The Location and Armor of Blaidd in Elden Ring
The Elden Ring Blaidd questline is located around Limgrave, Caria Manor, and Caelid, although other quests such as Ranni’s and the Elden Ring Sorceress Sellen questline will take you further afield. As the Half-Wolf Blaidd, you will be rewarded with a Royal Greatsword and Blaidd’s armor set, as well as the Wolf Mask so you can really cosplay as the big bad wolf. In that regard, we have compiled all Blaidd questlines in Elden Ring below, along with a walkthrough, list of rewards, and even Blaidd’s lore and backstory.
There are spoilers ahead for Elden Ring generally, Blaidd’s quest, as well as Ranni. Tarnished, you have been warned!
The Blaidd Questline Locations and Objectives in Elden Ring
It depends on where you are in Blaidd’s questline – as you complete his objectives in one area, he will move to another. Some of these goals are tied to story or boss progression, so players may accidentally trigger his quest and have him move without ever speaking with him. We have listed every location he can reach in the (rough) order in which he will visit them, as well as his quest objectives.
It is a small point, but make sure you exhaust his dialogue when speaking to him. In general, this should be true for all characters, but it also applies here – when talking to Blaidd or anyone else, keep pressing “talk” until his dialogue begins to repeat. You can move on when he begins to say the same thing over and over again.
1. First, Blaidd is located in the Mistwood Ruins, howling from a height. Head there, then go and talk to the Merchant Kalé at the Church of Elleh (next to the Tree Sentinel) about this and he’ll teach you the Finger Snap gesture. Head to the ruins and look up at the tallest point for Blaidd, then Finger Snap to get him to jump down and talk.
2. Head to the Forlorn Hound Evergaol, the extra-dimensional prison in South Limgrave. Blaidd will be there as a summon – use him to beat Bloodhound Knight Darriwil, the boss inside, then talk to him again at the Evergaol entrance afterwards. He’ll give you a Somber Smithing Stone (2) and direct you to Liurnia.
3. Talk to Ranni in Ranni’s Rise, the tower accessed by walking 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.
4. 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. If you talk to him about Seluvis, he will ask you to speak to Sorceress Sellen to learn more about his suspicions.
5. Sellen is under the Waypoint Ruins, east of Agheel, and you’ll 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.
6. 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 toughest fights – if you’re having trouble with it, you can find out how to beat Radahn in the Elden Ring here. Blaidd will be in the arena itself as a summoner. 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.
7. Head toward the Forlorn Hound Everglaol 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 long thing that’ll take you across all of the Lands Between – but don’t worry, we’ve got a page on the Elden Ring Ranni questline and secret ending for you to check out here.
8. 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.
Blaidd Questline Rewards, Wolf Mask, Armor and Sword
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 better sets for those who build their characters to be 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 an ideal addition).
Blaidd Lore and Storyline Explained
A quick summary of what’s actually happening in the story, at least as far as we understand it: Blaidd the Half-Wolf is the servant of the powerful Witch Ranni in a very literal sense, in that he was either created to serve her, or at least divinely bound to her in some way – but is only meant to be her servant to uphold the divine order. Ranni is supposed to be obeying the Greater Will, and Blaidd is supposed to help her – but Ranni has gone rogue, and that’s complicating matters.
To start with Blaidd’s out to kill a traitor named Darriwil. This appears to be a small pet project that doesn’t matter in a larger sense. However, Blaidd is also generally helping Ranni pursue her larger goal of subverting the laws of the world and claiming power for herself, rather than the Greater Will.
Problem is, Ranni’s not supposed to be doing this – she’s literally breaking her cosmic purpose – and her battle against the Greater Will is going to end up driving Blaidd insane. He’s going against the Erdtree and his divine nature by assisting her with her rebellion, so when you complete Ranni’s questline, Blaidd’s mind snaps and he goes insane. Something he’s known had been a possibility but has been convincing himself won’t happen, as he just wants to help Ranni reach her endgame because he cares about her and agrees with her cause, despite knowing the risk to himself. That’s why you find him trapped in Darriwil’s Evergaol – his friend Iji put him in there, because he saw what was coming for Blaidd’s mind and thought it’d be safer for everybody.
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 he is killed by the player in combat. Either way, that’s one sad doggo.
