Depraved Perfumer Carmaan

Type

Spirit Ashes

Summoning cost

124 FP

Upgrade material

Ghost Glovewort

About this spirit

Ashen remains in which spirits yet dwell.

Use to summon the spirit of Carmaan, the depraved perfumer.

Depraved perfumers practice their art for themselves alone. Carmaan was a notably formidable perfumer whose strength rivaled that of heroes, and it is said that he was in search of a secret physick of revivification.

Locked room beyond the southern hidden corridor

Mt. Gelmir

Starting Site of Grace: Volcano Manor

Before you go

• Join Volcano Manor for the Drawing-Room Key.

1. At Scenic Isle in southern Liurnia, head east toward the stone gazebo near the telescope. Speak to Rya about her stolen necklace before entering Volcano Manor, which ends this early meeting.
2. Ride northwest across the shallow lake to Boilprawn Shack. Talk to Boggart beside the cooking pot, ask for the necklace and choose Deal to open the purchase.
3. Buy Rya's Necklace for 1,000 runes. Buying it keeps Boggart alive and opens his prawn shop; purchase at least one Boiled Prawn if you want his later move and crab stock.
4. Return to Rya in the gazebo and give her the necklace. Finish her dialogue to receive Volcano Manor Invitation.
5. Reach Altus Plateau through the Grand Lift of Dectus with the medallion halves from Fort Haight and Fort Faroth, or by defeating Magma Wyrm Makar at Ruin-Strewn Precipice. Rya waits at the top of Dectus for lift arrivals, or by Lux Ruins near Erdtree-Gazing Hill for the precipice route. Speak to her and accept her hand to travel to Volcano Manor.
6. Join Volcano Manor and receive the Drawing-Room Key from Tanith.
7. Open the first room on the right in the nearby hallway and roll or strike the wall at the back to reveal a hidden passage.
8. Follow the dark corridor past the snails. Ignore the descending stairs and stay on the southern snail-filled passage to its dead end.
9. At the corpse holding Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook (21), strike the wall on its left to uncover another passage. Enter the otherwise locked drawing room and loot the corpse for Depraved Perfumer Carmaan.
10. The stairs down to the Bloodhound Knight and Prison Town Church are a different branch. Neither the Godskin Noble nor Rykard is needed for this room.

Notes

• Costs 124 FP and summons one Depraved Perfumer. Upgrade him through Roderika with Ghost Glovewort to +10. His high starting FP cost matters even if you have reinforced the ashes.
• Uses explosive Fire perfume with a broad spread. The dust hangs briefly before igniting, so an enemy can be caught as it steps into the cloud, but a fast target can also leave before the explosion.
• Can dodge sideways and heal himself with a concoction twice. These are limited self-heals, not continuous regeneration or healing for your character.
• Keep your own healing ready. His evasive movement and self-recovery can help him survive, but do not turn him into a dedicated support healer or guarantee that he can withstand a boss's full combination.
• Fire-resistant enemies reduce the value of his main damage. His wide coverage is more useful when the enemy stays near the perfume rather than chasing constantly across the arena.
• The ashes do not consume your perfume ingredients or bottles. Reinforce the spirit itself; equipping a Perfume Bottle weapon does not change his attacks.
• The corpse is behind the second illusory wall at the end of the snail corridor. You only need access to the manor and the Drawing-Room Key, with no assassination contracts or dungeon boss required.