You will come across several NPCs when playing Elden Ring. Some of these friendly NPCs reward your greatly if you complete their quests. Moreover, completing side quests also earns you ability points that you can invest in upgrading your character stats. Similarly, Boc the Seamster is an NPC demi-god monkey that rewards you with the ability to customize your armor by resting at a site of Grace. However, the Boc questline in Elden Ring isn’t as rewarding, but the quests are relatively simple.
The only problem is most people don’t even know of his existence as he doesn’t play an important role in the turnover of the story. As a result, players can’t find him even though he hides in plain sight. So, if you are interested in completing the Boc questline in the game, I suggest that you read this article to the end.
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Where to find Boc the Seamster?
Boc is a sad demi-god who is ashamed of his existence and wants to follow in his mother’s footsteps. So, he hides in a cave where he is cursed by some clod who turns him into a talking tree. The players must first rescue him by breaking the curse to begin the questline. Fortunately, he isn’t very hard to find if you know where to go.
Start at the lake in Limgrave, the first area of the game. Head north till you reach the big telescope. There you will hear someone calling for help; it’s Boc. Follow the voice till you identify the right tree. You can also take help from the messages left by other players in Elden Ring online. Once you identify the right tree, hit it with your sword to break the spell.
As soon as you break the curse, smoke will come out, and the tress will transform into Boc. Exhaust the dialogue to receive 10 mushrooms, and he offers you more rewards after he reaches his cave. After breaking the curse, rest at the nearby site of Grace so that Boc can travel to his cave.
Boc’s Sewing Needle
After your first encounter, you can find Boc near the site of Grace in the Coastal Cave. Once you get there, you will find Boc in a really bad shape. He will tell you that some demi-humans harassed him and took all his belongings, including his special sewing needle. Head inside the Coastal Cave Dungeon, where two demi-human bosses will confront you. You must defeat them to retrieve Boc’s belongings. However, beware that several weak chimps will also attack you during the fight. So, I suggest that you summon spirits to stay focused on defeating the bosses.
After you defeat the bosses, they will drop Boc’s sewing needle and tailoring tools. You can now use the tailoring tools at any site of Grace to customize your armor at the cost of 500 souls per attempt. Return the sewing needle to Boc outside the cave.
The Golden Sewing Needle
After getting his sewing needle back, Boc decides to become a seamstress like his mother. So, he travels north in the Liurnia region, near the site of Grace in Lake-Facing Cliffs. You can visit him at any time to customize your armor for free. However, I suggest that you grab the Golden Needle from Liurnia before visiting his second location, as he will request that anyways.
Visit the Church of Vows in Liurnia for the Golden Needle. There are two ways to reach this place, i.e., use the teleporter in the Raya Lucaria Academy or mount your Torrent. In any case, head inside the church, find and open the treasure chest to retrieve the Golden Sewing Needle for Boc. Beware not to visit the Church of Vows at night as a boss spawns at night, and defeating him can be pretty challenging for most players.
Where to find Boc the third time?
After receiving his swing needle, Boc travels around the map, sewing armors. For the most part, he is available at different sites of Grace throughout the map, depending on how many portions of the world you have unlocked. For instance, you can always find Boc at one of these locations:
- Next to the entrance to Stillwater Cave, near the site of Grace in Lake-Facing Cliffs. (Available during evening and morning)
- East site of Grace near the Raya Lucaria Academy in Liurna of the Lakes.
- Site of Grace in the Altus Highway Junction, Altus Plateau.
- The site of Grace in East Capital Rampart, the Divine Capital, Leyndell.
The key to finding Boc is to locate the farthest site of Grace from you on the map. Visit that area to customize your armor for free. Moreover, you can also give Boc the Golden Needle by meeting him at the site of Grace in East Capital Rampart, the Divine Capital, Leyndell. Giving him the Golden Needle will unlock more customization options in the menu to modify the legendary and boss armors.
Moreover, once you give him the Golden Sewing Needle, exhaust the dialogue to receive the “My Lord” gesture.
Boc’s Final Quest
Boc’s ending depends on your decisions. You can choose to rid him of his miserable existence or convince him to accept his flaws and live on. In any case, Boc disappears if you don’t have the “You’re Beautiful” Prattling Pate in your inventory.
Boc’s Rebirth
After receiving the Golden Needle, Boc claims that he is ugly and wants to be reborn as a beautiful human. However, you must first defeat Rennala, the Queen of the Full Moon, before visiting Boc for the third time. By then, you have the Great Rune and one Larval Tear in your inventory. Boc says that he has heard that Queen Rennala can transform him into a human form. So, you can give him the Larval Tear and send him off to Rennala.
Rest at the site of Grace and visit the Raya Lucaria Academy to find Boc in his human form. However, this will be the last time you ever see him, as he will die as soon as the map reloads. A consequence of this decision is that you will no longer have access to free armor tailoring in the game.
Tell Boc he’s beautiful
The second option is to use the “You’re Beautiful” Prattling Pate near Boc. However, you must possess the Pate before giving him the Golden Sewing Needle. You can find the Prattling Pate in the Hermit Village in Mt. Gelmir. Head southwest from the Altus Plateau till you reach the Wyndham Ruins. Continue through the Seethewater River and Terminus, defeat the weaklings, the fire gatekeeper, and the Magma Wyrm boss. Your journey ends when you reach the Hermit Village filled with demi-humans. Explore the area till you find a corpse in the main street. Search this corpse to get the “You’re Beautiful” Prattling Pate.
Next, head back to Boc and give him the Golden Sewing Needle. When he claims that he is ugly, use the Prattling Pate and tell him that he is beautiful. After this quest, Boc will continue to serve you are your personal armor tailor. However, this is the only reward you get for completing Boc’s questline. Still, it’s a happy ending.
FAQs
What happens if you do nothing in Boc’s final quest?
There is a known bug in Elden Ring where you can choose to neither give him the Larval Tear nor use the “You’re Beautiful” Prattling Pate. In this case, Boc will disappear forever from the game, i.e., he won’t be available in the Academy and any site of Grace.
What happens if you kill Boc in Elden Ring?
Boc was also seen in the network test of Elden Ring. He is a weak demi-god that you can kill with just one critical strike. However, this ends his questline, and there is no way to revive him, depriving you of the free armor tailoring.
How does Boc’s Questline Reward you in the game?
Boc is one of the few side questlines that come to an end with a happy ending. However, his questline isn’t very rewarding in terms of items and powers. The only rewards you get for completing his questline are tailoring tools for customizing your armor by resting at a site of Grace, free tailoring services, and the “My Lord” gesture.
How to get the Golden Sewing Needle for Boc?
You can find the Golden Sewing Needle inside a treasure chest in the Church of Vows. However, it is recommended not to visit the church at night as you will be welcomed by a boss. Once you get the Golden Needle and the “You’re Beautiful” Prattling Pate, visit Boc and use these items to end his questline.
How to start Boc the Seamster questline in the game?
Boc is a weak demi-god who is embarrassed by his existence. So, he hides inside a cave where someone curses him with a magic spell. The spell turns him into a talking tree. You must break the curse by visiting the great telescope in Limgrave, where you will hear him calling for help. Follow the sounds till you reach a bunch of trees, find the right tree, and destroy it with your weapon to break the curse. The tree will reveal Boc and begin his questline.
Conclusion
Boc is a monkey demi-god who specializes in tailoring armors just like his mother. He is cursed to become a talking tree till you break him free of the magic spell. Completing the Boc’s questline isn’t very rewarding as it only gives you the tailoring tools, free armor tailoring, and the “My Lord” gesture. However, you must complete the questline to either help him transform into a human form or accept his existence. However, most people don’t know how to complete the Boc questline in Elden Ring; that’s why you need this guide.
