No respec. No armor changes. No weapon swap. You’re 26 bosses and 7 items from the credits — finish the character you built.
Boss order lives on the Final Push page. This page is how Ripperoni shows up dressed.
⏳ The 7 Items — Mapped to the Arcs
Everything below falls out of the Final Push order. No extra trips.
1 · Alexander → Shard of Alexander Arc I errand Arc VI duel
Before the burn: exhaust his dialogue at the Starscourge Radahn grace (Wailing Dunes), rest, talk again until he moves on. Then Seethewater Terminus (Mt. Gelmir) → west past Fort Laiedd → he’s on a rock in the lava lake → talk from Torrent on the safe rock, exhaust dialogue. (Missing the Fire Giant summon is fine — it doesn’t break the chain.)
In Farum Azula: from Dragon Temple Lift grace, out the archway → cross the collapsed-ruin bridge → LEFT across the fountain plaza → up the stairs, RIGHT → jump the LEFT square-bracket archway (nearest the sleeping dragon) → cross the crumbling tower to the flat arena. Duel him → Shard of Alexander + Alexander’s Innards.
2 · Left Haligtree Medallion DONE ✅
Castle Sol rooftop, in hand. The Rold lift’s hidden path is ready.
3 · Consecrated Snowfield unlock Arc III
Grand Lift of Rold → D-pad left/right to switch to “Hoist Secret Medallion” → brandish. Fog at the bottom: ride straight forward ~20s to the first grace. Don’t explore the storm.
4 · Thorny Cracked Tear Arc III
Putrid Avatar at the Minor Erdtree east of Ordina — a tracked Final Push boss, so the tear is free. Rot variant: bring the Immunizing Horn Charm +1 and boluses. Bleeds well.
5 · White Mask Arc IV
Mohgwyn Palace: drops from the Bloody Finger invaders around the Palace of the Blood Bath (low rate, they respawn). Swap it on the moment it drops — +10% on bleed proc. Bonus: this is the 500k–1M runes/hour farm; push toward L146+ while you’re there.
6 · Rotten Winged Sword Insignia — Millicent finale Arc V
Millicent is at Stage 8 (Ancient Snow Valley meeting done) — everything left is in Elphael:
1. Prayer Room grace → exhaust her dialogue.
2. West of Drainage Channel grace → through the doorway, up the ladder, across the branch into the rot pool → kill the Putrid Tree Spirit there — the summon signs will NOT appear without this fight.
3. Reload → two signs on the NW hill → GOLD sign, help her beat the 4 sisters.
4. Return → loot her body: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia + Unalloyed Gold Needle.
🍑 Anti-fumble: the RED sign kills the quest reward (Millicent’s Prosthesis, no Insignia, no Needle). Gold. Always gold.
7 · Black Knife Tiche +6 → +10 Arc V
Roderika upgrades her. Ghost Gloveworts (not Grave): [7] Snowfield catacombs / Elphael · [8] Elphael, Farum Azula · [9] Elphael · [10] Elphael only — corpse hanging over a cliff edge near a scarlet flower past the Prayer Room. You’ll pass all of them pushing to Malenia; a Roundtable trip before her fight finishes the job.
8 · Blood Nagakiba +20 → +25 Arc VI
Needs Smithing Stone [7] ×3, [8] ×7, and one Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. The [7]/[8] stones: Farum Azula pickups, Snowfield/Mountaintops chests, or Twin Maidens with bell bearings. The Ancient Dragon stone: Farum Azula holds multiple pickups — collect as you clear Arc VI, upgrade before Maliketh if possible, definitely before Radagon.
🍑 Skip Gurranq. You’re at Root 4 delivered; roots 5–8 pay Faith spells and a Strength hammer this build never swings, and the root-9 Ancient Dragon stone is covered by Farum Azula pickups. Keep the 2 Deathroots in the pouch and move on.
🌸 The Malenia Setup
| Slot | Item |
|---|
| Talismans | Rotten Winged Sword Insignia · Shard of Alexander · Immunizing Horn Charm +1 · Lord of Blood’s Exultation |
| Helm | White Mask |
| Physick | Opaline Bubbletear + Thorny Cracked Tear |
| Summon | Black Knife Tiche +10 — she can’t heal off Tiche’s holy damage |
| Buffs | Rune Arc (Godrick) · Flame Grant Me Strength at the fog |
🍑 She heals on every hit she lands, blocked or not. Aggression wins — every second she isn’t attacking, she isn’t healing. Bleed is her nightmare and this is the bleediest build on the roster.