Kingseeker Frampt

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Kingseeker Frampt is a Character in Dark Souls

 

Description

Kingseeker Frampt, the Primordial Serpent, is in a deep slumber beneath Firelink Shrine when the Chosen Undead begins their quest. He wakes after the second bell of awakening has been rung and can be found inside the watery area of the church ruins – his snoring can be heard in the area after the first bell-chime.

Drops

Frampt drops nothing and does not die. Instead, he will retreat beneath Firelink Shrine and will not return. You can still access the Lordvessel by jumping down the hole or by letting Darkstalker Kaathe carry you there from the Abyss (if you sided with him).

Usage

  • He will relate to the player their destiny, as well as other story-related information.
  • He may be asleep when you approach him but you may wake him by attacking him once. Alternatively, jump down the hole to the Firelink Chamber (you suffer no damage) then warp back to the Firelink Shrine and he should be awake. If you choose the alternative and haven't placed the Lordvessel, Kingseeker Frampt will assume you are working with Primordial Serpent Kaathe and leave until the next playthrough. (absolving your sins will not make him reappear)
  • Once you obtain the Lordvessel, talk to him to place it in its altar.
    • When you obtain the Lordvessel, talk to him to access the altar and unlock the last area of the game.
    • The Lordvessel can alternatively be used to access another Serpent, in the Abyss, if the player plans to join the Darkwraith Covenant.
  • You can feed him items for souls (you 'sell' stuff to him) See TRADE table below for items to exchange for souls.
    • Frampt will generally offer only 1 soul for things he dislikes, such as the Soul of Smough, or objects related to Seath (e.g. crystal equipment).
    • Frampt will offer higher value to items associated with the gods, such as lightning weapons, or items associated with women, such as parts of the Maiden or Antiquated sets.
  • Breaks down Titanite into its smaller components. For example, it converts Titanite Chunks into Large Titanite Shards.

 

Notes

  • If you join the Darkwraiths before obtaining the Lordvessel (i.e., you kill Ingward for the key) you may still have Frampt believe you are not a traitor if you abandon the covenant before ringing both bells.
  • If you drop down to the hole when Frampt is up, he will get angry and disappear. "You fool you could not be the chosen one." Be sure to talk to him and make him take you down and place the Lordvessel. However this will not ruin your game in anyway, only unable to feed items.
  • If you deal too much damage to him, Frampt will also disappear.
  • Canonically has terrible, rancid foot breath

Trade (Feeding Ores)

Ore Qty Returned Qty
Large Titanite Shard 1 Titanite Shard 5
Titanite Chunk 1 Large Titanite Shard 3
Green Titanite Shard 1 Titanite Shard 5
Blue Titanite Chunk 1 Green Titanite Shard 3
White Titanite Chunk 1 Green Titanite Shard 3
Red Titanite Chunk 1 Green Titanite Shard 3
Titanite Slab 1 Titanite Chunk 2

Trade (Items) *incomplete list

Item Returns to you
Arrows and bolts 5
Weapons (normal upgrade path) 50
Pyromancy Flame 1000 (upgrade +2)
Dragon weapons 5000
Crystal weapons 1
Divine weapons 100
Armor 100
Most Consumables 50
Dung Pie 200
Humanity (the consumable) 1000 each
Twin Humanities 2000 each
Prism Stone 10
Eye of Death 500
Sunlight Medal 200
Purging Stone 1000
Soul of a ..., Large soul of a ... (any normal) 500
Core of an Iron Golem 8000
Soul of Gwyndolin 20000
Soul of Priscilla 15000
Soul of Ornstein 8000
Soul of the Moonlight Butterfly 8000
Soul of Quelaag 10000
Soul of (Great Wolf) Sif 4000
Fire Keeper Soul 1000
Cracked Red Eye Orb 500
Copper Coin 1000
Silver Coin 3000
Gold Coin 5000
Dingy Set (Hood, gloves, robe, and skirt) 1000 each piece
Havel's Ring 1000
Hornet Ring 1000
Cat Covenant Ring 1000
Ring of the Evil Eye 500
Most Rings 100

GLITCH: As of patch 1.03: sometimes Frampt does not offer to break down certain ores in NG+ mode. (Example: I have every type of ore, yet he only gives me the option to break my Titanite Slab). This can be fixed by going to your bonfire and accessing your bottomless box, depositing EVERY ore into the box and then talking to Frampt again. Go back and get your ores from your bonfire, he will then act as normal and offer to break any of your ores.
Note: It is no longer possible to gain infinity souls by buying items then selling them to Frampt, he no longer giving you more souls than the price of them.

 




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    • Anonymous

      I just killed him by drop slashing down to the firelink altar by accident. Can this be reversed? I doubt it but I really need him to break down titanite.

      • Anonymous

        Bro the quote is "you SORRY fool"
        Pretty sure everyone's listened to that sentence at least a billion times, how could you possibly get it wrong mr wiki?

        • Anonymous

          So do I gotta have the Lordvessel before I can talk to this dood? Or am I missing out on some Frampt time and stalling needlessly?

          • Anonymous

            This list shows the soul of Sif is worth waaaay more than what Frampt will give me for it. Which is 1 soul, like it’s a crystal item. I don’t plan on feeding it to him but I’m curious if this list is wrong or what.

            • Anonymous

              dude i got 400 hours of playtime, stopped playing for a year or something, come back to the game, get the lordvessel, forget about it and find myself stuck before Nito at the yellow fog gate... So i search online and remember that i have to place the lordvessel, when i arrive a simply jump down and put it. Fast forward to way later into the game, i'm getting ready for Gwyn, go back to firelink and i'm about to go down when i hear "You fool you could not be the chosen one" and he goes back down.. Dude i needed you just ONCE in my WHOLE playthrough to break down some slabs, i needed your service only ONCE, and you ragequit on me because i jumped while yourr lazy ass was sleeping ?
              Ehh i never liked him anyway,
              Kaathe is the best <3

              • Anonymous

                frampt below us is new londo go kill the four kings and their darkwraiths
                Chosen wait I’ve just been there
                Frampt that’s old londo
                Chosen old londo but new londo is also now old so now there both old londo
                Frampt it’s below us and it’s a seal (insert seal sounds)

                • Anonymous

                  Framptie gives a lot of souls for dragonieyyy things
                  But only 1 for seathieyyy things
                  So he was a fan of dragonies and hated seathie's betrayal to the dragonies
                  And gives a lot of souls for femaleieyyy things
                  So he hated seathie's researches for immortality(seathie did experiments on femaleies)

                  • "You fool you could not be the chosen one."

                    ***** please, I am th' CHOSEN ONE.
                    I kill Lord Gwyn and other Lords. I bring new era to this world. I bet if you're boss, I can whoopp your ass too.
                    I bring THE AGE OF DARK. I AM YOUR NEW LORD!

                    Ahhh.... sorry, roleplay too much.

                    • Anonymous

                      Well i jump down the hole and place the lordvessel then he disappeared and i thought i somehow sided with Kathe or game bugged/glitched...

                      • Anonymous

                        sell him the useless wearables and weapons you accumulate over your playthrough. i cleaned out my inventory of rags and helmets and got myself a nice 15k souls.

                        • Anonymous

                          Didn’t even start dialogue with him. Saw this abomination from hell, so I started blasting

                          After about 30 arrows he left. Definitely an intimidating but easy boss

                          • Anonymous

                            I accidentally fell down into the firelinking chamber post Anor-Londo, and he left. Oh well, guess I'm siding with Kaathe.

                            • Anonymous

                              Personally I’m not sure if frampt dislikes smough and seath, since even though he pays so little for their equipment related stuff, I’m left wondering how come he takes the dragon stuff and pays dozens for it…? He probably disliked dragons given the fact they were the ones who gwyn and his gang fought against. This included seath the scaleless who fought with gwyn, as for smough, he’s one of the few who guarded gwynevere at anor londo, so honestly it’s kinda confusing. Maybe he doesn’t want to dishonor the two of them, and as for fire related stuff, it’s for the chosen undead’s quest, he disliked dragons, and reah and dusk, the two who seemed to be related to light and fire, takes their related items and such to aid the protagonist? Idfk

                              • Anonymous

                                Basically Frampt is a cheap POS and it's not worth feeding him anything for souls, your better off farming.

                                • Anonymous

                                  did frampt kill the firekeeper in the first firelink you find (the one that doesnt talk) ? she's dead now but i dont know how/why and the only other change is frampt is in the firelink

                                  • Anonymous

                                    I fed him titanite but he did not crush it into smaller pieces. do I need to give him the lordvessel for him to crush titanite?

                                    • Anonymous

                                      People wonder are concerned they are be played by a fool by this guy or if they should wonder if they are being lied to by kaathe, but I wonder why Chris isn’t continuing the redfield heritage in resident evil.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        How do I wake this guy up?? Tried jumping in the hole and reloading. Can I get away with hitting him to wake him?

                                        • Anonymous

                                          he's a stupid *******, I was just trying to go back to the undead asylum and he from nothing said"YoU'rE a TrAiToR yOu Do NoT dEsErVe AuUuUgHh"

                                          now im going to do the """bad""" ending. **** that guy.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            if you ever wondered how can one turn metal into souls...you just found your man (oh dont get me wrong he aint no alchemist!)

                                            • Anonymous

                                              after misguiding a numberless amount of chosen undeads he chooses rap career and sings
                                              ...Im begging to feel like a Dung pie . Dung pie...
                                              ...all of the undead from the front to Blight town . Blight town...
                                              ...now who thinks their length is enough to Go down . Go down...
                                              ...they say they feed me like like a trash can . so call me trashpent...

                                              • Anonymous

                                                To those who play offline (i.e, unpatched,) some items can be sold to Frampt for more than you bought them for. The daggers, firebombs, and wooden arrows sold by the male undead merchant sell for a profit. Prism stones sold by the female undead merchant also make a profit. Once you have Patches appear as a merchant (after you beat Nito, provided you did his quest line correctly by answering "no" to every question he asks) you can buy prism stones from him, then sell those to Frampt for a profit. This makes, like 10,000 souls per minute profit and totally breaks the game.

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  So I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but why is it spoken of as a serpent and not as a snake and by the way, what's the difference? Just out of curiosity.

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    I think Frampt is in Gwyn's side but when I choose to be Dark Lord, they say let Kaathe and Frampt serve you. What does it mean? Frampt must serve me as Dark Lord's servant even if he was in Gwyn's side?

                                                    • "Those who seek the Realm of the Lords must brave Sen's Fortress, a deadly house of traps. Many have gone before you, but none have returned. Fate has chosen you, but proceed with caution." I can only think of one type of traps when hearing those lines, and it's not the kind in Sen's Fortress...

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        I remember doing things so randomly during the first game... I managed to bumble my way through fights with Sif, then beat the Four Kings sometime later, but I didn't bother with going to the Blighttown since I was curious about the New Londo ruins since the start of the game after getting murdered there thrice. Well... no overly long explanation of what i did trying to get through, but I'll just say it took me a couple days to get through everything since I was a noob, but I managed to access the Four Kings boss fight, and after getting curb-stomped for god knows how long... I finally killed them. I do not remember how I didn't die to the abyss the first playthrough, but I assume that I put Covenant of Artorias on without learning what it did, then never bothered switching rings for a long time after that. Welp... I was surprised to see the snake head Kaathe, but rolled with it and joined his covenant and blah blah blah... nothing much else happened until I got off my lazy ass, and went to the*****hole, or I should say... Blighttown. I ring the bell, all good right? well... much to my confusion, I see what I thought was Kaathe, but when I went to talk to him he just said "You sorry fool, blah blah blah..." and left. That confused me enough to go back through New Londo to check up on Kaathe, but his seemingly unchanged state, and lack of dialogue made me assume this was a just an odd bug in the game... I did beat the game long while after that, then moved onto to dark souls 2 and other games, but then years later I played DS1r.... now after playing DS1R for awhile while doing things a bit differently... I was shocked I only just now find out about Frampt here. I guess in a nutshell: this plot twist was made just for stubborn, extremely curious, undead warriors like me... very sneaky addition, from software! to think, I also fell for the pendent joke the same first playthrough. I'm basically a big ol' double sucker. :P

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          ngl when i first rang the second bell and went back to firelink this guy scared the actual***** out of me i did not expect this dude to just pop up

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            &gt;wants to turn useless green titanite into shards &gt;goes to papa Frampt &gt;papa Frampt is asleep &gt;tries rolling into him to see what happens &gt;phases around his head and into the hole &gt;sees weird pile &gt;lordvessel fits inside &gt;seems legit &gt;nowhere else to go &gt;puts in the lordvessel and then warps back out &gt;papa Frampt calls me an asshole and leaves forever &gt;stuck with green titanite &gt; :c

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              if frampt actually gave multiple titanite back when u broke ur large titanite or titanite chunks down, he would actually be a useful npc. but as it stands he is the most useless npc of ds1

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                Just confirmed, you can join the darkwraith covenant without losing access to Frampt if you don't place the Lordvessel for Kaathe. 1) Lordvessel 2) Sif for Covenant of Artorias (ring) 3) New Londo, talk to Ingward for Key to the Seal 4) Drain the Swamp 5) Kill the Darkwraiths 5.5) Optional: acquire Titanite Slab by murdering those shady bastards 6) Kill the Four Kings 7) Sit at Bonfire, then talk to Kaathe 8) From Firelink Altar place he takes you to, Homeward Bone back to the Abyss, but DO NOT place the Lordvessel 9) Talk to Kaathe again, join covenant, give 30 humanity, Darkwraith Set 10) Kaathe get punk'd, by which I mean warp to Firelink and talk to Frampt, place the Lordvessel, and laugh that Kaathe can't eat your Rubbish and so is useless

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  OK, now I'm scared. Is it safe to talk to Frampt before obtaining the Lordvessel? Will he just take off for the rest of the game if I do?

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    Uumm.i need help.this king seeker is sleeping.i was tradeing with him before but now he sleep.no matter how many time i reload the game.if i attack it he wake up?or his get angry and not trade at all with me again?sry for english.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      When i was talking to him with the lord vessel he took me to somewhere but im still stuck in the loading screen

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Is it normal to hear frampt snoring before you ring both bells? I was climbing up to the crow's nest but fell off and his snoring dialogue triggered.

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