jonathanprince707: The final reward is you get to kill Patches for wasting your time.
Qwadmer: How about this: the quest is finished. The NPC just refuse the item. Sometimes you have to think in terms of storytelling instead of mechanics and reflect on what it means.
chasethecringewolf2195: I think the real unaolved quest was Kenneth Height’s Quest where he says he’ll return to his castle from Stormveil and he just never does.
xkidgey: The true reward is the ability to squat like Patches
summonedmonkey: I always thought that was the point of it, the narrative unsettling bit you mentioned, and just an unrequited lament from Patches' heart to a woman he loved at a distance. You bringing his totem of nostalgia and hope into a scene of gruesome, near-cannibalistic insanity is a pretty cool juxtaposition. I like the silent way this quest ends. And if I am to believe the things known about Miyazaki, it is very intentional.
michaeljohnston8891: This kinda reminds me of how you can propose to Queen Annalise of the Vilebloods in Bloodborne, using a special ring you find. She turns you down tho, so that plotline just deadends there
launcelotdulake8075: While there are some elements of this quest that I don't understand (Why is Patches at the Shaded Castle? How should the player know to look for him there? Why does he fake his own death?), I do believe it is actually finished. Patches' allegiance to Rykard and the Volcano Manor was secondary to his devotion to Tanith herself. He admired her for who she was as an individual, and the castanets are a symbol of what she meant to him. He wants to return them to her so she can remember who she is. Sadly it is too late for Tanith, for the woman Patches admired is fully lost to the allure of the great serpent, just like Rykard before her.

And so, having learned absolutely nothing from his journey across the Lands Between, Patches' story ends in the exact same place it began. I'm sure his odyssey will continue in Fromsoft's next title.
SpectraSkittle: Big bro found the new Pendant.
purplekush8553: well, the last part where he appears at shaded castle was added in a patch maybe like 2 or 3 weeks after launch, same with the jarburg quest and the end of the house oslow guy's quest in jarlsburg
seanlowrey6371: IMO the point of the final bit of the quest is to point the player into looking for where Tanith has gone. Most people who don’t read guides will just assume she’s poofed from the game. This gives the player an opportunity to kill her, then her knight. With the final reward being an incantation.

Patches himself is always just a shady vendor in all his games with the exception of DS3.
thepainphantom: Patches is a simp (for Tanith) and even in her final breath she still rejects him because she simps for Rykard who only crave powaaa (devouring gods). It was a full-blown circle Simps Emporium. He doesn't want you to come to the Manor because it will risk you killing Rykard (and Tanith). Patches is a Tarnished, he knew you better. But still he keep throwing hard missions in hoping for you to get killed or give up (or forgot).
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elliotatkinson429: Perhaps the true reward of the quest were the friends we made along the way.
zartiz: Castanets used by dancers from foreign lands. That only makes me think of the Dancer of Ranah that is on the DLC. I messed up patches quest line in my game, and also already beat the Dancer, so I cannot try this. I think It could be worth a try, to bring it and try giving it to her, but who knows.
Mmmh, what if you go to Tanith wearing the dress you get from the dancer, haha,
AkioJunichiro: I always thought he was dead after the bridge WTF I did dozens of runs in that game
FTZPLTC: The strange thing about it is that it feels like there's a connection between the castanets and the Dancer's gear that you get in the DLC. It's just not quite there.
BerserkEclipse: According to Miyazaki, there is one small element of Elden Ring that has not been discovered.
Maybe its related to Patches Questline?? Would be really cool
camelia4603: The castanets look like the pendant from ds1. The quest is finished, it's just Miyazaki being a troll
ladooshka: I somehow missed the step when he kicked me off the cliff telling me to stay off the Volcano Manor.
acerimr: That's just the end of the quest bro. Bringing Tanith the castanets sends Patches to his final (first) location, leaving him right back where he started when you first met him

Sep 22 2024

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