Man-Serpent Ashes

Type

Spirit Ashes

Summoning cost

62 FP

Upgrade material

Grave Glovewort

About this spirit

Ashen remains in which spirits yet dwell.

Use to summon the spirit of a man-serpent.

Spirit of a deformed man-serpent that wields a whip of magma.

It is said that long ago, the elder serpent that dwelled on Mt. Gelmir devoured a demigod, and the birth of the man-serpents followed.

Corpse among kneeling nobles before the sending gate

Mt. Gelmir

Starting Site of Grace: Temple of Eiglay

Before you go

• Defeat the Godskin Noble in Temple of Eiglay.

1. At Scenic Isle in southern Liurnia, head east toward the stone gazebo near the telescope. Speak to Rya about her stolen necklace before entering Volcano Manor, which ends this early meeting.
2. Ride northwest across the shallow lake to Boilprawn Shack. Talk to Boggart beside the cooking pot, ask for the necklace and choose Deal to open the purchase.
3. Buy Rya's Necklace for 1,000 runes. Buying it keeps Boggart alive and opens his prawn shop; purchase at least one Boiled Prawn if you want his later move and crab stock.
4. Return to Rya in the gazebo and give her the necklace. Finish her dialogue to receive Volcano Manor Invitation.
5. Reach Altus Plateau through the Grand Lift of Dectus with the medallion halves from Fort Haight and Fort Faroth, or by defeating Magma Wyrm Makar at Ruin-Strewn Precipice. Rya waits at the top of Dectus for lift arrivals, or by Lux Ruins near Erdtree-Gazing Hill for the precipice route. Speak to her and accept her hand to travel to Volcano Manor.
6. If you have not entered the dungeon yet, speak to Tanith in Volcano Manor and accept her invitation to get the Drawing-Room Key. Open the first room on the right in the corridor. Roll into or strike the illusory wall in the back-right corner to reveal a passage. Follow it downstairs, past the snails and Bloodhound Knight, to the Prison Town Church grace.
7. Leave the church through its large doors and take the path downhill to the right. Follow the outer wall, watching for the Abductor Virgin. When the path splits at the stairs, cross the bridge toward the large building guarded by a Man-Serpent. Its front door is locked, so go around the right side to the ladder.
8. From the roof, go south and look over the western edge for the balcony with an open doorway and lantern. Drop onto it and enter the room with the Omenkiller.
9. Clear the Omenkiller, leave through the southern door and climb the ladder on the left. Follow the balcony left and drop onto the adjoining roof. Continue through the side entrance into the building and open its main door as a shortcut.
10. Go southeast down the interior stairs. At the bottom, follow the corridor into the room on the right and activate Guest Hall grace.
11. Return to the lower corridor and leave through its large northeastern door. Climb down the ladder on the right to the lava-side ground.
12. Use the solid ground and the sloping roof of the building east of you to cross toward the northeastern rooftops. Follow the rampart toward the western building, then turn southeast to the stairs guarded by a Man-Serpent.
13. At the top, use the cage lift that takes you upward toward the temple. The other lift descends toward an optional Magma Wyrm and is not the route to the Godskin Noble.
14. Pass the Blackflame Monk on the upper stairs. Before entering the temple, turn left and activate the bridge mechanism to raise the shortcut back toward Prison Town Church.
15. Enter Temple of Eiglay and defeat the Godskin Noble. Activate Temple of Eiglay grace afterward. Rykard is not required for this part of the dungeon.
16. Take the lift on the right inside Temple of Eiglay and go out onto its upper balcony. Drop over the barrier onto the solid ground beside the lava rather than into the pool.
17. Follow the narrow volcanic path past the fire slugs. Before the corpse at its end, drop left onto the lower ledge, then follow it around and uphill toward the larger lava pool.
18. Cross toward the western building, avoid the Abductor Virgin, and enter through the open window around its right side. The ladder inside descends to the prison and is not needed for Rya or the ashes.
19. Open the forward door, pass the Man-Serpent and climb the stairs on the right. Use the doorway on the left at the top to reach the shortcut lift.
20. Activate the shortcut lift back toward Temple of Eiglay, then return to the upper route. Continue along the main stairs past the nobles, which can release poison when killed, and the Man-Serpents.
21. Enter the large hall and deal with the magma-whip serpent before moving north. Go through the eastern doorway into the room where nobles kneel around a corpse and Man-Serpents can rush down the stairs.
22. Loot that corpse for Man-Serpent Ashes. The eastern stairs lead onward toward the sending gate to Audience Pathway, but using the gate or killing Rykard is not required for the ashes.

Notes

• Costs 62 FP and summons one Man-Serpent with a magma whip. Upgrade it through Roderika with Grave Glovewort to +10; Ghost Glovewort is not its upgrade material.
• The whip deals Strike and Fire damage. Its swings can leave magma that deals additional Fire damage to enemies remaining in the pool. The lingering pool does not need the whip to hit again to keep hurting a target inside it.
• Slow or large enemies are easier to keep in the magma. A fast opponent can move away before the pool contributes much, and high Fire resistance reduces that part of the summon's damage.
• Its low poise lets enemies interrupt its swings. Summon with enough room to begin attacking, and keep pressure on the enemy when it turns toward the spirit. It is less reliable as a lone distraction than a summon built to withstand repeated hits.
• Your weapon upgrades, Fire Grease and equipped whip do not determine its attacks. Reinforcing the ashes improves the summoned spirit itself.
• You need the Spirit Calling Bell, a permitted summoning area and enough FP. The ashes are reusable, but multiplayer restrictions and the usual limit on summoning spirits still apply.
• The ashes are a corpse pickup in the manor hall before the sending gate. Killing ordinary Man-Serpents is not a way to farm extra copies. Rykard and the assassination contracts are unnecessary for this route.