NPC · Artorias of the Abyss

Lord's Blade Ciaran

Royal Wood

Locations and access

Availability: Artorias has been defeated.

Availability: Ciaran is present and you still have the Soul of Artorias.

Availability: Ciaran is still alive and present.

Availability: Artorias is defeated and Ciaran requests his soul.

These branches include alternatives. Check the requirements for each before acting.

Royal Wood

Requirements: Artorias has been defeated.

What to do: Return to his arena after reloading the area. Bring the Soul of Artorias if you want to trade.

Result: Ciaran offers a trade when you speak to her with the soul.

Consequences and cutoffs: Decide before leaving the encounter.

Royal Wood

Requirements: Ciaran is present and you still have the Soul of Artorias.

What to do: Accept her request and give her the soul.

Result: Receive the Gold Tracer and Dark Silver Tracer.

Consequences and cutoffs: The soul is consumed, so it cannot also be used for a boss weapon this playthrough.

Royal Wood

Requirements: Ciaran is still alive and present.

What to do: Killing her is an alternative to the trade.

Result: Her equipment drops include her armor and, if not already traded, the two tracers.

Consequences and cutoffs: This ends her dialogue permanently for this playthrough.

Royal Wood

Requirements: Artorias is defeated and Ciaran requests his soul.

What to do: Keep the soul if you want its boss-weapon recipe. Her tracers can instead be obtained by fighting her while she remains present.

Result: The trade and combat paths provide different consequences for the same limited soul.

Consequences and cutoffs: Do not spend or hand over the soul and then expect to forge its weapon in the same journey.

Reward	Quantity	Condition
Gold Tracer	1	Ciaran is present and you still have the Soul of Artorias. Accept her request and give her the soul. Receive the Gold Tracer and Dark Silver Tracer.
Dark Silver Tracer	1	Ciaran is present and you still have the Soul of Artorias. Accept her request and give her the soul. Receive the Gold Tracer and Dark Silver Tracer.

Decide before leaving the encounter.

The soul is consumed, so it cannot also be used for a boss weapon this playthrough.

This ends her dialogue permanently for this playthrough.

Do not spend or hand over the soul and then expect to forge its weapon in the same journey.