Elden Ring: What Seluvis' Potion Does (& Why He's Targeting Nepheli)

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Players who have entered the service of Ranni the Witch in have the opportunity to take on a quest from Preceptor Seluvis, a haughty sorcerer who asks a potion be delivered to Nepheli Loux, another Tarnished. Selvuvis, who believes his own intellect to be far above the player character's, does not elaborate on the potion's purpose, commanding the player to follow his bidding in ignorance. Likewise, the potion is also mysteriously absent of details in its item description, but poking around Seluvis' Rise and talking to some other NPCs can shed some light on the sorcerer's machinations, and why Nepheli may have been chosen as his target.

Seluvis is found in the Three Sisters area, sequestered behind Caria Manor and one of 's optional bosses in Liurnia, Royal Knight Loretta. He'll first be encountered in spirit form in Ranni's Rise, but once the player has entered the witch's service, Seluvis invites them for a chat in person. Seluvis' Rise is nearby, and speaking to him reveals he was only extending an invitation out of decorum. Nonetheless, he recruits the player to deliver his potion to Nepheli, who may have been encountered before in Stormveil Castle and subsequently appears in Roundtable Hold. Nepheli is the adoptive daughter of Sir Gideon Ofnir the All-Knowing, the NPC in the Roundtable who tells the player who the Shardbearers are and where they might be found.

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Players can simply do Seluvis' bidding and give Nepheli the potion, but this likely isn't in the player's best interest and doesn't fully explain what the potion is for. Speaking with Gideon, who always has his head buried in some books in the Roundtable Hold, reveals that Seluvis may have sinister intentions (if that wasn't already obvious) and offers to dispose of the potion. Players can keep the potion if they want, and returning to Seluvis' Rise and doing a