Mephistopheles

General Information

Voiced by: Hannah McBride

Mephistopheles is a grim woman with a deadly secret. She seeks the assistance of Yurt, the Silent Chief , and later the player if Yurt is killed. She also wishes the death of key NPCs in the Nexus; specifically, those with knowledge of the Soul Arts. Upon completion of her requests, Mephistopheles will say that the Order of the Soul has commanded her to remove all those who know the ways of Soul Arts from Boletaria, the player included, in order to keep the ancient rite a secret.

Stats

Vitality	Intelligence	Endurance	Strength	Dexterity	Magic	Faith	Luck
20	40	15	19	26	24	6	14

Note - This information was captured directly from the game data. Please note that the stat levels often to not correlate to actual health or performance levels as they would the player due to special effects applied in the background.

Equipment

Weapons

Right Hand 1	Right Hand 2	Left Hand 1	Left Hand 2
Epee Rapier +5	Talisman of Beasts	Parrying Dagger +10	-

Armor

Helmet	Armor	Gauntlets	Leggings
Gold Mask	Rogue's Clothes	Rogue's Gloves	Rogue's Boots

Ammunition

Arrow Type	Arrow Number	Bolt Type	Bolt Number
-	0	-	0

Ring and Spells

Ring 1	Foe's Ring
Spell 1	Soulsucker
Spell 2	-
Spell 3	-
Spell 4	-
Spell 5	-

Items

Item Slot	Name	Quantity
Slot 1	-	0
Slot 2	-	0
Slot 3	-	0

Special Effect Multipliers

Special Effect Multipliers are blanket multipliers that are applied to NPCs, including Black Phantoms. For example, if the HP multiplier is "x2", the NPC will have twice the health that the player would have if they had identical stats and equipment. The NPC's attack multipliers are applied before the damage is affected by the player's defenses and resistances. Damage received by the NPC is slightly more complicated. When the player does damage to the NPC, the raw damage is put into a formula and computed against the NPC's resistances. These resistances are multiplied by the values in the Physical/Magic/Fire Defense columns before calculation. After the remaining damage is reduced by resistances, it is then multiplied by the Damage reduction multipliers in the Physical/Magic/Fire Reduction columns. The output damage remaining is the dealt to the NPC.

Stats

HP	MP	Equip Load	Stamina Recovery	Stamina Damage
-	-	-	-	-

Attack

Physical Attack	Magic Attack	Fire Attack
-	-	-

Damage Reduction and Resistance

Physical Reduction	Magic Reduction	Fire Reduction	Physical Defense	Magic Defense	Fire Defense
-	-	-	-	-	-

Effect Resistance

Poison Resistance	Plague Resistance	Bleed Resistance
-	-	-

NG+ Multipliers

NG+ Multipliers are the factors by which an NPC's Stats are adjusted when entering NG+. These stack with Special Effect Multipliers.

• In NG+, each NPC and stat has a unique adjustment. These values are shown below
• In NG++, all stats are increased by 7% from the NG+ values.
• In NG+++, all stats are increased by 10% from the NG+ values.
• In NG++++, all stats are increased by 14% from the NG+ values.
• In NG+++++, all stats are increased by 19% from the NG+ values.

Stats

HP	MP	Stamina	Stamina Damage	Souls
x1.95	x1.5	x1.82	x1.93	x4

Attack

Physical Damage	Magic Damage	Fire Damage
x1.85	x1.85	x1.85

Damage Reduction and Resistance

Physical Defense	Magic Defense	Fire Defense
x1.5	x1.5	x1.5

Location

Nexus, second floor using the outer staircase (ie. not the one with the Archstones), with Stockpile Thomas behind you (Unlockable)

To Unlock

• Kill Yurt.
• Must have Pure Black Character Tendency
• Note: If you still can't see her, exit the Nexus and return. If you fulfill the requirements while you're inside the Nexus, Mephistopheles will not appear until you re-enter.

Tendency Events

Only appears after reaching Pure Black Character Tendency Note that if you are planning on getting the Friend's Ring, you should get this before starting the Mephistopheles quest or otherwise taking actions that darken your Character Tendency because it is harder to get to Pure White than Pure Black and getting to Pure White once you've gone to Pure Black becomes much harder (2 playthroughs killing only named NPC BPs instead of just one playthrough).

Interaction

• She offers you rewards in turn for assassinating other NPCs
• If an assassination target is already dead, Mephistopheles will skip to the next person on the list. You do not receive a reward.
  • If you do not kill your target in the Nexus, Mephistopheles will not give you a reward and will not skip to the next person on the list.
  • You have to talk to her after every assassination and be handed the next task to actually receive the individual rewards.
• When all assassinations are complete and you speak to her for your reward, she will attack you after giving you the reward
• NPCs you assassinate are gone for the rest of the game, but will reset once you complete the game and enter another cycle.

• If you've killed Sage Freke and Yuria, the Witch you can no longer change your equipped Magic.
• If you kill Saint Urbain you can no longer change your equipped Miracles.
• Once they are dead, you will have the same Magic and Miracles until you finish the game and beat Phalanx in the next cycle

• If you kill Mephistopheles, she will drop the following:

• Parrying Dagger
• Epee Rapier
• Gold Mask
• Ring of the Accursed

Target	Reward
Saint Urbain, Worshiper of God, and Acolyte of God	Stone of Ephemeral Eyes
Sage Freke and Freke's Apprentice	Stone of Ephemeral Eyes
Patches, the Hyena	Colorless Demon's Soul
Biorr, of the Twin Fangs	Colorless Demon's Soul
Ostrava of Boletaria	Talisman of Beasts
Yuria, the Witch	Foe's Ring

Assassination Strategies

• Many of the NPCs in the Nexus can easily be killed by casting normal spells or using your melee weapon of choice.
• In general, an easy way of killing everyone on the list as quick as possible is using the Clever Rat's Ring and Morion Blade trick.

• Use your fastest weapon, that deals a lot of damage and keeps them locked in a combo. Straight Swords are good for this.
• You will do massive amounts of damage per hit and maybe kill them before they can react, if you have enough stamina.
• The only exceptions would be high hp characters like Ostrava and Biorr.
• An easy way for magic users to kill everyone is call up Homing Soul Arrow and a sword with a strong thrust.
• Once you thrust, the Homing Soul Arrow will target.

• If your magic is high enough all five shots will hit.
• If they survive they shouldn't need more than 1-2 quick swings.

• All of the targets are vulnerable to Death Cloud, allowing you to simply cast the spell and wait if you have the patience or are simply having problems killing them. (Note: As you accept each assassination request the target will remain friendly until you attack them, however most simply do not notice if you use Death Cloud, except Ostrava who remains friendly until under 25% health. At which point he becomes hostile)
• For ranged assassinations use a mixture of the Clever Rat's Ring, Morion Blade, and Thief's Ring with a strong bow. Shoot once and the NPCs get up. They remain standing in place since they don't recognize an attacker. A second shot should kill them. Just remember to kill Urbain's and Freke's followers first, since they'll turn hostile if you defeat their respective masters.
• Every NPC can be killed in one hit using Soulsucker.

Freke and Urbain

You don't want to give Sage Freke or Saint Urbain a chance to counter-attack. Ambush them with God's Wrath and then knock them down with the Meat Cleaver; or a similar large melee weapon, when they try to get up. You should be able to kill them before they can gather themselves.

Patches

Don't get too cocky against Patches, the Hyena. His spear is a deadly weapon, and he also has an Adjudicator's Shield to regenerate his hit points, so he's not quite the pushover that he might seem. Though, as long as you're careful, you can take him out just about any way you want.

Biorr

• Note: If you have rescued Biorr, the last chance to kill him is right after you have defeated the Blue Dragon. If you leave for the Nexus without killing him, or walk too far away from him, he will disappear for good.
• Biorr will also stay in his cell for the duration of the game, as long as he's not rescued. If you have already killed the Blue Dragon or Old King Allant, he must be killed right after being released, since going to the Nexus will make him disappear for good.
• Possible bug: Sometimes Biorr will not attack you at all even if you do repeated 2 handed heavy melee attack or backstab attacks.
• If this happens, you will still get the reward from Mephistopheles. This only happens in The Nexus.

Ostrava

Note: Speaking to Ostrava and making him suicide in 1-4 just before Old King Allant, wont count as a kill, thus you wont get the reward. Walking past him will also result in him killing himself, so you'll have to attack him while he's sitting in the staircase, without talking to him. He will still drop the Mausoleum Key when killed.

Yuria

Unlike the other two spell trainers, Yuria, the Witch has a wicked temper, and will become hostile within the first few attacks. If you ambush her with God's Wrath, she'll quickly recover and counter with Firestorm, which will likely kill you, regardless of your Soul Level, equipment, or defensive spells. To play it safe, get a good bow and some heavy arrows, hide behind the Archstones (the Shrine of Storms side of the steps), and slowly wear her down. She'll throw fire at you, but from that distance, it's easy to dodge her attacks. If she positions herself out of range, walk over to the other side of the Nexus, behind the place where Urbain's female follower normally sits, and you'll have a clear shot at Yuria until she moves back to her original position. Casting the Anti-Magic Field Spell and using a melee attack also works against Yuria.

Mephistopheles

An easy way to kill Mephistopheles is to keep her just out of melee range and zap her with Soul Arrow until she dies, blocking her attacks with a good shield. Just don't let her touch you, as she will use the Soulsucker Spell

Delevel

Use Mephistopheles as an easy way to delevel. You can be soul sucked up to 4 times during your battle with her. This is most easily achieved if you keep within melee range of her with your shield up. Once you have blocked 1-2 of her attacks and she has staggered, she will usually pull out her catalyst and cast Soulsucker When she pulls out her wand, keep your shield on her left shoulder. She will either dodge or strafe. If she dodges walk up and place your shield on her left shoulder again. If she strafes she is going to cast soul suck. If she leads you out on the edge by the staircases, back off. Let her follow you back into the upstairs room. She may roll/dodge from the ledge all the way down to the nexus ground floor. This will certainly kill her for the game cycle.

Dialogue

All dialogue text is © Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

First encounter

I can see, that you have killed in the past…

No one can blame you for that. Demon souls are too precious to relinquish.

…Perhaps a knight like you, would have an interest in my offer?

(Yes/No)

Yes

Excellent. I'm relying on you.

No

Hm, I see… My ears are open if you ever change your mind.

But remember, I will not linger here long.

Mission #1

I want you to kill Saint Urbain and his followers.

You will be rewarded amply. Do we have an agreement?

A reason? Just think of it as an opportunity to extinguish a competitor.

(Yes/No)

Hm, done already? Here is your reward. Take it.

Mission #2

Now, for your next task.

I want you to kill Sage Freke and his apprentice.

I will of course provide you with a reward of similar value.

(Yes/No)

Hm, done already? Here is your reward. Take it.

Mission #3

Don't look at me with that ravenous countenance of greed.

There is more work for you.

I want you to kill Patches the Hyena.

No reason for pause now, is there?

(Yes/No)

Hm, done already? Here is your reward. Take it.

Mission #4

Don't look at me with that ravenous countenance of greed.

There is more work for you.

I want you to kill Biorr.

No reason for pause now, is there?

(Yes/No)

Hm, done already? Here is your reward. Take it.

Mission #5

I want you to kill Prince Ariona Allant.

He goes by the pseudonym Ostrava.

No reason for pause now, is there?

(Yes/No)

Well, well… Very smooth work. Almost… merciless.

Here is your reward.

Be thankful for it; normally it would never find its way into your impure hands.

Mission #6

Don't look at me with that ravenous countenance of greed.

There is more work for you.

I want you to kill the witch Yuria.

I will of course provide you with a reward of similar value.

(Yes/No)

So, you've completed everything, eh?

You're what they might call a miracle worker.

Lastly, I must only kill you, and the secret of the souls shall be eternally safe…

While Active Mission

If a Mission is failed because the NPC committed suicide or disappeared, only the first line will play

What's wrong?

I granted you a simple task; get on with it.

Mission #1

Kill Saint Urbain and his followers.

Mission #2

Next, you will kill Sage Freke and his apprentice.

Mission #3

Next, you will kill Patches the Hyena.

Mission #4

Next, you will kill Biorr of the Twin Fangs.

Mission $5

Next, kill Prince Ariona Allant, who goes by the pseudonym Ostrava.

Mission #6

Next, you will kill the witch Yuria.

When Attacked

Are you mad?

A fool such as you is a rare thing…

When the player is killed

Fool. Did you really think that you were special?