Patch 30 July 2026 launch update Updated 2026-08-04
Mistfall Hunter Ashen Cipher: Who To Give It To
Give the Ashen Cipher to Sigrid. She is the only one of the seven camp NPCs who adds a Ripple Gem on top of the standard payout — every other NPC gives you the base result and nothing else.
Give it to Sigrid. All seven camp NPCs will decipher it and all of them pay the same base result, but Sigrid is the only one who adds a Ripple Gem — the forging material — on top. Handing it to anyone else costs you that gem and gains you nothing.
How you get it
From in-game mail, as part of the second-wave launch reward announced on 1 August 2026 after the game passed 500,000 players.
Claim before
2026-09-01 00:00 UTC+0
Evidence
Grading the claims on this page
A grade describes sourcing, not truth. An unverified row is not one we think is wrong — it is one nobody has stood behind.
OfficialThe Ashen Cipher is part of the second-wave mail bundle, claimable before 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC+0.
Bellring Games — The Second Wave of Launch Rewards, 2026-08-01.
CorroboratedSigrid alone adds a Ripple Gem, and that bonus belongs to this cipher rather than to deciphering in general.
allthings.how (2026-08-02) establishes the bonus; NerdsChalk (2026-08-03) establishes that it does not carry to the Abyssal Cipher.
CorroboratedLevel 5 gates the Decipher option, all seven camp NPCs offer it, and the cipher is consumed on use.
Both press sources agree, and neither is contradicted by the official announcement.
UnverifiedThe four-decimal decipher odds table quoted across this niche.
Reproduced as an attributed claim only. No developer source publishes cipher odds.
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Sigrid, and why the choice is worth making
Deciphering is a one-shot: the cipher is consumed when you accept the result, so the NPC you walk up to is the only lever you have. Six of the seven give you the standard payout. Sigrid gives the standard payout plus a Ripple Gem, which is equipment-forging material — the kind of thing that is tedious to farm and trivial to receive. There is no downside and no cost to walking a few more steps.
The seven who can decipher: Soekja, Dew, Pip, Dramm, Cazarro, Sigrid and Merimo.
Deciphering does not appear on any of them until you reach level 5.
Handing it to the wrong NPC does not waste the cipher — you still get the base payout. You simply do not get the gem.
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The bonus belongs to this cipher specifically
This is the detail most write-ups flatten. Sigrid's Ripple Gem is not a general "best NPC to decipher at" rule that applies to anything sealed you happen to be carrying — it attaches to the Ashen Cipher. Carrying that habit over to an Abyssal Cipher and expecting a gem will leave you disappointed, and the page you read it on will not tell you why.
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Claim it before the window shuts
The Ashen Cipher in everyone's mail right now is a launch reward, not a permanent fixture. It arrived with Pip's Rare Pouch Voucher (3 Days), 500 Soul Coins and an Abyssal Cipher, and the official announcement puts a hard deadline on collecting it: log in before 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC+0. Unclaimed mail expires. Ciphers also drop during normal runs, so the deadline is on this particular gift rather than on the item type.
Locked chests, which are the most reliable placed source.
Marked enemies — the ones carrying a purple brand — and the containers they guard.
Unidentified items: every one of them has a chance to resolve into a cipher.
Citations
Every source, with its date
Including the one this page disagrees with. A claim you decline to repeat still has to be attributed, or the reader cannot check your reasoning.
The level-5 gate, the seven camp NPCs who offer Decipher, that Sigrid alone adds a Ripple Gem, and that the cipher is consumed on use. Also the source of the four-decimal odds table this site does not treat as established.
