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Patches
Patches is a cheerful, cowardly, utterly untrustworthy bandit, and a familiar face for anyone who has played FromSoftware’s earlier games. You first meet him leading a gang in Murkwater Cave in Limgrave, where he fights you until he is losing and then begs for his life.
Spare him and he becomes a merchant, selling useful items like Margit’s Shackle. He will try to trick you again. He always does. And somehow it is hard to stay angry with him.
Services / shop
Merchant (including Margit’s Shackle)
Questline
- Murkwater Cave. Fight him until he surrenders. Spare him and his shop opens.
- Liurnia of the Lakes. He shows up again with a new trick waiting for you.
- Volcano Manor. He joins the Recusants and gives you a request of his own.
Fate & endings
Killing Patches gives you his Bell Bearing, a Spear +7 and his Leather Set. Sparing him keeps him around for more scheming.
Lore
Notes & tips
- Never trust a chest Patches is standing near.