Old Knight Istvan | Elden Ring Wiki

npc invaders were super easy in DS3 that they were actually just jokes. their answer wasnt to improve ai or make them better, instead they cheat for them. gg From

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hesitation is defeat!

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This guy is annoying

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This knight helps other tarnished in the Land (including you in your fight against the Demi Human bosses).

Basically, the Volcano 'hunting' quests has you killing off the heroes of the Land!

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Nothing gives me greater joy than killing this over-tuned ass clown

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For non-strength builds, I was able to take him out with a Blood Cross Naginata +3 using Repeating Thrust. That ash is key. I had very low vigor and damage stats for the fight.

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if your build can't stagger, parry or 1 shot him, good luck

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why should I killed him in the first place, shouldn't I kill Tanith instead

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can we please get a more filled out wiki page please?

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Why can he recover from swinging a Dismounter faster than I can recover from swinging a Gods-forsaken dagger?

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If you want to clown on him you can parry every one of his attacks, including the ash of war if close enough

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If he's Tarnished, like us, won't he just respawn? So we don't have to feel bad about it? Or does the game imply they're dead-dead?

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Playing as a sorcerer, I just used rock sling with a meteorite staff, he doesn't even try to dodge it.

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It acts like a player

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Use a rapier (I used Roger's), and shield, or any weapon where you can attack with shield raised. He doesn't really have any counter for poking him like that.

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Update 1.09 makes him impossible!!!! 60+level have used every type of weapon to try and beat him and spells. He just walks right through it or even when using the same weapon as him he swings faster than you can(how does that even work unless it’s set up as a cheat against the player)….this game isn’t even fun anymore!!

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How much HP does he have on first playthrough??

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I also regret killing this dude... screw volcano manor. skipping that on +

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I have a friend named Istvan and having the Manor give me this mission threw me off hard. I thought the game checked my friends list lol

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I swear that when you go to the north side of the beach he is sitting by the fire

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Bro I'm down bad right now, I might as well get the frenzy ending then go do NG+ so I can do the right things this time around.

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Volcano Manor can go stuff it. He helped me big time with the demi-human chief when I was a low level scrub

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If you want to kill him at low level, just run around in circles with a halberd and keep hitting him with running R1 pokes. It will stagger him out of everything besides Gravitas, which is fairly easy to escape.

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IM SO SORRY SIR

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If you want to defeat him earlier than intended (rush to Volcano Manor) for his armor but are drastically under-levelled, blocking and guard-countering is a very low-risk strategy against him. Just takes a bit longer than usual.

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Man. I thought that maybe, just *maybe*, this guy could be the one thing in PvE that Fia's Mist could affect.

Nope. Immune to Death, despite being a non-phantom, player-model Tarnished. I am sad.

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I beat him with my level 99 prophet, but the quest line is not advancing! I love the scaled armor, but Taneth isn’t moving to the next target! What am I missing?

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Sure you murdered a random tarnished who has done no wrong and helped you at one point, but on the other hand he dropped some really nice armor!

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i am doing a challenge run just using warrior’s base set with golden parry and attack buff talismans and incants, with a two hit limit on damage taken allowed. i can almost parry the crucible knight every time this way. but this npc is absurd. he’s so quick that you have to parry the moment you see him prepare, but it’s tough sh and fy because sometimes he decides to charge, because he emulates the player, which means you’re left exposed after the wasted parry. his cragblade skill is literally unpunishable due to input reading. forget chip damage on his tanky af ass otherwise. otherwise just generally as fast as mythra with the attack power of ganondorf and the defence of king k rool in smash.

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Why is there not a parallel questline in opposition to the manor? You literally have to buy into a pyramid scheme and kill the head or ignore the entire thing. Wasted potential.

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totally didn't start wearing his armor the second i killed him

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I wish he and the other Tarnished targeted in the assassination questline had their own questlines. Makes it far easier to swallow that we're murdering people just trying to get by when they're just faceless strangers.

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Can be summoned against Patches.

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He does NOT drop his armor set if killed during invasion as part of the Volcano Manor questline.

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Thought he was a regular NPC and tried to be his sunbro. Definitely did not work.

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He was a strong summon when I challenged the goblin chief pair at level 8. Now at level 83 I butcher him for loot… feels bad. I’m glad I kill behrnal early for his loot. A life for a life. I thought he was the bell bearing hunter and he was killing me every night, so I just murdered him. Only to realize that some how the bell bearing man is still alive. And some how they were not in cahoots. Though every evening he would conveniently disappear while the hunter attack me. Which until now is still sus.

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Uhm, im in new game+ and am able to summon this guy for the fight in the cave in Limgrave where you fight the double Demi Human boss

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Bloodhounds fang. Use skill and keep your distance.

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As soon as you flask up he rushes you to land a hit. Input reading is lazy and cheating!

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infinity poise

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What weapon is he wielding?

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Note: If you kill him before reading the note in Volcano Manor (the red sign on the map shows up even if you do not read the note) he will NOT drop his armor set. No idea if that is intentional or a bug.

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i feel sorry from him because on my second playthrough godrick is being a no good rotten egg as usual, and istvan's the only thing i can take my anger out on.

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Man helps you in a 2v1 in the coastal caves and you murder him later. Same case for the other guy but Istvan REALLY carries you hard when his co-op sign shows up.

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Just north of the Warmaster's shack: Istvan

Horus Lupercal?

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He put a red summon sign down. Technically he was looking for a challenge. No need to feel bad mercing him.

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one of the nicer armor sets drops from him. Wore it all trhough midgame until I got some nicer (Beast Champion) Armor.

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Istvan is a name popular in Hungary, a Hungarian equivalent of Stephen

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I regret what I've done. I hope it's worth it because I'm never killing this fella ever again.

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I refuse to kill him. Once a sunbro always a sunbro.

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reminds me of ser jorah

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reminds me of ser jorah

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Personal **** but... My now deceased father was also called István, so finding his summon sign and then seeing him subsequently kick ass in the next boss fight made me feel very nostalgic. Made me cry happy tears.

Needless to say, I'm not doing Volcano Manor.

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I didn't want to kill him...

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Can you still summon him for the demi-human chief after assassinating him?

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Im sorry!

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What type of magic does he use with the demi human "boss" fight? I want it.

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I was able to summon him in NG+ in the Coastal Cave, for the dual Demi-human chief fight.

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"Istvan is one of a few wizened Tarnished who survive to this day."

WHELP

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Bloody slash works very good against him.

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So, is there any possible interaction besides the coastal summon and the volcano assassination? I'm looking for reasons not to be friendly w Volcano but this page argues the opposite

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Kneeling vacuum attack thing parryable.

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i got a summon sign for this guy in the coastal cave in limgrave. i had just been to the volcano manor and gotten the mission to kill him, but i decided to get to the dragon church island first, and then i found him in the cave. worth noting that i did have the little beast guy that had turned into a tree in the cave too, so that might or might not also matter.

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summonable in coastal cave

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I dont know what triggers this but I was able to summon this npc VERY early on for the demi human chief boss fight in limgrave

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I got a letter from volcano manor that gave me a quest to kill this guy.

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Pretty sure he is summonable to help with a prior boss fight

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tyou can summon him in the cave on the coast (costal cave)

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Hits like a truck.

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What sword is he using?

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MasterJive Summoned this guy then let him die so i can have a fare 1v2 with the boss

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