The Elden Ring Blaidd questline is a confusing one as it's both easy to miss certain steps and intertwines with at least two other personal quests. It's worth it though, as you can get both Blaidd's armor, considered one of the best sets in all of Elden Ring, as well as the Royal Greatsword that he carries around. To help you out, I've explained every quest step and key location you need to visit in this full walkthrough for Blaidd's questline in Elden Ring, and have explained the narrative significance of it all as it can be a little hard to follow.
Watch out for spoilers ahead for Elden Ring questlines that relate to Blaidd and Ranni.
Full Blaidd quest walkthrough for Elden Ring
Use the map and numbered locations below in order to complete Blaidd's questline in Elden Ring.
- Blaidd is located first in the Mistwood Ruins, howling from on top of a higher point. Head there, then talk to the Merchant Kalé at the Church of Elleh (near the Tree Sentinel) about this and he'll teach you the Finger Snap gesture. Head back to the ruins and look up at the tallest point for Blaidd, then Finger Snap to get him to jump down and talk.
- Head to the Forlorn Hound Evergaol, the extra-dimensional prison in South Limgrave. Blaidd will be there as a summon - use him to beat the Bloodhound Knight Darriwil boss (you get the Bloodhound's Fang sword from this fight which is one of the best early-game Elden Ring weapons) inside, then talk to him again at the Evergaol entrance. He'll give you a Somber Smithing Stone (2) and direct you to Liurnia.
- Talk to Ranni in Ranni's Rise, the tower accessed by going through Caria Manor to the Three Sisters garden. She'll explain that Blaidd is one of three servants who works for her, and he's even present in spectral form after speaking with her.
- Head to the Siofra River by taking the Siofra River Well in West Mistwood, then hug the right cliff edge past the Hallowhorn Grounds until you see a Torrent Spirit Super Jump Tornado Updraft thing (technically called Spirit Springs, but nobody actually remembers that). If Blaidd is here, he'll be standing on the cliffside very close to that. Talk to him to hear his suspicions about Seluvis, and he'll ask you to talk to Sorceress Sellen.
- Begin the Elden Ring Sorceress Sellen questline by finding Sellen under the Waypoint Ruins, east of Agheel. You need to beat a minor boss called Mad Pumpkin Head to reach her (if you haven't already). Talk to her and she'll namedrop a character named Radahn. Head back to the Siofra River to relay this information to Blaidd, and he'll suggest a team-up against Radahn himself.
- Now head to Castle Redmane in Southeast Caelid and slay the demigod boss Starscourge Radahn. You'll have to fight through the whole castle to get there, and Radahn himself is one of the game's tougher fights - if you're having trouble with it, you can find out how to beat Radahn in Elden Ring here. Blaidd will be in the arena itself as a summon. Once you're done with the fight, head to the highest point of Radahn's arena and talk to him about the mysterious falling star.
- Head back once more to the Forlorn Hound Evergaol and try to enter it - Blaidd has been locked inside! Free him and talk to him, but after this point, Blaidd's questline basically becomes Ranni's questline, which is a whole thing that'll take you across all of the Lands Between - but don't worry, we've got a guide on the Elden Ring Ranni questline and secret ending for you to check out here.
- Head back to Ranni's Rise after completing Ranni's questline (or just outside it) to see Blaidd again - only this time, he's aggressive and out to kill you. There's no way to pacify him - fight him, put him out of his misery and end his questline for good.
As laid out above, Blaidd is in different locations depending on how far you are along his questline - as you complete his goals in one area, he'll move to another. Problem is that some of these goals are tied to story or boss progression, so players might accidentally trigger his quest and have him move unexpectedly without ever talking to him. Fortunately we've laid out every place he can get to in the order he heads to them, as well as his quest objectives below.
Small point, but make sure to exhaust his dialogue when speaking to him. This should be the case with all characters, but it applies here too - when talking to Blaidd or anyone, keep pressing "talk" until his dialogue starts repeating. When he starts saying the same thing over and over, then you can move on.
How to get Blaidd's armor set, wolf mask and Royal Greatsword
Once you kill Blaidd in the Three Sisters, he'll drop his Royal Greatsword, a powerful Colossal Sword that scales to Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity, as well as his armor. Blaidd's armor set is heavy but protective, and one of the best Elden Ring armor sets for those who build their characters a little tankier (not to mention it looks pretty cool).
The only piece missing is the Wolf Mask, which is found at Seluvis' Rise tower just South of Ranni's Rise. When approaching the entrance, jump onto the left wall and climb up to find the mask on a corpse.
For a further reward, players can go to Iji the Blacksmith at any point after Step 2 of the questline. He'll have added the Carian Filigreed Crest to his inventory for you to buy, a Talisman that reduces the FP cost of Ash of War arts by 25% (not a bad addition).
Blaidd lore and storyline explained
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A quick summary of what's actually happening in the story, at least as far as I understand it: Blaidd the Half-Wolf is the loyal Shadow of the powerful witch and god-like Empyrean Ranni and was created to serve her and is divinely bound to her. But he is only supposed to be her servant to uphold the divine order. Cosmically speaking, Ranni is supposed to be obeying the Greater Will, and Blaidd is supposed to aid her in that role. But Ranni has gone rogue, and that's complicating matters.
At the beginning of the quest, Blaidd's out to kill a traitor named Darriwil, which appears to be a smaller pet project that doesn't really matter in a larger sense. However, his long-term goal is also generally helping Ranni pursue her own goal of subverting the laws of the world and claiming power for herself, rather than ensuring the supremacy of the Greater Will. Neither of them are supposed to be doing that, but he's happy to help Ranni in her personal mission, caring about her as a friend.
Th problem is, Ranni's rebellion is breaking her cosmic purpose, and this battle against the Greater Will is going to end up driving Blaidd insane - he's not meant to defy nature in this way as he's going against the Greater Will by assisting Ranni.
So when you complete Ranni's questline, Blaidd no longer has a divine purpose, and he goes insane, something he's known all along has been a risk yet has desperately convinced himself won't happen. That's why you find him trapped in Darriwil's Evergaol near the end - his friend and Ranni's co-conspirator Iji put him in there because he saw what was coming and thought it'd be safer for everybody to stick the crazed Half-Wolf where he couldn't hurt anybody.
Unfortunately there's no possible happy ending for Blaidd, at least if you're set on completing Ranni's quest. He either spends eternity insane in the Evergaol, or is put down by the player in combat. Either way, that's one sad doggo.
Want more quest walkthroughs to see all the stories of the Lands Between? Check out how to crack the Elden Ring Nepheli Loux questline here, or mask up for the Elden Ring Varre questline here!
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