Hi everyone! My name is Lisa. I live with severe OCD, anxiety, and trichotillomania. I started a project back in 2020 where I send free, handwritten letters of encouragement to people who are struggling worldwide. To date, I’ve sent over 1200 letters for FREE. So if you, or someone you know, needs a little love and encouragement, request a letter at www.lettersfromlisa.org
I can’t wait to send you a letter! 💌💕

I've read countless posts asking, "Why isn't the world paying attention to us?"
We've just had the world's largest LC + MECFS conference to date, and the US news outlets have given us ZERO COVERAGE as far as I can see? Can anyone share anything they've seen out there?
I only see a few German articles (see below - well worth reading).I reached out to one of the event organizers and he confirmed that he has no knowledge of US coverage of the event.
Will you join me in sending a quick message to your favorite news outlets or any of those listed below, asking why we need to read about this story via google translate from OUS news sources?
This conference featured many prominent US researchers! It was an international event attended by thousands! I've already begun to write my letters.- I'll post my progress in comments - Please join me and comment below!
We know that our power is in our numbers, so if your message is brief or less sophisticated than you'd like, **IT MATTERS MOST THAT YOU WRITE!**
I'd like to share with you some details that I'm including in my messages. Please speak from your own heart and mind expressing your desire to read about this important event and others like it. Maybe the news story is that this conference took place and it isn't being adequately reported??Here are some highlights from my messages:

• I was eager to read coverage of last week's international conference on Long Covid and MECFS, and feel shocked to find it only being covered by European sources that I need to translate with my web browser. Where is the US coverage?
  
• This conference featured a heavy presence of prominent US researchers (see names listed on https://unitetofight2024.world if you'd like to list any in your message).
  
• To date there is no cure for Long Covid or MECFS and it is one of the most debilitating diseases one can experience. The highest disease burden is borne by those in the prime of their life who were otherwise healthy and now have no hope for their future.
  
• The origin of this event was a reaction to a twitter user named Lauren who said her public goodbyes and ended her life after suffering with Long Covid and with no end in sight.
  

-Suicide is a leading cause of death for those suffering from MECFS and Long Covid.
-Conference organizers were LC patients who saw Lauren's posts on twitter and her plea to tell the world what is happening.
-Unite to Fight 2024 was organized in just a few months on a shoestring-crowdfunded budget and over 10,000 people attended online with over 40 speakers and 20 hours of content over two days (May 15-16, 2024).
Unite to Fight website:https://unitetofight2024.world
Three German Articles (use your browser or Google Translate if needed)
.https://www.manager-magazin.de/lifestyle/long-covid-konferenz-wir-muessen-uns-endlich-eingestehen-wie-gewaltig-dieses-problem-ist-a-4389644b-1795-4acf-bccf-759d6dce1982
https://www.aok.de/pp/gg/update/long-covid-experten-warnen-vor-wachsender-krankheitslast/
https://taz.de/Long-Covid/!6007816/
Here's some addresses I've dug up. PLEASE LIST MORE BELOW AND I'LL EDIT/ADD:
CNN
[ireport@cnn.com](mailto:ireport@cnn.com)
NPR - Send a News StoryPick your favorite:
On the Media, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Consider This, Up First
https://help.npr.org/contact/s/contact?request=Send-a-story-idea
American Public Media (web form)
https://mpr.tfaforms.net/27
New York Times online submission:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/homepage/contact-newsroom.html
Washington
[Post:readers@washpost.com](mailto:Post:readers@washpost.com)
Washington Post letter to the Editor:
https://thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/submit_a_letter_to_the_editor
USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/contact/staff/
Charles Trepany, Wellness Reporter
[ctrepany@usatoday.com](mailto:ctrepany@usatoday.com)
Daryl Austin Wellness and Lifestyle
[ContributorDAustin@usatoday.com](mailto:ContributorDAustin@usatoday.com)
David OliverWellness Reporter
[doliver@usatoday.com](mailto:doliver@usatoday.com)
Leora Arnowitz Wellness Editorl
[arnowitz@usatoday.com](mailto:arnowitz@usatoday.com)
The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/about-us

Stefanie IIgenfritz

Health & Science
[stefanie.ilgenfritz@wsj.com](mailto:stefanie.ilgenfritz@wsj.com)

Kevin Dubouis

Content Strategy
[kevin.dubouis@wsj.com](mailto:kevin.dubouis@wsj.com)
Newsweek:
[media.inquiries@newsweek.com](mailto:media.inquiries@newsweek.com)
Time Magazine:
[letters@time.com]()
Us News and World Report:
https://www.usnews.com/info/features/contact
Politico:
https://www.politico.com/feedback
Bloomberg:
[tips2@bloomberg.net](mailto:tips2@bloomberg.net)
Vice:
tips@vice.com
[press@vice.com]()
The Atlantic:
[Letters@TheAtlantic.com](mailto:Letters@TheAtlantic.com)
The Independent:
[newsdesk@independent.co.uk](mailto:newsdesk@independent.co.uk)
TheGuardian:
[features@theguardian.com](mailto:features@theguardian.com)
[international@theguardian.com](mailto:international@theguardian.com)
[letters@theguardian.com](mailto:letters@theguardian.com)
[guardian.readers@theguardian.com](mailto:guardian.readers@theguardian.com)
I also wrote to my local University (if you're from Minnesota or if you listen to the Osterholm Update CIDRAP podcast):
CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/contact-us
Media relations contact: Brad Robideau [brobidea@umn.edu]() Overall inquiries: [cidrap@umn.edu]()
I'm still tracking down addresses, or help me out and comment below. I'll edit my post.Thank you ALL!

Requesting eyebIech (which has capital letter "i", its not the letter "L".
The subreddit has been inactive for some time, and has also become private. I belive it should be used as a cuteness forum. Posting images that are cute, and fill you with awesomeness. It is also to stop people who tries to be funny by posting the actual eyeblech.
I hope to make it more active, and a group where users can come together and share images of cute cats and animals in a safe environment.

I had a typo on my initial return of $2 so I submitted an amendment to update and paid the $2 difference (now I know I should not have amended so quickly). I got a letter acknowledging the acceptance of my amended CY2023 tax return. The only amendment made, as reflected on the on the 2023 Form 1040X, was to line 13 which was adjusted by $2. Per the letter, the IRS adjusted my account as requested, and this adjustment did not alter my tax or credits, indicating no further action was required on my part.
However, I subsequently received a CP22A notice, stating that the "requested" changes were made to my total tax, total federal tax withheld, and qualified business deduction, resulting in tax owed. This is incorrect. I did not request such changes, and they are not reflected in my original or amended return. The 2023 Form 1040X corrected my line 13 estimated tax payments by only $2, but the IRS assessed an increase in tax and a decrease in credit for tax withheld totaling like $10k.
Over the phone (which the CP22A letter said to call) they said they couldn't help me and I need to write a letter. I sent a response to the letter from the IRS accepting the amendment to explain that this is wrong but I have no clue what is going on or why.

Hi everyone.
I live in a granite “double upper” in Aberdeen.
Neighbours on the ground floor and we have the first floor and roof space.
The property is 100+ years old and we have had quite a lot of maintenance. One of the main issues is the continual water ingress to the roof.
Our neighbours are extremely difficult to deal with and any request for maintenance that we have they dispute or come up with another piece of maintenance that they want done. However, we have never refused any work that they want done.
In 2018 my wife and I had the back of the roof re-slated and replaced velux windows, we did not asked our neighbours to contribute at this time as we were upgrading and simply not maintaining.
The front of the roof has had continual water ingress over the last 4 years, small repairs here and there but the storms at the start of this year really made some damage and we seemed to have leaks all over.
We only communicate with our neighbours with letters and they discussed in January reslating the front of the roof, they said they would obtain quotes. My wife and I got 3 roofers to quote, 2 didn’t return and 1 provided a quote. The quote is reasonable and we issued to our neighbours 2 months ago. They have not provided any secondary quotes or any communication of acceptance.
To confirm, our neighbours have plenty money for the works, it’s just that they have no interest on building maintenance when the issue doesn’t affect them.
Does anyone here have any experience dealing with shared property maintenance when the other party won’t communicate? Would anyone know of routes through the council or citizens advice?

Update to last post about my T-levels being way too high. theres a TLDR at the end of the post. Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/TestosteroneKickoff/s/WUO2LMLnkd
I also posted to the ggp subreddit about it.
So I got an email back from GGP with the treatment recommendation based on my labs, and it looks like an automated letter.
The reason I was expecting better advice from ggp was because (as described in previous post) my blood test results showed levels of 70nmol/L T which is way off the charts from the max (32nmol). The lab & my doctors office actually called me asap because they considered it urgent.
I sent the results to GGP and a week later I basically got an automated letter not addressing this at all and just saying to keep the same dose. So likely no actual doctor looked at my test results.
I’m unsure what to do, I actually worry for my health.
It might be a false result so I’d want to do a retest first, if it’s still high I could just lower the dose from 3 to 2 pumps myself. And still get the prescription for 3 from ggp (giving me a longer supply in case ggp goes to shit and I need to find an alternative to get it?.
I told my own GP I’d send my results to GGP and then get back to them with their expert advice.
So now I’d have to tell my own GP that my source of ‘expert support & guidance’ basically sucks and has zero advice and no experts actually monitor my progress, and I’d have to request another blood test just because I want one, and then ask for a new letter of referral so I can be put on the waitlist for another clinic cause I don’t trust GGP any longer.
I’m kind of scared my GP will idk, stop to support me in this, because I did tell them ‘it’s fine, GGP is legit and I’m getting professional guidance and support! ‘ and now I’m basically taking that all back.
I’d appreciate some advice, or just someone to talk to cause I’m getting all in my head about this and it’s giving me anxiety.
Tl;dr blood test results show extremely high testosterone levels. Despite urgency, GGP response seemed automated. Considering retesting and self-adjusting dosage. Must inform own GP about the lack of support from GGP and possibly seek another clinic, but worried about GP's reaction due to previous assurances about GGP's reliability. Help pls

So I did a blood test which showed levels of 70nmol/L T which is way off the charts from the max (32nmol). The lab & my doctors office actually called me asap because they considered it urgent.
I sent the results to GGP and a week later I basically got an automated letter not addressing this at all and just saying to keep the same dose. So likely no actual doctor looked at my test results.
I’m unsure what to do, I actually worry for my health.
It might be a false result so I’d want to do a retest first, if it’s still high I could just lower the dose from 3 to 2 pumps myself. And still get the prescription for 3 from ggp (giving me a longer supply in case ggp goes to shit and I need to find an alternative to get it?.
I told my own GP I’d send my results to GGP and then get back to them with their expert advice.
So now I’d have to tell my own GP that my source of ‘expert support & guidance’ basically sucks and has zero advice and no experts actually monitor my progress, and I’d have to request another blood test just because I want one, and then ask for a new letter of referral so I can be put on the waitlist for another clinic cause I don’t trust GGP any longer.
I’m kind of scared my GP will idk, stop to support me in this, because I did tell them ‘it’s fine, GGP is legit and I’m getting professional guidance and support! ‘ and now I’m basically taking that all back.
I’d appreciate some advice, or just someone to talk to cause I’m getting all in my head about this and it’s giving me anxiety.
Tl;dr blood test results show extremely high testosterone levels. Despite urgency, GGP response seemed automated. Considering retesting and self-adjusting dosage. Must inform own GP about the lack of support from GGP and possibly seek another clinic, but worried about GP's reaction due to previous assurances about GGP's reliability. Help pls

LOOOONG first time trip report! 5/13-5/18, stayed at Beach Club, visited all four parks, bought Genie+ every day, had the standard DDP. Family of 4, two girls 5 and 9. I learned so much from this group over the past year and especially loved trip reports, so hopefully this post will be helpful to someone!
💲BUDGET💲
-- I booked the trip a year out so I could break it up into 12 manageable payments. I opened the no fee Disney VISA, which gives you several months of no interest on charges made towards Disney travel packages, rewards dollars to use at Disney, and a couple other perks like character meet and greets and discounts.
-- I signed up for Disney Movie Insiders. This is what you're supposed to do with all those little codes that come in Disney DVDs/Blurays. You enter the codes in exchange for points, and at 1000 points, you can redeem for a $10 Disney gift card. You also get points for being subscribed to Disney+, seeing Disney movies in the theater, their social media accounts, and a whole bunch of other things. I got $50 in gift cards from this alone.
-- If you want Disney-themed luggage, try thinking outside the box to save money! I got plain luggage in Mickey colors--red and black--and Mickey luggage tags to make them Disney themed.
-- I tried to budget for souvenirs via gift cards... but I failed, lol. Everything is so expensive, $100 is gone in a second. Plushes are like $40, coffee cups are $20, etc. Whatever you're planning to spend, double it! I get what people say about most shops having the same stuff, but it's definitely not all of them, most of the ones post-ride have unique stuff. And honestly it's kind of nice most of them have the same stuff, if you want to get whatever your kid was asking for earlier, you don't have to walk all the way back to the one shop you saw it at.
-- We paid for Memory Maker and I'm on the fence about it. On the one hand, it's really nice to get all the ride photos and meet and greet photos and magic shots. It's also really nice for the whole family to be in a lot of pictures and not have to swap with the other adult or find someone willing to take your picture. On the other, we definitely didn't utilize it as much as I wanted to because a lot of the photographers had pretty long lines and I just didn't want to spend time waiting for a picture I could take myself. If we came across someone with a shortish or no line, we made sure to get it, but for anyone with a long line, we just stood around the same spot and took our own.
🗓️PLANNING🗓️
-- If you have kids and live within easy driving distance of another amusement park, highly recommend making a visit BEFORE going to Disney to get an idea of how they handle that kind of day/environment, especially if they have never been. I quickly discovered we would absolutely need a stroller and I would need to be militant with the kids about staying hydrated. Also to avoid face paint, as heat + tears + paint + eyes = bad day! I felt so much better making these discoveries beforehand and being able to prepare accordingly, rather than making them at Disney.
-- USE AN AGENT! An agent is free to you, so why not have the help? Ours was amazing, she gave us quotes, booked the package, rebooked as needed later when a better deal came out, made all the payments, dining and extra reservations, and was just all-around awesome to work with. It was such a load off to know I wasn't on my own with all this stuff.
-- Watch everything Ear Scouts. No one explains Genie+ better, and Rob and Erick's videos are just so positive and beautiful and well done.
-- I also enjoyed reading Disney Tourist Blog--lovingly snarky but super informative!--and Disney Food Blog for fun tips and news.
-- I didn't find any park to be a half day park, we filled our whole day in every one and still didn't see everything!
-- My kids did really well, whenever they were on the verge of cranky, we had one ride in the stroller for a while, bought a snack (usually ice cream or popcorn), and used the bubble wand, and/or gave them some ibuprofen, and everyone felt better pretty quick. We never tried to do fireworks, we were all done by 8 so always left after dinner. The only park we closed down was EPCOT because we didn't get out of dinner until after close, and that was a really cool experience, the park was so quiet and empty and beautiful!
-- You don't NEED a Magic Band... but man, was it convenient. We just had 1.0 Magic Bands though, we didn't bother with the 2.0s.
-- I guess moving through security fast is important to people rope dropping... but as someone who didn't, it added like maybe 30 seconds to a minute to the experience the couple times my bag got flagged, it's really not a big deal.
-- I'm not saying anyone's lying about bad experiences or exaggerating or anything, but try to remember that far more people go on the Internet to complain than they do to praise. I got so stressed about all the things that could go wrong, and we had a pretty much perfect trip. The only attraction that broke down on us was Muppetvision, of all things. The only "bad behavior" we witnessed was the morning we were leaving, we could hear a dad across the hall yelling at his family, I think they overslept and were going to miss their flight or something? We just turned the TV on so we didn't have to hear him. A couple times we forgot to take our stuff with us when we parked our stroller or forgot some food in it, and neither people nor animals bothered it. The only dicey thing that happened to us was me dropping my phone into the Dumbo moat, the cast members fished it out and it still worked, I sent them a cast compliment for all their help! All the cast members were great, I'm not really sure what people expect but IMO they all do amazing for having to be peppy and helpful all day in absolutely blazing heat, walking a ride conveyer belt nonstop, repeating the same spiels over and over, meeting person after person, etc. I wouldn't last a 2 hour shift let alone 8. Cast members, you rock!!!
✈️TRAVEL✈️
-- We flew Delta, flight there was flawless, flight home was delayed by an hour waiting for crew and was a little bumpy (which is not great for a nervous flyer like me) but otherwise fine.
-- Get TSA PreCheck! Good for a few years, if the adults have it the kids have it too. It made the whole experience so much easier. That said, even PreCheck still moves kind of slow at MCO, so definitely get there at least 2 hours early for your flight. Use curbside check-in for bags, way faster than the long line inside!
-- On our agent's recommendation, we used Away We Go for ground transport in Orlando. They communicate really well, both ways were flawless, no complaints!
-- We used Minnie Vans to get to Animal Kingdom + Sanaa and Magic Kingdom, what a wonderful service! Definitely pricey, but they had cartoons on in the car, booster seats they set up for you, and the drivers were so nice and friendly and had fun trivia to share. I never had any problem requesting one when I needed it.
⛱️BEACH CLUB⛱️
-- We knew we wanted an onsite hotel where you could walk to at least one park. This pretty much limits you to a handful of Deluxe hotels or the Swan and Dolphin. Beach Club won for us because it's "in the Disney bubble" and you can walk to 2/4 parks. Note that while you can technically walk to Hollywood Studios, it is a LOOOONG walk. The boat is a nice not crowded alternative! We did not make use of Early Entry or Extended Hours, we're just not built for either. Beach Club was lovely, we booked a resort view but I think we ended up with a water view, we were right by the quiet pool and could see the water beyond from our room. Stormalong Bay was a little crazy for us but we loved the quiet pool. Best thing about Beach Club though is the location, EPCOT is literally steps away!
🌳ANIMAL KINGDOM🌳
-- We had read that there's really no bad day to do AK, so we started there. We rode: Navi River Journey, Flight of Passage, Kali River Rapids, Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Triceratops Spin, and Dinosaur--so pretty much everything! With Genie+ we walked onto all of them. We also met Moana, Pocahontas, and Russell! The only thing we didn't do here that we wanted to was the Gorilla Falls trail, but we just ran out of time before the park closed.
🌐EPCOT🌐
-- We had read to avoid EPCOT on Fridays and Saturdays, so we went on Wednesday. We rode: Grand Fiesta Tour, Living with the Land, Nemo, Spaceship Earth, Imagination with Figment, Frozen, Remy, Journey of Water, and Guardians--everything we wanted! Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! We also met Anna and Elsa! Tried a couple of Flower and Garden snacks: chicken and waffles, fruit and cheese strudel, and potato pancakes, all were delicious! Everyone had a different favorite day, but EPCOT was personally my favorite day, it felt like we were firing on all cylinders and the day just went really smoothly!
🏰MAGIC KINGDOM🏰
-- We had read that Wednesdays were the quietest days at MK, so we were originally going to try to do it that day, but we could only get a reservation for Cinderella's Royal Table on Thursday, so we switched it up. Definitely the most crowded of all the parks we visited, but I think that's just the norm for MK, everyone wants to go to the castle park with the most rides. We rode: Regal Carousel, Tomorrowland Speedway, Barnstormer, Magic Carpets, Mad Tea Party, People Mover, Dumbo, Small World, Little Mermaid, Pirates, Space Ranger Spin, Jungle Cruise, TRON, and Peter Pan. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed at this park that we wanted to do was Pooh, I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. Outside of our character meals (more on those in the dining section!) we also met Mirabel, Tiana, and Rapunzel! We had both the Rapunzel and Aurora ice creams, both so good and cute!
🎬HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS🎬
-- We had read that, like MK, it's better to do HS later in the week, so we went Friday. We rode: Slinky, Alien Saucers, Toy Story Mania, Rise, Smuggler's Run, Runaway Railway. Again, with Genie+, we walked right onto everything! The only ride we missed was Tower of Terror, again I couldn't manage to get a return time that was earlier than we planned on leaving. We also met Olaf, be aware Olaf doesn't sign stuff, they just give you a signature card. This park needs more shade IMO, especially Toy Story Land, I know it's supposed to be Andy's backyard, but I don't see why that means we can't have some shade from trees or something. 🤪 Blue milk from Galaxy's Edge was really good, the family was all fighting over it!
🍽️DINING🍽️
-- We almost certainly lost some money on the DDP, but I'm still glad we got it because it allowed us to do more table service meals and have less stress overall about expenses. We easily used up everything but child quick service credits, we had a few of those left over near the end.
Here's where we ate!
BOARDWALK DELI/PIZZA WINDOW: Pizza for the kids, sandwiches for the adults. Tasty and satisfying after our day of travel!
BEACHES AND CREAM: Got the kitchen sink for the experience, but honestly it's not great, all the ice cream and toppings melt together quick and you just end up with weird ice cream soup.
SAT'ULI CANTEEN: LOVED this place, everything was so yummy! Best quick service we had!
SANAA: Since Animal Kingdom closes so early, we thought we'd try to extend the experience by eating at Sanaa. What a great idea, we got seated right by a window and saw so many animals! The food was great too.
AKERSHUS: Our favorite princess meal! We met Aurora, Tiana, Snow White, Ariel, and Belle. They were all lovely, and the breakfast was really good too. Only 1 credit on the DDP!
GARDEN GRILL: Our kids really enjoyed getting to look down over Living with the Land and the fact that the restaurant spins. We met Farmer Mickey, Pluto, and Chip and Dale. They were fun and even came to our table more than once. Food was good!
SPACE 220: Not on the DDP, but wow, what a cool restaurant! Almost like a ride with the theming and the elevator up. Food was really good.
CINDERELLA'S ROYAL TABLE: You gotta eat in the castle! We paid for it OOP because we didn't want to use up 2 DDP credits here. You're really going for the location and the princesses, the food is kinda meh, not bad but not as good as other places. The restaurant is small and they have to turn tables quick, so it's very understandable to me that the princesses have to move fast. It's not that they rush you, they'll take all the pictures you ask for and sign whatever and answer your questions, but if you don't have much you need, they try to keep moving. Akershus is much bigger so they are able to be more relaxed there. The only small bummer is that we didn't see Merida (maybe she was on vacation too!) We did meet Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, and Aurora though!
CRYSTAL PALACE: We are not big on buffets but we enjoyed meeting Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger!
TOPOLINO'S: Maybe the best food of the trip, steak and eggs were so good! The character artist costumes are so cute too. It was fun to have an excuse to ride the Skyliner to get here from Beach Club too.
DOCKING BAY 7: The theming is great, but the food wasn't as good as Satuli Canteen IMO.
THE MARKET AT ALE & COMPASS: We had quick service credits we wanted to use up on the last day and we didn't want to leave the resort again, otherwise I would have gone somewhere else, food was meh.
✨EXTRAS✨
-- I originally wanted to book Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for my kids, but it's so expensive/competitive that I decided to didn't want the stress. Instead I booked Have Wand, Will Travel to come to our room and bought dresses from Presley Couture and Only Little Once. I chose Have Wand, Will Travel because they keep character throughout. Fairy Godmother Elyse was amazing and so much fun, my kids loved it and kept talking about it all day!
-- That same morning I ordered a Sammicakes breakfast box with beignets for us to eat. I also ordered a pretend letter from Tiana on Etsy to make it seem like the breakfast came from Tiana. My kids also loved this and had fun telling Tiana about it both times we met her. Sammicakes was good but a LOT of food, sadly we didn't end up eating half of it. It can last you at least 3 days!
-- Matching shirts and ear hats, all from Etsy! So many cool designs there, hardest part is choosing!
-- Got my kids a pin trading lanyard with some pins, they loooooved pin trading! It was like free souvenirs.
🧳PACKING🧳
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack That I Needed: Scissors, ziploc bags, ibuprofen (kids and adults), garbage bags.
-- Things the Internet Told Me to Pack that I Didn't Need: stainless steel straws (the paper straws are more like cardboard, they really don't break down unless your kid is gnawing on them or something), ponchos (it did rain some most days, but wearing a poncho was almost more miserable than not wearing one, it's so hot and humid to be walking around in a plastic bag! We did better taking shelter and using umbrellas.), wipes (obv you need them if your kid is younger, but mine were older and just never got messy enough to need them.), glow sticks (we never stayed anywhere long enough to use them.) Basically, the less you can get away carrying in the parks, the better. It's annoying to lug stuff around you don't end up needing or using!
🛞STROLLER🛞
-- I know it seems insane that your 5 year old and 9 year old will need a stroller, but mine definitely did. Once I accepted that I was going to have to get one, I tried to make the best of it, and actually got really into decorating it so we could always easily spot it in the sea (the decorations also later made nice wall decor for a gallery of our trip!) The Magic Spotter flag was the best investment, hardly anyone had them so it was easy to instantly spot our stroller anywhere we left it, even if it got moved. That said, I definitely didn't want to spend a lot on a stroller we were really only buying for this one trip, so I got a used Joovy Caboose on Facebook Marketplace for $50. It was very hard to handle with two older kids in it, and even with one it was hard to handle unless the kid was in the back seat. So we basically used it like a single stroller, glad I didn't spend a lot on it since it was so hard to drive!
☔WEATHER☔
-- We had mostly great weather, it rained some every day except Magic Kingdom day but it passed within an hour each time. We wore socks with Crocs so that if/when it rained, we could just take our wet socks off and walk in our Crocs, this worked great! Don't trust the weather reports though, two days it wasn't supposed to rain. One day it actually didn't, the other day it did and we had to walk in wet shoes because we didn't wear the Crocs that day. Just figure it might rain any day and be prepared! See above note RE: ponchos being not great and shelter + umbrellas being better. When it didn't rain, It. Was. Hot. 🥵 In the 90s but definitely felt hotter with the humidity making it so sticky. We felt there was plenty of shade at Animal Kingdom and EPCOT, but hardly any at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, which I would say slightly affected how much fun we had on those days comparatively.
Phew! That's about it, let me know if you have any questions!

I filed on 2/19 and received a letter on 3/05 asking for more information regarding my tax return requesting a completed Form 8962 and a copy of Form 1095-A because I made a mistake on the numbers regarding my health insurance. The letter gave me 20 days from when i received it to fax those forms but I couldn’t find the forms and was too busy to dig around and look for them and ultimately missed the deadline line. I still haven’t received a deposit so I was wondering would I still get my refund ? Has anyone in here not responded to a letter requesting more information and has gotten their refund? I knew it was gonna take longer for me to receive mine because i didn’t respond but now i’m thinking will I ever get mine? I could really use it right now because it’s a large amount 😭

Hey all!
I just wanted to make a post laying out everything I have for my feststellung application package. Please let me know if there's any glaringly obvious issues or omissions! The only thing I'm missing right now is my great grandads record of citizenship from the Canadian gov... that's on the way but will take 11-12 months, so I figured I could apply to the BVA now and add that later since it takes around 2 years to process feststellung. Is this the right course of action? Or should I wait the 11-12 months and send everything at once 😩? Also I did obtain digital copies from the government (via a freedom of information request) of his entire citizenship file including applications and confirmation of citizenship letter. Do you think the BVA would accept these? Or would only an official record of citizenship suffice? I'm thinking of including them regardless to see if they will allow them, there is an official government of Canada watermark on them.
So everything included are notarized copies:
Great grandads german birth cert (1885)
His diploma from the University of Aachen [1913](I'm not even sure if this is worth including but I thought it might help prove that he was still in Germany)
Hamburg passenger list (1914)
(Arrival date should be on record of citizenship doc I'm waiting for...)
Marriage cert (1917)
Grandads birth cert (1919)
Great grandads citizenship (1927... waiting for this one)
Grandads marriage cert (1956)
Mom's birth cert (1968)
Mom's marriage cert (1993)
I'm applying on my moms behalf so I can just easily get mine once she has hers. And so I can skip a generations worth of documents etc. Lastly, have you all found its better to mail straight to the BVA instead of an embassy first? That's what I planned on doing. I'll have to find the address for that again, I know staplehill has it somewhere in his guide!
Thanks so much to this community! You've made this possible with your guidance!

This happened 10-ish years ago and pops back in my mind once in a while. I just find now the courage to share it.
One of my (M) best friends (F) has been invested as “best man” role for a civil partnership (M+M) of one of her friends, since she was the reason behind the weird way the couple met the first time. They’ve been a couple for years, so as soon as the civil partnership law passed in our country, they started preparing their ceremony. My friend invited me as her +1 since she believed I could have found my match during the event, obviously thinking that could have been full of gay men (spoiler: it was).
A couple months passes while I just have some ONS with different Mr. Wrong, the usual.
(insert here an I know where this is going)
When the day to take the flight to reach the city of the ceremony, a national strike happened, and our previously “confirmed as unaffected by it” flight (we called the company the day before) has been cancelled last minute while in airport. So we managed to get back our bags after hours of waiting, and reserved another flight for the day after (arriving one day before event instead of two). I was attending the baggage belt waiting, my friend was at the desk queing and taking care for the ticket exchange.
While waiting, I opened my Grindr and… well… how can I say it… I just find someone to spend some “quality moment” with. No further detail is needed.
(insert here another I know where this is going)
Bags on a trolley and tickets in hand, we decided to take a room in an hotel near the airport for the night since the new flight would have took off at 7AM and it was already 5PM (timesaving and moneysaving move).
The next day we travelled as expected. We arrive and first things we do after arriving to hotel: I went to get our wedding outfits ironed urgently and friend went to meet the happy couple (she wanted to have some time with them alone before the wedding).
Wedding day! Both ready to leave, we rushed to the location because she didn’t knew she had to be there at least one hour before until one hour before (but we were 5 mins walking distance).
She leaves me alone for her duties and, not knowing anyone else, I open my Grindr. I was feeling hot in that custom fit suit that I would like to profit of it someway. Met (just met this time, I swear) another guest through it so I wasn’t awkwardly alone anymore, and this guy introduced me to his friends.
The happy couple enters. Both under the arm of their female “best man” likely a bride comes with her father.
Could I be more embarassed.
I had met one of them during the days before the wedding (he travels for work).
I had met the other in the airport (that, I discovered it later, was going back home from his bachelor party).
(insert here an how are you not embarassed)
I was trying to avoid their eyes any possible ways while they were talking around with guests and greeting them (we were quite a crowd), waiting for the officiant, and at a certain point I sneeked out, discreetly.
I immediately texted my friend that I needed to talk her ASAP after the ceremony, but she was immediately available (the officiant arrival was planned later to give the couple the time to enter and greets everybody one by one) and reached me. I told her what I did… well, what THEY did. I had to, so to avoid her any issue, not for any possible guilt from my side, because I did nothing wrong.
Before you ask: No, none of them told that was engaged (didn’t spoke a lot honestly) and no, I didn’t know I “knew” them because I was honestly not-interested in an unknown people wedding. And also no, I don’t ask guys “are you engaged/married/a priest” before doing stuff. If they want to cheat, is their problem.
Back to my friend. At first, laughing an “are you serious?” like she knew some juicy gossip and she had an exclusive. Then a nervous “are you sure?” because it was something that she had to be buried with her. All followed by a desperate “what do we do now?” like she was trying to escape the embarassement.
In the short time we had, I made clear that the decision if I had to leave was only up to her, if she felt anyway I could have caused more troubles. And so she asked. While heading back to the hotel, I received a text from her that was saying (more or less): Screw them, please come back. Sorry if I let you down, not your fault, next time they’ll act better”. Never felt so proud of being someone’s friend.
None of both, so, met me before the ceremony. But as it ended, the airport-guy saw me and went totally pale (there’s a photo of him in that exact moment and it wasn’t just my imagination, he became whiter than white, he created VantaWhite).
We slowly moved to reception (another location but also close enough to walk there), while couple went away with photographer, and my friend wanted some juicy detail (that I didn’t shared - except the “unusual” location of the airport encounter). She didn’t saw the now-married guy in the airport at all and was also surprised she didn’t knew why he came (we discovered the bachelor party part in a later moment). And yes, she noticed the scared face too. One of the guests picked up some words from our coded conversation and we went out saying it was about another guest, not the happy couple.
As they finally arrives at reception, the one that noticed me sees me immediatly and turned his sight away, but then the other one sees me, but wasn’t that scared and had is eyes making and losing contact with mine every couple seconds, like trying to understand if he knows me (or if it’s me or not).
Some time passes and I can’t tell you the embarassement I could feel in their eyes and voice while talking to me and my friend (they were making a kind of a tour, talking to everybody).
Everything went smooth then and we started eating and drinking and dancing… until…
One of the couple (the one I met before at his hotel) come close and bumped me while dancing. I said sorry, he hugged me and said into my ears something I couldn’t ear, so I asked him to repeat it, twice (loud music), and it was a “don’t you ever dare to tell anything to anyone”. While I was reassuring him joking with an “about what”, the airport-one saw us talking and rushed there. He asked to his husband what could I have said and that’s when all started to fall down.
Basically, airport-guy suspected that I told about the airport-thing to hotel-guy, so the questioning made hotel-guy suspicious, but so suspicious that hotel-guy came back holding airport-guy hand, asking if I knew him from before. “Why should I?” was the first vague reply that popped out of my mouth, and I should have stopped, because (maybe for the alcohol, maybe for the drama effect) I added an “You shouldn’t have secrets anymore now, if you still have some, go tell each other”. That was the confirmation that hotel-guy was expecting, even if then to me wasn’t looking bad at all to say. They went then arguing in a corner before and somewhere else after. Then their best-women were called in and joined them… and while we all were still dancing and having fun, my friend came to pick me to go and give confirmations. She was fuming, not with me but with them.
Basically, hotel-guy was accusing airport-guy of cheating again, not confessing that he did the same and menacing legal action to have a refund for the money spent from actual husband and me.
And boom! Since the hotel-guy intended my fake not-knowing about what he was talking about like a real one and that wasn’t me the one who met, and he was faking innocence, I pulled out my Grindr with still his photos and messages and phone number.
Screenshotted and sent the chat I had with hotel-guy to airport-guy and viceversa. That was the end of the civil partnership and of the party. Not even arrived to the cake.
No legal action were taken by their part, and they legally started separate lives the day after. Came out that if airport-guy was a serial cheater, hotel-guy was helding other undisclosed secrets to his partner, but, so he says, he cheated just once, with me (how unlucky can one be?).
I wrote “no legal action were taken by their part” because some guests requested their gifts returned, as the union was untied and, after a bit, some lawyers letters arrived. So they had to refund some gifts too.
Me and my friend didn’t dared to ask for our.
But, hey… I met airport-guy again. And again. And again… For few years, anytime he was coming in the area he always texted.
But, shamefully, he never spilled the tea about his ex-husband other secrets.

Hello everyone! Here is the Second Half of the guide. I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

First Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Quest Cleanup Nepheli/Dung EateSeluvis

Note: You can complete Seluvis' Quest by giving the potion to Nepheli, but this guide will follow the path that gives the most rewards, specifically 2 Ancient Smithing Stones and a Puppet vs just a Puppet. This path will lock out one of the game's endings, but it's an ending that isn't required for an Achievement.

• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace: Head North-East up to the top of the mountain and grab the Four Belfries Grace.
• Open the chest nearby to get an Imbued Sword Key.
• Use the Imp Statue North-East that has the message "Precipice of Anticipation" written nearby.
• Enter the portal to reach the Chapel of Anticipation.
• Kill the boss if you didn't at the start of the game.
• Head South across the bridge and up the stairs.
• Enter the small doorway to the North-West to grab The Stormhawk King
• Go into the building and jump down then interact with the dead finger maiden to dye the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Bloody Finger.
• Talk with Varre again to receive the Pureblood Knight's Medal
• Use the Pureblood Knight's Medal to enter Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
• Head South-West to grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance Grace
• Follow the path South up the stairs and proceed as desired until you grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace on the other end of the cave.
• Go back into the cave and Invade White Mask Varre
• Talk with Varre to receive Varre's Bouquet
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Finger Reader and purchase Radahn's Lion Armor from her.
• Go into the room past the Twin Maiden Husks to talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue to receive the Sewer-Gaol Key
• Head down the stairs past Blacksmith Hewg and talk with Nepheli.
• Talk with Gideon about Nepheli
• Return to Nepheli to exhaust her dialogue and give her The Stormhawk King. Be careful not to click too fast or you could accidentally give her the potion instead.
• From the Godrick the Grafted Grace: Rest at the grace, then rest at it again(Gostoc will disappear)
• Go North-West and talk with Nepheli to receive Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Talk with Gostoc nearby to have access to purchase another Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Go down the stairs then jump over the railing to the West onto the roof.
• Jump down and go around the building to the North-West to find a well.
• Go down the well and continue forward until you grab the Underground Roadside Grace.
• Leave the room and go North to jump down the hole on the left to enter a sewer tunnel filled with rats.
• Follow the path North-West then South-West past the rats and flowers to climb the ladder.
• Open the cell and talk with Dung-Eater to release him.
• From the Outer Wall Battleground Grace: Head South-East up the stairs and keep heading East past the graveyard.
• Follow the road South-East down the slope to the pond.
• Head West to the other side of the pond and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart to buy a Boiled Crab and exhaust his dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart again to receive Iron Ball and Blackguard's Iron Mask
• Kill the Dung Eater Invader for the Sword of Milos.
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Follow the same path as before to the cell where you found the Dung-Eater.
• Talk with the Dung-Eater to Administer Seluvis's Potion. Again, be careful not to click too fast or you could give him the Seedbed Curse.
• Once you are no longer able to talk with him, kill him to receive the Omen Armor Set. You will still have access to the puppet.
• From Ranni's Rise Grace: Head South-East to Seluvis's Rise and talk with Seluvis. You can now learn Sorcery from him.
• Talk with him about his chambers and choose the Jarwight Puppet as it is the more expensive of the 2.
• Reload and talk with him then reload and talk with him again to purchase Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet.
• Talk with him again to ask about his scheme and give him the Amber Starlight Shard.
• Talk with him again to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm

Quest Cleanup Rennala/Sellen/Boc/Fia/Ranni

• From Ranni's Rise: Go up the lift and talk with Ranni to give her the Fingerslayer Blade and receive the Carian Inverted Statue.
• From Royal Moongazing Grounds: Head North-West to Renna's Rise and go up the ladder to grab the Snow Witch Armor Set from the chest behind you.
• Continue up to use the portal and grab the Miniature Ranni from the coffin in front of you.
• Go South and grab the Ainsel River Main Grace
• Rest at the Grace and talk to the miniature Ranni 3 times.
• Follow the path South-West and stick to the river then through the doorway of the building to grab the Nokstella, Eternal City Grace
• Continue following the river West to find the lift in the final building on the left.
• Take the lift down to grab the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Grace
• Go through the small tunnel South-West to kill the Baleful Shadow and receive the Discarded Palace Key
• Continue through the doorway South-West and take the lift down to grab the Lake of Rot Shoreside Grace
• Proceed across the Lake of Rot as desired to the far South-West and grab the Grand Cloister Grace.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Follow the road North and into the basement of the Waypoint Ruins to kill the Mad Pumpkin Head boss.
• Grab the Waypoint Ruins Cellar Grace
• Open the nearby door and ask to learn Sorcery from Sellen
• Show Azur's sorcery to Sellen, ask for her story and journey together with her.
• Talk to Sellen about her favor to receive the Sellian Sealbreaker
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head North-East up the slope and attack the illusory wall behind the large grave to reveal a cave
• Grab the Sellia Hideaway Grace
• Proceed through the cave as desired and interact with the seal at the bottom of the crevice.
• Talk with Lusat to receive the Stars of Ruin
• From the Waypoint Ruins Cellar: Talk with Sellen and tell her Lusat's location to receive a Starlight Shard.
• Talk with Sellen about her request.
• From the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace: Head West over the rocks and follow along the edge of the forest going very far West to the cliffs just past the ruins.
• Make your way up the cliffs, going North when possible to find the church and grab the Church of Pilgrimage Grace.
• Head far South-West, past the ruins and the evergaol to find the second church and grab the Fourth Church of Marika Grace.
• Go South and enter the basement of the Witchbane Ruins to talk with Sellen and receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone then exhaust her dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Jerren
• From Ranni's Rise: Head North-East into the basement of the ruins where you found Seluvis' puppets and interact with Sellen to give her Sellen's Primal Glintstone.
• From the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace: Open the chest nearby to receive the Dark Moon Ring
• Talk with Rennala and buy a rebirth to receive the Balled Up Emote.
• Go through the doors South-East and pick a sign to use. This guide will assume Sellen's as it offers more rewards and has extra steps to complete but if you choose to help Jerren, kill him afterwards for his armor.
• Defeat Jerren to receive the Eccentric's Armor Set
• Talk with Sellen to receive the Glintstone Kris and purchase Shard Spiral from her.
• Reload and grab the Witch's Glintstone Crown from nearby
• Head South-East through the doors and down the elevator
• Continue South-East into the other building and use the portal North-East to grab the Church of Vows Grace
• Open the chest in the church to receive the Gold Sewing Needle and the Golden Tailoring Tools
• Talk with Miriel nearby and give him the Golden Order Principia
• Purchase the Law of Regression from Miriel
• Follow the road East, then South-East to grab the Eastern Tableland Grace
• Continue following the road South to grab the Study Hall Entrance Grace
• Use the Carian Inverted Statue on the altar.
• Proceed through the Carian Study Hall as desired to grab the Liurnia Tower Bridge Grace
• Head East across the bridge to kill the Godskin Noble and receive the Godskin Noble Armor Set
• Continue East through the doors and up the lift to grab the Divine Tower of Liurnia Grace
• Go up the stairs and grab the Cursemark of Death and Stargazer Heirloom
• From the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace: Grab the Azur Armor Set from where you found him
• From the Sellia Hideaway Grace: Grab the Lusat Armor Set from where you found him
• From the East Capital Rampart Grace: Talk with Boc and exhaust his dialogue to give him the Gold Sewing Needle.
• Talk to Boc about his favor and grant his request to receive the My Lord Emote
• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Talk with Fia and ask her to hold you
• Talk with Fia as she holds you to give her the Cursemark of Death and receive the Radiant Baldachin's Blessing then keep talking with Fia to exhaust her dialogue
• Reload and talk with her again
• Reload once more and interact with her to kill the Lichdragon Fortissax.
• Grab the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince from Fia.
• Reload to grab Fia's Armor Set
• Kill D, Beholder of Death to retrieve the Twinned Armor Set you lent him and take Inseparable Sword as interest.
• From the Grand Cloister Grace: Make your way down South-West to use the coffin
• Kill Astel, Naturalborn of the Void and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East into the tunnel and use the lift to grab the Moonlight Altar Grace
• Follow the road North-East to the cathedral and grab the Cathedral of Manus Celes Grace.
• Grab all of the Starlight Shards nearby for later.
• Drop down into the hole and give Ranni the ring.
• Talk with Ranni to receive the Dark Moon Greatsword.
• From the Ranni's Rise Grace: Head outside and defeat Blaidd to receive Blaidd's Armor Set and the Royal Greatsword.
• Go South to Seluvis's Rise to grab the Preceptor Set and purchase the Dung Eater Puppet from Seluvis's corpse
• Follow the cliff East and hop down to the bottom to find Pidia and receive the Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet.
• From the Road to the Manor Grace: Talk with Iji and tell him of Blaidd's death.
• Reload to grab Iji's Mirrorhelm

Intelligence Required

Make sure to have the capability to get at least 37 Intelligence, even if just temporary. You can buff to this much even at 7 Intelligence, which is the lowest possible from Starting Class. Intelligence Boosts:

• Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear +10
• Twinsage Glintstone Crown +6
• Stargazer Heirloom +5
• Godrick's Great Rune +5
• Grafted Blade Greatsword's Ash of War +5
• Marika's Soarseal +5 (this isn't available at this point in the guide)
• Marika's Scarseal +3

Quest Progression Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Hyetta

• From the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace: Equip the Law of Regression and prepare any necessary buffs to get to 37 Intelligence.
• Head West and go down the lift then the stairs to find a message that says "Regression alone reveals secrets"
• Stand on the message and cast Law of Regression to see the statue change then read the new message in front of you.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South-East past the branches and up the cliff continuing South-East to talk with Brother Corhyn about Goldmask
• Tell Goldmask the Truth to receive the Golden Order Totality Emote
• Talk with Brother Corhyn again to exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Enter the hole that you went down on your way to the Dung Eater's prison cell.
• Run past the rats and enter the sewer pipe on the right.
• Run past the slugs, avoiding falling down the holes, until your reach an intersection with an open tunnel and a gate with no door
• Go right through the gate with no door and defeat the big guys to climb the ladder
• Use the lever to open the shortcut just in case
• Open the door and drop down to the left.
• Follow this path until you see a giant flower below you and instead turn around to go into the path under the stairs.
• Follow this path to the end to kill another big guy and climb another ladder
• Open the shortcut door just in case
• On the bridge before the shortcut door, go up the pipe and follow it to the end.
• Drop down to the left and jump onto the wooden walkway to go through the doorway.
• Kick the ladder to your left to lower it for an alternative route, just in case
• Jump down into the pipe below to see two paths. Go the path that does NOT have the gate with no door. You should see a rat on the correct path.
• Follow this path forward and jump over the first hole to fight a giant rat.
• Past the giant rat is a second hole that you should fall into. You can see a corpse with an item inside this hole.
• Open the shortcut gate nearby, just in case.
• Continue going down the path to climb down a ladder.
• Use the nearby lift to grab the Forsaken Depths Grace
• Go down the path North-East and kill Mohg, the Omen and grab the Cathedral of the Forsaken Grace
• Hit the altar and parkour your way to the bottom to grab the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace.

WARNING: From here you have a choice. If you grab the Frenzied Flame then you will be locked out of all other endings unless you do ALL of the following:

• Help Millicent
• Defeat Malenia
• Defeat Placidusax

If you are confident you can do that, or want the Frenzied Flame Ending, then go ahead and proceed with this section. Otherwise you can wait until you have done all 3 of the above and come back at any time. So proceed at your own risk!

• From the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace: Strip yourself of all equipment and interact with the door.
• Talk with Hyetta and exhaust her dialogue for the Frenzied Flame Seal

Mountaintops of the Giants

• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Follow the road North-East and open the giant door
• Go up the stairs heading South-East and use the lift to reach the top
• Head East across the bridge and use the lift to grab the Forbidden Lands Grace
• Follow the path East and North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Rold Grace
• Use the lift to and head North-East to grab the Zamor Ruins Grace
• Grab the Ronin Armor Set nearby if you grabbed the Frenzied Flame. You can also kill Shabriri for it if desired.
• Follow the path going East then North until you fire a bunch of Fire Monks and a bridge.
• Go down the path South-East from the start of the bridge to grab the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace
• Proceed through the catacombs as desired to kill the boss and grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace: Leave the catacombs and cross the bridge.
• Head North-East up the path to grab the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Grace
• Talk with Millicent and exhaust her dialogue.
• Head North to the frozen river then go West to invade Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood and receive the Hoslow Armor Set and Hoslow's Petal Whip
• Go South and use the Spirit Jump then go onto the bridge to the East
• Talk with Corhyn and Goldmask to exhaust their dialogue.
• Go North-East to the Stargazer's Ruins and summon the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes to open the basement seal and collect the Primal Glintstone Blade from the chest.
• Cross the bridge to the West
• Follow the path East to grab the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace next to the bridge.
• Head North-West and kill the Tibia Mariner on the cliff's edge to receive a Deathroot
• Go down the cliffs going North-West then go North-East to the castle to grab the Castle Sol Main Gate Grace
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Church of the Eclipse Grace
• Continue proceeding as desired to kill Commander Niall and grab the Castle Sol Rooftop Grace.
• Go up the lift behind the boss room to grab the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
• From the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace: Head North-East and grab the Freezing Lake Grace South-West of the frozen lake.
• Follow the edge of the lake far South-East to find a church and grab the First Church of Marika Grace
• Go West up the slope to grab the Whiteridge Road Grace
• Head South-West up the slope and cross the chains to grab the Giants' Gravepost Grace
• Go up the slope to the South, hugging the East wall and grab the Foot of the Forge Grace near the giant hand.
• Cross the chains to the North or South to kill the Fire Giant and grab the Fire Giant Grace
• Cross the chains to the North-East and go North to grab the Forge of the Giants Grace
• Light the flame to enter Crumbling Farrum Azula
• Proceed as desired to grab the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace

Volcano Manor

• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches to receive the Magma Whip Candlestick
• Talk with Rya to tell her the Truth and give her the Serpent's Amnion
• Talk with Bernahl to receive Gelmir's Fury
• Talk with Tanith to receive the Taker's Cameo and See the Lord
• Grab the Audience Pathway Grace
• Enter the boss room to grab the Serpent Hunter
• Kill Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy grab the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace
• Grab the Eye Surcoat from nearby
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches, Bernahl and Tanith to exhaust their dialogue
• Grab the My Thanks Emote
• Reload to grab the Tonic of Forgetfulness from Tanith's chair
• From the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace: Attack Tanith and kill Tanith's Knight to receive Aspects of the Crucible: Breath and grab the Consort's Armor Set
• From the Temple of Eiglay Grace: Go up the lift and jump over the balcony to the East
• Follow the path East and then North-West into the window near the Iron Virgin
• Open the door and follow the path West into the room with the lift
• Use the lift and jump into the doorway to the North on the way down
• Jump out the window and enter the room nearby to talk with Rya but don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and talk with her again but still don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and grab Zorayas's Letter and Daedicar's Woe

Consecrated Snowfield

• From the Grand Lift of Rold Grace: Go to use the lift and switch to Hoist secret medallion to enter the Hidden Path to the Haligtree
• Proceed through the area as desired but make sure to kill the boss to receive the final Deathroot
• After killing the boss, take the teleport to grab the Hidden Path to the Haligtree Grace
• Head North to grab the Consecrated Snowfield Grace
• Continue far North to grab the Inner Consecrated Snowfield Grace just before the frozen river
• Keep going North to grab the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace
• Head North-West to the church and defeat the Walking Mausoleum outside by hitting the skulls
• Grab the Apostate Derelict Grace in the church
• Grab the Silver Mirrorshield nearby and summon Latenna
• Talk to Latenna to receive a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• From the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace: Head North through the town and use the Imp Statue
• Enter the evergaol and light the 4 statues to break the seal.
• Head up the stairs North-East to use the portal and grab the Haligtree Canopy

Miquella's Haligtree

• From the Haligtree Canopy Grace: Proceed through the branches as desired until you reach the Haligtree Town Grace
• From the Haligtree Town Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you grab the Haligtree Town Plaza Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area to grab the lift shortcut.
• Kill Loretta, Haligtree Knight and grab the Haligtree Promenade Grace
• Follow the path past the boss room as desired to grab the Prayer Room Grace
• Talk to Millicent nearby
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Elphael Inner Wall Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired to grab the Drainage Channel Grace
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Go back West and up the ladder to go outside
• Go up the slope to the North and cross the branch going South-West to the pool of rot.
• Kill the Putrid Tree Spirit
• Go to the cliff on the North-West side to have a choice. Invading Millicent will give you Millicent's Prosthesis. Aiding Millicent will give you Rotten Wing Insignia and the Unalloyed Gold Needle which is needed to cure the Frenzied Flame. This guide will assume you Aided Millicent as it has more steps.
• After Aiding Millicent, talk to her on the North-West side of the rot pool to receive the Rotten Wing Insignia.
• Reload and grab the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Proceed as desired until you grab the Haligtree Roots Grace.
• Kill Malenia and grab the Malenia, Goddess of Rot Grace
• Interact with the Scarlet Aeonia to receive Miquella's Needle

Quest Cleanup Gowry/Gurranq/Gideon

• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Go West down the cliff to Gowry's Shack and collect the Flock's Canvas Talisman
• From the Bestial Sanctum Grace: Talk to Gurranq, Beast Clergyman and give him all 9 Deathroot to receive the Clawmark Seal, Beast Eye, Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality and Ash of War: Beast's Roar.
• Reload and damage Gurranq enough for him to surrender
• Reload and talk with Gurranq again to receive Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, Beastclaw Greathammer, Gurranq's Beast Claw and an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace: Kill Mohg, Lord of Blood and grab the Cocoon of the Empyrean Grace
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk to Gideon and tell him about the secret medallions, the Haligtree Roots, Mohgwyn Palace and the Lord of Blood's cocoon for Black Flame's Protection, Lord's Divine Fortification, Fevor's Cookbook [3] and Law of Causality

Crumbling Farum Azula

• From the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you reach the Dragon Temple Grace
• Kill the Godskin Duo and grab the Dragon Temple Altar Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired and find the Imp Statue located where the most North-West red building is
• Use the Imp Statue to grab the Dragon Temple Lift Grace
• Proceed as desired going South from the Dragon Temple Lift Grace to find Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with and defeat Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with him again to receive the Shard of Alexander and Alexander's Innards
• From the Dragon Temple Lift Grace: Go down the lift and proceed as desired until you reach the Beside the Great Bridge Grace
• Climb the stairs to the West and then follow the path going North to it's end
• Kill the Invader Recusant Bernahl to receive the Blasphemous Claw, Devourer's Scepter and Beast Champion Armor Set
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Go down the lift and make your way West out of the building.
• Run to the cliff to the West and fall off the edge to the path below the cliff
• Make your way down to the bottom and interact with the empty grave to enter the boss room.
• Kill Dragonlord Placidusax and grab the Dragonlord Placidusax Grace
• If you wish to be rid of the Frenzied Flame and allow other endings: Use Miquella's Needle to cure yourself.
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Kill Maliketh, the Black Blade

Quest Cleanup Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Jarbairn/Patches

• Grab the Leyndell, Capital of Ash Grace nearby
• Head far South and talk with Brother Corhyn
• Reload to grab Corhyn's Robe and a Flail
• Head South-West not up the stairs, across the branch bridge and receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order from Goldmask
• Reload and grab the Goldmask Armor Set
• From the Jarburg Grace: Talk with Jarbairn on the staircase nearby and agree to be his Potentate
• Reload and talk to him again
• Reload and talk to him one more time to give him Alexander's Insides and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload and grab the Companion Jar from where he was on the stairs.
• From the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace: Follow the path to the North up the ladder and up the lift to the boss room.
• Just before the boss room, talk with Patches to receive the Dancer's Castanets and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload to confirm he disappears
• From the Murkwater Cave Grace: Go to the boss room and open the chest.
• Don't kill the boss to receive the Patches' Crouch Emote
• Kill Patches to receive a +7 Spear and the Leather Armor Set
• From here you can complete the game as desired. The only unique rewards you will be missing are the Nepheli Loux Puppet and Millicent's Prosthesis which can both be acquired fairly early on NG+.

And with that, all of the questlines are completed! If you enjoyed the guide, be sure to check out my other Guides.

First Half

Hello everyone! I know it's been a long time but with the DLC on the way and work slowing down for a bit, I've decided to start writing guides again. With the DLC a month away, I've decided to focus my efforts on guides that will help prepare for the DLC and have a few others that are just about ready as well.
With all of the patches over the years, the questlines have been changes fairly significantly. It is now nearly impossible to "break" any questlines by accident but many of my previous guides were made to avoid that happening. Given that, they have lost some of their purpose and aren't as optimal as they previously were. I have went through the game again and learned all of the new tricks to optimize the questlines so that you can take the least amount of steps possible to receive all of the questlines best rewards.
So what this guide is meant for is to help with getting characters through the game with all of the unique quest rewards as optimally as possible. So there should be nothing unnecessary within this guide and it will take you from location to location without consideration for level or build. Given that, you may need to do side objectives and leveling for your personal run, but you can just continue following from where you left off. Due to Reddit's character limit, I have to separate this guide into two parts but both halves are already available.
I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

Second Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Limgrave

• Grab the First Step Grace once you enter Limgrave
• Head South-East to grab the Seaside Ruins Grace
• Head East to grab the Agheel Lake South Grace
• Rest at the Grace to receive Torrent
• Cross the bridge South-East to grab the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace
• Talk to Irina nearby and get the letter from her.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Head South-East and use the Spirit Jump to grab the Starlight Shard from the stone astrolabe nearby.
• Head North and use the Spirit Jump to get down into the forest below.
• Head North-East until you hear howling from the nearby ruin
• Head South-East to grab the Fort Haight West Grace
• Go inside Fort Haight to kill the Knight at the top and grab the Dectus Medallion (Left)
• From the First Step Grace: Head North to grab the Church of Elleh Grace
• Fast Travel to the Church of Elleh Grace and talk to Witch Renna to get the Spirit Calling Bell and Spirit Wolf Ashes
• Talk to Merchant Kale to get the Fingersnap Emote
• Head North-East to grab the Agheel Lake North Grace
• Head South-East and dodge roll into the talking tree to talk with Boc
• Head North then North-East to grab the Murkwater Coast Grace
• Hop down the hole nearby and head South to kill the Invader for Reduvia
• Follow the river back North to talk with Yura
• Head back South and go inside the nearby cave to grab the Murkwater Cave Grace
• Knock the boss to half HP and accept the surrender for the Grovel for Mercy Emote
• Reload and exhaust his dialogue then hit him 3 times without killing him to make him hostile.
• Let him hit you to below half HP to get the Extreme Repentance Emote
• Either Die or use the Extreme Repentance Gesture near him to stop hostilities.
• Reload and talk to him again to get permission to open the chest nearby. Open it to enter the Mistwood Ruins.
• Head North-East to grab the Third Church of Marika Grace and rest at it to allow fast travel again.
• Head North and use the Spirit Jumps to get to the very top of the cliffs
• Head West into Summonwater Village and kill the Tibia Mariner for a Deathroot
• Head South and use the tombstones poking out of the cliff going South-West to get down to the graveyard.
• Continue South-West onto the ruin to talk with Kenneth Haight and get the Erdsteel Dagger. You can kill him for a Golden Seed as he has nothing more to offer.
• Travel back to Murkwater Cave Grace and talk with the boss again to get the Calm Down Emote
• From the Murkwater Coast Grace: Head North and then up the river and use the Spirit Jump to grab the Saintsbridge Grace
• Head West and then up the cliffs going South to help Iron Fist Alexander and get the Triumphant Delight Emote
• Head North and up the opposite cliff into the tomb to grab the Deathtouched Catacombs Grace.
• Proceed through the Deathtouched Catacombs as desired but make sure to pick up at least 1 Grave Glovewort [1] as you progress.
• Kill the boss of the Deathtouched Catacombs and open the chest to grab the Deathroot
• Leave the cave and follow the road South-West to grab the Warmaster's Shack Grace
• Head North to the arena and kill the Invader to get the Hammer Talisman
• From the Warmaster's Shack Grace: Follow the road going West to grab the Stormhill Shack Grace.
• Talk with Roderika to get the Sitting Sideways Emote and Spirit Jellyfish Ashes

Stormveil Castle/Limgrave 2

• Follow the road North that turns to go South-West into the castle to grab the Castleward Tunnel.
• Defeat Margit, the Fell Omen and grab the Margit, the Fell Omen Grace
• Head West to grab the Stormveil Main Gate Grace.
• Rest at it to enter Roundtable Hold.
• Inside Roundtable Hold, talk with Gideon, Brother Corhyn and Ensha to receive the Prayer Emote and What Do You Want Emote
• Jump over the railing and let the Invader bow to get the Reverential Bow Emote then kill him for the Taunter's Tongue.
• From the Stormveil Main Gate Grace: Talk with Gostoc in the building nearby.
• Accept or Decline him. If you Decline you can open the main gate now.
• DO NOT KILL Gostoc. If you do you will miss out on an optional reward later.
• Choose any way you like to make your way through the castle until you grab the Secluded Cell Grace before the boss room.
• From the Secluded Cell Grace: Head South past the troll and into the room straight ahead to talk with Nepheli Loux.
• Head back to the boss room and defeat Godrick the Grafted.
• Grab the Godrick the Grafted Grace and rest at it.
• Head North-West, go through the door, and follow the path to the left to hop down.
• Turn around and grab the Shabriri Grape
• Continue to the outside and grab the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace
• Return to the Roundtable Hold
• Talk with Roderika and Hewg back and forth until dialogue is exhausted.
• Talk to Rogier and tell him about Godrick to receive Rogier's Rapier +8
• Talk to the Finger Reader and the Fingers for the Rapture Emote
• Talk to Nepheli then Gideon and Nepheli again for the Arsenal Charm and to progress Nepheli's questline.
• From the First Step Grace in Limgrave: Interact with the message nearby for the Bravo! Emote
• Head South-West onto the beach and follow the cliff to find a cave to grab the Coastal Cave Grace
• Kill the boss of the cave for Tailoring Tools and Sewing Needle
• From the Coastal Cave Grace: Talk with Boc to give him the Sewing Needle

Note: Roderika's Crimson Hood is in the Grafted Scion room in Stormveil now and a Golden Seed is where she was at Stormhill Shack.

Liurnia Lake

• From the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace: Rest at the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace.
• Talk with Boc and Hyetta to give Hyetta the Shabriri Grape and get the As You Wish Emote.
• Head North-West and grab the Liurnia Lake Shore Grace
• Head North-West to grab the Laskyar Ruins Grace
• Follow the road North-West to talk with Rya in the pavilion and accept her request.
• Head West to grab the Scenic Isle Grace
• Head North-West to grab the Boilprawn Shack Grace
• Talk to Blackguard Big-Boggart and buy Rya's Necklace from him.
• Talk to him again and buy at least one Boiled Prawn from him for the Spread Out Emote
• Head North-East to grab the Academy Gate Town Grace
• Head North and kill Diallos on the ruins of a building for Diallos's Mask and Hoslow's Petal Whip. This does not affect any unique future rewards
• Continue North-West and use the portal in the pavilion to grab the Northern Liurnia Lake Shore Grace to the South-West
• Go North-East and through the illusory wall to grab the Road to the Manor Grace
• Follow the road to the manor for the Main Caria Manor Gate Grace.
• Make your way through Caria Manor as desired.
• Defeat the boss for the Royal Moongazing Grounds Grace
• Leave through the back of the boss room and head West to the ruin furthest West to find an illusory floor.
• Enter the basement that the illusory floor leads to and interact with the message.
• Leave the room and continue South-West to grab the Ranni's Rise Grace.
• Go up the elevator and accept Ranni's proposal
• Go down to talk with Iji, Blaidd and Seluvis then back up to talk with Ranni.
• Leave the tower and head to the tower to the South-East to talk with Seluvis and accept his proposal
• From the Boilprawn Shack Grace: Head North-West and grab the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace at the furthest West ruin.
• Head West and talk to White Mask Varre and choose the topmost option both times.
• Head North-West and grab the Temple Quarter Grace
• Go South-West into the forest to kill the Invader for a Shabriri Grape and Banished Knight Halberd +8
• Grab the Revenger's Shack Grace
• From the Temple Quarter Grace: Go North and grab the Academy Glintstone Key from behind the Dragon
• Head North-West from the Dragon to grab the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace for later use.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head South-West to the pavilion to grab the Folly on the Lake Grace.
• Go South until you hit the wall then head West up the road to talk with Nepheli Loux
• Continue West to grab the Village of the Albinauric's Grace
• Follow the path South-East and roll into the conspicuous pot to reveal Albus
• Talk to Albus to receive the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right)
• Continue through the village to defeat the boss.
• From the Scenic Isle Grace: Head East to talk with Rya and give her Rya's Necklace for the Volcano Manor Invitation.
• From the Scenic Isle Grace: Head directly South and into the cave to grab the Lakeside Crystal Cave Grace
• Continue through the cave as desired and kill the boss
• Leave through the back of the boss room to talk with Latenna to receive her Ashes.
• From the Laskyar Ruins Grace: Head East and talk with Hyetta to give her a Shabriri Grape
• Continue East into the ruin and go inside the basement hidden beneath the wooden planks to grab a Shabriri Grape
• Leave the basement and head North-East to grab the Liurnia Highway North Grace
• Follow the road North going down to grab the Gate Town Bridge Grace
• Rest at the grace and talk to Hyetta nearby to the North to give her another Shabriri Grape and tell her what they are.
• Rest at the grace and talk with her again.
• Head East to use the Spirit Jump then grab the Starlight Shard from the stone astrolabe slightly West.
• Follow the road North to kill the Tibia Mariner for a Deathroot
• Head East from the Tibia Mariner and use the tombstone sticking out of the cliff to make your way down to grab the Jarburg Grace for later.
• From the Laskyar Ruins Grace: Head North-West and go through the portal to grab the South Raya Lucaria Gate Grace
• Use the nearby gate to grab the Main Academy Gate Grace
• Head North-East past the seal and interact with the Invasion Sign to assist Yura and receive the Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists
• Talk with Yura nearby
• Go South-West and interact with the seal to grab the East Raya Lucaria Gate Grace
• Head North-East and grab the Bellum Church Grace for later
• Follow the cliff North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Dectus Grace
• Head South and follow the cliffs on the East side to use the Spirit Jump and kill the enemies at the top of the tower. Note: If you jump just right, you can land Torrent on the very top of the tower and avoid any climbing.
• Head South-East from the tower to grab the Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts Grace
• Go East and use the tombstones poking out from the cliffside to get to the bottom, open the door to the North and grab the Black Knife Catacombs Grace.
• Proceed through the Black Knife Catacombs as desired but make sure to pick up at least 1 of each of the Grave Glovewort [2], Grave Glovewort [3] and Grave Glovewort [4] as you progress.
• Kill the Black Knife boss behind the illusory wall for the Black Knifeprint
• Kill the other boss inside to grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts Grace: Head South-West into the village then North-West to kill the Invader for the Fingerprint Grape and Vyke's War Spear
• Grab the Church of Inhibition Grace just to the North
• From the Bellum Church Grace: Talk with Hyetta nearby to give her the Fingerprint Grape
• Use the hole in the back of the church to follow the slope down going North-East to grab the Ravine-Veiled Village Grace for later.

Raya Lucaria/Liurnia Lake 2

• From the Main Academy Gate Grace: Go up the lift to enter Raya Lucaria and proceed through it as desired to grab the Schoolhouse Classroom Grace.
• Kill the Red Wolf of Radagon
• Grab the Debate Parlor Grace
• Proceed through the area that goes North-West up the stairs and over the balcony as desired to grab the second Academy Glintstone Key at the end.
• From the Debate Parlor Grace: Head North-East up the stairs to kill Moongrum, Carian Knight
• Defeat Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
• Grab the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace
• From the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace: Go South-West into the Church of Irith and talk with Thops to give him the second Academy Glintstone Key and recieve the Erudition Emote.
• Reload the area and kill the scarab for Ash of War: Thop's Barrier
• From the Schoolhouse Classroom Grace: Go outside and around the corner to grab Thop's Barrier
• From the Ravine-Veiled Village Grace: Climb the ladder nearby and proceed through the Ruin-Strewn Precipice as desired to grab the Ruin-Strewn Precipice Overlook Grace.
• Summon Great Horned Tragoth to receive the Casual Greeting Emote.
• Kill Magma Wyrm Makar
• Grab the Magma Wyrm Makar Grace
• Go up the lift at the back of the boss room to grab the Abandoned Coffin Grace
• Return to the Roundtable Hold
• Kill the Invader for Clinging Bone
• Talk to the Finger Reader Enia for a Talisman Pouch
• Talk to Corhyn to get him to progress his questline.
• Talk with Roderika and upgrade the Spirit Ash of your choosing to +4 using the Grave Gloveworts picked up in Deathtouched Catacombs and Black Knife Catacombs.
• After upgrading, talk with Roderika again to get the Curtsy Emote.
• Talk with Rogier again and he should mention going to sleep.
• Reload and talk with the sleeping Rogier. Repeat this 3 times for the Spellblade Armor Set.
• Talk with Fia and cuddle her, then cuddle her again and exhaust her dialogue to receive the Weathered Dagger.
• Talk with D to show him the Deathroot and accept his proposal then show him the Weathered Dagger.
• Reload and go into the locked room behind Blacksmith Hewg to talk with Fia and get the Twinned Armor Set.

Caelid

• From the Third Church of Marika Grace: Go North-East and use the portal to grab the Bestial Sanctum Grace behind the doors.
• Go South-East to grab the Farum Greatbridge Grace
• Run across the bridge and hug the southern cliff going South-West to use the Spirit Jump behind the Minor Erdtree and grab the Fort Faroth Grace
• Go West and use the Spirit Jump over the edge of the southern cliff to get down then head South to grab the Church of the Plague Grace
• Head West and fall down the cliff safely. There is a large spot where it's easily doable.
• Go North-West to grab the Sellia Under-Stair Grace
• Head South-West to grab the Inner Aeonia Grace
• Kill Commander O'Neil to the South for the Golden Needle
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head West and fall down the cliff safely again.
• Talk to Gowry in the shack to give him the Golden Needle.
• Reload and talk to him again to receive the Golden Needle.
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Talk to Millicent to give her the Golden Needle
• Reload and talk to her again to receive Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom
• Reload then head West to fall down the cliff safely again.
• Talk with Millicent in the shack.
• Reload and talk with Gowry in the shack.
• Follow the road South to grab the Southern Aeonia Swamp Grace.
• Go South-West and then South-East to grab the Impassable Greatbridge Grace
• Use the portal to grab the Chamber Outside the Plaza Grace
• Go North to talk with Finger Maiden Thorelina for the Polite Bow Emote
• Go up the stairs to talk with Jerren for the Heartening Cry Emote
• Continue North and use the elevator at the back to reach the portal to Radahn.
• Kill Starscourge Radahn
• Grab the Starscourge Radahn Grace
• Talk with Blaidd to exhaust his dialogue
• Talk with Alexander to exhaust his dialogue

Altus Plateau/Mt Gelmir

• From the Abandoned Coffin Grace: Head North-East to grab the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace
• Talk with Rya just to the South to teleport to Volcano Manor
• Grab the Volcano Manor Grace
• Talk with Tanith nearby to receive Drawing-Room Key
• Open the doors and grab the Letter from Volcano Manor from the table
• Talk with Rya and exhaust her dialogue.
• Talk with Recusant Bernahl and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Warmaster's Shack Grace: Go North and invade Old Knight Istvan for the Scaled Armour Set
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk to Tanith to receive Magma Shot
• Grab the second Letter from Volcano Manor from the table
• Talk with Rya and exhaust her dialogue.
• Talk with Bernahl and he will begin selling new Ashes of War.
• Talk with Patches in the hallway near the grace then talk to him again to receive the Letter to Patches
• From the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace: Head East across the battlefield to grab the Altus Highway Junction Grace.
• Go East and then North into the hole in the cliff to grab the Amber Starlight Shard
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Follow the road North to grab the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Grace.
• Use the portal and head South to talk with Goldmask
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Go North again and talk with Brother Corhyn to tell him about Goldmask
• Go North-West down the cliff to Second Church of Marika
• Talk with Yura to get Nagakiba
• Kill the Invader for Eleonora's Poleblade and the Purifying Crystal Tear
• Continue North and use the Spirit Jump to get to the top of the cliff.
• Head West across the bridge to grab the Bridge of Iniquity Grace
• Go East across the bridge again and follow the road to the Writheblood Ruins.
• Invade Magnus the Beast Claw in the easternmost ruin for the Great Stars.
• From the Bridge of Iniquity Grace: Cross the bridge East and use the Spirit Jumps to get back down to the bottom.
• Head North-West to invade Rileigh the Idle for Crepus's Vial
• Continue North and jump onto the West wall of the Shaded Castle.
• Continue through the Shaded Castle as desired to grab the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace
• Jump onto the wall South of the grace and use it to jump onto the pathway to the West
• Head North up the path and open the chest to grab Valkyrie's Prosthesis.
• From the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace: Go North to talk with Millicent and give her the Valkyrie's Prosthesis
• Continue North up the slope then West to kill the Tibia Mariner for another Deathroot.
• Head North-West into the ravine to grab the Seethewater River Grace
• Follow the path looping around to grab the Seethewater Terminus Grace.
• Head South-West to kill the Magma Wyrm
• Talk with Alexander who is in the lava near the Magma Wyrm to receive the Jar helmet. You can use the solid magma rock on the edge of the cliff to avoid damage while talking with him.
• Continue South and East to grab the Craftsman's Shack Grace
• Head North-East to grab the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace.
• Talk with Primeval Sorcerer Azur for Comet Azur
• Head North-East across the rock bridge and into the building to grab Gelmir Hero's Grave Grace
• Kill the boss Red Wolf of the Champion to grab another Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Grace: Use the portal and go South again to talk with Goldmask and Brother Corhyn again.
• Follow the road North then South-East to grab the Windmill Village Grace
• Head North-East through the village to kill the Godskin Apostle
• Grab the Windmill Heights Grace and rest at it
• Talk with Millicent nearby and exhaust her dialogue.
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Head up the stairs to the East and through the doors to grab the Outer Wall Phantom Tree Grace.
• Head South-East into the church to grab the Minor Erdtree Church Grace.
• Talk with Melina at the Minor Erdtree Church Grace for the Outer Order Emote.
• From the Outer Wall Phantom Tree Grace: Head up the stairs North-East and follow the road North for the Outer Wall Battleground Grace
• Find the Servant standing on the road just South of the grace and defeat the enemy that spawns from it for the Viridian Amber Medallion +1.
• From the Magma Wyrm Makar Grace: Invade Great Horned Tragoth for the Bull Goat Armour Set
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Tanith to receive the Serpentbone Blade
• Talk with Patches to report your success
• Grab the Red Letter from the table
• Talk with Recusant Bernahl for the Letter to Bernahl
• Talk to Rya in the other room.
• Use the secret passage in the third room to grab the Prison Town Church Grace.
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab pull the lever and raise the shortcut bridge next to the Prison Town Church Grace.
• From the Prison Town Church Grace: Cross the bridge and kill the Godskin Noble
• Grab the Temple of Eiglay Grace
• Grab the Serpent's Amnion from nearby

Underground

• From the Fort Haight West Grace: Head North-West to the crater and descend inside of it.
• Proceed as desired until you reach the Nokron, Eternal City Grace.
• Continue proceeding as desired to the boss room.
• Kill the boss to learn more about yourself and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East along the bridge until you hit the forest.
• Follow the cliff leading North-West to grab the Ancestral Woods Grace.
• Jump down onto the roofs to the South-West and proceed as desired through the area until you grab the Night's Sacred Ground Grace
• Head North-East past the Mimic's and up the stairs to open the chest and grab the Fingerslayer Blade and Great Ghost Glovewort.
• Use the portal nearby then head far North-East until you reach the cliff's edge near the jellyfish.
• Head North along the cliff to jump down and grab the Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs Grace.
• Go East and make your way down to progress through the area as desired until you reach the boss room.
• Talk with the NPC curled up outside the boss room to give him the Twinned Armor Set and receive the Inner Order Emote.
• Kill the Boss Duo to grab the Great Waterfall Basin Grace.
• Use the coffin just North-West of the grace and grab the Great Waterfall Crest Grace.
• Head West across the branches then further West to grab the Deeproot Depths Grace.
• Follow the cliff North and then West to grab the Nameless Eternal City Grace.
• Go East and onto the rooftop to make your way up the branches and grab the Across the Roots Grace on cliff near the top.
• Enter the area North and kill Fia's Champions to get Fia's Mist.
• Grab the Prince of Death's Throne Grace

Leyndell

• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Use the nearby portal to enter Leyndell Capital.
• Head South to grab the East Capital Rampart Grace.
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Avenue Balcony Grace(the fastest way is by going West across the rooftops)
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired until you reach the West Capital Rampart Grace.(the fastest way is by going straight North-West and climbing up the wing.)
• Follow the path South and then go down the branch to the West.
• Jump onto the roof and enter the building to find a familiar area.
• Proceed through this area as desired, but just make sure you grab the Seedbed Curse from the North most room on the top floor.
• Once you get to the bottom floor, Invade Vargram the Raging Wolf and Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm to receive the Raging Wolf Armor Set.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South and then go up the branch to the East to the boss room.
• Kill the Golden Shade boss and grab the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace.
• Head East and up the branch, into the building and then out of the building.
• Once you get out of the building, go West to jump down onto the rooftop and enter the window.
• Climb onto the branch and grab the Golden Order Principia from the floating chair.
• Head North out of the building again and grab the Queen's Bedchamber Grace.
• Kill Morgott, the Grace-Given
• Interact with the thorns, grab the Elden Throne Grace and rest at it.

This is the end of the First Half of the guide but I will be posting the Second Half immediately. I hope everyone enjoyed the guide and hope you'll stick around for more or check out my other Guides.

Second Half

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Hello everyone! Here is the Second Half of the guide. I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

First Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Quest Cleanup Nepheli/Dung EateSeluvis

Note: You can complete Seluvis' Quest by giving the potion to Nepheli, but this guide will follow the path that gives the most rewards, specifically 2 Ancient Smithing Stones and a Puppet vs just a Puppet. This path will lock out one of the game's endings, but it's an ending that isn't required for an Achievement.

• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace: Head North-East up to the top of the mountain and grab the Four Belfries Grace.
• Open the chest nearby to get an Imbued Sword Key.
• Use the Imp Statue North-East that has the message "Precipice of Anticipation" written nearby.
• Enter the portal to reach the Chapel of Anticipation.
• Kill the boss if you didn't at the start of the game.
• Head South across the bridge and up the stairs.
• Enter the small doorway to the North-West to grab The Stormhawk King
• Go into the building and jump down then interact with the dead finger maiden to dye the Lord of Blood's Favor.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head West to talk with Varre and receive the Bloody Finger.
• Talk with Varre again to receive the Pureblood Knight's Medal
• Use the Pureblood Knight's Medal to enter Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
• Head South-West to grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance Grace
• Follow the path South up the stairs and proceed as desired until you grab the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace on the other end of the cave.
• Go back into the cave and Invade White Mask Varre
• Talk with Varre to receive Varre's Bouquet
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Finger Reader and purchase Radahn's Lion Armor from her.
• Go into the room past the Twin Maiden Husks to talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue to receive the Sewer-Gaol Key
• Head down the stairs past Blacksmith Hewg and talk with Nepheli.
• Talk with Gideon about Nepheli
• Return to Nepheli to exhaust her dialogue and give her The Stormhawk King. Be careful not to click too fast or you could accidentally give her the potion instead.
• From the Godrick the Grafted Grace: Rest at the grace, then rest at it again(Gostoc will disappear)
• Go North-West and talk with Nepheli to receive Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• Talk with Gostoc nearby to have access to purchase another Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Go down the stairs then jump over the railing to the West onto the roof.
• Jump down and go around the building to the North-West to find a well.
• Go down the well and continue forward until you grab the Underground Roadside Grace.
• Leave the room and go North to jump down the hole on the left to enter a sewer tunnel filled with rats.
• Follow the path North-West then South-West past the rats and flowers to climb the ladder.
• Open the cell and talk with Dung-Eater to release him.
• From the Outer Wall Battleground Grace: Head South-East up the stairs and keep heading East past the graveyard.
• Follow the road South-East down the slope to the pond.
• Head West to the other side of the pond and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart to buy a Boiled Crab and exhaust his dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Blackguard Big Boggart again to receive Iron Ball and Blackguard's Iron Mask
• Kill the Dung Eater Invader for the Sword of Milos.
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk with the Dung-Eater and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Follow the same path as before to the cell where you found the Dung-Eater.
• Talk with the Dung-Eater to Administer Seluvis's Potion. Again, be careful not to click too fast or you could give him the Seedbed Curse.
• Once you are no longer able to talk with him, kill him to receive the Omen Armor Set. You will still have access to the puppet.
• From Ranni's Rise Grace: Head South-East to Seluvis's Rise and talk with Seluvis. You can now learn Sorcery from him.
• Talk with him about his chambers and choose the Jarwight Puppet as it is the more expensive of the 2.
• Reload and talk with him then reload and talk with him again to purchase Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet.
• Talk with him again to ask about his scheme and give him the Amber Starlight Shard.
• Talk with him again to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm

Quest Cleanup Rennala/Sellen/Boc/Fia/Ranni

• From Ranni's Rise: Go up the lift and talk with Ranni to give her the Fingerslayer Blade and receive the Carian Inverted Statue.
• From Royal Moongazing Grounds: Head North-West to Renna's Rise and go up the ladder to grab the Snow Witch Armor Set from the chest behind you.
• Continue up to use the portal and grab the Miniature Ranni from the coffin in front of you.
• Go South and grab the Ainsel River Main Grace
• Rest at the Grace and talk to the miniature Ranni 3 times.
• Follow the path South-West and stick to the river then through the doorway of the building to grab the Nokstella, Eternal City Grace
• Continue following the river West to find the lift in the final building on the left.
• Take the lift down to grab the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Grace
• Go through the small tunnel South-West to kill the Baleful Shadow and receive the Discarded Palace Key
• Continue through the doorway South-West and take the lift down to grab the Lake of Rot Shoreside Grace
• Proceed across the Lake of Rot as desired to the far South-West and grab the Grand Cloister Grace.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Follow the road North and into the basement of the Waypoint Ruins to kill the Mad Pumpkin Head boss.
• Grab the Waypoint Ruins Cellar Grace
• Open the nearby door and ask to learn Sorcery from Sellen
• Show Azur's sorcery to Sellen, ask for her story and journey together with her.
• Talk to Sellen about her favor to receive the Sellian Sealbreaker
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head North-East up the slope and attack the illusory wall behind the large grave to reveal a cave
• Grab the Sellia Hideaway Grace
• Proceed through the cave as desired and interact with the seal at the bottom of the crevice.
• Talk with Lusat to receive the Stars of Ruin
• From the Waypoint Ruins Cellar: Talk with Sellen and tell her Lusat's location to receive a Starlight Shard.
• Talk with Sellen about her request.
• From the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace: Head West over the rocks and follow along the edge of the forest going very far West to the cliffs just past the ruins.
• Make your way up the cliffs, going North when possible to find the church and grab the Church of Pilgrimage Grace.
• Head far South-West, past the ruins and the evergaol to find the second church and grab the Fourth Church of Marika Grace.
• Go South and enter the basement of the Witchbane Ruins to talk with Sellen and receive Sellen's Primal Glintstone then exhaust her dialogue.
• Reload and talk with Jerren
• From Ranni's Rise: Head North-East into the basement of the ruins where you found Seluvis' puppets and interact with Sellen to give her Sellen's Primal Glintstone.
• From the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace: Open the chest nearby to receive the Dark Moon Ring
• Talk with Rennala and buy a rebirth to receive the Balled Up Emote.
• Go through the doors South-East and pick a sign to use. This guide will assume Sellen's as it offers more rewards and has extra steps to complete but if you choose to help Jerren, kill him afterwards for his armor.
• Defeat Jerren to receive the Eccentric's Armor Set
• Talk with Sellen to receive the Glintstone Kris and purchase Shard Spiral from her.
• Reload and grab the Witch's Glintstone Crown from nearby
• Head South-East through the doors and down the elevator
• Continue South-East into the other building and use the portal North-East to grab the Church of Vows Grace
• Open the chest in the church to receive the Gold Sewing Needle and the Golden Tailoring Tools
• Talk with Miriel nearby and give him the Golden Order Principia
• Purchase the Law of Regression from Miriel
• Follow the road East, then South-East to grab the Eastern Tableland Grace
• Continue following the road South to grab the Study Hall Entrance Grace
• Use the Carian Inverted Statue on the altar.
• Proceed through the Carian Study Hall as desired to grab the Liurnia Tower Bridge Grace
• Head East across the bridge to kill the Godskin Noble and receive the Godskin Noble Armor Set
• Continue East through the doors and up the lift to grab the Divine Tower of Liurnia Grace
• Go up the stairs and grab the Cursemark of Death and Stargazer Heirloom
• From the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace: Grab the Azur Armor Set from where you found him
• From the Sellia Hideaway Grace: Grab the Lusat Armor Set from where you found him
• From the East Capital Rampart Grace: Talk with Boc and exhaust his dialogue to give him the Gold Sewing Needle.
• Talk to Boc about his favor and grant his request to receive the My Lord Emote
• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Talk with Fia and ask her to hold you
• Talk with Fia as she holds you to give her the Cursemark of Death and receive the Radiant Baldachin's Blessing then keep talking with Fia to exhaust her dialogue
• Reload and talk with her again
• Reload once more and interact with her to kill the Lichdragon Fortissax.
• Grab the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince from Fia.
• Reload to grab Fia's Armor Set
• Kill D, Beholder of Death to retrieve the Twinned Armor Set you lent him and take Inseparable Sword as interest.
• From the Grand Cloister Grace: Make your way down South-West to use the coffin
• Kill Astel, Naturalborn of the Void and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East into the tunnel and use the lift to grab the Moonlight Altar Grace
• Follow the road North-East to the cathedral and grab the Cathedral of Manus Celes Grace.
• Grab all of the Starlight Shards nearby for later.
• Drop down into the hole and give Ranni the ring.
• Talk with Ranni to receive the Dark Moon Greatsword.
• From the Ranni's Rise Grace: Head outside and defeat Blaidd to receive Blaidd's Armor Set and the Royal Greatsword.
• Go South to Seluvis's Rise to grab the Preceptor Set and purchase the Dung Eater Puppet from Seluvis's corpse
• Follow the cliff East and hop down to the bottom to find Pidia and receive the Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet.
• From the Road to the Manor Grace: Talk with Iji and tell him of Blaidd's death.
• Reload to grab Iji's Mirrorhelm

Intelligence Required

Make sure to have the capability to get at least 37 Intelligence, even if just temporary. You can buff to this much even at 7 Intelligence, which is the lowest possible from Starting Class. Intelligence Boosts:

• Intelligence-knot Crystal Tear +10
• Twinsage Glintstone Crown +6
• Stargazer Heirloom +5
• Godrick's Great Rune +5
• Grafted Blade Greatsword's Ash of War +5
• Marika's Soarseal +5 (this isn't available at this point in the guide)
• Marika's Scarseal +3

Quest Progression Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Hyetta

• From the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace: Equip the Law of Regression and prepare any necessary buffs to get to 37 Intelligence.
• Head West and go down the lift then the stairs to find a message that says "Regression alone reveals secrets"
• Stand on the message and cast Law of Regression to see the statue change then read the new message in front of you.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South-East past the branches and up the cliff continuing South-East to talk with Brother Corhyn about Goldmask
• Tell Goldmask the Truth to receive the Golden Order Totality Emote
• Talk with Brother Corhyn again to exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Underground Roadside Grace: Enter the hole that you went down on your way to the Dung Eater's prison cell.
• Run past the rats and enter the sewer pipe on the right.
• Run past the slugs, avoiding falling down the holes, until your reach an intersection with an open tunnel and a gate with no door
• Go right through the gate with no door and defeat the big guys to climb the ladder
• Use the lever to open the shortcut just in case
• Open the door and drop down to the left.
• Follow this path until you see a giant flower below you and instead turn around to go into the path under the stairs.
• Follow this path to the end to kill another big guy and climb another ladder
• Open the shortcut door just in case
• On the bridge before the shortcut door, go up the pipe and follow it to the end.
• Drop down to the left and jump onto the wooden walkway to go through the doorway.
• Kick the ladder to your left to lower it for an alternative route, just in case
• Jump down into the pipe below to see two paths. Go the path that does NOT have the gate with no door. You should see a rat on the correct path.
• Follow this path forward and jump over the first hole to fight a giant rat.
• Past the giant rat is a second hole that you should fall into. You can see a corpse with an item inside this hole.
• Open the shortcut gate nearby, just in case.
• Continue going down the path to climb down a ladder.
• Use the nearby lift to grab the Forsaken Depths Grace
• Go down the path North-East and kill Mohg, the Omen and grab the Cathedral of the Forsaken Grace
• Hit the altar and parkour your way to the bottom to grab the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace.

WARNING: From here you have a choice. If you grab the Frenzied Flame then you will be locked out of all other endings unless you do ALL of the following:

• Help Millicent
• Defeat Malenia
• Defeat Placidusax

If you are confident you can do that, or want the Frenzied Flame Ending, then go ahead and proceed with this section. Otherwise you can wait until you have done all 3 of the above and come back at any time. So proceed at your own risk!

• From the Frenzied Flame Proscription Grace: Strip yourself of all equipment and interact with the door.
• Talk with Hyetta and exhaust her dialogue for the Frenzied Flame Seal

Mountaintops of the Giants

• From the Avenue Balcony Grace: Follow the road North-East and open the giant door
• Go up the stairs heading South-East and use the lift to reach the top
• Head East across the bridge and use the lift to grab the Forbidden Lands Grace
• Follow the path East and North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Rold Grace
• Use the lift to and head North-East to grab the Zamor Ruins Grace
• Grab the Ronin Armor Set nearby if you grabbed the Frenzied Flame. You can also kill Shabriri for it if desired.
• Follow the path going East then North until you fire a bunch of Fire Monks and a bridge.
• Go down the path South-East from the start of the bridge to grab the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace
• Proceed through the catacombs as desired to kill the boss and grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs Grace: Leave the catacombs and cross the bridge.
• Head North-East up the path to grab the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Grace
• Talk with Millicent and exhaust her dialogue.
• Head North to the frozen river then go West to invade Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood and receive the Hoslow Armor Set and Hoslow's Petal Whip
• Go South and use the Spirit Jump then go onto the bridge to the East
• Talk with Corhyn and Goldmask to exhaust their dialogue.
• Go North-East to the Stargazer's Ruins and summon the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes to open the basement seal and collect the Primal Glintstone Blade from the chest.
• Cross the bridge to the West
• Follow the path East to grab the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace next to the bridge.
• Head North-West and kill the Tibia Mariner on the cliff's edge to receive a Deathroot
• Go down the cliffs going North-West then go North-East to the castle to grab the Castle Sol Main Gate Grace
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Church of the Eclipse Grace
• Continue proceeding as desired to kill Commander Niall and grab the Castle Sol Rooftop Grace.
• Go up the lift behind the boss room to grab the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
• From the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook Grace: Head North-East and grab the Freezing Lake Grace South-West of the frozen lake.
• Follow the edge of the lake far South-East to find a church and grab the First Church of Marika Grace
• Go West up the slope to grab the Whiteridge Road Grace
• Head South-West up the slope and cross the chains to grab the Giants' Gravepost Grace
• Go up the slope to the South, hugging the East wall and grab the Foot of the Forge Grace near the giant hand.
• Cross the chains to the North or South to kill the Fire Giant and grab the Fire Giant Grace
• Cross the chains to the North-East and go North to grab the Forge of the Giants Grace
• Light the flame to enter Crumbling Farrum Azula
• Proceed as desired to grab the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace

Volcano Manor

• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches to receive the Magma Whip Candlestick
• Talk with Rya to tell her the Truth and give her the Serpent's Amnion
• Talk with Bernahl to receive Gelmir's Fury
• Talk with Tanith to receive the Taker's Cameo and See the Lord
• Grab the Audience Pathway Grace
• Enter the boss room to grab the Serpent Hunter
• Kill Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy grab the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace
• Grab the Eye Surcoat from nearby
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Patches, Bernahl and Tanith to exhaust their dialogue
• Grab the My Thanks Emote
• Reload to grab the Tonic of Forgetfulness from Tanith's chair
• From the Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Grace: Attack Tanith and kill Tanith's Knight to receive Aspects of the Crucible: Breath and grab the Consort's Armor Set
• From the Temple of Eiglay Grace: Go up the lift and jump over the balcony to the East
• Follow the path East and then North-West into the window near the Iron Virgin
• Open the door and follow the path West into the room with the lift
• Use the lift and jump into the doorway to the North on the way down
• Jump out the window and enter the room nearby to talk with Rya but don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and talk with her again but still don't give her the Tonic of Forgetfulness
• Reload and grab Zorayas's Letter and Daedicar's Woe

Consecrated Snowfield

• From the Grand Lift of Rold Grace: Go to use the lift and switch to Hoist secret medallion to enter the Hidden Path to the Haligtree
• Proceed through the area as desired but make sure to kill the boss to receive the final Deathroot
• After killing the boss, take the teleport to grab the Hidden Path to the Haligtree Grace
• Head North to grab the Consecrated Snowfield Grace
• Continue far North to grab the Inner Consecrated Snowfield Grace just before the frozen river
• Keep going North to grab the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace
• Head North-West to the church and defeat the Walking Mausoleum outside by hitting the skulls
• Grab the Apostate Derelict Grace in the church
• Grab the Silver Mirrorshield nearby and summon Latenna
• Talk to Latenna to receive a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
• From the Ordina, Liturgical Town Grace: Head North through the town and use the Imp Statue
• Enter the evergaol and light the 4 statues to break the seal.
• Head up the stairs North-East to use the portal and grab the Haligtree Canopy

Miquella's Haligtree

• From the Haligtree Canopy Grace: Proceed through the branches as desired until you reach the Haligtree Town Grace
• From the Haligtree Town Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you grab the Haligtree Town Plaza Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area to grab the lift shortcut.
• Kill Loretta, Haligtree Knight and grab the Haligtree Promenade Grace
• Follow the path past the boss room as desired to grab the Prayer Room Grace
• Talk to Millicent nearby
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Elphael Inner Wall Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired to grab the Drainage Channel Grace
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Go back West and up the ladder to go outside
• Go up the slope to the North and cross the branch going South-West to the pool of rot.
• Kill the Putrid Tree Spirit
• Go to the cliff on the North-West side to have a choice. Invading Millicent will give you Millicent's Prosthesis. Aiding Millicent will give you Rotten Wing Insignia and the Unalloyed Gold Needle which is needed to cure the Frenzied Flame. This guide will assume you Aided Millicent as it has more steps.
• After Aiding Millicent, talk to her on the North-West side of the rot pool to receive the Rotten Wing Insignia.
• Reload and grab the Unalloyed Gold Needle
• From the Drainage Channel Grace: Proceed as desired until you grab the Haligtree Roots Grace.
• Kill Malenia and grab the Malenia, Goddess of Rot Grace
• Interact with the Scarlet Aeonia to receive Miquella's Needle

Quest Cleanup Gowry/Gurranq/Gideon

• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Go West down the cliff to Gowry's Shack and collect the Flock's Canvas Talisman
• From the Bestial Sanctum Grace: Talk to Gurranq, Beast Clergyman and give him all 9 Deathroot to receive the Clawmark Seal, Beast Eye, Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality and Ash of War: Beast's Roar.
• Reload and damage Gurranq enough for him to surrender
• Reload and talk with Gurranq again to receive Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, Beastclaw Greathammer, Gurranq's Beast Claw and an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
• From the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Grace: Kill Mohg, Lord of Blood and grab the Cocoon of the Empyrean Grace
• From the Roundtable Hold: Talk to Gideon and tell him about the secret medallions, the Haligtree Roots, Mohgwyn Palace and the Lord of Blood's cocoon for Black Flame's Protection, Lord's Divine Fortification, Fevor's Cookbook [3] and Law of Causality

Crumbling Farum Azula

• From the Crumbling Beast Grave Grace: Proceed through the area as desired until you reach the Dragon Temple Grace
• Kill the Godskin Duo and grab the Dragon Temple Altar Grace
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired and find the Imp Statue located where the most North-West red building is
• Use the Imp Statue to grab the Dragon Temple Lift Grace
• Proceed as desired going South from the Dragon Temple Lift Grace to find Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with and defeat Alexander, Warrior Jar
• Talk with him again to receive the Shard of Alexander and Alexander's Innards
• From the Dragon Temple Lift Grace: Go down the lift and proceed as desired until you reach the Beside the Great Bridge Grace
• Climb the stairs to the West and then follow the path going North to it's end
• Kill the Invader Recusant Bernahl to receive the Blasphemous Claw, Devourer's Scepter and Beast Champion Armor Set
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Go down the lift and make your way West out of the building.
• Run to the cliff to the West and fall off the edge to the path below the cliff
• Make your way down to the bottom and interact with the empty grave to enter the boss room.
• Kill Dragonlord Placidusax and grab the Dragonlord Placidusax Grace
• If you wish to be rid of the Frenzied Flame and allow other endings: Use Miquella's Needle to cure yourself.
• From the Beside the Great Bridge Grace: Kill Maliketh, the Black Blade

Quest Cleanup Brother Corhyn/Goldmask/Jarbairn/Patches

• Grab the Leyndell, Capital of Ash Grace nearby
• Head far South and talk with Brother Corhyn
• Reload to grab Corhyn's Robe and a Flail
• Head South-West not up the stairs, across the branch bridge and receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order from Goldmask
• Reload and grab the Goldmask Armor Set
• From the Jarburg Grace: Talk with Jarbairn on the staircase nearby and agree to be his Potentate
• Reload and talk to him again
• Reload and talk to him one more time to give him Alexander's Insides and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload and grab the Companion Jar from where he was on the stairs.
• From the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace: Follow the path to the North up the ladder and up the lift to the boss room.
• Just before the boss room, talk with Patches to receive the Dancer's Castanets and exhaust his dialogue
• Reload to confirm he disappears
• From the Murkwater Cave Grace: Go to the boss room and open the chest.
• Don't kill the boss to receive the Patches' Crouch Emote
• Kill Patches to receive a +7 Spear and the Leather Armor Set
• From here you can complete the game as desired. The only unique rewards you will be missing are the Nepheli Loux Puppet and Millicent's Prosthesis which can both be acquired fairly early on NG+.

And with that, all of the questlines are completed! If you enjoyed the guide, be sure to check out my other Guides. We also have a Website to keep track of your game progress, a Youtube and a Discord where you can come hang out.

First Half

Hello everyone! I know it's been a long time but with the DLC on the way and work slowing down for a bit, I've decided to start writing guides again. With the DLC a month away, I've decided to focus my efforts on guides that will help prepare for the DLC and have a few others that are just about ready as well.
With all of the patches over the years, the questlines have been changes fairly significantly. It is now nearly impossible to "break" any questlines by accident but many of my previous guides were made to avoid that happening. Given that, they have lost some of their purpose and aren't as optimal as they previously were. I have went through the game again and learned all of the new tricks to optimize the questlines so that you can take the least amount of steps possible to receive all of the questlines best rewards.
So what this guide is meant for is to help with getting characters through the game with all of the unique quest rewards as optimally as possible. So there should be nothing unnecessary within this guide and it will take you from location to location without consideration for level or build. Given that, you may need to do side objectives and leveling for your personal run, but you can just continue following from where you left off. Due to Reddit's character limit, I have to separate this guide into two parts but both halves are already available.
I hope everyone enjoys the guide and please let me know if you have any suggestions, fixes or feedback!

Second Half

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Limgrave

• Grab the First Step Grace once you enter Limgrave
• Head South-East to grab the Seaside Ruins Grace
• Head East to grab the Agheel Lake South Grace
• Rest at the Grace to receive Torrent
• Cross the bridge South-East to grab the Bridge of Sacrifice Grace
• Talk to Irina nearby and get the letter from her.
• From the Agheel Lake South Grace: Head South-East and use the Spirit Jump to grab the Starlight Shard from the stone astrolabe nearby.
• Head North and use the Spirit Jump to get down into the forest below.
• Head North-East until you hear howling from the nearby ruin
• Head South-East to grab the Fort Haight West Grace
• Go inside Fort Haight to kill the Knight at the top and grab the Dectus Medallion (Left)
• From the First Step Grace: Head North to grab the Church of Elleh Grace
• Fast Travel to the Church of Elleh Grace and talk to Witch Renna to get the Spirit Calling Bell and Spirit Wolf Ashes
• Talk to Merchant Kale to get the Fingersnap Emote
• Head North-East to grab the Agheel Lake North Grace
• Head South-East and dodge roll into the talking tree to talk with Boc
• Head North then North-East to grab the Murkwater Coast Grace
• Hop down the hole nearby and head South to kill the Invader for Reduvia
• Follow the river back North to talk with Yura
• Head back South and go inside the nearby cave to grab the Murkwater Cave Grace
• Knock the boss to half HP and accept the surrender for the Grovel for Mercy Emote
• Reload and exhaust his dialogue then hit him 3 times without killing him to make him hostile.
• Let him hit you to below half HP to get the Extreme Repentance Emote
• Either Die or use the Extreme Repentance Gesture near him to stop hostilities.
• Reload and talk to him again to get permission to open the chest nearby. Open it to enter the Mistwood Ruins.
• Head North-East to grab the Third Church of Marika Grace and rest at it to allow fast travel again.
• Head North and use the Spirit Jumps to get to the very top of the cliffs
• Head West into Summonwater Village and kill the Tibia Mariner for a Deathroot
• Head South and use the tombstones poking out of the cliff going South-West to get down to the graveyard.
• Continue South-West onto the ruin to talk with Kenneth Haight and get the Erdsteel Dagger. You can kill him for a Golden Seed as he has nothing more to offer.
• Travel back to Murkwater Cave Grace and talk with the boss again to get the Calm Down Emote
• From the Murkwater Coast Grace: Head North and then up the river and use the Spirit Jump to grab the Saintsbridge Grace
• Head West and then up the cliffs going South to help Iron Fist Alexander and get the Triumphant Delight Emote
• Head North and up the opposite cliff into the tomb to grab the Deathtouched Catacombs Grace.
• Proceed through the Deathtouched Catacombs as desired but make sure to pick up at least 1 Grave Glovewort [1] as you progress.
• Kill the boss of the Deathtouched Catacombs and open the chest to grab the Deathroot
• Leave the cave and follow the road South-West to grab the Warmaster's Shack Grace
• Head North to the arena and kill the Invader to get the Hammer Talisman
• From the Warmaster's Shack Grace: Follow the road going West to grab the Stormhill Shack Grace.
• Talk with Roderika to get the Sitting Sideways Emote and Spirit Jellyfish Ashes

Stormveil Castle/Limgrave 2

• Follow the road North that turns to go South-West into the castle to grab the Castleward Tunnel.
• Defeat Margit, the Fell Omen and grab the Margit, the Fell Omen Grace
• Head West to grab the Stormveil Main Gate Grace.
• Rest at it to enter Roundtable Hold.
• Inside Roundtable Hold, talk with Gideon, Brother Corhyn and Ensha to receive the Prayer Emote and What Do You Want Emote
• Jump over the railing and let the Invader bow to get the Reverential Bow Emote then kill him for the Taunter's Tongue.
• From the Stormveil Main Gate Grace: Talk with Gostoc in the building nearby.
• Accept or Decline him. If you Decline you can open the main gate now.
• DO NOT KILL Gostoc. If you do you will miss out on an optional reward later.
• Choose any way you like to make your way through the castle until you grab the Secluded Cell Grace before the boss room.
• From the Secluded Cell Grace: Head South past the troll and into the room straight ahead to talk with Nepheli Loux.
• Head back to the boss room and defeat Godrick the Grafted.
• Grab the Godrick the Grafted Grace and rest at it.
• Head North-West, go through the door, and follow the path to the left to hop down.
• Turn around and grab the Shabriri Grape
• Continue to the outside and grab the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace
• Return to the Roundtable Hold
• Talk with Roderika and Hewg back and forth until dialogue is exhausted.
• Talk to Rogier and tell him about Godrick to receive Rogier's Rapier +8
• Talk to the Finger Reader and the Fingers for the Rapture Emote
• Talk to Nepheli then Gideon and Nepheli again for the Arsenal Charm and to progress Nepheli's questline.
• From the First Step Grace in Limgrave: Interact with the message nearby for the Bravo! Emote
• Head South-West onto the beach and follow the cliff to find a cave to grab the Coastal Cave Grace
• Kill the boss of the cave for Tailoring Tools and Sewing Needle
• From the Coastal Cave Grace: Talk with Boc to give him the Sewing Needle

Note: Roderika's Crimson Hood is in the Grafted Scion room in Stormveil now and a Golden Seed is where she was at Stormhill Shack.

Liurnia Lake

• From the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace: Rest at the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace.
• Talk with Boc and Hyetta to give Hyetta the Shabriri Grape and get the As You Wish Emote.
• Head North-West and grab the Liurnia Lake Shore Grace
• Head North-West to grab the Laskyar Ruins Grace
• Follow the road North-West to talk with Rya in the pavilion and accept her request.
• Head West to grab the Scenic Isle Grace
• Head North-West to grab the Boilprawn Shack Grace
• Talk to Blackguard Big-Boggart and buy Rya's Necklace from him.
• Talk to him again and buy at least one Boiled Prawn from him for the Spread Out Emote
• Head North-East to grab the Academy Gate Town Grace
• Head North and kill Diallos on the ruins of a building for Diallos's Mask and Hoslow's Petal Whip. This does not affect any unique future rewards
• Continue North-West and use the portal in the pavilion to grab the Northern Liurnia Lake Shore Grace to the South-West
• Go North-East and through the illusory wall to grab the Road to the Manor Grace
• Follow the road to the manor for the Main Caria Manor Gate Grace.
• Make your way through Caria Manor as desired.
• Defeat the boss for the Royal Moongazing Grounds Grace
• Leave through the back of the boss room and head West to the ruin furthest West to find an illusory floor.
• Enter the basement that the illusory floor leads to and interact with the message.
• Leave the room and continue South-West to grab the Ranni's Rise Grace.
• Go up the elevator and accept Ranni's proposal
• Go down to talk with Iji, Blaidd and Seluvis then back up to talk with Ranni.
• Leave the tower and head to the tower to the South-East to talk with Seluvis and accept his proposal
• From the Boilprawn Shack Grace: Head North-West and grab the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace at the furthest West ruin.
• Head West and talk to White Mask Varre and choose the topmost option both times.
• Head North-West and grab the Temple Quarter Grace
• Go South-West into the forest to kill the Invader for a Shabriri Grape and Banished Knight Halberd +8
• Grab the Revenger's Shack Grace
• From the Temple Quarter Grace: Go North and grab the Academy Glintstone Key from behind the Dragon
• Head North-West from the Dragon to grab the Foot of the Four Belfries Grace for later use.
• From the Fallen Ruins of the Lake Grace: Head South-West to the pavilion to grab the Folly on the Lake Grace.
• Go South until you hit the wall then head West up the road to talk with Nepheli Loux
• Continue West to grab the Village of the Albinauric's Grace
• Follow the path South-East and roll into the conspicuous pot to reveal Albus
• Talk to Albus to receive the Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right)
• Continue through the village to defeat the boss.
• From the Scenic Isle Grace: Head East to talk with Rya and give her Rya's Necklace for the Volcano Manor Invitation.
• From the Scenic Isle Grace: Head directly South and into the cave to grab the Lakeside Crystal Cave Grace
• Continue through the cave as desired and kill the boss
• Leave through the back of the boss room to talk with Latenna to receive her Ashes.
• From the Laskyar Ruins Grace: Head East and talk with Hyetta to give her a Shabriri Grape
• Continue East into the ruin and go inside the basement hidden beneath the wooden planks to grab a Shabriri Grape
• Leave the basement and head North-East to grab the Liurnia Highway North Grace
• Follow the road North going down to grab the Gate Town Bridge Grace
• Rest at the grace and talk to Hyetta nearby to the North to give her another Shabriri Grape and tell her what they are.
• Rest at the grace and talk with her again.
• Head East to use the Spirit Jump then grab the Starlight Shard from the stone astrolabe slightly West.
• Follow the road North to kill the Tibia Mariner for a Deathroot
• Head East from the Tibia Mariner and use the tombstone sticking out of the cliff to make your way down to grab the Jarburg Grace for later.
• From the Laskyar Ruins Grace: Head North-West and go through the portal to grab the South Raya Lucaria Gate Grace
• Use the nearby gate to grab the Main Academy Gate Grace
• Head North-East past the seal and interact with the Invasion Sign to assist Yura and receive the Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists
• Talk with Yura nearby
• Go South-West and interact with the seal to grab the East Raya Lucaria Gate Grace
• Head North-East and grab the Bellum Church Grace for later
• Follow the cliff North-East to grab the Grand Lift of Dectus Grace
• Head South and follow the cliffs on the East side to use the Spirit Jump and kill the enemies at the top of the tower. Note: If you jump just right, you can land Torrent on the very top of the tower and avoid any climbing.
• Head South-East from the tower to grab the Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts Grace
• Go East and use the tombstones poking out from the cliffside to get to the bottom, open the door to the North and grab the Black Knife Catacombs Grace.
• Proceed through the Black Knife Catacombs as desired but make sure to pick up at least 1 of each of the Grave Glovewort [2], Grave Glovewort [3] and Grave Glovewort [4] as you progress.
• Kill the Black Knife boss behind the illusory wall for the Black Knifeprint
• Kill the other boss inside to grab a Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts Grace: Head South-West into the village then North-West to kill the Invader for the Fingerprint Grape and Vyke's War Spear
• Grab the Church of Inhibition Grace just to the North
• From the Bellum Church Grace: Talk with Hyetta nearby to give her the Fingerprint Grape
• Use the hole in the back of the church to follow the slope down going North-East to grab the Ravine-Veiled Village Grace for later.

Raya Lucaria/Liurnia Lake 2

• From the Main Academy Gate Grace: Go up the lift to enter Raya Lucaria and proceed through it as desired to grab the Schoolhouse Classroom Grace.
• Kill the Red Wolf of Radagon
• Grab the Debate Parlor Grace
• Proceed through the area that goes North-West up the stairs and over the balcony as desired to grab the second Academy Glintstone Key at the end.
• From the Debate Parlor Grace: Head North-East up the stairs to kill Moongrum, Carian Knight
• Defeat Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
• Grab the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Grace
• From the Lake-Facing Cliffs Grace: Go South-West into the Church of Irith and talk with Thops to give him the second Academy Glintstone Key and recieve the Erudition Emote.
• Reload the area and kill the scarab for Ash of War: Thop's Barrier
• From the Schoolhouse Classroom Grace: Go outside and around the corner to grab Thop's Barrier
• From the Ravine-Veiled Village Grace: Climb the ladder nearby and proceed through the Ruin-Strewn Precipice as desired to grab the Ruin-Strewn Precipice Overlook Grace.
• Summon Great Horned Tragoth to receive the Casual Greeting Emote.
• Kill Magma Wyrm Makar
• Grab the Magma Wyrm Makar Grace
• Go up the lift at the back of the boss room to grab the Abandoned Coffin Grace
• Return to the Roundtable Hold
• Kill the Invader for Clinging Bone
• Talk to the Finger Reader Enia for a Talisman Pouch
• Talk to Corhyn to get him to progress his questline.
• Talk with Roderika and upgrade the Spirit Ash of your choosing to +4 using the Grave Gloveworts picked up in Deathtouched Catacombs and Black Knife Catacombs.
• After upgrading, talk with Roderika again to get the Curtsy Emote.
• Talk with Rogier again and he should mention going to sleep.
• Reload and talk with the sleeping Rogier. Repeat this 3 times for the Spellblade Armor Set.
• Talk with Fia and cuddle her, then cuddle her again and exhaust her dialogue to receive the Weathered Dagger.
• Talk with D to show him the Deathroot and accept his proposal then show him the Weathered Dagger.
• Reload and go into the locked room behind Blacksmith Hewg to talk with Fia and get the Twinned Armor Set.

Caelid

• From the Third Church of Marika Grace: Go North-East and use the portal to grab the Bestial Sanctum Grace behind the doors.
• Go South-East to grab the Farum Greatbridge Grace
• Run across the bridge and hug the southern cliff going South-West to use the Spirit Jump behind the Minor Erdtree and grab the Fort Faroth Grace
• Go West and use the Spirit Jump over the edge of the southern cliff to get down then head South to grab the Church of the Plague Grace
• Head West and fall down the cliff safely. There is a large spot where it's easily doable.
• Go North-West to grab the Sellia Under-Stair Grace
• Head South-West to grab the Inner Aeonia Grace
• Kill Commander O'Neil to the South for the Golden Needle
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Head West and fall down the cliff safely again.
• Talk to Gowry in the shack to give him the Golden Needle.
• Reload and talk to him again to receive the Golden Needle.
• From the Church of the Plague Grace: Talk to Millicent to give her the Golden Needle
• Reload and talk to her again to receive Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom
• Reload then head West to fall down the cliff safely again.
• Talk with Millicent in the shack.
• Reload and talk with Gowry in the shack.
• Follow the road South to grab the Southern Aeonia Swamp Grace.
• Go South-West and then South-East to grab the Impassable Greatbridge Grace
• Use the portal to grab the Chamber Outside the Plaza Grace
• Go North to talk with Finger Maiden Thorelina for the Polite Bow Emote
• Go up the stairs to talk with Jerren for the Heartening Cry Emote
• Continue North and use the elevator at the back to reach the portal to Radahn.
• Kill Starscourge Radahn
• Grab the Starscourge Radahn Grace
• Talk with Blaidd to exhaust his dialogue
• Talk with Alexander to exhaust his dialogue

Altus Plateau/Mt Gelmir

• From the Abandoned Coffin Grace: Head North-East to grab the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace
• Talk with Rya just to the South to teleport to Volcano Manor
• Grab the Volcano Manor Grace
• Talk with Tanith nearby to receive Drawing-Room Key
• Open the doors and grab the Letter from Volcano Manor from the table
• Talk with Rya and exhaust her dialogue.
• Talk with Recusant Bernahl and exhaust his dialogue.
• From the Warmaster's Shack Grace: Go North and invade Old Knight Istvan for the Scaled Armour Set
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk to Tanith to receive Magma Shot
• Grab the second Letter from Volcano Manor from the table
• Talk with Rya and exhaust her dialogue.
• Talk with Bernahl and he will begin selling new Ashes of War.
• Talk with Patches in the hallway near the grace then talk to him again to receive the Letter to Patches
• From the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace: Head East across the battlefield to grab the Altus Highway Junction Grace.
• Go East and then North into the hole in the cliff to grab the Amber Starlight Shard
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Follow the road North to grab the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Grace.
• Use the portal and head South to talk with Goldmask
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Go North again and talk with Brother Corhyn to tell him about Goldmask
• Go North-West down the cliff to Second Church of Marika
• Talk with Yura to get Nagakiba
• Kill the Invader for Eleonora's Poleblade and the Purifying Crystal Tear
• Continue North and use the Spirit Jump to get to the top of the cliff.
• Head West across the bridge to grab the Bridge of Iniquity Grace
• Go East across the bridge again and follow the road to the Writheblood Ruins.
• Invade Magnus the Beast Claw in the easternmost ruin for the Great Stars.
• From the Bridge of Iniquity Grace: Cross the bridge East and use the Spirit Jumps to get back down to the bottom.
• Head North-West to invade Rileigh the Idle for Crepus's Vial
• Continue North and jump onto the West wall of the Shaded Castle.
• Continue through the Shaded Castle as desired to grab the Shaded Castle Inner Gate Grace
• Jump onto the wall South of the grace and use it to jump onto the pathway to the West
• Head North up the path and open the chest to grab Valkyrie's Prosthesis.
• From the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Grace: Go North to talk with Millicent and give her the Valkyrie's Prosthesis
• Continue North up the slope then West to kill the Tibia Mariner for another Deathroot.
• Head North-West into the ravine to grab the Seethewater River Grace
• Follow the path looping around to grab the Seethewater Terminus Grace.
• Head South-West to kill the Magma Wyrm
• Talk with Alexander who is in the lava near the Magma Wyrm to receive the Jar helmet. You can use the solid magma rock on the edge of the cliff to avoid damage while talking with him.
• Continue South and East to grab the Craftsman's Shack Grace
• Head North-East to grab the Primeval Sorcerer Azur Grace.
• Talk with Primeval Sorcerer Azur for Comet Azur
• Head North-East across the rock bridge and into the building to grab Gelmir Hero's Grave Grace
• Kill the boss Red Wolf of the Champion to grab another Deathroot from the chest.
• From the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Grace: Use the portal and go South again to talk with Goldmask and Brother Corhyn again.
• Follow the road North then South-East to grab the Windmill Village Grace
• Head North-East through the village to kill the Godskin Apostle
• Grab the Windmill Heights Grace and rest at it
• Talk with Millicent nearby and exhaust her dialogue.
• From the Altus Highway Junction Grace: Head up the stairs to the East and through the doors to grab the Outer Wall Phantom Tree Grace.
• Head South-East into the church to grab the Minor Erdtree Church Grace.
• Talk with Melina at the Minor Erdtree Church Grace for the Outer Order Emote.
• From the Outer Wall Phantom Tree Grace: Head up the stairs North-East and follow the road North for the Outer Wall Battleground Grace
• Find the Servant standing on the road just South of the grace and defeat the enemy that spawns from it for the Viridian Amber Medallion +1.
• From the Magma Wyrm Makar Grace: Invade Great Horned Tragoth for the Bull Goat Armour Set
• From the Volcano Manor Grace: Talk with Tanith to receive the Serpentbone Blade
• Talk with Patches to report your success
• Grab the Red Letter from the table
• Talk with Recusant Bernahl for the Letter to Bernahl
• Talk to Rya in the other room.
• Use the secret passage in the third room to grab the Prison Town Church Grace.
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab pull the lever and raise the shortcut bridge next to the Prison Town Church Grace.
• From the Prison Town Church Grace: Cross the bridge and kill the Godskin Noble
• Grab the Temple of Eiglay Grace
• Grab the Serpent's Amnion from nearby

Underground

• From the Fort Haight West Grace: Head North-West to the crater and descend inside of it.
• Proceed as desired until you reach the Nokron, Eternal City Grace.
• Continue proceeding as desired to the boss room.
• Kill the boss to learn more about yourself and grab the Grace.
• Head North-East along the bridge until you hit the forest.
• Follow the cliff leading North-West to grab the Ancestral Woods Grace.
• Jump down onto the roofs to the South-West and proceed as desired through the area until you grab the Night's Sacred Ground Grace
• Head North-East past the Mimic's and up the stairs to open the chest and grab the Fingerslayer Blade and Great Ghost Glovewort.
• Use the portal nearby then head far North-East until you reach the cliff's edge near the jellyfish.
• Head North along the cliff to jump down and grab the Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs Grace.
• Go East and make your way down to progress through the area as desired until you reach the boss room.
• Talk with the NPC curled up outside the boss room to give him the Twinned Armor Set and receive the Inner Order Emote.
• Kill the Boss Duo to grab the Great Waterfall Basin Grace.
• Use the coffin just North-West of the grace and grab the Great Waterfall Crest Grace.
• Head West across the branches then further West to grab the Deeproot Depths Grace.
• Follow the cliff North and then West to grab the Nameless Eternal City Grace.
• Go East and onto the rooftop to make your way up the branches and grab the Across the Roots Grace on cliff near the top.
• Enter the area North and kill Fia's Champions to get Fia's Mist.
• Grab the Prince of Death's Throne Grace

Leyndell

• From the Prince of Death's Throne Grace: Use the nearby portal to enter Leyndell Capital.
• Head South to grab the East Capital Rampart Grace.
• Proceed through the area as desired to grab the Avenue Balcony Grace(the fastest way is by going West across the rooftops)
• Continue proceeding through the area as desired until you reach the West Capital Rampart Grace.(the fastest way is by going straight North-West and climbing up the wing.)
• Follow the path South and then go down the branch to the West.
• Jump onto the roof and enter the building to find a familiar area.
• Proceed through this area as desired, but just make sure you grab the Seedbed Curse from the North most room on the top floor.
• Once you get to the bottom floor, Invade Vargram the Raging Wolf and Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm to receive the Raging Wolf Armor Set.
• From the West Capital Rampart Grace: Follow the path South and then go up the branch to the East to the boss room.
• Kill the Golden Shade boss and grab the Erdtree Sanctuary Grace.
• Head East and up the branch, into the building and then out of the building.
• Once you get out of the building, go West to jump down onto the rooftop and enter the window.
• Climb onto the branch and grab the Golden Order Principia from the floating chair.
• Head North out of the building again and grab the Queen's Bedchamber Grace.
• Kill Morgott, the Grace-Given
• Interact with the thorns, grab the Elden Throne Grace and rest at it.

This is the end of the First Half of the guide but I will be posting the Second Half immediately. I hope everyone enjoyed the guide and hope you'll stick around for more or check out my other Guides. We also have a Website, Youtube and Discord so be sure to check them out!

Second Half

Folks, if y’all have a loved one that’s incarcerated and had a bench warrant to head to Harris county from prison or from another county, please be aware that Harris county is not accounting jail time credit correctly. There have been two inmates I have identified where one inmate was incarcerated since 2021 and he was only given 26 days jail time credit and another that was incarcerated since 2022 and was only given 11 days jail time credit. There was no back time added from the time put in at TDCJ and another county where both of the prisoners were incarcerated at prior to being sentenced at Harris county. This is a serious issue because what happened on both is their time got stacked when it was supposed to run CC. So, out of courtesy, please inform your incarcerated loved ones to review the jail time credit before signing if prior time has been put in. This has put me through two weeks of hell to get corrected for my fiancé. It got it fixed but this is an error that should not be taken lightly. We are talking about someone’s life and doing dead time is not what we want.
We informed our attorney and they said that’s just for Harris county and they don’t have information on other counties. That’s a crock of shit. Check all the judgements from each county and for any inmates at TDCJ, request they mail you their booking sheet and review the data and then request for a letter of correction on the judgement to get their back time credit applied. It’s sad that we had to be on our toes for this stuff in order for people to do their job correctly.

(I am SO sorry for the needed lengthy) Back Story & Context Leading To My Decision:
I (33F) have 1 sister, “Sam” (38F). Although we share the same parents, our childhood & the way we were treated was incredibly different. Mainly because Sam had always been favored & treated far better than me. A fact that Sam refuses to acknowledge to this day.
Before & after my parents got married, it was agreed upon that they would not have children, until one day my mother “Susan” (66F) came up with the bright idea that if she gave her parents (“Norma & Gene”) a grand-baby they would finally love her. She went off the pill without telling my father, got pregnant, then had Sam. To no one’s surprise, Susan hated being a mom. So she would ship Sam across the country to Norma & Gene’s constantly, so much so, they saw her as THEIR child. And they showered her with love that Susan never even got a taste of. This led to Susan being aggressively jealous & resentful of her child.
Years later, my dad was tricked again into having me to “save their marriage.” They divorced when I was 3. All Sam ever knew from Susan was neglect, emotional & mental abuse from Susan, which only became worse when she could use “favoring” me as another way to hurt Sam. This was NOT a secret in my family, resulting in maltreatment towards me (either subconsciously or intentionally).
Abuse toward Sam turned physical. My father was given full custody of her when I was 8, and I was left with Susan for the next 2 years until she decided she wanted to move to San Francisco because she “deserved” a more glamorous life. I do not remember the years living with Susan, but recently one of my closest friends (of 25 years) said to me I practically lived at her house & she barely interacted with Susan throughout the entirety of our friendship.
To make up for Susan being an awful parent, Norma & Gene would dote on Sam & shell out a lot of $$$ to give her a very nice life which includes but not limited to; taking her on luxury trips around the world (I was only invited on 1 in the times we lived together), Norma would write her lengthy letters to continue growing their bond, has had so much money spent on her such as down payment on her first house & paid for extravagant events such as majority of the bill for her $50,000 wedding @ 21yo, the rest my father paid for. The only time she worked before graduating with her degree was part time ONE semester in college then quit because it was “so tiring” to work & study. Want to guess who paid her bills & gave her an allowance the rest of the time? Compare this to me when I barley received a kind word. They offered me money ONCE in my early 20’s to pay off my credit card & medical debt I accrued in college as I had to pay all my own bills while working full time (I have been working since I was 15) and going to school full time. I am the only one in the family who worked in college, yet I am still the only one to graduate with honors. I accepted with the condition it would come out of my “inheritance.” I have never asked or been offered money since. I have paid for ALL my own bills since I left home @ 18 years old.
Despite the obvious disparities and constant hurt they put me through, I was an active member of the family who mainly kept her mouth shut. I attended family events unless I could not afford to go, I sent holiday gifts, called between 1-2x per month for an 1 hour+ phone call in which I most often bit my tongue unless it was to defend Sam as Norma & Susan did not agree with her parenting.
Something to note, in May 2021 my father had an accident that would lead to his passing in December 2021. The disagreements & Sam’s nastiness toward me after the accident and then his death further strained our relationship.
Fast forward to March 2023. An explosive incident at Susan’s home. Susan started berating Sam for not allowing Susan to take my oldest nephew cross country for a week. When Sam confronted her on the abuse she endured growing up, and will not subject her kids to that, Susan lost it. Not only did Susan say that Sam made that up (I have the court documents in my possession) she screamed at Sam until she began sobbing in ear shot of her 3 young kids, husband, and my step father. I stood up for Sam as always, which resulted in Susan screaming in my face “I don’t want a relationship with you” with Sam as a witness. I cut ties with Susan in that very moment, then made the family aware of my decision, and everyone, including Norma agreed to respect my decision which she later went back on.
By August 2023, my physical health that had been on a rapid decline since 2019 including 18 out of 23 (78%) of my spinal discs deteriorating without a known cause had become unbearable to manage + time I had to take off because of migraines & doctor’s appointments, I had to quit my corporate desk job. I had enough money saved to tide me over for some time, but as any US adult in their 20’s & 30’s know, it’s been rough the past few years, add in physical disabilities & limited mobility + regular migraines, I was running low on money & needed help. So at the end of December, at the encouragement & insistence of my aunt “Elizabeth” (61F & Susan’s sister) who I had become quite close with over the past few years, I went to Norma & Gene to ask for a LOAN. They had donated $25,000 to Sam’s place of worship on her behalf a few months prior, offered to buy Sam & her husband a house the year prior, paid for Elizabeth’s bills & expensive lifestyle for the last year when she was soul searching on what line of work she wanted to do next, this was after putting a down payment on Elizabeth’s new $470,000 condo + $70,000 of renovations it needed, not to mention the literal hundreds of thousands of dollars that they have given Susan over the years just to pay off her credit card debt (none of which is coming out of their inheritance might I add) she assured me they would absolutely loan their granddaughter with serious health issues money. Elizabeth would talk to them personally about it, just to seal the deal while Sam would help me find cheaper alternatives to my current necessities such as Medicaid.
I make the request, and to my surprise they are more than happy to help me with a loan. But one week later & their phone calls with Susan, they say by email they “love me but cannot continue to financially support my poor decisions.” I call Elizabeth who says, it was not in her best interest to talk to them about helping me as I am “worthless to this family and society while being disabled.” Then adds that she will not let her “mental health deteriorate just to emotionally support me.” I then immediately reach out to Sam who does not even have the guts to talk by phone only text, and says she called Susan to explain my circumstance but “wasn’t going to argue or pick a fight” to help me and that she is sorry that that she “can't show up for me the way I want her to because she needs to maintain her own mental health, relationships and boundaries.” She also threw in that I have “made up this narrative in my head” that they treat her & I different, that she is treated better. This is literally in the same conversation where I already listed how she was treated better.
That day I fully cut contact with Norma, Gene, and Elizabeth. I told them they will not be hearing from me again, and I will not be attending theirs or Susan’s funeral. And I stopped speaking with Sam for the time being. Ironically, what led us to speaking was last month (April 2024) I had begun working on an article about going No Contact with family members. I asked if I could discuss her childhood abuse in a few sentences as part of the article. She agreed and offered to give me quotes. I accepted then interviewed her. From there we began rebuilding our relationship.
Then Wednesday, May 8, Norma passes. I do not attend the funeral that happened on Friday, May 10. My two cousins who I have become very close with in the last 6 months understood why, and supported my decision. I made it clear to Sam, who told Susan I would not be attending and I had made it clear in January that when the time came, I would l not be attending their funerals. Which clearly they saw as an empty threat. But even though I did not go, I continually checked in with them & Sam to ensure they were okay. Not once from Wednesday to yesterday (Tuesday) did Sam reply to a single message. As I was concerned about this, I reached out yesterday morning. She replied in the afternoon. I was incredibly hurt by her very lengthy message. Here are 2 excerpts that led me to full NC.

1. “Your perspective on the situation was clear, you werent coming to be with the family and you arent grieving [Norma’s] death at least in the conventional sense. I had to be the one to answer from most of the family why you werent there, it was incredibly awkward and uncomfortable for me.”
2. “Since late January/Early February things have already been really strained between us. I know that most that comes from my point of view and actions were really hurtful to you. I hate that I hurt you and Its been difficult for me to reconcile that I can't show up for you the way you want me to while also maintaining my own mental health, relationships and boundaries.”

She continually says that she cannot show up for me the way I need without affecting her mental health, jeopardizing her relationship with Susan, Gene or Norma, crossing boundaries (boundaries she never clarified or explicitly said to me ONCE) and I am not someone that would ever want to hinder someone else’s life by my presence or cause inner turmoil by associating with me. I let her know this and said I will stop trying to cultivate a relationship and I will step away for good. I said it as kind as possible, taking an hour to craft a message that can only be seen as kind. I told her if she responds I will not be reading it.
I work very hard to stay positive as it’s just me to lean on. When there is something eating at me emotionally, it will drain my energy & have me spiral until it is resolved. I did not want to waste another moment feeling hurt especially when I wasted hours being angry & upset after receiving her text before crafting my reply.
My dad always preached that Sam is “far more sensitive” than me & needs to basically be treated with kid gloves despite her being almost 5 years older (he held this stance until his passing). He would have surely wanted me to apply that rule to this situation by waiting a few weeks to cut ties once she had time to process her grief. As Norma was the closest person to a loving mother Sam consistently had, I cannot help but compare it with my experience of losing my dad. If someone who always supported me esp. with any family issues, cut contact the same week he passed, it would have added a whole other layer of devastation & loneliness to an already difficult time
So, I am torn on whether it was right of me to put myself first or if I should have done what I am known & expected to do which is making Sam’s feelings the priority over mine.
ADDITIONAL ADVICE REQUESTS: 1. If anyone else has gone through a similar situation or has no immediate family, how do you handle it when having to discuss it with others? Such as explaining it to a new S/O’s, or the least complicated version to their family members or my friends who do not know the full back story but will eventually pick up on me not mentioning my sister or my nephews & niece. 2. If anyone is not able bodied or is limited to working options due to health, what you do for your full or extra income (outside of any government assistance)?
TY to all who comment &/or upvote!☺️

I don't feel comfortable around my mom and brother, and I felt much better at college with my friends, teachers, and mentors from a mental standpoint. Began to realize that even if my family ISN'T abusive, the way I was raised was still the reason why I fell into certain harmful behaviors and thought patterns.
I've only got about $470 in my checking and savings accounts combined (kept needing to lend family money last school year and they either wouldn't or couldn't pay me back). I will be able to stay on campus throughout the whole year, with the only possible exceptions being winter and summer breaks if my requests don't get approved.
My meal plan will cover any food, any places I might need to go to are well within walking distance, I will be taking my TV and fridge with me when I move this summer, I have my social security card with me, and containers of medicine with me, too. I can work with my school's Office of Student Involvement all year, and I get paid $10 an hour.
In terms of financial aid for next year, I will not get my award letter until mid-July. Last year my family had to pay about $2500, and since my father (the one whom I felt most comfortable with and the one whose information I used for financial aid) is dead, that will slightly alter my award now. I still need to apply for more scholarships and get additional funding. Currently, I am doing summer research on campus from June to the end of July.
The other problem is paying for all my other finances, as well as what my plan is once I graduate in two years. I am studying to be a Computer Engineer. I've seen lots of starting salaries ranging from $60,000 to $90,000, but I have a feeling that sounds too good to be true for most people and need to check if that's not the case.
I also need a plan if
A) I don't win my school's senior housing lottery and have to become a commuter
B) I decide to the 5-five year program and need to find a place to stay as soon as my 4th year is over
C) I get a summer internship next summer that isn't close to the school.
I only know how to cook eggs for myself right now, and I need to learn more recipes. My debit card also expires April of next year.
What are other things I need to consider? Does it look like I have any chance of surviving on my own with these conditions?
TLDR: Need advice, don't feel comfortable home, need a plan to survive if I only have $470 overall

Hi All,
I am applying for Canadian PR via Family sponsorship and I do have a active Canadian Visa .I got my biometrics done last year.From reading comments and online it seemed like I needed to give biometrics.
However my biometrics letter read this Note: You only need to pay biometric fees at this time. When your application is processed, you will receive further instructions on when and how to give your biometrics. For more information on biometrics, please visit the IRCC website at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/biometrics/facts.html
Hence I had not given biometrics.I did pay fees within 30 days as required.On Gckey portal my biometrics section also shows

• We do not need your fingerprints. We will send you a message if this changes.

I am stressed because I recieved the letter in 4/29 and the earliest appointment is not until mid June in my area.I also do not have an IRCC number this time(Where do I find it)?I would need that to make my appointment.Has something similar happened to anyone?My questions are
1) How can I contact IRCC from USA in phone?
2) By how many days are we supposed to send the biometrics?
3) How do we request extention?
4) By reading above information,should I have given biometrics already or they would request and send me email to schedule?
Thanks a lot!