There’s an NPC hub you can unlock in Chapter 3, and it’s easier to do than you think. So I’m gonna show you step by step, exactly what you need to do. We’re gonna start out at the Bitter Lake Shrine, and you’re gonna follow the route that I’m showing you here until you run into this Dragon NPC. You’re going to be prompted into a fight, and you need to defeat this dragon in order to start the quest line. He will start complaining that he’s now too old, and he’s gonna send you on the first part of his quest in order for you to grab a pill for him. We’re then going to need to go to the cellar in chapter two in order to find the original NPC where we can upgrade all of our stats indefinitely. Go ahead and talk to him a few times, and then eventually he will give you the pill that is necessary. Return back to the Bitter Lake Shrine and run back to the dragon. Except this time, instead of in the water, he’s going to be at his shack right on the right here. After you talk to him, he’s gonna teleport you to this Grove where all the NPCs that you’ve ever met in the game so far are going to be there to upgrade all of your equipment. On top of that, there’s quest lines and new NPCs here that you can interact with in order for You to get new materials so you don’t have to farm them out in the world.