Elden Ring All Endings: What to Do and in What Order

This section of Elden Ring punishes improvisation, so it is worth knowing the shape of it before you start.

The game signals the requirement once, quietly, and never mentions it again. Optional preparation is what separates a ten-minute attempt from a two-hour one. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on.

Before you start

Difficulty settings change numbers here, not the sequence. Some outcomes are locked behind an earlier conversation rather than behind performance. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. A failed attempt usually leaves the world in a state you can still recover from.

A save immediately before the decision point costs nothing and occasionally saves hours. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Reading ahead spoils some of it; going in blind costs some of it. Pick which you mind less.

The part people get stuck on

Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

• Check your inventory against what the section demands.
• Complete the optional preparation — it is the actual difficulty setting.
• Prefer the in-game option over an external tool when both exist.
• Talk to everyone once before triggering the sequence.
• Note which choice you made, for later sections that reference it.

Choices that matter later

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

If it goes wrong

Everything below is framed around the current state of Elden Ring rather than a launch-week impression. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why. Elden Ring is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

Working through it

If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

Where people go wrong

• Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.
• Trusting a video thumbnail that promises a result the video never actually shows.
• Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.

Elden Ring FAQ

Why do other guides describe this differently?

Most were written for an earlier version and never revisited. Compare the steps against what your build actually shows.

Can I come back to this later?

Sometimes. Where a section closes permanently, that is flagged above — and it is the single most common way people lose access to content.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

Is this still accurate after the latest Elden Ring update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

Work through it in the order above and all endings stops being a question you have to look up again.