Elden Ring endings
Want to know about all of the Elden Ring endings? The FromSoftware RPG game has a number of conclusions that allude to significant changes in the Lands Between. There are six endings in all, each with its own implications for the world.
The Age of Fracture
The default ending, the Age of Fracture, restores the Elden Ring and maintains the status quo. However, if you’re looking for a more ideal world, or simply want to see what happens, there are options. To help you get an understanding of how each of these endings plays out, we’ve broken them all down for you below.
The Age of the Duskborn
The Age of the Duskborn allows death to be conquered, creating a more ideal world ruled by the Greater Will. However, this requires subjugation, leading to the enslavement of humanity.
The Blessing of Despair
The Blessing of Despair curses everyone with an affliction, potentially transforming them into Fell Omen, but this ensures humanity’s free will remains intact.
Age of Order Age of Stars
The Age of Order removes the hierarchy established by the Golden Order, making everyone equal. While noble in its aims, this ultimately leads to conflict and disorder.
The Age of the Stars
The Age of the Stars casts the moon as the ruler, leaving the Lands Between to fend for itself – an outcome that’s both peaceful and potentially dangerous.
The Lord of the Frenzied Flame
The Lord of the Frenzied Flame burns the Elden Ring, causing chaos and madness to reign supreme. This is the most destructive outcome, but also the most liberating, at least for the short term.
Given the nature of the Greater Will’s power, and the implications of each of these endings, four of them maintain the Greater Will’s power and are, therefore, potential candidates for canon. The Age of the Stars ending is likely the most popular, giving free will to the Lands Between, but the Frenzied Flame ending achieves a similar effect in a more destructive manner.
Looking at previous FromSoftware games, the endings of Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne are open to interpretation, while the Dark Souls games both feature a fading flame, regardless of your choices. Although there are multiple endings in these games, they ultimately follow a connected story, and even when choices are made, the world will ultimately follow its own path.
So, all of these in their own way can be considered canon. The Greater Will’s power will eventually be usurped, leading to another change in the world, and the Erdtree is a symbol of that power. When the tree is removed, it brings significant changes. It’s also worth considering what The Shadow of the Erdtree expansion will bring, as it may provide a glimpse into a fundamentally changed world.
In the ever-changing tech landscape, Elden Ring’s multiple endings offer us a chance to shape the world and ponder the consequences of our choices. Of course, until a sequel is released, we can only speculate on how each ending may become canon over time. In the meantime, we have all the Elden Ring codes and passwords you need, as well as bosses and enemies you’ll encounter.
