Seluvis questline in Elden Ring, including who to give the potion to (2024)

Preceptor Seluvis is a sly individual who plays an important role in Ranni’s questline in Elden Ring, but he also has own quest to follow.

Seluvis’ side quest will send you all around the Lands Between giving suspicious potions and draughts to unsuspecting characters and discovering secret rooms full of puppets.

In this walkthrough, we’ll teach you how to complete Seluvis’ quest, who you should give your potion to, how your decisions will affect other questlines, and how to get the Magic Scorpion Charm.

Elden Ring Seluvis quest steps

Before you dive into Seluvis’ quest, be aware that this questline is intertwined with Ranni’s, Nepheli Loux’s, and the Dung Eater’s quests in Elden Ring.

Make sure you’re confident in your choices before you progress as your choices may lock you out of other questlines. To learn more about how your actions will affect the Lands Between, check the corresponding part of the walkthrough later on thepage. For now, steps that will affect other quests will be marked with an asterisk.

A final note if you want to see the entirety of the Seluvis questline, don’t give Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade because it will lock you out of Seluvis’ quests.

Seluvis’ location

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Seluvis can be found in the southernmost tower in the Three Sisters region, which can be found to the west of Caria Manor.

If Seluvis’s Rise is locked, make sure you’ve started Ranni’s quest and interacted with everyone in Ranni’s Rise.

Who should you give Seluvis’s potion to?

After you’ve spoken to Selvius, he’ll give you a potion meant for Nepheli Loux, but Nepheli isn’t your only option. You can either give the potion to Nepheli Loux, Gideon Ofnir, or the Dung Eater.

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To give Nepheli Loux the potion, you must first defeat the Omenkiller at the Village of the Albinaurics, and ask Gideon about Nepheli’s despair. If you offer Nepheli Seluvis’s potion, she’ll drink it, slump over, and become unresponsive. This will prevent you from completing Nepheli’s quest, but you’ll be able to get Nepheli as a summon later on. If you want to continue Nepheli’s questline, it might be best for you to choose a different option.
If you show the potion to Gideon, he will dispose of it himself, and order you to lie to Seluvis. If you choose this option, you’ll miss out on a powerful summon.
To give the Dung Eater the potion, you must progress through their questline past the point where you defeat them in Leyndell. Once defeated, Dung Eater will return to the Roundtable Hold, where you can give them the potion — allowing you to receive Dung Eater as a Spirit Ash later on. However, this will end the Dung Eater questline and prevent you from reaching the Blessing of Despair ending.

No matter what decision you make, Seluvis will have four sorceries available for purchase upon your return.

Seluvis’ secret room

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To progress to the next step of the quest, you must locate Seluvis’ hidden chamber, which can be found at the ruins just outside of Ranni’s Rise. Make your way to the ruins northeast of Ranni’s Rise to find a flat area with a bunch of stone columns.

Roll along the floor here to reveal a staircase behind an illusionary floor. Head down the stairs and read the message in the corner of the room to find out that Seluvis has been turning people into puppets. Before you leave, hit the wall to the left of the message to reveal another illusionary wall. Inside you’ll find a puppet of the Sorceress Sellen.

Seluvis’ scheme

The next few steps can be a little finicky to unlock, so bear with me here. You need to receive the option to buy another puppet, which can be done after you purchase his sorceries and pass time at a grace. After you purchase another puppet, you’ll have the option to learn more about Seluvis’ scheme. If this dialogue option isn’t available, you may need to pass time at a grace once again.

Seluvis will let you in on his plot to create the finest puppets to grace the Lands Between. He needs an Amber Starlight to betray Ranni, and turn the demigod into a puppet of his own.

Amber Starlight location

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From the Atlus Highway Junction grace, head north towards a dark tunnel, which opens up to reveal a statue of Malenia and Miquella. In front of said statue, you’ll find the Amber Starlight location. Return to Seluvis and give him the Amber Starlight to receive the Magic Scorpion Charm.

Seluvis will then give you the Amber Draught, which will turn Ranni into his oh-so-desired puppet.

Should you give Ranni the Amber Draught?

If you decide to give Ranni the Amber Draught, you’ll “complete” Seluvis’ scheme, but you won’t end up with the puppet that you wished for. Ranni will awake from her slumber, saddened and disappointed by your betrayal. If you speak with Ranni three times, she’ll kill you and lock you out of her questline — preventing you from receiving the Age of Stars ending.

Return to Seluvis’s Rise to find that Seluvis has been dealt with, but you’ll be able to pick up his gear and bell bearing.

If you ever want to return to Ranni’s questline, you can head over to the Church of Vows and offer a celestial dew to receive absolution. After doing so, Ranni will return to her chambers at the Three Sisters, and you can continue her quest.

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