Old Knight Istvan |
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Location | Stormhill |
Drops | 1828 Runes Rune Arc Furlcalling Finger Remedy Scaled Helm Scaled Armor Scaled Gauntlets Scaled Greaves |
Old Knight Istvan is an NPC in Elden Ring. He can be used as an NPC Summon. His sign is just outside the Demi-Human Chief boss arena of the Coastal Cave as long as he is not killed. He is also one of the assassination targets assigned to you by the Volcano Manor. You can find the summon sign to invade his world in Stormhill.
Istvan is one of a few wizened Tarnished who survive to this day.
Elden Ring Old Knight Istvan Locations
Where to Find Old Knight Istvan:
- You can summon Old Knight Istvan in the Coastal Cave before the Demi-Human Chief (Duo) boss.
- You can invade Old Knight Istvan at Stormhill, next to the Divine Bridge (part of the Volcano Manor invasion requests). [Elden Ring Map Link]
He wields a Dismounter with the Gravitas Ash of War. He can also heal with his flask, but only once.
- NPC Summon: Demi-Human Chief boss fight
Elden Ring Old Knight Istvan Drops
- 1828 Runes
- Rune Arc
- Furlcalling Finger Remedy
- Scaled Helm
- Scaled Armor
- Scaled Gauntlets
- Scaled Greaves
Elden RingOld Knight Istvan Notes & Tips
- His Gravitas skill leaves him open to ranged spells and items like the Kukri.
- Like all Tarnished NPCs, he is vulnerable to Madness and possibly Death Blight.
Old Knight Istvan Lore
Lore Items Related to Old Knight Istvan
Scaled Armor
Armor worn by Old Knight Istvan.
The corroded metal is reinforced with rock-hard scales, making it high effective against non-physical attacks.
Istvan is one of a few wizened Tarnished who survived to this day.
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Man Trianon was so bad some of us had to emigrate to Limgrave
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If you are struggling to kill him at low level, try parrying. Bait his running attack by staying away from him - it's very predictable and easy to parry. Quick and easy way to kill the dude
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This man has dodged every kukri I've ever thrown at him with ease, even astoundingly soon after Gravitas. I don't know why that is a recommended tactic.
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gotta give props to this guy for trying to make a curved gs work with gravitas as best he can
it never works out for him but i can recognize the effort made
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I hate that you are tasked with killing him. He's such a good fellow who helps new tarnished out and such. After my first two playthroughs and realizing who the target is, I just never could bring it over my heart to kill him and do the Volcano Manor quest
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WHY IS HE IMMUNE TO SLEEP?
THIS MF IS THE BANE OF MY RL1 PLAYTHROUGH
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Cosplayed as Mad Tongue Alberich to fight this guy wouldve lost if I only use 1 flask hehe
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I'm thinking Istvan might be the armorer who wrote the Armorer's Cookbooks. Their description says the armorer used to serve General Radahn, and Istvan uses Gravitas, a gravitational technique, which are usually associated with Radahn. The first cookbook is also found in an encampment of Kaiden Sellswords, who use a Dismounter like Istvan. Not to mention Istvan's armor looks self-made while being extremely effective. As for the timeline, his set describes him as "one of the wizened Tarnished" left, so who knows how long ago he died.
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Doesn't work for me... I can invade him repeatedly... marker is still on the map... quest is still open...
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the only reason this guy is hard is because his hp is ridiculously high, like higher than you can get in the game, which is probably why fighting him early game is so difficult lol
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most NPCs get almost infinitely rollcaught by halberd running r1 spam as long as you have stamina
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if yall got the min required stats for rot breath (15 faith, 12 arc) procc rot, parry and crit him into oblivion. easy dub
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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
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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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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As soon as you flask up he rushes you to land a hit. Input reading is lazy and cheating!
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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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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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Can you still summon him for the demi-human chief after assassinating him?
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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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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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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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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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MasterJive Summoned this guy then let him die so i can have a fare 1v2 with the boss
If I killed the Vulcanic Manor Endboss before I started this questline, can I fight these invaders / minibosses anyway?
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