Endings for Elden Ring cover the possible conclusions of the game, determined by the player and their influence on The Lands Between's denizens. Each ending is shaped by the player's interactions with certain NPCs and their respective Side Quests. This page covers each ending, the requirements to reach an ending, and frequently asked questions. There are a total of six (6) possible endings in Elden Ring.
See the Lore page for a deeper dive into the history of The Lands Between and its inhabitants.
Can I See Multiple Endings in a Single Playthrough?
Traditionally, no; each playthrough can only have a single ending, and another can only be seen after completing your next playthrough in New Game+. However, it is possible to make use of save states at the end of your first playthrough to complete an ending and then load to a previous state and complete another. This is an effective way to unlock all ending-related Achievements or to see multiple endings without completing another full playthrough. So far, this method is possible on Steam, PS4/PS5, and Xbox One/Series.
With the exception of one ending that will explained below, you can work towards and complete all the relevant quests required for each ending without being locked to it. After beating the final boss, you can choose which ending you want to go for out of the endings you've unlocked.
Elden Ring Endings Helpful Links:
- Check New Game+ to find out what happens for your next playthrough.
- Check our Walkthrough page for detailed on how to clear each Location.
- You may also visit the Game Progress Route page for a quick overview of how to progress through the game.
- Visit Side Quests to find how to complete ending-related NPC questlines.
- See Secrets for other notes and tips.
How To Prevent the Chaos Ending
This question suggests that you have met with the Three Fingers to inherit the Frenzied Flame. To reverse this, you will need Miquella's Needle which can be obtained after completing Millicent's questline and returning the Unalloyed Gold Needle to the Scarlet Aeonia left after Malenia, Blade of Miquella's fight. Miquella's Needle can be used at Dragonlord Placidusax's arena in the Crumbling Farum Azula to reverse the Three Fingers' flame of frenzy. Fighting Placidusax is not necessary to use the needle; simply being in the boss arena will do.
Elden Ring Endings Guide: How to get All Endings in Elden Ring
Overall summary
- There is a total of 6 endings. The player will become the Elden Lord except in the "Lord of Frenzied Flame" ending and the "Age of Stars" ending.
- Any of the four Elden Lord endings grants the Trophy/Achievement, meaning you only need to clear the game 3 times to get all of them, and not 6.
- There is no clear good, bad, or true ending due to the ambiguity of the fate of the Lands Between after the player character mends the Elden Ring in most endings.
Elden Ring Endings Explained
Age of Fracture Ending
(Elden Lord)
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Must not inherit the Frenzied Flame when touching Fractured Marika.
How to obtain ending:
- After the final boss, touch Fractured Marika and choose to "Mend the Elden Ring" to get the Age of Fracture Ending.
Ending Description:
The Age of Fracture ending is the default ending of the game, where the Tarnished chooses to mend the Elden Ring as it is and begin the new age as Elden Lord.
"The fallen leaves tell a story
Of how a Tarnished became Elden Lord.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Our seed will look back upon us, and recall.
An Age of Fracture."
Age of the Duskborn Ending
(Elden Lord)
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Complete Fia's questline to receive the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince
- Must not inherit the Frenzied Flame when touching Fractured Marika.
How to obtain ending:
- After the final boss, touch Fractured Marika and choose to "Use Mending Rune of the Death-Prince" to get the Age of the Duskborn Ending.
Ending Description:
After using the Cursemark of Death on Godwyn's corpse to give him a second life as the First of the Dead, Fia lays with him and bears the first of Dead demigods - in the form of a rune. In the Age of the Duskborn Ending, the Tarnished chooses to use this Mending Rune of the Death-Prince to begin a new age of Duskborn as Elden Lord - where the Lands Between are engulfed in a harrowing fog and the principle of life within Death is embedded into Order, ridding the world of immortality and allowing the natural cycle of life and death to occur for all people and creatures alike.
"The fallen leaves tell a story
Of how a Tarnished became Elden Lord.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Our seed will look back upon us, and recall.
The Age of the Duskborn."
Age of Order Ending
(Elden Lord)
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Complete Goldmask and Brother Corhyn's questline to receive the Mending Rune of Perfect Order.
- Must not inherit the Frenzied Flame when touching Fractured Marika.
How to obtain ending:
- After the final boss, touch Fractured Marika and choose to "Use Mending Rune of Perfect Order" to get the Age of Order Ending.
Ending Description:
The Age of Order Ending is an alternative version of the Golden Order ending, where the Tarnished chooses to use the Mending Rune of Perfect Order on the Elden Ring to restore order to the Lands Between by putting an end to all the strife caused by forces "emboldened by the flames of ambition".
The noble Goldmask once lamented that "all the good and the great wanted, in their foolishness, is an absolute evil to contend with", implying that one who seeks greater power to further his or her ambition will, in all likelihood, presents himself or herself as the greater good and condemn the other side as the absolute evil. Each will accuse the other as committing heresy. Strife would ensue, plunging the Lands Between into chaos and unending conflicts.
The Age of Order thus envisions a new age of stability, where there is no more conflict brought upon by the "fickleness of the gods no better than men" which was "emboldened by the flames of ambition".
"The fallen leaves tell a story
Of how a Tarnished became Elden Lord.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Our seed will look back upon us, and recall.
The Age of Order."
Blessing of Despair Ending
(Elden Lord)
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Complete Dung Eater's quest and give him Seedbed Curses until you receive the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse.
- Must not inherit the Frenzied Flame when touching Fractured Marika.
How to obtain ending:
- After the final boss, touch Fractured Marika and choose to "Use Mending Rune of the Fell Curse" to get the Blessing of Despair Ending.
Ending Description:
The Blessing of Despair Ending is an alternative version of default ending of the game, where the Tarnished chooses to use the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse and begin the new age as Elden Lord - the difference being, now, the Lands Between has now been overtaken by a reviled curse. While the details of what the curse brings isn't fully explained, it is the same curse brought from Dung Eater's defilement, causing defiled souls to be unable to return to the Erdtree. With the fell curse embedded in the Elden Ring, all present and future generations will be afflicted with this loathsome curse.
"The fallen leaves tell a story
Of how a Tarnished became Elden Lord.
Our seed will look back upon us, and recall.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
The reviled curse that defined our age.
The Blessing of Despair."
Lord of the Frenzied Flame Ending
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Meet with the Three Fingers to inherit the Frenzied Flame.
- Meeting with the Three Fingers will lock you out of all other ending choices, unless Miquella's Needle is used at Dragonlord Placidusax's arena at Crumbling Farum Azula. This removes the Frenzied Flame, and is a permanent reversal.
- Meeting with the Three Fingers will lock you out of all other ending choices, unless Miquella's Needle is used at Dragonlord Placidusax's arena at Crumbling Farum Azula. This removes the Frenzied Flame, and is a permanent reversal.
How to obtain ending:
- After the final boss, touch Fractured Marika and choose to "Become the Lord of Frenzied Flame" to get the Lord of the Frenzied Flane Ending.
Ending Description:
In the Lord of the Frenzied Flame Ending, the Tarnished goes down a different path to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame. If the Frenzied Flame is inherited before the events at the Forge of the Giants, Melina leaves the Tarnished's company, leaving the Tarnished to sacrifice their own body at the Forge. This leads to an extra scene at the ending, showing Melina without the mark on her left eye, devoting herself to deliver "Destined Death" to you.
If the player obtains the Frenzied Flame after the events at the Forge, the scene with Melina does not occur, due to her own prior sacrifice.
As explained by the Three Fingers through Hyetta at the end of her quest, this ending sees the Tarnished take up the mantle of the Lord of Chaos, and tasked with burning the world, along with the mistakes of the Greater Will - all existing sin, torment, fracture, and curse - to unite everything and everyone much like the crucible which existed before time.
"Lord of Frenzied Flame...
I will seek you, as far as you may travel...
To deliver you what is yours,
Destined Death"
- Melina
Age of the Stars Ending
Ending Requirements and Conditions:
- Complete the questline of Ranni the Witch.
- The Frenzied Flame must not be inherited or must be quelled, otherwise Ranni's summon sign will not be visible.
- If the Frenzied Flame was inherited, it can be quelled by using Miquella's Needle.
How to obtain ending:
- After defeating the final boss, use Ranni's summon sign to initiate the Age of the Stars Ending.
Ending Description:
In the Age of the Stars Ending, after defeating the Elden Beast, instead of mending the Elden Ring, the Tarnished summons Ranni the Witch in front of Marika's remains.
Ranni supplants Marika as Goddess and takes The Tarnished as her Elden Lord.
She brings an end to The Golden Order, establishing an Order of her own (not named but likely similar to the Order of the Dark Moon, which we currently know little about).
In doing so she also removes the influence of The Greater Will from The Lands Between.
She leaves The Lands Between together with The Tarnished and takes her Order with her, on a journey meant to last a thousand years. As a result of her absence, The Lands Between is left without a lord for the first time in an age.
In her final cutscene she states the following:
"...The battle is over, I see.
I do solemnly swear. To every living being, and every living soul.
Now cometh the age of the stars.
A thousand year voyage under the wisdom of the Moon.
Here beginneth the chill night that encompasses all, reaching the great beyond.
Into fear, doubt, and loneliness...
As the path stretcheth into darkness.
Well then. Shall we? My dear consort, eternal."
Once her questline has been fully cleared, it is possible to go back to her room and talk with her doll, where she further explains her plans with the following dialog:
“Upon the order I envision.
Mine will be an order not of gold, but the stars and moon of the chill night.
I would keep them far from the earth beneath our feet.
As it is now, life, and souls, and order are bound tightly together, but I would have them at a great remove.
And have the certainties of sight, emotion, faith, and touch…
All become impossibilities.
Which is why I would abandon this soil, with mine order.
Wouldst thou come to me, even now, my one and only lord?”
The original Japanese script makes the sentence "And have the certainties of sight, emotion, faith, and touch… All become impossibilities." more clear, as it does not refer to denying sentient creatures of all emotions, but instead to removing the Order she is creating from their reach. As described in a Frontline Gaming Japan article[1], the following is the literal translation:
生命と魂が、律と共にあるとしても、それは遥かに遠くにあればよい
“…Even if life and souls are one with the order, it (the order) could be kept far away.”
確かに見ることも、感じることも、信じることも、触れることも …すべて、できない方がよい
“If it was not possible to clearly see, feel, believe in, or touch the order… That would be better.”
She initially planned to go alone, living in solitude for 1000 years. This is suggested by the description of her Dark Moon Ring:
"Whoever thou mayest be, take not the ring from this place, the solitude beyond the night is better mine alone."
[1] Elden Ring: Ranni’s Age of Stars ending mistranslations explained (https://www.frontlinejp.net/2022/03/14/elden-ring-the-age-of-stars-ending-mistranslations-explained)
AnonymousThe best ending is where you die to the tree sentinel 500 times and return the game to the store
- Anonymous
Primordial Crucible is where all lifes once blended, Frenzied Flame goals is too make everything a One Great once again like Crucible, Frenzied Flame act as the Apocalypse, a reset, the Crucible then will create disparity, life and souls once again, this is similar to The First Flame and it's Kiln of Dark Souls universe.
- Anonymous
People like Age of Stars because sex rules and f logic lol. Hey, there’s a gigantic Moon that is explicitly stated to BEWITCH the people, but nooooo… it’s free will baby!!!
- Anonymous
"You should choose Age of the Stars ending it's the bes-" STFU MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD
- Anonymous
All endings ranked worse to beat I soulsborne game (this is not good or evil, but which I think is better in terms for the user, PS is is my opinion)
-ds2 default ending: boring, too vague, a pitiful ending
-age of fracture: same as Ds2
-ds2 secret ending: not much better, but it is more interesting ig
-age of dusk born: most of ER endings are the same, but this one is the most confusing so I’m putting it second to last
-age of order: it’s the best ending in terms of morals, but it’s not the most interesting
-age of disparity: it has the cool looking sky, so I’m ranking it the highest of all the default ER endings
-ds3 linking of the fire: it’s the same as DS1 version but it feels slightly more pointless do to the fire WILL fade again.
-demon souls, good ending: it’s pretty neat, and looks cool in the remake, but I think the other ending are more interesting
-demon souls, end ending: It’s also looks beautiful in the remake, and it switches for me with the good ending.
-age of stars: I’m not the hugest fan of ranni, but this ending looks nice, but as I said ranni isn’t my favorite character so it doesn’t rank as high for my list
-DS1 linking of the fire: it’s a solid, classic and slightly somber ending, it’s slightly lower do to ds3 and 2 make it feel less impactful, but I think it still carries weight since it’s the first
-bloodborne, birth: despite its the secret endings, I feel like it’s the worse of bloodbornes endings, simply because, I feel like the other ones are better, not like this one is bad.
-DS1 lord of dark: I like this ending more and more as the series goes on, since it feels like a bad ending at first, but as the series continues it starts getting to feel like this is the ending we should of chosen.
-age of frenzy flame: it’s a pretty cool ending, and if the make a sequel, they should do it after this ending.
-ds3, lord of hollows: it’s badass, simple as that, it’s cool and I like how Frieda lines changes if you chose this ending.
-bloodborne, waking up: I like it, simply because of how much story is explained and theories it had made.
-Ds3 fire fades: this feels like it’s supposed to be the canon ending of dark souls, as a series, where we put the series to rest.
-bloodborne, hunters dream: I think this is my favorite ending in the series, mainly since I like the idea of helping the future hunters. Simple as that.
That is it for my list, I haven’t beaten sekrio yet, so I’m leaving it’s ending out of my list until I beat it.
- Anonymous
Frenzy Flame ending is the best ending, all other endings are trash except dung eater ending.
- Anonymous
Curious. Do Malenia Blade of Miquella dies after being defeated? I wonder if the tarnished never interacted with 3 fingers, and complete the ending by curing Malenia using Miquella's Needle and she became his maiden instead. Would it unlock a different ending?
I honestly can't understand why some people hate any of the endings so much that they can throw insults at them. Isn't it normal for players to choose how they want to end the game?
I just started playing for around a week or two, and I'm going for Ranni's ending. Being called a simp or "someone who thinks with their d*ck" for how I enjoy the game really felt uncomfortable.
- Anonymous
Lazuli Robe - scholars, who sought to master Carian sorcery, instead learned to see the moon as equal to the stars. This robe, in the hue of the full moon, signifies their HERESY. Age of Stars is a misconception, it is more like Age of the Moon. Remember, the Moon has wisdom and can bewitch the people.
- Anonymous
Age of Stars granting free will is garbage invented by simps (who think with their *ick). The Moon bewitched the Academy and will bewitch the world as it approaches the Lands Between in the Age of Stars ending. I guess simps think that bewitchment equals free will.
- Anonymous
There should be an item reward for each ending or something..
You can go back to talk to Ranni's doll in her chamber once again after choosing age of stars ending, which feels kind of pointless in a sense and misleading.
- Anonymous
I hate how alluring the flame of frenzy is to me :(
I want to believe that there's a right answer
- Anonymous
Ranni abandoning the soil with her order and her statement that "As it is now, life, and souls, and order are bound tightly together, but I would have them at a great remove" can also easily be interpreted to mean she is taking the source of her Order's power away with her, so that no one can change it or affect it in any way, but the laws defined by her order would still be binding on the inhabitants of the Lands Between. If true, it wouldn't mean that the people have free will, quite the opposite in fact. If someone doesn't like her Order, they have no way to change it whatsoever.
Even if you buy the "FREE WILL" premise and she truly is leaving the Lands Between with her Order entirely, and the people are left to their own fate completely, how exactly would that be a good thing? Lmao, there is free will already as of the start of the game, the Golden Order is broken and its influence long gone,; there is no central authority presiding over the Lands Between, but how well off are the people? How tempting it is to "shatter the oppressive order" while forgetting that you need to provide an alternative, equally viable solution. There are horrible monstrosities, and numerous alien entities all vying for influence over the land and its inhabitants. If left to its own fate, the land would be torn apart by such. It needs a more egalitarian and accommodating version of the Golden Order, one which protects and enhances the lives of everyone. You know, one which you can provide, as Elden Lord, instead of shirking your duty and moving off to honeymoon in space. You have the ability to massively improve the old Order and with it, the lives of everyone, so why wouldn't you stay and do it?
I get the fascination with Age of the Stars, I really do and no doubt, its a quite popular ending, but from my point of view, you can't have it both ways. either Ranni is the new Marika, the Dark Moon Order is the new GO, and the Tarnished is the Lord of Night, or she leaves and the Lands Between is left to its own fate. Personally speaking, neither case is more appealing than you being Elden Lord and crafting your own vision for the Lands Between.
- Anonymous
Would’ve been cool the get a frenzied flame helmet after its ending
- Anonymous
Rennala’s Full Moon - Queen Rennala encountered this enchanting moon when she was young, and later, it would BEWITCH the Academy.
The snowy crone taught the young Ranni to FEAR the dark moon
as she imparted her cold sorcery.
The Full/Dark Moon is like an evil version of the Greater Will who bewitch and instil fear. Where does it say that the Moon will grant free will to the people?
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
The 4 "non-unique" endings make sense lore-wise. All four are an age of some kind of order, which is what the Greater Will wants. The Age of Stars and the Frenzied Flame ending are actual diversions from the Greater Will, rejecting order itself.
- Anonymous
It's funny how in Dark Souls u got tricked to link the fire by gods to preserve their age, and then here u gotta link the flame of chaos to end the greater will instead, what are they trying to say? Are we craving for Age of Dark is the reason Dark Souls end? Is that it?
-NotPossesedYura
- Anonymous
i am not gonna just kill multiple elden lords and the golden order just to give it to ranni who did not do **** and blaidd goes mad and iji dies
- Anonymous
man i rlly wanna become elden lord, but my ass will go back to being maidenless if melina sacrifces herself, well goddammit, ig ill go see what ranni is up to so i can get a replacement girl (also if melina is gonna die HOW DO I LVL UP MORE!?)
- Anonymous
The Ranni ending is my favorite, lot of things to do in her quest, and overall, she is a cool character.
I would have loved an ending like the Shura ending in Sekiro. An ending of pure evil, where I alone decide to bring chaos and death to all, where none a single individual gets any kind of benefit out of my own selfish actions.
With every ending in Elden Ring, someone gains something. Even the Flame of Frenzy ending it's an event that others want. I believe and ending like that would be the "Chadiest" of all, free of the internet nonsense.
I wonder if Shadows of the Erdtree can give us a new ending...
- Anonymous
I know its a bit ambiguous, but I still think the age of duskborn's description is wrong. The mending rune of the death prince is a separate thing than the Rune of Death, AKA Destined Death, which was sealed for the golden order. Fia wants to end the persecution of those who live in dead. It makes way more sense for that to involve bringing them into the order than like, ending undeath and immortality as a concept. The deathbed companions as a concept evolved to revive people *from* their deathbeds, and Godwyn is reborn as a rune, not laid to rest. The fact that the golden order is basically undeath anyways just shows how artificial the persecution is anyways.
- Anonymous
holy sheeet mate, you lads really take these cutscenes seriously
- Anonymous
I'm not going to lie to you, I love this game but 4 of the 6 endings are garbage, it's the same ending but different colors. On the other hand, the End of the Frenzied Flame and the Stellar Age are pretty cool, Ranni's quest is by far the best questline in the entire game, anyway I understand that you hate Ranni but if you decide to throw away all your effort Throw it away and let Blaid's death be in vain just because you fall in love with Godwyn The Corpse, honestly you have bad taste
- Anonymous
Sorry gold mask, but your questline is boring AF. Not bossfight? no cool characters? really?
I still haven't decided whether to make the Flenzi Flame or the Dark Moon as my new God.
What ever The Golden Order is like communism, it doesn't work and doesn't deserve a second chance.
- Anonymous
Have you ever wonder why the Eternal Cities have their buildings mostly intact but their population completely gone? If the population were hit with meteors or perished in a war, surely the buildings would be badly damaged. Seems to me that the population may have “ascended” to become a gigantic graven mass (The Full/Dark Moon) which is now the entity served by the Carians and the Academy. The Moon is obviously not some space rock since it is literally said to “bewitch” and has wisdom. And we know that the Snow Crone fears the Moon; why would she fears the Moon if it’s just some random space rock? It’s amazing that some ignore these and pretend that Age of Stars is the best ending because they like their lolli puppet.
- Anonymous
Dunno about others but the whole "revolution against authority" shtick that Ranni champions is so immature and so out of touch with real world situations and necessities, that I automatically lose any interest/engagement in her or her Age of Stars.
I certainly don't think that simply casting off the shackles or freeing yourself from authority is any sort of solution when it comes to ruling a continent (in which the exact opposite is kind of implied). As far as Age of the Stars is concerned, one can't have their cake and eat it too, either Ranni intends to simply replace the Golden Order with her Dark Moon order and become the new Marika, or she intends to leave the Lands Between after having achieved her "revolution" and not interfere in its affairs (the popular interpretation). It is her actions that ultimately led to the chaotic current state of the world, and neither scenario is worth that, bluntly speaking.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
GOLDMASK'S ENDING IS OBJECTIVELY THE BEST DO NOT BE FOOLED BY RANNI'S PORCELAIN SNATCH
- Anonymous
ur human rights are invalidated if u unironically pick dung eater ending
- Anonymous
ur no summons run is invalidated if u summon Ranni for the ending
- Anonymous
I have to say, a lot of the responses on this page have me thinking that most of the commentators are:
A: hateful to the wiki page writers and think they're trying to write fanfics based on what they like.. which is dumb cause like, the game is made in a way where you're supposed to interpret it vaguely, so get over it XD.
B: Hateful towards people who like Ranni, as they intentionally try and come up with the worst interpretations of the Age of Stars imaginable so they can continue to hold their interpretation of Ranni as the Evil instigator of the Shattering, instead of the morally gray character From meant her to be.. Like there's so much "Simps deserve hate" stuff in here I'm like wow.
C: Think Dung's Ending is awesome because apparently they think it makes everyone equal by turning them into omens? I mean.. that's a valid interpretation, I won't judge.. feel free, honestly the least bad commentary I've seen here.. theory craft away on this.
D: Some dumb trolls who said they picked Frenzied Flame and then burned Melina before hand so they can trigger people into getting mad at them cause they've got a fetish for making people mad at them like a great number of sad people on the internet. You're not special man, we've seen commentators like you so many times its boring, find something else to bait us.
I suppose what I mean to say is: "You all are just spicy.. please get along, no need to argue" XD
- Anonymous
Best ending is Lord of frenzied flame simply because Melina whines against it. I always get her to sacrifice herself, then go get frenzied, so she gets major fukkd.
- Anonymous
fia = ntr
rushia scandal happened parallel to the release of this game and sparked war in europe
rushia is fia
you have been properly warned
- Anonymous
there should be a ending where you just shove all three mending runes in the elden ring, summon ranni and become the lord of frenzy flame.
- Anonymous
Secret ending but it's just Boggart beating the holy living brakes out of Dung Eater for 5 minutes straight
There should be an ending where you put all three mending runes, summon ranni and become the lord of chaos.
- Anonymous
I'm gonna stick with Age of Duskborn simply because Godwyn was done dirty and he deserves to be put to rest.
- Anonymous
Ranni ending is remarkably similar to goldmasks. Instead of putting a ring around the elden ring and preventing any other god from messing with it(I interpreted this as after Marika’s destined death, the next god will become vessel of the elden ring, however they can’t alter any of the runes, ensuring that destined death and all the runes inside that keeps the world functioning won’t be changed). In Ranni’s ending, Ranni removes the greater wills influence(aka Elden ring, seen from how Marika dissolved alongside the Elden ring in her body) from the lands between, basically achieving the same thing as goldmasks ending. The difference in these two endings, in essence, is whether you still want the greater will in charge or not.
This is my, prince lothric’s ranking on each ending( note this is a joke list so don’t take anything seriously)
Lord of frenzy- too much fire, reminds me of……that
Ranni-i don’t like the moon, I don’t like the dolls, so nope nope nope
Death-eh, I have no clue what this ending is supposed to mean, if it means everyone is mortal, then nope, if it means everybody is now a skeleton even more nope
Dung- eh I’m already basically cursed
Fracture-the world stays the same, I don’t really have much of a opinion on this one
Golden order- I guess it’s better then most of the other options, that’s about it
Best ending- not fixing elden ring or setting the world on fire or having a moon lady be elden lord and letting the world fell into darkness.
- Anonymous
I am done Ranni's questline, and have not used the forge yet . I am currently standing outside the 3 finger door ("frenzied flame Proscription" SoG); if i go and talk to the 3 fingers, does that lock me out of Ranni's ending?
- Anonymous
Yeah no, not buying that mistranslation crap. The interview with the translators said that they would carefully go over the dialogue with Miyazaki to make sure they translated his intent correctly. Ranni's never going to touch you, as soon as you get to space she'll just let go and watch as you get spaghettified into a black hole without remorse saying she cannot allow you to hold her back.
- Anonymous
Whoever wrote the Age of Order ending description sure seems to firmly believe the whole "flame of ambition" motif ties into Goldmask's ideology, when absolutely nothing in the game implies this sort of connection. This description reads like pure fanfic free association.
- Anonymous
I want to kill all Land octopi, giant hands and runebears NO MATTER THE COLETERAL DAMAGE
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
So the age of Stars ending is total uncontrolled anarchy, without any Order or law, while the deathblight and Scarlet rot infect the Land between. Yes, truly a good ending.
- Anonymous
I went with Ranni, just to hear her voice..one more time and for the game; eternally. The other endings were uninspiring.
- Anonymous
My favorite ending is Age of Stars but with a headcanon that I send Ranni off on her journey or whatever and stay in the Lands Between so I can turn the place up with my vassals Nepheli, Rennala, and Jerren
- Anonymous
Who wrote that description for the age of the dusk born ending? As far as I can tell it is completely wrong. Never anywhere in the game did it imply that you were "ridding the world of immortality and allowing the natural cycle of life and death to occur for all people and creatures alike". In fact, Fia doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with the "Rune of Death" which is what Marika removed from the Elden Ring to make everybody immortal and what Malekith is guarding. Instead the thing she wants is the "Cursemark of Death" which was created by screwing around with the rune of death and killing Ranni's body and Godwin's soul which started all the "Those Who Live in Death" stuff. Also, most likely all endings besides maybe the frenzied flame ending, result in the return of the "natural cycle of life and death" due the to fact you repair the Elden Ring with your great runes, one of which just so happens to be the rune of death.
- Anonymous
My favorite ending is Age of Stars but with a headcanon that I send Ranni on her journey or whatever then stay in the Lands Between to try and make the place tolerable with my vassals Nepheli, Rennala, and Jerren
- Anonymous
My personal ranking of each ending from worst to best
-death: basically everyone is undead and suffering……and the world is still sh**…
-frenzy: you destroy a bunch of stuff, but you might not even kill everything since you might be kill but Melina, also you kill your horse so that’s a no no
-ranni: basically the golden order is gone, ranni says peace out and let’s everyone else try and fix the world by them self. Also it’s only the greater will, so all the other outer gods ( most of which are more evil then the greater will) can easy over take the lands while ranni is up there for you damn honey moon.
-age of fracture: nothing changes in the land between, but now your the elden lord
-dung: same as fracture but now everyone is omens, which means omens will be treated better so that’s something
-goldmask:basically makes a new order that now the gods have to follow the same rules as people and now the lands between is more stable as a result.
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there are any differences on map/world depending of the ending?
Tbh the Age of the Duskborn Ending sounds pretty great going by the description of it
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It would be awesome a Servant of Rot, St. Trina and Godslayer's endings.
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It can be frustrating, but the vagueness and lack of explanation is a key part of Fromsoft's storytelling style. In Dark Souls, you are fully expected to have no idea what's going on and yet have to make a decision for the fate of the world, based only on what you've seen and been told. To be thrust into a world of mystery without much guidance and with perilous stakes is much like life itself.
Look at Boggart. He is also Tarnished, but has no idea why, calling it a cruel bloody joke. He has doubts about the Erdtree but nothing conclusive. Sometimes the hero just does not know what's going on. As you explore and read more thoroughly, and interpret your findings thoughtfully, you can come closer to understanding but probably never really reach it. People still argue about Kaathe and Frampt after all these years.
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I'd be kind of pissed if I was rooting for the Tarnished, just for them to go and nerf Faith, take away all the incantations, and then abandon us to go play with their favorite doll in space for a thousand years cause it said so
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I really hope Shadow of Erdtree adds an ending. With Miquella's presence in the story being unresolved I am hoping for an Age of Rot ending.
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The two hardest quest lines to even get a ending for is Fia's (age of the duskborn) and Ranni's (age of stars) . Those two you have to defeat multiple bosses and travel under ground.
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In the Age of Ancients the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of gray crags, Archtrees and Everlasting Dragons. But then there was Fire and with fire came disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course, light and dark. Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame.
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Sequel will likely be a spiritual successor instead of a direct one, as is the case with DS2 and 3. Would be interesting to see then which ending is canon and its effects later on in the timeline.
My guess would be Age of Fracture since it's the least "complete" ending and thus allows for the most future possibilities.
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There is no ending that frees the world from influences of outer gods.
Ranni ending: Ranni replaces greater will with her big moon and leaves with player for their honey1000year. Lands between is still under the control of the moon god.
Frenzy flame ending: Lands between is consumed by frenzy flame, which is just another outer god. And frenzy flame can't destroy everything, e.g. other outer gods, until further evidence shows frenzy flame being the most powerful one.
All other endings: Greater will still there.
Since you can't escape the dominance of alien powerful intangible sentient beings(which is not necessarily bad), I'll choose the gold mask ending as the good ending. At least it looks sunny and warm.
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If they add more endings with DLC it would be cool if sellen would have an ending where you restore the primal glintstone current or whatever it is especially since she talks about you summoning her when you become elden lord just to turn into a rock. Kind of wasted potential, but if they do something it would probably be something with Miquella.
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I feel like From needs to release some kind of tweet explaining exactly what the duskborn ending does. It seems to really confuse and divide players currently.
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Should've been a secret ending where if you lose to Morgott too may times in a row he actually puts your foolish ambitions to rest and then deletes your save
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really wish there was some completionist ending that involved all three mending runes and the knowledge you imparted to Gideon (regarding the Haligtree, Mohg and Miquella) to attain some more far-reaching solution.
Right now, it's difficult to understand the consequences of each, or to what extent they will repair.
The Lands Between appear at first glance to be beyond repair, curses, decay, immortality and life within death run rampant. An endless cycle.
This would set the Flame of Frenzy to be the best of ending, rectifying the mistakes of the flawed emanation of the One Great, the Greater Will.
"Every sin, every curse. Melt it all away. As the Lord of Chaos. No more fractures...no more birth.."
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The story in this game was definitely its worst part everything else -> 10/10 story -> 1/10. So bad and every quest was the same. Do some stuff then they die. Got old quick.
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Maybe endings are vague because they'll be expressed more in depth through the DLC
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Well, it's quite difficult to asess the endings, it's felt for me like the Lands Between is already done for good. The "normal" population reduced to a few tarnished (even those are depressed, broken, or outright insane), rest of the inhabitants are malformed or basically undead, roaming around without any purpose. The immortals/demigods/gods are dead, mad, or ceased to function on any level, and everything is infested with creatures, that only exist to kill everything in sight. Doesn't feel like any "normal" ending will help any of these. For me, Ranni's choice is the only logical one - to leave all this behind and look for something else. The most depressing part during the game (beside the obvious one - to die on every corner :) ), was that I felt it dosen't matters anything what I'm doing: Most of the "quests" end bad, or if I found somebody a bit symphatetic eventually dies anyway, or turned out to be another insane a**hole. :) So for me, Ranni's ending seems the best option.
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the soulslike community when the entire series about indirect storytelling and vague interpretations has endings that are vague and open to interpretation:
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You do not burn everything with the frenzied flame. You just destroy locations associated with the greater will, like roundtable and lands in between.
There are other places, including land of numen and land of reeds(Japan, obviously) that may very possibly be kept intact, if they are independent or under the reins of other outer gods.
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I wish more depth was added to Varre's questline leading to a Mohg/Formless Mother ending.
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Wish we could have had an ending separate from the flame of frenzy ending where we could absorb the giantsflame and burn the erdtree down with the power of the fell god. Or have mohgs dynasty.
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Ranni's ending is not necessary a good one, even taking original Japanese script into account.
1. We are not privy of details about how the Moon and Stars order would function, Ranni might also be just a puppet in hands of Outer God of Dark Moon
2. Leaving Lands Between unsupervised might not be a good choice. The inhabitants of this universe are deeply accustomed to godly presence being a fact that creating a sudden vacuum in this sphere may yield unpredictable results. Being unable to touch the Order means speculation, discords, wars over doctrine and so on...
3. It stands for complete lack of accountability. Crimes such as Godwyn's assassination, even if done for a grander cause, should not be left without justice. At the end of the events you and Ranni are perhaps the two most powerful beings in Lands Between, but instead of taking care of the aftermath of your revolution, atoning for what you did wrong and promising the people to preside over better future you just leave to who knows where.
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Two time Ranni Ending, third might be Default, ... or another Ranni, will see
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So all endings except ranni's and frenzied flame are acceptable by the golden order, that's why they bring back these tarnished, even the poop eater.
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Bro lol these endings are garbage. Look, I really enjoy the game. I even like some of the vague story writing as I am the type who likes to wonder or live in suspense once in a while but jfc these endings are just lazy af and very lacking of any real satisfaction for all the e work one has to put in to finish their first souls game.
I did three endings. I seriously doubt I’ll start another. Dope game but **** finale.
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Fromsoftware spent their remaining 3.50$ budget to write these endings.
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i feel it is kinda lazy how 4 of the endings are the same thing with a different Instagram filter. there is only two unironically good endings frenzied flame ending and age of stars and if you actually think giving up everything you worked for, for some blue ***** is a better ending than burning the world down you have bad taste.
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It's hilarious that so many people complain of the vague endings when a lot of the lore of the game is left vague. It's up to you to piece the story together from messages and dialogue and fill in the gaps yourself.
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The endings are underwhelming for everything you have to do in this game. They could've described each Age in Greater detail given and given us a glimpse of what the Lands in Between look like after.
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I love the game, but the endings could use... more nods to what you've accomplished in your time in the lands between.
Maybe even a unique ending where you choose not to fix the tree, but hold all the mending runes over the heads of most factions, and create your own kingdom as a tyrant ruler...
Threaten to curse the land with the mending rune of the Dung Eater to ward off threats of uprisings, and falsely promise the fools that follow you by claiming that you are considering the runes that'd benefit where their sympathies are (or just what would give them the biggest gain to dangle greedy emotion over their heads).
Like a tangled web, weaved to bring the world, and it's runes from easily slain whelps, to the palms of your hands.
... or you know, could just let some other doof do the last choices, go get drunk, and party. You probably would want to take it easy after a damn misadventure of a lifetime. xP
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Here is an idea for another ending, which may come with the DLC. If more Great Runes are introduced, there could be an ending which can only be obtained if you collect and restore the power of every single Great Rune. I mean it is kinda strange that we don't actually have to defeat all shardbarers to complete the game. And one would think you would need all the shards to repair the Elden Ring. There could even be an alternated version of Ranni's ending as she is or was a shardbarer herself.
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Just let people pick the endings they want. Is it really that hard?
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Entire world sucks, everything tries to kill you though most of them barely even have any intelligence. Best to just burn it all down.
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I got Ranni's ending accidentially because I saw her summon and I thought that it would maybe be some extra cutscene...
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Everything and everyone tells us the Frenzied Flame brings nothing but madness and destruction (aside from 2 people, one of which eats eyes and the other is the reason Frenzy exists), and yet people still try to convince others it's a good ending. If you want Chaos to take the world, let no one stop you, but don't act like you're anything else but the bad guy ! Just own it, dude !
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Sadly, half of these guys either half-assed fix the current order of things, or outright condemn it... and considering the added issue of Ranni being a threat with her goals. It just means our own goals don't matter.
In this light, i make all the mending runes i can, burn the Erdtree with the frenzied flame, get the golden needle to expel that flame, and then apply the Age of Order... If only to force the lot of these powers to all have a peaceful truce like it or not, with each a chance of all minorities being represented, and the more harmful of these nutballs easily contained by holding a power source over their heads to keep them in check. This way, the world can mend for a moment, then die with dignity later when Ranni's plot kicks in, and that damned Frenzied Flame unable to do anything about it, nor our sadistic Dung Eater's curses running amok returning to the Erdtree, and leaving Melina alive to create an unwitting plan B if anything goes wrong within a few years time frame.
Complex, a bit harsh, and definitely restrictive of free will, but if these dolts didn't all war to begin with... then someone wouldn't have needed to bind their hands and keep them in line. A pity, but sometimes you do what you must to make the world a temporarily better place, before things are given a cold restart. :/
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Im just glad that we can all agree that the ranni ending is for losers.
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A crow once said
"When the world rots, we set it afire.
For the sake of the next world. It's the one thing we do right".
I became Lord of Chaos to burn down the old world.
I saved Melina so she could stop the Lord of frenzied flames so a new world could be born, she will be the painter of the new world, this is what i do, and this is one thing i believe i do right.
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Frenzied Flame of Chaos is the true ending. The only one that suggests a plotline after the main storyline is completed.
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