Landmarks and Geography
These challenging areas, named for their solitary nature in relation to the broader open world, are swathed with enemies and typically end with a Shardbearer boss
What are Legacy Dungeons?
This key item, given to an amputee NPC, can be found in a castle and be obtained without fighting said castle's boss
What is the Valkyrie's Prosthesis?
This amputee NPC is prone to stealing the players' runes when dying within a certain area
Who is Gatekeeper Gostoc?
First introduced in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, this weapon type has only one of its kind
What is Throwing Daggers?
Only appearing in DLC dungeons, this large enemy has a weak spot located on their back
What is the Golem Smith?
The only portion of the world Torrent outright refuses to go, this area is over a thousand feet below the surface
Where is Abyssal Woods?
Made of white tree bark, this key item is not only used to progress an NPC's quest, but hints at "a god's return"
What is the Secret Rite Scroll?
Used to progress the questline that stands you face-to-face with the Lord of Blood, this NPC is only fightable in offline mode
Who is Magnus the Beast Claw?
This remembrance weapon sports among the lowest base damage values in the entire game, doing less than 250 damage at +10 even while two-handing
What is the Grafted Dragon?
Able to grow shrink explode and more, these creatures are the main sources of ashes of war
What are Teardrop Scarabs?
These landmarks dot the DLC, and are guaranteed to each have a key item that can permanently boost the Player's stats
What are the Miquella's Crosses?
This special variation of a key item allows the player to summon the only NPC in the game that exclusively uses a greatbow
What is Igon's Furled Finger?
This NPC offers an optional detour to the Volcano Manor questline and subsequently the only way to obtain Great-Horned Targoth's armor
Who is Patches the Untethered?
This armor set can only be found and equipped in the DLC, despite debuting on a ghost in the base game
What is the Highland Warrior Set?
Appearing in nearly every region in nearly every shape and size, this enemy has a crystalline variant that drops guaranteed items upon death
What is the Crab?
This region can experience more NPC invasions than any other in the game, racking up at a whopping seven
Where is Liurnia of the Lakes?
DOUBLE TROUBLE:
These consumables are also quest items. One is given to NPCs to gain Spirit Ashes, while the other is given to NPCs to gain weapons
This NPC never spawns outside of one specific spot, even if his home is pillaged and relative dies
Who is Jar Barin?
Raising the potency of primeval current sorceries at the cost of additional FP consumption, this helm once belonged to one of the greatest sorcerer's in the Lands Between's history
What is Azur's Glintstone Crown?
Possibly named in reference to the former ruler of the Lands Between, this boss is faced at the very end of the Volcano Cave
Who is Demi-Human Queen Margot?
Sometimes before bosses and sometimes at the start of entire areas, these small landmarks appear in every area of the game
What are Effigies of the Martyr?
The only one of its kind, and gifted by Miquella himself, this consumable is worth 40000 runes and is dropped by a mandatory DLC boss fight
What is Leda's Rune?
This NPC causes an invasion in what was thought to be a safe haven, opens up an entirely new region, and allows for the completion of one of the longest quests in the game, if only he's spoken to or slain
Who is Old Albus?
DOUBLE TROUBLE:
This this weapon and/or talisman can be obtained by cashing in the Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor. One is a powerful greataxe, while the other rewards FP upon defeating enemies
What are the Winged Greathorn and Ancestral Spirit's Horn?
Sporting a low chance to drop Grave or Ghost Glovewort [9]s, these blue or red elongated creatures are found exclusively in the DLC