Elden Ring: All Endings Explained and How to Get Them

Once these conditions are met, the player must also reach the Forge of the Giants and unleash the Rune of Death—all while facing increasingly challenging enemies and bosses. Only then can the player burn the Erdtree and reach the Elden Ring; after defeating the final boss, they’ll experience one of the many available endings.

Officially, the game features six endings, which can be accessed by following the questlines of specific NPCs found throughout the game map. In this article, we explain each of these endings and how to access them, as some are required for the Platinum trophy and all of them shed light on crucial details of the game's lore.

Age of Fracture

This is the "standard" ending of the game, where you repair the Elden Ring by touching Marika's shattered body. No rune is to be used in this case, and the player can’t be under the influence of the Three Fingers.

There’s no specific quest for this ending. It’s the ending in which the world remains in its state of decay, accepting the end of the Golden Order under the rule of the new Elden Lord, Marika's consort.

Age of Order

The ending where you decide to use the Mending Rune of Perfect Order and rectify the errors of the old order—thereby creating a perfect new era to bless the Lands Between—can be accessed by completing the questline for Brother Corhyn and Goldmask.

Corhyn is a Tarnished, just like the protagonist. You first encounter him at Roundtable Hold as an NPC merchant selling Golden Order incantations. His questline introduces the player to Goldmask—another Tarnished who, like Corhyn, seeks the Order's fundamentalism—with both playing a pivotal role in that specific ending.

After traveling together for a time, Corhyn begins to question Goldmask's faith following the revelation that Marika and Radagon are the same individual. Goldmask believes the current order must be purified so that a new order, rooted in fundamentalism, can be born.

Age of the Duskborn

This is one of the most intriguing endings, leaving behind more questions than answers. Godwyn, the firstborn of Marika and Godfrey, is the central figure of this narrative arc. Slain during the events of the Night of the Black Knives, he becomes the source of Those Who Live in Death and the evil known as Death Blight.

To access this ending, you must follow the questline of Fia, Deathbed Companion, another Tarnished found at Roundtable Hold. To begin the quest, you need to accept her embrace and speak with her during the interaction.

Later, Fia can be found in Deeproot Depths, where it’s revealed that her role is to lie with the dead as their companion; she intends to do the same with Godwyn’s soulless body, thereby ushering in a new order where those who dwell in death are no longer excluded by the Erdtree.

After completing Fia’s quest and obtaining the rune required to establish this new order, we learn a great deal about Godwyn’s past—though many questions remain: how he was killed via the ritual performed by the witch Ranni, how he became the first demigod to suffer true death, and how this partial death corrupted his body, giving rise to the curse of the dead that plagues various regions of the Lands Between.

This quest is closely linked to Ranni's quest, as some of the items required to obtain this ending can only be accessed by completing the witch's questline.

Blessing of Despair

This ending becomes accessible through the questline of the NPC Dung Eater, who appears in an empty room at Roundtable Hold after the player gains access to the Altus Plateau region. He’s a Tarnished who identifies as an Omen—individuals touched by the Crucible of Life and shunned by society as cursed beings.

However, the Dung Eater possesses a human body. He committed heinous crimes and was hanged as a result, subsequently receiving grace and becoming Tarnished. His true body is imprisoned beneath the royal capital, and freeing it is necessary to complete his questline.

With the arrival of the DLC, connections have emerged between the Dung Eater and the Giants' Fell God, even though no official text explicitly confirms this link.

In this ending, the player uses the Dung Eater's cursed rune to mend the Elden Ring and usher in an era where all souls are cursed by the Dung Eater; unable to return to the Erdtree, they’re eternally condemned to the same suffering endured by the Omens.

Age of the Stars

This is one of the game's main endings, considered by many to be the "true" ending. To access it, you must follow the questline of Ranni the Witch. You can find her early in the game at the first church you encounter after waking up, just past the spot where you meet White Mask Varré.

You can also reach the Carian family's castle in the northwestern part of Liurnia of the Lakes.

Ranni is the daughter of Rennala and Radagon, and the sister of Radahn and Rykard. When we first meet her, she’s in doll form, but she once possessed a physical body—which she discarded during the Night of the Black Knives using the ritual that led to Godwyn's death.

Her goal was to break free from the influence of the Fingers, given that she had been chosen as a potential successor to Marika.

Ranni is one of the game's most complex characters, representing a force opposed to the very gods with whom she is associated. Yet, unlike many other endings—and despite her use of violence and manipulation—the "Age of the Stars" ending appears to be the most benevolent of all; it frees the world from the influence of the Greater Will and establishes an order guided by the stars and the Dark Moon, with Ranni as the deity and the Tarnished as her consort.

This ending sheds light on various aspects of the game—such as the Outer Gods, the Night of the Black Knives, and the machinations of the Fingers—while also pitting the player directly against a pivotal figure in the story: Radahn.

Ranni’s questline is extensive and multi-staged, yet it offers some of the game's finest moments and is incredibly rewarding—not to mention essential for achieving the Platinum trophy.

Lord of the Frenzied Flame

Like Ranni's ending, the Lord of the Frenzied Flame is an ending widely discussed by fans. It’s the only ending that locks out the game's other endings; to access it, the player must not only reach the game's most inaccessible area—beneath the Royal Capital's sewers—but also submit to the Three Fingers and receive the Frenzied Flame.

Upon receiving the flame, the Tarnished becomes the avatar of this power and is destined to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame, bringing an end to everything that divides and distinguishes the world.

This ending requires the player to reach the Mountaintop of the Giants and interact with the NPC Shabriri (he’s easily recognized, as he inhabits the body of another deceased NPC). After this interaction, you must descend to the deepest region beneath the capital and interact with the Three Fingers.

Once this is done, Melina declares that she can no longer assist you, and a different cutscene plays when the Erdtree burns. After defeating the final boss, simply interact with Marika's shattered body to trigger Elden Ring's most controversial and terrifying ending, revealing an extra scene that continues to intrigue many players to this day.

It’s important to note that you should avoid receiving the Frenzied Flame at all costs if you intend to unlock any of the other endings; however, if you accidentally become the avatar of the Three Fingers, you can complete a separate questline to rid yourself of the Frenzied Flame.

You’ll need to head to Caelid, where you’ll find Millicent at the church near the area teeming with dragons (a spot suitable for infinite farming). Complete Millicent's quest and proceed to Malenia's arena. After defeating her, interacting with the Aeonia flower will grant you Miquella's Needle, which can be used in Placidusax's arena to remove the Frenzied Flame.

That wraps up this article. Please leave any questions, suggestions, criticisms, or praise in the comments section. Thanks for reading, and see you next time.