ELDEN RING

ELDEN RING

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Lichdragon Fortissax

Lichdragon Fortissax

Defeated Lichdragon Fortissax

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How to unlock the Lichdragon Fortissax achievement in ELDEN RING - Definitive Guide

So, for this you need to complete Fia's questline (The Traitorous Hug Lady)

After you reach Altus Plateau, go hug her. There will be a talk in secret dialogue option. Exhaust her dialogue until you get "Weathered Dagger".
Give the dagger to D, Hunter of the Dead and reset the area.
Now the closed door near blacksmith should be open. Fia killed D here, exhaust her dialogue.
Now you should do a little of Ranni's questline. After defeating Radahn, go to Nokron, Eternal City from the crater created in Mistwood and find the "Fingerslayer Blade".
Give it to Ranni and get "Carian Inverted Statue"
Use it on Carian Study Hall and reach Divine Tower of Liurnia. Get "Cursemark of Death" from Ranni's Body. (You could continue her questline but for this achievement you don't need to.)
Now go to Nokron, Eternal City again and defeat Valiant Gargoyles in Siofra Aqueduct. Get in the coffin to go Deeproot Depths.
At the end of the area you will face Fia's Champions Boss. After you kill them Fia will appear there.
Talk to her and when the option comes, select "No, I want to be held." and exhaust her dialogue. Reset the area and give her the "Cursemark of Death", reset the area again.
After that she will be sleeping and you can enter her dream.
That's your Lichdragon Fortissax fight. It's a Legend type boss and a tough one, so good luck.

P.S.: After you kill Lichdragon Fortissax you can loot Fia's Body to get "Mending Rune of the Death-Prince", which will provide you an alternative ending at the end of the game.
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06 Mar 2022 12:28

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Does getting this item prevent toy from being able to do delete and reload save trick for the three endings acheivement? Or is this needed? Just asking before I pick up the item, thank you
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By anthony2690 on 07 Mar 2022 11:11
You can pick it up and still get all endings in one run, I did. It just gives the option for an alternate version of the Elden Lord ending
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By Gamerjnb925 on 07 Mar 2022 20:04
I already beat the champion boss, can I still get this achievement?
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By on 08 Mar 2022 03:23
I was in ash version and was still able to get into coffin and continue quest. I missed the section of Fia killing D if that helps.
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By oO Twanger Oo on 09 Mar 2022 12:28
she won't sleep for me. I did everything and gave her the item but she is just there to hug.
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By imoneoldfart on 10 Mar 2022 16:49
Does anyone want to get this achievement with me?
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By on 11 Mar 2022 16:25
She also isn’t sleeping for me… hmmm.
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By Neth Naala on 11 Mar 2022 20:16
Just kidding she held me again and had new dialog.
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By Neth Naala on 11 Mar 2022 20:17
Perhaps it has been patched in that you can do this achievement without the precursor quests... I learned AFTER loading up a backup file, beating Radahn again, speeding through Nokrom/Aquaduct and beating the boss, I found this video (while looking for how to get to top bit of area to speak to Fia) that states you don't need to do the precursor quest parts and shows how - https://youtu.be/etHS0uipY6k.

I'd be mad about this if the boss gave me trouble while I was much lower levelled than what I was used to. Compared to endgame bosses, that was a breeze.
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By McCurleyFries on 12 Mar 2022 00:34
If you give D's armor to his brother who's in the Siofra Aquaducts (He's sulking a little bit before the Gargoyle fight) you can get Fia's armor and a unique sword. You get D's armor back too (You'll need to reload grace after talking to him over Fia's body)
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By The S bot 9000 on 13 Mar 2022 02:29
Just remember to pick “NO, I WANT TO BE HELD” dialogue option during your last chat with Fia, because you’ll get locked out of the Lichdragon Fortissax fight for the playthrough and will need to retry in NG+

So don’t skip any dialogues or anything as well to absolutely make sure there’s no errors.

Good text guide btw, always preferred this form of guiding instead of videos.
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By Cryptic#5867 on 13 Mar 2022 06:48
In case you are at the end of the game and you thought you missed this, you can probably still do this. thought I had missed out since I didn't know there was a side quest for her. Besides hugging her at the Roundtable, I didn't do anything until all I had left was the Hoarah Loux fight and I was still able to go to Deeproot Depths and complete the quest. I don't know if you can do it after Hourah Loux.
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By Hashmap on 15 Mar 2022 21:33
Can confirm 100% it is doable after completely beating the game. I just did it. Just talk, rest, rinse, repeat until the option to enter dream appears.
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By ZomBeast FaTBoY on 16 Mar 2022 05:34
I only spoke to her once, now I’ve done Malekith and she isn’t there, is it too late?
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By UnknownScroll37 on 17 Mar 2022 11:16
+1
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By HxVxPxYxR on 21 Mar 2022 03:15
Does anybody know if I could get the achievement by being summoned as a co-operator?

I also messed up my save and don’t want to have to play through to this point again for this chievo.
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By Phoenix Splicer on 23 Mar 2022 01:16
I stupidly killed her for being a treacherous b***h
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By JudgeMiller89 on 28 Mar 2022 22:59
Use rock sling and mimic tear to take him down
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By AKfoy0face on 12 Apr 2022 20:31
^You can skip all the way to the Fia's champions part by just going there after burning the Erdtree. It just progresses the quest all the way to that point
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By PangoBara on 28 Feb 2023 15:33
I started this quest in Deeproot Depths - hadnt hugged her previously and had Roundtable Hold on fire with Fia gone, Ranni quest complete and Altus plateau reached. First step for me was fighting the Fia champions then she appeared. I didn't get the weathered dagger or pass it to D - but found him dead in the Hold. everything else is per Croshed's guide. Just letting anyone know who may think they've screwed it up like i did by not getting the hugs in early redface
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By Lord Darkfung on 26 Aug 2022 16:08
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***YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE DONE FIA'S QUESTLINE TO OBTAIN THIS ACHIEVEMENT! YOU JUST NEED THE CURSEMARK OF DEATH FROM RANNI'S QUESTLINE!**
Alright, I know I'm LTTP, but after playing this game religiously at launch (mostly going in blind) and getting 95% of the achievements, I took a break from the game. I had done all of the questlines except for Fia's in my few playthroughs and kept reading that this is missable if you miss her questline, as you have probably read if you looked through the other solutions/comments. That is incorrect, as I have never done any part of her questline. Here is what you need to do:

Head to the Across The Roots site of grace in Deeproot Depths.
I'm going to assume you, like me, haven't visited this grace if you're here, despite thinking you've mastered the game and seen everything there is to see. Well, this game continues to surprise. For some reason, searching for directions through the internet yields absolutely zero results aside from YouTube videos that give zero context or direction.

Teleport to the Nameless Eternal City grace and head directly east. You'll see branches going upward with gargoyles that shoot fire sitting on them. You need to head upward to reach the Across The Roots grace (it's not that far away). You can watch the following video and skip to 1:14 for a visual reference:


All credit to Sipder, although his video lacked context and many people needed to rely on the comment section to know where to go.

Once there, enter the large open area with the menacing large "thing" in the background and run all the way to the end.
Here you will face 5 of Fia's companions, starting off with one, then another, then three at once. Once dead, a new site of grace should appear: Prince of Death's Throne.

Fia should have appeared nearby. Speak to her and choose the option to be held. I chose the other option first and nothing happened, so you have to choose this option when prompted again. Exhaust her dialogue. You need to give her the Curse mark of Death, which you most likely already have.

Cursemark of Death
You need to have advanced Ranni's questline far enough for Ranni to give you the Carian Inverted Statue. Take that item to the Carian Study Hall in eastern Liurnia, place it on the pedestal, and explore the inverted environment to reach Liurnia’s Divine Tower. You'll find the Cursemark at the top.

This is where it gets kind of tricky. I thought I exhausted all her dialogue and moved time forward, but nothing changed. So I teleported away and came back and then her dialogue changed again.Then I rested until noon and she was asleep. Alternatively, you can try getting up and getting her to hug you again to get her dialogue to change. YMMV, but whatever the case is, you need to wait a small amount of time (moving time forward at a grace seems to work or possibly teleporting away and back) after all her dialogue has been exhausted for her to be asleep.

Go to her body to enter her dream to fight the Lichdragon. There's nothing noteworthy about this boss; summon your mimic tear if he gives you trouble. Achievement unlocked.

Don't forgot to loot Fia's now dead body for the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince, which unlocks one of the six endings. Hope this helped!
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08 May 2022 22:36

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Thanks the video helped out alot.
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By LUFFYDMONKEY on 14 May 2022 09:16
Much simple I’m at journey 5 and I’ve decided to stop playing for fun and get all the achievements this was faster method . Anyway to get the finger blade you need to unlock Sunni rise first and talk to ranni first to be able to open the chest .
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By MyFxxingTeam on 16 Jan 2023 03:33
Thanks for the info. I had completed the game avoiding Fia, prior to starting Journey 2 I wanted to get all the bosses, and this method worked.
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By Anvil of Souls on 23 Jun 2022 05:18
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This guide is strictly for people who are in endgame.
Fia Will leave the hold even if you have not completed other parts of her quest line. She will head straight to the prince of death’s throne.
If you have already hugged her once you just simply have to talk to her and choose the second choice. Then exhaust her dialogue. Then leave and forwards the game a little bit. About 5 to 10 minutes. Then interact with her body and you will be thrown into combat against the dragon. Defeat it. The achievement is yours. Also search her body afterwards you will receive some items and a specific rune that helps with an alternate ending.
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Full Guide:
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20 Sep 2023 06:01

Missable + Optional
This is only missable if you kill her when she asks you to as part of her quest line, do not kill her.

Location: Deeproot Depths
Suggested Level Range: 85-95
Damage Types: Standard, Fire, Lighting
Weakest To: Pierce
Drops: 90,000 Runes, Remembrance of the Lichdragon

At the Prince of Death's Throne, give Fia the Cursemark of Death that was obtained in the Divine Tower of Liurna after getting the Carian Inverted Statue as part of Ranni's Questline. Talk to Fia three times while resting at the grace between each of them until you get the option to Enter the Deathbed Dream to fight Fortissax.

His weakspot is his head and one of the safer places to stand against him is actually in front of him as the attacks aren't too hard to dodge and you can punish him by striking him in the head afterwards. Watch out for the Death Lightning attack as they will leave lingering areas of Death Blight that will instantly kill you if it builds up. It isn't too difficult to fight, but at 50% HP or so, he will gain a few extra moves including his most dangerous. The aerial glaive attack is used more often if you are at midrange to far away so want to stay close to him.
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The trophy is easy to miss!
When talking to the witch, choose the hug option, then talk to her a few more times, teleporting to the fire. You can also complete the quest with Rennie in advance to have a piece of the Prince of Death's rune with you.
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03 Mar 2022 21:14

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The witch is Fia in the hub. We need to complete her miniquest to find the owner of the dagger (we talk to her several times - she gives the dagger, we look in the hub/possibly some other place for an NPC with the name Di, we give him the dagger, we reload the location, we go to the end of the corridor where the blacksmith sits, we see what happened, talk to Fiya) after which she teleports to the end of the Roots of the Tree location (where you can get by sitting in a coffin after defeating the Gargoyles in Nokron, the Eternal City) *When you ask her for a hug, immediately use the Blessing that she gave out , because you will have a debuff to HP, and using it cancels it.
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By Gelised on 05 Mar 2022 04:11
I didn’t do her quest in the hub, but she still appeared at the end of the location and they let me fight the dragon after three dialogues with her there.
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By Sasha6832112 on 05 Mar 2022 14:28
After killing the final boss, he teleported to the underground location “Throne of the Prince of Death”, Fiya sits there, talk to her and sit on grace until the line to enter the dream appears and the boss dragon will be there.
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26 Mar 2022 09:55