Millicent’s Questline
Millicent is a red-haired young woman slowly being eaten by scarlet rot. She was found as a baby in the Swamp of Aeonia by Sage Gowry, who raised her and her sisters as his own. With a golden needle to hold back the rot, she gets back on her feet and sets out to follow the path Malenia once walked, hoping to find out what she really is.
Her story takes you from Caelid across the Altus Plateau and the Mountaintops of the Giants to Elphael beneath the Haligtree. It ends with one hard choice between two summon signs, and it is one of the most rewarding friendships in the game. Along the way she also turns up as a summon for several tough bosses.
Walkthrough
- Survive her invasion (optional). Millicent can invade you in the south-eastern part of the Swamp of Aeonia. You do not need to deal with her here for the quest itself.
- Find the golden needle. Sage Gowry in his shack near Sellia asks for a needle hidden in the swamp. Defeat Commander O’Neil in the Swamp of Aeonia to get the Unalloyed Gold Needle and bring it to Gowry. Reload the area, talk to him again and he hands it back repaired.
- Give Millicent the needle. Head to the Church of the Plague, where Millicent lies sick. Give her the needle, rest at the Site of Grace and talk to her until she has nothing more to say. After reloading she gives you the Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom.
- Meet her at Gowry’s Shack. Go back to Gowry’s Shack. Millicent is there now, and Gowry is nowhere to be seen. Talk to her until she runs out of words.
- Find her on the Altus Plateau. On the Altus Plateau, she waits on a hill north of the Erdtree-Gazing Hill Site of Grace. Talk to her.
- Bring her a new arm. Fetch the Valkyrie’s Prosthesis from a treasure chest in The Shaded Castle and give it to her. From now on her summon sign appears for the Godskin Apostle at Dominula, Windmill Village, the Draconic Tree Sentinel in the Capital Outskirts and the Black Blade Kindred in the Forbidden Lands.
- Talk to her at Dominula. After you defeat the Godskin Apostle, reload the area and speak to Millicent near the Site of Grace by the arena. Exhaust her dialogue.
- Meet her in the mountains. In the Mountaintops of the Giants, find her beside the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins Site of Grace and talk to her. She is looking for a fort to the north, Castle Sol, whose master was given a medallion that opens the way to the Haligtree.
- Find her in Elphael. Once you reach Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree, she is sitting next to the Prayer Room Site of Grace. Talk to her until she is done. She now knows she shares Malenia’s blood. If you visit Gowry at this point (optional), he explains what he wants from you next.
- Make your choice. Defeat the Putrid Tree Spirit in Elphael. Afterwards two summon signs sit close together on the right-hand ledge above the scarlet rot pool. The gold sign takes you into Millicent’s world to help her against her four sisters: Mary, Maureen, Amy and Polyanna. The red sign sends you in to kill her together with them.
- Say goodbye (gold sign only). If you helped her, find Millicent lying beside the poison pool and speak to her. This ends her story.
Missable steps & failure conditions
- The final choice is one or the other. The gold and red signs in Elphael lead to different rewards and a different end for Millicent. Pick one and the other path is gone for that playthrough.
- Miquella’s Needle needs the gold sign. Malenia only leaves Miquella’s Needle behind if you helped Millicent.
- Do not skip the reloads. Several steps only move forward after you reload the area or rest and talk to her again, such as getting the repaired needle from Gowry, the heirloom at the church and the talk after the Godskin Apostle.
- Late starters are fine. You can still begin her questline after defeating Malenia. Apart from that, there are no known lock-outs except killing Millicent before the end.
Endings & consequences
- Sage Gowry. Gowry quietly hopes you will side with the sisters. If you helped Millicent, he mourns her choice at his shack and can then be killed for good. If you killed her, he is already dead when you return. See Gowry’s Questline.
- Millicent’s fate. If you help her, she wins the fight, but she pulls out the needle herself and lets the rot take her as she is. If you kill her, she becomes a scarlet flower waiting for Malenia to rise, and an Aeonian Bloom appears in your world.
- Endings. Miquella’s Needle, which you only get by helping her, is the item that can remove the Frenzied Flame from you. If you plan to try that, take the gold sign.
- Gowry’s shop. After Millicent receives the prosthesis, Gowry adds Pest Threads to his wares.