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Elden Ring has plenty of bosses for you to defeat, but only some need to be done for the story. Here are all mandatory bosses in Elden Ring.
All Mandatory Bosses Locations In Elden Ring. As Tarnished, you’ll face many challenges in the Lands Between. Some challenges, on the other hand, are completely optional Elden Ring.
While defeating optional bosses, especially those with early game weaponry, is a good idea, it is not needed.
However, if you simply want to get through the storey, here are the bosses you must defeat in order to reach the game’s conclusion.
What Bosses Are Required In Elden Ring?
There are a total of 12 mandatory bosses minimum in Elden Ring where are necessary to defeat before completing the game.
To advance the storey, you must kill two shardbearers (Great Rune Carriers) before we go into the list. You can choose one of these two, however some of them include a pre-existing boss that must be defeated.
We’ll link to the boss’s name if we have a guide for one of the essential bosses. So, if you’re having trouble, you can use one of our helpful tutorials to come up with a fresh plan!
Here are the bosses that you need to defeat, as well as where they can be located in The Lands Between.
- First Great Rune Carrier
- Second Great Rune Carrier
- Margit, the Fell Omen, then Godrick the Grafted (Stormveil Castle, Limgrave)
- Red Wolf of Radagon, then Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon (Raya Lucaria Academy, Liurnia of the Lakes)
- Godskin Noble, then Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy (Mt. Gelmir)
- Starscourge Radahn (Redmane Castle, Caelid)
- Draconic Tree Sentinel (Capital Outskirts, Leyndell)*
- Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade) (Royal Capital, Leyndell)
- Morgott, the Omen King (Elden Throne, Leyndell)
- Fire Giant (Forge of Giants, Mountaintops of the Giants)
- Godskin Duo (Dragon Temple Altar, Crumbling Farum Azula)
- Maliketh, the Black Blade (Crumbling Farum Azula)
- Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing (Royal Capital, Leyndell)
- Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux (Queen’s Bedchamber, Leyndell)
- Radagon of the Golden Order (Elden Throne, Leyndell) (First phase of Final Boss)
- Elden Beast (Elden Throne, Leyndell) (Final Boss)
While the Draconic Tree Sentinel isn’t essential to complete the storey, he is one of the major obstacles in the road of Leyndell. There is another path, but it has more bosses and isn’t as obvious. The Draconic Tree Sentinel is the shortest way to get there.
How to Reach Some Boss Locations in Elden Ring
If you need help finding the way to some of the above areas, have a look at some of our guides below:
- How to Reach Liurnia of the Lakes (Stormveil Castle Skip)
- How to Reach Mt. Gelmir
- How to Reach Mountaintops of the Giants
- How to Reach Crumbling Farum Azula
