Dung Eater Puppet | Elden Ring Wiki

He is vulnerable to deathblight, do not summon against wormfaces.

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Love how there's absolutely no information on what kind of summon he is, how long the debuff he does lasts and what exactly it does, just nothing, only how to get the ashes. This wiki is so weak.

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Fun fact: seluvis's potion is basically a special "date" drug.

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It is morally wrong to give him the potion over Nephelli

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Would be awesome is one person (Anonymous) wasn't allowed to plaster this thread with his dung comments.

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skibidi bop dop brr

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Every ****ing time i start a new game i forget you have to kill him after you give him the potion in order to get his armor every ****ing time. Why doesnt he just die after the heavy breathing why do i have to hit him

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Dude is literally the guardian for every ranged build.

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After carrying around Seluvis's potion with me for the last 100 hours I decided to work on this quest. Did everything for Ranni including giving her the blade, never gave the potion to Gideon or the girl, Seluvis has long been a puppet and Blaidd hasn't been seen since killing Rhadann. But I got his helm outside the mage tower on a corpse. Anyway after killing Bigdong or Bogdon in the most putting him out of his misery and invaded by 2 dungs one cup. I went to roundtable then to the sewer twice. First to release him and end to feed a curse in which he moaned and cursed the order. No option to give the potion. So I killed him and got his armor cause I'm sick of worrying about giving him the potion. Very convoluted quest lines..

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Poopy boi facetanked two Scarlet Aeonias and kill-stole Malenia. I don't think I'm the main character in this arrangement anymore.

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You are safe now, my little dungeater.
Safe in my hands.

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He dodges waterfowl better than I do

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Some compare him to mimic tear of a melee tank build, and that competition he loses for sure. BUT! Dung boi here is a godsend for any non-tank builds who don't have much health and can't equip heavy armor, and especially mages, since mimic ai doesn't know how to use staves and often spams spinning weapon or tries to charge some lorettas bow for ages before being smacked. That is, Dung boi is the single most survivable spirit ash (besides maybe crystallian and its offensive capabilities and ai kinda suck) thanks to dodging and heavy armor, while ALSO having a powerful ranged option and a bleed melee weapon to boot. He even can perform a critical strike like you or npc phantoms! He only has one drawback (besides being grabbable since he's technically an npc) - he's the only spirit ash who is vulnerable and even weak to deathblight

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Duncan over here is good and unlike Nepheli, you're not gonna feel bad for turning him into a puppet. Mimic tear is better, but that shouldn't detract from how quality Dung Eater is.

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I don't see the point of this when I can just equip his weapon and summon a mimic tear that does everything he does, but better.

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"Well, I have to tell everyone that it didn't go so well with it; I truly thought it was either very good or broken, but what a disappointment when I upgraded it to +10 and it wasn't all that. With the help of 2 colleagues, I first tested it against the Mimic, and it was easily humiliated. Then against Tiche, and though it fared better, it still didn't survive. Already a bit furious, I gave it one last chance against Kristoff, and the result was also lamentable!

To clarify my doubts even further, another user ended up informing me that the 'Dung Eater Puppet,' not being exactly a monster but more of an NPC, the Mimic could perfectly duplicate it, if you summoned it with its weapon, war ash, and its complete set, and even improve it depending on your stats!

In conclusion, I think in the next patch, they should improve its attack or defense a little more to be able to compete against the aforementioned 3, (and knowing that the Mimic can duplicate it!) I would prefer to get its great rune to unlock its ending, which, although the worst of all, will still be an achievement!"

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"Well, I have to tell everyone that it didn't go so well with it; I truly thought it was either very good or broken, but what a disappointment when I upgraded it to +10 and it wasn't all that. With the help of 2 colleagues, I first tested it against the Mimic, and it was easily humiliated. Then against Tiche, and though it fared better, it still didn't survive. Already a bit furious, I gave it one last chance against Kristoff, and the result was also lamentable!

To clarify my doubts even further, another user ended up informing me that the 'Dung Eater Puppet,' not being exactly a monster but more of an NPC, the Mimic could perfectly duplicate it, if you summoned it with its weapon, war ash, and its complete set, and even improve it depending on your stats!

In conclusion, I think in the next patch, they should improve its attack or defense a little more to be able to compete against the aforementioned 3, (and knowing that the Mimic can duplicate it!) I would prefer to get its great rune to unlock its ending, which, although the worst of all, will still be an achievement!"

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Mm.. Well, I tell everyone that it didn't go so well for me with him; Actually I thought it was very good or it was broken but what a disappointment! I raised it to +10 and it wasn't a big deal, with the help of 2 colleagues I tried it first against the Mimic for testing and it was easily humiliated, then against Tiche and although he did better he didn't survive either, already a little furious I gave him the last chance against Kristoff and the result was also regrettable!

I don't know about you, but I think that in a next patch, they should improve his attack or defense a little more to be able to compete against the 3 mentioned above, otherwise, I would prefer to get his great rune to unlock his ending, which although it is the worst of all, because it will continue to be an ending with achievement!

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Mm.. Well, I tell everyone that it didn't go so well for me with him; Actually I thought it was very good or it was broken but what a disappointment! I raised it to +10 and it wasn't a big deal, with the help of 2 colleagues I tried it first against the Mimic for testing and it was easily humiliated, then against Tiche and although he did better he didn't survive either, already a little furious I gave him the last chance against Kristoff and the result was also regrettable!

I don't know about you, but I think that in a next patch, they should improve his attack or defense a little more to be able to compete against the 3 mentioned above, otherwise, I would prefer to get his great rune to unlock his ending, which although it is the worst of all, because it will continue to be an ending with achievement!

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I was able to buy the ashes w/ out buying any spells. I used the puppet he had given me earlier, went back to see him and it worked unlocked the dialogue option.

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Very useful information for sure! What are his stats tho?

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Just for clarification purpose: You can go to Nokron and get the fingerslayer Blade, just do not give it to Ranni before Seluvis offers you to buy the Dungeater. Afterwards doesnt matter Seluvis is Dead, you can still buy the dungeater for the Rest of the playtrough on seluvis corpse

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Probably underrated because he's a 'secret' and harder to find, but definitely one of the best all-around summons and better than Tiche/Mimic for some playstyles and fights.

Pros:
Holds aggro like no other - 'Woe of Shabriri' passive effect + hyperaggressive melee + ranged debuff + ranged projectiles.
Bleeds and helps player inflict status faster.
Tanky.

Cons:
Smells bad.
Eats dung.

Some in the comments are not on board with the gourmet, but you gotta understand - he's not the puppet you bring to burst down Elden Beast - he's the puppet you bring to bait the Elden Stars attack.

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Yeah, I think this one's very overrated, he's relatively tanky, which is cool, but barely saw him doing any damage. Summoned him for the crucible duo fight and I took Ordovis out and he got completely demolished by the spear crucible and that was when I got him to +10. For the amount of FP that's needed to summon him, he really isn't that great imo.

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I don't get the fuss. I was excited to get him and was very quickly let down. I got him to +10 and summoned him for a few different fights and was just baffled. He misses half of his hits. I don't get how he is touted as being a strong summon.

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I didnt buy a single thing from seluvis, I didnt use the puppet summon, all I had to do to be able to purchase dungeater was quit out twice and then the option to buy him popped up. (after doing all appropriate steps to get dung eater puppet)

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D U N G

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Why is there no information at all on this page about what exactly he does?? Only how to get his puppet, that's helpful for sure, but not enough! How does his debuff work? How much %, against what, for how long?

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my wingman is way better than every actual human summon on ng+4 and above for mohg

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I bought his sorceries and reloaded the area; still no option for Dung Eater puppet. Then I used the free summon once and reloaded and the option appeared.

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Did he get buffed in 1.09 because Shriek of Milos has buffed close range poise?

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Reloading the area didn't trigger the dialogue option to buy the dung eater from Seluvis, but buying one of his sorceries and then reloading the area did. I didn't have to summon the free puppet I got first.

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Seluvis and Dung Eater deserve eachother. They’re both completely vile.

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Literally a 2nd player that has one of the tankiest armor, has cool omen powers that melt poise, is super-agressive and won't just chill in the back while you fight, can take a full waterfowl dance in the face losing barely any health, can cause bleed and just overall probably the best summons available in the entire game (besides mimic tear ofc).

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Will it be possible to safely finish Nefeli Lux's quest?

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what do?

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What are his stats

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I think this is the best ending for dung eater after I progressed his questline

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There's no one more deserving of the eternal torture of being a puppet than the dung eater.
Seluvis takes a close second.

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why is the upgrade material required not listed anywhere on this page? It is ghost for anyone else that came here for that simple information.

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to get the dung eater after completing the above, simply summon the first puppet you get and then return to him to unlock the Dung Eater for purchase

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truly underrated summon imo. at +10 holds aggro like a champ, hits like a mack truck, takes a licking and keeps on ticking. the omen bairn is the icing on the cake, a ranged attack for those who try to get away. with my sorcerer I tried both +10 dung and +10 tiche against malenia. wasn't even a contest. dung eater lasts longer, holds aggro better, does more dmg.

makes sense that he would be so good since you need to do a bunch of weird things to make him happen. but very much worth if you do.

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Ah, good ol’ straightforward Fromsoft side quests.

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He will consistently 1v1 Tiche in the arena. I have 60 duels played, I don't win every duel obviously, but Dung Eater always kills Tiche so long as my opponent doesn't intervene. He also wrecks mimic tear. I believe he may be the best Spirit Ashe for the Arena.

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Puppet dung eater is NOT immune to deathblight.

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There is one little, but very important detail missing to unlock the dialog for bringing him 5 Starlight shards: you have to use the first cheap puppet once time in combat to go further. I finished all hints and wondered why the dialog doesn't appear afte buying all his spells. After a lttle research, i got this missing hint with the puppet in combat usage. I hope no one else get stuck at this point.

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Talked to Seluvis after giving Poop Man the potion, but not before checking his lab, no extra dialogue. Any tips?

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Very good if you have a bleed build. If you don't then meh as far as I'm concerned. Found many situations where he's outperformed by others.

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bewarned: i did not know about giving the potion to Dungeater until AFTER i have already given it to Gideon, rendering it useless, do not make the same mistake as i did

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A well deserved fate.

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I just saw Cowboy's video where he struggled with Malenia using Tiche. Then he took this puppet and Malenia went down in first attempt. Dung eater tanked her all the time and even survived until the end.

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I managed to get both his armor and puppet by doing this:
Get him to sit on the chair in the sewer jail/gaol, the state where you can either give him a seedbed curse or the potion.
Idk if you *need* to have a seedbed curse in your inventory to open the prompt, but just let Blackguard die and you get that, plus the Sword of Milos, which is a nice bonus.
Give poop man the potion, and when he stops moving, kill him. You'll get the armor set.
Now, get Seluvis to sell you puppets and he'll be there. His body won't be in Seluvis' room, but his puppet will be available for sale.

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don’t forget to smack him after u give the potion so u can get the nifty sword and poo armor as well

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Im trying to choose: this or black knife tiche. only catch is that i screwed up and locked myself out of this puppet. I was already going to NG, so I might as well try to get him. And now I can't decide because I dont want to waste money or time upgrading this if Tiche is going to turn out better, but I do like the dung eater. Here is wthe pros and cons Ive collected:

Pros (vs tiche): Better armor, likely higher health, debuff and bleed attacks, probably higher damage, and a lower FP cost.
Cons (vs tiche): Most certainly less agile, no blade of death attack.

I rely on those two cons when I'm fighting, and so I can't decide.

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I only got the dung puppet summons yesterday, I have Omen killer Rollo and the mausoleum soldier ashes upgraded to +10 because I've had plenty of time to see what they are about but I upgraded the dung puppet ash to +10 pretty much based off what I'd been reading posted and commented about him. I don't remember seeing anything about him being a glass cannon and he was fine against the regal ancestor spirit boss, but I summoned him just past the night's sacred ground grace to help deal with all the silver tears, I was throwing volcano pots all over the place and I made sure he wasn't mobbed but he died a lot sooner than I was expecting and I had to kill the troll myself. So is the dung puppet summons way over hyped or is there something about these silver tear enemies that he cant cope with?

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Okay so a fix for if seluvis doesn't offer the dung eater puppet, if you've beaten radahn just go to his grace and exhaust blaidds dialogue and it should fix it, hope this helps anyone else who got stuck :D

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I found the Dung Eater puppet by Sellen's, bought all Seluvis' sorceries, but am not getting a puppet -related prompt. I have reloaded the game and warped to other graces and still no dialogue change upon return. Grrr what gives?

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not so scary now, poop man

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A beautiful boy both inside and out and a wonderful summon to boot.

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Seem to be most tank-y summon out of the box (yes i know you can tankify mimic tear, but a lot of effort and gear swaps and talisman swaps to get it). Keeps aggro, takes hits , but best is his Omen Bairn magic - it even hits invisible enemies in the area, making them glow yellow flame at significant range (just tested in Selia town)

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going by what is says here I wont need to do any of his quest to get him to drink the potion, as long as I have seedbed curse in my inventory, Is that right?

Also does anyone know how to get his sword and the puppet summons? I don't care about his armour but I want that sword. Is it a case of having to choose one or the other?

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Dung Eater tied up in the chair will not show prompt to give him Seluvis Potion, unless you have 1 or more Seedbed curse on you as well. Its a choice between one or the other.

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I just realized I missed this is my first play and seluvis is killed. DAMM U RANNI

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dung eater body not in there despite giving him potion

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Does not eat dung 0/10

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Careful not to attack dung eater tied to the chair. I was (still am) having trouble getting his summon because Seluvis is dead, and then I unequipped and punched him in the head in a moment of frustration. Boom, the punch did 3511 damage and killed him.

The church of vows won't forgive me either, but at least I have the diarrheas drip. Don't hit him early!

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Haha dung

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You don’t need to buy all of his sorceries for the “I want a new puppet” option to become available. I just went and beat a boss, and when I came back I could buy the dung eater puppet.

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I tested Dung, Omenkiller, Amon, Tiche and Oleg at the Gatefront grace (where there is that large group of lower-level knights). At least for group fights like this, the ranking is:

Dung > Omenkiller > Oleg > Tiche and Amon

Omenkiller and Oleg had really similar performance but Amon was definitely the worst, once getting down to 20% health. Dung was the best. Against large groups of humanoid enemies, his rolling gave him more survivability. Tiche of course has the coolest move set but I found that he performance is the most variable. Sometimes she performs similar to Omenkiller and Oleg but once she almost died (~5% health left).

On top of that - I witnessed Dung pull off a critical hit. I've never seen any other summon do that. Perhaps Tiche does it too but I haven't seen it happen. So I wonder if it is something specific to puppets.

In terms of sheer survivability though, I think that Omenkiller and Oleg are the most "consistent".

Overall though, I would consider Dung, Omenkiller and Oleg to be S+ Tier (as well as Mimic if you have a good build). You really can't go wrong with any of these. Aside from Mimic, Dung is probably the best if you have a bleed build.

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It should be noted for anyone trying to get his puppet and armor that you can still get his armor if you simply hit and kill him after administering the potion. I was able to pick up both the armor and the puppet in the same run as the quest continues as if you never killed him with your weapon.

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This guy is actually a really good summon. Tanky as all get out and beefy damage + bleed. Once again, a better idea to give the potion to dung eater than Nepheli.

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one thing you need to know, he can be killed with death.

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You can still get the dung eater puppet even after youve picked up the fingerslayer blade. I got him last night even though I had picked it up.

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"Invites one to care for it" i feel nothing. This is even better than he deserved. Eternal slavery just MAY make up, in time, the generational damage he did.

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"It is important you do not progress past this step with Ranni's quest. If you continue down Ranni's quest line and get the Fingerslayer Blade, you cannot get the Dung Eater as a puppet."

WRONG. I unlocked the Dung Eater puppet but didn't have enough starlight shards to buy it. Finished Ranni's quest completely (got Moonlight GS, fought Blaidd) then went back to Seluvis' corpse. There is an option to "Examine" it. Do that and you can buy ALL the puppets he offered for sale, i.e. Therolina, Jarhead and Dung Eater.

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Kinda overrated imo. He doesn't seem to do very good damage himself, or with his crazy AOE shiz. Its not bad at all, and he is very survivable. But I didn't find him in the same tier as black knife tiche, as some seem to suggest.

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The trick is to fast travel to ranni's rise and running back to him 2 times he will then have a prompt that says I want another puppet.

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I didn't know that Selivus would die after giving the fingerslayer blade to Ranni. Safe to say I'm locked out of getting the puppet now? Because it won't even give me the option of giving him the potion.

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This guy or Kristoff in term of tanking? need some fresh change other than our gud ol' Mimic.

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That was one of the most informative and hilarious reviews I have ever read.

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1. Get far enough in Ranni's questline to meet Seluvis and get his potion.
2. Progress dung eater's questline to where you fight him. After he's done, he's back in his cell. Give him the dastard his trap.
3. Discover Seluvis's pervert basement and confront him.
4. Seluvis will give you a choice of two puppets, jar guy and healer chick. Just pick one and leave.
5. Don't get the fingerslayer blade for Ranni yet (it'll ruin the chance to get Ol' Scat Scoffer).
6. Just exhaust whatever dialogue Seluvis has whenever you return. He'll remain as long as you don't get the blade. I had heard you need to buy out all of his sorceries but he sold me Feces Fella well before I had done so.
7. I think you have to pester Seluvis a couple times, he says something about you not being happy with just one puppet or something like that I think.
8. Either way, if you fed him the potion, discovered Seluvis's molester dungeon, chose an initial puppet and DIDN'T yet return the blade to Ranni, eventually he'll sell you the puppet for 5 starlight shards. It took me some time where I just talked to him a few times. Not sure what triggered but I made sure not to get the blade until I got Dung Eater and he eventually had the option to buy him.
Good luck! This guy is borderline cheating.

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I had been waving the Tiche flag endlessly. I used her in my 1st playthrough and she was by far my favorite and seemed objectively the best. Kristoff and Oleg were sorta close, I dont use the tear and nobody else was on that level.

But on my 2nd playthrough, I decided to give ol' Feces Feaster the Selivus treatment. Given S man's voice and demeanor, naturally I assumed that he merely wanted me to feed someone a puppet potion so he could keep them in his cellar to play with their butts, try tie their balls together and those sorts of things..y'know, the classic stuff. I thought, who would be a better playmate than a deeply mentally ill psychopath who loves poop, murder and banging his head against the stone wall? Nobody, of course. So while Selivus was expecting a young, virile woman so that he could try and tie HER balls together, I played a little prank on the old molester style wizard. I got an obese, filthy, sh*t encrusted maniac for him! What a zany goofster I was. No big deal though, still a human. I can't imagine the a fat, excrement covered lunatic's balls are all that different from a sane young woman's balls. But apparently, the special, spoiled prince of the kingdom Selivus didn't think dung eater was a suitable replacement for a lithe young woman.

So fast forward to today and I rescued Sh*t Stealer from the shelter. Yes, his identity has been dissolved and his conscious mind is trapped in an eternity of unfathomable hell...but he still seems to be a fun loving little guy. So Guano Gobbler was a puppet I was excited to test out. And holy hell he is amazing.
His staying power is miles beyond anyone else's barring a specced Mimic. I personally don't use the tear, so for actual characters or creatures, Crap Consumer seems to be easily the most durable. Tiche has him beat on damage but honestly not by a ton. Those two are the only summons I used that have done noticable damage in mid/endgame boss fights. But I play very high dmg, lower protection builds usually so summon dmg isn't a major concern.

But aside from durability and damage, how else do we compare summon quality? Of course, their behavior and aggression. Some very durable summons fall short in their aggression, movement and behavior. Lhutel, who I loved at first, got my killed in my 1st playthrough simply due to her seemingly losing interest in a boss. In the endgame with 20 vigor, that can and has been the end if it's a tough fight. But Poop Purveyor is a berserker! He never seems to lose aggro...honestly it's making some encounters in the end game a little too easy. I want a summon to offer some respite when necessary but fully tanking bosses like this is an MMO? Crazy.

So I won't say Diaherria Diner is THE best yet, I still need to see him vs the real endgame stuff...but he's surviving encounters that killed even Tiche om my first build. Again, his damage isn't quite as high but it's not too far off. He doesn't bloodhound step like her either but he just seems to get battered and beaten with a pretty minimal effect. The sphere shaped fatso just gets whipped around the boss arena and comes back with a red faced chubby rage that strikes fear and some laughter in the hearts of all.

But seriously, aside from my accurate, canonical retelling of how I acquired Sh*t Santa, I am serious about him being so good. Idk why he doesnt seem to be talked about with the Tiches and Mimic Tears. He is, without question, on that level and could be even better.

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I cannot express how easy it is to mess up the questlines, gosh damn.

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9/10 he does not go "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees yees".

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Can the puppets be upgraded? By Roderika?

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If Dungeater puppet doesn't show up, and you did steps correctly. Go to SoG at Rannis Rise and Pass time. I did for "3 days" and Dungeater puppet was available!

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To get the new puppet prompt use the one he gives you for free. Closest place is down the stairs by the giant beyond the royal moongazing grounds grace.

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If I already took his offer of puppets before I get the starlight shards, will I have to option to get Dung Eater later when I do get the shards?

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I did all the steps for the puppet and he wasn't showing up. Tried the suggested fixes you see everywhere... restarting the game, leaving the zone, picking up a startlight shard, revisiting the puppet room, pushing Ranni's quest a bit further, none of them worked. What did work for me was buying another puppet, taking it out and summoning it in a few fights, and then going back to Seluvis. At that point he asked if I was interested in additional puppets and boom, Dung Eater was available in addition to the other puppet.

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Does deathblight work on him? Summoned him to fight the big wormface in farum azula and I think I saw him get insta-killed by death spear thingy.

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For all players who followed the instructions above and didn't get the option "I want a new puppet": Buy all sorceries in Seluvis' shop and then reload the area! Though I had them all from my previous playthrough, I had to buy them again and after reloading, the prompt finally appeared and I could buy the Dung Eater puppet.

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For all players who followed the instructions above and didn't get the option "I want a new puppet": Buy all sorceries in Seluvis' shop and then reload the area! Though I had them all from my previous playthrough, I had to buy them again and after reloading, the prompt finally appeared and I could buy the Dung Eater puppet.

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The page needs an update. You have to talk to Blaidd in Siofra to get any more offers for puppets beyond the Finger Maiden and Jarwight

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Dung eater is really fxcking good

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Was he nerfed?? Him alongside black knife tiche and mimic tear they 3 were the most op summons.. Now mimic tear is just decent while dung eater seems to just be good for tankiness and lowering enemies defense.. I feel black knife Tiche is now the uncontested best spirit ashes

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Can I still acquire the summon if I've completed Ranni's questline?

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I wonder, can you finish dung eater's quest and then give him the potion straight afterward?

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Is his summon any good? I think, I'm probably not going for his ending, so... Can't really decide between giving the potion to Gideon or Dung Eater.

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I gave him the potion, killed him to get his armor and exhausted seluvis' dialogue. If you did this and didn't get the puppet summon, progress Ranni's questline until Selvis dies and you can buy the dung eater puppet from his corpse.

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