Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff

Type

Spirit Ashes

Summoning cost

108 FP

Upgrade material

Ghost Glovewort

About this spirit

Legendary ashen remains.

Use to summon the spirit of Kristoff, the Ancient Dragon Knight.

Spirit of Kristoff, an honorable knight of Leyndell who was also a devout worshipper of the ancient dragons.

His skills strike down foes with thunderbolts, the dragons' weapon of choice.

After the First Defense of Leyndell, Kristoff earned the hero's honor of Erdtree Burial for the feat of capturing Godefroy the Grafted.

Sainted Hero's Grave boss

Altus Plateau

Starting Site of Grace: Sainted Hero's Grave

Before you go

• Defeat the shadow Duelist to open the dungeon's boss doors.

1. Reach Sainted Hero's Grave on the plateau west of Rampartside Path. Pass the Black Knife Assassin outside, take the lift and activate the grace.
2. Follow the descending passage. Lead the dark, invulnerable Imps into the circles of golden light before attacking them.
3. Continue to the pillared room with the sandy floor. The corpse on the edge holds a different ash; step onto the sand to drop into the lower light-filled room.
4. Defeat or get past the Imps and pull the lever beside the lower door. Follow the falling-blade corridor, using the gaps between blades to move safely.
5. Beyond the first group of blades, follow the passage around the corner and get past the mounted enemy. Climb the ladder beside the Grave Glovewort pickup, then drop into the room with the Royal Revenant.
6. Cross the hall west, pass the Root Resin corpse and climb the stairs into the room with the shadow-protected Duelist. The nearby voice tool is a separate corpse pickup.
7. Draw the Duelist back along the route to the golden light in the lower room. Wait for it to enter the light and lose its protection, then defeat it to open the final boss doors.
8. Kill it to open the heavy boss doors at the end of the blade corridor. Enter, descend the stairs and defeat the Ancient Hero of Zamor for Kristoff.

Notes

• Costs 108 FP and summons one Leyndell knight with a spear, greatshield and Lightning attacks. Upgrade him with Ghost Glovewort to +10.
• Uses Thunderbolt to attack at range and can add Lightning to his spear. His ranged pressure helps draw attention even when the target is outside ordinary spear reach.
• The greatshield helps against frontal attacks, making him useful while you approach from another angle. Attacks from behind, broad area attacks and repeated guard pressure can still hurt him.
• His Lightning damage belongs to the summon. Raising your Faith or equipping your own Lightning weapon does not make him copy those attributes or equipment.
• You need enough FP for the single 108-FP payment. A flask refills the bar you already have; several flasks do not let a smaller maximum FP bar pay a larger cost at once.
• One of the six legendary ashen remains for the related achievement. He is the Ancient Hero of Zamor's reward in Sainted Hero's Grave, separate from the Black Knife Assassin outside.
• The shadow Duelist must be drawn into golden light and defeated to open the boss route. Optional Stonesword Key rooms are unnecessary for the ashes.