Gurranq Beast Clergyman | Elden Ring Wiki

Yharnam called, they want their citizen back

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When he aggro'd on me after the fourth root I just used lion claw on my spiked bat on him a couple times and he got the memo. It honestly kinda felt like smacking a dog with a rolled up newspaper lmao

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When he aggro'd on me after the fourth root I just used lion claw on my spiked bat on him a couple times and he got the memo. It honestly kinda felt like smacking a dog with a rolled up newspaper lmao

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me antoje yo de una dona y me fui para McDonalds y me dijeron, que en el McDonalds no venden dona.

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Actually sometimes he moves outside temple, found him on rainy night, howling in direction of Isolated divine tower.
https://i.imgur.com/rjsCppA.jpg

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dawg is FIENDING

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If you cant do enough damage to deaggro him, you are not beating the game.

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Doggo

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I just had my game bug out and i was not able to get the final deathroot i needed, good to know i can just kill him and get the stone anyway.

unsure of what happened that caused the last deathroot i need to vanish, but i still got everything.

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Sooo in NG+ I killed him after only giving him 6 Deathroot and it still gave me the Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

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I've read in a guide that if you give him 8 deathroots (the max is 9) and then kill him, he drops a somber ancient dragon smithing stone. I'm gonna try that, in my playthrough, and report back (it might take days tho).

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So I got to the point where he became hostile, but then after I died about four times he STOPPED attacking me entirely.

Not sure what happened there, unless my poison got him to where he needed to be as I died.

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So I was testing out the new incantations that I just got from turning in deathroots & after casting Shadow Bait (while standing at the front entrance),Gurranq became hostile. I tried resetting aggro at church of vows with a celestial dew but it says "you don't need absolution". I even tried going back to damaging him some & trying again but still can't drop his aggro. I think it's a bug.

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Imagine if we meet him again in the dlc because he got there in his journey ( assuming dlc will be a New area or future and not past or a dream)

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Would be nice if this had some impact on the maliketh fight, like it starts with maliketh and skips him.

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"... and that he will go on hunt them down alone"

No, he doesn't. He says he now must be left alone, with his appetite as his only companion. He knows there are no more Deathroot to eat and he blame Marika for this king of course where he's appetite will not be satisfied even after having complete his duty.

(Source:
- Official Elden Ring Strategy guide
- Gurrank dialogs
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Just like patches - badly written fight. It seemed I dealt so much damage that i met his re-aggro thresholt and ended up killing him too. Make them invulnerable when they beg for mercy ffs. Like I care about some random dialogue in the midst of a fight... just glad I don't need his items otherwise I would be really pissed.

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Dude just needs a warm fuzzy hug and some ice cream. Those deathroots are not good for mental health.

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He is cute. I love him.

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"More... I am not... sated" - me after two bowls of rice crispies

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Ahhhhhhhh, I'm gonna consoom!!!

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you guys should've seen my face when i saw how my blasphemous greatsword (which i made me feel invincible at the time) deal such a miniscule amount of damage to him. thankfully after getting my ass toss around a couple of times i remember that i have the black flame incatation, so i just throw some flames at him and let the percentage based damage sober him up

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no thanks

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Was around level 40 when i got him to get angy with me and i just sat inside the place dodging his attacks and slowly chipping away his health with my uchigatana+11 for about 10 minutes then he was chill all of a sudden i was so f***ing confused

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It's a shame you can't tell him about Ranni being behind the night of black knives. It would finally give him a bit of solace after everything he's been through.

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Agreed. Use a Greatshield. Use some Poison arrows. Wait. Once Gurranq goes face down in the temple breathing hard, Then rest at site of Grace reloading.

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this is a huge stab in the dark, but i can’t help but feel like there may have been some sort of ending or something bigger planned with this guy. The quest itself mirrors dung eater (bringing deathroot/seabed curse) and takes way too much effort for it to just end abruptly. that paired with malikeths dialogue changing makes me wonder if he was super to be more important than he actually was

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i think If you die enough times to him, he eventually stops being aggressive. I THINK.

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this is a huge stab in the dark, but i can’t help but feel like there may have been some sort of ending or something bigger planned with this guy. The quest itself mirrors dung eater (bringing deathroot/seabed curse) and takes way too much effort for it to just end abruptly. that paired with malikeths dialogue changing makes me wonder if he was super to be more important than he actually was

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i think If you die enough times to him, he eventually stops being aggressive. I THINK.

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After giving him the fourth deathroot, I didn't get to hear his dialogue after he sobers up from his rage when you smack him around enough because I thought he was merely poise broken. My instinct and adrenaline from the fight had me continue wailing on him with my two power-stanced Blood Great stars+17. In my confusion not understanding why he wasn't getting back up I hesitated and I already re-aggroed him by that point and he killed me. Kind of glad he did though so I could finish his quest. Gurranq was definitely in some trouble had I not hesitated though. lol

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Does anybody know where he goes when he dissappears after feeding him the last death root? Or is he just gone completely?

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wiki doesn’t mention this and i have no idea what triggered it, but when i went to bring him the 2nd root in NG+ he wasn’t in his temple but i heard some weird noise outside and found him by the cliff roaring his lungs out into the ocean… had the same dialogue after i talked to him and accepted the deathroot. anyone know why this happened??

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I like how he seemingly becomes more coherent as you feed him more deathroot, he's just snarling and speaking in broken sentences when you first meet him but by the end he's talking in full sentences. It makes me think that as you reunite the pieces of the rune of death you also reunite the pieces of his mind so to speak.

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Can confirm the rot doggy did his job here I just had to distract Gurranq long enough for the dog to do his work

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So if gurranq is maliketh, why is he still in the temple if I killed maliketh? Like I killed maliketh and I can still speak to and give gurranq deathroot

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if you have Latenna's ash, you can go outside of the chapel when he aggros and just plop her down facing the door. takes a little while but she can chip him down little by little and you don't have to do anything (unless Gurranq does the Beast Claw move which you'll probably have to heal her some)

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When he aggros you can hit him with two lightening spear incantations and he goes mellow.

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I got consumed more

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Gurranq attacking is NOT part of D's quest line. Don't remember when I gave him the 4th death root, but came back here after finishing D's quest line and he attacked. Also must've completely missed his chill phase so I ended up killing him. Knew I f'd up when he dropped the ancient dragon smithing stone. Welp, this playthrough is ruined.

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So I gave him the four deathroots. I left and came back and didn't realize he would be aggressive. I tried fighting him but I was getting slapped hard. I tried hitting him with poison at one point,and it stunned him pretty hard,but then he just finished me off with one hit. Got slapped like,a dozen times in a row or so? Thirteenth respawn,he's no longer aggro,and his only chat is "..." And resting at grace,fast traveling,and advancing time don't seem to change anything. Black blade isn't dead yet,still too weak for that fight. Is he glitched?

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Go outside, equip a greatshield and a crossbow with poison bone. Wish I'd figured it out before he took all my runes...

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I'm so mad. I got killed just before he fell on his knees from my poison damage, so when I respawned he was no longer aggroed and I couldn't get the rewards early.

Now I gotta go grind more deathweed. Ugh.

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He attacked me for no reason. So I killed him.

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I was honestly struggling rolling through his close attacks, because they are fast and erratic. What worked for me was using a shield to guard his fast/close attacks and then rolling on his slow/ranged attacks and then attacking. If your stamina gets low get away from him to recover.

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I was honestly struggling rolling through his close attacks, because they are fast and erratic.
What worked for me was using a shield to guard his fast/close attacks and then rolling on his slow/ranged attacks and then attacking. If your stamina get away from him to recover.

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I accidentally sold two of the first deathroots is there anything I should do

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If you feed him more than 5 roots in a row, you have to rest once at the site of grace. He will then attack you and you will ripost gently (or not). While he is not anymore in aggressive state, speaking to him will gant you the other stuff.

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My friend just found him outside after the festival ended.
So he does move!

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If you rot him when he agros and wait outside it only takes one cast and very little time

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i love that he has the same amount of hp as maliketh despite being acessible in early game

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Accidentally killed him lol

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I gave him Deathroot x3 for the first time, what lore dialogue did I miss?

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I tried feeding him 6 deathroot at once and it only gave me one reward and talking to him again gave no results

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Have any of u ever had to meet him outside of his building.. It was night time, I came back to give last root. When I spawned in I heard loud roaring coming from my right.. never heard it befor. Then I see guranq isn't in his normal spot so igo outside and to the north and hes standing there roaring into the sky.. I can interact with him to give last root and he says and does everything as normal with one last roar to the sky befor he turns to ash and gives smithing stone. Not sure what cuased this. But my events went like this.. I gave him one at beginning of run.. then gathered up 7 more and gave them to him.. had to go in and respawn a couple time to go through the fight and all the talking .. go get the ninth and come back he's outside like I described.. so anyone know how this is triggered.?? Thanks

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The beast clergyman would only leave his sanctum to bathe under the sadness of precipitation. Keep seeking a rainy night for his departure.
Remind him of his duty as he roar, departing to the crumbling lands in solitude and gnawing hunger, under the rain.

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I realized I was one deathroot short and rather than go back for it...I gave him death. Got the Somber Smithing Stone and all was good. (I already had all of his spells).

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I want to hug him

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The black blade kindred only attacked first after I handed over 3 deathroot, any lore reason for this?

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Gurranq reminds me of a Wendigo, at least in one of the many interpretations of them. Giant beasts that are cursed with an insatiable hunger, than only grows more severe the more they eat.

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Gurranq occasionally moves to the right side of his sanctum outside if the blade blade kindred is dead but only on rainy nights

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Since I'm a wimp, another way I've found to cheese him, granted you've already taken out the gargoyle and can't bait him into hitting Gurranq, is immediately run outside once he's hostile, whip out a bow and bop him a few times with some poison arrows to proc poison on him until he's non-hostile without taking any hits

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if you kill him here can you just skip the maliketh fight?

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Most of his attacks weren't too bad to dodge, but when he does the rock sling move, it kicks up so much dust that I straight up can't see my character anymore and had to hail mary dodge. It's more manageable when you fight him as a boss, but his actual room is too damn small to fight in. What's weird is, after he killed me with said rock sling attack he "calmed down" and I was able to continue to give him deathroot even though I didn't even get him to half HP.

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I just calmed him in one hit with a frost weapon, looks like the cat doesn't like cold...

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If your having trouble making gurranq calm down then go outside and bait the black blade kindred into using it’s far ranged attack, it will knock gurranq into calming down immidiatley then rest at the grace

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So, he jumpscare the living **** outta me, then hes impossible to kill cuz he kills u in 2 hits and atks faster than its possible to dodge... take distance to heal? nah he got range and will destroy you if you try that... go all in and try to smack his ass? nah hes smacking faster and harder then you ever will.
Tip: Die (you will) > leave the place > never go back.
This is simply bad design for a fight and it 100% ruins the game.

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"you will have to bring his HP down until he stops attacking, then you can speak with him," He's almost dead and still hostile.

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I got 4 deathroots before I discovered him. I gave him those. Then I went on my way 'til I got the 5th one. I gave him that and he only attacked me after I rested on the grace inside the Sanctum. Fcking scared the **** out of me.

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I gave him the 4th deathroot to aggro him and we fought, but after he calmed down (suspiciously fast, judging by the comments) he grunted and didn't say anything.
I wonder if I skipped his dialogue by hitting him before he was able to talk?

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I do not get startled easily, but when this guy aggroed on me after I teleported to the sanctum thinking I was just delivering another deathroot, I almost had a ****ing heart attack!!

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Absolutely ****ing absurd you're expected to beat him into submission at the point of the game you're able to find four deathroots.

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How not to kill him ? He is agro and then dead . No chilling down ...

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Hunger should be described at ‘insatiable’ rather than ‘unquenchable’

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Please just nerf Gurrang already.
He hits needlessly hard.

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After 9 death root bro just overdosed on it. Don’t do drugs kids.

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Are this guy and the guy in Farum the same? Cuz I could still trade with him in caelid after I beat him in farum.

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It would be "fun" if giving him deathroots had the inverse effect of having giants seeds had vs Vendrick in DS2.

I don't understand the relationship between this NPC and Maliketh. Why Marika has two shadows?

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I thought I made it hostile by accident when fighting the Black Blade Kindred outside. I wasted and absolution only to find out this is normal in the questline after giving it the 4th death root. It sucks.

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I recently fought Malekith the Black Blade, who's mere existence immediately opened/answered a few questions about Gurranq for me.

Like, Gurranq is basically a War Horse monster underneath that hood.
But I'm also wondering if he and Malekith are related. And if Gurranq got serious, would he also break that seal on his hand and go full badass killer as Malekith did? And why is that Gurranq quietly hides away in the Beast sanctum anyway? Is he just trying to not hurt anyone with his presence?

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Gave him all 9 at once and only got 1/2 the rewards. Got the first 4 so I took a rest to reset and see if that triggered it. He went nuts, I killed him and got the ancient stone but none of the others which sucks as I was only after the greathammer!

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Had to fight this guy after the 4th deathroot and I have to say, this game has some bad moments, but this one was bad....really bad. I think I raged hard enough for the neighbors to hear me. Gurranq moves fast, hits hard and usually kills me in one hit. His "arena" is tiny for such a large monster, and he's so fast that I can barely find a moment to heal. At level 64 I could not keep up with him.

Overall, awful fight as a melee character. I used a summon and subdued him eventually, but it was NOT fun, at all. Next time I'll just get more magic stats and cheese the crap out of him with a poison or rot spell.

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I still laugh at my first playthrough when I gave him the 4th root. I sat at the grace to adjust my spells and **** and then I get sent flying across the room as he tackles me and goes berserk on me. I was......a little surprised

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He's Godwyn's shadow, and his sin was not protecting him.

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I swear there used to be a hostile beast clergyman outside the volcano manor main entrance. I think a troll was swapped in it’s place in an early patch.

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This dude jump-scared the sht out of me when I rested at the nearby site of grace.

Wasn't aware I'd given him his fourth deathroot, thought I was still on my third lol

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Fun fact: If you finish Gurranqs questline he'll have different dialogue in the Maliketh / Beast Clergyman fight at Farum Azula

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Small Talk: "..." (grunting) is a mood.

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If you skip/not finish his quest line, he’ll still be chillin at Bestial Sanctum after killing him in Farum Azula. In fact you can still participate in the quest line after that fight. Is there an explanation for this lore wise or is that just a loose end?

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During night time Gurranq sadly howls in the generic direction of the Erdtree, could he be howling to his long lost companion, hidden behind impenetrable thorns long ago?

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uhm. he just vanished.

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Don't do what I did and give him three at a time. Give them one at a time. I didn't need spells but it could come in handy for NG+. Same with the Dragon Communion, not needed to give one at a time, but curious what the spells are like, and damage, when points go into it.

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When i do NG+ , should i just give him 1 deathroot for another seal and kill him for another ancient stone? There seems no reason to do all 9 again

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If you position your camera right, you can see his ears and snout, confirming that he's probably a beast

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when he attacks you, proc with poison mist incant once, after he's done being poisoned he should be surrendered

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I need one deathroot to get the ancient dragon smithing stone, looking at their locations am I correct in assuming getting it from red wolf of the champion in gelmir hero's grave will be easier than from the stray mimic tear at the secret path to the haligtree?

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If I already got 8 rewards can I just kill him instead of giving him the last deathroot to get the smithing stone? Does it make any differrence?

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alright i need answeres here...so

after i have gurranq all 9 death roots he suddenly starts to attack me for no reason

is that a bug or have i done something wrong???

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Children choose maidens. Real men choose their drug dealers

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