Recaps

The player defeated the Draconic Tree Sentinel, received more of Jergal’s cryptic counsel and Dragon Wound Slash, then followed a hidden path across a void to confront Godwyn the Golden and Ancient Dragon Fortissax. Their first boss fight ended when Godwyn faked a stagger and killed them with Fortissax’s help.

• The player used Caria Retaliation to defeat the Draconic Tree Sentinel and collected his armor and helm.
• Jergal appeared again, spoke about sin and justice, then crumbled into ash and left the Ashes of War Dragon Wound Slash.
• The player found Jergal at a cliff and followed messages and bloodstains across an invisible path to a floating rock.
• Jergal transformed into Godwyn the Golden, summoned Ancient Dragon Fortissax, and challenged the player to a fight.
• Godwyn and Fortissax covered the platform in red lightning and water, then tricked the player with a fake stagger and killed them.

The player defeated Godwyn and Fortissax through repeated attempts, then overcame Godwyn’s tricks in a battle atop Gransax. Godwyn accepted defeat, aged into Jergal, and left behind runes and a remembrance that gave the player entry to the final battle.

• Godwyn healed himself and Fortissax with a golden incantation, but the player eventually reduced both their health bars to nearly zero.
• Godwyn summoned Gransax, and the player began a new phase of the fight on the dragon’s back against Godwyn and Fortissax.
• After repeated deaths and learning their attack patterns, the player defeated Godwyn and Gransax.
• Godwyn conceded defeat and said the player had killed old age, then withered into Jergal.
• The player collected Godwyn’s Ideology Runes and the Remembrance of the “Dragon and Prince.”

The player explored Farum Azula after Fortissax and Gransax carried Jergal away, then found Gurranq asleep and unwilling to help. Trina suggested using Godwyn’s defeat and a gift to persuade him, and the player decided Rykard’s Reserve Wine might be the answer.

• Fortissax seized Jergal and flew away, and Gransax followed after him.
• The player found no way out of Farum Azula and traveled inward through Beastmen patrols to a chamber where Gurranq was sleeping.
• Gurranq refused to discuss Farum Azula, so the player left and rested at a site of Grace.
• Trina suggested that the player use Godwyn’s defeat to persuade Gurranq, but Gurranq dismissed the news and refused to praise the player.
• Trina suggested offering Gurranq a gift, and the player spotted Rykard’s Reserve Wine in their inventory.

The player fought Gurranq, received Miquella's Master Key, and was sent through a portal to the sleeping Dragon Lord Placidusax, who teleported them away to avoid being disturbed. Wandering Limgrave afterward, the player found Tracker standing beside Irina's corpse.

• The player gave Gurranq the fine wine, provoking him into attacking before he broke down sobbing and stopped fighting.
• The player told Gurranq that Miquella had sent them, and Gurranq gave them Miquella's Master Key and opened a portal to the Dragon Lord.
• The player approached the sleeping Dragon Lord Placidusax, who teleported them to the Beast Clergyman's Sanctum to escape them.
• The player found the empty sanctum had little to offer and wandered aimlessly through Limgrave.
• The player found Tracker beneath a tree beside the dead Irina, whose clothes bore scorch marks and whose chest was bloodied.

After Tracker questioned the justice of killing Irina, he vowed to seek the strength to extinguish the Frenzied Flame and bury her properly. The player followed his quest to the Divine Tower of Limgrave, overcoming its reversed controls and reaching the top.

• Tracker confessed his doubts about killing Irina and said he would bury her, then seek the strength to extinguish the Frenzied Flame.
• The player checked a guide and went to Stormveil Castle, where Tracker asked them to seek a legendary weapon in the Divine Tower of Limgrave.
• The player fought a Lion Misbegotten, dodged a Crucible Golem's flaming arrows, crossed the bridge under fire from Albinauric archers, and battled Golems to reach the tower.
• Inside the tower, the player found that the controls were reversed and died to Fingercreepers while struggling to move and attack.
• The player reversed the key bindings in the settings, defeated the Fingercreepers, and rode the lift to the top of the tower.

Tracker failed to pull Caliburn from the stone, and the Tarnished failed as well, so Tracker broke the stone around it and took the sword with the rock attached. He left to confront the will, while Kalé told the Tarnished that the Great Caravan had changed and that he had smelled Scarlet Rot there.

• Tracker tried three times to pull Caliburn from the stone but could not move it.
• The Tarnished also tried repeatedly and failed, leaving Tracker wondering why the sword would not come free.
• Tracker chipped the ground around Caliburn and took the sword with a chunk of stone still attached.
• Tracker carried the sword away, intending to confront the will and let the dead rest in peace.
• At the Church of Elleh, Kalé told the Tarnished he had briefly returned to the Great Caravan and found that many Nomadic Tribe members had left.
• Kalé said the Great Caravan reeked of money and that he had smelled Scarlet Rot there.

Kalé asked the player about his missing kinsman, and the player visited Sick Village, where the frenzied flame had devastated the settlement. Tracker’s sword broke while suppressing the flame, leading him to decide that the Inquisitor Knights needed the power of will.

• Kalé asked whether his missing Inquisitor Knight kinsman had been transferred or killed, and the player stayed silent before receiving three Smithing Stones [5].
• The player used Horace's Medallion to pass the guards at Sick Village and spoke with Master Azur, who gave them Comet Azur and asked them to dissuade Sellen from her dangerous research.
• The player fought through frenzied villagers and afflicted Inquisitor Knights to reach the ruined church at the village’s center.
• Tracker showed the player his broken sword and said it had overheated and snapped while suppressing the frenzied flame.
• Tracker decided the Knights needed the power of will, and wondered why the Inquisitor Knights could not produce it through Ideology Runes.

Tracker sought Ideology Runes from Horace, but Horace urged him to claim kingship through his own desire and will. Tracker forged a Rune within himself, then pulled a whole Golden Sword from the rock at the Limgrave Divine Tower.

• Tracker asked Horace for Ideology Runes, and Horace explained that Tracker had not broken the rules and did not need Horace to grant him power.
• Horace told Tracker that kingship came from the will to choose, and that the king chose the sword rather than the sword choosing the king.
• The player answered that desire was the foundation of kingship, and Tracker realized he wanted power to bring hope and defy despair.
• Tracker formed an Ideology Rune in his palm and crushed it, absorbing its golden light into his body.
• At the Limgrave Divine Tower, Tracker inserted the broken sword into the rock and drew out a complete Golden Sword.

Tracker summoned the player to help defeat Midra, then revealed his convictions about kingship and gave the Tarnished his Rune and golden sword. Tracker’s questline ended, leaving Storm to decide what came next.

• Tracker asked the player to accompany him, and they accepted his summons at a dilapidated manor.
• Tracker used golden chains and sword waves to help the player defeat Midra in his first phase.
• Midra pulled the Greatsword of Damnation from his head and transformed into the Lord of Frenzied Flame.
• Tracker fought Midra alone, absorbing and redirecting his flames before delivering the final blow.
• Tracker explained that a king should end despair, gave the Tarnished Tracker's Ideology Runes and Tracker's Golden Sword, and declared his mission complete.

The player explored the nearly empty Frenzied Flame Depths before returning to the Roundtable Hold, where Leda invaded and attacked. Sir Gideon Ofnir and Uriel defeated her, and the player agreed to leave her in Uriel’s care in exchange for Uriel’s Resolve.

• The player searched Midra's Manor and the Frenzied Flame Depths, finding few items and discovering that the Spectral Steed could not be summoned there.
• The player gave up exploring and teleported to the Roundtable Hold, where Leda invaded and attacked in the darkened hall.
• Sir Gideon Ofnir and Uriel intervened and defeated Leda.
• Uriel asked to discipline Leda himself, and the player accepted his resolution.
• Uriel rewarded the player with the incantation Uriel's Resolve.

The player failed to convince Leda about Miquella’s key, then learned from Miriel that Miquella planned to force a marriage between the player and Ranni. After obtaining the Dark Moon Ring and following Rennala’s directions, the player reached Nokstella, defeated the Dragonkin Soldier, and opened a chest containing a Large Ghost Glovewort.

• The player tried three explanations for how they got Miquella’s key, but Leda rejected each one.
• After consulting a guide, the player visited Miriel, who explained Miquella and Trina’s history and said Miquella intended to force a bond with Ranni.
• The player told Miriel about Miquella’s key, and Miriel urged them to consider whether they were willing to force Ranni into marriage.
• The player showed Rennala the Dark Moon Ring, and Rennala directed them to a hidden portal while asking them to punish Rykard.
• The player traveled through the portal to Nokstella and quickly defeated the Nokstella Dragonkin Soldier, obtaining Ice Lightning Spear.
• The player opened the chest beneath the statue and obtained one Large Ghost Glovewort.

The player met Sellen in Nokstella, agreed to keep helping her, and learned of her ambition to become a star before defeating Blaidd. Sellen’s backup plan then drew an angry response from the Ranni Doll, who marked a location on the map.

• At a site of Grace, the player spoke with Sellen, agreed to help her, and received a Silver Holy Grail to strengthen Tears.
• Sellen explained that she and Ranni were working with the Eternal City and sent the player toward a lake concealing Scarlet Rot to seek Essence.
• In Nokstella Basin, Sellen described her ambition to explore the essence of the Lands Between and become a star, and the player found Blaidd's Fur.
• Blaidd invaded and told the player that Ranni had forbidden anyone to pass, but the player defeated him and obtained the Royal Greatsword.
• Sellen revealed that she had made the Ranni Doll and directed the player to a site of Grace to activate her backup plan.
• The Ranni Doll angrily confronted the player after repeated attempts to speak with it, then marked a location on the map.

Sellen used Yera’s body and Scarlet Rot to create Nahema, then betrayed her apprentice and challenged the player to a timed battle. After Nahema was defeated, Sellen gave the player a Golden Holy Grail and went deeper into the passage he had dug.

• Sellen summoned Yera’s body and combined it with Scarlet Rot to create the crystalline Nahema, declaring she would use rot to fashion a God.
• The player fought Nahema in a timed battle, dodging Sellen’s sorcery and Scarlet Rot Crystalians while learning to attack when Nahema collapsed.
• The player defeated Nahema, who shattered and revealed a passage beneath the swamp.
• Sellen thanked the player, said she would break new ground, and gave them a Golden Holy Grail as a parting gift.

Asimi transformed into a hostile copy of the player, but the player defeated her and received her Mimic Tear Spirit Ashes. A voice from Nahema’s crystals, identifying herself as Yera, offered the player an alliance, and the player went to ask Sellen for advice.

• Asimi broke free of the player, transformed into a stronger copy, and fought them with clumsy attacks.
• The player defeated Asimi, who mourned their inevitable parting and asked to be devoured before dissolving into the player.
• The player obtained the Mimic Tear Spirit Ashes and discovered that Nahema’s glowing crystals held a voice named Yera.
• Yera offered to support the player as their god and urged them to ask Sellen for advice.
• The player jumped into the deep passage, found Sellen standing beside a vast field of lava, and heard her remark that the player had dealt with Asimi.

Sellen warned the player not to trust the Outer Gods, gave them her Ideology Rune, and urged them to go to Ranni. The player traveled through the Grand Cloister and reached a cavern where Ranni, Adula, and Astel awaited a three-on-one battle.

• Sellen told the player that she had planned to betray them, cautioned that gods exploited mortals, and urged them to refuse Yera's offer.
• Sellen gave the player Sellen's Ideology Rune and encouraged them to go see Ranni instead of pursuing lordship.
• The player followed the map marker through the Grand Cloister, fighting scarlet rot bugs and avoiding the rotting water.
• The player entered the open stone coffin beside the scarlet waterfall and arrived in a vast cavern.
• The player found Ranni riding Glintstone Dragon Adula beside Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, and their three health bars appeared under the shared name ["Atheist" Satan].

The player defeated Adula, Astel, and Ranni, then reached the Church of Manus Celes and confronted Blaidd. Ranni offered herself in resignation, but the player chose to exchange rings and received the Nameless Wedding Ring.

• The player killed Adula and Astel before defeating Ranni, who fled toward the lift as the player pursued her to the Moonlight Altar.
• The player defeated Blaidd outside the Church of Manus Celes and obtained the Half-Wolf Mask.
• Ymir spoke with the player and Ranni, while Ranni accused them of treating her as a political bride and resigned herself to the outcome.
• The player chose [Exchange rings] instead of [Put on the ring] and received the Nameless Wedding Ring from Ranni.

The player rejected Ymir’s offer to rule Caria, accepted Ranni’s runes, and agreed to publicly become her Prince Consort in exchange for the Dark Moon Greatsword. Ranni accepted the arrangement, while Ymir considered how to use it to secure more funding.

• The player returned the Dark Moon Ring to Ranni and chose to affirm their marriage vows, prompting Ranni to promise Caria’s alliance.
• Ymir tried to tempt the player with Caria’s kingdom, army, wealth, and True Magic, but the player rejected the offer and Ranni gave him Ranni’s Ideology Runes.
• Ymir criticized Ranni for acting alone and urged her to build alliances with her siblings, leaving her uncertain but acknowledging the player as an ally.
• Ymir offered the Dark Moon Greatsword if the player publicly declared himself Ranni’s Prince Consort, and the player agreed.
• The player equipped the Dark Moon Greatsword and praised Ymir, while Ranni tacitly accepted the deal and Ymir considered how to gain more investment.

The player reached the Grand Lift of Dectus and traveled with Rogier and Godrick to the Altus Plateau. There, the player met an exhausted Tree Sentinel and encountered the unpredictable Alloy Knights.

• The player left Ranni at the church and teleported to the Grand Lift of Dectus, where Rogier and Godrick were resting.
• The player woke the Finger Reader Crone, and the lift carried them to the Altus Plateau.
• The player found a resting Tree Sentinel, received the Golden Halberd, and heard her complain about being forced to keep working and fighting.
• The player continued along the leaf-covered avenue and faced patrolling Alloy Knights with erratic hammer attacks.

The player discovered that Hassan's factory kept workers trapped in repetitive, meaningless labor and confronted its owner about their conditions. Hassan admitted he wanted the workers to have children so their families would generate more wealth, leaving the player furious.

• The player found workers mechanically laboring among enormous factory gears and watched them scramble to collect the light dropped by fallen companions.
• The player killed the overseer, but the workers continued working, then crossed the factory to meet its owner, Hassan.
• Hassan claimed his factory created jobs for workers whose labor had become meaningless as machines replaced work.
• When the player challenged his motives, Hassan admitted he wanted workers to have children so he could profit from their families.
• Hassan complained that the immortal workers had stopped wanting children, and the player became furious.

Hassan explained that the Great Caravan had become a place of expansion and commerce, then the player witnessed Godrick kill Godfrey and graft a shrimp head onto his severed arm. Godrick began his brutal pursuit of strength as Rogier watched, unable to intervene.

• Hassan told the player that Kalé had been right to leave the Great Caravan and said stagnation and corruption threatened their survival.
• Rogier explained that Godfrey was pressuring Godrick to become stronger because the Golden Clan was losing status and jobs to machines.
• Godfrey attacked the player, who defeated him, and then praised the player as a true powerhouse in front of Godrick.
• Godrick killed Godfrey with a dagger, severed his own left arm, and grafted Godfrey's shrimp head onto the stump.
• Godfrey laughed and urged Godrick to seize power, while Rogier put his hat back on and watched Godrick begin his new path.

The player reached Leyndell and witnessed its industrial decay, Sellen’s condemnation of its rulers, and a bloody Formless Mother ritual that the city’s knights ignored. After defeating the ritualists and intervening knights, the player found Patches hiding in a pile of leaves, and he offered nearby treasure as thanks for being saved.

• The player arrived at Leyndell’s outer gate and saw workers filing through smoke-filled factories beneath a statue of a god.
• Sellen met the player at the gate with Daphne’s head and criticized the corruption and incompetence of Leyndell’s rulers.
• The player activated the Outer Wall Phantom Tree site of Grace and found Formless Mother apostles conducting a bloody ritual while Leyndell Knights stood by.
• The apostles, the knights, and the victims attacked the player, who defeated them all.
• The player kicked apart a pile of leaves and revealed Patches, who recognized the player and offered nearby treasure as thanks.

After Patches trapped the player in a cave, the player defeated Margit and became his ally. Margit sent the player to destroy the Alloy Knights factory in the Abundance Forest, where the player discovered why the Altus Plateau had so few animals and Demi-Humans.

• Patches led the player into Perfumer's Hidden Cave, where Margit accused them of trespassing and rocks sealed the exit.
• The player fought Margit and his Perfumer allies until Margit stopped and recognized the player as a Tarnished tricked by Patches.
• Margit invited the player to ally with him against the Grace King, and the player accepted.
• Margit warned that the Abundance Forest factory was producing Alloy Knights and gave the player his Furled Finger.
• The player traveled to the Abundance Forest and realized its name concealed a grim reason for the disappearance of the region's animals and Demi-Humans.

The player explored Leyndell’s factories, witnessing the exploitation of workers and the spread of scarlet rot while Tracker revealed that the Frenzied Flame had appeared there. At the factory’s core, Millicent proposed investigating a hidden True Magic Sorcerer's Tower as a possible way to destroy the factory.

• The player saw living creatures processed into canned food and Golden Ones exploited for their blood and flesh.
• The player encountered Tracker, who said the Frenzied Flame had appeared in the factories and condemned the laws forcing workers into endless debt.
• The player entered a factory interior overtaken by mycelium and scarlet rot, then fought through infected managers.
• The player found Millicent, who explained that her sisters and mother were connected to the factory but that she wanted to leave it behind.
• Millicent suggested seeking a hidden True Magic Sorcerer's Tower deep inside the factory, where the factory's people were hostile to it.

The player uncovered the True Magic Sorcerer's Tower and faced Shabriri, who tried to force the Frenzied Flame upon them. With the Tracker's help, the player summoned Margit to seal off Abundance Forest, and Margit had just declared the work complete when the chapter ended.

• The player dispelled the mirage and found the True Magic Sorcerer's Tower, where Shabriri appeared in Irina's body and tried to make the player accept the Frenzied Flame.
• The Tracker intervened with a Golden Sword, and Shabriri vanished, stopping the fireball and the player's rising madness.
• The Tracker explained that Golden Incantations could use the enormous seal to isolate Abundance Forest, and the player summoned Margit with Margit's Furlcalling Finger.
• Margit wove golden light into the existing seal, enclosing Abundance Forest so that no one could enter or leave.
• Margit returned to the tower and began to say that everything had gone smoothly.

Shabriri infected Margit with the Frenzied Flame, forcing the player and Tracker to defeat him before it erupted. Morgott broke the seal on Abundance Forest, revealed the land consumed by flame, and entered it as the Frenzied Flame spread to his true body.

• Shabriri set the Frenzied Flame upon Margit, who lost his reason and attacked the player.
• The player and Tracker defeated Margit, who urged them to bring Morgott to suppress the flame; Tracker stayed behind while the player rode to Leyndell.
• Morgott appeared and brought the player to Abundance Forest, where he explained that Margit was his double and described his failures as king.
• Morgott revealed that the Frenzied Flame had spread to his true body and asked the player to change the world before he succumbed.
• Morgott broke the seal, revealing Abundance Forest engulfed in Frenzied Flame, then walked into the burning land as a golden fog gate appeared.