Patches bugged

[Crazybite]

Ok it's a long time ago but I'm sure its 100% bugged out.

Patches appeared in his cave like normal, he cowers out of the fight, you get the gesture. He remains in the cave as a sellsword, then as you progress closer and closer to volcano manor he ambushed me, like normal. He moved to volcano manor and I progressed his quest. At some point he dissapeared from the manor and appeared somewhere in limgrave, near death. You get an item and I progressed volcano manor. Then as I saw he died, I never thought of going back to the cave for his bellbearing.

Now 2 years later as the DLC appeared and I nearly finished a first go arround of it, I remembered his bellbearing. So I went back to his cave for it, but there is a fogwall and when you pass into it, the game simply appears to spawn patches. But he's dead! Now he is in his cave as a sellsword with ALL the items you get in volcano manor.

I'm sure he's bugged out. Cause he should be dead....

[Drake Ravenwolf]

iirc he doesn't actually die in that "somewhere in limgrave, near death" scene unless you hit him - then he dies in one hit. That used to be the end of his questline until w/e update made him go back to the original cave and then THAT was the end of his questline. That initial "So I went back to his cave for it, but there is a fogwall and when you pass into it, the game simply appears to spawn patches. But he's dead!" part is the bug part, him being alive as a vendor afterwards is the normal part.

FYI there is an extra gesture you can learn in that final state - make a manual save backup incase you mess it up but iirc you hit him until he starts fighting back then let him hurt you till he tells you to grovel for mercy - do that gesture, and he'll reward you a bonus gesture. Again, backup your save first and maybe read up on it rather than just trusting my memory from 2 years ago

[Crazybite]

Ok I don't know if you got the point I tried to get across,

but I fought him the first time in the cave, he surrenders, he becomes a sellsword. at some point after he tried to trap you in the mountains he moves to volcano manor. he did this. he also moved later to another place just before or after a bossfight with a knight that throws his weapon at you. (big red blade.) so he should not be at the cave no more when that happens. He gives you something for the snake lady, and then he dies on the spot. I reloaded the section, yep there is his body.

so I continue playing, now for his bell bearing, according to wiki this thing should be in his cave.

Now comes the bug, with the fogwall appearing in his already completed cave section. I have been there multiple times, but not after he died. Untill today. Now he is in the cave, and not in the volcano manor, I'm going to check for his body at that bossfight where he should be. I have not yet done that. But I think as he is bugged now there will be nothing there.