Recaps

The player used Mohg's Heart to suppress Morgott during their battle, but Morgott transformed into the machinery-fused Beelzebub, the Foolish. After the player and their allies defeated him, Morgott shared his final words and dissolved into golden motes.

• The player entered Morgott's arena with Tracker and Millicent summoned, then attacked while Morgott struggled to suppress himself.
• As Morgott lost control and the Frenzied Flame consumed him, the player used Mohg's Heart to trigger a backlash that damaged him and created openings for critical attacks.
• With a third of his health remaining, Morgott stabbed himself with his Cursed Blade and fused his body with scattered machinery, becoming Beelzebub, the Foolish.
• The player, Tracker, Millicent, and Tear fought Beelzebub through his machinery and Frenzied Flame attacks until they defeated him.
• Morgott thanked the player and spoke of his bones becoming spring soil before his golden eye closed and his body dissolved into motes of light.

After Morgott’s death, the player saw that Leyndell remained unchanged, then fought through the capital to reach the Elden Throne. Radagon appeared to serve as the final examiner, but Miquella sent him flying away, and Radagon cried that he was free.

• Millicent said farewell to the player and set out to find her mother in the Land of Abundance.
• The player met Sellen and Daphne at the Roundtable Hold, and Sellen commented on Morgott’s death and the player’s journey to the Royal Palace.
• The player defeated Godfrey’s phantom and used the Sentry’s Torch to reveal and kill the invisible Black Knives.
• The player reached the Elden Throne and encountered Radagon, who struggled to make himself heard before addressing the Tarnished.
• Miquella appeared, struck Radagon on the back of the head, and sent him flying away as he shouted that he was free.

Miquella sent the player to rescue Melina from Messmer at Mt. Gelmir, but the player first completed Vyke’s request to gather glintstones. After hearing Vyke’s account of losing the witch he loved, the player learned that his hesitation over choosing a god had cost him everything.

• Miquella told the player that Messmer had kidnapped Melina and asked them to rescue her, while the Erdtree remained inaccessible.
• The player killed Hassan, returned his glintstone to Vyke, and agreed to help him collect two more.
• The player traveled to Sage’s Cave and defeated Garris, obtaining the Death Sorcerer’s Black Glintstone and the Family Head’s Flail.
• Vyke mourned Garris and told the player that the witch he loved had been everything to him.
• Vyke revealed that he had hesitated when the witch asked which god he would choose, and she believed she was holding him back.

The player traveled toward Mt. Gelmir with Yhorm, witnessing the devastation in Windmill Village and rescuing Patches along the way. They reached the Bridge of Sacrifice, where the player fought through prisoners being taken to the volcano’s factory.

• The player found Rogier at Windmill Village, where he lamented the land’s brutality and said he was ready to die.
• The player chose to help Yhorm defeat Godrick, then returned to find Rogier fading away and received Rogier's Rapier +9.
• Yhorm invited the player to travel with him to the volcano, and the player accepted.
• The player freed Patches from a prison wagon, received Snake Skin, and heard his warning that only fire could extinguish fire.
• The player reached the Bridge of Sacrifice and fought through the prisoners blocking the route to Mt. Gelmir.

The player crossed the Volcano, defeated Old Knight Gaius and fought through Messmer’s guards before reaching Volcano Manor. After finding the castle strangely empty, the player explored deeper and finally encountered an NPC.

• The player rode an Artificial Lift powered by prisoners and crossed the factories and bridge into the Volcano’s depths.
• Old Knight Gaius charged the player, who eventually tricked him into plunging off a cliff and claimed his Remembrance and 170,000 souls.
• The player fought Fire Knights and Black Knights guarding prisoners, luring the Fire Knights into one-on-one battles.
• The player reached Volcano Manor and found its open corridors nearly empty of enemies.
• After exploring deeper into the castle, the player finally encountered an NPC.

The Tarnished met Messmer, who refused to let them take Melina, and Sellen explained the prophecy and his distrust. After Messmer killed the Tarnished in one strike, they consulted a guide, equipped the Large Melina Doll, and showed it to Bernahl, acquiring a gesture.

• The Tarnished bought incantations and Ashes of War from Bernahl, then found Messmer arguing with Sellen over the price of dolls.
• Messmer threatened the Tarnished and refused to let them take Melina, while Sellen led her apprentice away and explained the prophecy that Melina would die as the kindling maiden.
• The Tarnished returned to Messmer, who killed them with a single spear throw and filled the arena with flames.
• After respawning, the Tarnished consulted a guide and equipped the Large Melina Doll.
• The Tarnished showed the doll to Bernahl, who displayed his own and granted the gesture [Show Off Doll].

The player obtained Messmer’s and the God-Devouring Great Serpent’s shed skins and had Old Enia turn them into a shield designed to withstand flames. After finding Melina hidden in Messmer’s shifting maze, the player learned that she intended to fulfill her fate while asking them to defeat her brother.

• The player used [Show Off Doll] to open a secret passage, entered a room full of Melina dolls, and took [Messmer's Serpent Shed Skin].
• At Volcano Cave, Adam sacrificed himself to free the God-Devouring Great Serpent, and the player defeated the serpent and collected its shed skin.
• The player handed the shed skins to Old Enia, who crafted [Serpent-Skin Fire Shield] and its Ash of War, [O Flame, Temper My Body].
• The player used Little Bull-Goat to find a hidden wall and navigate Messmer’s shifting, disorienting maze.
• The player found Melina having tea beside Trina’s flower and received the Dagger of Calling.
• Melina explained the prophecies about the Erdtree burning, said she had chosen to sacrifice herself, and asked the player to defeat her brother; Trina’s flower faded after murmuring, “Wait... don't... kill... Mi...”

The player defeated Messmer with help from Yhorm, Vyke, and the Mimic Tear, while Messmer escaped the arena in a blaze and headed toward the Mountaintops of the Giants. After speaking with Melina, the player was invaded by Vyke, killed him, and heard his final warning before finding his corpse nearly penniless.

• The player summoned Yhorm and Vyke, then fought Messmer through his flame-filled phases with help from Yhorm and the Mimic Tear.
• Messmer transformed into the Fire God, but the player used the Serpent-Skin Fire Shield to counter his attacks and bring him down.
• Messmer created a burning road toward the Mountaintops of the Giants and flew away, leaving the player with his remembrance and red glintstone.
• Melina told the player that Messmer had gone to do something foolish and said the player could proceed to the Erdtree to become lord; Yhorm announced he would pursue Messmer.
• Vyke invaded the player at the Volcano Heart Site of Grace, but the player killed him with repeated Lion's Claws.
• Vyke apologized and warned the player against a life of regret before dying; the player found only scrap metal on his corpse.

After learning of Vyke’s death, Bernahl gave the player the Devourer’s Scepter, and the player crossed the burning road to confront Messmer at the Mountaintops of the Giants. Messmer’s second phase transformed him into a nearly invulnerable Seraphim, leaving the player with only a brief parry window and an apparent requirement to win without taking a hit.

• The player told Bernahl that Vyke was dead, and Bernahl gave them the Devourer’s Scepter as a token of remembrance.
• The player crossed the flame road, reached the Mountaintops of the Giants through a portal, and entered the fog gate to face Messmer.
• Messmer attacked alongside the Fell God of Fire, and the player used the Serpent-Skin Fire Shield to absorb his full-screen fire attack before defeating his first health bar.
• Messmer transformed into the Serpent of Fire, stole the Fell God’s flames and power, and became immune to ordinary attacks.
• The player found that only blocking and parrying Messmer’s brief descents could deal damage, while his attacks killed in one hit.

Yhorm sacrificed himself to suppress the Forge of the Giants’ flames, weakening Messmer and giving the player a chance to defeat him. Messmer accepted the prophecy’s meaning, hurled his spear toward the Erdtree, and disintegrated after asking for his sister.

• The player equipped Yum's Flower Garland on Yhorm as Yhorm ran toward the Forge of the Giants.
• Yhorm sacrificed himself and grew large enough to wrap around the forge, suppressing its flames and weakening Messmer’s wings.
• The player fought Messmer while the flames weakened and eventually defeated him.
• Messmer realized the prophecy referred to two Tarnished and hurled his unlit spear toward the Erdtree, igniting its crown.
• The player received the Remembrance of the Seraphim, Yhorm's Remaining Flame, and Messmer's Ideology Runes as Messmer turned to ashes, murmuring, “My sister...”

The Tarnished entered Malenia’s dreamlike Land of Abundance and uncovered Millicent’s plan to release the Scarlet Rot that Malenia had been suppressing. After finding a hidden passage beneath the Tree Hollow, the Tarnished climbed into a coffin and flew onward toward Malenia.

• Trina invited the Tarnished to meet Malenia, and they arrived in the Land of Abundance, where Malenia’s knights attacked intruders.
• Ansbach explained that Malenia used the land’s abundance to restrain Scarlet Rot and warned the Tarnished that outsiders were not welcome.
• The Tarnished met Millicent and Alexander, then defeated Finlay and two of Malenia’s clones inside the Tree Hollow.
• Millicent revealed that the land was Malenia’s dream and asked the Tarnished to wake her so they could confront the Scarlet Rot directly.
• The Tarnished found a hidden passage in the Tree Hollow, entered a coffin, and flew onward.

The Tarnished fought Malenia in the dreamscape and learned that Miquella intended to exploit humanity’s corruption through scarlet rot. When Malenia demanded Millicent’s death, Ansbach broke free of Miquella’s charm and destroyed the figure disguised as Trina.

• The Tarnished entered the Scarlet Rot Center with Millicent and Ansbach, then faced Malenia as visions revealed Miquella’s plans and past schemes.
• Malenia attacked while Millicent drew her attention, and she explained that human corruption had made scarlet rot uncontrollable and that the Tarnished was meant to be Miquella’s vessel.
• After the Tarnished defeated Malenia, they answered that people woke because reality could surpass dreams, and Malenia demanded that they kill Millicent.
• The Tarnished waited instead of choosing either identical option, and Ansbach broke free from Miquella’s charm by inflicting pain on himself.
• Ansbach tore apart Miquella, who had been disguised as Trina, and collapsed in a pool of blood.

The Tarnished refused Shabriri’s offer of the Flame of Chaos, and Tracker intervened to save Millicent by taking her to the Manor. After Malenia departed and Scarlet Rot consumed the Dreamscape’s golden fields, the Tarnished found her final relic, Born to Die, at the Divine Tower of West Altus.

• Hecate urged the Tarnished to consider other choices, and the Tarnished refused Shabriri’s offer to resolve the crisis with the Flame of Chaos.
• Tracker killed Shabriri in Vyke’s body, then explained that he had taken the Duchess away and offered to send Millicent to the Manor for safety.
• Ansbach left to continue hunting Miquella, while Malenia gave the Tarnished her Ideology Rune and Remembrance and spoke of Scarlet Rot, progress, and justice.
• Malenia turned into red butterflies and vanished, and Scarlet Rot transformed the golden fields and killed the knights who opposed it.
• The Tarnished traveled to the Divine Tower of West Altus and received Malenia’s final relic, Born to Die, from the awakened Two Fingers.

Miquella tried to persuade the player to accept his paradise, but Ansbach and Tracker condemned his plan as tyranny. After the player defeated Miquella’s puppet-filled giant, the world returned to Crumbling Farum Azula, where Trina’s and Melina’s first-encounter dialogues repeated.

• Miquella argued that he would create a paradise where everyone could find happiness, and he offered the player a place in his dream.
• Ansbach and Tracker emerged to accuse Miquella of deception and tyranny, and the player rejected the idea that others could decide who was weak.
• Miquella enveloped the Elden Throne in white light and transformed into Adam, a giant whose threads controlled familiar figures as puppets.
• The player defeated the puppets and Adam, causing Miquella and the dream world to disintegrate.
• The player returned to Crumbling Farum Azula and heard Trina ask them to raise a storm against Miquella.
• Melina repeated her earlier warning to visit the Chapel of Anticipation and not seek perfection or eternity.

The player broke free of Miquella’s endless dream by using Trina’s relic, then watched Melina confront Miquella over his plan to make everyone happy in dreams. Miquella rejected her argument and prepared to settle the dispute with force.

• Jergal warned the player that aging would not change, while Lilith appeared in a treasure chest, died, and left behind the Formless Mother's Mark.
• The player encountered Marika with Gurranq, then saw Messmer appear and vanish before touching his remaining flame and dying again.
• At the site of Grace, the player chose to burn the suspicious Millicent illusion, but learned from a walkthrough that either choice led to the same scripted death.
• The player used Trina’s transformed relic, Hatred Until Death, to shatter Miquella’s dream and return to the real world.
• Melina appeared behind Miquella and wounded his right arm, while Miquella insisted that everyone had chosen his dream and that his plan would soon succeed.
• Melina argued that Miquella’s dream would end real-world progress and future generations, but Miquella dismissed her and raised his hand to command the unsullied giant.

Melina sacrificed herself to awaken Hötter and replace Ancient Death, while Horace’s long plan left the Outer Gods weakened or supplanted. The player’s allies defeated Miquella, who survived and left the player with the means to face the final battle.

• Melina crushed the seven Glintstones into a dagger and sacrificed herself, awakening Hötter and replacing Ancient Death.
• Horace’s plan had also replaced or weakened several Outer Gods, leaving the Formless Mother of Truth as the last major threat.
• Melina’s sacrifice opened the Spirit World, allowing Engvall, Ogha, Finlay, Jerren, Yura, Mohg, Radahn, and others to join the battle against Miquella.
• The player’s allies defeated Adam and Miquella, who surrendered and asked to be killed so he could see Trina.
• The Duchess returned and advised the player to keep Miquella alive, then said goodbye as the player neared becoming king.
• Miquella gave the player [Miquella's Ideology Runes], an item essential to participating in the final battle.

After Melina gave the player formal clothes, the player entered the Erdtree and met Horace, who offered an unfair battle as a test. The fight began against Horace and Rellana, leaving the player facing a familiar arena and two bosses wielding unusual greatswords.

• Melina returned alive, gave the player a set of formal clothes, and left after worrying about the player's strange thoughts.
• The player noticed twelve Ideology Runes and wondered whether a final battle remained before approaching the Erdtree.
• Horace asked the player who they were, then invited them to fight; the player selected [Fight].
• Horace recalled the player's previous defeat as the screen shifted to an abnormal battle state.
• The player entered a familiar arena and faced Horace and Rellana, who wielded the Sacred Relic Sword, a Spiral Sword, and two Moonlight Greatswords.

The player fought Horace and Rellana under a barrage of restrictions that locked items, skills, and controls, then survived by using Hötter’s blessing to gain twelve lives. After Rellana retreated and Horace lost half his health, he froze time and attacked, but the Formless Mother’s Mark protected the player; Horace kept the battle going.

• Horace’s Great Runes locked the player’s items and shortcuts, while his Blood Moon weakened healing and disabled skills and controls.
• The player struggled against Horace and Rellana’s alternating attacks, losing a level after restarting the fight.
• Hötter’s blessing granted the player twelve lives, allowing them to charge in and attack without dodging.
• The player reduced Rellana’s health to one-fifth, prompting her to withdraw, then brought Horace below half health.
• Horace froze time with golden chains and struck the player with his flaming Spiral Sword.
• The Formless Mother’s Mark absorbed Horace’s blow, but Horace refused to end the fight.

The player defeated Horace, obtained the Wild Hunt Ideology Rune, and received Hötter’s Cursed Sword before facing the choice of whether to ascend the throne. After exploring a disastrous Frenzied Flame ending, the player began another playthrough, where the story left them ready to return to the game again.

• The player endured Horace’s attacks with basic strikes and rolls, losing five levels before defeating him and receiving his Remembrance.
• Horace revealed that the player’s fate was to begin endless playthroughs, and the player obtained the Wild Hunt Ideology Rune.
• Hötter appeared in the Erdtree, gave the player the Cursed Sword, and invited them to ascend the throne.
• The player considered the available endings and chose the Frenzied Flame, burning the world after defeating Horace and betraying Tracker.
• The player started another playthrough in Limgrave, with the Spirit World’s heroes and enemies still answering their summons.