All Elden Ring Endings Explained & How to Get Them

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We'll show you all the Elden Ring endings, provide an explanation, and show you how to unlock them. As is typical for From Software, you will not be taken by the hand, which is why we step in now!

These are the endings: Only two of the six endings are very different from the rest. For the endings in which you become the Elden Lord alongside Marika, you must use one of the various mending runes to heal Marika's destroyed body at the end of the game. However, the "Lord of the Frenzied Flame" ending and the "Age of Stars" ending requires slightly more complicated and hidden quests. However, they all have one thing in common, the influence of the "Outer Gods" never leaves the lands between.

All endings in Elden Ring and how to unlock them

In general, for almost every end, you have to complete a quest line from a specific NPC. The quest lines for Fia, the Dungeater, Brother Corhyn, and Goldmask are quite short, while the quest line for Ranni the witch takes you much longer. The "Frenzied Flame" ending can be reached directly without major quests, but we recommend following Hyetta's quest line to get the raging flame from the three fingers afterward.

If you are on the hunt for the platinum trophy in Elden Ring, there is good news for you. You don't have to play through the game six times, as there is only a trophy for three of the endings. It doesn't matter which Elden Lord ending you choose, because each brings the trophy.

These are all known endings in Elden Ring:

• Age of Fracture
• Age of the Duskborn
• Age of Order
• Blessing of Despair
• Lord of the Frenzied Flame
• Age of Stars

Age of Fracture

The classic and arguably the easiest ending to reach. Here begins a new age under the reign of Marika with you as the Elden Lord. The Lands between will be restored to how they once were, just in a version marked by events.

You have to complete these quests & tasks:

• Defeat all Shardbearers
• After defeating Radagon and the Elden Beast, interact with Marika without using any of the mending runes
• CAUTION: Do not receive the raging flame of the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Lost

Age of the Duskborn

Here you become an Elden Lord too, but in this ending, the Lands Between are shrouded in mist and the principle of life and death is part of the world again. As a result, immortality no longer exists in the Lands Between, and all beings experience the natural cycle of life and death.

• Complete Fia's quest line
  • The quest line must be started before defeating Maliketh
• At the end of the questline, you will receive the Mending Rune of the Death Prince
• Use the Mending Rune of the Death Prince after the boss fight against Radagon and the Elden Beast when you can interact with Marika
• CAUTION: Do not receive the raging flame of the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Lost

Age of Order

As in the previous two endings, you also become the Elden Lord here. In this version, a new era begins for the Lands Between, where there are no more conflicts.

• Complete the Brother Corhyn and Gold Mask quest line
• You need 37 Intelligence to cast the Law of Regression spell on the statue
  • You must have completed this step before entering the Forge of Giants
• At the end of the quest line, you will receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order
• Use the Mending Rune of Perfect Order after the boss fight against Radagon and the Elden Beast when you can interact with Marika
• CAUTION: Do not receive the raging flame of the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Lost

Blessing of Despair

In this ending, you also become the Elden Lord, but this time your choice brings a curse to the Lands Between. This ensures that all Tainted can no longer return to the Earth Tree.

• Complete the Dungeater's quest line
  • If you are also playing Ranni's quest line at the same time, you must not give Ranni the "Fingerslayer Blade", otherwise you will not be able to advance the Dungeater quest line any further.
• Collect 5 Seedbed Curses and give them to the Dungeater
• At the end of the quest line, you will receive the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse
• Use the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse after the boss fight against Radagon and the Elden Beast when you can interact with Marika
• CAUTION: Do not receive the raging flame of the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Lost

Lord of the Frenzied Flame

As the name already clearly shows here, you don't become an Elden Lord, but the Lord of the Frenzied Flame. Which gives you the task of burning the world, with all the failings of the "Greater Will" to unite everything and everyone in the flames.

• Receive the raging flame from the three fingers
  • The three fingers are in a secret optional area
  • If you get the raging flame before the Forge of the Giants, there's another sequence with Melina at the end
• During the course of Hyetta's quest line, you will be guided to the three fingers
• After the boss fight against Radagon and the Elden Beast, when you can interact with Marika, you must select "Become the Lord of the Frenzied Flame".
• Receiving the raging flame no longer allows you to choose a different ending
  • You can remove the raging flame with Miquella's Needle in Dragonlord Placidusaxs' arena.

Age of Stars

You also become an Elden Lord in this ending, but not alongside Marika. Here, Ranni replaces Marika and appoints you as her Elden Lord. She also brings an end to the Golden Order and ends the influence of the "Greater Will" in the Lands Between. After that, she leaves the Lands Between with you to embark on a thousand-year journey, leaving it without a lord for the first time.

• Complete Ranni's quest line
• Ranni's quest line is the longest in the entire game
• If you have successfully completed the quest line, a blue summoning sign will appear in front of Marika after fighting the Elden Beast
• Interact with the blue summoning sign to summon Ranni
• CAUTION: Do not receive the raging flame of the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Lost

Which ending did you choose, or have you even seen all the endings? Comment below and tell us!