ok so i met ed and did some upgrades went back later to upgrade further and he's not there nor has he returned yet i've checked several times does he move elsewhere from his hiding spot under the lift in the start of 2-1??? plz help i cant upgrade anything till i find him >.<

also in the last area of stonefang (2-3 dragon god) i noticed a sword impaled in the ground and glowing to the left from where you start and cant reach it from there or from going arround to the otherside (from the second spear-balista), is it a world tendancy issue??

This message was edited by ReiNoShi_X on Nov 11 2009.

This message was edited by ReiNoShi_X on Nov 11 2009.

He should never move from there. If he's gone he probably died somehow.

Yes it requires pure white world to reach that sword.

how does a guy that doesn't move die in almost every one of my files (i THINK he's still there in 1 of them)

you killed him or someone logged on ur file and killed him for you..

well i didnt kill him and how would someone else kill him when he'd only be a white shadow to anyone else (that's how i always see other peoples npc, and that doesn't account for the times when he' was never there to start with...

Not sure why he's gone a-wol. The issue with the sword in the ground is white world tendency related. Make sure you have pure white world tendency in that world before killing the Dragon God, otherwise your tendency will permanently lock, and you won't be able to get the sword unless you trade it from another player, or get it on another playthrough. (It's the Dragonbone Smasher, aka Keel Smasher)

I have had similar problems with merchants disappearing within a world. It has happened to me more than once and like you, I know for a fact I did not kill them. I dont know what causes it.

You didn't free Yurt, and then let him live, did you?


He likes killing NPCs.

damn that sucks, get him a leash or something

Another possibility is the random 'die' glitch that appears in most games, especially first release copies. It hasnt happened to me yet in this game, but in some of my others random characters that are actually somewhat important have simply dissapeared for no reason and the glitch carried over to my other save files. Its a debug issue though so if thats what happened to you, you're doomed to have it repeat itself.

quote Mexitztli

damn that sucks, get him a leash or something

I find that an axe to the back is a better approach..

quote Dameron

I have had similar problems with merchants disappearing within a world. It has happened to me more than once and like you, I know for a fact I did not kill them. I dont know what causes it.

Most of the normal merchts permanently move to the next stage once you beat a boss. That's why they're gone.

Ed should be there the whole game.

quote Mr Gray

Not sure why he's gone a-wol. The issue with the sword in the ground is white world tendency related. Make sure you have pure white world tendency in that world before killing the Dragon God, otherwise your tendency will permanently lock, and you won't be able to get the sword unless you trade it from another player, or get it on another playthrough. (It's the Dragonbone Smasher, aka Keel Smasher)

Not sure where you heard that the world tendency would be permanently locked after defeating the Dragon God? I had no issues changing my WT after he was defeated and was able to get pure white and back down to pure black with some effort.

I find that an axe to the back is a better approach..
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dude hes just an old little... man dwarf goblin robot thing

Now this has happened to me too. Suddenly he is just not there anymore. Happened after I reached pure white world for the second time in one and the same playthrough in world 2.
I manage to get to pure white first time even before defeating firelurker. Area 2 appears popular for n00b invaders for some reason. After I defeated firelurker I went to the final battle, got the DB Smasher but died (in soul form) before killing the dragon. When back to Scirvir and got the pure graystone (just to have 2 more graystones drop on within an hour.)
Now for some reason decided to do the pure black world event and so I died some and went and killed the primeval demon and then PB Scirvir and soon after that the dragon. Pure white again. It is at this point Ed disappears for me. I've played this MANY times and this has never happened before but this is also the first time I got to pure white then pure black and then back to pure white again in one game.
The fact that I have a whole load of weapons I wanted to upgrade before continuing makes this frustrating indeed.