Game Overview

Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s open-world action RPG. You play the Tarnished, seeking to become Elden Lord by collecting Great Runes from the demigods who hold them and repairing the Elden Ring itself. The Lands Between is far bigger than the surface suggests — beneath it sits a second world of rivers, eternal cities and a rotting lake, and seven achievement bosses, a legendary armament, a legendary spirit ash and a legendary talisman live down there.

Detail	Info
Title	Elden Ring
Release	2022 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X\|S)
Developer / Publisher	FromSoftware · Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genre	Open-world action RPG
Playable character	The Tarnished
Areas (in play order)	24 areas, from Limgrave to Leyndell, Ashen Capital — the full route, including the seven underground areas, is in The Lands Between, in Order below
Difficulties	None — there are no selectable difficulty settings

Read This Before You Start

Five decisions shape the whole run.

Decision	Why it matters
Use the backup save method for the endings	Six endings, three achievements — and one playthrough can clear them all. The ending choice happens after Radagon and the Elden Beast, so back up there, not at the Erdtree burning. On PC turn off Steam Cloud before copying the save; on PS5 use Upload / Download Saved Data. Reload the backup for each ending.
Do Frenzied Flame last	Taking the Three Fingers overrides every other ending. Undoing it needs Miquella’s Needle — finish Millicent’s questline for the Unalloyed Gold Needle, kill Malenia, use it on the flower in her arena — and the Needle only works in Placidusax’s arena.
Grab the Bolt of Gransax in Leyndell	It is lost forever once the Erdtree burns, and without it the Legendary Armaments achievement cannot be finished on that playthrough.
Collect each legendary set inside a single playthrough	Four legendary-set achievements cover 30 items — armaments, ashen remains, sorceries and incantations, and talismans. The Legendary Armaments achievement is known to misfire if the set is split across playthroughs.
Finish Ranni’s questline before the final boss	The Age of the Stars ending requires summoning Ranni at the end of her questline, and it must be set up before the final boss. Her questline also ends with the Dark Moon Greatsword, one of the nine legendary armaments.

Roadmap to 100%

Two playthroughs at most — and with disciplined save backups, most of it fits in one.

Step	Goal
1 — Playthrough 1	Explore every region, defeat all bosses, collect all Golden Seeds, Sacred Tears, Memory Stones and Talismans. Complete all NPC questlines.
2 — Playthrough 2 (NG+)	Get any remaining achievements, reach all endings.
3 — Multiple endings	Use the backup save method — save before the final boss, get one ending, reload, get another.

Tip: the backup save method at the final boss gets all 4 ending trophies in one playthrough — back up your save file before the Erdtree burning, then reload for each ending. (See The 6 Endings below for the exact backup point.)

Key Collectibles

Five item families drive character progression and the completion checklist.

Collectible	Details
Golden Seeds (30 needed, far more exist)	Upgrade Flask charges. Found near minor Erdtrees and boss areas.
Sacred Tears (12)	Upgrade Flask potency. Found at churches.
Memory Stones (8)	Increase spell slots. From bosses and quests.
Great Runes (7 shardbearers)	Godrick, Rennala, Radahn, Rykard, Morgott, Mohg and Malenia — seven, not six. Rennala’s cannot be equipped or restored, so six are usable.
Stonesword Keys	Unlock imp statues. Many throughout the world.

Main Bosses (Required for Achievements)

Twenty-four bosses count toward achievements — twelve on the critical path, the rest optional but required for 100%.

Boss	Location
Margit, the Fell Omen	Stormveil Castle entrance
Godrick the Grafted	Stormveil Castle
Red Wolf of Radagon	Academy of Raya Lucaria
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon	Academy
Starscourge Radahn	Redmane Castle
Morgott, the Omen King	Leyndell
Fire Giant	Mountaintops of the Giants
Godskin Duo	Crumbling Farum Azula
Maliketh, the Black Blade	Farum Azula
Sir Gideon Ofnir	Leyndell (Ashen Capital)
Godfrey / Hoarah Loux	Leyndell (Ashen Capital)
Radagon / Elden Beast	Final boss
Mohg, Lord of Blood	Mohgwyn Palace
Malenia, Blade of Miquella	Elphael, Haligtree
Lichdragon Fortissax	Deeproot Depths
Dragonlord Placidusax	Crumbling Farum Azula
Regal Ancestor Spirit	Siofra River
Valiant Gargoyles	Siofra River
Astel, Naturalborn of the Void	Lake of Rot
Elemer of the Briar	The Shaded Castle
Leonine Misbegotten	Castle Morne
Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast	Mt. Gelmir
God-Devouring Serpent	Mt. Gelmir
Commander Niall	Castle Sol

The 6 Endings

Six endings, three achievements. The four Elden Lord variants differ only in which Mending Rune you hold when you touch Fractured Marika, and they all award the same trophy — so for completion you need one Elden Lord ending, Age of the Stars, and Lord of Frenzied Flame.

Ending	Achievement	How
Age of Fracture	Elden Lord	The default. Touch Fractured Marika with no Mending Rune equipped.
Age of the Duskborn	Elden Lord	Use the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince — Fia’s questline, after Lichdragon Fortissax.
Age of Order	Elden Lord	Use the Mending Rune of Perfect Order — Goldmask’s questline.
Blessing of Despair	Elden Lord	Use the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse — Dung Eater’s questline.
Age of the Stars	Age of the Stars	Finish Ranni’s questline and summon her at the end. Must be done before the final boss.
Lord of Frenzied Flame	Lord of Frenzied Flame	Strip naked and take the Three Fingers in the Cathedral of the Forsaken, under the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds. Locks out every other ending until reversed.

Save backups — get the timing right. The choice happens after Radagon and the Elden Beast. Back up there, not at the Erdtree. On PC turn off Steam Cloud before copying the save; on PS5 use Upload / Download Saved Data.

Frenzied Flame locks you out. Taking the Three Fingers overrides every other ending. Undoing it needs Miquella’s Needle — finish Millicent’s questline for the Unalloyed Gold Needle, kill Malenia, use it on the flower in her arena — and the Needle only works in Placidusax’s arena. Do Frenzied Flame last.

Great Runes and Divine Towers

A Great Rune does nothing until you carry it to its Divine Tower and restore it — which is also the only way to get the Great Rune achievement. The guide never named a single tower before now.

Great Rune	Boss	Restored at	What it does
Godrick’s Great Rune	Godrick the Grafted	Divine Tower of Limgrave	+5 to every attribute
Radahn’s Great Rune	Starscourge Radahn	Divine Tower of Caelid	+15% max HP, FP and stamina
Rykard’s Great Rune	Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy	Divine Tower of West Altus	Restores HP on each kill
Morgott’s Great Rune	Morgott, the Omen King	Divine Tower of East Altus	+25% max HP
Mohg’s Great Rune	Mohg, Lord of Blood	Divine Tower of East Altus	Blessing of blood for your summons
Malenia’s Great Rune	Malenia, Blade of Miquella	Isolated Divine Tower	Attacks made after taking damage restore HP
Great Rune of the Unborn	Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon	— cannot be restored or equipped	Rebirth — respec at Rennala

The Four Legendary Sets

Four achievements, 30 items, and the guide previously gave locations for none of them. Collect each full set inside a single playthrough — the Legendary Armaments achievement is known to misfire otherwise.

Legendary Armaments — 9

Weapon	Where
Grafted Blade Greatsword	Leonine Misbegotten — Castle Morne, Weeping Peninsula
Sword of Night and Flame	Chest in Caria Manor, from the Manor Upper Level grace
Ruins Greatsword	Misbegotten Warrior + Crucible Knight duo — Redmane Castle
Marais Executioner’s Sword	Elemer of the Briar — The Shaded Castle
Dark Moon Greatsword	End of Ranni’s questline — Cathedral of Manus Celes, Moonlight Altar
Bolt of Gransax	Leyndell, Royal Capital — lost forever once the Erdtree burns
Eclipse Shotel	Church of the Eclipse — Castle Sol
Devourer’s Scepter	Recusant Bernahl’s invasion — Crumbling Farum Azula
Golden Order Greatsword	Misbegotten Crusader — Cave of the Forlorn, Consecrated Snowfield

Legendary Ashen Remains — 6

An entire achievement the guide did not know existed.

Spirit Ash	Where
Lhutel the Headless	Cemetery Shade — Tombsward Catacombs, Weeping Peninsula
Mimic Tear Ashes	Chest behind a two-key imp statue — Night’s Sacred Ground, Nokron
Black Knife Tiche	Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader — Ringleader’s Evergaol, Moonlight Altar
Redmane Knight Ogha	Putrid Tree Spirit — War-Dead Catacombs, Caelid, after Radahn
Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff	Ancient Hero of Zamor — Sainted Hero’s Grave, Altus Plateau
Cleanrot Knight Finlay	Chest near the Prayer Room grace — Elphael

Legendary Sorceries and Incantations — 7

Spell	Type	Where
Comet Azur	Sorcery	Primeval Sorcerer Azur — Mt. Gelmir
Stars of Ruin	Sorcery	Primeval Sorcerer Lusat — Sellia Hideaway, needs the Sellian Sealbreaker
Founding Rain of Stars	Sorcery	Chest atop Heretical Rise — cross the invisible bridge
Ranni’s Dark Moon	Sorcery	Chest atop Chelona’s Rise — the three-tortoise puzzle, Moonlight Altar
Elden Stars	Incantation	On a corpse in Deeproot Depths
Flame of the Fell God	Incantation	Adan, Thief of Fire — Malefactor’s Evergaol, Liurnia
Greyoll’s Roar	Incantation	Kill Elder Dragon Greyoll, then buy it for 3 Dragon Hearts at the Cathedral of Dragon Communion

Legendary Talismans — 8

Talisman	Where
Radagon Icon	Chest on the second floor above the Debate Parlor — Raya Lucaria
Radagon’s Soreseal	On a corpse in Fort Faroth — Dragonbarrow
Godfrey Icon	Godefroy the Grafted — Golden Lineage Evergaol, Altus Plateau
Moon of Nokstella	Chest beneath the great throne — Nokstella, Eternal City
Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman	Chest near the Drainage Channel grace — Elphael
Marika’s Soreseal	Behind an imp statue (Stonesword Key) — Elphael
Old Lord’s Talisman	Chest in Crumbling Farum Azula
Erdtree’s Favor +2	Leyndell, Ashen Capital

Sacred Tears and Memory Stones

Twelve Sacred Tears and eight Memory Stones. Every location the guide listed before was either in the wrong region or did not exist — there is no Sacred Tear at the Church of Elleh, none in Leyndell, and no Memory Stone from Sellen, Waypoint Ruins, Rennala or Leyndell.

All 12 Sacred Tears

Region	Church
Limgrave	Third Church of Marika
Weeping Peninsula	Callu Baptismal Church
Weeping Peninsula	Church of Pilgrimage
Weeping Peninsula	Fourth Church of Marika
Liurnia of the Lakes	Church of Irith
Liurnia of the Lakes	Bellum Church
Liurnia of the Lakes	Church of Inhibition
Caelid	Church of the Plague
Altus Plateau	Second Church of Marika
Altus Plateau	Stormcaller Church
Mountaintops of the Giants	Church of Repose
Mountaintops of the Giants	First Church of Marika

All 8 Memory Stones

Region	Where
Weeping Peninsula	Oridys’s Rise — the three-tortoise puzzle
Liurnia of the Lakes	Converted Tower
Liurnia of the Lakes	Testu’s Rise, in the north
Three Sisters	Seluvis’s Rise
Dragonbarrow	Lenne’s Rise, in the east
Academy of Raya Lucaria	Dropped by the Red Wolf of Radagon
Mt. Gelmir	Dropped by Demi-Human Queen Maggie — Hermit Village
Roundtable Hold	Bought from the Twin Maiden Husks for 3,000 runes

Golden Seeds: thirty is what it takes to max your flask at 14 charges — but the world holds well over forty, so you have slack. There is no achievement for collecting them all.

The Lands Between, in Order

The guide covered eight regions. Here is the actual route, including the underground it left out.

Order	Area
1	Limgrave
2	Weeping Peninsula
3	Stormveil Castle
4	Liurnia of the Lakes
5	Academy of Raya Lucaria
6	Caelid
7	Dragonbarrow
8	Siofra River
9	Ainsel River
10	Nokron, Eternal City
11	Nokstella, Eternal City
12	Lake of Rot
13	Deeproot Depths
14	Altus Plateau
15	Mt. Gelmir
16	Leyndell, Royal Capital
17	Subterranean Shunning-Grounds
18	Mohgwyn Palace
19	Mountaintops of the Giants
20	Consecrated Snowfield
21	Miquella’s Haligtree
22	Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
23	Crumbling Farum Azula
24	Leyndell, Ashen Capital

The tabs above follow the surface route. Siofra, Ainsel, Nokron, Nokstella, the Lake of Rot, Deeproot Depths and Mohgwyn Palace are all underground, and between them they hold seven achievement bosses.

Walkthrough

Pick a chapter below, then use the Previous / Next buttons at the bottom of each chapter to move through the game.

1Limgrave & Stormveil Castle

Limgrave (Open World)

Golden Seed #1

Near the entrance to Stormveil (after defeating the grafted scion)

Sacred Tear #1

Church of Elleh

Memory Stone #1

Complete Sorceress Sellen's quest or find in Waypoint Ruins

ItemTalisman

Crimson Amber Medallion — In the starting area chest

BOSS Soldier of Godrick

Tutorial boss (Stranded Graveyard)

BOSS Beastman of Farum Azula

Groveside Cave

BOSS Bell Bearing Hunter

Church of Vows (night)

Stormveil Castle

BOSS Margit, the Fell Omen

Use Margit's Shackle to stun him. Attack after his combo finishes.

Golden Seed #2

After Margit, on the path to Godrick

ItemStone Sword Key

In the rampart tower

BOSS Godrick the Grafted

Phase 1: Dodge his axe swings.

Phase 2: He grafts a dragon arm — dodge the fire, attack his legs. Summon Nepheli Loux.

Great Rune

Godrick's Great Rune — After defeating Godrick

ItemTalisman

Ax Talisman — In Stormveil Castle

Stormfoot Catacombs & Coastal Cave

BOSS Erdtree Avatar

Near the minor Erdtree

BOSS Tibia Mariner

In the river

Castle Morne (South)

BOSS Leonine Misbegotten

In the courtyard. Use magic or bleed weapons.

Grafted Blade Greatsword — After defeating the boss

Merchant Kale quest: Talk to the NPC at the entrance

2Liurnia of the Lakes

Lakes Region

Golden Seed #3

Near the Academy gate (after defeating the glintstone dragon)

Sacred Tear #2

Church of Irith

Sacred Tear #3

Callu Baptismal Church

Memory Stone #2

Complete Rennala fight at the Academy

BOSS Bell Bearing Hunter

Church of Vows (night)

BOSS Bloodhound Knight Darriwil

Forlorn Hound Evergaol

BOSS Adan, Thief of Fire

Malefactor's Evergaol

Academy of Raya Lucaria

🧩 Puzzle

Glintstone Seal — Find the Academy Key in the dragon's nest behind the seal

BOSS Red Wolf of Radagon

Dodge its biting combos, attack after it pauses

BOSS Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon

Phase 1: Destroy the glowing students, then attack Rennala.

Phase 2: Dodge spells, use spirit summons.

Great Rune

Rennala's Great Rune (unborn — allows respec)

Caria Manor

BOSS Royal Knight Loretta

Dodge her glintstone blades, attack during recovery

Loretta's War Sickle — After defeating her

Access to Three Sisters area and Ranni's quest begins here

Ranni's Quest (Critical for Achievements)

Talk to Ranni at Ranni's Rise

Get the Carian Inverted Statue

Complete Blaidd's quest in Siofra River

Defeat Astel, Naturalborn of the Void in the Lake of Rot

Get the Dark Moon Ring and the Age of the Stars ending

Underground: Siofra River

BOSS Regal Ancestor Spirit

Light all 8 pillars, then interact with the deer spirit

BOSS Valiant Gargoyles

Two gargoyle bosses. Use bleed/frost. Summon D for help.

3Caelid & Dragonbarrow

Caelid (Main Region)

Golden Seed #4

Near the outer wall of Redmane Castle

Sacred Tear #4

Church of Plague

BOSS Starscourge Radahn

Redmane Castle. Festival fight. Many summons available. Use the arrows/gravitas to dodge. Attack when he's staggered.

Great Rune

Radahn's Great Rune

BOSS Commander O'Neil

In the swamp. Use fire. Defeat the backup soldiers first.

BOSS Elder Dragon Greyoll

Massive dragon at Dragonbarrow. Bleed weapons work best.

BOSS Flying Dragon Greyll

Dragonbarrow. Dodge the fire breath, attack the legs.

Sellia, Town of Sorcery

🧩 Puzzle

Light 3 fires in the town to reveal the seal

Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest — Boss fight after lighting the fires

ItemTalisman

Magic Scorpio Charm — In Sellia hideout

Dragonbarrow

BOSS Beast Clergyman / Maliketh

(This is actually in Farum Azula, but access via Dragonbarrow)

BOSS Borealis, the Freezing Fog

In the frozen lake area

Golden Seed #5

Near the Dragonbarrow entrance

Gael Tunnel & Other Dungeons

BOSS Magma Wyrm

Gael Tunnel

BOSS Putrid Avatar

Near the minor Erdtree

BOSS Putrid Tree Spirit

In the swamp

4Altus Plateau & Mt. Gelmir

Altus Plateau

Golden Seed #6

Near the minor Erdtree in Altus

Sacred Tear #5

Church of the Pilgrims

Sacred Tear #6

Second Church of Marika

BOSS Elemer of the Briar

The Shaded Castle. Dodge his teleport attacks, use bleed.

BOSS Omenkiller

Village of the Albinaurics

BOSS Necromancer Garris

Highway Lookout

Mt. Gelmir

BOSS Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast

Dodge the gravity attacks, use fire

BOSS God-Devouring Serpent / Rykard

Volcano Manor. Use the Serpent-Hunter spear (found in the arena).

Phase 2: Attack the floating skull.

Great Rune

(Not a Great Rune boss, but required for quest completion)

BOSS Demihuman Queen Gilika

Mt. Gelmir

Golden Seed #7

Near the minor Erdtree on Mt. Gelmir

Volcano Manor Questline

Join Volcano Manor by talking to Tanith

Complete 3 assassination contracts (invasive NPC fights)

Complete Bernahl's contracts for additional items

Reach Rykard through the manor path

5Leyndell, Royal Capital

Outer Walls & Approach

Golden Seed #8

Near the outer wall approach

BOSS Grave Warden Duergar

In the outer wall ruins

BOSS Draconic Tree Sentinel

At the capital gate. Dodge lightning, attack after its lance charge.

Leyndell Interior

Sacred Tear #7

Church of the Erdtree

Memory Stone #3

In a chest in the lower city

BOSS Morgott, the Omen King

Phase 1: Avoid the spear combos.

Phase 2: Dodge the golden blade rain. Use Margit's Shackle.

Great Rune

Morgott's Great Rune

ItemTalisman

Erdtree's Favor +2 — After defeating Morgott

Deeproot Depths (Underground)

Access via the invisible walkway in Ainsel River or the Siofra River

BOSS Lichdragon Fortissax

Complete Fia's quest. In the arena below the Deeproot. Dodge the death lightning, attack the limbs.

ItemDeathbed Dress

From Fia's quest

Mohgwyn Palace

Access via Varre's quest or portal in Consecrated Snowfield

BOSS Mohg, Lord of Blood

Use Mohg's Shackle to interrupt his phase transition. Bring Purifying Crystal Tear.

Phase 2: Bleed is devastating — bring bleed resistance.

Great Rune

Mohg's Great Rune

NPC Questlines in Leyndell

Corhyn / Goldmask: Find Goldmask near the coliseum. Complete their quest for the Mending Rune of Perfect Order.

Dung Eater: Find him in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds. Complete his quest for the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse.

Fia: Complete the Deathbed questline for the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince.

6Mountaintops of the Giants

Main Path

Golden Seed #9

Near the Flame Peak approach

Sacred Tear #8

Church of Repose

BOSS Fire Giant

Phase 1: Attack the leg, avoid the rolling attacks.

Phase 2: Ride the wind currents, attack the eye on his chest.

After Fire Giant: The Erdtree burns, Leyndell becomes the Ash Capital

Castle Sol

BOSS Commander Niall

Defeat his two summon knights first, then focus Niall. Use frost.

Haligtree Medallion (Right)

After defeating Niall — needed for the Consecrated Snowfield

Consecrated Snowfield

Hidden area — need both halves of the Haligtree Medallion

Use the medallion at the Grand Lift of Rold

BOSS Astel, Stars of Darkness

In the Yelough Anix Tunnel

BOSS Putrid Avatar

Near the minor Erdtree

Portal to Mohgwyn Palace is here (for Mohg, Lord of Blood)

Leyndell, Ash Capital (After Erdtree Burns)

BOSS Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing

He uses spells of bosses you defeated. Use magic resistance.

BOSS Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Phase 1)

Dodge the axe stomps, attack after his combos

BOSS Hoarah Loux, Warrior (Phase 2)

No weapon. Dodge the grabs and kicks. Roll through his punches.

7Miquella's Haligtree

Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree

Access via the Haligtree Medallion at the Grand Lift of Rold

Golden Seed #10

In the Haligtree area

Drainage Channel: Find the area with the Pest enemies

Prayer Room: Site of grace near the boss

Malenia, Blade of Miquella

BOSS Malenia, Blade of Miquella

The hardest boss in the game.

Phase 1: Dodge the waterfowl dance (run away, then dodge into her). Attack after her combo. Use frost/poison.

Phase 2 (Goddess of Rot): She blooms into rot goddess. Avoid the scarlet rot. Use Preserving Boluses. The clone attack: dodge roll through the clones.

Strategy: Use Mimic Tear + Rivers of Blood or Moonveil. Bleed is extremely effective. Frostbite also works.

Great Rune

Malenia's Great Rune (weakest — reduces healing)

Other Haligtree Bosses

BOSS Misbegotten Warrior + Leonine Misbegotten

Dual boss fight in the drainage channel

BOSS Putrid Avatar

Near the minor Erdtree

BOSS Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree

Similar to Caria Manor fight but stronger

8Crumbling Farum Azula

Main Path

Access after burning the Erdtree (automatic teleport)

Golden Seed #11

Near the Dragon Temple

Smithing Stone Miner's Bell Bearing [4]

In the temple area

BOSS Godskin Duo

Two bosses (Godskin Apostle + Godskin Noble). Focus one at a time. Use sleep pots.

BOSS Malekith, the Black Blade

Phase 1 (Beast Clergyman): Dodge claw swipes, attack during recovery.

Phase 2 (Malekith): Use Blasphemous Claw to parry. Dodge the Black Blade attacks (they reduce max HP).

Dragonlord Placidusax

BOSS Dragonlord Placidusax

Optional boss in a hidden area of Farum Azula

Rest at the "Beside the Crumbling precipice" grace, then lie down in the empty arena

Phase 1: Dodge the lightning strikes. Attack the head.

Phase 2: He summons clones. Dodge the nuke attack by hiding behind pillars.

Rewards

Remembrance of the Dragonlord

After Farum Azula

After defeating Malekith, you're transported to Leyndell, Ash Capital

Proceed through the Ash Capital to face the final bosses

NPC Questlines

Elden Ring never tells you a quest exists, never logs it, and never warns you that you are about to end one. Most of them break the same way: you push the main story forward, the world state moves, and the NPC is simply gone. Three achievements and four of the six endings sit behind the questlines below, so the order on this page is the order to actually play them in.

The one rule that saves every quest: after each major boss and after every quest step, go back and talk to every NPC you have met until they repeat themselves. Elden Ring advances quests on world flags, not on timers — if you never speak to them, the step never fires.

Tip: finish Ranni, Fia, Corhyn and the Dung Eater before you burn the Erdtree. Burning it destroys the Roundtable Hold and every NPC still standing in it.

Questlines that gate an achievement or a legendary item

These nine are not optional if you want 100%. Each one either awards a Mending Rune, an ending, or an item that counts toward a collection achievement.

Ranni the Witch

Starts: Ranni's Rise, Three Sisters — meeting Blaidd in Mistwood is the usual lead-in

Order of steps: Take her service → kill Radahn to open Nokron → bring her the Fingerslayer Blade → invert Carian Study Hall → waygate at Renna's Rise → Ainsel River, Nokstella, Lake of Rot → kill Astel → Cathedral of Manus Celes → Dark Moon Ring → give it to Rennala → summon Ranni at the Elden Throne instead of mending the Ring

What you get: Dark Moon Greatsword · Age of the Stars · access to the Moonlight Altar

Breaks if: Killing Ranni, Blaidd, Iji or Seluvis. Celestial Dew undoes hostility, not death

Fia, Deathbed Companion

Starts: Roundtable Hold, the side bedroom

Order of steps: Accept her embrace → after the Radahn Festival take the Weathered Dagger for D → tell Rogier about the Black Knives → bring Rogier the Black Knifeprint → find her in Deeproot Depths → beat Fia's Champions → give her the Cursemark of Death → rest and inspect her sleeping body to fight Lichdragon Fortissax

What you get: Mending Rune of the Death-Prince

Breaks if: Killing her before the Cursemark hand-off — Fortissax and the Duskborn ending are gone that run

Brother Corhyn & Goldmask

Starts: Corhyn at Roundtable Hold; Goldmask on the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge

Order of steps: Exhaust Corhyn → find Goldmask → tell Corhyn where he is → both move to the Leyndell colosseum cliff → cast Law of Regression at the Radagon statue and report back → they move to the Mountaintops bridge → after Farum Azula find Goldmask petrified in the Ashen Capital

What you get: Mending Rune of Perfect Order

Breaks if: Burning the Erdtree while Corhyn is still at the Roundtable Hold — the Hold burns with him in it

Dung Eater

Starts: Roundtable Hold — the locked room opens when you reach Altus

Order of steps: Show him a Seedbed Curse → take the Sewer-Gaol Key → free his body in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds → beat his invasion in the Leyndell moat → give him five Seedbed Curses

What you get: Mending Rune of the Fell Curse · Sword of Milos

Breaks if: Giving him Seluvis's Potion instead — he becomes a puppet and the rune is lost

Millicent

Starts: Gowry's Shack, Caelid

Order of steps: Kill Commander O'Neil for the Unalloyed Gold Needle → have Gowry repair it → give it to Millicent at the Church of the Plague → follow her to Gowry's Shack, Erdtree-Gazing Hill, then bring the Valkyrie's Prosthesis from the Shaded Castle → summon her at Dominula → speak at the Ancient Snow Valley Ruins → in Elphael clear the Putrid Tree Spirit, then side with her against her sisters

What you get: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, then the needle that becomes Miquella's Needle

Breaks if: Invading her instead forfeits the needle — and the needle is the only way to undo Frenzied Flame

Sorceress Sellen

Starts: Waypoint Ruins basement, Limgrave

Order of steps: Buy sorceries → find Azur on Mt. Gelmir and report back for the Sellian Sealbreaker → free Lusat in Sellia Hideaway → after Radahn find her at Witchbane Ruins → take her Primal Glintstone → exhaust Jerren at Redmane Castle → place the glintstone in the body under the Three Sisters → after Rennala dies pick the gold sign to side with her

What you get: Glintstone Kris · Shard Spiral · the Eccentric, Lusat and Azur sets

Breaks if: Progressing past Rennala's death without the Primal Glintstone step

Preceptor Seluvis

Starts: Seluvis's Rise, Three Sisters — his phantom appears once you meet Ranni

Order of steps: Take his potion and the task → find his hidden laboratory → buy a second puppet → bring him the Amber Starlight from the cave east of the Altus Highway Junction grace → take the Magic Scorpion Charm → never give Ranni the draught

What you get: Magic Scorpion Charm · puppet spirit ashes

Breaks if: Handing Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade before the Amber Starlight step. Seluvis dies and the charm is unobtainable that run

Latenna the Albinauric

Starts: Slumbering Wolf's Shack, Liurnia — via the Lakeside Crystal Cave

Order of steps: Find Albus disguised as a pot in the Village of the Albinaurics for the right medallion half → exhaust Latenna at the shack to receive her ashes → kill Commander Niall at Castle Sol for the left half → use the full medallion at the Grand Lift of Rold → summon her at the Apostate Derelict past Ordina

What you get: Latenna the Albinauric — one of the six Legendary Ashen Remains

Breaks if: Taking the left medallion before you ever speak to her at the shack — she is found dead

White Mask Varré

Starts: The First Step, then the Church of Elleh, then Rose Church

Order of steps: Talk to him at the start and after Godrick → see a Finger Reader → find him at Rose Church → tell him the Two Fingers "didn't seem right" → invade three times → take the Lord of Blood's Favor → soak it in the maiden's blood at the Church of Inhibition → let him cut your finger

What you get: Pureblood Knight's Medal — warps you straight to Mohgwyn Palace

Breaks if: Killing him before the last step. This is the fast route to Mohg, and therefore to the DLC

The remaining questlines

None of these are required for a trophy, but they carry talismans, weapons and spirit ashes you will not find anywhere else — and several of them feed the nine above.

Blaidd

Starts: Mistwood Ruins — buy the Finger Snap gesture from Merchant Kale and use it below the ruins

Order of steps: Snap beneath him → kill Darriwil in the Forlorn Hound Evergaol together → after meeting Ranni find him at Siofra River → summon him for Radahn → after Astel he is found maddened outside Ranni's Rise

What you get: Royal Greatsword · Blaidd's set

Iron Fist Alexander

Starts: Stuck in a hole in northern Stormhill

Order of steps: Hit him from behind to free him → meet him in Gael Tunnel → summon him for Radahn → speak to him in the Wailing Dunes afterwards → free him again south of the Carian Study Hall with an Oil Pot → speak to him in the Gelmir lava → summon him for the Fire Giant → duel him in Farum Azula

What you get: Shard of Alexander talisman · Alexander's Innards

Roderika

Starts: Stormhill Shack, on the road to Stormveil

Order of steps: Exhaust her → bring the Chrysalids' Memento from Stormveil → she moves to the Roundtable Hold and gives a Golden Seed → relay her words to Hewg and back → she becomes the Spirit Tuner

What you get: Spirit Tuning · Golden Seed · Spirit Jellyfish Ashes

Boc the Seamster

Starts: A talking tree northwest of Murkwater Bridge — hit it

Order of steps: Free him → kill the Demi-Human Chiefs at the Coastal Cave and return his needle → follow him through Liurnia, Altus and the East Capital Rampart → use the Prattling Pate "You're Beautiful" near him and tell him he is beautiful

What you get: Armour alteration · Gold Sewing Needle at the Church of Vows

Diallos

Starts: Roundtable Hold

Order of steps: Hear about Lanya → find her body at Academy Gate Town and report back → speak to him at Volcano Manor → after Rykard he appears at Jarburg → rest and reload until the poacher attack

What you get: Hoslow's Petal Whip · Diallos's Mask · the Jarburg chain

Rya / Zorayas

Starts: The pavilion beside a Birdseye Telescope, Liurnia

Order of steps: Buy her necklace back from Blackguard Big Boggart for 1,000 runes → return it for the Volcano Manor invitation → meet her in Altus → speak to her inside the manor → bring the Serpent's Amnion from the Godskin Noble

What you get: Daedicar's Woe talisman

Patches

Starts: Murkwater Cave, Limgrave

Order of steps: Stop hitting him at about half health so he surrenders → buy from him at Scenic Isle → he turns up in the Volcano Manor hall → take the Tragoth contract → find him hurt at the Shaded Castle → he returns to Murkwater Cave

What you get: Dancer's Castanets · Magma Whip Candlestick · two gestures

Gowry

Starts: Gowry's Shack, Caelid

Order of steps: Kill Commander O'Neil for the needle → give it to him and reload → take the repaired needle → return after each Millicent milestone

What you get: Flock's Canvas Talisman · Pest Threads

Yura → Shabriri

Starts: Under the overpass northeast of the Seaside Ruins

Order of steps: Summon him against Nerijus → use his sign at the Main Academy Gate → meet him at the Second Church of Marika where Eleonora invades and fatally wounds him → take the Nagakiba → Shabriri takes his body at the Zamor Ruins

What you get: Nagakiba · Eleonora's Poleblade · Purifying Crystal Tear

Hyetta

Starts: Lake-Facing Cliffs, Liurnia — she appears after you take Irina's Letter

Order of steps: Feed her a Shabriri Grape at the Lake-Facing Cliffs, the Purified Ruins and the Gate Town Bridge → kill Vyke near the Church of Inhibition for the Fingerprint Grape → give it to her at Bellum Church → she waits at the Frenzied Flame Proscription

What you get: Frenzied Flame Seal · the Lord of Frenzied Flame ending

Irina & Edgar

Starts: Irina at the south end of the Bridge of Sacrifice

Order of steps: Take Irina's Letter → deliver it to Edgar at Castle Morne → kill the Leonine Misbegotten and report back → return to Irina's spot → speak to Edgar again → kill Edgar the Revenger at Revenger's Shack

What you get: Sacrificial Twig · the Shabriri Grape that starts Hyetta's line

Kenneth Haight

Starts: On top of ruins in northeast Limgrave

Order of steps: Agree to help → clear Fort Haight → return for the Erdsteel Dagger → pledge service → after Morgott he appears in the Stormveil throne room with Nepheli

What you get: Erdsteel Dagger. A Golden Seed drops instead if you kill him

Nepheli Loux

Starts: Stormveil Castle, the room before the Secluded Cell grace

Order of steps: Exhaust her → speak to Gideon, rest at Godrick's grace, talk to her outside the library → find her at the Village of the Albinaurics and kill the Omenkiller → speak to Gideon again → give her The Stormhawk King, not Seluvis's Potion → meet her in the Stormveil throne room after Morgott

What you get: Arsenal Charm · Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone

Sorcerer Rogier

Starts: Stormveil Castle chapel

Order of steps: Talk to him at Stormveil → find him at the Roundtable Hold chapel → report his bloodstain in Stormveil → bring the Black Knifeprint from Black Knife Catacombs → question Ranni and report back

What you get: Rogier's Rapier · Glintblade Phalanx · the letter that points at Fia and D

Sorcerer Thops

Starts: Church of Irith, Liurnia

Order of steps: Donate and buy from him → bring the second Academy Glintstone Key from inside Raya Lucaria → find his body by the Schoolhouse Classroom grace

What you get: Erudition gesture — needed for the Converted Tower puzzles · Thops's Barrier

D, Hunter of the Dead

Starts: Stormhill, east of the Stormhill Shack

Order of steps: Meet him → kill the Tibia Mariner at Summonwater Village and show him Deathroot → he sets up at the Roundtable Hold → bring him Fia's Weathered Dagger → later find him dead and take the Twinned set → give it unaltered to his brother in Nokron

What you get: Twinned set · Inseparable Sword · Litany of Proper Death

Jar-Bairn

Starts: Jarburg, eastern Liurnia

Order of steps: Talk to him until he mentions poachers → have Alexander and Diallos both progressed → rest and reload until the poacher attack kills Diallos → speak about inheriting the title → give him Alexander's Innards

What you get: Companion Jar talisman

Gurranq, Beast Clergyman

Starts: Bestial Sanctum, Dragonbarrow — use the waygate in eastern Limgrave

Order of steps: Feed him nine Deathroot one at a time. He turns hostile after the fourth — knock him down or walk away and rest to calm him, then keep feeding

What you get: Clawmark Seal · the full Bestial incantation set · Beastclaw Greathammer · Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone

Quest order at a glance

Play the left column before the boss on the right, or you lose the quest.

Do this first	Before you beat
Varré up to the Pureblood Knight's Medal	Rennala — his line closes late but the medal is the fast route to Mohg
Sellen's Primal Glintstone step	Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
Seluvis's Amber Starlight step	Handing Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade
Latenna at the Slumbering Wolf's Shack	Commander Niall at Castle Sol
Alexander in the Wailing Dunes	Leaving Caelid after Radahn
Fia's Cursemark of Death hand-off	Maliketh, the Black Blade
Ranni's full line	The final boss — the ending is chosen there
Corhyn, Goldmask, Dung Eater, Fia, Roderika, Hewg, Nepheli	Burning the Erdtree — the Roundtable Hold is destroyed
Millicent through Miquella's Needle	Taking the Frenzied Flame, if you ever want to undo it

Golden Seeds — all 42 locations

Golden Seeds add charges to your Flasks. You need 30 to reach the maximum of 14 charges; 42 exist, so you have twelve to spare and no reason to panic about missing one. Seeds are spent at any Site of Grace, and the split between HP and FP flasks can be changed for free at any time.

Tip: the golden saplings that mark a seed are visible from a long way off and glow at night. Six more seeds come from Ulcerated and Putrid Tree Spirits, which is why the list below has entries with no sapling.

Region	Where
Character creation	The Golden Seed keepsake, if you pick it
Limgrave / Stormhill	Under the sapling on the road between Stormgate and the Stormhill Shack
Limgrave / Stormhill	Inside the Stormhill Shack once Roderika moves to the Roundtable Hold
Limgrave	Under the sapling right outside the entrance to Fort Haight
Limgrave	Dropped by Kenneth Haight if you kill him
Limgrave	Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Fringefolk Hero's Grave
Weeping Peninsula	On the ridge south of the Castle Morne Rampart grace
Stormveil Castle	Sapling by the Secluded Cell grace, near the room where Nepheli waits
Stormveil Castle	Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in the lower castle
Liurnia	Academy Gate Town, in the sunken ruins below Raya Lucaria
Liurnia	End of the broken bridge north of the Main Academy Gate grace
Liurnia	Caria Manor, just past the Manor Upper Level grace
Liurnia	Southwest of the Ravine-Veiled Village grace
Raya Lucaria	Courtyard west of the Red Wolf of Radagon arena
Caelid	On the road climbing to the Bestial Sanctum
Caelid	Upper Sellia, Town of Sorcery
Caelid	At the road fork heading south to Redmane Castle
Caelid	Dropped by the Putrid Tree Spirit in the War-Dead Catacombs
Mt. Gelmir	North of the Seethewater River, south of Seethewater Cave
Mt. Gelmir	Northwest of Volcano Manor, past the Fully Grown Fallingstar Beast
Altus Plateau	Near the entrance to Dominula, Windmill Village
Altus Plateau	Northwest of the Altus Minor Erdtree
Altus Plateau	By the Erdtree-Gazing Hill grace, north of the Lux Ruins
Altus Plateau	North of the Altus Highway Junction grace
Capital Outskirts	Two under the big golden tree past the western gate, by the Outer Wall Phantom Tree grace
Capital Outskirts	Two more under the tree north of that same grace
Capital Outskirts	Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit south of the Outer Wall Phantom Tree grace
Leyndell	South of the West Capital Rampart grace, guarded by a Valiant Gargoyle
Leyndell	Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit west of the Avenue Balcony grace
Mountaintops	Forbidden Lands, on the path near the Black Blade Kindred
Mountaintops	Beside the frozen river leading to the Freezing Lake grace
Mountaintops	Dropped by the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs
Mountaintops	South of the Giant's Gravepost grace
Consecrated Snowfield	Northeast of the Inner Consecrated Snowfield grace, up on rock
Consecrated Snowfield	Southwest of Ordina, Liturgical Town
Crumbling Farum Azula	Near the Dragon Temple grace
Crumbling Farum Azula	Southeast of the Dragon Temple Rooftop grace
Siofra River	Northwest of the Worshipper's Woods grace, across the stone bridge
Ainsel River	Western side of Nokstella, Eternal City
Lake of Rot	Dropped by the Putrid Tree Spirit in the Grand Cloister
Mohgwyn Palace	On the island in the middle of the blood lake
Elphael	Dropped by the Putrid Tree Spirit in the rot pool near the Drainage Channel grace

The flask upgrade curve

Each step costs more than the last. This is why 30 is the real number.

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Charges	Cost per charge	Seeds for this step	Running total
5th and 6th	1 seed each	2	2
7th and 8th	2 seeds each	4	6
9th and 10th	3 seeds each	6	12
11th and 12th	4 seeds each	8	20
13th and 14th	5 seeds each	10	30

Charges 1 through 4 are free — you already have them. Everything past the 14th charge does not exist: 14 is the cap, and Sacred Tears raise how much each flask heals, not how many you carry.

Shadow of the Erdtree

The expansion is a self-contained region called the Land of Shadow, roughly the size of Limgrave and Liurnia together, with two full legacy dungeons and ten Remembrance bosses. It adds no achievements or trophies on any platform — your completion percentage is finished in the base game. Play it for the content, not for the list.

How to get in: beat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then fast-travel to the Cocoon of the Empyrean grace in Mohg's arena and touch the withered arm reaching out of Miquella's cocoon. On New Game+ both bosses have to be killed again before the arm responds.

Scadutree Blessing — read this before you fight anything

Your character level barely matters in the Land of Shadow. The DLC runs a separate scaling system, and a level 200 character who ignores it will be flattened by the first real boss.

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System	What it raises	Items in the DLC	Maximum
Scadutree Blessing	Damage you deal and damage you take, for you only	50 Scadutree Fragments	+20
Revered Spirit Ash Blessing	Damage and survivability of spirit ashes and summoned co-op players	25 Revered Spirit Ashes	+10

The totals are exact — 50 fragments buy exactly +20 and 25 ashes buy exactly +10, with nothing to spare. Miss a single one and the cap is out of reach for that save. Both are spent at any Site of Grace in the Land of Shadow.

Tip: a comfortable pace is roughly Scadutree +6 before Rellana, +10 before Messmer and +16 or higher before the final fight. Fragments are scattered in the open world in plain sight — sweeping Gravesite Plain and Scadu Altus before pushing on is worth far more than any level-up.

Remembrance bosses

Ten of them. Each Remembrance can be traded at the Roundtable Hold for one of two weapons or spells, or consumed for runes — and duplicated at a Walking Mausoleum in the base game if you want both.

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Boss	Where	Required?	Remembrance trades for
Divine Beast Dancing Lion	Belurat, Tower Settlement	Optional	Enraged Divine Beast Head or Divine Beast Frost Stomp
Rellana, Twin Moon Knight	Castle Ensis	Gates Scadu Altus	Rellana's Twin Blades or Rellana's Twin Moons
Putrescent Knight	Stone Coffin Fissure	Optional	Putrescence Cleaver or Vortex of Putrescence
Metyr, Mother of Fingers	Finger Ruins of Miyr	Optional	Staff of the Great Beyond or Gazing Finger
Commander Gaius	Shadow Keep back gate	Optional	Gaius's Sword Lance or Blades of Stone
Scadutree Avatar	Scadutree Base, Scaduview	Optional	Shadow Sunflower Blossom or Land of Shadow
Messmer the Impaler	Specimen Storehouse, Shadow Keep	Required — drops Messmer's Kindling	Spear of the Impaler or Messmer's Orb
Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame	Midra's Manse, Abyssal Woods	Optional	Greatsword of Damnation or Midra's Flame of Frenzy
Romina, Saint of the Bud	Ancient Ruins of Rauh	Required	Poleblade of the Bud or Rotten Butterfly
Promised Consort Radahn	Enir-Ilim	Final boss	Greatsword of Radahn (Lord or Light) or Light of Miquella

Not on this list: Bayle the Dread on the Jagged Peak is one of the hardest fights in the expansion but drops the Heart of Bayle, not a Remembrance. Some lists count him as an eleventh — he is not one.

Areas, in the order they open

Area	How you reach it
Gravesite Plain	Where you land after touching the withered arm
Belurat, Tower Settlement	Optional legacy dungeon, western Gravesite Plain
Castle Ensis	Legacy dungeon — beating Rellana opens the way on
Scadu Altus	Through Castle Ensis, or the back route from the Cerulean Coast
Stone Coffin Fissure	Optional, down from the Cerulean Coast side of Gravesite Plain
Cathedral of Manus Metyr & Finger Ruins of Miyr	Eastern Scadu Altus, over the bridge
Shadow Keep	Legacy dungeon — main gate past a Furnace Golem, or the flooded Church District
Scaduview & Scadutree Base	Through the Shadow Keep back gate
Ancient Ruins of Rauh	Through the Specimen Storehouse, after the Golden Hippopotamus
Jagged Peak	South from the Gravesite Plain soldier camp — Bayle the Dread lives here
Cerulean Coast	Down from Jagged Peak past the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion
Abyssal Woods & Midra's Manse	Optional, via the Church District and the Recluse's River
Enir-Ilim, Tower of Shadow	Burn the Sealing Tree with Messmer's Kindling — point of no return

Point of no return: burning the Sealing Tree past Romina's arena — which needs Messmer's Kindling and Romina dead — warps you to Enir-Ilim and permanently closes every Miquella-follower questline: Leda, Ansbach, Thiollier, Hornsent, Freyja, Moore, Dryleaf Dane, Jolán and Queelign. You can still travel back and explore; the NPCs are what you lose. Finish their lines first, or you cannot summon them for the last boss.

DLC NPCs and where they first appear

The same rule as the base game applies, harder: talk to all of them after every boss and after every area you open.

NPC	First found
Leda	Met at the DLC start, recurs at Highroad Cross after Rellana
Sir Ansbach	Main Gate Cross grace, Belurat
Freyja	Three-Path Cross grace, Gravesite Plain
Hornsent	Three-Path Cross grace, Gravesite Plain
Thiollier	Pillar Path Cross grace
Moore	Main Gate Cross grace
Count Ymir	Rear of the Cathedral of Manus Metyr
Jolán	By a pillar in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr
Dryleaf Dane	Highroad Cross grace, via a message
Igon	Near the Pillar Path Waypoint grace, Jagged Peak
Dragon Communion Priestess	Grand Altar of Dragon Communion, south Jagged Peak
Queelign	Belurat courtyard — an NPC invasion
Grandam	Belurat Storeroom, by the Small Private Altar
St. Trina	Dead end in the Stone Coffin Fissure

Achievements / Trophies

Elden Ring has 42 — on PlayStation that is 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 14 Silver and 24 Bronze; on Steam and Xbox the same 42 without a platinum tier. Shadow of the Erdtree adds none, so the full set is base-game only. New Game+ is not required for any of them.

This list was rebuilt on 1 August 2026. The previous version of this page listed 25 achievements that do not exist in the game and was missing 21 that do. Everything below is the real, current list.

Trophy	Grade	Requirement
Elden Ring	Platinum	Earn every other trophy. On Steam and Xbox this is a normal achievement, "Obtained all achievements".
Elden Lord	Gold	Reach the Elden Lord ending — any of the four Mending Rune variants, including the default Age of Fracture.
Age of the Stars	Gold	Reach the Age of the Stars ending. Ranni's questline has to be finished before the final boss.
Lord of Frenzied Flame	Gold	Reach the Lord of Frenzied Flame ending.
Shardbearer Godrick	Silver	Defeat Godrick the Grafted — Stormveil Castle.
Shardbearer Radahn	Silver	Defeat Starscourge Radahn — Redmane Castle, Caelid.
Shardbearer Rykard	Silver	Defeat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy — Volcano Manor, Mt. Gelmir.
Shardbearer Morgott	Silver	Defeat Morgott, the Omen King — Leyndell, Royal Capital.
Shardbearer Mohg	Silver	Defeat Mohg, Lord of Blood — Mohgwyn Palace.
Shardbearer Malenia	Silver	Defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella — Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.
Maliketh the Black Blade	Silver	Defeat Maliketh — Crumbling Farum Azula.
Hoarah Loux the Warrior	Silver	Defeat Godfrey / Hoarah Loux — Leyndell, Ashen Capital.
Dragonlord Placidusax	Silver	Defeat Placidusax — Crumbling Farum Azula, in the hidden arena.
God-Slaying Armament	Silver	Upgrade any weapon to its highest stage — +25 on a regular weapon or +10 on a somber one.
Legendary Armaments	Silver	Collect all 9 legendary weapons.
Legendary Ashen Remains	Silver	Collect all 6 legendary spirit ashes.
Legendary Sorceries and Incantations	Silver	Collect all 7 — four sorceries and three incantations.
Legendary Talismans	Silver	Collect all 8 legendary talismans.
Roundtable Hold	Bronze	Arrive at Roundtable Hold.
Great Rune	Bronze	Restore a Great Rune at its Divine Tower.
Erdtree Aflame	Bronze	Set the Erdtree alight at the Forge of the Giants.
Margit, the Fell Omen	Bronze	Defeat Margit — Stormhill, outside Stormveil.
Leonine Misbegotten	Bronze	Defeat the Leonine Misbegotten — Castle Morne, Weeping Peninsula.
Red Wolf of Radagon	Bronze	Defeat the Red Wolf — Academy of Raya Lucaria. Drops a Memory Stone.
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon	Bronze	Defeat Rennala — Academy of Raya Lucaria.
Royal Knight Loretta	Bronze	Defeat Loretta — Caria Manor, Liurnia.
Magma Wyrm Makar	Bronze	Defeat Makar — Ruin-Strewn Precipice, Liurnia. Not the generic Magma Wyrm in Gael Tunnel.
Ancestor Spirit	Bronze	Light all 8 braziers at Hallowhorn Grounds — Siofra River.
Regal Ancestor Spirit	Bronze	Light all 6 obelisks at Hallowhorn Grounds — Nokron, Eternal City. A different boss in a different place.
Mimic Tear	Bronze	Defeat the Mimic Tear — Nokron, Eternal City.
Valiant Gargoyles	Bronze	Defeat the gargoyles — Siofra Aqueduct in Nokron, reachable only after Radahn.
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella	Bronze	Defeat the Dragonkin Soldier — Ainsel River / Nokstella.
Astel, Naturalborn of the Void	Bronze	Defeat Astel — Grand Cloister, beyond the Lake of Rot.
Lichdragon Fortissax	Bronze	Defeat Fortissax — Deeproot Depths. Requires Fia's questline.
Godskin Noble	Bronze	Defeat the Godskin Noble — Temple of Eiglay, Volcano Manor.
Elemer of the Briar	Bronze	Defeat Elemer — The Shaded Castle, Altus Plateau.
Godfrey the First Lord	Bronze	Defeat the Golden Shade of Godfrey — Erdtree Sanctuary, Leyndell Royal Capital. Optional, and lost once the Erdtree burns.
Mohg, the Omen	Bronze	Defeat Mohg, the Omen — Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell. Not the same fight as Mohg, Lord of Blood.
Fire Giant	Bronze	Defeat the Fire Giant — Flame Peak, Mountaintops of the Giants.
Commander Niall	Bronze	Defeat Niall — Castle Sol, Mountaintops of the Giants.
Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree	Bronze	Defeat Loretta — Miquella's Haligtree. A second, later Loretta.
Godskin Duo	Bronze	Defeat the Godskin Duo — Crumbling Farum Azula.

Steam and Xbox word three of these slightly differently: Valiant Gargoyle, Godfrey, First Elden Lord and Hoarah Loux, Warrior. Same achievements.

Where players lose the run

Elden Ring is generous about most things and merciless about a handful. These are the ones that cost people a second playthrough.

What	Why it bites
Godfrey the First Lord	The Golden Shade in Leyndell's Erdtree Sanctuary is optional and disappears once you burn the Erdtree. It also carries a Talisman Pouch.
Bolt of Gransax	A legendary armament sitting in Leyndell, Royal Capital. Burning the Erdtree removes it from the game — and with it the Legendary Armaments achievement for that run.
Sanctified Whetblade	Leyndell Fortified Manor. Same problem: gone after the Erdtree burns.
Magic Scorpion Charm	From Preceptor Seluvis, in exchange for the Amber Starlight. Seluvis dies the moment you hand Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade, so do his step first.
Lord of Frenzied Flame	Taking the Three Fingers locks out every other ending. Reversing it needs Miquella's Needle, which needs Millicent's questline finished and Malenia dead — and can only be used in Placidusax's arena.
Ranni's questline	Gated behind Radahn. Kill him too late and half the underground closes behind you.

Shadow of the Erdtree

The DLC adds no achievements and no trophies. If you are here for the platinum, you do not need it. Shadow of the Erdtree launched on 21 June 2024 and is reached by killing Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, then touching Miquella's cocoon at Mohgwyn Palace. It runs on its own upgrade system — Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes — which is separate from your level and is the single thing new DLC players get wrong.

Printable 100% checklist

Everything the 100% needs, on one page. The print version drops the menus, the images and the other tabs — just the boxes.

Every trophy except the platinum — 41 of them

Elden Lord Gold — Reach the Elden Lord ending — any of the four Mending Rune variants, including the default Age of Fracture.
Age of the Stars Gold — Reach the Age of the Stars ending. Ranni's questline has to be finished before the final boss.
Lord of Frenzied Flame Gold — Reach the Lord of Frenzied Flame ending.
Shardbearer Godrick Silver — Defeat Godrick the Grafted — Stormveil Castle.
Shardbearer Radahn Silver — Defeat Starscourge Radahn — Redmane Castle, Caelid.
Shardbearer Rykard Silver — Defeat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy — Volcano Manor, Mt. Gelmir.
Shardbearer Morgott Silver — Defeat Morgott, the Omen King — Leyndell, Royal Capital.
Shardbearer Mohg Silver — Defeat Mohg, Lord of Blood — Mohgwyn Palace.
Shardbearer Malenia Silver — Defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella — Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.
Maliketh the Black Blade Silver — Defeat Maliketh — Crumbling Farum Azula.
Hoarah Loux the Warrior Silver — Defeat Godfrey / Hoarah Loux — Leyndell, Ashen Capital.
Dragonlord Placidusax Silver — Defeat Placidusax — Crumbling Farum Azula, in the hidden arena.
God-Slaying Armament Silver — Upgrade any weapon to its highest stage — +25 on a regular weapon or +10 on a somber one.
Legendary Armaments Silver — Collect all 9 legendary weapons.
Legendary Ashen Remains Silver — Collect all 6 legendary spirit ashes.
Legendary Sorceries and Incantations Silver — Collect all 7 — four sorceries and three incantations.
Legendary Talismans Silver — Collect all 8 legendary talismans.
Roundtable Hold Bronze — Arrive at Roundtable Hold.
Great Rune Bronze — Restore a Great Rune at its Divine Tower.
Erdtree Aflame Bronze — Set the Erdtree alight at the Forge of the Giants.
Margit, the Fell Omen Bronze — Defeat Margit — Stormhill, outside Stormveil.
Leonine Misbegotten Bronze — Defeat the Leonine Misbegotten — Castle Morne, Weeping Peninsula.
Red Wolf of Radagon Bronze — Defeat the Red Wolf — Academy of Raya Lucaria. Drops a Memory Stone.
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon Bronze — Defeat Rennala — Academy of Raya Lucaria.
Royal Knight Loretta Bronze — Defeat Loretta — Caria Manor, Liurnia.
Magma Wyrm Makar Bronze — Defeat Makar — Ruin-Strewn Precipice, Liurnia. Not the generic Magma Wyrm in Gael Tunnel.
Ancestor Spirit Bronze — Light all 8 braziers at Hallowhorn Grounds — Siofra River .
Regal Ancestor Spirit Bronze — Light all 6 obelisks at Hallowhorn Grounds — Nokron, Eternal City . A different boss in a different place.
Mimic Tear Bronze — Defeat the Mimic Tear — Nokron, Eternal City.
Valiant Gargoyles Bronze — Defeat the gargoyles — Siofra Aqueduct in Nokron, reachable only after Radahn.
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Bronze — Defeat the Dragonkin Soldier — Ainsel River / Nokstella.
Astel, Naturalborn of the Void Bronze — Defeat Astel — Grand Cloister, beyond the Lake of Rot.
Lichdragon Fortissax Bronze — Defeat Fortissax — Deeproot Depths. Requires Fia's questline.
Godskin Noble Bronze — Defeat the Godskin Noble — Temple of Eiglay, Volcano Manor.
Elemer of the Briar Bronze — Defeat Elemer — The Shaded Castle, Altus Plateau.
Godfrey the First Lord Bronze — Defeat the Golden Shade of Godfrey — Erdtree Sanctuary, Leyndell Royal Capital. Optional, and lost once the Erdtree burns.
Mohg, the Omen Bronze — Defeat Mohg, the Omen — Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell. Not the same fight as Mohg, Lord of Blood.
Fire Giant Bronze — Defeat the Fire Giant — Flame Peak, Mountaintops of the Giants.
Commander Niall Bronze — Defeat Niall — Castle Sol, Mountaintops of the Giants.
Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree Bronze — Defeat Loretta — Miquella's Haligtree. A second, later Loretta.
Godskin Duo Bronze — Defeat the Godskin Duo — Crumbling Farum Azula.

Collections behind the four collection trophies

9 legendary armaments → Legendary Armaments
6 legendary spirit ashes — Latenna needs her whole questline → Legendary Ashen Remains
7 legendary sorceries and incantations
8 legendary talismans
All 7 Great Runes restored at their Divine Towers

Questlines that gate a trophy or an ending

Ranni finished before the final boss → Age of the Stars
Fia through the Cursemark of Death → Mending Rune of the Death-Prince
Corhyn and Goldmask → Mending Rune of Perfect Order
Dung Eater — five Seedbed Curses → Mending Rune of the Fell Curse
Hyetta → the Frenzied Flame ending
Millicent → Miquella's Needle, the only way to undo Frenzied Flame
Seluvis — Amber Starlight before Ranni gets the Fingerslayer Blade
Latenna — speak to her at the shack before taking the left medallion
Varré → the Pureblood Knight's Medal, the fast route to Mohg

Upgrades and endings

30 Golden Seeds spent → 14 flask charges (42 exist)
12 Sacred Tears found
8 Memory Stones found
One weapon to +25 or +10 → God-Slaying Armament
Elden Lord ending (any of the four variants)
Age of the Stars ending
Lord of Frenzied Flame ending — do it last
Everything above the Erdtree burning done before you burn it

Elden Ring

Game Overview

Read This Before You Start

Roadmap to 100%

Key Collectibles

Main Bosses (Required for Achievements)

The 6 Endings

Great Runes and Divine Towers

The Four Legendary Sets

Legendary Armaments — 9

Legendary Ashen Remains — 6

Legendary Sorceries and Incantations — 7

Legendary Talismans — 8

Sacred Tears and Memory Stones

All 12 Sacred Tears

All 8 Memory Stones

The Lands Between, in Order

Walkthrough

Limgrave (Open World)

Stormveil Castle

Stormfoot Catacombs & Coastal Cave

Castle Morne (South)

Lakes Region

Academy of Raya Lucaria

Caria Manor

Ranni's Quest (Critical for Achievements)

Underground: Siofra River

Caelid (Main Region)

Sellia, Town of Sorcery

Dragonbarrow

Gael Tunnel & Other Dungeons

Altus Plateau

Mt. Gelmir

Volcano Manor Questline

Outer Walls & Approach

Leyndell Interior

Deeproot Depths (Underground)

Mohgwyn Palace

NPC Questlines in Leyndell

Main Path

Castle Sol

Consecrated Snowfield

Leyndell, Ash Capital (After Erdtree Burns)

Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree

Malenia, Blade of Miquella

Other Haligtree Bosses

Main Path

Dragonlord Placidusax

After Farum Azula

NPC Questlines

Questlines that gate an achievement or a legendary item

The remaining questlines

Quest order at a glance

Golden Seeds — all 42 locations

The flask upgrade curve

Shadow of the Erdtree

Scadutree Blessing — read this before you fight anything

Remembrance bosses

Areas, in the order they open

DLC NPCs and where they first appear

Achievements / Trophies

Where players lose the run

Shadow of the Erdtree

Printable 100% checklist

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