This is a guide on Characters and Merchants found in the Demon's Souls Remake for PS5. Read on to know more about these characters where can they be found in the game, and what items they can sell you!

List of Characters

This is a list of all the characters found in the game. Interacting with them can change the course of your game. You can even kill some of these characters for some drops or as part of a quest.

Click on the links below to quickly access the desired character:

The Nexus

NPC	Location(s)/Event
The Maiden in Black	Nexus: Main Area She is your main guide in the Nexus. Once the major demon Phalanx has been defeated, you can talk to her to increase your soul level.
Crestfallen Warrior	Nexus: Upper Section He provides information about the Nexus. He will grow more depressed throughout the course of the game and will eventually disappear and leave behind a collectible blue flame.
Patches, the Hyena	Stonefang Tunnel 2-2: In the area with Bearbugs, Shrine of Storms 4-2, Nexus: Just by the Tower of Latria Archstone Patches will try and trick you on multiple occasions, but ultimately he sells many things cheaper than anywhere else. He is also one of the targets Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate, and you can kill him very early on but be warned - he is the only merchant that sells Heavy Arrows.
Freke's Apprentice	Nexus: Magician's corner He is located just behind the Valley of Defilement Archstone. He can teach and change magic spells you memorized but you need a minimum of 10 Intelligence and Magic to learn them. He is one of the characters that Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate.
Stockpile Thomas	Nexus: Main Area Thomas is useful as he stores your items including ores (99 max) and ammunitions (999 max). Storing the ores is particularly useful since you don't need to bring them to the blacksmith when upgrading. To acquire the Ring of Herculean Strength, speak to him until all conversations run out then give him the Jade Hair Ornament to acquire the item.
Blacksmith Boldwin	Nexus: Main Area He is the primary blacksmith before reaching Blacksmith Ed. He sells a few items, performs repairs, and applies basic upgrades.
Mephistopheles	Nexus: 2nd floor To get her to appear in the Nexus, you have to rescue Yurt and attain Pure Black Character Tendency. Mephistopheles offer a list of targets for you to assassinate, each one with their own rewards. See our character page on Mephistopheles for more details. Once all targets are dead, speaking to her will cause Mephistopheles to attack you.

Boletarian Palace

NPC	Location(s)/Event
Ostrava of Boletaria	Boletarian Palace 1-1: Just by Dreglings, Boletarian Palace 1-2: Surrounded by Soldiers equipped with Crossbows, Boletarian Palace 1-3: Fighting two Red Eyes Knights, Boletarian Palace 1-4: Black Phantom form, on the way to the False King, Nexus: Sitting on a wooden beam You need to rescue him several times and in the end, you will get the Mausoleum Key. He is one of the targets that Mephistopheles asks you to assassinate. However, if you want to kill him, do so before he gets himself killed.
Biorr of the Twin Fangs	Boletarian Palace 1-2: In a cell, Boletarian Palace 1-3: Helps against the Penetrator, Boletarian Palace 1-4: Helps against the Blue Flying Dragon, Nexus: Just by the Valley of Defilement Archstone In order to bring Biorr to the Nexus, you need to rescue him first. Look at our character page to find out how to rescue Biorr. Note that Biorr disappears from the game cycle upon defeating the Blue Flying Dragon at Boletarian Palace, Stage 1-4. If you want to kill him, do so before defeating the Blue Flying Dragon. He is one of the characters that Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate.
Yuria, The Witch	Boletarian Palace 1-3: Guarded by a Fat Official, Nexus: Magician's corner Yuria, The Witch can teach most advanced magic spells but will require Demon's Souls. To include her in the Nexus, you have to rescue her first. Look at our character page to find out how to rescue Yuria, The Witch. She is one of the characters that Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate.
Executioner Miralda	Boletarian Palace 1-1: Execution Grounds She will only appear if your World Tendency is either Pure White or Pure Black, as a human in White and a Black Phantom in Black. This will open the route to the Execution Grounds. Depending on which World Tendency you encounter her, her drops will change.
Old King Doran	Boletarian Palace 1-1: Mausoleum To get access to this NPC, you will need to get the Mausoleum Key from Ostrava first. He will ask you to a duel after rescuing him, allowing you access to the Demonbrandt.
Dregling Merchant	1-1: Just by Ostrava, 1-2: Just behind some dogs, 1-3: On the upper level of a building guarded by a Red Eyes Knight. The Dregling Merchant moves to the next stage upon killing the major demons in 1-1 and 1-2.

Stonefang Tunnel

NPC	Location(s)/Event
Blacksmith Ed	Stonefang Tunnel 2-1: At the base of the moving platform In order to reach Ed, you need to activate the moving platform in the aforementioned location. He can do all kinds of upgrades using any ore include special ones. But in order to do the special forging using Demon's Souls, you need to talk to him several times until he says something about the 'ultimate ore'. After that, give him the Searing Demon Soul from the Flamelurker to unlock the forging of special weapons.
Scirvir, the Wanderer	Stonefang Tunnel 2-2: Past some Crystal Lizards and a blocked tunnel He will only appear if your World Tendency is either Pure White or Pure Black. Depending on which World Tendency you encounter him, his drops will change.
Filthy Man	2-1: Near Archstone, 2-2: In the same area where you found Patches He is a merchant who sells items that provide restoring properties, as well as basic materials used for upgrading equipment.

Tower of Latria

NPC	Location(s)/Event
Sage Freke, The Visionary	Tower of Latria 3-1: In a cell on the 3rd floor East section, Nexus: Magician's corner Sage Freke, The Visionary can teach basic and intermediate magic spells but some require Demon's Souls. To find him in the Nexus, you have to rescue him first. Look at our character page to find out how to rescue Sage Freke. He is one of the characters that Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate.
Rydell	Tower of Latria 3-1: Inside a cell on the 2nd floor West section Depending on the state of World Tendency, Rydell's form and location changes.
Yurt, The Silent Chief	Tower of Latria 3-2: In a cage, Nexus: 2nd floor In order to bring Biorr to the Nexus, you need to rescue him first. Look at our walkthrough page to find out how to rescue Biorr. If you leave Yurt alone, he will begin assassinating the people on Mephistopheles' list. If you want to avoid this, kill him where you rescued him or once he appears in the Nexus.
Former Noble's Wife	3-1: Inside a room on the 4th floor She is a merchant that sells healing and magical items along with rings.

Shrine of Storms

NPC	Location(s)/Event
Saint Urbain	Shrine of Storms, Nexus: Disciples' corner Saint Urbain can teach all miracles but some require Demon's Souls. To find him in the Nexus, you have to rescue him first. Look at our character page to find out how to rescue Saint Urbain. He is one of the characters that Mephistopheles will ask you to assassinate.
Master Satsuki	Shrine of Storms 4-1 Upon meeting him, you will begin a quest to help him acquire the Magic Sword Makoto. Whether you give it to him or not, you will still get a chance to keep the sword (battling him or not showing him the sword at all). Depending on the state of the World Tendency, Satsuki may appear in his living body form or as a Black Phantom.
Graverobber Blige	4-1: In a cell unlockable with a Copper Key, 4-2: Just by the path as you go to the first Reaper (After defeating the major demon in 4-1) He is one of the merchants in Demon's Souls. He has a variety of wares that players can choose from such as consumables, weapons, armor, and upgrade materials.

Valley of Defilement

NPC	Location(s)/Event
Selen Vinland	Valley of Defilement 5-2: Just by the first Fog Upon meeting her, you will begin a quest to help her look for her brother Garl Vinland. Defeating her will award the Blind.
Filthy Old Woman	5-1: Near Giant Depraved One, Goes to 5-2 after defeating major demon in 5-1. She is a merchant who sells items that provide restoring properties, as well as basic materials used for upgrading equipment.

List of Merchants

Merchants sell a variety of items and will relocate when the major demon in the stage you found them in is defeated. Some of the items they sell are limited in quantity and will only reset after a new game cycle.

Attacking merchants makes them hostile to you and will remain that way for the rest of the game cycle. Killing them shifts the Character Tendency to Black. Merchants respawn and return to their normal behavior at the beginning of a new game cycle.

Blacksmith Boldwin

Location	Nexus

One of the first blacksmith you encounter and will offer some items including some weapons and ammunitions.

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Crescent Moon Grass	150	Fresh Spice	350
Ed's Sharpening Stone	2000	Dagger	700
Short Sword	1000	Battle Axe	1500
Heater Shield	2000	Arrow	20
Bolt	30	Cracked Stone Eye	2800

※1 Limited to 1

Patches, The Hyena

Location	Nexus, near Tower of Latria Archstone after speaking with him in 2-2 or 4-2.

Note that Patches, The Hyena is the only source of unlimited Heavy Arrows. Killing him when you use bows a lot may not be the best strategy.

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Half Moon Grass	300	Late Moon Grass	500
Full Moon Grass	1000	Fresh Spice	800
Archstone Shard	5000	Heavy Arrow	30
Heavy Bolt	40	Fragrant Ring※1	60000
Sticky White Slime	5000	Cat's Ring※1	40000
White Arrow※2	500	New Moon Grass	5000
Stone of Ephemeral Eyes※3	50000	Dark Moon Grass※4	10000

※1 Limited to 1 | ※2 Limited to 30 | ※3 Limited to 3 | ※4 Limited to 5

Dregling Merchant

Location	1-1, just by Ostrava 1-2, just behind some dogs 1-3, on the upper level of a building guarded by a Red Eyes Knight.

The Dregling Merchant moves to the next stage upon killing the major demons in 1-1 and 1-2.

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Crescent Moon Grass	100	Half Moon Grass	400
Firebomb	500	Soldier's Lotus	200
Club	500	Short Spear	1500
Long Sword	1500	Light Crossbow	2000
Wooden Shield	500	Soldier's Shield	1000
Slave's Shield	200	Wooden Bolt	10
Plate Helmet	1000	Coat of Plate	1500
Plate Gauntlets	1200	Plate Leggings	1200
Late Moon Grass	800	Pine Resin	500
Broadsword	2000	Claymore	6000
Bolt	20	Full Moon Grass	1600
Throwing Knife	100	Knight Sword	20000
Crescent Axe	10000	Knight's Shield	20000
Heavy Bolt	50	Large Brushwood Shield※1	50000
Brushwood Helmet※1	50000	Brushwood Armor※1	80000
Brushwood Gauntlets※1	60000	Brushwood Leggings※1	60000

※1 Limited to 1

Filthy Man

Location	2-1, near Archstone 2-2, in the same area where you found Patches

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Crescent Moon Grass	150	Ed's Sharpening Stone	2000
Hardstone Shard	500	Sharpstone Shard	500
Pickaxe	500	Large Hardstone Shard	1500
Large Sharpstone Shard	1500	Clearstone Shard	3000
Dragonstone Shard	3000	Dagger	1000

Former Noble's Wife

Location	3-1, 4th floor, inside a room

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Full Moon Grass	1300	Fresh Spice	200
Aged Spice	1000	Noble's Lotus	400
Widow's Lotus	1000	Augite of Guidance	50
Moonlightstone Shard	3000	Rapier	1500
Wooden Catalyst	1000	Buckler	1500
Black Bolt	100	Ring of Avarice※1	50000

※1 Limited to 1

Sparkly the Crow

Location	4-1

She will trade items with you but only with very specific items. Drop the items near her and once she takes it, go back to the Nexus and return to the same spot to find the item she traded for the item you dropped.

Tradable Items

Dropped Item	Item In Exchange
Soul Remains	10x White Arrows
Augite of Guidance	10x White Arrows
Mercurystone Shard	10x Full Moon Grass
Chunk of Mercurystone	10x New Moon Grass
Pure Mercurystone	10x Dark Moon Grass
Moonlightstone Shard	20x White Arrows
Chunk of Moonlightstone	40x White Arrows
Pure Moonlightstone	White Bow
Faintstone Shard	5x Shard of Archstone
Chunk of Faintstone	10x Sticky White Slime
Pure Faintstone	3x Stone of Ephemeral Eyes
Jade Hair Ornament	Regenerator's Ring
Brass Telescope	Fragrant Ring
Large Sword of Moonlight	Ring of Devout Prayer
Phosphorescent Pole	Ring of Magical Dullness
SIlver Coronet	Storied Hero Soul
Silver Bracelets	Storied Hero Soul
Talisman of God	Colourless Demon Soul
Gold Mask	Colourless Demon Soul

all items have a Limit of 1

Graverobber Blige

Location	4-1, in cell unlockable with a Copper Key After defeating the major demon in 41, he goes to 4-2, just by the path as you go to the first Reaper

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Half Moon Grass	400	Late Moon Grass	800
Fresh Spice	300	Souls Remains	500
Sticky White Slime※1	5000	Cloudstone Shard	3000
Scimitar	1000	Falchion	1500
Short Bow	1500	Long Bow	3000
Leather Shield	1000	Arrows	10
Wooden Arrows	5	Leather Cap	500
Leather Armor	1500	Leather Gloves	800
Leather Boots	800	Kunai	200
Darkmoonstone Shard	3000	Light Arrows	50
Fire Arrows	50	Holy Arrows	200
Phosphorescent Grains	1000

※1 Limited to 2

Filthy Old Woman

Location	5-1, near Giant Depraved One Goes to 5-2 after defeating major demon in 5-1.

Sold Items

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Late Moon Grass	1000	Full Moon Grass	2000
Noble's Lotus	800	Widow's Lotus	2000
Black Pine Resin	1500	Mace	3000
War Pick	4000	Halberd	5000
Talisman of God	5000	Rotten Arrow	400
Chain Helm	2000	Chain Mail	4000
Chain Greaves	3000	Hard Leather Boots	3000
Stone of Ephemeral Eyes ※1	50000	Dark Moon Grass ※2	10000
Faintstone Shard	10000	Mirdan Helmet	5000
Mirdan Scale Mail	15000	Mirdan Gauntlets	10000
Mirdan Leggings	10000	-	-

※1Only sold while in Soul Form ※2 Limited to 3

List of NPC Black Phantoms

Black World Tendency Gives More Souls But Increases Difficulty

Shifting the World Tendency to black will cause enemies to give more souls. Shifting the world tendency to black is great if you wish to farm souls to level up your characters.

What is World Tendency and Character Tendency?

Boletarian Palace

NPC/Area	Drop(s)	Earned Souls
Executioner Miralda 1-1	Guillotine Axe	7550
Alfred, Knight of the Tower 1-4	Tower Shield	16800
Metas, Knight of the Lance 1-4	Penetrating Sword	13500
Long Bow Oolan 1-4	White Bow	10050
Ostrava of Boletaria 1-4	Rune Sword, Rune Shield	12300

Stonefang Tunnel

NPC/Area	Drop(s)	Earned Souls
Scirvir, the Wanderer 2-2	Talisman of Beasts	3880
Great Club Black Phantom (Male) 2-2	x3 Dragonstone Chunk,	970
Great Club Black Phantom (Female) 2-2	x3 Clearstone Chunk, Stone of Ephemeral Eyes, Black Eye Stone	1380

Tower of Latria

NPC/Area	Drop(s)	Earned Souls
Rydell 3-1	Phosphorescent Pole	3570
Baby's Nail Black Phantom 3-1	x3 Moonlightstone Chunk, x2 Stone of Ephemeral Eyes, Black Eye Stone	1120

Shrine of Storms

NPC/Area	Drop(s)	Earned Souls
Master Satsuki 4-1	Hiltless	4630
Uchigatana Black Phantom 4-2	x3 Moonshadestone Chunks, Stone of Ephemeral Eyes Effects and How to Get, Black Eye Stone	1670

Valley of Defilement

NPC/Area	Drop(s)	Earned Souls
Selen Vinland 5-2	Blind	6270
Meat Cleaver Black Phantom 5-2	x3 Faintstone Chunk, x2 Stone of Ephemeral Eyes, Black Eye Stone	4690

Hostility With NPCs

Do Not Attack NPCs

If you attack an NPC, they will be in hostile mode and will attack you. Be careful because you will not be able to talk to them or access their services.

Offer Souls to the Goddess Statue If An NPC Is Hostile

If an NPC is hostile towards you, offer 25,000 souls to the Goddess Statue in the Nexus and the hostility of NPCs will be removed. You can also unlock other new features such as re-customizing your character's appearance.

Demon's Souls Related Links

Tips and Tricks

Helpful Guides for Demon's Souls

Which Starting Gift Should You Choose?	How to Upgrade Weapons
What Carries Over in New Game Plus?	Best Way to Progress the Game
Trophy List and Guide	Best Places to Farm Souls
Tips for Beginners	How to Get Pre-Order and Digital Deluxe Bonuses
List of Unique Weapons	Best Way to Use Demon's Souls
All Ring Locations	All Spell and Miracle Locations
Can You Change Your Appearance?	How to Level Up
How to Open the Secret Door	Best Rings
How to Obtain An Additional Magic Slot	Where to Find Upgrade Stones
Where to Find Crystal Lizards	Where to Find Primeval Demons

Where to Find Characters

List of Characters and Merchants	Where to Find Saint Urbain
Where to Find Yuria, the Witch	Where to Find Sage Freke
Where to Find Sparkly the Crow	Where to Find Biorr of the Twin Fangs
Where to Find Scirvir, the Wanderer	Where to Find Yurt, the Silent Chief
Where to Find Mephistopheles

Demon's Souls Game Mechanics

What Does Soul Level Do?	What Does Intelligence Do?
What Does Strength Do?	What Does Endurance Do?
What Does Vitality Do?	What Does Faith Do?
What Does Dexterity Do?	What Does Luck Do?
What Does Magic Do?	What is World Tendency?
What is Equipment Burden?	Online Multiplayer Guide
Parry and Riposte Guide	What is Fractured World?
List of Controls