Endings - Elden Ring Guide - IGN (2024)

This Elden Ring Guide covers all of the currently known endings that can be unlocked at the final stage of your journey across the Lands Between. On this page, you can expect details of the different endings you'll encounter depending on the choices you've made in the game, as well as the questlines you'll need to have completed to unlock them.

As this is end-game content, this page contains spoilers so now is your time to click away if you're here by mistake!

There are currently six known endings to Elden Ring, with the Age of Fracture considered to be the standard ending. The other five are achieved by completing side quests from various NPCs you will have encountered in the Lands Between. Below are details on how to unlock each ending, and what that means for your Tarnished.

The Age of Fracture - The Elden Lord Ending

This is the standard ending for Elden Ring, seeing your Tarnished take the throne and become Elden Lord after choosing to Mend the Elden Ring after the final boss battle.

Getting this ending only requires you to follow the story and beat each of the Main Bosses.

The Age of Stars - Ranni's Ending

To achieve this ending, you’ll need to have completed the Ranni the Witch Questline so you can use the Dark Moon Ring on Ranni. After the last boss battle, you can summon Ranni using the stones. She’ll promise that now is the ages of the stars, and refer to your character as her consort, eternal.

To get this ending you'll have to follow these steps:

1. Complete Caria Manor so you've unlocked the Three Sisters subregion in Liurnia of the Lakes.
2. Meet Ranni the Witch at Ranni's Rise (the middle tower) and take on her quest
3. Find Blaidd in the Siofra River and follow his advice to speak to Seluvis for more info
4. Defeat Starscourge Radahn at Redmane Castle to open the path to Nokron, Eternal City
5. Go to Nokron, Eternal City and find the Finger Slayer Blade for Ranni and return it to her
6. Go to Renna's Rise (the first tower) and use the teleport at the top of the tower to reach Nokstella
7. Find the Miniature Ranni Doll there and speak to it three times at the Site of Grace. Speak to it at each site until she tells you to fight the Baleful Shadow
8. Defeat the Baleful Shadow to gain entrance to the Lake of Rot below Nokstella and receive a key from Ranni
9. Use the coffin in the Lake of Rot to fight and defeat Astel
10. Use the key that Ranni gave you to unlock the chest in the Academy of Raya Lucaria to get the Ring of Order, which unlocks a gate behind Astel
11. Use the lift behind Astel to reach the Moonlight Alter. Look for a hole in the cathederal, drop down and find Ranni. Give her the ring.

The Age of Order - Goldmask's Ending

To achieve this ending, you’ll need to have completed the Brother Corhyn Questline. This will give you the option to Use Mending Rune of Perfect Order instead of Mend the Elden Ring after the final boss battle.

This ending seems to repair the Lands Between after the burning of the Erdtree and restore order.

To get this ending you'll have to follow these steps:

1. Speak to Brother Corhyn at the Roundtable Hold until he sets off to find the elusive Goldmask
2. Speak to Brother Corhyn at the Altus Plateau to progress the story
3. Find Goldmask on the broken bridge in the north part of the Altus Plateau
4. Tell Brother Corhyn you've found Goldmask, then speak to them again on the broken bridge to have them move to Leyndell, Royal Capital
5. Find Brother Corhyn and Goldmask in Leyndell, Royal Capital and speak to them
6. Go up to the second floor from the Erdtree Sanctuary Site of Grace to pick up the Golden Order of Principa then, take this back to Brother Corhyn and Goldmask
7. Buy the Law of Regression incantation from Brother Corhyn
8. Use the Law of Regression incantation on the statue of Radagon in Leyndell (note: you need to have level 37 intelligence to use the incantation)
9. Speak to Brother Corhyn and Goldmask again and tell them what you found out
10. Find Brother Corhyn and Goldmask in the Mountaintops of the Giants
11. Return to Leyndell when it turns to ash, and find the Mending Rune of Perfect Order on Goldmask's body back at the Colosseum
12. Use the Mending Rune of Perfect Order after the final boss battle

The Age of Duskborn - Fia's Ending

To achieve this ending, you’ll need to have completed the Fia Questline and the Ranni the Witch Questline to the point where you receive the statue to invert Carian Hall. This will allow you to Use Mending Rune of the Death-Prince instead of choosing to Mend the Elden Ring after the final boss battle. It sees your Tarnished take the throne, as ashes fall around them.

To get this ending you'll have to follow these steps:

1. Follow the steps above to complete the Ranni the Witch Questline until you receive the statue to invert Carian Hall
2. Invert Carian Hall then travel to the top to pick up the Cursemark of Death
3. Speak to Fia at the Roundtable Hold, let her hug you and then talk to her in private
4. Give the dagger that she gives you over to D, Hunter of the Dead
5. Take D's armor and go to the aqueduct in Siofra River
6. Defeat the two valiant gargoyles at the bottom, to gain access to a coffin that will take you to Deeproot Depths
7. Face Fia's champions then speak to Fia and give her the Cursemark of Death
8. Enter the Deathbed Dream to battle Lichdragon Fortissax
9. Take the Mending Rune of the Death Prince from Fia once you've beaten the dragon
10. Use the Mending Rune of the Death Prince after the final boss battle

Lord of the Frenzied Flame - Three Fingers Ending

After the boss battle, choose to become Lord of the Frenzied Flame instead of Elden Lord. To achieve this ending, you’ll need to find the three fingers in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds.

To get this ending you'll have to follow these steps:

1. Reach the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds
2. Defeat Mohg, the Omen
3. Hit the Altar behind Mohg (just behind the treasure chest) to reveal a secret passage
4. Make your way safely down to the bottom of the room, where the floor will collapse
5. Rest at the Site of Grace named Frenzied Flame Proscription
6. Remove all of your armor and open the door
7. Meet the Three Fingers and they'll embrace you
8. Talk to Hyetta outside of the room and touch her to make her your maiden
9. Become Lord of the Frenzied Flame after the final boss battle

This ending is connected to the Hyetta Questline and seems to have a connection to the Bloody Finger Hunter Yura Questline, too.

Blessing of Despair - The Dung Eater's Ending

To achieve this ending, you’ll need to complete the Dung Eater Questline that sees you give Dung Eater enough Seedbed Curse to free his form and get the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse. After the boss battle, you’ll then be able to choose to either: Mend the Elden RIng or Use Mending Rune of the Fell Curse.

By choosing Use Mending Rune of the Fell Curse, your Tarnished will become Elden Lord but also unleash destruction upon the Lands Between with a vile curse.

To get this ending you'll have to follow these steps:

1. Unlock the door in the Roundtable Hold where Dung Eater is (next to the Twin Maiden Husks) you will do this by progressing through the story, to Leyndell, Royal Capital
2. Give Dung Eater one Seedbed Curse so you receive the Sewer-Gaol Key
3. Find his true form in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell, Royal Capital
4. Return to the Roundtable Hold then receive a challenge from Dung Eater
5. Fight Dung Eater on the Outer Moat in Leyndell, Royal Capital
6. Collect Seedbed Curse from Leyndell, Royal Capital, Volcano Manor and Miquella's Haligtree and give these to Dung Eater in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds.
7. Once you've given him five Seedbed Curse, he'll give you the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse
8. Use the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse after the final boss battle