Chapter Summaries

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.

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...”