Patches, the Hyena

Description

Patches is a scoundrel who enjoys setting traps for unsuspecting travelers, often using their greed against them to lure them to their demise and loot their corpse.

He has previously imprisoned Graverobber Blige in a flooded cell and kicked Saint Urbain down a pit.

Despite his irriverent attitude, not even Patches would dare to cross paths with Yurt, the Silent Chief.

If players resist the temptation to kill Patches in revenge for tricking them, he will return to the Nexus, where he'll became an useful merchant.

Location

• Stonefang Tunnel
  • World 2-2: in the outside area filled with Bearbugs.
• Shrine of Storms
  • World 4-2: next to a pit behind where the first Reaper is fought.
• Nexus
  • Next to the Tower of Latria Archstone, after being met in World 2-2 or World 4-2.

Tendency Events

• At Pure Black Character Tendency, after Yurt is killed, Mephistopheles will appear in the Nexus, tasking the player with killing Patches as part of her questline.

Special

• Only acts as a vendor in the Nexus after being found elsewhere in the world.
• Depending if the player has first met him in World 2-2 or World 4-2, he'll leave the Nexus when the player enters the other World and will only return after completing his event there.
• Will give the player the Ring of Flame Resistance after they escape the Giant Bearbug in World 2-2.
• Will give the player the Ring of Gash Resistance after they escape the Uchigatana Black Phantom's pit in World 4-2.
• If killed as requested by Mephistopheles, she'll reward the player with a Colorless Demon's Soul.
• Killing Patches will shift Character Tendency toward Black (-1), but it won't adjust World Tendency.

Stats

HP Souls Drop 638 165 Thief's Ring

Vitality Intelligence Endurance Strength Dexterity Magic Faith Luck 13 10 21 20 29 7 8 22

Equipment

Right Hand 1 Right Hand 2 Left Hand Arrow Short Spear +10 Short Bow Adjudicator's Shield Rotten Arrow

Helmet Armor Gauntlets Leggings Black Leather Black Gloves Black Boots

Notes

• At high New Game cycles, especially with darker World Tendency, the explosion of the Giant Bearbug during the World 2-2 event will kill Patches. To avoid this and be able to use him as a vendor, kill the bug and quit the game once the death blow has been dealt, as the mob is about to detonate. After reloading the game, pickup the Ring of Flame Resistance and then talk to Patches to continue his questline.
• Occasionally after having Patches return to the Nexus and become a vendor after the events in World 2-2 and World 4-2, he can no longer be found there. If this happens he must be talked to in World 2-2 or World 4-2 at his usual location to get him to reappear once again in the Nexus: the World he can be found in is the one he wasn't first met in.
• Completing World 2-1 and then World 4-1 without encountering Patches in World 2-2 first may cause him to disappear from the game until New Game Plus. This is not linked to the previously mentioned Black World Tendency Event, although it may be a White World Tendency Event. However it may also be a glitch, because the disappearances of Graverobber Blige and Saint Urbain from their positions in World 4-2, as well as the continuous respawning of the Uchigatana Black Phantom in Saint Urbain's pit, may also be related to this situation.

Vendor Information

Nexus

Nexus

Ammunition

Item Cost Heavy Bolt 40 Heavy Arrow 30

Item Cost Amount Availability White Arrow 500 30 Available after killing three Archdemons

Items

Item Cost Half Moon Grass 300 Late Moon Grass 500 Full Moon Grass 1000 Fresh Spice 800 Shard of Archstone 5000

Item Cost Amount Availability Sticky White Stuff 5000 unlimited Available after killing two Archdemons New Moon Grass 5000 unlimited Available after killing three Archdemons Dark Moon Grass 10000 5 Available after killing four Archdemons Stone of Ephemeral Eyes 50000 3 Available after killing four Archdemons

Rings

Item Cost Fragrant Ring 60000

Item	Cost	Amount	Availability
Cat's Ring	40000	1	Available after killing two Archdemons

Dialogue

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• Stonefang Tunnel, 2-2
• (if it's your first encounter with him)
  • Oh, you're not mad like the rest, are you?
    Well, what jolly travelling companions are we? Pleased to meet you; call me Patches.
    Oh, see that treasure over there? Go on and take it! My gift to you, just to show that we're friends.
    Phew, I'm glad to meet you. These soul starved imbeciles will drive you mad.
• (if you met him before)
  • Oh, hello again.
    Hey, don't turn a cold shoulder. I didn't mean to do you wrong, really!
    O, I have an idea! That treasure over there should be mine, but I'll let YOU have it!
    I promise, no tricks! I won't move a muscle until the treasure's safely in your hands.
    You can trust me… can't you? I'm just trying to do right and make amends here, hmm?
  • What's the matter? You're too good for treasure?
    • If you take item
  • Oh, oh!! Who'd have thought it? Bearbugs!
    My apologies, it's just not your day.
    As promised, the treasure is all yours.
    If you survive, that is!
    Good luck to you!
• After escape (not killing bearbug)
  • You… How did you do that? I really didn't attempt to fool you. It was just bad luck.
    And besides, you're safe and sound, right? Worry not, worry not.
    Here it is, your little treasure, safe and sound. Go on. Take it, take it! Heh heh heh heh.
• After Escape (killing bearbug)
  • You… How did you do that? Worry not, the treasure is all yours!
    Tough luck with the Bearbugs, but you certainly showed them, didn't you?
    Here it is, the treasure, safe and sound. Go on. Take it, take it! Heh heh heh heh.
  • Heh heh heh. You're simply unlucky. Worry not.
    Stay by me, and my luck'll rub off on you soon enough!
• If you kill bearbug instead of taking treasure
  • You… How did you do that?

• Shrine of Storms, 4-2
• (if it's your first encounter with him)
  • Oh! the Demons haven't got to you, have they? I'm in luck.
    You see that pit? It's filled with treasure, but, er I can't get to it myself.
    Go on, have a look! It's more riches than I've ever dreamed of!
    That's it, that pit just there. Go on, get a little closer.
• (if you met him before)
  • Oh, hello again.
    Hey, don't turn a cold shoulder. I didn't mean to do you wrong, really!
    C'mon now, we've got better things to fret about!
    That pit there is filled with treasure, but, er I can't get to it myself.
    Go on, have a look! It's more riches than I've ever dreamed of!
    That's it, that pit just there. Go on, get a little closer.
  • What's keeping you? Have a look at that treasure, down in the pit.
    Then we'll work out a way to fish it out. Heh heh heh heh.
    • If you look
  • Heh heh, don't hold it against me, eh?
    Take your time starving to death; then I'll sell every last trinket off your corpse!
    Keh heh heh heh!

• After escaping 4-2 cavity
  • Y-you.
    Hey look, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean what I said. I mean, a man's got to make a living, right?
    Here, look I can make up for it. There aren't many humans like us. We need to stick together!
    I know! Here, take this, as a token of my friendship. You've seen one of these before, surely?
  • Heh heh heh.
    C'mon, let's be friends, what do you say! No need to drag each other down.

• Nexus, after encountering him in any world
  • Well, I remember you.
    I'm glad I found you. I've found some really nice trinkets.
    Well, we've been long acquainted, so I'm willing to part with them at a special price, but only if you buy today!
  • Nothing here is stolen, I swear.
    I no longer partake in the whole corpse-robbing thing.
    Yeah… No, I'm completely free from my vice.
    My old Mother would be proud indeed!
    Aren't you proud of me too?
  • I've not seen YOU of late.
    Heh heh heh, have I got some stuff for you!
    No, no, don't mention it! It's the least I can do for a dear friend!
    But do pay for them.

• Nexus, after rescuing Urbain
  • You see that priest and his disciples over there?
    They still don't trust me after that little incident behind the altar.
    Shouldn't they believe in forgiving and forgetting and all that?
    Well, I have news for them. Praying has not put food in my mouth, nor anyone else's.

• Nexus, after beating 2 Archdemons
  • I have bad news.
    There's a rumour that the silent chief Yurt has infiltrated Boletaria.
    Yurt's a mercenary; he'd kill his own kin for the right price.
    Now, I'm not a saint, but compared to Yurt I'm as saintly as they come.
    So I implore you to stay away from Yurt, the assassin in black.

• Nexus, after beating 3 Archdemons
  • No no, don't mention it, it's the least I can do for a dear friend. But do pay for them!
  • Did you ever visit the Valley of Defilement?
    The bog there is filled with the corpses of honourable knights too foolish to stay out of harm's way.
    You may have heard of some of them.
    Vito the Moonlight Knight, Risaia of Istarel, and many, many more.
    I reckon they left behind some fine armour and weapons.
    Why not have a visit… see what you can find?

• Leaving without shopping
  • Well, do as you please, but you may yet regret refusing my offer.
  • Well, do as you please, but don't come a-crying when it works not.
  • Fine, fine, fine, I cannot make you.
    Though I know you'll come back soon.
• Leaving while talking
  • Hey, where are you off to?
• When attacked
  • You slimy little wretch! What did I ever do to you?

Voiced by: Will Vanderpuye