NPC questlines in Elden Ring are intricate and often require specific steps and interactions to complete. These quests can lead to unique rewards, new areas, and alternative endings. Following these paths carefully ensures you don't miss out on crucial story elements or valuable items.
Ranni's Questline:
Go to Ranni's Rise and head to the tower on the North side, as the seal is now broken. Take the Waygate to enter Ainsel River Main. Nearby is a coffin with a Miniature Ranni Doll. Go to the nearby Grace and rest at it, choosing the "talk to doll" function three times to get the doll to give you a quest. Proceed through the area, and you will find the Baleful Shadow, which looks like Blaidd. Defeat it, and the doll will talk to you again and give you a Discarded Key. Go to the Raya Lucaria Grand Library (the boss room for Raya Lucaria in the center of Liurnia Lake) and use the key on the chest inside for the Dark Moon Ring. Go back to the Ainsel River and proceed further into the Lake of Rot (a big red swamp area that causes rot). Travel through it and past it to the Grand Cloister and head down. Instead of going through the big doors, go over to the left to the cliff's edge and get into the coffin there. After that, fight and defeat Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, and proceed past his area to the Moonlight Altar. Continue past the Dragon and go to the nearby Cathedral of Manus Celes to the North-East. Talk to Ranni's body and get the Dark Moon Greatsword. Go back to Ranni's Rise and find Blaidd outside hostile. Kill him, then go to Iji and report what happened. Rest at the nearby Grace and loot his body.
Hyetta's Questline (Frenzied Flame Ending):
- If you come into contact with the Three Fingers, speak to Hyetta again to learn of their objectives.
- Exhaust her dialogue until she starts burning.
- Reload the area to pick up the Frenzied Flame Seal.