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White Mask Varré is an NPC in Elden Ring. White Mask Varré is encountered near the start of the game, right by The First Step Site of Grace, and will offer advice to the player. He can be found multiple times in different locations as the story progresses.

See White Mask Varré Lore

Oh yes... Tarnished, are we? Come to the Lands Between for the Elden Ring, hmm?
Of course you have. No shame in it.
Unfortunately for you, however, you are maidenless.

White Mask Varré Location in Elden Ring

White Mask Varré can be found in various locations throughout your adventure:

1. He will be the very first NPC you speak to at the beginning of the game. Found in Limgrave, by The First Step Site of Grace.

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1. After obtaining any of the Great Runes, and talking to Enia for the first time at the Roundtable Hold, White Mask Varré can be found at Rose Church, on a large island in the southwest of Liurnia.

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• This NPC moves to different locations
• This NPC can be fought
• If defeated, drops:
  • 500 Runes
  • 6 Festering Bloody Finger
• If defeated in Mohgwyn Dynasty via invasion, drops:
  • 1 Furcalling Finger Remedy
  • 1 Rune Arc
  • 6 Festering Bloody Fingers, Varre's Bouquet (Return to invasion sign, and talk to him, after returning to your world.)

White Mask Varré Questline: How to complete White Mask Varré's Quest

• You receive the Festering Bloody Finger upon meeting White Mask Varré a second time at Rose Church. To trigger this, you must first meet the Two Fingers in the Roundtable Hold
• After obtaining the item, you can progress the questline in one of two ways:
  • With patch 1.06, you can find Magnus the Beast Claw’s invasion sign in a ruined building in the Writheblood Ruins, surrounded by bloodhounds. Fight Magnus (note: you do not need to kill him, you can invade 3 times) and return to Rose Church to continue the quest. If you choose this option, you will not lose the chance to fight this NPC.
  • Alternatively, you can invade other players three times using the Festering Bloody Finger (note: the Recusant Finger will not work). Defeating the invaded player is not required; using the Finger Severer right after invading also counts.
• After completing one of these tasks, Varré will ask you to join his order with the Bloody Lord. If you agree, he will give you the Lord of Blood's Favor and request that you soak it in the blood of a maiden. The closest corpses are:
  • At the Church of Inhibition, atop Frenzied Flame Village.

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• • At the Chapel of Anticipation, if you’ve unlocked the second belfry at The Four Belfries.

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• • Kill Irina who is located at the entrance of the Weeping Peninsula.

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• • Kill Hyetta, who is initially at Lake-facing cliff, though killing her will end her questline.
• Once you return with the blood-soaked Favor, Varré will reward you with a reusable Bloody Finger. If you speak to him again, you will receive the Pureblood Knight's Medal, granting early access to Mohgwyn's Palace where you can fight Mohg, Lord of Blood. This method also provides early access to several Rune farming spots. Note that killing Varré will not yield Varre's Bouquet but will reward you with x6 Festering Bloody Fingers.
• You can also find an invasion sign near the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint Site of Grace

See Map Link to fight Varré. After defeating him, return to the corridor where you found his invasion sign. His wounded body will be on the floor, and after exhausting his dialogue, you can collect x6 Festering Bloody Fingers and Varre's Bouquet from his corpse.

• NOTE: If killed, Varré cannot be respawned, making his questline incompletable. However, you can still reach Mohgwyn's Palace via a hidden teleporter North-North-West of Yelough Anix Tunnel in the Consecrated Snowfield.

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Dialogue in Elden Ring: White Mask Varré

^§Introduction

• Oh yes... Tarnished, are we? Come to the Lands Between for the Elden Ring, hmm?
  Of course you have. No shame in it.
  Unfortunately for you, however, you are maidenless.
  Without guidance, without the strength of runes, and without an invitation to the Roundtable Hold...
  You are fated, it seems, to die in obscurity.
  
• Luckily for you, however, there is one shining ray of hope for even the maidenless.
  Me. Varré. Take care to listen.
  Are you familiar with grace? The golden light that gives life to you Tarnished.
  You may also behold its golden rays pointing in a particular direction at times.
  That is the guidance of grace. The path that a Tarnished must travel.
  Mm, indeed. Grace's guidance holds the answers.
  It will lead you Tarnished to the path you are meant to follow.
  Even if it leads you to your grave.
• Grace's guidance will reveal the path forward, most certainly.
  To Castle Stormveil, over on the cliff.
  The home of the decrepit demigod, Godrick the Grafted.
• It's time you set off, I should think.
  To Castle Stormveil, on the cliff, where grace would guide you.
  If you seek the Elden Ring, maidenless as you are.
  

If attacked

• Oh?
• Do you even comprehend the gravity of this choice?
  
• Very well. If you mistake kindness for frailty of heart, then perhaps a more physical lesson is in order!
• (On player kill) You will die nameless, without ceremony.

Visit

• What's the matter? Shouldn't you be off proving yourself, or some such? Then go on, take the hint and follow the guidance of grace. To castle Stormveil, on the cliff. And if, by chance you do find your way to the castle, you may receive a summons. To the famed Roundtable Keep...

After accessing Roundtable Hold

• Ohh, well done, well done indeed. You made it through that entire mess, all the way to Stormveil.
  And off you trotted to the Roundtable Hold... My sincerest congratulations.
  But, how did you find the Roundtable? Oh, you don't have to say it.
  Before, the Roundtable was chock full of venerated warriors, but now, it's home to puff-chests and has-beens.
  I fear you've been terribly disappointed. I don't blame you.
  But still, the Roundtable has its perks. Why not earn a seat?
  Fly straight and true, so to speak.

^§Choosing "I'll fly straight and true!"

• Ahh, then you're interested? A wise choice indeed.
  To join the Roundtable proper, you must acquire a Great Rune,
  and request audience... with the Two Fingers, in the inner chamber.
  They are the purported masters of the grace that guides your kind, the Tarnished.
  Mm, yes, pay them a visit, so that you may see for yourself.
  
• Challenge Godrick the Grafted, lord of Stormveil, to acquire a Great Rune.
  Decrepit, he may be, but a demigod he remains. And of course, an inheritor of a Great Rune.
  Worse yet, I hear old Godrick's acquired a ferocious new toy to graft...
  So. Prepare for the worst.
  

Choosing "I don't need a seat"

• ... Yes, I see. Perhaps it's just as well. Besides, you are maidenless. One can only do so much with the materials provided. But then again, if you should realize the error of your ways, I'm always willing to hear you out.

Talking again, after choosing "I don't need a seat"

• Oh, have you decided to have a go after all? At joining the round table proper?

Visit after

• What's the matter? Aren't you supposed to be earning your place at the Roundtable Hold?
  Then you must face Godrick the Grafted, lord of Stormveil, for without a Great Rune,
  you will not be granted audience. With the Two Fingers, in the inner chamber.

Visit after killing Godrick or obtaining any other Great Rune

• Ohh, well done, well done indeed. You bested Godrick the Grafted, and claimed a Great Rune. My congratulations. Now, visit the Roundtable Hold. For an audience with the Two Fingers, in the inner chamber.
• Go to the Roundtable Hold. For an audience with the Two Fingers, in the inner chamber.

At Rose Church, after speaking with the Two Fingers at the Roundtable Hold

• Ah, there you are. You claimed a Great Rune, and had your audience. With the Two Fingers, at the Roundtable Hold. What was your impression?

Choosing "They didn't seem right"

• Ah-ha, your intuition serves you well. My doubts had been piling up, you see… The words of the Two Fingers cannot be trusted. Truly, naught but rambling, senile delusions. I believe, that when the Elden Ring was shattered, the Two Fingers were corrupted, their guidance; skewed. Even worse, the Fingers harbor no love for our kind. That's the part that irks the most.

Choosing "They were magnificent"

• You don't say. Well, what a relief that must be. You may go, then. My work here is done. May the wisdom of the two fingers guide you.
• Oh? Is something wrong?

Receiving the Fingers

• Oh, I have a gift for you, something fit for only the wise. A means for circumventing the draw of the Two Fingers. Give it a try, won't you? And if it please you, may we meet again. I've high hopes for you. My lambkin.
• Be sure to try that finger I gave you. There's no reason to dither. The Tarnished were spurned by grace, forsaken by the Two Fingers. And now they ask you to mend their crumbling world? Hah, your loyalties are misplaced with them.
• Be sure to try that finger I gave you. I'm quite certain that you'll take to it.

Visit at the Rose Church, after using the Finger to invade three times.

• Oh, lambkin, so pleased you're here. I'm glad you're enjoying my gift. Mmm, I knew from the very start. You have a taste for noble blood.
• I wish to anoint you a proper inductee. A knight to serve Luminary Mohg, the Lord of Blood, and establish a new dynasty. Luminary Mohg has strength, vision, and of course, love. So, what do you say, my lambkin?

Choosing "Refuse."

• Oh my. Perhaps you misheard me. Nothing wrong with giving you a day or two. For your ears to clear out.
• Oh, it's you. Could you tell me once more? Your honest reply.

Choosing "Anoint me."

• Mm, yes, who would have it any other way? Now, take this. For your final trial. Soak the cloth with a maiden's blood. Normally, this ritual would involve killing one's own maiden, and recanting the wisdom of the Two Fingers. But since you are maidenless, the blood of anyone's maiden will do.
• The cloth is your final trial. Soak it with the blood of a maiden. The blood of anyone's maiden will do. You are maidenless, after all.

After returning with the blood-soaked Favor.

• Ahh, my lambkin. You've completed your final trial. And with this, you are a formal inductee. A knight who will assist Luminary Mohg, the Lord of Blood, in the establishment of a new dynasty. Now, give me your finger. This noble blood will be an immutable badge of honor, once it settles. Inside of you.

Upon offering finger.

• Oh, good heavens. Clench your teeth, or something.

After receiving Bloody Finger.

• Never forget that feeling of agony. For it is what binds you to Luminary Mogh, to all of us. Ha ha ha... You have the sweetest scream. My lambkin.

Talking again, after offering finger and receiving Bloody Finger.

• Oh another thing. You should have this.

After receiving Pureblood Knight's Medal.

• A medal granted by the new Mohgwyn dynasty. 'With the power to grant audience with Luminary Mohg. 'I've gone out of my way to provide one to you. 'But you mustn't use it just yet.
• The meeting must wait until the Mohgwyn dynasty commences. 'Luminary Mohg yet slumbers beside the Divinity. 'We must endure a little longer.

Talking again, after receiving Pureblood Knight's Medal but before using it.

• Ahh, it is trying, but we must be patient. 'One day, you will be elevated, deservedly, basking in love. 'Right, my lambkin? 'Ha ha ha...

Upon invading him near the Mausoleum Dynasty Midpoint grace.

• You seek violence, heedless of my warning, though you have been raised to a knight of the dynasty? I am pained, to the very depths of my being. I'll ensure you regret this, my lambkin. Enjoy your miserable death.

Death.

• You maidenless runt... Who do you think I am? <Groan>

If player is killed at Rose Church

• Oh dear, a pity it's come to this, my lambkin. How does it feel to die a failure? Materials of quality are so hard to find, these days...

When he is killed while invading him.

• Why must I be... disgraced by this lowborn...

Final dialogue when talked to after invading him

• O... Luminary... Mohg...
  Please grant... the strength... you promised
  I have given... everything...
  Please... my lord...
• Please, answer me... Luminary... Mohg.
  ...
  A-ahh...
  Bless the Mohgwyn Dynasty, with love!

Elden Ring Notes & Trivia for White Mask Varré

• During combat, Varre uses Varre's Bouquet and a sacred seal, which he uses to cast Catch Flame, Bloodflame Blade, and Swarm of Flies.
• He used to tell you to go die in a ditch. This was only said during the network test, and was removed from the final release of the game.

"Feel free to go off and die in a ditch somewhere."

• Cannot be revived at Church of Vows, like most dead NPCs.
• He wears the War Surgeon Set, which drops from one of the three Nameless White Mask invaders in Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum.
• The War Surgeon Set's description implies that Mohg originally had the surgeons abducted against their will; Varré included. It details that none of the other White Masks he had taken were able to "tame the accursed blood", but that Varré was the exception. This could be related to Varré's deep loyalty to Mohg and his upcoming Dynasty.

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