What NPC steals runes?

Gatekeeper Gostoc is an NPC in Elden Ring. Gatekeeper Gostoc is an old tall fellow that may seem a bit suspicious, but he seems to want to help. It is your choice to trust him or not. If you die within Stormveil Castle, he will steal 30% of any runes dropped when dying.
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Does Gostoc steal your runes?

However, Gostoc secretly planned for the Tarnished to die, so that he could loot their corpse. He stalks the Tarnished through the castle, stealing their left behind Runes any time they die. He also locks them in a storeroom with a Banished Knight, seemingly intending for them to perish.
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Who is the creepy guy in Stormveil Castle?

During your visit to Stormveil Castle, you'll come across Gatekeeper Gostoc, a creepy NPC who will offer his help to sneak you in, and whether trusting him or not will have a consequence.
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Why am I losing runes when I pick them up?

It seems if players go through the side path, Gatekeeper Gostoc will follow them and steal some of their runes upon death. This is why some Elden Ring players have noticed their runes decreasing when they go to retrieve them, but there's a way to fix it.
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Who stole the death rune?

However, at a later point in history, during the Night of Black Knives, a fragment of the Rune of Death was stolen from Maliketh by Ranni the Witch, who used it to create the godslaying black knives through fearsome rite.
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Who is the NPC stealing runes in Elden Ring?

As the player progresses through the castle, Gostoc will stalk them from out of sight and steal a portion of their runes after every death. Some commenters state that he can take as much as 30 percent of the total runes dropped at a time.
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Why did Ranni steal the death rune?

Ranni stole a fragment of the rune of death from maliketh to craft the actual knives. Marika wanted certain aristocrats taken out of the picture so she may consolidate power away from the Elden Ring and towards the golden order instead/wanted Radagon taken out of the picture somehow(how exactly would this even work?).
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What drops the most runes?

The best Elden Ring Rune farming locations are peaked by the entrance to Mohgwhyn's Palace, where players can farm 40,000 Runes in a few minutes and repeat the process infinitely.
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Why did my runes disappear?

Any gear that has runes socketed in but not equipped on your character will have the runes disappear after loading into the game. This is not only the case when checking the item in your inventory but also if using Gerlined to socket items. This mean you can not take any runes affected out.
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Who is the female NPC in Stormveil Castle?

You'll first encounter Nepheli Loux in Stormveil Castle, just before the battle with Godrick the Grafted. You can find her just before the Secluded Cell, in a room to the right as you make your way through the barricades and Warhawks, just before the Golden Sapling.
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Who is buried under Stormveil?

"It is said that this pustule came from the visage of the Prince of Death, he who used to be called Godwyn. As First Dead of the demigods, it's said he's buried deep under the capital, at the Erdtree's roots. "
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What is the secret boss at the bottom of Stormveil?

Ulcerated Tree Spirit boss fight

At the bottom, past the rats, you'll face an Ulcerated Tree Spirit root monster. Here's the thing: It's clearly a boss fight, but it's not named, and it doesn't have a boss' giant health bar at the bottom of the screen.
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Is it worth killing Gostoc?

Killing Gostoc will not lock you out of Nepheli Loux and Kenneth Haight's quest as it can still be completed without him, but you will miss out on the Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone and won't be able to buy it from the Twin Maiden Husks even if you gave them his bell bearing.
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Is Gostoc evil?

Gastoc is the real villain in Stormveil Castle.
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Is grinding runes cheating?

It's like any other grind; if the game allows it, it isn't cheating. If rune farming (via legitimate means) is cheating, so is having a level 99 party in any JRPG--because you absolutely didn't do that without farming XP. No more than grinding at all is cheating. It's just a faster way to the same end.
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How do I farm the most runes?

As players progress deeper into the game, they can find mid-game farms like Redmane Castle and Lenne's Rise Site of Grace that offer higher rewards, up to 3,000 runes and 42,000 runes respectively. Mohgwyn's Palace remains the best spot to farm for runes.
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How to get runes fast?

You can also use the consumable, Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot, which will boost your rune acquisition by 30% for three whole minutes. This also works in combination with the Golden Scarab talisman, meaning you can earn 50% additional runes from killing enemies!
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What gear increases runes?

The best item you can get to boost your rune acquisition is the Gold Scarab Talisman, which will increase how many runes you get by a nice 20% so long as you have it equipped. The downside is that this is much harder to obtain than the consumable chicken feet.
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How many runes does malenia drop?

Malenia, Goddess of Rot drops a hefty sum of 480,000 runes when defeated. You'll also be rewarded with the Remembrance of the Rot Goddess item, which can be exchanged at the Roundtable Hold for some powerful items and abilities, as well as Malenia's Great Rune.
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How many runes to max level in Elden Ring?

What is the Max Level in Elden Ring? Hitting max level in Elden Ring means getting to level 713, which costs 1,692,558,415 runes in total. To accomplish this, Fireman_Artsen beat the game enough times to get to New Game+ 8, while also doing plenty of co-op and rune farming.
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How many runes do dragons drop?

Most players are probably familiar with the sleeping dragon found in Caelid in Elden Ring. It's a giant white dragon with massive health and drops five Dragon Hearts and 75K Runes.
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Is Ranni the bad guy?

Julianna Swickard of CBR also debated whether Ranni was good or evil, arriving at the conclusion that while she was morally grey as a character, her ending was the "best possible outcome" of all the game's endings.
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Who killed ranni the witch?

In what would become known as the Night of Black Knives, the assassins murdered Godwyn the Golden, killing him in spirit, while Ranni killed herself in body, transferring her spirit into a doll said to be modeled after the image of her mentor, the Snow Witch.
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Could Melina be Ranni?

Though Melina is with the Tarnished through most of their journey in the Lands Between, very little concrete information can be obtained about her. She may be the other half of Ranni, much like Marika and Radagon are two halves of the same person, or Elden Ring could reveal Melina to be the mysterious Gloam-Eyed Queen.
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