Side Quests in Dark Souls 3 are optional questlines that can be triggered by an event or NPC. This page is an overview of the quests. It will inform you about the quest giver, steps required to complete the quest, and any NPCs affected by the quest.
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Side Quest Game Progression Guide
This is a compilation of all side quests and what you have to do during game progresses to max them all out. This page is not yet comprehensive, please see Game Progress Route to ensure you don't miss out on anything. For full details, look above and on the NPC pages.
If you follow all the tasks listed on this page you can get all endings, including the 'Usurpation of Fire'.
Areas are ordered in our recommended order.
Area entered | Task | Quest |
Firelink Shrine | Talk to him. | Hawkwood |
High Wall of Lothric | Free him from his cell, accept to find Loretta. | Greirat of the Undead Settlement |
After you have reached the 2nd bonfire, talk to him in Firelink Shrine. He's next to the Lothric's Throne. | Leonhard | |
Undead Settlement | Obtain Loretta’s Bone, give it to Greirat in Firelink, send him scavenging. You may have to reload the area to continue his quest. After you defeat a boss, he will return to Firelink and sell new items. | Greirat of the Undead Settlement |
Rescue him from his cage near the Cliff Underside bonfire. | Cornyx of the Great Swamp | |
Talk to him in the elevator, drop off the elevator, talk to him again. Help him defeat the demon. | Siegward of Catarina | |
Find the Mortician's Ashes near the pre-Curse-Rotted Greatwood area with arrows falling, give them to the Maid in Firelink and buy the key for 1500 souls. Open the door next to the shortcut near the Cliff Underside bonfire in Undead Settlement and rescue Irina. | Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim | |
Accept his offer. Go to Firelink and level up 5 times through his service. After reloading the area, Yuria of Londor will appear. | Yoel of Londor | |
Buy the Tome of Londor. | Yuria of Londor | |
After obtaining a Pale Tongue, Leonhard will give you the Lift Chamber Key to the locked door below the Tower on the Wall bonfire. Head there, unlock the door, defeat the Darkwraith there to obtain the Red Eye Orb. Speak to him againat Firelink. You may have to reload the area for the new dialogue. |
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Road of Sacrifices | Get the Tome of Carim in the small tomb under the bridge on the way to the 2nd bonfire. | Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim |
Exhaust their dialogue. | Anri of Astora/Horace the Hushed | |
Speak with her in Firelink Shrine after you spoke to Horace and Anri of Astora. | Sirris of the Sunless Realms | |
Talk to him again. | Hawkwood | |
Orbeck of Vinheim will relocate to Firelink Shrine after talking to him, but only if you have 10 Intelligence. | Orbeck of Vinheim | |
Cathedral of the Deep | Find him within the Cathedral of the Deep disguised as Siegward of Catarina. He will trick you into entering the bridge which he will then lower down to the giants. Meet him on the other side, and buy the Catarina Set. | Unbreakable Patches |
Buy the Tower Key, use it, and explore the Towers, obtaining the Fire Keeper's Soul. Once you go down the lift, he'll have trapped you. Exit, and talk to him again to have him permanently available as a merchant. | Unbreakable Patches | |
Give her the Fire Keeper's Soul. | Fire Keeper | |
After opening the Cathedral main doors (shortcut near the boss gate), he will be stuck inside a well just outside the Cleansing Chapel bonfire. Talk to him and return his armor. | Siegward of Catarina | |
Get the Deep Divine Braille Tome. | Irina of Carim, Eygon of Carim and Karla | |
Speak to Anri after defeating the boss. | Anri of Astora | |
He will appear in Rosaria's Bed Chamber once you have joined the Rosaria´s Fingers and offered at least 1 Pale Tongue. This cancels Sirris's questline. You can finish his questline after you do Sirris' questline. | Leonhard | |
Farron Keep | Get the Dreamchaser's Ashes and give them to the Shrine Handmaid in Firelink. Reload the area and speak to Sirris. | Sirris of the Sunless Realms |
Before killing Abyss Watchers, Request Yoel to "Draw Out True strength", that is, level you up. He will allow to level once per two of your deaths. Do this five times. Make sure you have 5 dark sigils in your inventory. Must be done before killing the Abyss Watchers, otherwise Yoel will die prematurely, Yuria will not show up in Firelink Shrine and Questline B Lord of Hollows for Anri will not be possible. | Yoel of Londor / Anri of Astoria & Lord of Hollows Ending / Yuria of Londor | |
Before killing Abyss Watchers, Give him a Scroll, otherwise he'll DISAPPEAR for the rest of the playthrough. | Orbeck of Vinheim | |
After the Abyss Watchers have been defeated, he will disappear, leaving his Shield with Andre.. | Hawkwood | |
Catacombs of Carthus | Find Anri in the Catacombs of Carthus in a hallway before the first rolling skeleton ball. Exhaust all dialogue. Choose dialogue options "no" and "do nothing." Never tell Anri of Horace's whereabouts. Speak to Anri again at the wooden bridge before the boss. Do the Anri's questline step in Smouldering Lake BEFORE killing High Lord Wolnir, otherwise you won't be able to continue Anri's questline. |
Anri of Astora |
Smouldering Lake | Kill Horace, don't tell Anri you killed him. | Anri of Astora |
Summon Phantom Great Swamp Cuculus for the Old Demon King fight. Cuculus must be alive when you slay the boss. Re-visit Cornyx's cage at the Undead Settlement to receive his armor set and Spotted Whip. | ||
Irithyll of the Boreal Valley | Cross the bridge to Boreal Valley, meet Greirat at Firelink and send him to scavenge again. IMPORTANT: Don't explore Irithyll Dungeons or the Profaned Capital before killing one boss. This will cause Greirat to die. Check Greirat of the Undead Settlement for detailed information about his side quest. |
Greirat of the Undead Settlement |
Sit at the first bonfire after the bridge, then go back to the bridge and get summoned by her using her summon sign. Kill Creighton the Wanderer and speak to her at Firelink. | Sirris of the Sunless Realms | |
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Anri of Astora & Yuria of Londor | |
Talk to him in a kitchen near a lake-like area and share an Estus Soup with him. If you want Grierat saved during his pillage in Ithyrill of the Boreal valley, do NOT talk to him. You can still take estus soup without talking to him. Talking to him will cause him to nap and not be alert to save Grierat. However, another way to save Grierat is to have Ubreakable Patches save him. | Siegward of Catarina / Greirat of the Undead Settlement | |
Irithyll Dungeon | You can talk to him in a cell. | Siegward of Catarina |
Get Dragon Torso Stone. | Hawkwood | |
Profaned Capital | Free him with the key found. | Siegward of Catarina |
Anor Londo | Perform the "wedding" ceremony. Talk to Yuria. Causes 'Usurpation of Fire' Ending. | Anri of Astora |
After Aldrich is slain, go back to the Undead Settlement near the Pit of Hollows (don't teleport directly into boss area, boss needs to be dead and you need to have the Transposing Kiln). Get summoned by Sirris in the small room before the boss area. Hodrick is a tough fight, and it's entirely possible he will kill Sirris, so approach this fight carefully. After that speak with her at Firelink. | Sirris of the Sunless Realms | |
Return to Rosaria's Chamber after you reach Anor Londo bonfire and pick up the Orb in front of her. You can use the Black Eye Orb to invade him in the room above Aldrich's bonfire and kill him. | Leonhard | |
Lothric Castle | You can send Greirat to scavenge for the third time to Lothric Castle. He will die if he goes; there is no way to save him. Doing so will allow you to find Greirat's Ashes which will allow the Shrine Handmaid to sell Exploding and Splintering Bolts, along with every other item Greirat used to sell. |
Greirat of the Undead Settlement |
Get the Divine Braille Tome of Lothric. Give tomes to Irina in Firelink, buy holy or dark miracles, depending on if you want good or bad ending. | Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim | |
Her grave can be found after Twin Princes boss fight. | Sirris of the Sunless Realms | |
Untended Graves | Get the Eyes of the Firekeeper and give it to the Firekeeper. | Firekeeper |
Archdragon Peak | Get the Dragon Head Stone and Twinkling Dragon Torso Stone. Defeat him at the Abyss Watcher boss room | Hawkwood |
Kiln of the First Flame | Summon the Firekeeper via summoning sign, if you have given her eyes. Causes 'The End of Fire' ending. | Firekeeper |
Side Quests
This is a list of side quest sorted by the NPC that gives you or interacts with the quest.
Quest Giver | Steps to Complete | NPCs Affected By Quest |
Fire Keeper |
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Greirat of the Undead Settlement |
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Siegward of Catarina |
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Unbreakable Patches |
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Hawkwood |
The locations for the Dragon Stones are:
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Andre of Astora |
Irina of Carim and Eygon of Carim |
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Sirris of the Sunless Realms |
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Leonhard |
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Anri of Astora | For this ending you need to find and talk to Anri of Astora several times during the game. But first you need to max out Yoel questline and level up 5 times with him to get ample strength.
For the alternate questline you have to kill the pilgrim next to the Church of Yorshka bonfire and you will be able to help her defeat Aldrich.
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So I learned the hard way that Sirris's quest line isnt considered done until you find her grave. I helped her kill Hodrick, met her in Firelink and she swore allegiance to me and said now she can finally die. Okay cool! Time to finally chat up Rosaria!
Came back to Firelink and there Sirris was, waiting to tell me that we're enemies now.
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It can't be written out any more simple....PS don't talk in kitchen go back after killing a boss..EZ
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Should maybe add info about Anri's Summon sign for her quest in the Anor Londo section
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anri's questline is so poorly designed lol, who thought it was a good idea to make you go all the way back to anri after killing horace
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Uh, you only break Sirris' questline if you give a Pale Tongue (for any reason whatsoever) to Lady Rosaria, but getting a pale tongue, and the red eye orb doesn't break her questline.
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The only complaint i have is that there's no real "direction" in these. Example, the first one. "Talk to him" okay, who is him? Give some kind of description or a name, even. This game is not that good about that sort of thing.
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HEY at the side quest in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley if you do not talk to Siegward of Catarina before you enter the dungeons he does not spawn could somebody edit this so it doesn't happen to other players.
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If you don't talk to sigward by estus soup he don't show up in cell. You then lose the slab you could of got.
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I think it would be better to remove the line about having the option of Patches saving Grierat in the Irithyll kitchen when you talk to Siegward there.
Because Siegward being there in your playthrough actually means Patches will not be able to save Grierat in that scenario.
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I missed some npcs and went through a chunk of the game so far. Besides some rewards, how this will affect to the endgame?
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Wish that Dark Souls had a "Journal" that is rewarded after completing a NG or something, so you can track different NPCs and complete questlines and achievements easier.
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It would've been helpful to know earlier in the guide about Irina's quest. By the time it's mentioned here, the player could've found at least a couple Braille times and started purchasing miracles. Now I have to start a new playthrough because of a single miracle.
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Jogo realmente bom... Única coisa que me prendeu em casa, melhor coisa
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So, I'm not sure why you'd put "Return to Rosaria's Chamber after you reach Anor Londo bonfire and pick up the Orb in front of her. You can use the Black Eye Orb to invade him in the room above Aldrich's bonfire and kill him." before "Her grave can be found after Twin Princes boss fight."
Great way to reset the shrine is to use a bone or the sword. Saves alot of back and forth loading.
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I've don't undertanded this part "Cross the bridge to Boreal Valley, meet Greirat at Firelink and send him to scavenge again.
IMPORTANT: Don't explore Irithyll Dungeons or the Profaned Capital before killing one boss. This will cause Greirat to die. Check Greirat of the Undead Settlement for detailed information about his side quest."
This "one boss" it's refered to Pontiff?
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taca a pica nas novinha bota elas pra mam.. taca taca i i taca taca i i taca taca
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Anri is a girl. The constant her/him in the guide is very annoying.
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Really?!..."Give him a Scroll before killing Abyss Watchers, otherwise he'll DISAPPEAR for the rest of the playthrough" thx
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After reading this, I've decided on my next NG, I will just slay all NPCs I meet outside of the shrine.
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Speak with Anri after defeating the boss... What *****ing boss?
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Welp I kinda did everything right... Except greyrat died I missed dragon slayer axe. I feel like I did more wrong but nothing is apparent. Also, can you get multiple endings at once? Because if so I could’ve gotten them all at once and I will be so pissed if it’s true.
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"After you have reached the 2nd bonfire, talk to him in Firelink." this is even worse than "meet him at the top of firelink shrine, after you have reached the 2nd bonfire in highwall". How is a newcomer supposed to know where that is?
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Bad wiki, lots of details are missing... need to do another NG to finallycomplete all those quest
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What happens if I kill eygon will I fail to get irina's ending ?
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If this purpose of this wiki is to provide accurate and easy to follow instructions, then why are the contributors seemingly so lazy about adding proper information? For example, it says under Leonhard's quests "meet him at the top of firelink shrine, after you have reached the 2nd bonfire in highway". Shouldn't you clarify that he is standing next to Lothric's throne in Firelink Shrine (not the "top" which implies near the roof), and that for him to appear you need to light the Tower on the Wall bonfire at the High Wall of Lothric instead of just the 2nd bonfire in "Highwall"? This happens all over this wiki, another example is under Anri's section: "Talk to him/her at the forest bonfire" should be something like "Talk to Anri and Horace at the Halfway Fortress bonfire in the Road of Sacrifices." The existing text gives no specific information, you can't just assume people will know what you are talking about, they are on here because they don't, that's the whole point.
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Is it possible to visit Archdragon Peak AFTER you've already seen the Ending-Cutscene in Kiln of the First Flame and still finish Hawkwoods Questline? I guess, yes, just want to make sure.
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dangit, i wish this mentioned that you SHOULD NOT fight Wolnir before you kill Horace. can't do anri's quest now on this run :C
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Definitely should mention not to give Irina of Carim (miracle seller) the Tome of Londor right away (or at least not to purchase any dark miracles after the fact). Giving Irina the Tome of Londor and purchasing any dark miracle will cause her questline to fail (Irina will disappear from Firelink Shrine and Eygon will no longer be able for summon)... See you in NG+4 Irina :'(((
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All DS series are plain*****ty games for lifeless/jobless/wifeless people,who they're at their 40s,and playing pc games 24/7. Just like me: :D
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Orbeck quest:
If you give all 4 tomes and finish the game, he will leaves firelink.
Yuria&Orbeck quest:
At some point at the game, Yuria will tell you to kill Orbeck(provided he is at firelink not crucifixtion, killing him outside firelink will not work), give the ash to Yuria and receive the Morion Blade
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Tip to anyone that may not remember DON'T GO THROUGH THE RAFTERS BEFORE PATCHES SPAWNS or he will not spawn
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I cured my dark sigil from the firekeeper after Yuria appeared. Now she is missing. Can i still do the "usurpation of the fire" ending ?? Please help. Or is there anyways to bring back yuria ??
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The Anri Part of this page is wrong, you have to kill the pilgrim or you'll be like me having wasted 12 hours of progress just to find out that Anri had been assassinated and her summon sign won't appear at Aldrich and you won't get the alternate ending.
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I implore anyone reading this to research each NPC individually on this site upon meeting them and attempting to make sense of it there. Blindly following on a first playthrough will result in resets as some things aren't explicitly clear in this list as they are elsewhere on the site.Failed Sirris questline during mention of Leonhard and moving him to Rosaria's Fingers and offering a tongue. It can be done with a character change or stat allocation but simply saying giving confuses with offering and ranking up. Should be excluded altogether until Sirris' questline is over. And now I've discovered Orbeck is gone forever failing an optional quest for Yuria and losing rings/emotes/achievement simply because I never gave him a tome before the Abyss Watchers. I suggest adding a line that summons him from the Road of Sacrifices and giving him the first tome you come across.
In the Hawkwood's Quest he dont give the shield to Blacksmith Andre, the shield is left in front of the grave outside firelink shrine (behind the dog).
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I thought Orbeck was a vital questline for sorcerers so was he excluded becuase sorcery is considered bad in this game?!
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i didn't forgive patches in the cathedral and he is still there as a vendor how can i get him into firlink
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I had to restart because I didn't give him his scroll in time.
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orbeck of vinheim is no where in here isnt he a npc with a story?
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Greirat still died on me even when i meet Seigward while Greirat was on pillage. I think you shoudn't talk to Seigward until Greirat returns.
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If you dont talk to catarina at the kitchen before entering the asylum(not sure if thats the real name) he will not appear there.The way i did it, i went for the bonfire that leads to the asylum, then i went to get the bonfire at the asylum, then i processed thorugh irithyl normally. When i entered the area where he is supposed to be at the asylum/dungeon he simply wasnt there.
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His shield was by the grave after i beat Deacons of the Deep... havent faced Hawkwood yet
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It might just be me who finds it this way, but I can't stand how easy it is to completely wreck a questline through ignorance alone. In my first run I have now had to abandon 4 side quests because I have unknowingly bypassed a step in the quest or started a bossfight too early. Come on From Software, you gotta be a little more forgiving than that. Some of us would like to see the end of a quest without beating the game twice
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It is possible to completely overlook Siegward in the Cathedral of the Deep. I never spoke to him in the well, and I didn't run into Patches playing dress up before I killed the Boss. I was astounded to find him in the Irithyll Castle kitchen, alive and well.
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so the auto correct is ridiculous but what was suppose to be said was that was doing the greirat and catering quest after i beat the game
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so i beat the game the game before i released all the side quests i missed so i was doing the great,catarina side quests and i set great out scavenging for the first time but i beat all the bosses before this and since in the description it says that you need to beat a boss for him to return does that mean he will never show back up?
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I joined the Rosarias Covenant before getting the Red Eye Orb and he kept saying i should join the Covenant even though i already did. Rosaria was alive until the very end of the game.
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It seems if you killed the first Giant in the Cathedral of the Deep before Patches appears there, he won't any more because his dialogue suggest that the Giant is still alive when he tricks the player. So if you killed that Giant, he wouldn't trick you anymore and so won't appear.
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I think you can only get Patches to appear in Cathedral of the Deep in Siegward armor AFTER you speak to Siegward when he's stuck in the well (when he states that someone robbed him his armor). Also if Siegward wasn't saved from the well before you sent Greirat to scavenge 2nd time, Greirat WILL be dead regardless if you told Patches about him or not. And if Siegward was saved then Greirat WILL live and return regardless if you told Patches about him or not. So Patches doesn't actually affect Greirat being dead or alive?
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I'm in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and I've followed Seigward's questline perfectly up to this point, although I haven't seen him in the area yet. Do I have to find him before I can send Greirat to pillage or will Seigward save him automatically?
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so I killed Horace after Wolnir, so what happened? all thats left where she was standing is a purple light on the ground. Did I screw up?
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I thought Anri's kidnapper/assassin is at Church of Yorksha bonfire and not 2nd Anor Londor bonfire? And someone said [spot Horace without killing him -> tell Anri about Horace's location -> kill Horace and clear Smoldering Lake -> speak to Anri at Church of Yorksha bonfire and kill the kidnapper/assassin -> carry on the rest] is the only way to keep Anri alive.
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For Anri's questline, whoever wrote "3rd bonfire of Arno Londo" is an idiot. It's the Valleys bonfire in the church. Lost out on a gesture that way.
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Defeating Abyss Watchers is not required for him to try to trap you in the tower above Firelink Shrine. I have yet to do the Abyss Watchers, missed him in Cathedral of the Deep but found Patches in the tower where he trapped me.
would it be easier to just start a new playthrough to get quests done? or can i go back and start ones even if i'm far into the game
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