The NPCs calledSir Ansbach, Needle Knight Leda, and Freyja share asecret side questline in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. This walkthrough shows the full solution. Completing this questline makes it possible to summonSir Ansbach as an ally for the endboss, making the final fight considerably easier. However, you are not allowed to kill Sir Ansbach and you must side with him during the questline to become allies.
Missable Warning: Steps 1-9 must be completed before burning the Sealing Tree at Church of the Bud. Steps10-13must be completed after burning the Sealing Tree. The Sealing Tree is the point of no return, most NPCs and their questlines become unavailable after this point. You are not allowed to kill Sir Ansbach if he’s hostile at Storehouse, First Floor (archer enemy with red name).
Video Walkthrough
Step 1: Talk to Freyja at “Three-Path Cross” site of grace, exhaust all dialogue. This is needed to spawn her in Storehouse, Seventh Floor. If Freyja isno longer here it means you talked to her already, then skip to Step 2 and you’ll find her in Shadow Keep Storehouse, Seventh Floor.
Step 2: Talk to Freyja at Shadow Keep > “Storehouse, Seventh Floor” site of grace, exhaust all dialogue. She will say “I should have asked Ansbach to impart his knowledge when I had the chance”.
Step 3:Talk to Sir Ansbach at“Main Gate Cross” site of grace. If he’s no longer there, he will be in Shadow Keep at Storehouse, First Floor – from the site of grace enter the room in the north before going upstairs.
Step 4:Collect the “Secret Rite Scroll”, it must be given to Sir Ansbach in the next step. From “Storehouse, Fourth Floor” site of grace go up the stairs past a red fire mage enemy, down the next stairs on the left to enter a room. There you find it on a table. If you already collected it you can skip to the next step (can find it in inventory under Key Items).
Step 5:Talk to Ansbach north of “Storehouse, First Floor” site of grace. From the site of grace head north, past a ghost enemy shooting a fire spell, then enter the room on the right before going upstairs. Give “Secret Rite Scroll” to Ansbach > tell him of Freyja’s decisions > exhaust all dialogue > hewill give “Letter to Freyja”, if not fast travel back to First Floor site of grace and visit him again or try talking to Freyja once more,then talk to Ansbach again and he will give it.
Step 6:Talk to Freyja at “Storehouse, Seventh Floor” site of grace >Pass on Letter for Freyja > talk to her again to get “Golden Lion Shield”> exhaust all dialogue.
Step 7:Talk to Ansbach at “Storehouse, First Floor” site of grace >pass on Freyja’s message. If Ansbach is no longer there, proceed to the next step.
Step 8:Talk to Needle Knight Leda at “Highroad Cross” site of grace, exhaust all her dialogue. Reload the site of grace via fast travel and talk to her until she runs out of dialogues and repeats the same line. (If you already exhausted all her dialogues after beating Rennala boss you may be able to skip this step)
Step 9:Come back to Ansbach’s Room in Storehouse, First Floor.Ansbach should be gone and therewill be two summoning signs on the ground: Red to side with Leda, Gold to side with Ansbach ==> INTERACT WITH THE GOLDEN SIGN TO ASSIST ANSBACH! This is mandatory to summon him later against the endboss. If you kill Ansbach, his questlinefails and he can no longer assist you in later fights. If the summoning signs don’t spawn, try fast traveling in and out of Shadow Keep a few times and make sure you exhausted the dialogues with Leda.
Step 10:Burn the Sealing Tree at Church of the Bud to advance the story. You must have defeated Messmer at the top of Shadow Keep Storehouse to be able to burn the tree. POINT OF NO RETURN: Burning the Sealing Tree will make most other NPCs disappear and their questlines are no longer doable. Finish up any side quests before doing this. Make a save game backup here if possible.
Step 11:Proceed through Enir-Ilim area until you must fight Needle Knight Leda and her allies. SummonAnsbach before the fight by interacting with the golden summoning sign (before interacting with Leda’s red summoning sign). If you did Thiollier’squestlineyou should summon him too as it’s needed to advance his questline.
Step 12:After defeating Needle Knight Leda, go up the next elevator and Sir Ansbach will stand at the exit, at the stairs just before Divine Gate Front Staircase. Exhaust all dialogues with him.
Step 13:When you reach the endboss you will be able to callAnsbach for help by interacting with his golden summoning sign before the gate to the boss fight. He will assist you which can make the final boss easier.Ansbach will drop his full set after the endboss fight: Wise Man’s Mask, Ansbach’s Attire, Ansbach’s Manchettes, Ansbach’s Boots, Obsidian Lamina, Furious Blade of Ansbach.
If you finishedThiollier’s questlineyou can summon him for the endboss too, he will also drop his full set afterward.
This finishes the side questline ofSir Ansbach and the associated characters Freyja and Needle Knight Leda.
For all other NPC questlines refer toElden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree – All Side Quests.
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