Dark Souls III Guide (Steam) NPC Questlines
Shrine Handmaid
The Shrine Handmaid will always be at the Firelink Shrine. She serves as a major merchant for the area throughout all of your playthroughs. You can’t kill her, at least, not for long. Attacking her gets you very little. In fact, she’ll raise her prices by 20% when she returns, so you’re really hurting yourself no matter how you look at it.
As with the Smith, you can restore the Handmaid’s prices by visiting the altar to Velka (in the Undead Settlement). Pay your Souls for absolution and the Shrine Handmaid will return to her regular prices.
The Shrine Handmaid acquires new inventory by providing her with Ashes. She also sells new equipment after you defeat certain bosses and enemies, and complete various NPC questlines (or kill them!).
This table covers all items she normally sells, plus items for giving her Ashes. If you spot an armor set in the Equipment chapter with its location as the Shrine Handmaid, you need to kill the NPC or boss associated with that set to unlock it.
There is a second Shrine Handmaid hidden in the game, located in the Untended Graves, she sells a few unique items.
Placing all of the Lord’s Ashes upon their thrones causes the Handmaid to sell a single Titanite Slab.
Shrine Handmaid Standard Inventory
| spell/Item | Cost | # | Ashes Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ember | 2500 | 3 | Multiple Ashes Yield This |
| Hidden Blessing | 1000 | 1 | Dreamchaser |
| Green Blossom | 1000 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Repair Powder | 600 | - | None |
| Blue Bug Bellet | 1500 | - | Excrement Covered |
| Red Bug Pellet | 1000 | - | Patches |
| Yellow Bug Pellet | 1500 | - | Paladin |
| Black Bug Pellet | 1500 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Mossfruit | 1500 | - | Dragon Chaser |
| Bloodred Moss Clump | 500 | - | Greirat |
| Purple Moss Clump | 500 | 6 | None |
| Blooming Purple Moss Clump | 1000 | - | Excrement Covered |
| Rime-Blue Moss Clump | 500 | - | Prisoner Chief |
| Purging Stone | 4500 | - | Yuria |
| Throwing Knife | 20 | - | Greirat |
| Poison Throwing Knife | 100 | - | Yuria |
| Kukri | 50 | - | Grave Warden |
| Firebomb | 100 | - | None |
| Rope Firebomb | 300 | - | Greirat |
| Black Firebomb | 300 | - | Patches |
| Rope Black Firebomb | 300 | - | Patches |
| Dung Pie | 50 | - | Grave Warden |
| Stalk Dung Pie | 50 | - | Grave Warden |
| Charcoal Pine Resin | 500 | - | Mortician |
| Charcoal Pine Bundle | 300 | - | Mortician |
| Gold Pine Resin | 1000 | 3 | Dreamchaser |
| Gold Pine Bundle | 600 | 6 | Dreamchaser |
| Pale Pine Resin | 1000 | - | Prisoner Chief |
| Human Pine Resin | 1500 | - | Patches |
| Rotten Pine Resin | 500 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Carthus Rouge | 1000 | - | Grave Warden |
| Alluring Skull | 800 | - | Patches |
| Undead Hunter Charm | 500 | - | Paladin |
| Duel Charm | 500 | - | Paladin |
| Rusted Coin | 200 | - | Patches |
| Young White Branch | 1000 | - | Xanthous |
| Rubbish | 200 | - | Patches |
| Prism Stone | 10 | - | None |
| Homeward Bone | 500 | - | None |
| White Sign Soapstone | 500 | 1 | None |
| Titanite Shard | 800 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Large Titanite Shard | 4000 | - | Easterners |
| Titanite Chunk | 13000 | - | Dragon Chaser |
| Twinkling Titanite | 15000 | - | Dragon Chaser |
| Titanite Scale | 20000 | - | Dragon Chaser |
| Dried Finger | 2000 | 1 | None |
| Tower Key | 20000 | 1 | None |
| Grave Key | 1500 | 1 | Mortician |
| Londor Braille Divine Tome | 50 | 1 | Yuria |
| Soul Arrow | 2000 | 1 | None |
| Great Soul Arrow | 3000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Heavy Soul Arrow | 2000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Great Heavy Soul Arrow | 4000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Farron Dart | 1000 | 1 | None |
| Soul Greatsword | 5000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Farron Flashsword | 3000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Magic Weapon | 3000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Magic Shield | 3000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Spook | 2000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Aural Decoy | 2000 | 1 | Orbeck |
| Affinity | 15000 | 1 | Karla |
| Dark Edge | 8000 | 1 | Karla |
| Fireball | 1000 | 1 | Cornyx |
| Fire Surge | 1000 | 1 | Cornyx |
| Great Combustion | 3000 | 1 | Cornyx |
| Poison Mist | 2000 | 1 | Cornyx |
| Flash Sweat | 1500 | 1 | Cornyx |
| Heal Aid | 500 | 1 | None |
| Heal | 1000 | 1 | Irina |
| Replenishment | 1000 | 1 | Irina |
| Caressing Tears | 1500 | 1 | Irina |
| Homeward | 3000 | 1 | Irina |
| Dagger | 300 | - | None |
| Parrying Dagger | 2000 | - | Patches |
| Bandit’s Knife | 1500 | - | Greirat |
| Shortsword | 600 | - | None |
| Longsword | 1000 | - | Greirat |
| Bastard Sword | 3000 | - | Greirat |
| Scimitar | 600 | - | None |
| Shotel | 4000 | 2 | Patches |
| Washing Pole | 7500 | 1 | Easterners |
| Mace | 600 | - | Greirat |
| Morningstar | 2500 | - | Paladin |
| Spear | 600 | - | Greirat |
| Winged Spear | 1500 | - | Patches |
| Halberd | 1500 | - | None |
| Crescent Axe | 4000 | - | Paladin |
| Dark Hand | 12000 | 1 | Yuria |
| Composite Bow | 3500 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Light Crossbow | 1000 | - | Greirat |
| Sorcerer’s Staff | 500 | - | None |
| Talisman | 500 | - | None |
| Canvas Talisman | 3000 | - | Paladin |
| Torch | 300 | - | None |
| Buckler | 2000 | - | Greirat |
| Leather Shield | 500 | - | None |
| Crimson Parma | 800 | - | None |
| Elkhorn Round Shield | 1500 | - | Greirat |
| Warrior’s Round Shield | 600 | - | None |
| Large Leather Shield | 800 | - | None |
| Round Shield | 1000 | - | Greirat |
| Kite Shield | 4000 | - | Greirat |
| Chain Helm | 500 | - | None |
| Chain Armor | 800 | - | None |
| Leather Armor | 800 | - | Greirat |
| Leather Gloves | 500 | - | Greirat |
| Leather Boots | 500 | - | Greirat |
| Standard Helm | 1500 | - | Greirat |
| Hard Leather Armor | 2500 | - | Greirat |
| Hard Leather Gauntlets | 1000 | - | Greirat |
| Hard Leather Boots | 1000 | - | Greirat |
| Chain Helm | 500 | - | Greirat |
| Chain Armor | 800 | - | Greirat |
| Leather Gauntlets | 500 | - | None |
| Chain Leggings | 500 | - | None |
| Eastern Helm | 5000 | 1 | Easterners |
| Eastern Armor | 8000 | 1 | Easterners |
| Eastern Gauntlets | 5000 | 1 | Easterners |
| Eastern Leggings | 5000 | 1 | Easterners |
| Thief Mask | 400 | - | Greirat |
| Black Leather Armor | 2500 | - | Patches |
| Black Leather Gloves | 2000 | - | Patches |
| Black Leather Boots | 2000 | - | Patches |
| Karla’s Pointed Hat | 5000 | 1 | Prisoner Chief |
| Karla’s Coat | 8000 | 1 | Prisoner Chief |
| Karla’s Gloves | 5000 | 1 | Prisoner Chief |
| Karla’s Trousers | 5000 | 1 | Prisoner Chief |
| Xanthous Overcoat | 10000 | 1 | Xanthous |
| Xanthous Gloves | 7000 | 1 | Xanthous |
| Xanthous Trousers | 7000 | 1 | Xanthous |
| Pyromancer Crown | 500 | - | Cornyx |
| Pyromancer Garb | 800 | - | Cornyx |
| Pyromancer Wrap | 500 | - | Cornyx |
| Pyromancer Trousers | 500 | - | Cornyx |
| Wood Arrow | 5 | - | None |
| Feather Arrow | 100 | - | Dreamchaser |
| Fire Arrow | 100 | - | Greirat |
| Poison Arrow | 120 | - | Patches |
| Dark Arrow | 200 | - | Easterners |
| Onislayer Greatarrow | 600 | - | Easterners |
| Wood Bolt | 10 | - | None |
| Standard Bolt | 30 | - | Greirat |
| Life Ring | 1500 | 1 | Dreamchaser |
| Replenishment | 1000 | 1 | Irina |
| Saint’s Ring | 300 | 1 | None |
| Wood Grain Ring | 3000 | 1 | Excrement Covered |
| Lloyd’s Shield Ring | 2500 | 1 | Paladin |
| Untrue Dark Ring | 5000 | 1 | Yuria |
| Untrue White Ring | 5000 | 1 | Yuria |
| Ring of Sacrifice | 5000 | 3 | Yuria |