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Rya

Rya recruits travellers to Volcano Manor and later questions her origins as Zorayas. Her quest can end with death, lost memories or a departure letter, depending on what you choose.

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Locations and access

Gazebo east of Scenic Isle

Liurnia of the Lakes · Liurnia gazebo

Starting Site of Grace: Scenic Isle

  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.

Drawing room and room across the corridor

Mt. Gelmir · Manor rooms

Starting Site of Grace: Volcano Manor

  1. Join Tanith and unlock the corridor rooms. Speak to Rya in the drawing room, then check the room across the corridor after progressing the first contract and reloading.

Small room beyond Temple of Eiglay

Mt. Gelmir · Hidden room

When available: After giving her Serpent’s Amnion and finishing the manor dialogue.

Starting Site of Grace: Temple of Eiglay

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Ride that lift down and step off into the intermediate doorway just below the top landing. Cross the small room to its western window.
  6. Look for the building directly opposite across the lava. Cross to it and turn left to its doorway. Rya is in the small room inside, away from the main hall leading to the sending gate.

Quest steps

Quest steps can include different outcomes. Read the branch, conditions and cutoffs before making a choice.

  1. Optional necklace introduction

    Branch: Main quest

    Before entering Volcano Manor, speak at the Liurnia gazebo. Buy her necklace from Boggart at Boilprawn Shack and return it. This preserves Boggart’s shop route.

  2. Optional passage to the manor

    Branch: Main quest

    Meet her at the top of Dectus or near Lux Ruins by Erdtree-Gazing Hill, depending on your Altus arrival. Accept her hand to reach the manor. You may also reach the manor yourself.

  3. Discover Zorayas

    Branch: Main quest

    Join Tanith and finish the first contract. Speak to Rya about the noises, rest and meet her serpent form across the corridor. Discuss her form with Tanith and speak to her again.

  4. Investigate the dungeon

    Branch: Main quest

    Reveal the illusory wall in the first room on the corridor’s right. Reach Prison Town Church and tell Rya about the manor’s hidden side. Continue her conversations as the contracts progress.

  5. Give the amnion

    Branch: Main quest

    Defeat Godskin Noble in Temple of Eiglay and collect Serpent’s Amnion from the altar. Give it to Rya, finish talking and reload. Ask Tanith about her absence for the optional Tonic of Forgetfulness.

    Progression cutoff: Reach Rya’s hidden room before killing Rykard. Collect the tonic before completing all three main contracts if you want that option.

  6. Leave her alive with her memories

    Branch: Keep her memories

    Speak in the hidden room, refuse her request to kill her and keep the tonic. After Rykard, return and finish her new dialogue. Reload for her letter and talisman.

  7. Give the tonic

    Branch: Forgetfulness

    Give her Tonic of Forgetfulness instead. After Rykard and the residents’ departure, speak to her in the manor drawing room. Reload for the talisman.

  8. Kill her

    Branch: Hostile ending

    Kill her at the hidden-room meeting to receive the talisman immediately. This prevents her departure letter.

Rewards and conditions

Reward or serviceConditionDetails
Volcano Manor InvitationReturn the necklace.Unlocks her Altus invitation dialogue.
Zorayas’s Letter and Daedicar’s WoeKeep her alive without giving the tonic, then finish the post-Rykard meeting.The letter is exclusive to this departure route. The talisman increases damage taken rather than protecting you.
Daedicar’s WoeComplete the tonic branch or kill her.These alternatives do not give Zorayas’s Letter.

Notes

  • Her early Liurnia introduction is optional for the later manor story, but matters for Boggart’s early shop access.
  • Serpent’s Amnion is on the Temple of Eiglay altar. It is not Rykard’s reward.
  • Taking Tanith’s tonic does not force you to use it. Keeping it leaves another optional conversation with Corhyn.
  • The hidden room is off the main route. It is not the room containing the sending gate to Rykard.
  • Do not kill Rykard before the amnion and hidden-room meetings if you want to finish her story.
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