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| Location | Seluvis's Rise, Three Sisters |
| Role | Quest NPC and Merchant |
| Voiced by | Charles Dale |
Preceptor Seluvis is an NPC in Elden Ring. Seluvis is a pompous sorcerer in service to Ranni the Witch. Seluvis Questline is important for players looking to make Magic Builds, so make sure to read all the Seluvis Questline steps below including a potential lockout due to your choices. Seluvis is first encountered in spectral form at Ranni's Rise in the Three Sisters sub-region of Liurnia of the Lakes.
I don't know what it is the mistress sees in a provincial Tarnished like you, but since we have the misfortune of serving the same Lady, I ask that you kindly try not to drag us all down with you.
Preceptor Seluvis Location in Elden Ring
Preceptor Seluvis is found in various locations:
- Seluvis is initially spoken to in spectral form at Ranni's Rise. [Map link]
- He can then be found in physical form at Seluvis's Rise. [Map link]
Seluvis Notes & Tips
- This NPC does not move, but will die if you proceed far enough in Ranni's questline.
- Like Sellen and Miriel, he can be given sorcery scrolls to increase his stock. Likewise, they can also be bought from his bell bearing.
- This merchant can't be fought.
- Upon death, drops:
Preceptor Seluvis Shop
After completing his first quest, he will become available as a merchant.
| Item Name | Item Type | Purchase Value | Availability |
| Carian Phalanx | Sorceries | 12000 | Always |
| Carian Retaliation | Sorceries | 9000 | Always |
| Glintstone Icecrag | Sorceries | 7500 | Always |
| Freezing Mist | Sorceries | 6000 | Always |
| Glintblade Phalanx | Sorceries | 2500 | Requires Royal House Scroll |
| Carian Slicer | Sorceries | 1500 | Requires Royal House Scroll |
| Great Glintstone Shard | Sorceries | 2000 | Requires Academy Scroll |
| Swift Glintstone Shard | Sorceries | 600 | Requires Academy Scroll |
| Glintstone Cometshard | Sorceries | 12000 | Requires Conspectus Scroll |
| Star Shower | Sorceries | 10000 | Requires Conspectus Scroll |
Seluvis Questline: How to complete Precetor Seluvis's Quest
First Encounter
- Seluvis questline begins as he appears in spectral form on the ground floor of Ranni's Rise after speaking to Ranni for the first time.
- He asks you to meet him physically at his tower nearby.
Seluvis's Potion
- At Seluvis's Rise, he gives you Seluvis's Potion and tasks you with finding Nepheli Loux and having her drink it.
With the potion, there are two major paths to take:- Talk with Gideon Ofnir and discuss Seluvis's plan. He will offer to dispose of the potion, claiming that Seluvis will be none the wiser. Alternatively, you can instead keep the potion and hand it over to Nepheli.
- Feed it to Dung Eater. If the player has made progress in his questline to the point in which he is bound to a chair and accepting Seedbed Curses, it is possible to feed him the potion and return to Seluvis. He will then have a new dialogue option.
- If Nepheli or the Dung Eater was given the potion, their body can be found in Seluvis's laboratory, and their respective Ashes will be available for purchase from Seluvis using Starlight Shards as currency. Note that you must visit Seluvis's lab in the illusion-concealed basement of the building between Renna's Rise and Ranni's Rise, and then receive a free puppet from him, before you can buy the puppet you earned by using the potion.
- Regardless of your decision, Seluvis's response will be the same.
- Note: With only a single potion, you must make a choice between Nepheli's or Dung Eater's ashes in a given playthrough. Obtaining the other will require New Game Plus.
Betraying Ranni
- [!] Please note: You must complete the next steps before giving Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade. Giving it to her will cause Seluvis's death.
- Locating Seluvis's hidden chambers in the ruins outside of Ranni's Rise and interacting with the message within will allow you to ask Seluvis about the chamber. It is hidden beneath an illusory floor.
- When asked about his chambers, he will let you choose one of his puppet Spirit Ashes.
- After buying a second puppet, he will tell you about his plot.
- The exact steps to be able to buy the second puppet are as follows:
- Give Seluvis's potion to either Nepheli, Dung-eater or Gideon Ofnir.
- Acquire 3 Starlight Shards if you got the Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet the first time, or 2 Starlight Shards if you got the Jarwight Puppet the first time.
- Reload the area once, talk to Seluvis(he will repeat his last dialogue), reload the area again and he will give you the option to buy the second puppet. None of his sorceries are required to unlock the second puppet option.
- The exact steps to be able to buy the second puppet are as follows:
- Seluvis seeks to create a potion that will turn even a demigod into a puppet. To make it, he asks you to acquire an Amber Starlight shard, which can found in the Altus Plateau. Pidia, Carian Servant sells a Weathered Map to help deduce its exact location.
- Handing over the Amber Starlight shard will reward you with the Magic Scorpion Charm.
- Note: You can stop here with the talisman and continue with Ranni's questline.
- After reloading the area, he will give you the Amber Draught and ask you to administer it to Ranni.
- Note: Receiving the Amber Draught does not lock you into betraying Ranni. When the Draught is in your inventory, you can toggle between administering it to Ranni or simply talking with her to continue her quest line as normal.
- Upon doing so, she will wake up both saddened and outraged by your actions. She will demand that you leave, talking to her two more times will result in her instantly killing you (no combat, you just drop dead). Ranni, Iji and Blaidd will have dissapeared from the game and cannot be interacted with again until you use absolve yourself of sins at the Church of Vows.
- Note: You can absolve yourself with Celestial Dew at the Church of Vows and continue Ranni's questline without consequence. The NPCs will act as if the Amber Draught episode has never happened.
- Seluvis will be found dead in his tower and Pidia will be killed by his puppets once you get near to his location.
Ranni's Questline
- After giving the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni, Seluvis can then be found at Seluvis's Rise, dead; thus ending his questline.
- The end of his questline is synced with Pidia’s. When the questline ends, Pidia expresses shock that the puppets he loved so dearly would betray him, before letting out screams of terror and being torn apart by his puppets, leaving behind Pidia's Bell Bearing and a puppet (Dolores or Nepheli; Nepheli's Puppet Ashes will drop instead of Dolores's Puppet Ashes if she was given the potion).
Preceptor Seluvis Secondary Shop (Puppet Ashes)
Seluvis's puppet laboratory is located in one of the ruins near his tower. From Ranni's Rise Site of Grace, head outside and visit the first set of ruins on your left. Striking the floor will reveal an illusory floor and a staircase. Inside will be a message: "Seluvis's puppet. Do not touch." After confronting him about the laboratory and exhausting his dialogue, he will offer you one of his puppets. You can now exchange Starlight Shards for other available Ashes.
| Item Name | Item Type | Purchase Value (Starlight Shards) | Availability |
| Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet | Ashes | 2 | Always |
| Jarwight Puppet | Ashes | 3 | Always |
| Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet | Ashes | 5 | You must have given Seluvis's Potion to Nepheli Loux |
| Dung Eater Puppet | Ashes | 5 | You must have given Seluvis's Potion to Dung Eater |
Note: If Seluvis has died due to progress in Ranni's questline, it is still possible to purchase from this shop. Simply return to his dead body and a prompt will appear.
Note 2: Alternatively, Dolores's Puppet Ashes will drop from Pidia if the potion is given to Dung Eater, however you will not get Nepheli's Puppet Ashes from Pidia by doing so. (Nepheli's Puppet Ashes are not purchasable in the shop.)
Dialogue in Elden Ring: Preceptor Seluvis
§Introduction:
- I see... You must be Ranni's new hireling.
Yes, yes, I've heard all about you.
I am Seluvis, preceptor in the sorcerous arts.
I don't know what it is the mistress sees in a provincial Tarnished like you,
but since we have the misfortune of serving the same Lady,
I ask that you kindly try not to drag us all down with you. - I reside...in another tower, close by.
Come and pay me a visit...
Should you wish to be of actual service to Mistress Ranni.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't waste my time on the likes of you.
But who am I to stand against the wishes of my Lady?
§Visit:
- Well, well. You took me at my word.
Did you not realise I was merely being polite? You provincials never cease to amaze...
Hmm, I suppose you're here now.
Perhaps I'll give you something to do.
I'd like you to find a woman called Nepheli, to administer a potion.
Even you can do that much, can't you?
[Accept the task]
Good, good.
Now I shall hand over the potion in question.
[Receives Seluvis's Potion]
Find Nepheli, and ensure she drinks it.
I except glad tidings. And soon.
§About Nokron:
- Well, well. You're asking me about that, are you?
The task was left to you and the mongrel, was it not?
Not only are you incompetent, but shameless to boot.
Well...there's no helping it.
Now's as good a time as any. I'll let you in on it.
There's a glintstone sorcerer by the name of Sellen in Limgrave.
She owes me for the help I gave her when she was expelled from the academy.
I asked her to look into the matter some time ago.
I'll write you a letter of introduction. Go ask her.
[Gives Seluvis's Introduction]
After giving someone Seluvis's Potion:
- Ahh, so you made Nepheli drink the potion?
Well done. You are a touch more useful than I had thought.
Very well. Then you shall have your gift.
Knowledge of the sorcerous arts, under the tutelage of the great Preceptor Seluvis.
I doubt much of it will lay within the grasp of a mere Tarnished, but...
If you put your mind to it, perhaps you won't embarrass our Lady. - You wish to begin right this moment?
Well, your impatience, though boorish, is understandable. Let's have at it.
Hand over the scroll:
- Hmm. Is that a scroll?
I won't bother to ask where you pilfered it, but...
You're correct to assume I'm one of the few who can decipher it.
So, I'm perfectly happy to take it off your hands.
That said, don't you dare get your hopes up.
More often than not, new knowledge is merely an opportunity to reflect...
...upon the mediocrity of one's intellect.
After purchasing all available sorceries:
- Come now, the pretence of comprehension becomes you not.
Bend over backwards any further and you're apt to break.
About Nepheli:
- So, you had Nepheli drink the potion? Truly?
Hmm. Then perhaps something was amiss with it.
It's concocted from the finest ingredients. But perhaps I should review the recipe.
I may have expected too much of her, to begin with.
About your chambers:
- You break into a man's private chambers, rooting about as you please?
Your oafishness knows no bounds.
Fine and well.
You tricked Nepheli, and had her drink the potion.
I believe that makes you my accomplice.
You yearn for a puppet of your own, hmm?
Well, normally one of your stature would never be allowed.
But perhaps I can make a very special exception.
Now, choose.
[Offers choice between Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet and Jarwight Puppet] - (Upon returning) How's the puppet I gave you? A thing of exquisite craft, is it not?
I want a new puppet (after accepting the free puppet and finding more Starlight Shards):
- What's that? You want another puppet?
Quite the keen paramour, aren't we.
But, I'm afraid each and every one is like a child to me.
I can hardly just give them away.
Oh dear, what's to be done?
Why don't you...fetch me some starlight shards?
If you can manage it, I'll gladly prepare a new puppet for you.
The soul of every puppet has its own ambience. You'll soon come to know, once you possess a few.
And once each's predilections are known to you, the better you'll be able to love them.
Oh yes, you have much to look forward to, further down this road.
[Opens puppet shop]
After purchasing another puppet:
- You're proving to be quite the puppeteer.
I've not had an apprentice for...a very long time indeed.
About the scheme:
- Perhaps, you'd be interested in a little scheme of mine?
It will produce the finest of puppets.
Which I aspire to cherish with these very hands.
A ploy to fool even Lady Ranni... How does that sound? - [I'm interested] Ahh, I knew I had you pegged.
You're just like me.
Then I'd like you to procure something.
A rather unique starlight shard that glistens with amber.
With that, my special draught will gleam with nectar-sweetness.
And even a demigod would be slave to its charms... - [I'm not interested] Very good. A wise choice, indeed. You passed my little test with flying colours. I was merely gauging your loyalty to Lady Ranni. Well done, I'm very proud of you. Let's both do our utmost in service of our Lady.
- [Returning to hear more about the scheme] Ah ha. Might you be interested after all? In a fine scheme to sport with Lady Ranni?
About Amber Starlight:
- Procure it for me.
The rather unique starlight shard that glistens with amber.
With that, my special draught will gleam with nectar-sweetness.
And even a demigod would be slave to its charms...
Give Amber Starlight:
- Well, well, you managed to lay your hands on it!
The blessed day is finally upon us...
Goodness gracious, the way it glistens...utterly enchanting.
To think, this was once a demigod's very fate...
My oh my oh my.... - Ah, are you still here?
Oh yes, I should give you your reward.
Please, it's all yours. Splendid work. Just marvelous.
[Gives Magic Scorpion Charm] - Now, just you wait. The merriment is soon to begin.
The scheme I promised is to be revealed very shortly... - (Talk again without reloading the area) You'll be flabbergasted, I can assure you.
The secret* I promised is to be revealed very shortly...
*He says "The secret" here, yet the subtitles repeat "The scheme" as in the previous line.
§Returning to Seluvis:
- Good, I've been waiting for you.
It's finally complete. The perfection of my draught, gleaming nectar-sweet.
Give it to Ranni and ensure she drinks it.
[Gives Amber Draught] - The dead-eyed doll lets down her guard in your presence, rather remarkably.
Though she might dip her hands in the dirt, and feign that icy persona...she's a frail, gentle girl at heart.
About the draught:
- You...understand, don't you?
That once you have Ranni drink my draught, my scheme will come to fruition.
And we, well, we'll be in a position to claim the very finest puppet ever crafted.
Just imagine...the pure elation...
About the draught (after receiving the Amber Draught and purchasing all available sorceries):
- Come now, don't make me wait.
I can barely contain myself as it is...
When attacked:
- Agh! Enough of that, now. Have you forgotten that we both serve the same Lady?
- You incorrigible lout. Don't you dare waltz back here again.
§Other:
- I have no time for idle chit chat. The only thing I will hear from you is a report of your task's completion. Are we understood? Then off you trot.
- Begging for another lesson so soon? There remains much to be done. Make it quick.
Preceptor Seluvis Notes & Trivia
- Seluvis' name is a reference to the character Severus Snape from Harry Potter. His Japanese name セルブス (serubusu) is an anagram of Severus (セブルス seburusu).
- Gideon and Seluvis seem to have a long-standing hatred, if not rivalry, for each other.
- In between Ranni's Rise and Renna's Rise, you'll see a ruined building and a set of stairs that go down hidden by an illusory floor, protected by a Noble Sorcerer who is otherwise invisible unless close by.
- There are many doll-like figures around the basement, with a message saying "Seluvis's puppet. Do not touch." in the corner by a man with a jar for a head. A rather eerie thing to note is that puppets' eyes are following player's movements. The bodies of a Perfumer and an Omenkiller are also present, despite none of them being obtainable as puppets.
- After giving his potion to either Gideon, Nepehli, or Dung Eater, speaking to Seluvis about his basement will become available, in which he will give you access to one free Spirit Ash summon, with the other two available for purchase later.
- One of the ashes is only available if you give the potion to the Dung Eater or Nepheli, rather than letting Gideon dispose of it. (?)
- After giving his potion to either Gideon, Nepehli, or Dung Eater, speaking to Seluvis about his basement will become available, in which he will give you access to one free Spirit Ash summon, with the other two available for purchase later.
- A puppet of Sellen and Nepheli (if you give her the potion) can be found behind another illusory wall in the back of the cellar.
- Above and beyond the violation/creep factor of Seluvis's entire operation with puppetry in general, there are numerous additional context clues that suggest a darkly sexual component to the preceptor's own intentions regarding his unwilling thralls. The presence of Sorceress Sellen's puppet (the only one found stood upright and "activated" within his chambers) kept behind a second privacy-guaranteeing illusory wall in his laboratory AND adjacent to a bed, Seluvis responding to you discovering his secret by offering you a choice (i e. a bribe) of your own puppet between an innocent maiden and an unclothed man (and that, only after commenting that your demonstrated willingness to help him subjugate Nepheli into unwilling puppetry has already effectively made you his "accomplice"), his reference to you being "quite the paramour" should you return to request additional puppets, and arguably worst of all the truly evil implication of his original intent to utilize the player to lay irreversible claim upon body and mind of the foster daughter of his long-standing rival, Gideon. (See the next bullet point for even further context regarding this.)
- Upon receiving Dolores as a puppet, it is discovered that Gideon and Seluvis were both in the Roundtable together, with Dolores. It is also noted that the two stopped talking because of her, implying a potential love triangle of sorts.
- The fact you receive Dolores only after giving Nepheli, Gideon's daughter, the potion and later find her as a doll also implies that Seluvis may have grown tired of Dolores as a puppet. It's possible he sought Gideon's adoptive daughter as a replacement.
- There are many doll-like figures around the basement, with a message saying "Seluvis's puppet. Do not touch." in the corner by a man with a jar for a head. A rather eerie thing to note is that puppets' eyes are following player's movements. The bodies of a Perfumer and an Omenkiller are also present, despite none of them being obtainable as puppets.
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why would seluvis try to make ranni a puppet? she's already a puppet. is he stupid?
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When picking your free puppet, choose Jarwight. He normally costs 3 shards, while the other option only costs 2. So choosing him as the first (free) puppet means saving 1 starlight shard.
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The game tries so hard to paint this guy as an ******* that he somehow goes back to being likeable, they should have made it so the potion actually worked on Ranni instead of letting her Mary Sue through it unscathed, a possible alternate bad ending to the Ranni one would have been interesting at least.
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It's so funny how his final quest is him trying to cuckold you and if you agree to help him your witch wife just calls you a degenerate and kills you
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Those reasonings for his sexual intentions are brain damaging
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People are all wrong about him, he was being manipulated by Pidia and by extension Ranni. She had him make the puppets to use as spies and assassins. Once both of them were of no use Ranni turned on them.
It's "preceptor" not a "rapesextor" my lady (not that you can move and talk back anyway)
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"Oh but he's actually likeable because he's a douche."
Bruh no, he isn't a douche, he's a r*pist. What is wrong with Elden Ring players.
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Favorite npc I love rping as his obedient and simping puppet.
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He and Ranni fanbase actually have the same goal regarding the 4armed waifu
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"Seluvis' name is a reference to the character Severus Snape from Harry Potter. His Japanese name セルブス (serubusu) is an anagram of Severus (セブルス seburusu)."
Citation very much needed.
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I feel like there was a missed opportunity to have Seluvis move to roundtable, and become the yurt/Lautrec of this game by disappearing npcs one by one into puppets, and eventually finding them is a major thing, where you could rescue just one of those taken with an item
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Yeah **** this dude. From the first time I spoke w him I wanted to murk em. Getting that ending was satisfying, ahh.
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Boy I sure do love have quests totally locked out without knowing their conditions. Anyone who says you can play this game without constantly checking online for what to do is a liar lol
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there's something funny about him trying to turn Ranni into a puppet, when she's already literally a puppet(s). I wonder what that's saying thematically
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What does the Amber Drought even do then? Why unsuccessfully poison Ranni if he already gave you the scorpion charm and absolutely nothing changes compared to if you didn't?
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“ Reload the area once, talk to Seluvis(he will repeat his last dialogue), reload the area again and he will give you the option to buy the second puppet” - wow, damn it. I reloaded the area once, saw he repeated all dialogue, and finished Ranni’s quest. Why, just why, lol
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I needed him alive for his quest, so I came here instead to see his dialogue when he dies
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I kinda wish there was a way to make amber draught work and continue the questline. Capturing Ranni, taking control of her powers, saving Sellen and overthrowing the Carians completely. Could unlock a brand new ending, Age of the Glintstone
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I know a lot of people hate this guy. But I like him. His over-the-top arrogant attitude combined with that funny voice make me laugh every time he talks to me. He somehow reminds me of Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants.
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It is utterly ridiculous that any game has instructions to continue quests by saying "Reload the area once" and "reload the area again." Incredibly poor design. And, yes, I know: this is FromSoft. But still. You would think they would have done a better job on some of this.
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I wish there was some use for that "demigod drug" of his. Imagine getting npc or boss of your choice as a puppet
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I wish it was possible to turn Ranni into a puppet. The reward could be a new night sorcery, a somber ancient dragon smithing stone and unlocking an evil sorcerer ending.
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I hate Preceptor Seluvis so much.
I hate that he insults you constantly and treats you like crap.
I hate that he makes getting the magic scorpion charm quickly nearly impossible without the wiki.
I hate his creepy turning people-into-sex-toys thing and him trying to roofie and SA Nepheli.
I hate that his hideout is so hard to find.
I hate the fact you have to pretend to be a sex pest too to get the talisman.
I hate that Seluvis makes you reload his area multiple times to get the dialogue you want to do his questline when his tower doesn't have a grace at it.
I hate that he demands the limited and valuable resource of Starlight Shards.
I hate that the map someone else sells you to find the amber starlight shard is nearly useless.
Most of all I hate that after he subjects you to all of this to get his talisman and you try to kill him for all of the **** above, he teleports away instead of dying properly.
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Praetor Seluvis be like "We will drug the very gods togedah"
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I somehow got to the point in Ranni's questioned where she leaves the tower and Seluvis was still alive. He was fortunately dead the next time I paid him a visit.
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Do you get to the Caria district very often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don’t.
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He's an insufferable *******, likely commits SA on his puppets, and his quest gives some potentially useful items, but completing the quest actively harms you since Ranni just kills you and hates you, making it immensely unsatisfying because there's not even the slightest mechanical reason to ever do it because you get ZERO rewards from it.
Honestly? I love that. It's nice to see evil people just remain irredeemably evil and you getting punished if you choose to help them. There's nothing good about this man, he's clearly evil, and the only reason Ranni hasn't offed him before you get there is because he might be behind her doll body, or he has some useful knowledge, or she's just that desperate for allies that she can't turn him away yet (Since, after all, she only has 3 NPC allies in the entire game - Blaidd, who is forced to try to betray her, Seluvis, who will eventually betray her, and Iji, who is the ONLY character who doesn't ever betray her at any point).
There's no possible justification for his actions, he's just a ****ey, garbage human being. Even Dungeater has the potential excuse of having being driven completely and utterly insane by his captors. I wish more writers would remember that, while most people are good at heart or have some underlying reason as to why they do evil, some people are just pieces of garbage. And it's nice when writers for games present the obviously evil option to the player and then make it completely and absolutely not worth doing at all.
10/10 writing here, Fromsoft. I absolutely love what you've done with this horrible, wretched, evil man and his quest.
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So like…It’s confirmed that Seluvis and Pidia are basically turning these people into sex dolls yeah, or is it just that my head canon has here two as being way more grotesque than was intended.
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"The Lunar Princess married a Tarnished. Millions must die."
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DS2's Manikin armour says that "The peculiar art of puppetry is a vestige of the two lost lands" which is something that Seluvis' quest alludes to preforming.
And the Mask of Confidences (the same one as Seluvis without the hat) have "the mouth sewn shut with gold thread" suggesting that it didn't have the thread at some point- look up DS2's Manikin mask.
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I don't know what the hell is up with my game. I've given Nepheli the potion, and she is in the basement and I've followed the steps to be able to purchase puppets from Seluvis, yet I STILL can't see her in his inventory. Can someone explain this?
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My theory is that Seluvis is actually a puppet controlled by Pidia and has been his avatar all along.
If you read Dolores’ spirit ash it tells you there was a love triangle between her, Seluvis and Gideon. After giving Seluvis’ potion to Gideon and completing Ranni’s questline, Seluvis is in a puppet stance. Visiting Pidia again prompts a dialogue where the puppets kill him and he drop Dolore’s spirt ash, the woman from the Gideon/Seluvis love triangle.
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Would've been kinda cool if doing this allowed Ranni to actually be made into a puppet that led to a questline end where He goes mad and you kill him and take the Ranni Puppet for a summon... (Granted that means making Ranni have an actual moveset and well... movement in general (she never moves/idles around like a player))
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yet another boring and needlessly convoluted questline that goes nowhere, woohoo
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An intersting fact about "dead" Selluvis - he is in the same pose as his puppets. Maybe Ranni got herself a puppet, too I wonder... =)
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I really love the fact that they put characters like Gideon and Seluvis into the game who are just mean, corrupt and twisted. Especially Seluvis as an ancient, sheming and morally unhinged mage who's plots know no bounds.
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Just wondering if i'm the only one who visited his lab third time(progressed along the Ranni questline, seen Pidia death, bought all puppets, finished Sellen questline) and heard voice here talking about how he is a part of Ranni and so on... Looks like Pidia and Seluvis are both just puppets of something else. And whatever it is it's not dead.
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You can just drop a starlight shard from your inventory pick it up and then go visit seluvis, worked for me. I had 10 shards when I went to go get the dung eaters puppet. So if you're like me and don't have any more to pick up(or will see one anytime soon)
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Killed him because he tried to diss me, somehow Ranni cared enough to make me fail her questline.
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You'd think they pull a Severus Snape thing and have him actually be a good person at the end of the day or something. But the fact that they just double down and make him way worse is actually kind of funny.
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Really lame how you can't actually succeed and mess Ranni up, but it's no wonder considering how big of a bias the devs have towards her.
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This could have actually been a good quest... if only the potion worked. It's so stupid that some FromSoftware characters are "Plot-Armored".
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It's possible for his shop to still be active after you complete Ranni's questline. I gave him the amber starlight shard and accepted the reward, but didn't talk to him after that. When I finished Ranni's questline (and killed Blaidd) and went to see him, "examine" is an option for his corpse. The NPC title of the shop just says "puppet" after this.
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"Note that you must visit Seluvis's lab in the illusion-concealed basement of the building between Renna's Rise and Ranni's Rise, and then receive a free puppet from him, BEFORE you can buy the puppet you earned by using the potion."
Thanks for that IMPORTANT info, dumba55 game.
I better still be able to get the Dung Eater.
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Wasnt killed by Ranni when I gave her the potion. She called me a hapless scum and told me to leave but I didn't die...
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Dolores also drops from Pidia if you gave the potion to Gideon
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You can give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni, exhaust her dialogue and then walk over to Seluvis, hand in the Amber Starlight shard and receive the Magic Scorpion Charm.
Seluvis only dies after a reload, so if you already acquired the Amber Starlight shard but forgot or delayed turning it in, this is your last chance. Just do not reload or fast travel to another site of grace.
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You can give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni, exhaust her dialogue and then walk over to Seluvis, hand in the Amber Starlight shard and receive the Magic Scorpion Charm.
Seluvis only dies after a reload, so if you already acquired the Amber Starlight shard but forgot or delayed turning it in, this is your last chance. Just do not reload or fast travel to another site of grace.
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Not gonna lie, it's kinda hard to not frenzyflame the sht out of this guy
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Seems like you have to interact with the message in his chambers to get the dialogue option confronting him about it.
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"go acquire another Starlight Shard, or drop one from your inventory and pick it up again". Found out the hard way that discard is not drop.
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Love that Ranni still takes the time to execute him before she leaves on her journey
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He wouldn't sell puppets to me after gifting me the first one. After following the directions listed on the wiki failed to open the shop, I turned to Reddit. Found a tip that waiting three days either in game time, or by a grace, would open the shop. Tested each day one by one by waiting at a grace, and surprisingly, after three days, it worked! Seluvis will now sell puppets to me.
I don't know of any other quests, or mechanics, that involve a day/night cycle rotation.
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You can obtain both puppets by going to Pidia after giving Ranni the fingerslayer blade. He is going to be killed by the guards and drop the dolores puppet
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Fun fact: Selluvis is a puppet himself, controlled by Pidia. When he "dies" at the same time as Pidia is tore limb from limb by his own puppets (likely controlled by Ranni) he falls down in the same position as the idle puppets of his room, meaning Pidia was the one controlling him all along.
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I'm almost positive that leaving this quest imcompleted (waiting on Finding Dung), it is also causing nepheli's quest to be froze at the part where she says them owl ashes smell good
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Make sure to talk to him again after getting the potion for Nepheli if you want to continue Sellen's quest to get the legendary spells.
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Tries to turn a doll into a doll, yes 100 IQ idea right there.
You don't need to buy his sorceries to progress his quest, just buy the puppets.
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Gideon offers to 'get one over on Seluvis' but then he says he'll dispose of the potion :(
I wish he'd help us use it on Seluvis instead. I would have liked to have him as a Spirit summon.
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I had a dream last night that you'd find Seluvis in the valiant gargoyles arena, and after killing him he'd drop a IWI Tavor assault rifle
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QUestion:
If Dungeater was on the chair, and I give him Seluvis potion, and then I kill dungeater, can I still get him as doll in this cycle? Someone said this was possible, but it didn't seem to work
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Seluvis is like straid of Ophalis if straid was stripped of his comically entertaining characteristics that make him loveable.
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I gave the potion to dung eater when he sits in his chair in the cell and asks for seedbed curses. Seluvis said.. So u gave the potion to dung eater.. I dont get it...
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I feel like this is the one souls character who is universally hated by the community.
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Between Seluvis and Dung Eater, I think Seluvis is ultimately the most horrible and disgusting character in the game. Dung Eater at least does what he does because of some deluded sense of duty toward his grand purpose, as he thinks it, plus he's definitely lost most of his mind.
Seluvis on the other hand is pure, petty malice. He turns people into his personal puppets, that he does what he wants with, only for his own personal pleasure. He is an egotistical, self serving, arrogant scumbag. Not only that, he is completely sane and ok with everything he does. Honestly, Seluvis disgusts me far more than Dung Eater.
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In my opinion, the absolute scummiest character in all the Soulsborne games. Finished his questline out of morbid curiosity, and certainly felt uncomfortable about the whole thing.
I know people bring up Ranni's 'plot armor' but I have an idea why Seluvis' grand scheme failed: Ranni is the only one of the Shardbearers that is not a living being. Her physical flesh is gone, replaced with the doll her spirit inhabits. And dolls typically don't react to drinking anything, let alone mind wiping substances.
If he was able to apply the potion to any other Shardbearer it's likely his grand plan to make one a puppet would have been successful, but in his...desires he chose the only one that was already, in a way, a puppet.
Ranni probably already knew about Selevus' 'hobby', but probably didn't think he'd go that far, or the Tarnished would agree to go with it. And in the end, he (and the Tarnished, maybe) get what he properly deserves.
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I’ve always wondered what a fight against Seluvis would be like. His mask/hat gives an arcane boost, so what spells or weapons would he utilize? Considering his appearance he’s a mage ( I know, mind-blowned). Any thoughts or fun guesses?
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You know he's a grade A pos when even Gideon (you know, the old jerkass who only cares about learning everything and disowns his own adopted daughter for refusing to slaughter a village full of innocents, and is generally a self centered douchebag who is an ahole to pretty much everyone) is disgusted by him and thinks he is insufferably full of himself and is willing to help you screw him over.
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"Note 2: Alternatively, Dolores's Puppet Ashes will drop from Pidia if the potion is given to Dung Eater, however you will not get Nepheli's Puppet Ashes from Pidia by doing so. (Nepheli's Puppet Ashes are not purchasable in the shop.)"
This is wrong - Dolores' Puppet Ashes will drop from Pidia at the end of the quest, regardless if the potion is given to either Gideon or Dung Eater, but not Nepheli (aka it's a free drop from Pidia unless the potion is given to Nepheli).
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If you refuse to help make Ranni a puppet then come back and ask about the scheme then refuse again he will say
“Alright, enough of these games. Your test is well and truly over. Wag your tail for master all you like but your loyalty is merely blind. I fear your wretched provinciality is apt to burst. You’re oozing at the seams.”
Note: he doesn't instantly die after you give the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni. If you don't rest at a Site of Grace after that, but go straight to Seluvis, you can progress his quest by exhausting his dialogue, provided that you have all you need on you, and get the Magic Scorpion Charm. You'll miss on the Amber Starlight Potion, but that's effectively useless.
I've just found out about it and I don't know how back you can be in Seluvis's quest in order to do it all at once. I had already discovered the chamber and given the first potion to Gideon, and I had a few Starlight Shards on me, as well as the Amber Starlight Shard; I gave the Fingerslayer Blade to Ranni and I went to Seluvis to collect his items (I'm on NG+), but he was still alive and I was and to buy a puppet, give him the Amber Starlight Shard and acquire the Magic Scorpion Charm.
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