Welcome to the ultimate free Elden Ring endings guide list, your definitive resource for navigating the treacherous, beautiful, and deeply complex world of FromSoftware’s masterpiece. If you have spent dozens—or even hundreds—of hours exploring the Lands Between, fighting demigods, and dying to Malenia more times than you care to admit, you already know that your choices matter. Elden Ring is not just an action role-playing game; it is an epic narrative sandbox where your loyalties, alliances, and hidden item collections dictate the very fabric of reality.
In this comprehensive Elden Ring endings walkthrough, we will break down every single major conclusion available in the base game. Whether you want to restore the Golden Order, plunge the world into eternal darkness, burn it all to ashes, or usher in an era of absolute stars and night, this guide covers it all. Best of all, you don't need to pay a dime or subscribe to any premium services to access this knowledge. Let us dive deep into the lore, requirements, and steps needed to achieve every single achievement in the game.
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Understanding Elden Ring Endings
Before we jump into the specific Elden Ring endings list, it is crucial to understand how the endgame state functions. Unlike previous Soulsborne titles, Elden Ring offers a unique mechanic: the ability to back up your save file (on PC and console via cloud sync manipulation) to experience multiple endings in a single playthrough. Alternatively, you can play through New Game Plus (NG+) multiple times.
There are six distinct achievements tied to the endings, though there are actually a few more variations hidden within those categories. The main branching paths generally fall into three buckets: repairing the Elden Ring with a Mending Rune, embracing the Frenzied Flame, or following an outer god's specific questline to completely rewrite the laws of the universe.
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The Standard Path: The Age of Fracture
What is the Age of Fracture?
The Age of Fracture is considered the default or standard ending of Elden Ring. If you reach the end of the game without completing any major NPC questlines that reward you with a special Mending Rune, this is the path you will automatically take upon defeating the final boss.To achieve this ending, you simply need to follow the main critical path:
- Defeat Morgott, the Omen King at the Erdtree Capital.
- Ascend the Grand Lift of Rold and navigate the Mountaintops of the Giants.
- Defeat Maliketh, the Black Blade in Crumbling Farum Azula.
- Return to Leyndell, Ash Capital, and defeat the final bosses.
- Touch the Marika's/Radagon's shattered remains and select "Repair the Elden Ring."
While this ending leaves the world largely unchanged—hence a "fractured" world that continues to cycle through its broken history—it is a poignant conclusion for players who prefer a straightforward playthrough on their first try.
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The Mending Rune Endings
Three unique endings require you to find and utilize specific Mending Runes. These alter the nature of the Golden Order and the future of the Lands Between.
1. Age of the Duskborn
If you want to bring about a world where death is no longer viewed as a blasphemous anomaly, you must follow the questline of Fia, the Deathbed Companion.To unlock the Age of the Duskborn:
- Allow Fia to hold you at the Roundtable Hold until she gives you the Weathered Dagger.
- Give the dagger to D, Hunter of the Dead.
- Later, find D dead in the Roundtable Hold and take his twin armor set.
- Travel to the Deeproot Depths, defeat the Fia's Champions boss fight, and give D's armor to his brother, Dentin.
- Give the Cursemark of Death (obtained atop the Divine Tower of Liurnia) to Fia.
- Reload the area and interact with Fia's sleep-state to enter her dream and defeat Lichdragon Fortissax.
- Collect the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince.
- Upon beating the final boss, select "Use the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince."
2. Age of Order
This path is championed by Goldmask and Brother Corhyn, who seek to fix the flaws, hypocrisies, and fickle nature of the Golden Order and the Greater Will.
Steps to unlock the Age of Order:
- Meet Brother Corhyn at the Roundtable Hold and eventually find him on the Altus Plateau.
- Find Goldmask near the bridge in Altus Plateau and relay Corhyn's location.
- Meet them both in Leyndell, Royal Capital, near the Colosseum. Use the spell "Law of Regression" on the statue of Radagon while having at least 37 Intelligence, then examine the message on the ground.
- Find them next in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
- Finally, find Goldmask in Leyndell, Ashen Capital, to collect the Mending Rune of the Perfect Order.
- Use this rune after defeating the final boss.
3. Blessing of Despair
For those who prefer a darker, truly chaotic playthrough, the Dung Eater offers an ending that curses every living being in the Lands Between for eternity.
How to get the Blessing of Despair:
- Find the Seedbed Augur items hidden across Leyndell and Volcano Manor.
- Give a Seedbed Augur to the Dung Eater puppet in the Roundtable Hold to receive the Sewers-Gaol Key.
- Release him from his cell in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds.
- Invade his world when prompted in the outer moat of Leyndell, then find him tied to a chair in the sewers.
- Feed him five Seedbed Augurs to acquire the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse.
- Use this rune at the end of the game to initiate the Dung Eater's nightmare scenario.
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The Secret Outer God Endings
These two endings involve deeply intricate questlines that unlock entirely unique cinematic cutscenes and alternate map states.
Age of the Stars (Ranni's Ending)
Arguably the most popular ending in the entire free elden ring endings guide list, the Age of the Stars requires you to pledge your loyalty to Princess Ranni the Witch. This path removes the Golden Order and the Greater Will entirely, ushering in an age of the cold, dark moon and free will for humanity.Key steps for Ranni's questline:
- Meet Ranni at Ranni's Rise in Liurnia of the Lakes (after first meeting her at the Church of Elleh).
- Travel down to Siofra River and speak with Blaidd.
- Defeat Starscourge Radahn to open the path to Nokron, Eternal City.
- Retrieve the Fingerslayer Blade from Nokron and give it to Ranni.
- Use the Carian Inverted Statue at the Divine Tower of Liurnia to acquire the Cursemark of Death.
- Travel to Ainsel River, pick up the Miniature Ranni doll, and talk to it at a site of grace.
- Defeat the Baleful Shadow in Lake of Rot to receive the Discarded Palace Key.
- Open the chest in the Grand Library of Raya Lucaria to get the Dark Moon Ring.
- Navigate the Lake of Rot, descend into the Grand Cloak, and take the coffin down to Astel, Naturalborn of the Void. Defeat him.
- Proceed through the Cathedral of Manus Celes, place the ring on Ranni's finger, and claim the Dark Moon Greatsword.
- At the end of the game, summon Ranni via the blue summon sign on the floor instead of touching Marika.
Lord of Frenzied Flame (The Chaos Ending)
If you want to watch the world burn, the Lord of Frenzied Flame is for you. This ending rejects all order, life, and division, returning the universe to one unified crucible of fire.
How to unlock the Frenzied Flame:
- Descend deep into the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell.
- Defeat Mohg, the Omen.
- Hit the illusory wall behind the chest in the boss room and parkour down the perilous tombstone platforms.
- Strip off all your armor and walk through the massive sealed stone door to receive the Three Fingers' embrace. You are now branded with the Frenzied Flame.
- Note: Doing this locks you into this ending unless you complete Millicent's questline, defeat Malenia, use Miquella's Needle inside Placidusax's arena in Crumbling Farum Azula, and remove the flame.
- If you keep the flame, interacting with Marika's remains triggers a horrifying, world-scorching cinematic.
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Tips for Managing Multiple Endings
Because playing through Elden Ring four to six times just to see every cinematic can take hundreds of hours, many players utilize the save scumming technique.
If you are playing on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox, you can upload your save file to cloud storage or a USB drive right before the final boss sequence. Once you achieve one ending, you can download your previous save file to reload your character right before the decision point. This allows you to knock out multiple achievements in a single afternoon.
No matter which path you choose, Elden Ring's narrative depth ensures that your journey through the Lands Between is entirely unique. Keep this guide bookmarked, explore every nook and cranny, and may your journey to Elden Lord be triumphant!
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