Elden Ring: Fire Knight Queelign questline walkthrough

Here is everything you need to know about the Fire Knight Queelign questline

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Looking for a rundown of the Fire Knight Queelign quest in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Fire Knight Queelign is a new NPC in Shadow Of The Erdtree that you may encounter via an invasion…or two.

This pesky fellow will invade your Elden Ring game two times during a playthrough and in doing so, give you the Prayer Room Key . For details on how to find Fire Knight Queelign, where to use the Prayer Room Key and how to complete his quest for all rewards, see below.

Fire Knight Queelign quest steps

Here are the key Fire Knight Queelign quest steps to follow in Shadow Of The Erdtree. We have also gone into further detail for each step below.

1. Advance through Belurat, Tower Settlement in the Gravesite Plain until you reach a large courtyard area northeast of the Small Private Altar Site Of Grace.
2. Defeat invader Fire Knight Queelign.
3. Progress to Scadu Altus through Castle Ensis or via the Fort of Reprimand route.
4. Journey to the Church of Crusade (northwest of the Highroad Cross Site Of Grace).
5. Defeat invader Fire Knight Queelign again.
6. Pick up the Prayer Room Key from him.
7. Obtain either an Iris of Grace or Iris of Occultation (see our iris section for information on where to get these if you do not already have them).
8. Travel to the Prayer Room, located within the Church District. (This is located within the lower section of the Shadow Keep, accessible via the main road from the Cathedral of Manus Metyr ).
9. Give Queelign either the Iris of Grace (you’ll receive Fire Knight Queelign Ash Summons ) or the Iris of Occultation (you’ll receive Queelign’s Greatsword).

Where to find Fire Knight Queelign

To progress the Fire Knight Queelign questline, you must defeat him twice in his invader form. It doesn’t matter which order you do this in, he will drop the Prayer Room Key on your second success against him regardless. He will spawn at the following points:

After defeating Queelign twice, you will receive the Prayer Room Key. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Belurat, Tower Settlement

The first large structure you’ll see within the Gracesite Plains, Belurat, Tower Settlement is located to the west. This is just beyond the Main Gate Cross Site Of Grace where you’ll first meet Ansbach and Moore .

Progress through the settlement until you discover the Small Private Altar Site Of Grace. From here, travel up the set of stairs leading to the patrolling soldier and then take the route right of here into the large courtyard below. This is where Queelign will spawn, near the large fountain.

The Church of Crusade

To get to Scadu Altus you can either progress through Castle Ensis and defeat the boss inside, or travel along the southeastern route from the Castle Front Site Of Grace and travel up a few Spiritsprings to reach the back entrance into the Fort Of Reprimand.

Once inside this region of the map , travel northwest from the Highroad Cross Site Of Grace where you’ll meet Leda and Hornsent once again. Head towards the church structure where Queelign will invade a second time.

Now that you’ve killed him twice and have taken the Prayer Room Key, you must progress to the Prayer Room within The Shadow Keep. Before you do so, however, you’ll need at least one Iris of Grace or Iris of Occultaion.

Iris of Grace and Occulation locations

There are two of each types of Iris in Shadow Of The Erdtree. You should have at least one of each before heading to the Prayer Room as they will dictate what your quest rewards will be. Technically you only need one, but it’s nice to have a choice of rewards. All four can be found in the following locations:

You’ll also need at least one Iris to completeJolan’s questin Shadow Of The Erdtree.Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

• Iris of Grace 1: Located at the altar within the Living Jar hall beneath the Specimen Storehouse in the Shadow Keep (accessible via the lift to the left of the 1st Floor Site Of Grace).
• Iris of Grace 2: Located in the Tree-Worship Passage (accessible via the Church District underneath The Shadow Keep once it has been drained of water).
• Iris of Occultation 1: Dropped by the Omenkiller below the Fort Of Reprimand.
• Iris of Occultation 2: Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in the Church District of The Shadow Keep (needs to be drained first).

Once you have either or both of the Iris’, feel free to continue to the Prayer Room where Fire Knight Queelign awaits.

Prayer Room location

You’ll need to do some platforming to reach the Prayer Room in the Church District. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

The Prayer Room is located within the Church District of The Shadow Keep . The only way to access this area is by travelling north from the Cathedral of Manus Metyr (which, in turn, is accessible by following the route from underneath the Moorth Ruins and into Bonny Village).

Once you’re at the Church District, you’ll notice the area is completely flooded. Whilst you’ll eventually need to drain the Church District to access areas such as the Storehouse, Back Section and Hinterland , for now, you can find the Prayer Room whether the area is flooded or not.

From the Church District Entrance Site Of Grace, follow these steps to access the Prayer Room.

1. Run and jump onto the rooftop directly ahead.
2. Make your way around the roof northwest and use one of the window ledges to jump forward onto the next rooftop.
3. Continue around this roof, ignoring or defeating the flaming bodies as you go. Watch out as they will burst after taking damage and emit a fiery AOE.
4. Head west towards a ruined wall. Jump on top of the wall and use it to climb upwards to the stone balcony northeast.
5. Again, run past the flaming corpses or defeat them.
6. Continue northwest and jump on top of the large roof area.
7. Defeat the Messmer Knight.
8. Walk southwest to the edge of the rooftop and look directly south, there should be a large archway.
9. Jump onto the archway to the south (you’ll need to run and jump at the last minute to make it).
10. Climb up the archway to the roof above.
11. This roof will have a hole in the ceiling. Look down to see a series of beams that you can jump down onto and use as platforms.
12. Once you’ve landed properly into the room below, jump down onto the lower landing and head northeast.
13. The Prayer Room will be behind a locked door in the northeast corner.

Fire Knight Queelign quest rewards

Choose your reward wisely as you can only get one. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Once inside the Prayer Room, Fire Knight Queelign will be on the floor in front of the altar somewhat motionless. Here, you have two options:

• Give Queelign an Iris of Grace: You’ll receive the Fire Knight Queelign Spirit Ash Summons. This summon costs 123 FP to cast and Queelign uses a mixture of Fire spell attacks and Greatsword attacks.
• Give Queelign an Iris of Occulation: You’ll receive Queelign’s Greatsword. This Greatsword requires 14 Strength , 18 Dexterity and 12 Faith to properly wield and has the ‘Impaling Thrust’ weapon skill. It delivers a mixture of Fire and Physical damage.

After this interaction, you will still have the Iris in your inventory and Queelign will die. This will happen regardless of which Iris you choose to give him.

That rounds up our guide on the Fire Knight Queelign questline in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. For more Elden Ring tips and tricks , check out our guide to the best early weapons in Shadow Of The Erdtree to get you started. Or, if you’re further along in the DLC, see our best weapons guide that goes through the best of the bunch. Be sure to also check out our Map Fragment locations guide to help you access and uncover every region in the DLC and see our boss locations guide so you won’t miss a single one.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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