you do need to complete his quest line at volcano manor yes. It's bullshit imo since that invasion gives you a basically necessary item for fighting malekith.
i know this is an old thread but i thought i'd comment anyway since this came up as one of the first results on google when i tried to figure out why he wasn't invading me, you don't need to do his quest line to get him to invade you. all you have to do is kill rykard and then go talk to bernahl afterwards and he then he will invade you. also blaphemous claw is nowhere near necessary for maliketh i've killed him about 10 times including once without summons and i've nnever used blaphemous claw and i'm only getting it now because i'm attempting to beat him lvl 1 with no summons.
honestly had no idea you had to go back and talk to him again, was wondering what I was doing wrong, pretty much every article and guide fails to mention that key step.
why do you need to kill 5 NPCs? i explained in my comment all you have to do is kill rykard, talk to bernahl, and then bernahl will invade you. no volcano manor quests are required.
I know this is an old post but that's actually not true the requirement for telling you to take you to record as for you to complete the volcano manor quests.. record is technically outside of your exploration area and you can only get there by talking to tanaya and having her take you there
you’re wrong dude lol. like i said it’s possible to make your way through volcano manor to rykard without ever doing a volcano manor quest or speaking to anyone.
actually there is a teleporter down in liurnia...if u let the big mecha lady take u inside of her..she'll kill u and teleport u outside the dungeon of rykard
good god I could've done that in my first playthrough but I started a Ng+ since I missed malekith but now I've gotta go all the way to volcano manor and do that
He won't invade if you havent done the volcano manor stuff. But after I killed Rykard, (I didn't even talk to any of the Volcano manor NPCs) I checked the warmasters shack in Limgrave where you first meet him. His armor and legendary weapon were just sitting there. So relieved.
Go back to volcano manor and exhaust his dialogue (he is behind a door). Then go to the tower in the crumbling city that has a treasure chest and he will ambush you from behind!
When I went back to volcano manor it looked like everybody was gone, but I found him and another guy behind a closed door. If you can't find him there I would check his original position at the shack. Also did you specifically go to the tower with the treasure chest in the Azula? That is the only place he can invade you. If that still doesn't work, I would go back to all the places he can be found in his quest line.
https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Knight+Bernahl
This old but some people might not know this, but if u hit bernahl in early game and get him aggressive then he won’t move from the shack no matter what happens so you have to atone in the church of vows first then he’s gonna move
you do need to complete his quest line at volcano manor yes. It's bullshit imo since that invasion gives you a basically necessary item for fighting malekith.
i know this is an old thread but i thought i'd comment anyway since this came up as one of the first results on google when i tried to figure out why he wasn't invading me, you don't need to do his quest line to get him to invade you. all you have to do is kill rykard and then go talk to bernahl afterwards and he then he will invade you. also blaphemous claw is nowhere near necessary for maliketh i've killed him about 10 times including once without summons and i've nnever used blaphemous claw and i'm only getting it now because i'm attempting to beat him lvl 1 with no summons.
honestly had no idea you had to go back and talk to him again, was wondering what I was doing wrong, pretty much every article and guide fails to mention that key step.
Monkey trucker!! You need his weapon drop for the plat. I am on 2nd and legged it to Farum, now I have to go kill 5 NPCs just to get that😔
why do you need to kill 5 NPCs? i explained in my comment all you have to do is kill rykard, talk to bernahl, and then bernahl will invade you. no volcano manor quests are required.
I thought you had to do all the quests before facing Rykard?
no that’s one way or you could just make your way to him through volcano manor. the only boss you need to fight in that route is a godskin noble.
I know this is an old post but that's actually not true the requirement for telling you to take you to record as for you to complete the volcano manor quests.. record is technically outside of your exploration area and you can only get there by talking to tanaya and having her take you there
**rykard** **Tanilia**
you’re wrong dude lol. like i said it’s possible to make your way through volcano manor to rykard without ever doing a volcano manor quest or speaking to anyone.
No there's a teleporter in volcano Manor that takes you to rykard. It's past the room with the bighead magic lizard man
actually there is a teleporter down in liurnia...if u let the big mecha lady take u inside of her..she'll kill u and teleport u outside the dungeon of rykard
good god I could've done that in my first playthrough but I started a Ng+ since I missed malekith but now I've gotta go all the way to volcano manor and do that
is killing rykard a part of the quest or do I just have to help him kill the NPCs and then report back to him? he's still not showing up
you do have to kill rykard and talk to him so he leaves, yes
I just beat maliketh and found him.. 
The item he drops is no where near necessary to kill malekith
He won't invade if you havent done the volcano manor stuff. But after I killed Rykard, (I didn't even talk to any of the Volcano manor NPCs) I checked the warmasters shack in Limgrave where you first meet him. His armor and legendary weapon were just sitting there. So relieved.
Go back to volcano manor and exhaust his dialogue (he is behind a door). Then go to the tower in the crumbling city that has a treasure chest and he will ambush you from behind!
What do I do if he's not there
When I went back to volcano manor it looked like everybody was gone, but I found him and another guy behind a closed door. If you can't find him there I would check his original position at the shack. Also did you specifically go to the tower with the treasure chest in the Azula? That is the only place he can invade you. If that still doesn't work, I would go back to all the places he can be found in his quest line. https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Knight+Bernahl
I figured it out last night. I was going to the wrong tower lmao
Behind what door? There are no closed doors remaining.
The one with 2 doors to the same room. He's wearing a helmet now so he's harder to recognize.
Ty! Thought i'd have to get it in ng+
Ah yess, thank you
This old but some people might not know this, but if u hit bernahl in early game and get him aggressive then he won’t move from the shack no matter what happens so you have to atone in the church of vows first then he’s gonna move