Elden Ring Boss Fights: What to Do and in What Order

The difficulty here is rarely mechanical — it is a decision made twenty minutes earlier that closed the door.

Optional preparation is what separates a ten-minute attempt from a two-hour one. The game signals the requirement once, quietly, and never mentions it again. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

The part people get stuck on

A failed attempt usually leaves the world in a state you can still recover from. Some outcomes are locked behind an earlier conversation rather than behind performance. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Reading ahead spoils some of it; going in blind costs some of it. Pick which you mind less.

A save immediately before the decision point costs nothing and occasionally saves hours. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. Difficulty settings change numbers here, not the sequence.

If it goes wrong

Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. Elden Ring is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

• Save manually before the first irreversible step.
• Note which choice you made, for later sections that reference it.
• If a menu path does not exist for you, your build is older or newer than the one described.
• Check your inventory against what the section demands.
• Do not sell anything you picked up here until it is finished.

Before you start

Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. Everything below is framed around the current state of Elden Ring rather than a launch-week impression.

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

Working through it

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

Choices that matter later

None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

Where people go wrong

• Trusting a video thumbnail that promises a result the video never actually shows.
• Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
• Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
• Rushing the last step, which is usually the one with the actual requirement in it.

Elden Ring FAQ

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.

I missed a step — is my save ruined?

Almost certainly not. Most of these have a recovery path, and where there is not, an earlier save covers it.

Does difficulty change the outcome?

It changes the numbers, not the route. The steps described work at every setting.

Does this work the same on console and PC?

The logic is identical. Menu paths and button prompts differ, and any real difference is flagged above.

Come back to the caveats list if it does not work first time — the answer is almost always in there.