Dung Eater Puppet | Elden Ring Wiki

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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I talked to him after administering the potion, but before finding his lab and I wasn't able to ask him for a new puppet right away. I tried reloading the area and that didn't work. I went and found the 5 starlight shards (I didn't have any before this) and that didn't work. It was only after I went back to his lab a second time that he gave me the option to ask for a new puppet. I was starting to worry that I accidentally locked myself out of getting this guy. Is this a bug, or did I just screw something up?

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I saw a comment about administering the potion to tied up Dung Eater, and then killing him here and now, to loot armor... Well, I gave him the potion and killed him, looted armor. Not able to get puppet tho - no Dung Eater in Seluvis dungeon. No Dung Eater puppet offered by Seluvis either (only maiden/jar). Maybe I did not exhaust dialogue after giving him the potion - will never know until NG+.

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What happens if you find the lab and the hidden wall before giving the potion, can you still get the dung eater as long as you gave the potion?

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the mythical bang dung eater cutscene

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I wonder why there aren't more little quest detours like this. This option/quest is so specifically timed so that. 1. you are starting two NPC's quest (ranni/dung) and has to be done before you take the first step in one quest and after you gain the trust of another quest giver. It is so bizarre that you can only do something like this once (unless you count giving ranni the sleep potion). Anyway, I wish there was more things like this so that people could have insanely personal playthrus and we would have obscure hidden quest. Maybe there are more out there, i'll cross my fingermaiden.

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Idk why but it didn't let me give him the potion.

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You can acquire the Fingerslayer Blade, you just can't return to Ranni with it. I acquired the blade and then started the Dung Eater questline and had him drink the potion. His body showed up in Seluvis's hidden room and he allowed me to use starlight shards to buy.

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Well, I dun goofd up by finishing the entire Ranni quest before I found his body... Cool how these quests interact with each other. And I murdered Bogart on sight for just not handing over the necklace. I guess it's going to be ng+ or 2 before I can get the dung ending and ashes. Crazy how much you can miss unless you're absolutely meticulous with these games.

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Amazing ash/puppet for certain fights, where you need a hyper aggressive spirit. I put on claws and steam rolled the misbegotten warrior at redmane castle with him. He was almost dead due to bleed damage + stunlock, when the crucible knight arrived.

Other bosses which do massive melee damage and cant be staggered he has more problems with. (For example godfreys shade).

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You can get the puppet and armor in 1 playthrough. As soon as you give the dung eater the potion when he’s tied to the chair you have to kill him before reloading the area, after which he disappears.

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Is he screaming "bless you" when he invades? Does the puppet do it, too?

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You can get this puppet while keeping Blackguard alive even after he has moved to the moat selling crab.
Punch Blackguard until he becomes hostile. This prevents him from being considered for Dung Eater's invasion after releasing it from jail.
Make sure to keep away from the hostile Blackguard during the invasion so as to not accidentally kill him. Afterwards you can use a Celestial Dew to make him not hostile.

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Reminder to everyone including the previous commenter that it is *not* necessary to choose between this or Boggart as long as:
1. You completely avoid interacting with Rya and Boggart until you get to Excrement Muncher and advance his questline until he's tied up in the chair
2. You don't set food in Volcano Manor which advances Rya's questline (cleaning up the rest of Mt. Gelmir is fine however)

Boggart only dies if he's at the moat during Faecal Connoisseur's invasion. If he's still in Liurnia, he'll be spared the gruesome fate, and after you've fed Poo Devourer the potion you can advance Boggart/Rya's questline as normal.

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I was able to get the Dung Eater puppet after getting the Fingerslayer Blade. I exhausted all talks with Seluvius (after giving the potion to Dung Eater) and then i "killed" Seluvius, went to Church of Vows and got absolved. When i came back the option to ask for a puppet was avaliable

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I was able to get the Dung Eater puppet after getting the Fingerslayer Blade. I exhausted all talks with Seluvius (after giving the potion to Dung Eater) and then i "killed" Seluvius, went to Church of Vows and got absolved. When i came back the option to ask for a puppet was avaliable

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the main point of this is he can hurl curses at enemies. Cursed make them more vulnerale to bleed/poison/frost etc etc, not to mention he can bleed them out by himself with his own weapon. Still, Black knife summon is broken af and can solo most bosses with little to none help from the player

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I hate how you have to pick between this and broguard big broggart’s life. I can’t let my crab brethren get defiled like that.

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damn, I killed the dung eater

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Honestly pretty strong but not as good as black knife Tiche who is probably the best for straight damage, while the puppet has the potential to do a ton of damage I often see him doing dumb things like slapping the boss with his left hand fist, and since hes actually a human summon I believe he can get caught in grab attacks and bleed unlike Tiche, though I could be wrong about that. I just know there's bosses like Loretta in Haligtree ive summoned +10 tiche for and he basically solod them, while for the same boss +10 dung eater puppet is struggling if I dont help but im sure with enough tries he could do it eventually.

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Gave him the potion and his body is in the lab but he gave me only 2 options for puppets and wouldn't talk about dung eater? I think I messed it up somehow.

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Its not giving me the option to administer the potion. O have the potion on me yet no option for the potion appears.

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For twink builds, performs better than Mimic tear. But for those in ng+ with high stats already, Mimic does better. If you want the debuff from the weapon art, just give your Mimic the sword.

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