Elden Ring - Who Is Patches?

Elden Ring's world is full of fascinating NPCs, with a host of characters you'll meet along your way that will offer help, no matter how mysteriously they do. But there's one character players can encounter quite early on in Elden Ring, the latest game from FromSoftware, who will be familiar to previous players of FromSoft's games. Patches, who can be found in Limgrave near the start of your Elden Ring journey, may just seem like a trickster to any newcomers to the world of FromSoft games, but Patches has a long and storied history with the developer. From appearances in Dark Souls to Bloodborne, and more, Patches has remained a recurring theme, proving to be both helpful and cruel depending on the players actions.

So, who is Patches? We explore the history of the character throughout FromSoft's Soulsborne history (and his even earlier inspiration), and break down the character's previous appearances. Of course, slight spoilers for each game he appears in, but here is the history of Patches, the longest-running trick FromSoft has pulled.

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[osculas_]

Fun Fact: If you summon Patches in Radahn's boss fight, he'll be an even bigger bastard and return to his world seconds after.

[danielboyd]

In Bloodborne, Patches actually does become a vendor that you find in one of the later Chalice dungeons.

[christiankettlewell]

You can’t trust him about treasure but once he’s a vendor, every piece of advice he gives you in each game is legit.

[jack-daniels]

Patches actually is in Sekiro. The merchant near the 1st ogre fight is supposed to be designed after patches minus the trickery

[TrueComboKing]

Slave Knight Gael also appears to be in this game too.

Seriously though, did anyone catch the resemblance between slave knight Gael and the dude who announces the festival of carnage before fighting Radahn?

[GodSkul]

He's the guy who nerfed my +10 night and flame

[DjuraValtr]

Patches be like: The treasure was the friends we made along the way.

[hristopher]

His quest line in elden ring gets you the heaviest/tankest armor in the game

[NanomachinesSon]

Patches is Miyazaki himself. Just punishing greedy characters

[ricklubbers]

Sekiro had anayama. Not really a patches clone but a subtle easter egg. Overpriced merchant in clothes full of patches.

[mysteriousgamer]

patches is basically the cid of soulsborne series, it's like what cid is for final fantasy, is what patches is for soulsborne.

[rokmare]

In elden ring he was also part of the Radahn festival as a summon as well

[MiguelDCristo]

Ok so, this guy is basically the Stan Lee in Soulborne series

[BfrshBrian]

We keep asking FromSoft to patch their games and they keep giving us this dude

[battlekingad]

What a coincidence! I'm playing Dark souls remastered nowadays ( my first souls game) and saw him just a few hours ago in Graveyard of the giants.

[MrFourth]

You know we'll never not be greedy, we are human afterall

[spacecowboy]

Props to ign for having the first clip of patches reacting to his own reveal 😅

[PhilippeArroyo]

Did patches push anyone else into a ditch in Eldin Ring?

[kogasoldier]

He's the best dodgeball player in all of the lands between..

[jefferydbzcoo]

Patches first appears in Armored Core not demon souls