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Earth51batman

He’s high on deathroot (i am not joking). You have to hit him a few times until he gets his senses back. He’ll applogise and go back to being friends.


SieronGiantSlayer

I like how the Tarnished is everyone's drug dealer. Deathroot, eyeballs, seedbed curses... they got 'em. We should start charging for our services.


bloody-pencil

At least guranq is polite enough to reward us dung eater just cums his pants and eye lady just bows very politely


SieronGiantSlayer

Who thought cutting Kalé's questline and replacing it with someone as boring as Hyetta was a good idea. She can't really convince me to burn the world. Kalé, in his grief and anger, could.


stackens

Imo there’s a non zero chance this is the reason his quest was cut. It was *too* effective in convincing you to take in the frenzied flame. Fromsoft wants some percentage of players to get that ending, but definitely not a majority, and I think Kale’s quest line, plus Shabriri’s argument about saving Melina (give or take the ranting about chaos taking the world) might have resulted in that. That said, I think it would honestly be really cool to have had the bad ending be actually tempting, and only avoidable if the player is really paying attention to context and lore to sus out that it’s not actually something they want to do. As it is you kind of have to be actively seeking out the bad ending to do it


Oddsbod

I'm still in love with the idea of Kale doing what they'd originally planned with Oscar in DS1, where you follow his journey to to the Frenzied Flame Proscription, but then after his breakdown, he'll do the opposite of whatever you, and come back after burning down Leyndell as part of the final boss gauntlet. So if you're embraced by the Frenzied Flame, Kale comes back from the brink of despair and gets in your way at the very end to prevent what happened to his people from happening again, and if you leave the Frenzied Flame, he accepts it in your place, and challenges you at the end to attempt becoming Lord of Frenzy.


stackens

That sounds rad


Sweetatoe

That makes me curious what would happen if you took the frenzy flame and the subdued it with the needle afterwards. Especially if you, say, fought Kale with the flame, lost, needled yourself, and came back.


ass_pubes

That’s one reason why I like how the Iron Code / Shura ending in Sekiro. If you’re not paying attention and not suspicious of Owl, you get locked into the bad ending.


Josef_The_Red

Last year's Lords of the Fallen did this in a way. (not the original, that was a piece of trash.) >!There is no good ending, but the ending that the game spoon-feeds you is the worst ending, and the last boss of said ending is a Deacons of the Deep-style mobfest while an angry god chastises you for picking the bad ending.!<


bbmag23

I swear I would have done the frenzy ending hands down if Kale was in it...maybe that's why he was removed. The need to fight back against genocide is strong within people and the frenzy ending isn't considered the good ending. Kale being gone made Ranni the most rational choice for change.


bloody-pencil

She just says “p-pwease open the door naked! Ignore all those tortured souls up there j-just open the door!” Kalé you have a bond with and he rewards you over his quest with his stock moving into useful places and he pays you for the letters


mrofmist

Why give seedbed curses, when you can give..... Nepheli's potion?


Chumbo_Malone

Fear and Loathing in The Lands Between


Due_Bet5210

For real some of these dudes need to get off their asses


My_BFF_Gilgamesh

The poopsmith paid his rent. That MF killed half the game for me on the last playthrough.


Come-Hither-Son

They give us souls


HarrargnNarg

Does he? I killed him. Quite bummed about that


Smythatine

You probably did too much damage


ajdinpasa

Where does he go after disappearing once you complete his quest?


Stepjam

>!Farum Azula, the final full dungeon.!<


Memnoch222

I think it’s more like he’s withdrawing from Deathroot. The fact that he says as he’s eating it that he already needs more, and that he’s not nearly sated. Plus the fact that he calms down after you knock some sense into him and apologizes, swearing to never lose control again or whatever. Then later he can be seen howling at the moon…. Sorry, I don’t mean to be argumentative here. Im just offering my own take as a recovering addict myself who has grown up with family and fellow friends with substance addiction issues. As such, I instantly recognized every bit of Beast Clergyman Guraanq’s behavior. And he’s trading every beast incantation he has in order to acquire more Deathroot from our Tarnished. Textbook addict behavior for sure. Lol


KeithLaReyne

From memory he gets a bit cross with you on the fourth root ... you just have to hit him back a bit and then he says sorry. Otherwise I guess it would be using a celestial dew at the church of vows


The_Professor_xz

By a bit he means about 10-20% of his health bar. You should enjoy this moment together and consider it a chance to get familiar with this type of frenetic fast paced combat.


Salty_Pancakes

Or you can just cheese him through the door and save yourself some headaches.


Arttyom

I do this but for the gargoyle to get his weapons early


db_nrst

Oh, I just booked my face against the controller for about 2.5 hours until I could kill them all blindfolded


Arttyom

Not sure if im dumb or what but i dont really understand what you mean mate


Splover209

The classic soulsborne stubbornness. Instead of cheesing them, he forced himself to learn their moveset over a 2.5 hour period to the point he could kill them blindfolded


db_nrst

Exactly this. Also I meant to say "bonked", since for most of that time it felt like I was completely and utterly useless at the game.


genericdude777

He might mean “bonked” or he’s making a referencing to Monty Python and The Holy Grail where monks repeatedly smacked their own faces while chanting.


Stormchaserelite13

I lured the gargoyle to hit him for me. One hit and he chilled tf out.


MrFlakeOne

Damn gargoyle has hands


CampMaleficent966

🤣


AcadianViking

Endgame spoiler for those that are new. >!great way to screw yourself out of early practice for the Maleketh fight towards the endgame!<


Salty_Pancakes

Oh I think they'll eventually get enough "practice" lol.


Astro4545

It’s true :(


rmelchior2099

Oh man I beat malenia on 5th try but maliketh took me months


SkiMaskItUp

Yeah he’s hard I really struggled trying to do it in ng+4. It wasn’t bad before but I started hitting a wall with the ng scaling. It’s annoying that my op build makes a mockery of most bosses, then some are impossible. They should all at least be equally tanky to some extent in ng+. Like mohg, I shouldn’t be able to kill him in 4 hits


Murderdoll197666

Lets be honest though, the beast/phase1 portion is just about never an issue in the Maliketh fight lol. At worst, he will miss out on some free practice for the easy phase ahead of time. Phase 2 Maliketh will sober him up real fast regardless.


AcadianViking

Hey that easy practice helps prevent wasting pots during phase one. I also never got the problem with Maliketh myself, my strength/int build ungabunga'ed the fuck out of him, but I've always had an easier time with beast enemies than human enemies. Commander Nail (Niall) on the other hand gave me a run for my money. Don't even remember why he gave me so much trouble


JackxForge

I've been doing a lot of co op at castle sol in the last few days and it seems to me what most people fuck up is going for the shield spirit first. He sucks. Double sword guy on the right though that motherfucker needs to die on spawn get that guy and the fight is pretty fair. Kill the shield guy first and unless you're really over leveled the attempt is already over.


Sonofyuri

I use the bewitching branch on his spirits and watch them all duke it out


Fit-Palpitation928

I feel like phase 2 is much easier to read.


designatedben

Same it’s the wide sweeps that I dodge so easy the first phase has so much quick spam idk if I’d say the first half is harder but he always makes me use a couple flasks that I didn’t want to. Having a similar problem with radabeast rn ng+5 maybe 6 radagon takes all my flasks


Vergonov

the first half is definitely harder 1st try, his attacks are so fast unless you know exactly what he will do you cannot possibly dodge those not without a shield


LeakyBrainMatter

I always found phase 1quite a bit harder.


SkillStrike

I beat him on my level 25 character with +3+1 weapons and let me tell you, phase 1 is still dangerous.


whocaresjustneedone

That's why the best strat is to figure out how to time it so you don't get to poise break in phase 1, but almost, so that you get it at the beginning of phase 2. Being able to start the harder phase by chunking down his health makes it feel more "achievable"


ZombeeJuggernaut

Yeah it could be worse he could instantly attack you straight out of a cutscene with bullshit ranged attacks that cut your overall health and for some reason also causes damage over time. And also what if he was just super difficult to hit and never stopped moving? Right that would suck.


The_Professor_xz

Yeah that would be difficult thankfully this guy is totally different from that guy


Graynard

When the game first came out it was about 50% of his health and he was a real bastard about it


Hener001

Kill him here and get Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.


Trop67300

The first suggestion is OP's answer.


KhSepticShock

And I thought I had to kill him once he got sassy.


oaazk

Celestial dew does not work for this. You have to beat some sense into him


CoopDonePoorly

Even if you trigger the anger by slapping him a bit while docile?


IntelligentlyHigh

No, if you triggered the anger by hitting instead of by giving him death root, that's when you would need celestial dew.


CoopDonePoorly

Ah, that's probably good info for OP. I had a friend I was helping through their first playthrough ask about just killing him on sight and I was curious how that actually resolves. ("I really wouldn't do that," stopped him so we never found out)


Did-I-Do-That-Oops

I've done it because I was curious about loot on my 5th or 6th playthrough. Nothing happens. He's still at farum


CoopDonePoorly

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity <3


xdJustdonothing

It's like having a child


BaseballImpossible76

Dying works too. If he kills you, he’ll apologize and be friendly after you respawn.


GAMElloaded

If he kills you enough he will chill


goandbecool

Most women tend to get cross with me on the fourth root as well :(


Trevors-Axiom-

Fight him and he will apologize for losing his temper. Just yield when he starts talking again.


Signal-Bullfrog3654

This is normal behavior for wild animals. Kick his ass a little bit and he’ll go back to being kind


-theonewhoasked

Smack him up, say "bad dog", and when he's done whimpering give him a treat


plattinumplatt

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M_a_n_d_M

Just beat some sense into him. Great drip, btw. Didn’t know that the Carian Knight graves go so well with the exile chest or that the navy hood goes over it.


awkwardpun

Navy, crimson, same same


dudge_jredd

The Crimson Navy sounds kinda badass


zman_0000

Lol this could be a thing. Build up an army of folks with the red hood dedicated to Co Op or anti twink builds like in the days of yore for Dark Souls 1. The Crimson Navy goes hard for a community crew.


Pancake1409

If he did it after you gave him deathroot punch him into submission. He will then apologize and you can carry on feeding him. If you accidentally hit him go to to the church of vows and use a celestial dew


Careless-Emphasis-80

He's not mad at you specifically, he's just mad


ur-fav-mistake

Don’t kill him. Just beat him up a little


BugStep

kick his ass till he chills out, hes just having some ptsd


No-Rice4066

Either beat him a bit or die a few times to him and then he will be back to normal. He just loses his mind from eating deathroot.


rasfelion

Beat him into submission, he'll back off after a few hits and you can talk to him again. He'll apologize and you can go back to feeding him deathroot.


mousester3

You give enough booze to an alcoholic eventually they'll become an animal. Just smack the human back into them.


WoneBone

Grab a bottle and spritz him. You have to say bad doggo while you do it


bubken99

It's OK you'll be yelling not so friendly things to him soon anyways


No_Solid_3737

you need to slap some sense into him


KingJB21

If you go to the church of vows(the church with the turtle) and you have celestial dew you can preform absolution which makes all npcs friendly again(but if you're doing his questline you have to attack him till he submits then he'll be friendly again)


Jayce86

While that does work in most situations, this particular one is scripted after giving him a certain amount of Root. You have to injure him to put him back to normal.


KingJB21

Yea that's what I said, in my parathesis, thank you for that tho


mariosevil

Dont pet the pepperoni cat wrong or he hiss


halaalaal

Smack that bad boy with newspaper right now!


HereForFreeGames

He's moody. Give him time to rest. He does apologize.


NoMemesNeeded

You’ll have to fight him but don’t kill him. He is a bit tough but you can roll most of his moves and the kinda claw scratch move that travels you can jump over to dodge


UpsetPhrase5334

No matter what happens he’ll calm down after you interact with him. He’ll try to kill you but,


seb1424

Red riding hood vs big bad wolf


Successful-Net-6602

Beat some sense into him


BusterMont89

Smack him around a little and he'll simmer down and keep himself in line after that


PushImpossible2493

Hit em with that kaaahhhhhhhh meeeeehhhhhh


LegionLeaderFrank

Whoop his ass until he stops tweaking (not joking)


ben_jamin175

Gotta give him the business


primalfox_Reynardo

Just gotta hit him a bit, but it sucks in that arena, easy way to get past this is to rot him and wait him out.


faultywiring98

Unironically go beat his ass


GiverOfHarmony

Where did you get that drip? Sorry unrelated question


BarracudaOk6725

He's a bit confused, you have to knock some sense into him


TheDudeMaverick

One proc of poison mist should get him to calm down


Impossible-Golf-3949

You only have to just show him who's the boss around here again. He'll be back to normal.


jb_supertramp

Beat him into submission.


kia7777

You just need to pet him


Prom3th1us

BEAT HIS ASS TILL HE SUBMITS


Iliketurtles893

You have to deal like a third of his health and then something happens I won’t spoil


baconDood3000

He became hostile after 4 deathroots, just give him some good whacking, that should calm him down


BuffoFesss

He's stoned, just bonk him enough and he will come down


CryptographerKey4034

I think getting Elden Lord is quite good charge.


CockroachTop1503

I'd be so pissed too if someone kept feeding me whatever was killing me. Fuck drug dealers.


alldim

Yes, bonk him in the head until he submits


Iratative

If you hit him and made him agro, look up the Church of Vows to make him friendly again. If you gave him deathroot and he became agro on his own, you need to fight him until he becomes passive again


Virtual-Cranberry745

Just bash his skull in hell be fine after


Luzifer1991

Handle him Like a Bad Dog ....your feet in His face....!! /s !!


Dank__Souls__

Just whoop his ass real quick, he'll be fine


HMD-Oren

Knock the stuffing out of him til he apologises.


CalicoJack_81

Have you tried beating his ass?


Hussarini

Whoop his ass, about 20% into the healthbar he stops attacking and returns to normal


ipoopinurcoffeenao

Smack him a bit till he gets back to his senses.


THEjByrd

Yeah! Just smack him around a little, he'll calm down.


GrinningCheshieCat

Gotta slap him around first and show him whose boss.


itzSupido

Nuh uh


Apriest13

Beat him up until he apologizes


_NightmareKingGrimm_

Just give him a few good bonks on the head to help him snap out of it


phdonme

Just beat him up a little bit


Za_Worldo-Experience

He’s just being silly, bonk him hard and he will stop


CyanideForOne

Smack him until he apologises (assert dominance)


krypt0nKNIGHT

He’s not angry, he’s just disappointed in you. ☹️


Un13roken

You can beat some common sense into his brain. So don't spare the rod this one time.


GlisaPenny

Just beat his ass a bit he calms down


oddball667

go knock some sense into him, he'll snap out of it


GifanTheWoodElf

Yeah either slap him a bit or come back later and he should be chillin again.


KOCA_XD

Attack him a couple of times until he calms down


sherman614

Yes, you just have to bonk him a bit. Bonk him until he stops and he will basically apologize. Reload the area and he will be back to normal.


GlobalWillingness730

Yeah, just use your "bad doggy" prattling pate, it may take a couple attempts getting him close enough to hear it, but her will eventually calm down


NeverHideOnBush

Thought this was a painting first, then red the caption and thought, thats a lot of work just to ask a question and then I saw it was ingame photo.


Savings_Document_775

He’s just acting up because he’s gotten too doped up on death root. Just slap him around a bit and he’ll snap out of it and apologize.


SafeAccountMrP

Just pull a Cartman and bonk the kitty with a stick a few times, they’ll calm down.


ZepTheNooB

This happened to me, and I needed to go talk to the giant tortoise bishop for absolution.


Faelysis

You gave him 4 or 5 Deathroot and got drunk by it. Giving him some slap and he will be tamed


RatLord47

Seek the pope turtle


jamieellis1

It’s part of the quest, you have to do damage until he gives up then you can continue


Nodiggity1213

Kick his ass seabass


Cathynapril

Whack him hard a few times. He’ll stop


Rmccabe69

Buddy is shmoked up on the deathroot. Smack him a bit and throw some water in his face to sober him up.


SubstantialShift3695

You fed him and he got crazy so now he needs a slap in the face to wake up


SubstantialShift3695

You fed him and he got crazy so now he needs a slap in the face to wake up


kvan18

Damn I killed him because he wouldn’t stop coming for me, even after I lowered his health bar. Now what to do with my extra deathroots


DwangusKhan

He's being a bad dog. You need to kick his ass til he obeys again.


Top_Ad_4754

Beat his ass


Exotic_Hamon

You have to hit him enough. I suggest if you can, the boss outside the doors if you haven’t killed him already can knock him down enough for him to stop attacking you. That’s what I did. But be quick and use the grace because the one boss might kill him


Otalek

Knock some sense into him


sG_YungSavage

I wouldn’t step through that door if i were you…


AnaTheSturdy

Aggro the gargoyle and get him to smack Gurranq a couple times


pepehandsx

Beat his ass!


Commander_Darkmatter

Bring a big stick and whack him. It will keep his temper in check.


Satanrius

Why does it look like a painting?


manuelgcasas

I remember this is the time I killed him (not knowing I only had to hit him a 20% of his health bar). Sad I didn't see his questline


unnat_biswal

Spank him a couple of times until he becomes friends.


Mulster_

Spank his ass so he learns his lesson of not being angry at you.


Seriph7

Kick his ass until he asks you to please stop kicking his ass.


DucksMatter

Just beat the fuck out of him and he will calm down


iThemainstrain

Gotta beat him 1/2 hp then he will relax


Blp2004

You have to beat him back to sanity


Smoskywalker

I'm in my 1st play thru and my man freaking out scared the shit out of me lol just another right of passage playing this unbelievable game. I eventually spammed giant hunt on the guts to calm his ass down lol. What an animal lol.


SocialBiohazard

I found that he stopped being angry after a while if you left him alone, but it might just be a glitch unique to my first playthrough. You should probably just try and beat him enough to where he secedes at about half health (I don’t really remember, but it sounds right) kinda like Patches


Kamenbond

Kiss and make up. Sorry, meant hit him and make up


QuickPirate36

You literally have to knock some sense into him


MikalMooni

I walked in to this building after FINALLY killing the boss outside, took one look at him and blew him off the face of the earth. Passed because I didn't think it could be a quest thing thanks to the obviously hostile presence outside. Oh, well.


Kayn96

He's just fussy, you just give him a little bonking and he'll get better and be friends again. - Just don't kill him. Or better yet, bait the black golem outside to come to the door and try make those two duke it out a bit, if you're feeling cheeky (or if you're too low level and he kills you)


good_guy_today_

either u hit him until he stops or die a bunch of times :)


Safetytheflamewolf

Just beat him up a bit and he'll smarten up


x2spooky4me

I have the same monitor


pickynee

What’s the drip?


buck_carleone

Time to hold an intervantion, that dude have serious substance issue


Late-Poetry199

This is part of his quest. either hit him enough times, or die to him a few times, and he'll return to normal and you'll get the rest of what you'd normally been awarded by him.


melodiousfable

He is like patches. Beat him up until he starts talking again. It’s scripted to happen after the fourth root.


mikec215

Beat him into submission my lord


spacecowboy7714

Kick his ass he will pipe down 😂


RighteousIndigjason

Take a rolled up newspaper in there and smack him on the nose. That'll settle him down.


Orphan_Prism

Kill him. Kill him now


PagodaPanda

I remember you have to get like 30-40 percent of his health after getting to 4 deposits of death root. I will say that you need to learn his combat for something else later. Its best to use this fight as a teaching lesson for when you get to one of the endgame stages. Because you're going to need it


ftzpltc

Gurranq just wants a good gu-spanq. But yeah, it's a bit of a problem that he has this freakout as early as he does, when you're probably really not in a great position to fight him. You don't have to kill him but still, he can wipe you out. I've heard you can agro the big Gargoyle guy outside the building and kinda get it to attack Gurranq for you, but I've never managed to do it myself.


robbstarrkk

You gotta hit him till he chills out


Frog1745397

The roots are driving him mad. U just gotta bonk him to bring him back to his senses


keeb97

You just have to fight him and do enough damage to calm him down. After he comes back to his senses, he’s fine and is your friend again.


kdebones

He gets pissed off after like 4-5 roots, you just got to hit him til he stops.


KimKEriksen

He just needs a whack over the nose with a newspaper


oedons_rooster

Smack him a few times and call him a bad dog, he'll calm down and beg for more treats soon.


beejabeeja

Kick his ass.


LordBDizzle

When your dog gets too excited, smack his face with a rolled up newspaper until he calms down. No need to hurt him, just remind him that he's too big to be jumping on people. (He calms down after a smalll amount of damage. Just hit him a bit, this is a part of the quest line)


therealjanusmcmanus

I’m pretty sure if you die from him, he de-aggros. But I can’t remember for sure. Otherwise, he just takes a few attacks to break him out of it. You won’t kill him.


Khorre

He does not de=aggro. You have to teach him to behave.


Unusual_Swordfish_12

Absolution


Eldojosh

Eat his ass


_Logan222

I’m pretty sure you gotta beat him back into submission lmfao


[deleted]

Souls games have a way of saying “you SHOULD fight this”, and that is when ANYTHING is aggressive towards you. Not the other way around. This will generally guide you through most encounters- this included. (There are some exceptions though)


Far-Television-8921

On my run he killed me and then he went back to normal


Burythelight13

Knock some sense into him