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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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 :)
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
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?
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 :)
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.
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!
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
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
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
"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.
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
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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
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)
Same here :) i'm 180+hours into the Game and my Capitol isn't even Ash yet. And every Day i discover new Stories and caves or Dungeons i haven't seen. The Open world Design of this Game is truly amazing. I'm enjoying every Minute :)
@@Fotzfrosch I'm 100 hours in but had to take a 1 week break from the game for life reasons. Now I can't remember what I was doing, how I was doing it, where I was going, and why I was going. I have a build with many intricate, interwoven power and skill elements... that I can't remember how/why the parts do what they do or why I wanted them the way I wanted them. Don't stop playing or you, like me, could end up replaying Portal 2 to cleanse the memory of the shame of Elden Ring enjoyed but unfinished (until I start again... in a year or two/after a bunch of patches ;)
@@ren9143 Be careful with your notes! If you have to take a break you might find yourself reading them and thinking, "Um .. what the hell does any of this mean!" :) "Get the WHAT from WHO now? And WHERE was that?! Why! WHY??!!" :)
I have a theory about Sellen's fate. So it's already noted/implied that using the Primal Glintstone that houses her soul, she's likely been hopping bodies for a very long time. However the one found under Selvius's tower is probably a doll body with a fail safe in mind that should the doll betray its master or not ever being activated by him it turns into a School of Graven Mages/Arcane Sphere of Faces so that it cannot live a normal life. Or the doll was constructed by using an Arcane Sphere as a base. It's noted somewhere in lore from an item that the Arcane Sphere of Faces is the primal form of glintstone so another possibility is that after years and years of her transferring her soul with that Primal Glintstone it finally backfired or was not compatible with a doll body and she turned into that. It's not clear but as with most all Souls games most NPCs never get a happy ending.
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
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 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.
Literally didn't complete a single proper quest in my playthrough, i had no idea 90% of them even existed till i watched youtube videos since the game just doesn't do a single thing to guide you to or through them.
For me, thats the biggest weakness of this game. I don't need the game to basically take me by the hand but you can mess up so many quests in this game just because you have no idea something is actually part of a quest....
@@SolidSnake240 i would say I do pay attention but if I get to a region before I am supposed to - how should I know something is part of a quest. this game is so massive and a journal, like a lot of people suggest here, would help immensly.
I know im late to the party but im about 20 hours in and i have a lil experience with these games. I destroyed bloodborn, and one of the original 3 dark souls games. Surprisingly these games have great story telling and gameplay except for a glitches 😂. Im using the samurai class and going for a combat build. Im embarrassed to say it took me to long to learn how to two hand a weapon and run 😂.
Sellen’s quest gets to a point where it won’t progress until after you defeat Radahn. Defeat Radahn, Sellen’s projection will tell you about Witchbane ruins. Then talk to Jerron at Radahn’s castle and go back to her at Witchbane. You can also prevent Sellen’s transformation by NOT finding the sorcerer in the hidden cave.
I seen Alexander in one of the mines in my playthrough. He said he got lost looking for the festival, but the strange thing is that he was past a doorframe that he couldn't of possibly fit through. Made me chuckle.
Me too buddy, me too. I finished it like a week ago and i still cant believe how awesome this game is. Im so glad i actually got to do Alexander and Blaidd's quest
I accidentally hit her when trying to free her from her crystal shackles, but it didn't work and instead my stupid ash summons decided that she must be an enemy and outright killed her. Fortunately, if you go to the church with the giant Turtle Pope, you can get absolution and revive her, to continue her questline. The only other NPC I killed was Gostoc, because he just. would. not. stop stomping on Godrick's head, so I couldn't get him to sell me anything, and I wanted the buckler shield since it's meant to be the best (or at least one of the best) for parrying. I tried the Turtle Pope fountain again, but it didn't give me the option to seek absolution this time, so he ded for good, I think.
You also get a somber ancient dragon smithing stone for completing Millicent’s quest (as long as you defend her) just return to the area you fought melania and it’ll be there
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.
Did the same my first playthrough 🤣 got near murkwater cave, got invaded, died before Yura came, got mad and left. Came back several hours later and murdered the invader, found the cave and murdered Patches too.
In Ranni's quest you can find her armour after unlocking Renna's Rise. Once you do, go up the ladder, and turn back to open the chest and you get her armour 😁
Spoiler warning My 3 favorite quest lines are 3: Blaidd- I loved blaidd because he was such a solid character, his accent, the way he held himself, and his quest was actually significant in the story, but I hated the way he went out. 2: Millecent- I loved Millicent’s quest line because it gave you very good talismans and spells, and her lore was very strong with millennia, and the fact that her sisters eventually betray her is tragic. 1: Alexander- just like you said he was a jolly character in a game that’s not so jolly, he gives you some very good equipment. BUT the highlight of his quest was definitely the final fight, it called back so many memories from the radahn festival, and fire giant fight. With the red hair from radahn and the fire attack he inherited from the fire giants body. His final speech was one of the most memorable in the entire game, and I cried tears of joy when he died a true warrior.
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.
But he doesn’t have eyes. Cuz he’s a jar.
But he is still right about Alexander.
I agree 100%. Same with Hewg, even though he got dementia, he was proud serving the best
I don’t know what this video is talking about because at the end of his quest you get an amazing talisman
@@mkv2718 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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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.
I was gonna say this. Thank you. Btw doesnt his talisman increase skill damage?
@@menyce3 That’s what they said
Damn I only met him at the festival, is there any other way to get the reward?
@@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.
@@mikehoncho5135 i misread it. Apologies.
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
The Fire Giant too if you summon him during tay fight
probably the Fire giant's hair, Radhan's hair isn't red, that's his helmet plume.
Red hair implies he has something to do with Radagon. Could be Radahn though! The lores great in this game!~
@@SeraAngelo His hair is red, he is the son of Radagon who also has red hair.
@@JOSHUAHEROO thank you.
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.
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.
Ohhh interesting!
Nope. He won't leave if diallos doesn't go there. You're full of shit.
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
Dialos never went there for me either, but Jar Bairns never left….
Make sure to tell him he's beautiful
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.
Yeah you can skip the oil jar part, and go to the lava pool after some point. (that was what happened to my playthrough)
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
@@fishie00 same
did you get the great-jar’s arsenal?
@@jasiahhaye8317 ?
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.
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.
Came here to look for this comment!
@@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.
@Germaine Vorkuta What a stupid comment.
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.
For sure! And nepheli can help you with the Godfrey fight she saved my ass
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.
@@Hartbreak1 yeah definitely don't give her sleeze bag's potion
@@thomasansley539 I didnt give her the potion but I never could continue her quest.
@@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 :)
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
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
Interesting, I never once ran into him before Gael Tunnel when I was looking for Moonveil
@@hossbonaventure I accidentally killed him here 😥😥
@@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
@@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
Actually, you could summon Alexander during the Fire Giant fight!!
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.
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
Seth Fitts which talisman is that
@@sethdemers1530 great jar shard. 20% damage buff to all ashes of War and weapon abilities.
Except if he's bugged out and stays in Radahn's arena
The reward for fully completing Alexander’s questline is definitely pretty great
Yeah I was gonna say xD that Talisman is on nearly all the builds oit there xD
Shard of Alexander is probably one of the best quest rewards in the game. 15% skill dmg is almost a guaranteed talisman slot
Ya
It’s definitely one of the best talisman in game
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?
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.
@@akmalll5722 I wish I would have done that. Taken some notes
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 :)
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 ;)
Currently going through Ranni's quest. It's a mix of obtuse lore with amazing depth and characters.
i did that to but like i jumped alot of it
I f-d that quest up at the end, cause I got myself hugged by the 3 fingers 🤣. Bah.
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.
If you want her ending, be sure to summon her fr her sign at the end. I messed it up
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!
Their armor looks shit.
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
azur armor is enough and dont tell her about lusats location.
same with Blaidd. just dont do the last bit and he is still around and not mad :D
Alexander quest gives you one of the most important talisman in the game
And isn’t really tragic, he accomplished his objective, and had some awesome fights with Legends along the way…
@@joshuapatrick682 unlike millicents prosthesis
Facts.
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
Thanks for reminding. I just started NG+ and i Nepheli disappeared in my first playthru
lol I killed the gatekeeper 😂 swear he was takin my shit
@@blindhitman4207 he was taking ur shit if you don't go though main gate lol
@@blindhitman4207 me too lol he had 30,000 of my runes!
@@SharkAttackSkinder 30k???? I think I forgot something in Stormveil castle... brb
Ranni's questline was amazing but long and tough. The rewards you get at the end make it so worth it.
Nothing is worth killing Blaidd
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.
Killing that shade was a bitch tho
She is the Most Special Beautiful Characters,sooooo.
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
Didn't know about this. So pretty much visit her once you got to liurnia.
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
I just killed her for her Armor, ngl
And she is a pretty awesome quest reward. Great summon
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.
"You don't get any particular good rewards for helping him out" *drops best talisman available* o.o
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
Just do it before finishing Rannie's questline. If you try to do it after you cant.
It's one of the strongest summon in the game. I also recommend getting his sword and armor too
Yeah but if you do that you cant get his ending
@@Kass_me his ending sucks though
i want to get him as a summons, then on another playthrough make him fight himself
I gotta say, the voice acting for these npcs is absolutely phenomenal
I love the from soft voice acting. It's so distinct
I love the voice acting so much. Honestly though, Morgott takes the cake. That voice actor did an incredible job with him.
Totally agree,I wish they put the same effort into HZ Forbidden West,would have made it so much better.
@@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
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.
learn about this too late, like, 1 day too late...
@@leesasuki sellen is still in the library she’s just a ball of heads now
@@498drifter which is the primal form of glintstone (from the description of an item)
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.
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.
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Cheers
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@@Rune6969 no problem
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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 😂
I didnt want spoilers until i failed like 4 quests lol
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
Play through blind first, then look up stuff you missed, try a different build and start up a ng+
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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.
Yeah but does it do anything? Doesnt seem like it…
@@bingobongo1615 probably something in the next update
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!!!!
Dancers castenet... She poops on your kindness ... That's what aggrod me to smack her while she was snacking on rykards head
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..
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.
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.
Completing Jar-Bairn's quest rewards you with the depression talisman. The talisman's buff is stackable as well so pretty neat.
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
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.
Really? Good. I've missed a lot. I can't finish yurias or Alexander's though 😔
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.
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 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.
Remember to talk to Ranni's doll at the tower one last time before you proceed with the main story
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.
I like how this video is exactly 18 minutes long. Not a second less or more. Definitely worth the time.
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.
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.
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
I gave it to old man, can i still do?…
@@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
I’ve only beat the game once and I still feel unaccomplished
This comment would be better without the word “only”.
I think you mean still feel "tarnished."
I’m at 70 hours and still haven’t beaten the game
@@DadsCigaretteRun there's so much to do! I'm slow runner at 130 hr just doing volcano manner.
145 hours and I still don’t want to start 2nd play through
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 just beat the game and chose her ending and she did call me that. Made me tear up a bit
@@splinteridiot +1 maidens
@@splinteridiot Simpin' intensified
@@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
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.
Alexander's talisman you get at the end is awesome. It is much better than the 1 you get for killing him early.
I got the platinum. Alexander's quest was one of my favorites.
Elden ring quests: I’m a need a whole ass degree for this shit📜
I found Alexander in a cave right next to the boss that drops moonveil
I remember this! That’s when he was making his way through Caelid towards red mane.
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
MOUNTains. Hopefully that'll help
He'll be in the lava pool behind the magma wyrm in Mount Gelmir.
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
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.
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.
Feeding pots for the elden lord.
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.
Yas! I'm not the only one who saw a Bloodborne connection in Dung Eater's dialogue
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.
Knowing Patches, he probably lived and just slinked off to some hole yet again. The guy doesn't really do final deaths.
It's heavily believed that he's pretending to be dying.
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.
Funny thing about patches, you can summon him during the radahn festival and he will just immediately go back to his world
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
I gave Boc the tear because I didn’t know about the other option. He ended up dying and I actually felt horrible.
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.
Kind of a missed opportunity though that she doesn't show up with an added cutscene when you become the lord.
So I guess thats the ending I am getting
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
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.
I love these extra little side quests, I hope they add more with future updates. Maybe bigger ones with DLC.
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.
"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.
Why’s Ranni ending the best
Why does everyone say that Ranni gives the best ending?
@@heroman2372 cause they get to marry Ranni
@@peteganzo6786 that’s so dumb lol she literally blue with two heads what’s so appealing about marrying her
@@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
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
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@@gameranxTV Aqui no Brasil tem um Canal Gigante com quase 3 melhores de inscritos chamado Sidāo Gamer que adora copiar seus vidios
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.
For me it’s the eyes. Love the look
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
this happened to me on my first play through which happened to be a mage
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
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.
@@JR41N3 no sir I was referring to the magma candlestick whip
@@OrphanTaco Ahh yes I see, that makes sense
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Blaidds name, the two d's are said like a "th" sound. It's Welsh, I think it means wolf
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:
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.
Im sorry but he needed to die
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
you're lucky to be so young and introduced to this. I had pong. look it up lol "graphics"
@@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
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.
or, as a mage, comet azur :D
@Federico Apruzzese elden ring difficulty is optional, there is no 'right' way to play
@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
@Federico Apruzzese You assumed so many things that I'd say you sound like a child. Although, I doubt you actually are.
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.
He will be at Farum Azula next.
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.
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
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
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)
Falcon fucking up words that even the game has speech for has got to be a meme by now. =P
“How did I miss this?”
Like this game doesn’t have the most convoluted quest tracking and design lmao
Still haven’t beat the game and I’ve already played 180 hours
Same here :) i'm 180+hours into the Game and my Capitol isn't even Ash yet. And every Day i discover new Stories and caves or Dungeons i haven't seen. The Open world Design of this Game is truly amazing. I'm enjoying every Minute :)
@@Fotzfrosch I'm 100 hours in but had to take a 1 week break from the game for life reasons.
Now I can't remember what I was doing, how I was doing it, where I was going, and why I was going. I have a build with many intricate, interwoven power and skill elements... that I can't remember how/why the parts do what they do or why I wanted them the way I wanted them.
Don't stop playing or you, like me, could end up replaying Portal 2 to cleanse the memory of the shame of Elden Ring enjoyed but unfinished (until I start again... in a year or two/after a bunch of patches ;)
@@Bert2e alright, I'm gonna create notes lol
@@ren9143 Be careful with your notes! If you have to take a break you might find yourself reading them and thinking, "Um .. what the hell does any of this mean!" :)
"Get the WHAT from WHO now? And WHERE was that?! Why! WHY??!!"
:)
My favourite bit of Dialogue is when Jar Bairn does her impressions of her uncle Alexander’s voice! Cracks me up every time!
I have a theory about Sellen's fate. So it's already noted/implied that using the Primal Glintstone that houses her soul, she's likely been hopping bodies for a very long time. However the one found under Selvius's tower is probably a doll body with a fail safe in mind that should the doll betray its master or not ever being activated by him it turns into a School of Graven Mages/Arcane Sphere of Faces so that it cannot live a normal life. Or the doll was constructed by using an Arcane Sphere as a base. It's noted somewhere in lore from an item that the Arcane Sphere of Faces is the primal form of glintstone so another possibility is that after years and years of her transferring her soul with that Primal Glintstone it finally backfired or was not compatible with a doll body and she turned into that. It's not clear but as with most all Souls games most NPCs never get a happy ending.
Alexandria has one of the best rewards in the game imo, I love having a talisman that makes my skills hit way harder
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
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 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.
0:33 you actually do. Shard of alexander rocks
Exactly
You missed it because there’s no quest log and you didn’t realise the game had given you a quest.
Bladid doesn’t have to be killed he controls himself after snapping
Literally didn't complete a single proper quest in my playthrough, i had no idea 90% of them even existed till i watched youtube videos since the game just doesn't do a single thing to guide you to or through them.
For me, thats the biggest weakness of this game. I don't need the game to basically take me by the hand but you can mess up so many quests in this game just because you have no idea something is actually part of a quest....
@@marcohoehener463 that's why you actually pay attention to dialogue and item descriptions
@@SolidSnake240 i would say I do pay attention but if I get to a region before I am supposed to - how should I know something is part of a quest. this game is so massive and a journal, like a lot of people suggest here, would help immensly.
I know im late to the party but im about 20 hours in and i have a lil experience with these games. I destroyed bloodborn, and one of the original 3 dark souls games. Surprisingly these games have great story telling and gameplay except for a glitches 😂. Im using the samurai class and going for a combat build. Im embarrassed to say it took me to long to learn how to two hand a weapon and run 😂.
Sellen’s quest gets to a point where it won’t progress until after you defeat Radahn. Defeat Radahn, Sellen’s projection will tell you about Witchbane ruins. Then talk to Jerron at Radahn’s castle and go back to her at Witchbane. You can also prevent Sellen’s transformation by NOT finding the sorcerer in the hidden cave.
I seen Alexander in one of the mines in my playthrough. He said he got lost looking for the festival, but the strange thing is that he was past a doorframe that he couldn't of possibly fit through. Made me chuckle.
I really wish I could experience elden ring again for the first time. Such a masterpiece of a game, I platinumed it and now miss it so much.
Me too buddy, me too. I finished it like a week ago and i still cant believe how awesome this game is. Im so glad i actually got to do Alexander and Blaidd's quest
Found sellen also back in her imprisoned area before finding her store.
I accidentally hit her when trying to free her from her crystal shackles, but it didn't work and instead my stupid ash summons decided that she must be an enemy and outright killed her. Fortunately, if you go to the church with the giant Turtle Pope, you can get absolution and revive her, to continue her questline.
The only other NPC I killed was Gostoc, because he just. would. not. stop stomping on Godrick's head, so I couldn't get him to sell me anything, and I wanted the buckler shield since it's meant to be the best (or at least one of the best) for parrying. I tried the Turtle Pope fountain again, but it didn't give me the option to seek absolution this time, so he ded for good, I think.
You also get a somber ancient dragon smithing stone for completing Millicent’s quest (as long as you defend her) just return to the area you fought melania and it’ll be there
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.
Elden Ring is easily game of the year
I accidentally one shot patches, didnt even know he had quests😭
😅
How do you level up that much and not know that patched gives you stuff 😭
Same here
@@mrgoosej bruh i was jus exploring alot nd got super strong then stumbled across this man😂
Did the same my first playthrough 🤣 got near murkwater cave, got invaded, died before Yura came, got mad and left. Came back several hours later and murdered the invader, found the cave and murdered Patches too.
Alexander also appeared in the dungeon with the moon veil. That’s how I killed him, just didn’t know better… lol
That’s where I first saw him
In Ranni's quest you can find her armour after unlocking Renna's Rise. Once you do, go up the ladder, and turn back to open the chest and you get her armour 😁
Spoiler warning
My 3 favorite quest lines are
3: Blaidd- I loved blaidd because he was such a solid character, his accent, the way he held himself, and his quest was actually significant in the story, but I hated the way he went out.
2: Millecent- I loved Millicent’s quest line because it gave you very good talismans and spells, and her lore was very strong with millennia, and the fact that her sisters eventually betray her is tragic.
1: Alexander- just like you said he was a jolly character in a game that’s not so jolly, he gives you some very good equipment. BUT the highlight of his quest was definitely the final fight, it called back so many memories from the radahn festival, and fire giant fight. With the red hair from radahn and the fire attack he inherited from the fire giants body. His final speech was one of the most memorable in the entire game, and I cried tears of joy when he died a true warrior.