Vamos

"Be gone with you! ...You'll spoil my focus."

— Vamos

Vamos (鍛冶のバモス) is a character in Dark Souls. A reclusive, surly old skeleton, Vamos is a blacksmith by trade.

He is voiced by Daniel Flynn, who also voiced Solaire of Astora and the Giant Blacksmith.

Location[]

The bottom of The Catacombs can be accessed from the spiraling staircase by falling onto a series of ledges and into a hole. Upon reaching him, he will open up a shortcut to the wheel skeleton valley.

Plot[]

Vamos is the blacksmith in The Catacombs. It might take a while to make it back out of the Catacombs from there and the Tomb of the Giants which proceeds after him is quite large, so his repair services may prove invaluable. He is also the only blacksmith that is able to upgrade weapons down the Fire (by default, can be enhanced after giving him the Large Flame Ember) and Chaos (after giving him the Chaos Flame Ember) paths.

Lore[]

Little to nothing is known about Vamos. No other character acknowledges his existence, let alone his past, as far as anyone knows. Aside from his antisocial remarks, the only information that can be gleaned of his previous life is the Royal Helm he possesses, which is hinted to belong to an ancient royal line.

Wares[]

Item	Homeward Bone
Souls	500

Upgrade Material	Titanite Shard
Souls	800

Ammunition	Standard Arrow	Large Arrow	Wooden Arrow
Souls	10	50	3
Ammunition	Standard Bolt	Heavy Bolt	Wood Bolt
Souls	30	100	10

Character information[]

Health and souls[]

Health		Souls
NG	NG+	NG	NG+
944	1,916	1,000	4,000

Defenses[]

Physical Defenses				Elemental Defenses			Resistances

268	201	268	335	206	181	288	S	S	S

These stats are sourced from FuturePress's Official Dark Souls Strategy Guide.

Drops[]

Item	Hammer of Vamos	Royal Helm
Drop Rate	Guaranteed	Guaranteed

Dialogue[]

Click to see Dialogue (Contains Spoilers)

Greeting	Be gone with you! ...You'll spoil my focus.
Greeting x2	...What's that, then? Need some smithing? Then produce me some wares!
Farewell without purchase	Well, what was that about? Don't be coming around here without a good reason!
Farewell after making a purchase	If that'll be all, then be gone with you, you'll spoil my focus...
Greeting after leaving the area	Bah! You rotten scoundrel!
Leaving abruptly	Now where've you gone?
Greeting after leaving abruptly	...You've got rotten manners. If it be smithing you need, then produce your wares.
Showing Large Flame Ember	Hmph? Why, is that...... An ember from New Londo...... And a fine ember it be... What do you say? Why not leave it with me? I'll give you a flame to feast your eyes upon.
Answering 'No'	Hmm, yes, I see... Well, do not hesitate if you should change your mind...
Answering 'Yes'	Yes, yes, very well! We'll get these old bones to work! Keh heh heh!
Showing Chaos Flame Ember	...Hmph? Why, that's......an ember unlike any that I have seen......a very curious pattern...... Could it be the flame of the legendary witch? ...I know! Suppose you left that ember with me? Old Vamos would never let you down, no, not ever!
Anwering 'No'	Hmm, hmm... Fine, then... I doubt you'd even...bah, forget it... These bones won't fail me anytime soon. I'll come across another, eventually... Keh heh heh heh heh!
Answering 'Yes'	Yes, splendid, splendid indeed!... My, oh, my! You precious little thing...
Showing any other ember	Hmph? Why, you have......an ember, do you? Ahh, forget about it. I don't deal with that kind. What has gone wrong with embers these days?
Talk	...Hmph! I'm here to smith, not to chit chat. ...I've told you, I'm here for the trade, not for the talk! ...Enough with your presence. It disturbs me.
Talk x2	Well, you are a persistent one, are you not? But I'm afraid I'm a mere blacksmith, it's just me and my trade. I would be of no help to a righteous warrior such as yourself.
Talk x3	I've told you, I have nothing to discuss...
Talk x4	If I have anything to offer, it's my smithing, and nothing more.
Talk x5	I'd be of more help with that ember from New Londo, of course... It's a shame the whole place was flooded...
Talk x6	I've told you, I have nothing to discuss... If I have anything to offer, it's my smithing, and nothing more.
Talk x7	Speaking honestly, I must say that I'm at my very limit. There's no more work to be done. Ahh, unless I had the flame of that legendary witch... But that would require a visit to Lost Izalith. Impossible...
Attacking him	Trying to cause trouble, are you? I am Vamos the blacksmith, and I'm no bag of bones!
Killing him	Curses...

Trivia[]

Vamos claims that the Large Flame Ember is from New Londo, although it is located in the Demon Ruins.
"Vamos" means "we go" or "let's go" in Spanish and Portuguese; it is also a small town located in Crete, Greece.
His anvil has no weapon placed on it; he is essentially hammering away at nothing.
He has a distinct appearance compared to the other skeletons that are encountered throughout the Catacombs and the Tomb of the Giants, sporting a much stockier figure and a beard made out of bone.
In the Remastered version of the game, a warpable bonfire is present where Vamos resides.
Vamos' Royal Helm description, summed with the Gyrm Helm, and the race's definition found in the Dark Souls II Collector's Edition Guide may imply he belongs to Gyrm kind, explaining his stocky stature, his blacksmithing job, and his dismissive behavior towards the player.