Elden Ring: Most Important Missable Quests, NPCs, and Items That You Can Get Locked Out Of (Part 1)

All of the most important Quests, NPCs, and Items that you can miss or get locked out of in Elden Ring. (and how to avoid getting locked out)

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - 1.1) Find Patches in Murkwater Cave before going to Volcano Manor (Bull-goat Armor Set)
0:54 - 1.2) Get “Extreme Repentance” and “Calm Down!” gestures before leaving Limgrave
1:39 - 2.1) Help Alexander in Limgrave before going to Caelid (Shard of Alexander Talisman)
2:03 - 2.2) Speak with Alexander after Radahn Boss Fight before leaving the battlefield
2:19 - 3) Complete initial steps of Nepheli’s Questline before leaving Limgrave/Liurnia (Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones)
2:58 - 4.1) Complete Irina’s Quest before going to Revenger’s Shack (Frenzied Flame Seal)
3:47 - 4.2) Trigger Festering Finger Vyke Invasion at Church of Isolation before defeating major bosses in Liurnia (Frenzied Flame Seal)
4:11 - 5.1) Find and talk to Rya in Liurnia before going to Volcano Manor (to start Blackguard Boggart Quest)
4:37 - 5.2) Get Blackguard Boggart to move to Altus Plateau before releasing Dung Eater from his Sewer-Gaol
4:53 - 6) Complete Seluvis’s Quest before giving Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade (Magic Scorpion Charm Talisman)
5:08 - 7.1) Complete Tanith, Rya, and Diallos NPC interactions before eliminating Red Letter Volcano Manor Target
5:45 - 7.2) Complete Volcano Manor Quests for Patches and Bernahl before defeating Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy (Bloody Wolf Armor Set, Etc.)
6:32 - 8) Get the 2 Seedbed Curses in Leyndell, Royal Capital before defeating Maliketh, the Black Blade (Mending Rune of the Death Prince)
7:06 - 9) Complete Goldmask and Corhyn Questline before defeating Maliketh, the Black Blade (Goldmask Armor Set)
7:26 - How invasions work (and why they sometimes don’t happen)
7:46 - 10) Trigger Nameless White Mask Invasion before defeating Mohg, Lord of Blood (White Mask)
8:07 - 11) Trigger Bloody Finger Okina Invasion before defeating the Fire Giant (Rivers of Blood)

7. Volcano Manor Questline Videos:
-Bernahl: Coming Soon

Have a great day, and as always, thanks for watching!

[ItsShatter]

Here is a pinned comment that I'll update with more missables as time goes on.

1. Yura’s Questline must be completed before going to the Mountaintops of the Giants (maybe before defeating Morgott in Leyndell) if you want to get the Raptor of the Mists Ash of War.
2. Bernahl at Volcano Manor and his request there. And also Bernahl's invasion at Crumbling Farum Azula.
Do this before defeating Malekith to avoid missing it!

Have a great day, and as always, thanks for watching!

[charlesajones]

My only major complaint with this game is the quest progression. Too often it means finding people who've moved, with absolutely no clue as to where they moved to. You have to rely on luck, scour the whole map repeatedly, or just look it up on the wiki.

[dylanmahaffey]

The vagueness of quests is one of the things people complain about that I really cant argue. Often times these npcs dont give you any idea that you are meant to do anything for them and some even say they are leaving and I just assume I wont see them again. I dont need a game to hold my hand and show me exactly where to go on the map but man these quests can be cryptic.

[Oblivion]

THIS is the only Elden Ring content we need. Not all these YouTubers like "OMG, INSANE SECRET ITEM 98.25% OF PLAYERS MISSED! BROKEN OP, SHOULDN'T EXIST!!" Proceeds to be a video about the Mantis Blade or Wing of Astel or some shit

[JoeWillz]

The “Bolt of Gransax” Legendary weapon located in the capital city is unobtainable once you kill Maliketh. It’s required for a Platinum Trophy/ All Achievements.

[ascendedsaiyan]

The Legendary “Bolt of Gransax” spear, found on the giant spear in the capital, is also missable if you don’t pick it up before getting to farum azula.

[GraaD-]

Actually... the HARDEST thing about Souls series was never the combat, but rather not missing the questlines and NPC-associated items. This always scared me the most: to do something that would cut a quest short, denying myself further interactions and unique assets. Simply entering a level, skipping a summon, not talking enough or giving a wrong answer can ruin such things for the whole playthrough, locking the player out of content.

[presidentrogue]

I enjoy finding stuff out on my own through gameplay, and I make it a point to keep from spoiling. Then I saw how much I missed in terms of quests. Definitely the story and quests are a major weakness in what is otherwise an amazing game. Basically, players are highly encouraged to look this stuff up while playing and thereby spoiling the quest/story/NPC aspect.

[Emertex]

I really like this style of time stamps way more than your other Missable videos. I can skim through the "before this thing/boss" and easily know where to stop in my game before I break/miss something.
I can safely play my own adventure until that "Danger!" point.

Very very, VERY much appreciated. I just wish the other descriptions had lists in this style.

[Paradigmfusion]

if yopu save Selvus potion and give it to Dung (at the stage where you can start giving him curses) he can become a puppet that you get in selvus hidden lab (where You got the new bodyt for Sellen) and get him as a summonable puppet, quite tanky too..

[treshold]

Latenna' questline is also missable if you don't start it early.

[jamescody]

There is a shabiri grape in the petrified ruins in South Eastern Lunaria. It's in a cellar. You need to roll on it to break the floor. There is also a "two fingers talisman" that raises faith by 5.

[therevanchist]

You actually can do Alexander’s quest after completing the game I just finished it and I completed the game a while ago, I was just scavenging for weapons, armor, etc and found Alexander by the magma worm in Mount Gelmir

[Chroniquee]

I was looking for exactly this type of video sir. Your channel is insanely helpful in navigating this game. Thanks!

[joshualara]

Me: I didn’t miss anything.

Watches video: dammit!

[sarasattler]

You can also get locked out of Seluvis' quest for the magic scorpion talisman even just by picking up the fingerslayer blade or something, without giving it to Ranni yet and getting him killed. I don't know exactly what it was but I got to a point where he wouldn't give me the quest even with everything before it done and I can only figure that was the problem

[xoogkvo]

i really like the game and all, but with how big the world is and how easy it is to mess up or miss quests, i really think there shouldve been some sort of quest markers or quest journal, even if its just to keep track of of all those different story and quest lines. i know, i know, ppl praise fromsoft games for not having those features, but until now their games were very linear, unlike elden ring. and not having any of those features just results in googeling non stop, looking things up and stressing about not progressing too quickly or messing things up. actually poorly designed.

[teapuck]

this made me realize that following a sorcery part w rannis questline made me miss a lot, it’s the first time i’ve felt compelled to do a NG+

[Brim_the_Wizard]

I can attest to the Alexander bug where he's locked into Radahn's grace site. I never did the first part where he got stuck in Limgrave but I was there for everything else. For me, Alexander left for Radahn's grace site right after I summoned him and beat the Fire Giant fight. He literally only had 1 spawn point left and he refuses to move to Farum Azula for the finale in his quest so I'm locked out of his talisman until NG+

[AHH]

My favorite part was Vyke absolutely clapping the katana user spamming R2 at the beginning. Chef's kiss.