behind an illusory wall next to a glowing message
• Sellen Assuming you have defeated Rennala, assist or challenge Sellen near the Raya Lucaria Grand Library grace. Depending on what you choose you will get different rewards
• Sellen If you assisted Sellen, you are rewarded with the Eccentric Set
• Sellen If you assisted Sellen, you can get Master Azur and Master Lusat armor sets from their respective locations
• Sellen If you assisted Sellen, you can speak to her to get the Glintstone Kris and buy Shard Spiral. She might have become a School of Graven Mages, depending on questline progression
• Sellen If you challenged Sellen, you get the Witch's Glintstone Crown and Sellen's Bell Bearing
• Sellen If you challenged Sellen, you can speak to Jerren just outside the entrance to the Grand Library to get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. If then you kill him, you can get the Eccentric Set
• OptionalAll Remembrances You can reach Mt. Gelmir and Volcano Manor by going north east from Altus Plateau site of grace until FOREST-SPANNING GREATBRIDGE grace, crossing the bridge with the magic portal, then heading south west through the only path available
• Tanith Speak with Tanith in the manor's lobby and get the Drawing-Room Key
• Tanith Upstairs from Tanith, Defeat Inquisitor Ghiza
• Tanith Collect the Recusant Finger and Letter from Volcano Manor from the nearby room with Rya and Bernahl
• Tanith Defeat Old Knight Istvan using the summon sign north from the Warmaster's Shack (Limgrave). There's a red sign on your map.
• Tanith Report back to Tanith and receive Magma Shot Sorcery
• Tanith Speak with NPC Patches at the entrance of Volcano Manor (it's possible that you have to meet him first at Murkwater Cave for him to show up at Volcano Manor, the wiki is not clear about that)
• Tanith Invade and defeat Great Horned Tragoth at Ruin-Strewn Precipice Overlook inside Magma Wyrm Makar's boss room after resting at the grace inside the boss room
• Tanith Collect the next Letter from the room nearby Tanith
• Tanith Defeat Rileigh using the summon sign midway through the path south of Shaded Castle (Altus)
• Tanith Report back to Tanith for the Serpentbone Blade reward
• OptionalAll Remembrances Get Sentry's torch from merchant in Hermit Merchant's Shack, northeast of the Outer Wall Battleground site of grace (Altus), useful if you want to reach Malenia (buy it from the merchant before killing him)
• Millicent Reach the Shaded Castle, heading north through the valley between the Mt. Gelmir and Altus Plateau regions, heading north from the Altus Tunnel to find your way to the Castle
• Millicent Retrieve the Valkyrie's Prosthesis from the Shaded Castle, in a chest in a room guarded by a single Cleanrot Knight, on the northwestern edge of the castle
• Millicent Find Millicent just north-northeast of the Erdtree-Gazing Hill site of grace in Altus Plateau and give her the Valkyrie's Prosthesis
• Millicent Go to Dominula, Windmill Village (East of the "Road of Iniquity Side Path" Site of Grace. Follow the main path southeast, then bend east), and defeat the Godskin Apostle. You can summon Millicent for this battle
• Millicent Rest at the Windmill Heights site of grace, and find Millicent and exhaust her dialoge
• Beat Draconic Tree Sentinel to access Leyndell
• Dung Eater Talk to Dung Eater in Roundtable Hold (after reaching Leyndell)
• Whetblades Sanctified Whetblade (Lightning and Sacred). Fortified Manor, Leyndell From the West Capital Rampart site of grace, head to the south-west side of the manor and enter from the roof near the Erdtree root. Once inside, it can found on a corpse laying next to an anvil
• Dung Eater Get one Seedbed Curse from Leyndell Royal Capital: After you exit the room with East Capital Rampart grace, continue south past the Oracle Envoys and into the building. Inside, head down the stairs and face west to take the elevator. After the elevator continue west into the next building. Climb up the ladder to your right and go up the stairs. On the highest floor you will find the Seedbed Curse on a corpse sitting in a chair
• Dung Eater Talk to Dung Eater with one Seedbed Curse in your inventory, to get the Sewer-Gaol Key
• Dung Eater Reach the Underground Roadside grace in Leyndell underground sewer
• Dung Eater From the Underground Roadside grace, find Dung Eater: take a left from the grace, jump down the open grate, run northwest past the rats and the giant poison plants, go up the ladder and use the key on the locked door (be wary of the giant hand)
• Dung Eater Talk to Dung Eater in the sewer and tell him to leave his cell
• Dung Eater Find a message in place of Dung Eater in Roundtable Hold
• Dung Eater Go to the outer moat (from Outer Wall Battleground grace, same path to the Draconic Tree Sentinel but hugging the right side down the moat) and defeat Dung Eater to get the Sword of Milos
• Dung Eater Talk to Dung Eater in Roundtable Hold
• Seluvis Give potion to (A) Nepheli if you want to get Dolores's spirit ashes (it will lock you out of Nepheli's quest), (B) to Dung Eater if you want to get Dung Eater's spirit ashes (will lock you out of Dung Eater quest), (C) or to Gideon (will not lock you out of any quest). You need to do this step to progress Seluvis questline
• Seluvis Visit Seluvis's lab behind an illusory floor in between Ranni's Rise and Renna's Rise to find the body of Nepheli or Dung Eater, depending on who you gave Seluvis's Potion to, and interact with the message within (if you killed Dung Eater after giving him the potion, you will not find his puppet, but you can progress with Seluvis' questline regardless)
• Seluvis Talk to Seluvis and ask him about his chambers to receive a free Spirit Ashes from him (you might need to reload the area and talk to Seluvis several times)
• Seluvis Get one Starlight Shard at a stone astrolabe near a cliff in Weeping Peninsula, directly east from Castle Morne Rampart grace
• Seluvis Get one Starlight Shard from a stone astrolabe southeast of the Map Fragment in Limgrave. Head southeast from the Agheel Lake South Site of Grace toward the top of a cliff and you'll see the astrolabe
• Seluvis Get one Starllght Sard in Stormhill, south from the Stormhill Shack grace, next to a cliff above the beach
• Seluvis Buy one spirit ashes from Seluvis. If you can't, talk to Seluvis after reloading the area multiple times until you can
• Seluvis Get Amber Starlight from Altus Plateau: Directly east from the Altus Highway Junction Site of Grace, the road will break off north into an open cave, in the cave the Amber Starlight will be sitting below a statue surrounded by several Land Octopuses
• Seluvis Give Amber Starlight to Seluvis to get the Magic Scorpion Charm
• Seluvis Get Amber Draught from Seluvis (you might need to reload the area)
• Seluvis Choose the option Amber Draught with Ranni. Ranni will kill you and Seluvis. Ranni will disappear from the area. Note that you can absolve yourself with Celestial Dew at the Church of Vows and continue Ranni's questline without consequence
• Seluvis You can get Pidia's Bell Bearing and a puppet from dropping from a ledge from the Three Sisters into Caria Manor
• Ranni Loot Fingerslayer Blade from Nokron (along with a Great Ghost Glovewort)
• Ranni Talk to Ranni again and give her the Fingerslayer Blade to receive Carian Inverted Statue. Gving the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni will turn Seluvis into a puppet, so if you want to do Seluvis quest, you must do it before this point.
• Ranni Talk to Iji
• Ranni Go through Renna's Rise waygate and get Ranni's doll
• Ranni Progress through Ainsel and Nokstella to get the Discarded Palace Key from the Baleful Shadow.
• Ghost Glovewort Bell In a chest guarded by several Silver Tears with shields in the corner of a small room near the Nokstella, Eternal City grace
• Ranni Get the Dark Moon Ring from Rennala's room
• Ranni Go through the Lake of Rot (Flame, Cleanse Me incantation, lots of HP flasks, Immunizing Horn Charm talisman and Immunizing Cured Meat help)
• All RemembrancesRanni Defeat Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
• Ranni Reach the Moonlight Altar (this place is end-game level but you don't need to kill anything to progress Ranni's quest.
• Ranni Reach the Cathedral of Manus Celes and activate the grace inside
• Seluvis If you have access to the Cathedral of Manus Celes, grab the 10 Starlight Shards lying around and purchase the remaining Spirit Ashes from Seluvis or his corpse (even if you can't access Manus Celes, there are a total of 11 shards in other parts of the map, near stone astrolabes)
• Ranni Place the Dark Moon Ring on Ranni's doll finger and Get the Dark Moon Greatsword
• Dung Eater Get Seedbed Curse (until you get 5) from Leyndell Royal Capital: On the body of the Blackguard at the end of his questline, in the outer moat near the Capital Ramparts grace, where the Dung Eater invades. If you did not do Blackguard's quest before Dung Eater's invasion, you will not be able to receive this particular Curse and you will need to provide the other five to Dung Eater instead
• Dung Eater Get Seedbed Curse (until you get 5) from Leyndell Royal Capital: In the alternate version of Roundtable Hold located near the Fortified Manor grace, inside the equivalent of the Dung Eater's room. You will find it on a body that is strapped to a chair (if you follow this guide, you already got this one)
• By this point your weapon can be +15-20 (6-7)
• Beat Godfrey shade
• Beat Morgott
• Nepheli After defeating Morgott (but before killing Gideon), find Nepheli, Kenneth, and Gostoc in the Stormveil Castle throne room near the Godrick the Grafted site of grace (you might have to spawn from the Godrick the Grafted site of grace and rest at the Secluded Cell site of grace)
• Nepheli Get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from Nepheli
• Nepheli Buy and Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from Gostoc
• Talk to Melina in Elden Throne grace to get the Rold medallion
• From the AVENUE BALCONY grace reach the Rold lift
• Run all the way through the Forbidden lands to Mountaintops of the Giants
• Smithing Stone Bell In Zamor Ruins, near the Zamor Ruins grace in the Mountaintop of the Giants area, at the bottom of the stairs in a chest
• Glovewort Bell Dropped by Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs, near the fire monks at the start of Mountaintops of the Giants
• Millicent Talk to Millicent in the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins site of grace in Mountaintops of the Giants. If Millicent does not appear at the site of grace, try returning to the Windmill Heights again and see if she's there, and if so, exhaust her dialogue there
• Run through to Mountaintops of the Giants until right before Fire Giant
• Somber Stone Bell Found on a body outside the First Church of Marika in Mountaintops of the Giants, from the Freezing Lake site of grace, cross the frozen lake to the south
• By this point your weapon can be +24 (9)
• you can get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from a corpse inside the mouth of a big skull south-east of Church of Repose
• By this point your regular weapon can be fully upgraded +25
• Tanith Pick up the Red Letter from the room nearby Tanith
• Tanith Defeat Juno using the summon sign east of the Shack of the Lofty, going west from Freezing Lake grace (Mountain Tops of the Giants)
• Tanith Report back to Tanith for the Talisman Taker's Cameo
• Tanith Tanith will now offer to take you to the lord of the manor. Ensure all other Volcano Manor quests are done before continuing. Accept Tanith's offer to reach Rykard (or alternatively reach the end of the Volcano Manor dungeon)
• Dung Eater Get Seedbed Curse (until you get 5) from Volcano Manor: From Temple of Eiglay, proceed until you reach the teleporter to Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, then go back into the building and up the stairs to find a fog door that requires a Stonesword Key. Carefully drop down in the dark room using the hanging cages. The item will be on a body that is sitting on a chair guarded by enemies. To the opposite side of the room there's a path leading back to the door in the Volcano Manor lobby that can now be opened
• OptionalAll RemembrancesTanith Defeat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
• Tanith Speak to Tanith one more time.
• Tanith (Optional) Progress Patches quest line and receive the Dancer's Castanets.
• Tanith Return to Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Site of Grace.
• Tanith (Optional) Offer the Dancer's Castanets to Tanith. She'll refuse.
• Tanith Kill Tanith and loot the Consort's Set.
• Tanith Tanith's Knight will invade. Kill and loot the Knight for Aspect of the Crucible: Breath.
• Alexander Alexander can be summoned for the fight against Fire Giant (you don't need to summon him to complete his questline)
• Beat Fire Giant
• Hyetta Defeat Mohg, the Omen down the Leyndell Sewers, then attack the alter behind the chest to reveal a secret area
• Hyetta Reach all the way to the bottom of Leyndell Sewers by jumping down the platforms until reaching the Frenzied Flame Proscription grace, get naked and enter the door with the Three Fingers. This is the easiest way to parkour to the bottom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nH0aqlYX10
• Hyetta Talk to Hyetta at Frenzied Flame Proscription and get the Frenzied Flame Seal and five Frenzyflame Stones
• Activate cutscene to Burn the Erdtree and access Farum Azula by talking to Melina in Forge of Giants grace
• OptionalAll Remembrances Fia will relocate to Deeproot depths even if you didn't complete her questline so you can beat Fia's champions
• OptionalAll Remembrances To fight Fortissax, progress Ranni's quest until receiving the Carian Inverted Statue. Use the statue in the Divine Tower of Liurnia, reach the top, get the Cursemark of Death and give it to Fia. Reload the area and inspect her dream
• Varré Use invasion sign near the Mausoleum Dynasty Midpoint Site of Grace and defeat Varré
• Varré Go back to the corridor where you found Varré invasion sign and talk to him to get 6 Festering Bloody Fingers and Varré's Bouquet
• OptionalAll RemembrancesLatennaMillicent Get Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) from Castle Sol in Mountaintops of the Giants
• OptionalAll RemembrancesLatennaMillicent With both halves of Haligtree medallion, access Consecrated Snowfield through the Lift of Rold
• Latenna Reach the Apostate Derelict grace, in the northermost part of Consecrated Snowfield, and interact with the giant Albinauric woman. Latenna will reward you with a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• OptionalAll RemembrancesMillicent beat Ordina's puzzle in Consecrated Snowfield to access Miquella's Haligtree. You can make the assassins visible holding Sentry's Torch in your off hand. You can knock off the snipers from the roofs with a greatbow, the Jar Cannon or long range spells
• OptionalAll Remembrances Reach Mohgwyn Palace either from Varre's quest or from Consecrated Snowfield and beat Mohg. Beforehand, it would be useful to get the Purifying Crystal Tear first from killing Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger at the Second Church of Marika in Altus Plateau
• Dung Eater Get Seedbed Curse (until you get 5) from Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree: From the Prayer Room Grace, head forwards until the end of stairs with two crossbowman above you. Jump on to the arch to the right and hop on to the platform to the left with the Crimson Teardrop Scarab. To the left should be a room with a Cleanrot Knight and a chest containing Cleanrot Knight Finlay Ashes. Hop onto the arch to the north-west and follow it up to a balcony. Follow the balcony to its end and the item will be found on a body sitting in a chair above the ballistae and the Putrid Avatar
• Dung Eater Get Seedbed Curse (until you get 5) from Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree: From the Prayer Room grace, keep heading forwards, going down every staircase you come across. Drop down and head towards the room with two Cleanrot Knights inside but instead of entering, jump over the railing to the right and drop down one level. Turn around, enter the dark room right under the railing and you will find it on a body that is sitting in a chair
• Dung Eater Give all 5 Seedbed Curses to Dung Eater and get the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse, then reload the area to find the Omen Set
• Ghost Glovewort Bell In a graveyard in Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. From the Haligtree Roots Grace, go back up the elevator, go straight to exit the church and then take a left down the slope filled with Lesser Kindred of Rot. The item will be next to a grave surrounded by more enemies
• Millicent Defeat the Lesser Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Elphael. To reach the mini-boss, go to the Drainage Channel site of grace, go west through the doorway, climb up the ladder at the end of the corridor, and go out the doorway on your right at the top. The mini-boss is at the landmass across the gap to the left. To reach it, go up the slope on the right and walk across the tree branch, heading southwest across the gap. You can cheese the mini-boss with ranged attacks from the top of the nearby trunk
• Millicent Find the two summon signs near where the Lesser Ulcerated Tree Spirit was, one to help Millicent and the other to fight her
• Millicent Choose one: A) Help Millicent to get the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, B) Fight Millicent to get the Millicent's Prosthesis. If you fight Millicent, you get locked out of a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone and the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• Millicent If you helped Millicent, find her near where her summoning sign was, exhaust her dialogue and reload the area. Grab the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• Millicent Return to Gowry in Gowry's Shack. If he is alive, talk to him and kill him to get the Flock's Canvas Talisman and Gowry's Bell Bearing (might need to do defeat Malenia before, I'm not sure)
• OptionalAll RemembrancesMillicent Beat Malenia
• Millicent If you have the Unalloyed Gold Needle, it can be used at the flower in Malenia's arena, after defeating her, in order to receive Miquella's Needle, as well as a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Optional Kill dragon in curved platform at the beginning of Farum Azula to get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Somber Stone Bell Found on corpse next to Tempest-Facing Balcony Site of Grace located in Crumbling Farum Azula
• Glovewort Bell In the middle of a lake in Crumbling Farum Azula. From the Crumbling Beast Grave Depths Grace, go the big church to the northwest and exit outside to the southwest. Take the elevator going down and you should see a lake in the distance to your left. The Item is in a gazebo in front of the lake
• Beat Godskin Duo
• Smithing Stone Bell Obtained from defeating The Godskin Duo in Crumbling Farum Azula
• Alexander Find Alexander in Farum Azula and beat him in a duel. He will reward you with with Alexander's Innards and Shard of Alexander. To reach him: from the Dragon Temple Lift grace (can be accessed by using two Stonesword Keys), go past the plaza full of undead up the flight of stairs, turn right and you'll see two square bracket shaped archways. Jump on the archway on the left (closest to the sleeping dragon) to get over to the other side. Alexander can be found directly on the flat arena after crossing the crumbling tower
• Optional From Dragon Temple Altar grace, exit to the left looking at the nearest wall. Progress down the debris to a narrow path laden with dragon statues. At the end of the path there is a spiral staircase on the right. Head up these stairs and then find a floating pillar adjoining the aforementioned floating platform. Use the pillar to get up to the platform and collect the stone
• From Godskin Duo grace go through the left gate (looking at the closest wall, in the left side) and progress until reaching an area where you have to parkour down some floating platforms. Go straight through the path. In the area with the Crucible Knight, stick to the right side and jump to the grace.
• Get Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from a gazebo behind the stationary Farum Azula Dragon sitting at the back of the plaza southeast of the Dragon Temple Rooftop site of grace
• By this point your somber weapon can be fully upgraded
• Somber Stone Bell Found on a body in the abandoned temple on the North side of Crumbling Farum Azula. Next to an alter at the bottom of the elevator next to Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace
• OptionalAll Remembrances Beat Placidusax
• Optional Expore Leyndell Royal Capital and grab any missing items you might need for your current or NG+ build BEFORE defeating Maliketh, as you will lose access to that area
• Beat Maliketh
• Optional Explore the Subterranean Shunning-grounds optional area under Leyndell, if you didn't do it yet
• Beat Gideon
• Beat Godfrey
• Beat Radagon and Elden Beast
• Ranni Interact with the blue summon sign near Marika's remains for the "Age of the Stars" ending
• Dung Eater Use the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse to get the Blessing of Despair Ending
• Hyetta Interact with Marika's corpse to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame.
• Optional Before NG+, grab any remaining Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones that you might have missed
• Optional Before NG+, grab any remaining Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones that you might have missed
• Optional Before NG+, grab any remaining Great Grave Gloveworts that you might have missed
• Optional Before NG+, grab any remaining Great Ghost Gloveworts that you might have missed
• Optional If you plan to use a different build into NG+, respec with Rennala and make sure you have the equipment you need before going to New Game +