why does patches continue to cause me pain.

[Guldo]

did fromsoft finaly fix it where he can be revived with celestial dew.

[Key]

There's nothing to fix, Celestial Dew doesn't and was never intended to resurrect, all it does is reverting NPC hostility.

[Guldo]

I had to delete my save again. killed in another playthrough. I thinkive killed him like 5 different times now in 5 different playthroughs.

hes just so easy to kill by accident.

[Sham!]

i approve of killing patches and leaving him to be eaten by stray dogs but also like, iunno, just dont kill him lol

[Guldo]

Originally posted by Sham!:

i approve of killing patches and leaving him to be eaten by stray dogs but also like, iunno, just dont kill him lol

The issue is fighting him too late. you just 2 tap him and he dies.

[nfinite.recursion]

I know what you mean OP. My solution is to equip an unupgraded weapon when I'm in NG+.

[Guldo]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

I know what you mean OP. My solution is to equip an unupgraded weapon when I'm in NG+.

hes a run killer. Thats for sure lol.

[zab]

just don't kill him?

[Marmarmar34]

Who spares patches lol? Why anyone would give him another chance to betray you is beyond me.

[Fistraiser]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Who spares patches lol? Why anyone would give him another chance to betray you is beyond me.

Depends.if you do too much damage to him you can kill him without getting chance to get the gesture.

[mayhem523]

Patches exists solely to cause you pain. It is his reason for being.

[Greywander]

Originally posted by Kenshiro:

The issue is fighting him too late. you just 2 tap him and he dies.

Use an unupgraded weapon, shield or torch, or magic. Unless you've really gone overboard, you should have at least one stat that you haven't invested in at all. Just use something that scales off that stat, e.g. an unupgraded Heavy Club if you have no STR, or Glintstone Pebble if you have no INT.

Also, to get the Extreme Repentance gesture, I just use my fists. You only have to aggro him, then use the gesture (or die), so the damage doesn't matter.

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Who spares patches lol? Why anyone would give him another chance to betray you is beyond me.

First, Patches has a long history, appearing in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 3 before making his way to Elden Ring. His persistence in such unforgiving settings and presence across multiple worlds suggests he might be more than a mere human. In the DS3 DLC we get to see a glimpse of his real character, and he's actually a pretty decent guy. Rather, he appears to be a trickster type character who punishes the greedy by luring them into traps.

Despite his deception, Patches is actually one of the most honest characters in a Fromsoft game. He doesn't have any grand plans or ambitions, he doesn't have ulterior motives. In fact, he seems to despise those who do. I think that's part of why he hates clerics in Dark Souls, and why he opposes the Erdtree in Elden Ring. Patches is the one person you can really trust, even if it's just trusting him to kick you into another pit.