Giant of the Undead Settlement | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

For those pointing he's the Giant Blacksmith, named Giant is found dead in Anor Londo, so no, even though he had Hawk Ring in the chest behind him in DS1. Nobody knows what happened to Gough after Olacille, and the ring being in Anor Londo thousands of years after gives no clues.

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He dies after helping you collect all the branches. :')
PD: Stop writing nonsense like "unlikely" and "very similar", he's Goguh, simple as that, stop stretching your fantasies here.

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Locations:

- Two in Undead Settlement, by the White Birch ahead of the Dilapidated Bridge Bonfire.
- Two in Cathedral of the Deep, by the White Birch outside the cathedral.
- Two in Farron Keep, by the White Birch near the Great Crab left of the ramp past the Keep Ruins Bonfire.
- In the Painted World of Ariandel, on a path to the right of the library with Sir Vilhelm next to a Tree Woman.
- Three in The Ringed City, deep inside the abyssal swamp by a White Birch tree, along the left wall when approaching from the staircase with Harald Knights.

Collecting ALL branches (unsure about DLC) and ALL items surrounding the area around them, like consumable Soul items, will cause the Undead Settlement Archer Giant to die (drops item, bur can be killed too).

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fren :]]]

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chad

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nice guy

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I have bad news. The giant is found likely dead after you defeat Abyss Watchers, Yhorm, and Aldritch.
I am not sure why this isn't in the wiki, but as a side note, I have killed Old Demon King, Nameless King, Dancer, Oceiros, and Champion Gundyr, so maybe one of those is the actual reason he is found dead.

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Is it a bug when he dont shoot anything but the player? Because this happened me

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OK everyone I figured out how. There are 3 white birch trees:
- undead settlement
- cathedral of the deep
- farron keep

In each of these areas you need to get all the tree branches AND the undead bone shards. The undead bone shard in the farron keep is near the keep ruins bonfire (the room full of slugs)

I did get the bell vine tree chime and Dusk of crown but can't confirm they're needed but I 100% confirm that all the undead shards needed because the one near keep ruins bonfire was the last step and it worked.

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"i help anytime" a true friend

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Overlord tank is waiting

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i attacked him before noticing the talk prompt :/

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You're my friend now, we are having soft tacos later

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Are you able to follow host into the tower as a summon?

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best fren...

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the giant will die when you get 6 branches, you dont need to loot anything else, I tried to keep him alive by skipping the item pickups, but it was unsuccessful. the giant died upon the 6th branch being collected

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After killing Aldrich I came back to Curse-Rotted Greatwood boss area to continue with Sirris quest. I noticed that now arrows were comming from the tower so I decided to climb it and look for my friend the giant. He was death, and I didn't kill him. I'm not sure which part of my run cause it, maybe beacuse I kill Aldrich before Yorn, or because I doing the run for the Usurpation of fire (I have alredy performed the wedding ceremony).

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does this guy shoot arrows into farron keep as well? when i went to go kill the crab in farron keep he shot arrows when i went towards the white birch even though he was already dead...

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I was like why the hell is that ******* firing arrows at me, and now I realize why I had a single birch branch in my inventory that didn't stack with the rest for the entire game.

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The Saint-Tree Bellvine is not necessary for the giant to die. I did, however, collect all the other items, so I'll make another character real quick and test the conditions.

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Compared with the giants in darksouls 1 why does this giant's voice likes a human?

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"i help any time" then proceeds to fire at me

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His audio for "Who are you" and "I help any time" seems to be the same as the Giant Blacksmith from DS1 when he says those lines.

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i wonder if this guy is related to Gough? i dont think he IS Gough because Gough was stuck in a prison cell 2000 years before this giant showed up, but he DOES have goughs bow, arrows, and his ring so maybe he is a friend of Gough like the giant blacksmith was?

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I just killed him because i thinked that he was an enemy all the time, so when i just saw him there standing i just took the advantage, well, it's a shame.

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"Turning him hostile will prevent his death when all his items are looted"

A small price to pay for salvation

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He helps me in 3 places: Undead Settlement, Crab in Farron Swamp, Cathedral of The Deep.

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Also protects you while going through the Cathedral graveyard.

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maybe he took a nap

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Just for some clarifcation, you have to collect ALL the items lying around each of the 3 Birch Trees; I missed the Crestfallen Knight's Soul at the Farron Keep and he was still alive until I collected it.

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Goughs. Hermit brother

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Why is there a 'NG+9'? Souls games never go above 7 at the maximum for NG+s.

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i like how he can recognize you as a friend, not by looks, but by a tiny ass stick he gave you
amazing

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The Gough point in the trivia.. There's no way this dude is as formidable as Gough. Plus Gough's speech is very good.

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He is friend.
Don't hurt him :(

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i was like making a peace offer with him and then i went near a white branch tree and then he just shot me for no reason.


peace was never an option.

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I saw him in the distance and thought "Yeah I want to go talk to that guy" then proceeded to go over there. Cheesed the Demon with Siegward afterwards pretty rad giant.

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When he said, “I help anytime.”

I felt that

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The saddest death in DS3 by my opinion

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i think its gough

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what is this guys actual name?

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I have never been able to complete his quest line and let him die peacefully. I should have all of his items as I found the trees in Undead Settlement, Cathedral of the Deep, and Farron Swamp as well as the other three items described. Am I missing something?

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What causes him to die by himself?

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Poor Gough, missing his friend Dust.

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i talked to him, got the birch, but i forgot to talk to Siegward and kill the demon with him, and so i went to farron keep, but he wasn't shooting the great crab, so i had to kill it myself, but when i went back to the tower, HE WAS DEAD, like, not his ring on the floor, HIS CORPSE WAS THERE AND EVERYTHING, i tried looking this up online youtube google and here but there dosen't seem to be anything on that,

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"Did you do it?" "Yes." "What did it cost?" "20 firebombs and 2 rope firebombs"

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I think Gough went hollow that’s why he attacks you before you befriend him and then he dies after he helps you loot all three white birch tree areas in DS3 a lot of characters in Dark Souls 3 die after fulfilling their last wishes for example Sirris Seigward and Eygon

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I help anytime

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I collected all the items unknowingly, only to see that he is no longer shooting arrows and later finding him dead. I'm sad.

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kill for hawk ring , in bow build

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Casually obliterating everyone with heat seeking missiles in medieval times

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I killed him ;~; anyway to bring him back?

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g o o d f r i e n d , n o h i t

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First off, that "it can't be Gough because time passed" bit needs taken off, the wiki is for facts not opinions, you can't just disagree with a theory you saw in the comments section and post your disagreement on the page like it's fact... if you'd played any of these games you'd know that time never was a factor in deciding things in these games. Just look at Gale, Patches, the giant trees, Alva and Zullie, etc. Time being convoluted is literally a part of the game lore, like, mentioned by npcs and everything. To the point that you can help Anri kill Aldrich before you even see him. Even putting aside time being convoluted, longevity is very much a thing in this series, things tend to last awhile. Anyways, It'd have to be Gough's descendant since Gough didn't look like that... unless he's naked, but wasn't Gough... bigger? The bow is proof he's at least a descendant though.

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I'm sorry but that just HAS to be Gough or at the very least, his descendant. I find it weird that he says "I help anytime" the same exact way the giant blacksmith in DS1 Anor Londo says it, being as though said blacksmith is confirmed dead in Anor Londo of DS3. I mean c'mon, the bow he has is a dead ringer for Gough, AND the fact that he drops the hawk ring (which was by the GB in DS1 for some reason) is Goughs ring. The lore in these games is so deep and confusing and I f**king love it.

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Is this giant accessible from your inventory??? I can't seem to find him...

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Gough is actually dead. This is confirmed by Andre when given the Giant's Coal. Implying the dead giant found in Anor Londo is Gough. Idk if people skip dialogue or have forgotten, but yeah.

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Not sure if this trivia works here but, from the tower the giant is on you can see all areas you reach in game except for the dlc. Ex, the cathedral of the deep, farron swap are, and londor

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if you invade someone else’s world, and he starts firing at you, he may continue to fire at you after you exit the target range. Also, I’m not sure if the arrows damage the befriended host, but the aoe explosion of the ground doesn’t.

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After getting his branch, he won't aim at you, but his arrows can still hurt you and knock you down. This has happened to me a handful of times. Rare? Perhaps. But certainly not impossible.

Could be a bug since some people aren't experiencing it, or could just be that those people are lucky and the arrows are landing close, but are still valid misses.

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I feel horrible for killing him

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this article is wrong even if yo befriend the giant his arrows can still hit you he just doesnt shoot you anymore

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FYI he still fires at you as an invader, even if you have the branch. FFS.

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Wish the giant dropped his greatbow, the game could've used just one more of those.

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I accidentally attacked him so now i cant befriend him anymore, he'll just attck me everytime i go up in the tower

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gamersvantage

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i have all the items and kill all the giants slaves and his stil alive

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from the web, but will be profitable. Even people who have never played before. Also, the money is a hundred thousand.
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I'm not sure if he's dead. If you stand there and listen you hear something which sounds like snoring.

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Why are you worried about leaving him alive? You need to kill him for a ring, and if you don't kill him he ends up tagging you with the spears again in another area when you progress. Once you are done in that area just kill him before you move on. And don't forget to find the secret area off of that elevator that leads to a fire demon that you fight with Seigward. There are some other noteworthy items there to grab as well.

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I aggro'ed him by hitting him 3 times in the leg to see what would happen. He got mad and I ran for my life. This was at level 32. Went to Velka found out had to farm 32000 souls to be forgiven. Leveled up 3 times then went back got the extra amount of souls to 35000 thousand and Velka forgave my sins. So why does the Giant still hate me? I haven't used his gift. I even threw down an "I'm Sorry" Carving. Please help.

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"I help anytime."
Possibly the best line in the entire series.

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Don't worry, unnamed friendly giant of the undead settlement, the hawkeye ring will be put to good use in my hands. And by good use, I mean sniping people off cliffs from a long distance with my greatbow :D

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OK EVERYONE I FOUND HOW TO MAKE GIANT STAYING ALIVE

This is what happened : I have several runs for this game, but sometimes when I finished the dragon slayer armour and come back to loot Eygon's weapon and shield and Hawk ring at the same time, Giant is still alive.

And then I go to three trees' locations to check if I miss something, but no.
All trees are not glowing anymore and in my storage, 7 young white branch, Saint-tree bellvine, Crow of Dusk. I got all of them.
But here is the thing : I put Crow of Dusk into BONFIRE STORAGE BOX, when I take it out and revisit Giant, he is pass away.
So I figure out how to make our Giant buddy not dead

1) Get 3 branches at Undead Settlement
2) Finish all Undead Settlement event (Meet Hodrick and Onion bro, Save Irina and Cornyx, then defeat Cursed tree), make sure you won't come back for
something unfinished
3) Get 2 branches & Crown of Dusk
4) Put Crown of Dusk into bonfire storage box
5) Get 2 branches & Saint-tree Bellvine at Cathedral of the Deep
6) When you come back to Undead Settlement, Giant should staying alive
PS) After step 2 ,I didn't go back to Undead Settlement until finished Aldrich (go back for Sirris's storyline)

I thought the important part is don't visit Undead Settlement with all "cause Giant dead" items carried on player

If you want to put down Giant buddy without fighting him, just revisit him with all require item (7YWB/CTBV/CoD)

I didn't actually test this method specially, but I'm pretty sure because I have already encounter this situation several times, so if there are some other conditions, please let me know

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He also attacks you if you're a Dark Spirit, no matter whether you have the branch in your inventory.

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i was very sad he died. i came back to check on him and he was dead. he shot the tree looking giants for me in farrons deep. i had no estus so was good to know someone was out there to cover me.

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None of these Giants are Gough. Oolacile was swallowed, Gough is long gone.

This is just yet another fanservice that the community keeps extending to dumb theories. Gough is gone, only remnants of the old royal family remain.

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Personally, I think that Gough is the giant imprisoned in Irithyll dungeon. However, when we meet him, he's been imprisoned for so long that he's lost his mind. I think the size is about right.

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His greatbow and great arrows look oddly similar to Hawkeye Gough's.

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i came back to him and he was dead... what gives?

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Trigger for death might be incomplete. The only item around the trees I had left was the Undead Bone Shard, and the giant was still alive and kicking. Picking it up caused his sudden death.

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are there any way to revive him ? because i thought he was hostile and i attacked him as soon as i see him.

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***** this giant and his undodgeable arrows. Cost me 3 levels in souls

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kj

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GIANT IS FRIEND, HE DED, MUST AVENGE. WATCH OUT INHABITANTS OF THE UNDEAD SETLEMENT, IM COMING FOR YOU.

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I have decided to call the giant archer steven. Steven is friend, steven is life.

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His voice actor reminds me of the Majin. Could this be a reference. Or a coincidence

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or it isn't a glitch and this giant also has a stand that shoots arrows for him

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Because Hawkeye Gough wouldn't miss.

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If i'm not mistaken Gough is much larger than this giant?

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*****

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so i start game with Young White Branch as burial gift, collect all 7 Young White Branches, the Saint-Tree Bellvine and the Crown of Dusk, but giant is still alivewhere could be a problem?

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so i being the genius i am stored the branch i received from the giant he started shooting again and i thought i never went to him so i talked again and realized if you put the branch in storage he doesn't recognize you an every time he will give you a new brach every time you talk to him i've gotten 3 so far doing this to check

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Dies automatically after killing Yhorm ?

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The first time I selected the talk option in Dark Souls one on the giant blacksmith, he said "I help anytime" at the end.

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The giant is dead, but the were no items leading to him for me to examine, what have I done wrong ?

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Will become hostile and his arrows will damage you again if any other giants are killed in the game..

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