Dolls Nest

Dolls Nest

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Dolls Nest NPC Questline Guide
By Alter
A guide for anyone looking to progress unique NPC questlines within Dolls Nest
This guide will contain spoilers for certain areas, bosses, and gear.
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Introduction
Hello, this if my first guide I hope you find it helpful.

I started making this guide purely because during my play throughs I struggled to find out where to get certain items or what to use them for. Hell there's not even a incomplete fextralife wiki and the r/dollsnest subreddit has very few members. So I thought to myself "If there isn't one I guess I'll have to make one." So here we are.

Please make note that this guide is currently incomplete and if you find any incorrect information or if I'm missing anything please comment and I'll look into it. I am planning of updating this guide as I continue with my NG+ runs, I've added in game screenshots to help make some of the locations/quests easier to understand.
Please note: Most images in this guide are place holder and most likely will be updated.

Side note: To make reading this guide a little easier, I have written all main location names in Bold writing, I hope this helps.






!! SPOILER WARNING !!

This guide is intended for players that have beaten the game at least once and have started NG+
if you have not beaten the game consider this your only spoiler warning in the guide.



NPC Glossary
> Yoyo, the Collector

> Hati, the pilgrim (requires multiple playthroughs)

> Gilli-vell (requires multiple playthroughs)

> Yashica & Mushica, the Mechsmith Twins

> Aja, the travelling merchant

> Yodo, the investigator

> Vorg, the Fallen Soldier

> Calrad, the Coward

> Silas, the believer

> Shara, the talking tree

> Automaton Head (requires multiple playthroughs)

> Sheol, the Divine Child
> Yoyo, the Collector
!! Disclaimer: Yoyo is required for at least 1 seperate quest, do not kill her !!
  • Initially found trapped in a room adjacent to the first red unpassable gate you can find in the Cental Cavern location just after the large pipe section.



  • When interacting with her you will be given the option to give her a supplement, give her the supplement and she will thank you.
  • If Yoyo is not rescued from the wall she will remain there untill you give her the supplement.
  • Yoyo will move to the Decayed Broodchamber and become a vendor and give you a High-Grade Repairing Agent.
Yoyo will have dialogue talking about the inhabitants of the Decayed Broodchamber
> Hati, the Pilgrim
!! Disclaimer: Hati's questline will require multiple playthroughs for certain items. !!
  • Initially met in Central Cavern in a hallway near the large open area before the first boss of the area, talking to Hati she will give you Bionic Parts 3 when exhausting her dialogue.


  • Hati will have moved to the Accumulation Zone just outside of the elevator of the areas first boss, she will give you a Writhing Pest when exhausting her dialogue. Hati will move after the boss has been defeated.


  • Hati will then move to the Great Forest she will be located behind a shortcut door that leads to the highway area with the large machine gun enemy, to access said area follow the path to the highway area, once there look to the right and enter the large building and go all the way up the stairs to find her.



  • After killing the machine gun enemy talk to Hati in the same location and she will give you a Purification Crystal.


    Note: you can skip the last 2 steps by not talking to her and killing the area boss you just lose out on a Purification Crystal.

  • Hati's next location will be the Water Treatment Levels just outside of a hallway that leads to a shortcut for the large open area, exhaust her dialogue and reload the area.


  • Hati will move inside the shortcut hallway and has been branded a heretic.
    You have 2 choices you can make:


    Route A
  • Go to the Unknown ruins located at the far back section of the large open area, and unlock the shortcut after you have done talk to Hati agaom and tell her about the ruins and she will move there.


  • Talking to Hati in the Unkown ruins Hati will thank you and give you the BG000 P52 Caladbolg Beam Rifle.


    I feel like there is more to Route A at this point after listening to her dialogue regarding the Prime Church and it's secret, further backed up by Nehma's dialogue about the prime church and Sheol in the throne room. TBD.
    or

    Route B
  • Say nothing to hati and go to the Fault and speak to Silas, the believer in the chapel, tell Silas about Hati and she will ask you to bring Hati to her.
  • After speaking to Silas, tell Hati to go to the Fault Chapel to meat Silas.
  • Hati will eventually be crucified and will die leaving behind her Fols frame (Bad end)
    Refer to the Silas, the believer questline.
    Note: If you kill Silas after Hati is crucified, Hati's crucifix will disappear.

    Killing Hati at any point she will drop a Dainsleif rear arm
> Yashica & Mushica, the Mechsmith Twins
A Mini quest that will reward you with the Type 00 MNK Sabi
Credits to the original guide author.

https://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3471360842
> Gilli-Vell, the Wanderer
!! Gilli-Vell's questline requires multiple playthroughs to acquire all rewards. !!
  • Initially met in the Accumulation Zone Gilli-Vell can be found by turning around after spawning and following that path that leads to a locked shortcut, she will tell you to leave but keep talking to her. When exhausting her dialogue she will give a Writhing Pest.



  • Gilli-Vell can next be found in the Forbidden Domain inside a room found in a wall at the on the ground floor directly ahead from the tree, speak to her and exhaust her dialogue and she will give you a Graphite Bud.


    Note: To avoid any annoyance or headache further on the quest, there is a damaged piece of wall in the Forbidden domain along the larger wall where the tree is, you can use the enemy that fires large bolts to break said damaged wall to find an item that is important for the quest later on.
    Note: If you have already killed the ballista enemy in the Forbidden Domain fear not! You can still break the breakable wall with a melee weapon! Rear explosive weapons such as the xxx Shillis work well too. Be warned this could result in a lot of self damage.



  • Gilli-Vell will move to the Divine Tomb of Wisdom and can be found in a hut below the ramp that leads to the tree and boss area, exhaust her dialogue and she will give you a Glowing Wingbug.


  • Collect the Hidden Message item from the breakable wall in Forbidden Domain.
    See above steps

  • Gilli-Vell will move the Tomb of Divine Wisdom tree and speak to her again.


  • Giving Gilli-Vell the Hidden Message item will reward you with the DolaGanz3 Battle rifle.


    Note: Killing the area boss before speaking to her will result in progressing Gilli-Vell's quest towards route B.

    Route A
    If you collected the message meant for Gilli-Vell found in the breakable wall in the Forbidden Zone you will have the option to give her the message. Giving Gilli-Vell the message will result in her moving to the Decayed Broodchamber and becoming a vendor. (Good end)
    When Gilli-Vell becomes a vendor she will sell a lot of new Frame parts & primary arms.




    Or


    Route B
    If you have not collected the message meant for Gilli-Vell or not telling her about the message, will result in her moving to the Central Cavern near the tree staring into the abyss, exhaust her dialogue and reload the area and Gilli-Vell will have killed herself. (Bad end)
    When Gilli-Vel dies at the end of route B of her quest dies she leaves behind 2 weapons iirc can't remember which ones though, will update when i find out.
> Aja, the Travelling Merchant
Please note: If yodo is killed anytime before meeting Aja, she will disappear after exhausting her dialogue
  • Found in the Great Forest immediately after the highway area with the machine gun enemy turn right and follow the path downwards and you will find Aja.


  • If the NPC Yodom the Investigator is still alive before the boss is killed Yodo will kill Aja. A Azure Injection & Surging Pest will be left by Aja's corpse.
    Note: If you kill Yado you will not be able to complete her and Vorg's questline.


    Note: If Aja dies you're not really missing out on any special materials as Yoyo will sell the same items regardless if she lives or dies.
> Yodo, the Investigator
  • Yodo is found in the Great Forest just after the highway area with the machine gun enemy, she will be located underneath Aja, the Travelling Merchant, talk to Yodo and exhaust her dialogue.


  • Killing the area boss and returning to where Aja is, you will find Aja's corpse.


  • Yodo will move just outside of the room where you can find Calrad, the Coward.


  • If the player encounters Calrad, the Coward, Yodo will kill her after killing the Colony boss.


  • After the player has defeated the Colony boss Yodo can be found next to the tram location between the Arboreal Nest and The Bridge.

    Sorry about the quality of this image I accidentally threw a luminous ore...

  • Yodo's quest will split into 2 routes depending on if the player has progress Vorg's quest:

    Route A
  • After progressing Vorg's questline Yodo will be found at The Bridge tree next to the 02 marked hallway. Yodo will ask if you have seen her sister (Vorg), tell her you have seen Vorg and exhaust her dialogue and reload the area.


  • From The Bridge tree, go through the first large unlockable gate turn right go through the door way and turn left once you get outside and you will see Vorg and Yodo's corpse.
  • After Yodo is killed by Vorg, Yodo's assault rifle the: AR T18A1 DRANGRA will be left behind.




    Route B
  • Alternatively if the player did not help Vorg in the Great Forest, Speak to Yodo at The Bridge tree next to the 02 sign. Tell Yodo you have seen Vorg.
  • Yodo will move to Vorg's first location and kill her. Speak to Yodo, she will thank you and give you a Pearl.


  • Yodo will ambush you in the final area of The Bridge just before the boss. when the player kills Yodo she will drop: AR T18A1 DRANGRA, MC T08A3 GAST rear arms & her SavCan Frame.




    Killing Yodo at any point she will drop her frame and weapons
    Interestingly enough, Yodo is the only enemy that has dialogue during combat.
> Vorg, the Fallen Soldier
  • Vorg is found in the Great Forest in the area with the 2 tall 4 legged variants, she is found in a hole in a build that will overlook the highway section.



  • Vorg is a damaged nymph with rusted parts, to help Vorg give her Bionic Parts 8, 9, and 10. (You have to reload the area each time you give her an item.)
  • Vorg will move to the Arboreal Nest tree exhaust her dialogue.


    Progress Yodo's questline until she appears at The Bridge tree & tell Yodo where Vorg is.
  • From The Bridge tree, go through the first large unlockable gate turn right go through the door way and turn left once you get outside and you will see Vorg and Yodo's corpse. Exhaust Vorg's dialogue.
  • Reload and head back to where Vorg is, she will have left behind her DRAG frame set as well as a marker for Yodo's body.


  • If you kill Vorg she will drop the Fremzy Battle rifle, MVG033 & ML02v8 Gram rear arms.


  • If Vorg is not repaired, and you speak to Yodo at the bridge, if you tell her where Vorg is she will be killed by Yodo.



> Calrad, The Coward
Please note: If yodo is killed anytime before meeting Calrad she will disappear after exhausting her dialogue
  • Calrad can be found in the Arboreal Nest beside a shortcut elevator and shortcut door that leads back to the tree.


  • If Yodo isn't killed before the Great Forest area boss Calrad will be killed after you meet her for the first time and she will drop: Azure Injection, Surging Pest, SMG T12A2 VADT, GC T02 FALG and her WALV Frame in the same spot.



> Silas, the Believer
  • Silas can be found in the Fault in a chapel that has a shortcut.
    Note: To continue you need to progress Hati's questline until you can tell her where to go in the Water Treatment Levels.
  • When given the choice to tell Hati where to go after she has been branded a heretic, talk to Silas in her chapel about Hati. Silas will ask you to bring her to the chapel.
  • After bringing Hati to the chapel, Silas will ask you to retrieve the Divine Flower. This can be found at the backside of the Forbidden Zone next to a wall.
  • Give the flower to Silas and exhaust her dialogue.
  • Reload the area and Silas will have crucified Hati to make a new queen nymph, Hati's frame can be found right in front of the pillar.
  • Exhaust Silas' dialogue and reload (repead 2 times) to recieve a Graphite & Palladium Husk.
    Note: Silas will still act as a vendor after her questline.
> Talking Automaton Head
  • The Talking Automaton Head is found immediately after taking the elevator in the center of Central Cavern down to The Depths, the Automaton will request you to find it a body of which there are 3.
    the text when first encounter the Automaton Head translates to: ...---... ...---... | SOS SOS ...---... ...---... | SOS SOS


  • Water Treatment Levels: After using "Her RIght Eye" to remove red barrier go through the door and turn left and follow the path until you find the body, this body will reward you with the shield piercing Discharge Machine Gun Ruklof.




  • Accumulation Zone: From the shortcut with the 2 fairy teleporters go down the left path and enter the doorway with the broken pipes coming out of it and follow it to a larger area with the body at the back with the lights, this body will reward The corrosive Grenade Launcher Boldr.





  • The Great Forest: Found at the furthest back top level area of the Large crumbling building before the areas nymph arena, this body will reward you with the slug shotgun SG T34A1 TOZ. Follow the path displayed.


    Most of the path getting to the Automaton body is almost the same as getting to the highway area but change directions after the first ramp upwards from the first drop down.











    Automaton Locations after connecting it to a body

  • After connect the Automaton to a body it'll move to the large ramp in the Accumulation Zone next to the area boss elevator, exhaust its dialog and it will move.


  • After the ramp the Automaton will move the tree in the Forbidden Domain and it will request a new power core.



  • You can either Buy a "Small Power Reactor" from Yoyo in the Decayed Broodchamber or find the "Contaminated Power Reactor" in the Forbidden Domain.


  • After giving the Automaton a reactor you can find it next in the nymph boss fight room after reloading the area. The Automaton leaves behind a Glowing Wingbug


  • If you give the Automaton the Contaminated Reactor it will give you a Graphite Bud and
    will move to the Accumulation Zone's tree. Speak to the Automaton and it will give you a Fluffy Fruit, a HP restorable item. This item can be collected every so often. (not sure if its every time the fruit is used or if a certain amount of time passes.)

> Shara, the Talking Tree
  • Shara, the Talking Tree can be found after the Unknown frame boss fight in The Depths
  • Give pearls to Shara for rewards, every 5 pearls you will receive a item

No. of Pearls
Reward
5
Bionic Parts 1
10
Bionic Parts 4
15
Bionic Parts 8
20
Palladium Husk
25
Graphite Husk
30
xxx RAM Compress Gun
(Reload area)



  • If you are short of pearls you can farm the Defense-Type Nymphs (Tall female nymphs) found in The Ark. A lot of non-hostile Defense-Types are found in the large chamber found before the final boss.
    I recommend tuning humanoid to max our melee proficiency and disassembly tech for the best farming results
> Eden & Sheol, the Divine Child
  • Eden & Sheol are found after the area boss of the Water Treatment Levels, talking to Eden she will give you the "Her Ethereal Vestige" item and will tell you to leave.



  • Sheol does not have any proper dialogue besides the sounds of her sleeping.
  • Reloading the area and Eden will be missing.
  • If the player kills Eden she will drop the Cetus rear arm.
  • If the player kills Sheol she will drop Nerve Cells.
Through my playthrough Eden went missing and her frame appear next to Sheol's throne. Unknown at current time whether Eden & Sheol have a questline. Still working on what the flag trigger was, will update when I know more.
109 Comments
SilentPyramid 6 Jul @ 8:29am 
Vorg, the Fallen Soldier will it disappear if I destroy the boss?
SilentPyramid 6 Jul @ 7:58am 
where can I find the bionic parts 8, 9 and 10?
Saswitz [RU] 5 Jun @ 1:09pm 
Sheol and Eden have no more content. Ive just datamined the game's code. Theres no more diologue for both of them besides the ones we know already.
d0d0b1rd 29 May @ 3:43pm 
There's a reddit post showing shara's dialogs for ~45 and 50 pearls: https://www.reddit.com/r/DollsNest/comments/1kyjoor/shara_the_talking_tree_45_pearls_and_50_pearls/

Something that popped out to me: Shara mentions assembling champions from the three levels of hod, which lines up with the three main questlines: Gilli-Vell, Vorg, and Hati, it makes me wonder if theres more/different dialog if their quests are completed to their good endings before 45 pearls dialog, and then after 45 pearls going back and talking with all the characters which then could lead to a different dialog on 50 pearls

Not a perfect theory, as Gilli-Vell isn't really a representative for the lower levels, but that could instead be taken up by the player given that Yashica and Mushica how they treat you after finding the sabi sword, and that the twins are almost certainly from Nagara
Veronica Anatolia 28 May @ 2:14am 
Hi Alter.

I did route b for hati's quest but decided to do something a little different.

When Silas asked for the unique flower I told her no on handing it to her, after then progressing and defeating the honor guard and getting the vestige from eden I then went back to the church and found silas dead and Hati completely gone.
With a note left by her for us to read saying inquisitors and Run away.


Still atm trying to move around all 9 levels and see if I can figure out where she ran to atm but this is feeling like a progression route as well.
Saswitz [RU] 27 May @ 4:23pm 
Promoting freshly made Discord server for anyone interested in prolonged discussions about the game, on-spot assistance with NPC questlines maybe, and other related quirks. Steam forums are rather archaic, for daily use and constant discussions what brew around Dolls Nest, hope to see everyone there! https://discord.gg/4HjS3h5yAU
Algester 24 May @ 1:10am 
LMAO this is "weird" I swear Vorg died and then finished the final boss when it asks me to start an NG cycle I said no, I went back to the Great Forest lo behold Vorg is alive -_-
Nedan『H-1』 22 May @ 9:56am 
@Alter Gotcha buddy, thanks alot ! I'll do my best then. Are you still working on improving it ? Want to do it together ?
Alter  [author] 21 May @ 6:17pm 
Hey Hustler, its no stress feel free to use this if it helps!
Nedan『H-1』 21 May @ 12:55pm 
Hi Alter, thank you so much for this guide ! I wish to use it to make an organized guide, adding quest steps as a checklist in the natural order of the game's progression. You would have full credit on it. Do you mind if I post it as a Steam guide once I'm done ? Or should I send it to you for you to post it ?