Simple Game Progress
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All non-required bosses marked as optional. Easily reachable ancient smithing stones not marked as optional, others are optional. Weapon upgrades are written as "normal (somber)". Kill any merchants (except for maybe Kale) give their bells to the twin maidens to be able to easily buy smithing stones when you need them. If you're missing stones, explore caves or check Fextralife for locations. Simple rule of thumb for leveling: 1) Meet weapon needs first, 2) Every two levels, add one point to VGR and one to your main stat(s), 3) If unsure about your main stat, just boost VGR until you figure it out
- Buy crafting kit from Kale
- Pick Whetstone Knife from Gatefront Ruins
- Rest in Gatefront Site of Grace to get Torrent
- Teleport to the Church of Elleh Site of Grace and talk to Ranni to get Spirit Calling Bell and Wolves spirit summon. Feel free to upgrade the wolves before you get whatever spirit summon you will use in the end game
- Let Magrit kill you to access Roundtable Hold
- Get Flask of Wondrous Physick and Sacred Tear from the Third Church of Marika
- Get the Dectus Medallion (Left) from Fort Haight (recommended, kill Godrick Knight at the top level to get Bloody slash ash of war)
- OPTIONAL Go to Weeping peninsula and get the Sacred tears from all 3 churches (Callu Baptismal Church, Church of Pilgrimage, Fourth Church of Marika)
- OPTIONAL If you don't plan to get Mimic Tear, you can get Lhutel the Headless spirit summon from Tombsward Catacombs south of Weeping Peninsula Erdtree avatar (requires 104 FP)
- Dectus Medallion (Right) from Fort Faroth in Dragonbarrow (Caelid)
- OPTIONAL Get 50,000 runes from killing the sleeping dragon Greyoll in Dragonbarrow with bleed (Reduvia, Uchigatana or Bloody slash ash of war)
- By this point, your weapon can be upgraded to +3-4 (1-2)
- Beat Magrit
- Beat Godrick in Stormhill Castle
- Buy lantern from Nomadic Merchant in Liurnia of the Lakes in LIURNIA LAKE SHORE grace
- Get the South Raya Lucaria Gate site of grace in south side of Raya Lucaria
- Get Academy Glintstone Key from Liurnia of the Lakes, south from Crystalline Woods site of grace, behind Glintstone Dragon Smarag
- OPTIONAL Get Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) from Village of the Albinaurics
- OPTIONAL Progress Varre questline to access Mohgwyn Palace
- OPTIONAL You can also access Mogh's palace from Consecrated Snowfield much later in the game though a waygate portal
- Enter Raya Lucaria and beat Wolf of Radagon
- By this point your weapon could be +4-6 (2)
- OPTIONAL Go through the waygate after the stairs with the giant rolling balls after wolf of Radagon to reach Church of Vows, and get Flame, Cleanse Me incantation (12 FAI) at the fire monk camp southeast of Church of Vows
- Beat Rennala (or if you beat Radahn or Rykard you don't need to beat Rennala)
- OPTIONAL Beat Ancestor Spirit in Siofra river, which you can access through the Siofra Well in Mistwood
- OPTIONAL You can also ignore the Dectus medallions and access Altus through the Ruin-Strewn Precipice, accessible going north past the Bellum church, north of the path toward the Dectus Lift
- From the Main Academy Gate site of grace, cross the sealed gate to reach the other side of the bridge, then head straight to the Grand Lift of Dectus and reach Altus Plateau
- Rest in any site of grace in Altus
- OPTIONAL It should be possible to progress Fia's quest now, but Fia's quest can be also skipped as she will be in Deeproot Depths regardless after you burn the Erdtree later
- By this point your weapon can be +10-14 (3-5)
- OPTIONAL Radahn Festival should be active now, and you can beat Radahn
- OPTIONAL If you beat Radahn, you can now get the Mimic Tear spirit summon from Nokron
- OPTIONAL Beat Regal Ancestor Spirit in Siofra river, the part reachable after beating Mimic Tear
- OPTIONAL Beat Valiant Gargoyles in Siofra Aqueduct, and access Deeproot Depths through the coffin in their arena
- OPTIONAL Progress Ranni's questline
- OPTIONAL You can reach Mt. Gelmir and Volcano Manor by going north east from Altus Plateau site of grace until FOREST-SPANNING GREATBRIDGE grace, crossing the bridge with the magic portal, then heading south west through the only path available
- OPTIONAL Beat Rykard
- OPTIONAL Get Sentry's torch from merchant in Hermit Merchant's Shack, northeast of the Outer Wall Battleground site of grace (Altus), useful if you want to reach Malenia
- Beat Draconic Tree Sentinel to access Leyndell
- By this point your weapon can be +15-20 (6-7)
- Beat Godfrey shade and Morgott
- OPTIONAL After defeating Morgott, if you progressed Nepheli's and Gostoc questlines, now you can get 2 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones from the Stormveil Castle throne room
- Talk to Melina in ELDEN THRONE grace to get the Rold medallion
- From the AVENUE BALCONY grace reach the Rold lift
- Run all the way through the Forbidden lands and Mountaintops of the Giants
- By this point your weapon can be +24 (9)
- you can get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from a corpse inside the mouth of a big skull south-east of Church of Repose
- By this point your regular weapon can be fully upgraded +25
- Beat Fire Giant
- OPTIONAL Expore Leyndell and grab any missing items you might need for your build
- Activate cutscene to Burn the Erdtree and access Farum Azula by talking to Melina in Forge of Giants grace
- OPTIONAL Fia will relocate to Deeproot depths even if you didn't complete her questline so you can beat Fia's champions
- OPTIONAL To fight Fortissax, progress Ranni's quest until receiving the Carian Inverted Statue. Use the statue in the Divine Tower of Liurnia, reach the top, get the Cursemark of Death and give it to Fia. Reload the area and inspect her dream
- OPTIONAL Kill dragon in curved platform at the beginnig of Farum Azula to get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
- Beat Godskin Duo
- OPTIONAL Get Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from a corpse on a floating platform north of the Dragon Temple (Farum Azula), guarded by a Beastman. Parkour throught he floating debris to reach a narrow path and a spiral staircase at the end,. Up the staircase, then south though a floating pillar
- From Godskin Duo grace go through the left gate (looking at the closest wall, in the left side) and progress until reaching an area where you have to parkour down some floating platforms. Go straight through the path. In the area with the Crucible Knight, stick to the right side and jump to the grace.
- Get Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from a gazebo behind the stationary Farum Azula Dragon sitting at the back of the plaza southeast of the Dragon Temple Rooftop site of grace
- By this point your somber weapon can be fully upgraded
- Beat Maliketh
- OPTIONAL Get Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) from Castle Sol
- OPTIONAL With both halves of Haligtree medallion, access Consecrated Snowfield through the Lift of Rold
- OPTIONAL Get remaining Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones
- OPTIONAL beat Ordina's puzzle in Consecrated Snowfield to access Miquella's Haligtree. You can make the assassins visible holding Sentry's Rorch in your off hand
- Beat Gideon
- Beat Godfrey
- Beat Radagon and Elden Beast
- OPTIONAL Beat Placidusax
- OPTIONAL Beat Malenia
- OPTIONAL Reach Mohgwyn Palace either from Varre's quest or from Consecrated Snowfield and beat Mohg. It would be useful to get the Purifying Crystal Tear first from killing Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger at the Second Church of Marika in Altus Plateau
- OPTIONAL Go through the Subterranean Shunning-grounds under Leyndell