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Dung Eater
NPC & CompanionELDEN RING
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Dung Eater is an NPC encountered as a red phantom and whose corporeal body is imprisoned in a sewer gaol beneath Leyndell. Players seek him out to obtain the Sewer-Gaol Key and to feed his tied body Seedbed Curses for the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse, which unlocks the "Blessing of Despair" ending.
- Type
- NPC & Companion
- Where to find them
- after reaching the Altus Plateau: Roundtable Hold
- A locked sewer cell in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell, Royal Capital
- Outer Moat
- After the Outer Moat confrontation: Tied to a chair in his sewer gaol in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell
- What's there
- Subterranean Shunning-Grounds: Located beneath Leyndell, Royal Capital, where his corporeal body is imprisoned in a locked sewer cell
- Underground Roadside Site of Grace: A Site of Grace in the sewers beneath Leyndell used as a starting point to reach his locked cell
- Outer Moat: The location where Dung Eater fatally attacks and defiles Blackguard Big Boggart
- Collectibles
- Sewer-Gaol Key: Acquired by speaking to his phantom at Roundtable Hold with at least one Seedbed Curse in inventory
- Mending Rune of the Fell Curse: Rewarded by feeding his tied body five Seedbed Curses
- In the guide
- •Opening his locked cell door in the sewer requires the Sewer-Gaol Key.
- •Blackguard Big Boggart will be fatally attacked and defiled by Dung Eater if present at the Outer Moat during that confrontation.
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