Dark Souls III NPC Questlines Checklist

Every Dark Souls III NPC questline step by step, with the missable points and the rewards, so you never lose a quest.

Fire Keeper

Levels you up at Firelink Shrine and, with the right items, cures Hollowing or unlocks an ending.

Talk to her at Firelink Shrine to spend souls on levels.
Give her a Fire Keeper Soul to make her cure Dark Sigils (this angers Yuria if you follow Londor).
Bring her the Eyes of a Fire Keeper from the Untended Graves to unlock The End of Fire ending.

Shrine Handmaid

The shrine merchant. Every set of ashes you hand her adds new goods, and quest outcomes add armor sets.

Buy the Tower Key early to reach the Bell Tower and the shrine roof.
Give her the Mortician's Ashes, then buy the Grave Key for the Undead Settlement sewers.
Hand over all ashes you find (Paladin, Dreamchaser, Grave Warden, Easterner, Xanthous, Prisoner Chief, Dragon Chaser, Captain, Old Woman and more) to grow her stock.
A second Handmaid in the Untended Graves sells extra goods; she never returns if killed.

Blacksmith Andre

Reinforces weapons, infuses them using coals and gems, and upgrades the Estus Flask with shards.

Talk to him for the Hurrah! gesture.
Give him coals (Farron, Sage, Giant, Profaned) to unlock more infusions.
Give him Estus Shards to raise flask charges.
Bring him the Twinkling Dragon Torso Stone to receive Hawkwood's challenge to a duel.

Ludleth of Courland

A Lord of Cinder sitting on his throne. With the Transposing Kiln he turns boss souls into gear and spells.

Give him the Transposing Kiln from the Curse-rotted Greatwood to unlock soul transposition.
Trade boss souls for weapons, rings and spells; the Soul of Rosaria gives Bountiful Sunlight.
After you reach the Kiln, the Skull Ring lies on his throne.

Hawkwood

A Farron deserter who sulks in the shrine and later hunts dragon stones.

Talk to him in Firelink Shrine for the Collapse gesture.
Speak to him after bosses; he sometimes hands out small gifts such as a Heavy Gem.
After the Abyss Watchers (with the Greatwood, Sage and Deacons dead) he gives you the Farron Ring.
Reload: he leaves and Hawkwood's Shield lies by a grave outside the shrine.
Summon him for Oceiros and at the foot of the Great Belfry stairs on Archdragon Peak.
Take the Twinkling Dragon Torso Stone from the top altar of Archdragon Peak.
Andre then passes on his challenge. Beat him at the Abyss Watchers bonfire for the Twinkling Dragon Head Stone.

Ringfinger Leonhard

An invader who arrives at the shrine and ends up hunting Rosaria.

After lighting the Tower on the Wall bonfire, he gives you Cracked Red Eye Orb x5 at the shrine.
Get a Pale Tongue (Undead Settlement hanging body or invasions); he returns with the Lift Chamber Key.
Open the room below the Tower on the Wall bonfire and kill the Darkwraith for a Red Eye Orb; tell him for the Applause gesture.
Join Rosaria's Fingers but wait until Sirris' quest is finished before offering Rosaria a Pale Tongue.
Offer a Pale Tongue, talk to Leonhard in Rosaria's chamber, then reload: Rosaria is dead and holds the Black Eye Orb.
After Aldrich, ride up from his bonfire and use the Black Eye Orb to invade Leonhard.
Kill him for the Soul of Rosaria, Crescent Moon Sword and Silver Mask; Leonhard's Set goes on sale.

Greirat of the Undead Settlement

A thief locked in the High Wall who becomes a shop and goes on risky looting runs.

Free him with the Cell Key below the Tower on the Wall bonfire and accept his request for the Blue Tearstone Ring.
Bring him Loretta's Bone from the Undead Settlement so he lets you keep the ring.
Reload and talk for the Curl Up gesture, then reload again and send him to pillage the Undead Settlement.
After you reach Irithyll he asks to go again. Only send him if Siegward is in the Irithyll sewer or Patches still sells the Catarina Set, or he dies.
Plan that trip before Pontiff; he returns after the next boss with more stock.
After the Dancer he asks to raid Lothric Castle. He always dies on this trip.
Find Greirat's Ashes on a Grand Archives rooftop and give them to the Shrine Handmaid.

Yoel of Londor

A frail pilgrim who offers free levels in exchange for the Dark Sigil. Required for the Usurpation of Fire.

Find him among dead pilgrims below the Foot of the High Wall bonfire and accept his service.
At the shrine talk to him for the Beckon gesture.
Let him Draw Out True Strength five times (at Hollowing 0, 2, 6, 12 and 15) before beating the Abyss Watchers.
Reload Firelink: Yoel dies and Yuria of Londor takes his place. Do not let the Fire Keeper cure your Sigils.

Yuria of Londor

Leader of the Londor Hollows who guides you toward the Lord of Hollows ending.

She appears after Yoel dies. Talk to her for the Dignified Bow gesture and buy the Londor Braille Divine Tome.
She may ask you to kill Orbeck. Bring her Orbeck's Ashes later for the Morion Blade.
Keep Anri alive and leave the hidden pilgrim in the Church of Yorshka alone.
After Pontiff she says your spouse waits in Irithyll; complete the Rite of Avowal with Anri.
With 8 Dark Sigils, summon her for the Soul of Cinder and keep her alive.
Afterwards take the Darkdrift and Black Set from her spot in the shrine.

Irina of Carim

A blind nun who sells miracles from the tomes you bring and can become a Fire Keeper.

Use the Grave Key route in the Undead Settlement to reach her cell. Talk to her for the Prayer gesture and accept her.
Give her the Braille Divine Tome of Carim and Braille Divine Tome of Lothric.
Avoid the Londor and Deep tomes; buying any dark miracle starts her fall. Give those tomes to Karla instead.
Buy all her light miracles (get the Saint's Ring now). After a reload she becomes a Fire Keeper in the tower left of the shrine.
Dark path: she is taken near Iudex Gundyr, Eygon turns hostile, and buying all dark miracles corrupts her for good.

Eygon of Carim

Irina's gruff protector who helps in two boss fights.

Talk to him outside the tower in the Undead Settlement.
Summon him for the Crystal Sage if Irina is safe at the shrine.
After the Abyss Watchers he visits the shrine; exhaust his dialogue.
Summon him for the Dragonslayer Armour.
Afterwards his body lies in Irina's old cell with Morne's Great Hammer and the Moaning Shield; Morne's Set goes on sale.

Cornyx of the Great Swamp

A caged pyromancer who teaches pyromancies at the shrine.

Free him from the cage atop the house near the Cliff Underside bonfire.
Talk to him at the shrine for a Pyromancy Flame (if you lack one) and the Welcome gesture.
Give him the Great Swamp, Carthus and Izalith pyromancy tomes to expand his list.
If Great Swamp Cuculus survives the Old Demon King, his old cage holds the Spotted Whip and Cornyx's Set.

Siegward of Catarina

A jolly onion knight on his way to put an old friend, Yhorm, to rest.

Meet him by the lift in the Undead Settlement tower.
Stop the lift halfway, talk to him, then fight the Fire Demon together.
Talk to him after for a Siegbräu and the Toast gesture, and once he naps, the Sleep gesture.
Buy his Catarina Set from Patches and throw it down to him in the well by the Cleansing Chapel for the Rejoice gesture.
Find him by a fire in the Irithyll sewer for the Emit Force miracle and a Siegbräu.
Free him from his Profaned Capital cell with the Old Cell Key for a Titanite Slab.
He joins the Yhorm fight. Afterwards collect the Storm Ruler, Pierce Shield and Catarina Set in the arena.

Anri of Astora

A warrior hunting Aldrich with Horace; also the bride in the Londor wedding.

Talk to her at Halfway Fortress until she runs out of words.
After the Deacons, talk to her at the shrine.
Talk to her twice in the Catacombs of Carthus.
Kill hollowed Horace at Smouldering Lake before telling her about the lake, or she dies.
At the Church of Yorshka talk to her for the Quiet Resolve gesture and the Ring of the Evil Eye.
Leave the disguised pilgrim alone for the wedding route, or kill him to help her against Aldrich.
Wedding route: take the Sword of Avowal from the pilgrim and perform the Rite of Avowal for 3 Dark Sigils; reload for Anri's Straight Sword.
Aldrich route: join her fight via her sign at the golden doors; Ludleth later gives you Anri's Straight Sword.

Horace the Hushed

Anri's silent companion; he grants the Blue Sentinels covenant.

Talk to him at Halfway Fortress to join the Blue Sentinels.
Summon him for the Deacons of the Deep.
He goes hollow in a Smouldering Lake cave. Kill him for the Llewellyn Shield; the Executioner Set goes on sale.

Sirris of the Sunless Realms

A Darkmoon knight searching for her grandfather. Clashes with Rosaria and Leonhard.

She appears at the shrine after you meet Anri at Halfway Fortress.
Give the Dreamchaser's Ashes to the Handmaid, reload, and talk to her for the Darkmoon Loyalty gesture.
Use her sign on the Central Irithyll bridge and beat Creighton the Wanderer.
Back at the shrine she gives a blessed Mail Breaker and the Silvercat Ring.
After Aldrich use her sign before the Pit of Hollows and help her kill Holy Knight Hodrick.
Collect the Sunset Armor Set at Pit of Hollows and the Sunset Shield on a cliff grave by Firelink.
Accept her vow at the shrine so she can be summoned for the final major bosses.
After the Twin Princes, take the Sunless Talisman from her body at the grave outside the shrine; her set goes on sale.

Orbeck of Vinheim

A Vinheim sorcerer who teaches spells if you have 10 Intelligence and bring him scrolls.

Meet him in the Crucifixion Woods ruins with 10 Intelligence and promise to bring scrolls.
Buy at least three spells and give him a scroll soon, or he leaves.
Buy Aural Decoy, Farron Flashsword, Pestilent Mist and Spook for the Young Dragon Ring, Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring and Silent Ally gesture.
Give him all four scrolls (Golden, Sage's, Logan's, Crystal) and buy every spell; he then departs.
Summon him for the Twin Princes.
After the princes, his body in the Grand Archives holds Orbeck's Ashes. Give them to Yuria for the Morion Blade; the Clandestine Coat goes on sale.

Unbreakable Patches

The trap-loving trickster. Kicks you down, then sells you goods.

He traps you either on the Cathedral of the Deep bridge (posing as Siegward) or in the Firelink Bell Tower.
Reach him and say you know who he is (or refuse his apology at the shrine) for the Prostration gesture and a coin.
Reload after he settles in the shrine for the Patches Squat gesture.
Buy the Catarina Set from him for Siegward; keep it unbought if you want him to rescue Greirat.
In The Ringed City he hides as Lapp; summon him for Halflight after meeting him in the Shared Grave.

Karla

A dark witch jailed in Irithyll Dungeon who teaches dark sorceries, pyromancies and miracles.

Get the Jailer's Key Ring in the Profaned Capital and free her from the cell in the Jailer room.
Give her the Quelana and Grave Warden pyromancy tomes, plus the Deep and Londor miracle tomes.
Killing her later gives Karla's Ashes so the Handmaid can sell her stock.

Holy Knight Hodrick

A mad Mound-maker, Sirris' grandfather.

Embered, he invades near the Dilapidated Bridge bonfire and drops the Vertebra Shackle.
Ride the Cage Carrier before the Greatwood dies and talk to him in the jail to join the Mound-makers.
Defeat him in Sirris' world in the Pit of Hollows; this also gives the covenant if you lack it.

Emma, High Priestess of Lothric Castle

The priestess in the High Wall chapel who opens the way onward.

Talk to her for the Small Lothric Banner, then again for the Way of Blue.
After your third Lord of Cinder she gives you the Basin of Vows, which starts the Dancer fight.

Rosaria, Mother of Rebirth

Leader of Rosaria's Fingers; she also lets you respec and change appearance for Pale Tongues.

Reach her bed chamber and talk to her to join Rosaria's Fingers.
Offering Pale Tongues makes Sirris leave, so finish her quest first.
Leonhard kills her later; her soul can restore her or buy a miracle from Ludleth.

Company Captain Yorshka

The captain of the Blades of the Darkmoon, locked in a tower across an invisible bridge.

Cross the invisible walkway from the Anor Londo bonfire to reach her tower.
Perform the Darkmoon Loyalty gesture to join the Blades of the Darkmoon.

Archdeacon McDonnell

The Aldrich Faithful leader, hidden at the Water Reserve.

Find the hidden ladder in the building past the Irithyll courtyard and kill the two beasts.
Talk to him to join the Aldrich Faithful.

Old Wolf of Farron

The great wolf that leads the Watchdogs of Farron, next to the Old Wolf of Farron bonfire.

Touch the wolf for the Legion Etiquette gesture and the Watchdogs of Farron covenant.

Giant of the Undead Settlement

A giant archer on the settlement tower who becomes an ally if you befriend him.

Climb to the top of the tower and offer him friendship.
Stand near a White Birch tree and he shoots enemies for you.
Loot every White Birch area, then return to his spot for the Hawk Ring.

Pickle-Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow

A crow in a nest on the Firelink roof that swaps one item for another.

Drop a Homeward Bone in the nest for the Call Over gesture and the Iron Bracelets.
Drop other items for more trades; each swap works once per cycle.

Black Hand Gotthard

A summonable Hand of the Lothric Kingdom.

Summon him for the Abyss Watchers or Pontiff for the By My Sword gesture.
After three Lords are dead, his body by the Grand Archives bonfire holds the Grand Archives Key and Gotthard Twinswords.

Londor Pale Shade

An assassin of Londor who either helps or hunts you depending on Yuria.

On good terms with Yuria, summon him for the Abyss Watchers or Pontiff for the Duel Bow gesture.
On bad terms, he invades in Farron Keep and Irithyll; killing him gives the Manikin Claws.
Beat both invasions and the Pale Shade Set appears near Yuria.

Great Swamp Cuculus

Cornyx's pupil, summonable for the Old Demon King.

Summon her in front of the Old Demon King fog.
If she survives, Cornyx's cage in the Undead Settlement holds the Spotted Whip and Cornyx's Set.

Slave Knight Gael

A red-hooded slave knight who brings you into the painting and helps in two DLC fights.

Talk to him by the Cleansing Chapel altar and accept his request to enter the Painted World of Ariandel.
Summon him for Sister Friede and for the Demon Prince.
He becomes the final boss of The Ringed City at Filianore's Rest.

Painting Woman

A young painter in Ariandel Chapel waiting for the pigment to paint a new world.

Find her in the hidden room of Ariandel Chapel after Sister Friede.
Bring her the Blood of the Dark Soul from Slave Knight Gael.

Corvian Settler

A friendly Corvian in a house next to the Corvian Settlement bonfire.

Talk to him in the house by the Corvian Settlement bonfire.
After Sister Friede dies he gives a Titanite Slab.

Lapp

An amnesiac knight in The Ringed City DLC who isn't who he seems.

Climb the tower that falls into the Dreg Heap church and talk to him.
He turns up again by the Earthen Peak Ruins bonfire; chat with him there.
Reload a few times and he brings you the swamp Titanite Slab; if you take it yourself, he gives a Siegbräu.
Talk to him on the balcony by the Ringed Inner Wall bonfire for a Siegbräu.
Find the Purging Monument (walk in Humanity form after using Young White Branches in the swamp).
Tell him about the monument in the room below it.
Meet him in the Shared Grave; he reveals himself and kicks you down. Return to his cell for Lapp's Set.

Shira, Knight of Filianore

Filianore's guardian, who asks you to put Midir to rest.

Talk to her at the door above the Harald Knight stairs; answer Gwyn and accept for the Sacred Chime of Filianore.
Summon her for Darkeater Midir.
After Midir, return to her door for a Titanite Slab.
In Filianore's Rest she attacks you; she drops the Crucifix of the Mad King.
Her room is then open, with Shira's Set inside.

Stone-humped Hag

An old merchant who sits at the ledge outside The Dreg Heap bonfire and enjoys the view of the world ending.

Talk to her by the ledge outside The Dreg Heap bonfire; she sells Embers, blessings, coins and the Splitleaf Greatsword.
Once Filianore is woken she dies, leaving the Old Woman's Ashes for the Shrine Handmaid.