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Finding the First Clue
Fighting Commander O'Neil
Among the items needed for Elden Ring's NPC questlines, the 
Unalloyed Gold Needle can be especially tricky to locate, especially since finding it requires a journey into the horribly poisonous swamps of Caelid. This article will explain where to find the needle and what to do with it.
Elden Ring is an open-world action-RPG by FromSoftware, makers of the difficult but brilliant Dark Souls franchise, along with Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, and the King's Field series.
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Finding the First Clue
Players wishing to learn the location of the Unalloyed Gold Needle must first seek out the NPC Gowry in Caelid, found in his shack just past the south gate to Selia, City of Sorcery. (Marked with a red dot on the map above) Gowry needs the needle to cure a woman named Millicent of her illness, the same disease that has turned Caelid into a toxic hellscape. He offers a single hint, telling players to look for it in the Swamp of Aeonia, in the heart of Caelid.
Fighting Commander O'Neil
Within the Swamp of Aeonia, on the eastern side of the swamp, is a large boss arena featuring a battle with Commander O'Neil. The Commander wields a dangerous spear and spreads scarlet rot with his special attacks, which also generate shockwaves of wind that can knock the player down.
Making the fight trickier is his entourage of Soldiers. When he is first attacked, he will charge up a move that causes several spectral soldiers and archers to appear, who can deal surprising amounts of damage with their arrows. At half health he will charge up another move, summoning spectral soldiers armed with axes that have a large amount of health and deal huge damage with their slow attacks.
Slaying Commander O'Neil will reward players with the Unalloyed Gold Needle.
Returning to Gowry & Visiting Millicent
Inspection of the Needle's description in the inventory will reveal it is broken, so players should return to Gowry to have it repaired. He'll ask them to wait until he has fixed it, so rest at a Site of Grace and then return to him to receive the repaired Unalloyed Gold Needle.
Following Gowry's advice from earlier, players can then light the three fires atop towers in Selia to unseal the various magically locked doors, gaining access to several special items, along with the path up to the Church of Plague (Marked with a red dot on the map above), where Millicent can be found. Give the Needle to her, rest at a Site of Grace, and then speak to her again to begin her questline.
Elden Ring is available now for Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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