Elden Ring: Full Rya Questline (Complete Guide) - All Choices, Endings, and Rewards Explained

All Quest steps for Rya NPC in Elden Ring. This questline rewards you with many unique items, including: Daedicar's Woe, Zoraya's Letter, Taker's Cameo, Hoslow's Armor Set, Hoslow's Petal Whip, Scaled Armor Set, Tonic of Forgetfulness, Noble Presence, Godskin Stitcher, Serpentbone Blade, Magma Shot, and more. Rya's quest involves Blackguard Big Boggart, Tanith, Patches, and the Volcano Manor.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro and overview of rewards from Rya's Quest
0:15 - Where to first find Rya in Liurnia (Optional)
0:32 - Where to find Blackguard (Boiled Prawn Shack) and how to get Rya’s Necklace (Optional)
0:53 - How to give Rya's Necklace to Rya and how to get Volcano Manor Invitation
1:00 - Where to find Rya after Liurnia (Location 1 - Grand Lift of Dectus)
1:17 - How to activate Grand Lift of Dectus (Dectus Medallion Locations)
1:48 - Where to find Rya after Liurnia (Location 2 - Erdtree Gazing Hill)
2:10 - How to go to Volcano Manor with Rya
2:17 - How to get to Volcano Manor on Foot (Skips previous steps in Rya's Questline)
2:52 - How to start Volcano Manor quests (Speak with Tanith)
3:09 - Quick warning about missing Blackguard Big Boggart's Questline
3:18 - Where to first find Rya in Volcano Manor (Banquet Room)
3:35 - Volcano Manor First Target Request (Old Knight Istvan) How to get Scaled Armor Set
3:48 - Rewards for first Volcano Manor Target Request (Magma Shot)
3:56 - Where to find Rya after first Volcano Manor Request (Private Room - in Zorayas Form)
4:09 - Optional Tanith Dialogue (Zoraya's form)
4:14 - Volcano Manor Second Target Request (Rileigh the Idle) How to get Crepus's Vial
4:38 - Rewards for second Volcano Manor Target Request (Serpentbone Blade)
4:47 - Where to find Rya after second Volcano Manor Request (Private Room - in Rya Form)
4:57 - How to get to Prison Town Church Site of Grace in Volcano Manor
5:26 - What to do after reaching Prison Town Church (open doors and return to Rya)
5:35 - How to tell Rya of the dark side of Volcano Manor
5:43 - Optional Tanith Dialogue (Zoraya's troubles)
5:50 - How to get to Guest Hall Site of Grace
7:02 - How to get to Temple of Eiglay Site of Grace
8:00 - Where to get Noble Presence Incantation and Godskin Stitcher Weapon
8:12 - Where to get Serpent's Amnion
8:22 - How to give Serpent's Amnion to Rya
8:30 - How to get the Tonic of Forgetfulness - Dialogue with Tanith (Zoraya's absence)
9:04 - Where to find Rya after giving her Serpent's Amnion (Near Temple of Eiglay Site of Grace)
10:10 - Raya's exact map location in Volcano Manor Legacy Dungeon (it's at 10:21)
10:16 - Major choices/endings for Raya's Questline (3 Options)
10:22 - What happens if you put Rya out of her misery, oblige her request
10:34 - What happens if you give Rya the Tonic of Forgetfulness
11:04 - What happens if you do nothing to Rya (do this to get Zoraya's Letter)
11:27 - Quick note about remaining explorable region of Volcano Manor (can be returned to later)
11:47 - WAIT to defeat God-Devouring Serpent/Rykard because it closes all Volcano Manor Quests
11:53 - What to do BEFORE defeating Rykard #1 (Final Volcano Manor Target Request)
12:07 - How to get to Mountaintops of the Giants (How to get Grand Lift of Rold)
12:21 - How to get to Grand Lift of Rold from Avenue Balcony Site of Grace
12:33 - How to get to Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood
12:46 - How to get Hoslow's Petal Whip and Hoslow's Armor Set
13:01 - Rewards for Final Volcano Manor Target Request (Taker's Cameo Talisman)
13:13 - What to do BEFORE defeating Rykard #2 (Patches and Bernahl Volcano Manor Requests - Overview of Rewards)
13:57 - Easy way to get to God-Devouring Serpent/Rykard boss fight & cheese strategy (as the developers intended)
14:21 - How to get Rykard's Rancor and Blasphemous Blade
14:31 - Where to find Rya after defeating Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
14:37 - Last opportunity to give Tonic of Forgetfulness to Rya (and what else you can do with it)
15:00 - Don't give Rya the Tonic of Forgetfulness, Quest Ending (How to get Zoraya's Letter and Daedicar's Woe Talisman)
15:14 - Attacking Rya, Quest Ending (Daedicar's Woe only, and sadness)
15:23 - Where to find Rya after giving her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
15:43 - Giving Rya Tonic of Forgetfulness, Quest Ending (Daedicar's Woe only, and vagueness)
15:58 - Closing statements and where to find additional help for Rya's Quest
16:05 - Stats and descriptions for Rya Questline-related rewards (Most of them), actually starts at 15:58

Bernahl Questline: coming soon

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

[ItsShatter]

Here is the Pinned Comment:
I'll continue to update this comment with Helpful information as time goes on.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for watching!

[michael]

Guys also a warning for the lizardman before you jump down the bridge and meet her in the last part. Kill him or don't aggro at all because he follows you. MF just killed rya before my eyes (Yes, im sad af)

[manze_]

Tonic of Forgetfulness is no longer a missable item. "The item Tonic of Forgetfulness can now be obtained at the Volcano Manor if the player wasn’t able to obtain it due to quest progression." Update Patch 1.04 today, 19.04.22
You're welcome.

[forktrus]

It seems like such a small thing -- but I really like that you give compass directions. Like: "head out the north exit and turn east" -- that sorta thing. In other guides I've seen it's usually: "you wanna head out this door here and go this way guys". The compass directions are such a small touch -- but it's what turns a good guide into a great guide. Thanks bud! Shout outs to Marshmallow.

[fabius_flynn]

Im still amazed that i managed to miss an big af questline like this one lol, really nice guide tho, gonna follow it in my NG+

[EyobDChek]

This whole area was really immersive besides the annoying enemies, I like how it encouraged exploration and rewarded that with quest progression

[doublemd]

I think after you finish this quest line and defeated the boss, if you go back to the serpent boss area at the valcano you will find a continuation to the quest and if you kill whoever is there and reload the area, you will be invaded

[mikemade]

how tf do people do these quests without help?

[gostreiver]

It’s so crazy how much story is locked behind leaving rykard alive. But who has seriously not killed him, by the time you get to fire giant

[Type]

I think this is more of the Volcano Manor as a whole Questline. Since Rya's Questline is just basically her leaving on her own adventure to find herself or straight-up just kill her as per her request.

[RAWatson]

She's one of the three maidens you can get right? One gives you torrent, the one becomes the contents of an ashtray, and then there's this one which turns out to be a giant snake lady. Our options are very limited this time around lol

[ItsShatter]

Wanted to comment this since it’s not included in the video: after getting two great runes you can access Leyndell through the capital ramparts entrance on the North side of the capital.

[rockmatias]

I know that Miyazaki enjoys keeping players in the dark but a huge game like Elden Ring needs a quest log

[envyhn]

Such detail of every questline. Thanks for your work. Missed some of the main quest and will try to pursue it on my NG+. Your guide helped me throughout on my first playthrough. Looking forward for more quest/tips in the future! For marshmallow ♥️

[darkmatter]

Rya is at the erdtree gazing hill site of grace because she tells you to go to the ravine veiled Bridge if you continue her dialogue. The end of the cave puts you up on the Altus plateau at the abandoned coffin grace site. Just down the hill from her.

[ahurataheri]

this quest line was something entirely different, it literally touched my heart in ways more than one.
truly amazing, i laughed, i cried, i was challenged and above all the boss fight became my favorite in game!!
thank you for the amazing guides as always!!

[DMR_MAVS]

if you take the back way up to Altus, I can confirm she's at the other site instead. I almost missed her as was looking for her at the lift. Then when I was exploring the area I found her round near the back way in, at some ruins.

[snekboi]

8:53 Just so everyone knows you still get the tonic if you beat Rykard as it will be on Tanith’s chair once she leaves

Edit: I forgot to mention that if you beat Rykard rya leaves so you lose the quest line

[Ghostkiller__]

There's one part of this you missed, instead of running around the virgin maiden, you can instead take a lift to the left of the grace at the temple of eiglay, avoiding the maiden.

[Wawrzyn]

"Continue through the beaten path"
Jumps straight out of it to some shady rocks :D

Great guide though! The most in depth one I seen!