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Should you Imbibe Nectar in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Here’s what happens if you imbibe St. Trina’s Nectar
Here’s what happens if you imbibe St. Trina’s Nectar
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Should you imbibe Nectar in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?During yourShadow Of The Erdtreeadventure into theStone Coffin Fissure, you’ll come across a lamenting Thiollier who is desperately trying to contact his patron, St. Trina. If you advance towards St. Trina you will get the option to either"Imbibe Nectar" or “Leave”. You are warned that if you imbibe Nectar, it will surely kill you. So, should you throw caution to the wind and do it anyway?
In this guide, we’ll explain whether or not you should imbibe the Nectar inElden Ringas part of the questline involving Thiollier and St. Trina. We’ll walk you through the consequences for either action, and what it means for everyone involved, so you can make the right decision for your Elden Ring DLC playthrough.
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Should you imbibe Nectar in Shadow Of The Erdtree?
Yes, you should imbibe Nectar in Elden Ring. If you do so, it will result in the following:
Nothing happens if you only imbibe the Nectar once, twice, or three times. Butif you imbibe the Nectar four times in a row, then St. Trina will begin to speak to you while you’re “dead”, imparting information about Miquella - the key character of the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC.
If you imbibe Nectar four times, St. Trina will say:
If you imbibe Nectar five times, St. Trina will say:
If you imbibe Nectar six times, St. Trina will say:
You’ll die each time you imbibe the Nectar, but you should still do it in order to advance the quest. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Defeating Thiollier will give you St. Trina’s Smile, a talisman which increases your attack power when sleep is in the vicinity. You can then reload the area and speak to Thiollier once more. He still won’t believe you but he’ll be less adamant than before. This will lock Thiollier in as an optional summon for both the Cleansing Chamber Anteroom fight againstLeda and her alliesas well as the fight againstPromised Consort Radahn. You may also recieveAnsbachas a summon option depending on your choices duringLeda’s questline.
After these fights, if you summoned Thiollier you can loot Thiollier’s Hidden Needle (a Fist weapon that scales with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence) and Thiollier’s Set from the boss arena. You can also return to St. Trina to obtain the final reward of her quest: St. Trina’s Blossom, a flower you can place in your Helmet slot to increase your max FP.
What happens if you don’t imbibe the Nectar?
If you choose not to imbibe St. Trina’s Nectar, nothing good happens. In fact,nothing happens at all. You are free to leave Thiollier and St. Trina as they are in the Garden Of Deep Purple, and their questlines will not progress.
You are free to return and imbibe the Nectar later on if you change your mind. However,once you reach the penultimate fightof the main story (just beyond the Cleansing Chamber Anteroom Site Of Grace),Thiollier will disappear from the map, locking you out of his quest ending. You can still imbibe the Nectar to receive St. Trina’s dialogue, but you will be unable to pass on your words to Thiollier, and therefore will be unable to receive the St. Trina’s Smile Talisman or Thiollier as a summon for the penultimate and finalbossfights. If you’re wondering what the best order to complete quests is in Shadow Of The Erdtree, we have a handyquests hubhere.
So to summarise:you should imbibe St. Trina’s Nectar six timesin a row to fully complete the questlines of both Thiollier and St. Trina herself. Each time you imbibe the Nectar it will kill your character, but this is necessary for the quest’s advancement.
That wraps up this guide on whether you should imbibe St. Trina’s Nectar in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. If you’ve yet to reach this point below the Stone Coffin Fissure, then you’ll need to defeat a fairly challenging boss. To make sure you’re prepared, consult our guide on the variousScadutree Fragment locationsin the Land Of Shadow, as well as our guides on thebest weapons,best builds,best spells, andbest armor setsin Elden Ring.
