Inevitably, you’ll encounter several NPCs throughout yourElden Ringjourney. Some of them will offer you quests and rewards while others will act as merchants. And yet, some of these NPCs can be acquired as summons to aid you in battle. There are many reasons to interact with the denizens of the Lands Between. Below is a listing of all NPCs in the game. Click on a specific NPC for further details.
Gives Key Item
Alexander the Iron Fist
Quest, Summon
Village of the Albinaurics
Albinaurics are lifeforms made by human hands. Thus, many believe them to live impure lives, untouched by the Erdtree’s grace.
Blackguard Big Boggart
Quest, Summon, Merchant
Ordina, Liturgical Town
Clad in Blue Silver Armor, these Albinaurics, despite the loss of the use of their legs, are expert marksman.
Smoldering Church
Wielding her Butchering Knife, Anastasia seeks to prevent entry to Caelid and the festival that General Radahn hosts.
Bloody Finger Hunter Yura
Mountaintops of the Giants
Anastasia seeks revenge against those who defeated her in Limgrave, ambushing travelers up Mt. Gelmir.
Boc the Seamster
Quest, Garments Adjuster
Siofra River
The ancestral followers live a distance from the Erdtree, awaiting new buds. They are certain to sprout from their very flesh, and indeed, their souls.
Brother Corhyn
Quest, Merchant, Trainer
The ancestral followers keep their distance from the Erdtree, awaiting new buds. They are certain to sprout from their very flesh, and indeed, their souls.
D, Hunter of the Dead
Raya Lucaria Academy
Avionette soldiers were crafted to serve the sorcerers. For a doll, the only thing that matters is that their armor does not break so they can carry out their orders.
Crumbling Farum Azula
It’s clear the beastmen possess knowledge beyond human ken, using an assortment of weaponry to assault their prey.
Quest, Summon, Invader
Stormveil Castle
Knights who, whether by misfortune or misdeed, were forced to abandon their homes. These fierce warriors were each and all accomplished. Perhaps that is why, despite their territorial losses, they were still named knights.
Enia, the Finger Reader
Merchant, Finger Reader, Gives Key Item
Scholars of the Raya Lucaria Academy, their armor is tattered from being worn on the battlefield.
Ensha of the Royal Remains
The assassins that carried out the deeds of the Night of the Black Knives were all women, and rumored to be Numen who had close ties with Marika herself.
Divine Tower of Caelid
The Blackflame Monks, enthralled by the god-slaying black flame, became traitors, abandoning their posts as guardians. The seduction of a taboo is never easily spurned.
Finger Reader Crone
Finger Reader
Stormfoot Catacombs
Nerijus is a Bloody Finger, one of the noble servants of the Lord of Blood and wields the Reduvia, a weapon perpetually coated in blood.
Gatekeeper Gostoc
Quest, Merchant
Okina is a swordsman from the Land of Reeds. Mohg, the Lord of Blood, offered Okina the life of a demon, whose thirst would never go unsated.
Gideon Ofnir
Quest, Lore
One of the loyal servants of Mohg, the Lordo Blood. They seek out other Tarnished and lay them low to sate their bloodlust.
Guardians' Garrison
Skilled and aggressive, Chief Guardian Arghanthy will quickly overwhelm anyone foolish enough to trespass into his garrison.
Capital Outskirts
I’ll defile you next. Come to the outer moat.
Gurranq, Beast Clergyman
Quest, Special Trader
Revenger’s Shack
Edgar the Revenger is a warrior clad in medium armor and wields a halberd. His moveset involves mostly physical attacks and his poise is easily broken with magic.
Hermit Merchant (Leyndell)
Second Church of Marika
Her mastery of the sword was such that her onslaught was likened to a whirlwind, but now her legacy is stained by accursed blood.
Hermit Merchant (Mountaintops East)
Church of Inhibition
Once a Roundtable Knight, Vyke has succumbed to the yellow flame of frenzy and now attacks Tarnished on the path to the Church of Inhibition.
These large imposing creatures are made of stone that once fought in a war against man in the Lands Between before they were quelled.
Isolated Merchant (Dragonbarrow)
Isolated Merchant (Raya Lucaria Academy)
Isolated Merchant (Weeping Peninsula)
Volcano Manor
Inquisitor Ghiza was Volcano Manor’s chief torturer. He’d extract information with his giant wheel which he now uses as a weapon.
Shack of the Lofty
The peculiar Land Octopus is a rather small but dangerous creature
Kenneth Haight
Roundtable Hold
A sorcerer driven mad by the remarks and comments received while in service to the Roundtable Hold.
Knight Bernahl
Quest, Merchant, Summon, Invader
The Shaded Castle
With their identity completely shrouded by their mask and long robes. The Marais family has a dual history spanning generations, serving as both executioners and castellans of the Shaded Castle. The sons of House Marais are all sickly born. Little wonder that Maleigh Marais would be so beguiled by the beautiful and fierce goddess who was born into rot.
Swamp of Aeonia
Ugh. Is there something wrong? Please, cease this at once.
Quest, Summon, Maiden
Moongrum the Carian Knight is the guardian of Raya Lucaria Academy’s Grand Library, he is the last line of defense against intruders who are wanting to slay the head sorcerer of the institute. Just like you, a Tarnished, Moongrum is capable of wielding two different weapons, a shield, can use sorcery, and even use Flasks to recover health. A true warrior of Raya Lucaria.
Merchant Kalé
Mohgwyn Palace
The war surgeons were effectively mercy killers. Of the surgeons that were abducted by the Lord of Blood none were able to tame the accursed blood. None but Varré, that is; though he was an exception.
Milos (Dung Eater)
An enormous ogre with its horns cut off, although it appears docile, anything that gets close to it, will feel its ferocity.
Miriel, Pastor of Vows
Merchant, Trainer, Lore
Nepheli Loux
Carian Study Hall
Preceptor Miriam was one of the sorcerers that served the Carian Royals.
Nomadic Merchant (Caelid Highway North)
Fort Laiedd
The weighty frames of the Prelates symbolized the onus of their grave vows as guardians of the flame. ““Etch this sight upon thine breast. Of my thunderous gravity.””
Nomadic Merchant (Castle Morne Rampart)
O Greater Will, hear my voice. I am the recusant Bernahl, inheritor of my brother’s will, and you will fall to my blade. We refuse to become your pawns. Consider this fair warning.
Nomadic Merchant (East Limgrave)
Stormhill Shack
A Recusant of the Volcano Manor, one of Lady Tanith’s Tarnished hunters.
Nomadic Merchant (Liurnia Lake Shore)
Nomadic Merchant (Mt. Gelmir)
Nomadic Merchant (North Limgrave)
Liurnia of the Lakes
Nomadic Merchant (North Liurna)
A tree spirit that turned into a monstrosity after being corrupted from the events of the shattering.
Nomadic Merchant (West Altus Plateau)
Nomadic Merchant (West Limgrave)
Patches (NPC)
