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ASHENBORNEDARK SOULS REFERENCE

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NPC

Griggs of Vinheim

Lower Undead Burg · Firelink Shrine · Sen's Fortress

Locations and access

Lower Undead Burg

Availability: You have the Residence Key.

Firelink Shrine

Availability: Griggs has been rescued and you have at least 10 Intelligence.

Firelink Shrine

Availability: Logan has left and Griggs offers his expanded stock.

Sen's Fortress

Availability: Logan has left Firelink and Griggs' expanded spells and rings have been bought.

Quest branches and services

These branches include alternatives. Check the requirements for each before acting.

Lower Undead Burg

Rescue

Requirements: You have the Residence Key.

What to do: Find the locked room where Griggs calls for help and open its door.

Result: He moves to Firelink Shrine.

Consequences and cutoffs: The Master Key does not open his room.

Firelink Shrine

Merchant

Requirements: Griggs has been rescued and you have at least 10 Intelligence.

What to do: Speak to him near the well to use his shop.

Result: After Logan leaves, Griggs can sell additional copies of Soul Spear and Homing Soulmass.

Consequences and cutoffs: Buying out his stock can advance his departure. Purchase what you need before relying on him later.

Firelink Shrine

Leave Requirement

Requirements: Logan has left and Griggs offers his expanded stock.

What to do: Buy the additional spells and rings before expecting Griggs' departure and hollow encounter in Sen's Fortress.

Result: His later hostile location can become available.

Consequences and cutoffs: His ten-Intelligence shop requirement and the departure stock condition are separate checks.

Sen's Fortress

Final Encounter

Requirements: Logan has left Firelink and Griggs' expanded spells and rings have been bought.

What to do: Check the room containing the Black Sorcerer Set for hollowed Griggs. His native drops include Hush, the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring and Humanity.

Consequences and cutoffs: This is the later hostile form. Do not confuse his map records with the similarly numbered pyromancer records.

Shop inventory and conditions

ItemCostStockLocation and conditions
Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring20,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Lingering Dragoncrest Ring20,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Aural Decoy1,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Fall Control1,500 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Great Heavy Soul Arrow8,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Great Soul Arrow6,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Heavy Soul Arrow2,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Homing Soulmass20,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
  • Wait until Logan leaves Firelink so Griggs adds this advanced spell.
Magic Shield3,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Magic Weapon3,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Soul Arrow1,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
Soul Spear40,000 Souls1Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to open his spell shop.
  • Wait until Logan leaves Firelink so Griggs adds this advanced spell.
Sorcerer's Catalyst500 Souls∞Firelink Shrine
  • Rescue Griggs and keep him alive and friendly.
  • Have at least 10 Intelligence to use his shop.

Notes

The Master Key does not open his room.

Buying out his stock can advance his departure. Purchase what you need before relying on him later.

His ten-Intelligence shop requirement and the departure stock condition are separate checks.

This is the later hostile form. Do not confuse his map records with the similarly numbered pyromancer records.

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