
Please note that the door leading to Emil's Residence will be locked if you go there on a second playthrough, and requires you to talk to Emil at the desert entrance again for it to be unlocked. Inside, you will be at "City Ruins: Deep Cave". (Not the one with the ladder down to the caves, but the one between the two ruined buildings.) Open this door using the Elevator Key you had obtained via the quest Emil's Memories. During your second playthrough as 9S, after unlocking the Forest Zone, you can go to the City Ruins and go into the of pipe just above the City Ruins: Cave location.Emil will appear and ask you to look for other Lunar Tears and the Side Quest Emil's Memories will begin. Head back to the commercial district where you access the Forest Zone and interact with the Lunar Tear flower.

Shoot him with your POD to make him stop and speak to him for a hint about his home.

He can be found in the northeast corner of the City Ruins, driving around in a van.

While he calls himself Emil, his true identity is a mystery. "This mysterious creature emerged from inside of a machine lifeform and set up a shop afer obtaining a new body. He harbors latent magical power, but most of his memory is gone due to the long years that have passed. Resembles the companion character who accompanied the player in the NieR: Gestalt / NieR: Replicant, but may actually be a copy.
