Patches appears in Elden Ring as he does in a majority of FromSoftware games, this time as Patches the Untethered. If you’re in the right places at the right time, Patches will attack you at least twice over the course of the game, and may even kick you off a cliff or two.
But Patches shouldn’t be killed, as he holds some special items, and is key to progressing certain quests in the game. If you want to see everything you can in Elden Ring, then you need to follow Patches’ questline. Just find him in the following locations to clear through the quest of The Lands Between’s most unusual adventurer.
Fighting Patches in Murkwater Cave – Elden Ring
The first place you can meet Patches is in Murkwater Cave, and you can find him here as soon as you have access to Limgrave after starting a new game. We show you where to find Murkwater Cave in this guide.
Spare Patches here, otherwise you will not have access to the rest of the questline. You will be able to buy a number of items from him after, including Margit’s Shackle, which can make Margit, the Fell Omen much easier to take down.
Patches roams the land – Elden Ring
You can find Patches in several locations past this point, including on Mt. Gelmir where he’ll pull the classic trick of kicking you over the edge of a cliff. Typical. These steps are not necessary to completing his questline, however, so you can see these as bonus encounters.
Letter for Patches, Volcano Manor – Elden Ring
As you go through the Volcano Manor questline via Tanith’s recusant requests, you will eventually receive the Letter for Patches. He’s lurking around in the hallway leading towards where Tanith sits. Make sure to talk to him again once you’ve defeated Rykard, God-Devouring Serpent.
Shaded Castle, Dancer’s Castanets – Elden Ring
After he departs the Volcano Manor and Tanith sits with Rykard’s corpse, slowly devouring it, you can meet Patches at the Shaded Castle, in the passage just before the boss room. Patches is injured and will give you the Dancer’s Castanets, which you can present to Tanith for additional dialogue.
Patches will disappear again after this, but you shouldn’t be surprised about where you’ll find him next…
Fighting Patches in Murkwater Cave again – Elden Ring
Return to Murkwater Cave’s boss chamber exactly as you did before, and you’ll find Patches is back and ready to fight once again as of Elden Ring update 1.04. He rolls off the cliff as before ready to ambush you and may even throw out a few attacks, but he’ll quickly recognize you and decide to surrender. He knows you killed Rykard, after all, so it wouldn’t be in his interest to start a fight he can’t win.
He will surrender without you having to use a single attack. Patches will then open up shop in Murkwater Cave, with a small selection of new items. He also discusses reuniting with others to open shop. Hopefully, we’ll find out more about that in future patches or perhaps DLC…
Written by Dave Aubrey on behalf of GLHF.
