How do you full Hornsent’s quest in Elden Ring? There’s quite a lot of new NPCs within the Land of Shadow, and each single certainly one of them is as mysterious as they’re esoteric. Finishing their quests takes quite a lot of guesswork, and that is additionally true of Hornsent (or “the hornsent” as another NPCs confer with him as). Fortunately, we’ve gone forward and compiled all there’s to learn about his quest for revenge.
The opposite main sidequest in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree includes Needle Knight Lena with a branching path in Hornsent’s quest, so you should definitely take a peek on the Leda quest information. In any other case, you’re going to wish to learn the Golden Hippopotamus boss information and the Messmer the Impaler boss information, as Hornsent can help with each when you play your playing cards proper.
The place to search out Elden Ring Hornsent
Hornsent is present in a handful of areas all through the Land of Shadow, the world solely set inside the DLC. You’ll meet Hornsent pretty early on and he’ll make an look earlier than the ultimate boss – when you didn’t kill him, that’s. Listed below are his areas:
- Three-Path Cross Web site of Grace. This Web site of Grace, instantly north of the primary Gravesite Plain one, is the place you’ll first discover Hornsent.
- Highroad Cross Web site of Grace. This Grace is north of Citadel Ensis.
- Shadow Preserve Essential Gate Web site of Grace. You’ll be able to summon Hornsent to help you towards the Golden Hippopotamus after you enter the Shadow Preserve’s primary entrance.
- Shadow Preserve. In the event you’ve progressed each his and Leda’s quest, you will discover a summon signal close to a set of stairs main right down to the Essential Gate Plaza Web site of Grace.
- Shadow Preserve. In the event you sided with him over Leda, you will discover a summon check in Messmer the Impaler’s boss room.
- Messmer’s Darkish Chamber Web site of Grace. After defeating Messmer the Impaler, you will discover him standing earlier than Messmer’s throne.
- Church of the Bud. Hornsent will invade you earlier than the Romina, Saint of the Bud boss struggle.
- In the event you miss the invasion, Hornsent will invade you in Etir-llim on the finish of the sport.
Tips on how to full Elden Ring Hornset’s quest
You’ll first meet Hornsent on the Three-Path Cross Web site of Grace, close to an enormous stone archway and certainly one of Miquella’s glowing crosses. Redmane Freyja can also be close by. Hornsent offers you a Cross Map, which reveals the situation of identified Miquella crosses within the Gravesite Plains space; nevertheless, discovering all of them isn’t essential to advance his quest.
When you clear Citadel Ensis, which is throughout the massive bridge northeast of Three-Path Cross (or skip it solely by going via the Fort of Reprimand to the east of it), Hornsent will transfer to the Highroad Cross Web site of Grace. Communicate to him right here to obtain the New Cross Map, which can reveal the situation of three extra of Miquella’s crosses.
Method the Shadow Preserve instantly north of the Highroad Cross Web site of Grace. You’ll hear a shattering sound and the message “Someplace, a terrific rune has damaged…” will seem. Return to the Highroad Cross Web site of Grace and converse to each Hornsent and Leda. Leda will vow to destroy those that stand towards Miquella, and her first goal is Hornsent, no matter what you select when she asks you who you may suspect.
Proceed via the principle entrance to the Shadow Preserve, which is previous the massive Furnace Golem within the distance. There’s one other option to enter the Shadow Preserve from going via Bonny Village within the east; nevertheless, this route mirrors Hornsent’s quest extra carefully. On the Essential Gate Web site of Grace, you will discover each Redmane’s and Hornsent’s summon indicators on both facet of the large door to the boss room for the Golden Hippopotamus. It doesn’t matter when you select him.
Defeat the hippo and head east from the boss room, winding your method up till you attain an space with boat-like buildings with small Vulgar Militia enemies guarding them. Close to stairs main right down to a shortcut to the Essential Gate Web site of Grace, you’ll discover two summon indicators: one to assist Leda and one to assist Hornsent. See the picture beneath for the precise location:
In the event you select to assist Leda, the next happens:
- You’ll kill Hornsent and finish his questline, incomes his objects:
- Falx curved sword
- Caterpillar Masks
- Braided Wire Gown
- Braided Arm Wraps
- Dirty Loincloth
- Leda offers you the Lacerating Crossed-Tree talisman on the Highroad Cross Web site of Grace. It enhances sprint assaults.
In the event you select to assist Hornsent, the next happens:
- Leda will disappear till close to the tip of the DLC.
- Hornsent will reward you Ash of Warfare: Swift Slash
- Leda will drop Leda’s Rune.
- Hornsent turns into summonable within the Messmer the Impaler boss struggle.
- You will be unable to assist Leda kill Ansbach.
Do word that when you facet with Hornsent, you may get hold of Leda’s Armor and Leda’s Sword later. You too can get hold of his armor and sword as he’ll invade you as properly. Nevertheless, you can’t get the Lacerating Crossed-Tree Talisman and the Retaliatory Crossed-Tree talisman. You’ll not get the Ash of Warfare: Swift Slash when you facet with Leda.
In the event you assist Hornsent, he’ll grow to be accessible to summon for the Messmer the Impaler boss struggle. His Falx swords will help you construct up the bleed standing on this troublesome boss. After that, you gained’t see him once more till you attain the Church of the Bud. Earlier than the Romina, Saint of the Bud boss struggle, Hornsent will invade you. Hornsent isn’t a formidable foe; nevertheless, he can stack bleed on you pretty rapidly if he will get an opportunity so do your finest to keep away from getting hit an excessive amount of. When you defeat him, you’ll achieve his armor, weapon, and his quest will probably be accomplished.
Nevertheless, when you skip combating Messmer and head to the Church of the Bud first, you may keep away from combating Hornsent right here. He’ll as a substitute invade you through the boss struggle towards Needle Knight Leda close to the tip of the sport, making this confrontation tougher.
In our opinion, each Leda and Hornsent aren’t very good folks, however the rewards for preserving him alive are higher than killing him. Whichever you select, you’re sure to wish quite a lot of assist to get via this ultra-difficult DLC. Foremost, it is best to verify all Scadutree Fragment areas to be sure you’re the most effective you may be. And if that’s not sufficient, take a look at the most effective Soulslikes on PC for a bit extra tame various.