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Count Ymir, High Priest is an NPC in Elden Ring. Count Ymir, High Priest is a High Priest who oversees the Cathedral of Manus Metyr. He sells a collection of spells that can be purchased with runes. He has a servant named Jolan, who can be summoned during certain fights after progressing his questline. He speaks on many topics including the nature of the world and The Greater Will. Count Ymir, High Priest is an NPC exclusive to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC and does not appear in the base game.

See Count Ymir, High Priest Lore

I am a glintstone sorcerer. We study the stars, and examine the life therein.

Count Ymir, High Priest Location in Elden Ring

Count Ymir, High Priest can be found at Cathedral of Manus Metyr

• This NPC moves to the garden outside the church or disappears from the throne sometimes
• You can fight this NPC. Click here to see the page.
• If defeated, drops:
  • Ymir's Bell Bearing
  • Maternal Staff
  • High Priest Hat
  • High Priest Robe
  • High Priest Gloves
  • High Priest Undergarments

Elden Ring Count Ymir, High Priest Shop

Item Name	Item Type	Purchase Value	Stock
Glintstone Pebble	Sorceries	1,000	Default
Great Glintstone Shard	Sorceries	2,000	Default
Glintblade Phalanx	Sorceries	2,500	Default
Carian Phalanx	Sorceries	12,000	Default
Carian Retaliation	Sorceries	9,000	Default
Miriam's Vanishing	Sorceries	10,000	Default
Glintstone Nail	Sorceries	12,000	After 1st Bell
Glintstone Nails	Sorceries	12,000	After 1st Bell
Fleeting Microcosm	Sorceries	20,000	After 2nd Bell

Count Ymir, High Priest Quest Objectives in Elden Ring

• Speak with Count Ymir, High Priest at the Cathedral of Manus Metyr
• Ring the bell in the Finger Ruins of Rhia
• Head back to Ymir and obtain Ruins Map (2nd)
• Find Scaduview
• Ring the bell in the Finger Ruins of Dheo
• Head back to Ymir to obtain Ruins Map (3rd)
• Ring the bell in the Finger Ruins of Miyr
• Defeat Metyr Mother of Fingers
• Defeat Jolan and Ymir
• Obtain the Cherishing Fingers

Elden Ring Count Ymir, High Priest Notes & Trivia

• Lockout conditions for Count Ymir, High Priest's Quest:
  
  • Count Ymir, High Priest and Jolan's questlines are parallel to each other, some steps may be missed or locked out of progression. Check Jolan's page or our SOTE Walkthrough page if you want to learn more.
• In some cases, Count Ymir, High Priest will go missing and not be seated on the throne which prevents you from progressing the quest. (We still need confirmation to see where he moves to but other players have reported that you will sometimes find him near Yuri's gravestone.) To continue your progress, you can redo your current objective (ring the bell in either Finger Ruins) to force him back on the throne. Doing this will allow you to complete the rest of the quest.

Elden Ring Count Ymir, High Priest Questline Guide

Mother of Fingers

Count Ymir, High Priest, is found behind closed doors in Cathedral of Manus Metyr. When you first meet him, he will be surprised and give you the Ruins Map and Hole-Laden Necklace. The necklace is a key item used to ring a bell at a sacred ruin. Exhaust his dialogue, as he also acts as a merchant selling spells. He will mention a boy in the church and advise you to watch your step.

Using the Ruins Map, fast travel to the Finger Ruins of Rhia Site of Grace Map Link. Navigate carefully through Fingercreepers and leech-like enemies to reach the bell. Ringing it will grant you the Crimson Seed Talisman +1. Return to Count Ymir in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr to receive the second Ruins Map and Beloved Stardust.

NOTE: You can find Jolan leaning against a pillar after reloading the area.

With the second map, fast travel to the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace Map Link. Facing the entrance, go left to find a Summoning Pool and a room. Inside the room, read the message "Have mercy, For the spirited-away shamans" on the left. At the altar straight ahead, pick up the Scadutree Fragment and perform the O Mother Gesture in front of the altar to activate it.

NOTE: The O Mother Gesture can be found north of Bonny Village, in front of a headless statue. See Shadow of the Erdtree Map Link

Go through the hidden tunnel and you will find yourself at the Hinterlands.

AT THIS POINT - If you return to the Cathedral of Manus Metyr, Ymir will be ouside by Yuri's Grave. You can activate the switch under the throne and descend. You will be invaded by Anna, and can come back up and tell Jolan about it. Doing this seems to have no special effect on the questline and lets you get the Claws of Night earlier

BACK TO HINTERLANDS: On your way to the Finger Ruins of Dheo, you will encounter a lot of smaller enemies and 2 Tree Sentinels so you will need to be careful in this area. You can summon Jolan by interacting with her golden sign on the ground just before the first sentinel and get help for the boss. Once you reach the end, you can interact with the bell and you will be granted the Cerulean Seed Talisman +1. Return to the Cathedral of Manus Metyr and speak to Count Ymir, High Priest and he will reward you with the Ruins Map (3rd).

With the third map, ask about the nature of the world, then reload the area, and Count Ymir will not be there. Make your way over to the throne you met Count Ymir, High Priest on, this time you can examine the throne. Interact with it to see it slide back and reveal a rope ladder, take the ladder down to reach the Finger Ruins of Miyr. Once you head down, NPC invader Swordhand of Night Anna will appear, defeat her and you will be rewarded with the Claws of Night.

NOTE: If you still see Count Ymir, High Priest on the throne, exhaust all dialogue with him and rest at the Site of Grace.

NOTE: Head back up and speak with Jolan about fighting Anna to gain more dialogue from her.

You will be able to find a few Finger Mimics scattered around the area, other than that, you can find the Finger-Weaver's Cookbook (2) on a body on the lower left walkway of the path. Nearing the bell, you can interact with the Summoning Pool to activate it and then interact with the hanging bell to teleport you to the Metyr Mother of Fingers arena.

Once you defeat Metyr Mother of Fingers you will be granted 420,000 Runes, and the Remembrance of the Mother of Fingers. You can then fast-travel back to the Cathedral of Manus Metyr and head back to the throne and interact with it once more to encounter another NPC invader named Swordhand of Night Jolan, defeat her and you will have to face Count Ymir, High Priest, Mother of Fingers. This is when Count Ymir, High Priest borrows the powers of Metyr to fight you. Defeat him and you will be granted the High Priest Armor Set that comes with the High Priest Hat, High Priest Robe, High Priest Gloves, and High Priest Undergarments, as well as Ymir's Bell Bearing and the Maternal Staff.

At this point, you can head over to the graveyard in the west area of the Cathedral and pick up Cherishing Fingers. This is the end of Count Ymir, High Priest's questline. You can rest at the Site of Grace and enter the Cathedral and speak with Jolan who is now slumped over the pillar you normally see her leaning against. Speak with her to continue her questline.

Dialogue in Elden Ring: Count Ymir, High Priest

Introduction:

• Well. We don't often receive visitors. 'I am Ymir. Welcome, to Manus Metyr. 'It is a pleasure to have you. 'In lands so forsaken as these, chance encounters are precious indeed. 'Seeing that we have convened here on this day, 'allow me to mark the occasion with a modest offering. [Hands over Hole-Laden Necklace and Ruins Map]
• The map I gave you charts the site of a hallowed ruin. It is said that after sounding the hanging bell there... One's fate will be guided by the stars. I only wish to be of service. To help those who fight for their purpose. I'm not mistaken am I? I can see it in your eyes. You are a fighter are you not?
• Is something the matter? I've given you a map to the hallowed ruin... Oh, I suppose you expect a lesson of me, do you. I know the feeling. Those with purpose are nothing if not ravenous... For power. For truth.

Ask about glintstone sorcery:

• I, too, am a glintstone sorcerer. We study the stars, and examine the life therein. Are you familiar with our findings? Long ago, we began as stardust, born of a great rupture far across the skies. We, too, are children of the Greater Will. Is that not divine? Is that not sublime? ...and yet, none can fathom its implications, its utter brilliance!

Visit:

• Oh, yes. Do mind your feet around the church. You wouldn't want to hurt the little boy.
• Is something the matter? Here to squeeze another lesson out of me?

Ask about the knight in black armor:

• Ah, you met Jolán? Well, I hope that she behaved, at least. 'The poor girl has overcome grave misfortune. Her tongue can be sharp at the best of times, but don't think that makes her a bad person. 'Mm. It's no surprise her little sister too, has a heart of gold.

On return:

• Oh my, you poor thing. Another bad dream, Yuri? Put that rotten thing out of your mind. That tangled mess can’t hurt you.

After blowing bell at Finger Ruins of Rhia:

• Oh, there you are. The exalted timbre of the bell has reached these ears of mine. Gracious, the starry sky is wondrous tonight indeed. Only your fate shines brighter. Now, these are for you. (Gives Ruins Map (2nd) and Beloved Stardust)
• Think nothing of it. I have made my decision to be of help. May the gleaming stars guide you evermore.
• (Ask about the nature of the world) I fear that you have borne witness to the whole of it. The conceits – the hypocrisy – of the world built upon the Erdtree. The follies of men. Their bitter suffering. Is there no hope for redemption? The answer, sadly, is clear. There never was any hope. They were each of them defective. Unhinged, from the start. Marika herself. And the fingers that guided her. And this is what troubles me. No matter our efforts, if the roots are rotten, …then we have little recourse.
• (Ask about Miquella) Ever-young Miquella saw things for what they were. He knew that his bloodline was tainted. His roots mired in madness. A tragedy if ever there was one. That he would feel compelled to renounce everything. When the blame... lay squarely with the mother.

If the player blows the bell at the Finger Ruins of Dheo first:

• Oh, there you are. The exalted timbre of the bell has reached these ears of mine. Gracious, the starry sky is wondrous tonight indeed. Only your fate shines brighter. But fate can be a strange thing indeed. The hanging bell you sounded was not the one on the map I gave you. The bell you found, was in fact, here. (Gives Ruins Map (2nd) and Beloved Stardust)
• Please, take a second look at the original map. And may the gleaming stars guide you evermore.

Return:

• Forgive me. I failed you. Failed to birth you whole. I was not ready to be your mother. But I can still stay here, nice and close. For now, my dear, sleep soundly…
• I will return shortly. Please, allow the two of us a moment alone.

Return after descending:

• Hmm? Did you espy something unsightly, perchance? Well, put it out of your mind. The stars will reveal the truth, in time. Free yourself of any misconceptions, lest they bring woe upon the both of us.

Visit:

• Oh yes, I believe I can feel it brewing. This evening is a sign, of a greater night to come.

After blowing bell at Finger Ruins of Dheo

• Mm. Hello there. I heard another sound, coloured by your essence. Simply exhilarating, I must say. The stars are dark tonight. But rest assured, this is no ill omen. On the contrary, I believe that this portends a magnificent starry cascade. Now, thake this, my final gift to you. May you join the glimmering stars above. (Gives Ruins Map (3rd))
• (Ask about the nature of the world) Do you recall what I said? That Marika, and the fingers that guided her, were unsound from the start. Well, the truth lies deeper still. It is their mother who is damaged and unhinged. The fingers are but unripe children. Victims in their own right. We all need a mother, do we not? A new mother, a true mother, who will not give birth to further malady.
• May you join the glimmering stars above.

After defeating Jolán:

• My shining star. Grant me a mother’s strength. Look here. At my fingers. I will be the true mother. And I will be the only mother!
• (Using Finger Spawn) My dear children!
• (On player's death) I will be the true mother! Dear Yuri, dear Fingers!
• (On defeat) Forgive me, Yuri. Truly, I desired...to be your mother…

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