It might be ridiculous to rank each single boss in Elden Ring. There are over 300 enemies that would depend as bosses, however variety of them repeat in some type. Speedrunners go along with all 165 enemies which have their very own boss well being bar and identify. Should you lower out the same ones from their record, you are left with 107. That is affordable sufficient for me. Let’s rank them.
The ranks beneath weren’t democratically determined by each member of the PC Gamer crew who has performed Elden Ring, as a result of there’d have been nobody left to run the web site whereas we argued. That is my rating. A few of these bosses gave me plenty of bother, however they won’t have for you. It is a vibes-based standards that takes into consideration my first impression of every boss and the way a lot they’ve sat with me since ending the sport.
I’ve added feedback on a number of bosses all through the record and I went deep on the highest 10. And simply to get this out of the best way early: I am sorry Radahn followers.
Shoutout to Reddit consumer Oriflamme (opens in new tab) for placing collectively a listing of all 165 bosses, and particular because of YouTubers Esoterickk (opens in new tab), Ongbal (opens in new tab), Shirrako (opens in new tab), and the Boss Battle Database (opens in new tab) whose libraries of boss footage we hyperlink to extensively on this piece.
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107. Cemetery Shade
Like combating a twig in a world of bushes.
106. Necromancer Garris
Who is that this man, I’ve by no means seen him earlier than in my life.
105. Putrid Crystallian Trio
Simply an absolute bear of a struggle, and including scarlet rot and a wolfpack setup to those guys’ poise break mechanic looks like being bullied.
104. Putrid Grave Warden Duelist
Are you not entertained? No, I am not you two-bit mediocre excuse for a myrmidon!
103. Historical Hero of Zamor
They need to keep historic, should you ask me. “Historical Hero of Making Me Snore” extra like.
102. Leonine Misbegotten
He’d be fairly forgettable, if it wasn’t for his breathtakingly beautiful area.
101. Mohg, The Omen
Poser!
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100. Elemer of the Briar
Aldi model Kirk, Knight of Thorns.
99. Royal Revenant
We have all had not less than one horrible, terrible, no-good expertise with one in every of these uggos.
98. Scaly Misbegotten
Elden Ring fairly cleverly reuses elite enemies as early sport bosses, however this one is fairly throwaway.
97. Godefroy The Grafted
FromSoftware put this man in as a joke so completely no person remembers all of the names that sound the identical.
96. Grave Warden Duelist
To not be confused with the Putrid Grave Warden Duelist, a Grave Warden Duelist previous its expiration date.
95. Onyx Lord
For such a sick identify, this struggle is not as cool accurately.
94. Perfumer Tricia / Misbegotten Warrior
It is like Magnificence and the Beast however some dope with a vacant stare and terrible outfit is available in and murders them with Eleonara’s Poleblade.
93. Putrid Avatar
Getting their cash’s value after which some with that Asylum Demon moveset.
92. Stonedigger Troll
For all the massive troll guys in Elden ring, this one they really gave a boss well being bar is fairly forgettable.
91. Crucible Knight
I like the Crucible Knight design however these guys had been impolite to me as a child Elden Ring participant.
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90. Godskin Duo
Each FromSoftware sport has a bunch struggle that exams your persistence, and these two idiots are worse than all of them.
89. Kindred of Rot
By no means make me struggle a home centipede once more.
88. Miranda the Blighted Bloom
One other fairly disposable upjumped elite enemy. You possibly can’t idiot me!
87. Omenkiller
Capra Demon, what have they finished to you! The place are your bulging muscular tissues and six-pack abs???
86. Omenkiller / Miranda
Each time I meet a pair I am at all times like “So which one in every of you is the Omenkiller and which one is Miranda?”
85. Sanguine Noble
Thanks for the Bloody Helice, nerd, now go run again to the Mohgwyn Palace and cry to Mohg about it!
84. Adan, Thief of Fireplace
An totally unusual non-sequitur of a boss struggle. Chew-sized Smough.
83. Battlemage Hugues
Battlemage “Big Snorefest” however the Gavel of Haima is a completely hilarious capability.
82. Bols, Carian Knight
Bols simply wished to kick it and drink some Bawls (guarana-infused vitality drink) in his Evergaol and also you got here in and kicked his face in.
81. Cleanrot Knight
An excellent elite-tier enemy however a meh boss struggle. Mug this one for his or her helpful Winged Sword Insignia talisman.
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80. Crucible Knight / Misbegotten Warrior
Most individuals miss this struggle in the event that they do Ranni’s questline (opens in new tab), but it surely’s surprisingly nicely designed.
79. Crucible Knight Ordovis / Crucible Knight
Cannot say it any higher than the immortal @dril (opens in new tab).
78. Demi-Human Chief
After the Demi-Human revolution there will probably be neither chief nor servant, solely equals.
77. Frenzied Duelist
Our highest-ranked model of Elden Ring’s little gladiator guys. Good effort, my dudes however you solely quantity to #77.
76. Godfrey, First Elden Lord (golden shade)
Golden Godfrey is all the best way down right here as a result of his common type is not an entire lot higher.
75. Nice Wrym Theodorix
Unsure what’s so “nice” about Theodorix. No less than your cousin dropped Moonveil once I mugged them!
74. Guardian Golem
Once more, I fought so many of those guys out within the open world I forgot they made a boss model.
73. Putrid Tree Spirit
Our highest ranked “Putrid” man and our lowest ranked “Tree Spirit” man. Be ready to see much more of this stunning face.
72. Abductor Virgins
I believe that is a child in there, which is fairly metallic. Presumably the DLC will see the addition of Abductor Chads.
71. Alabaster Lord
This entry stays as a monument to FromSoftware’s capricious cruelty to archivists akin to myself. The evergaol boss referred to as “Onyx Lord” was initially known as “Alabaster Lord,” preserved right here on this Fextralife (opens in new tab) information from near launch. He was since patched and renamed to Onyx Lord, so for our detailed ideas please see entry #95. The absurdity of this renaming snafu has catapulted the forgotten Alabaster Lord to identify #71 in our record.
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70. Black Knife Murderer
Fashionable animations can solely get you to date.
69. Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
Off-brand Knight Artorias from Darkish Souls.Â
68. Commander O’Neil
Only a pungent man in his pungent swamp. There’s a enjoyable lore implication that he is the son of later-game Cleanrot commander and moveset clone Niall.
67. Crucible Knight Siluria
It is our previous pal the Crucible Knight, now with spiffy new stag helmet and a spear that appears like a chandelier! Siluria, by advantage of being a later sport boss, is freed from the psychic weight of the traditional Crucible Knights spanking us again and again in Limgrave.
66. Crystalian Ringblade
A serviceable iteration of the Crystalian boss, however your first time puzzling out their distinctive stagger mechanic will at all times be the enjoyable one.
65. Flying Dragon Greyll
A solidly middle-of-the-pack, no frills, lunch pail dragon struggle. Nothing to see right here people.
64. Glintstone Dragon Smarag
Lots of people’s first introduction to dragons that solid magic at you.
63. Godskin Apostle
The Waluigi to the Noble’s Wario, I’ll by no means not love these freaky little guys.
62. Godskin Noble
The Godskin Noble’s boss room is extra evocative than the struggle itself. The Wario to Godskin Apostle’s Waluigi, “plump type forward.”
61. Evening’s Cavalry
These Lord of the Rings rejects are neat till you kill their horse and so they instantly summon one other one.
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60. Royal Knight Loretta
Sorry, Loretta, I did not wish to harm you, however you critically cannot goal with that magic bow.
59. Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader
Alecto gave me the reward of Tiche, top-of-the-line Spirit Ashes within the sport.
58. Beast of Farum Azula
One other “later sport enemy as early sport boss,” however a tantalizing glimpse of one of many coolest endgame areas, with bizarre lore implications for the way it connects to Limgrave.
57. Bell Bearing Hunter
Spoilers, but it surely’s our previous pal Elmer Fudd of the Briar, invading you at evening close to retailers’ outlets. A particularly enjoyable conceit for reusing a cool boss moveset, however what number of instances do now we have to show you this lesson previous man (opens in new tab)?
56. Black Blade Kindred (Bestial Sanctum)
You instantly end up on the Bestial Sanctum. In entrance of you is a large, closed door, and behind you is a towering beast who could or might not be hostile. What do you do?
55. Commander Niall
O’Neil’s greater, stronger daddy, full with lightning hookblade foot.
54. Loss of life Ceremony Chook
A beefier, stronger model of the Deathbird. Regardless of Loss of life Ceremony’s black metallic accoutrements, they lack the enjoyable shock assault intro of the vanilla Deathbirds.
53. Erdtree Avatar
It is only a actually massive evil tree.
52. Esgar, Priest of Blood
A reprisal of invader Bloody Finger Nerijus, this man will get a enjoyable hat and a few gross canine along with the unique’s sick Reduvia dagger.
51. Flying Dragon Agheel
Everybody remembers stumbling into Agheel in Limgrave and both getting roasted or operating for his or her life.
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50. Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast
This souped-up Fallingstar man has a scenic boss area close to Volcano Manor, and my recollections of it are coloured by my girlfriend strolling by, considering it was cute, and telling me to not harm it.
49. Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux
Controversial rank, I do know, however Godfrey is among the weirdest bosses in Elden Ring. I think there are individuals who adore him and folks like me that suppose he is a joke. [Editor’s Note: I’m sorry Tyler is saying these awful things about you Godfrey, I love you and your sick earthquake/professional wrestling moveset.]
48. Godskins (Summoner Snail)
Impolite.
47. Magma Wyrm Makar
Not a ton to say about Makar, however his boss room has a desolate, virtually serene high quality I can actually dig.
46. Mimic Tear
This boss was a pushover. Get some higher gear, loser! Visions of weak foe? Search introspection!
45. Misbegotten Crusader
Hey, what are you doing with Radagon’s sword, pungent! Give that again!
44. Mohg, Lord of Blood
Mohg, Lord of Blood is the ultimate boss of a dying metallic stage and he does not disappoint. Mohg can also be sadly canceled for doing unspeakable issues to his everlasting little one half-sibling, Miquella, however voice actor Con O’Neill you might be PC Gamer’s raspy-voiced king of the 12 months, 2022!
43. Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest
Amongst our highest-ranked “commonplace enemy as bosses,” the Nox duo advantages from their fundamental enemy idea being so cool.
42. Runebear
It is a bear, c’mon.
41. Spirit-Caller Snail
A cute little man with a impolite little summoning capability. He have to be punished.
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40. Tree Sentinel Duo
A beef gate if there ever was one. Making an attempt to get into Leyndell by means of the entrance door? Fuhgeddaboudit. I’ve solely ever overwhelmed these guys coming by means of the again and combating one after the other.
39. Wormface
Perhaps these guys are so unhappy as a result of everybody retains calling them “Wormface.”
38. Deathbird
Deathbirds solely present up at evening, a shock with no forewarning. Certainly one of these jerks flew down on prime of me at a time I assumed I had a deal with on how Elden Ring labored. I apparently didn’t!
37. Valiant Gargoyles
The multi-Gargoyle boss is a FromSoft establishment at this level, and that is the toughest they’ve ever finished. Candy revenge for each time you punked them within the Undead Parish.
36. Fell Twins
Tremendous simple, however so bizarre. A reprisal of the void look of Darkish Souls’ 4 Kings bossfight, the Fell Twins get props for simply how unnerving and out of nowhere this little episode is. A standout nice shock in a sport made up of nice surprises.
35. Fia’s Champions
There can solely be one.
34. Ulcerated Tree Spirit
I hate their identify, I hate the best way they appear, and but, they rule. I would not have them every other approach.
33. God-Devouring Serpent / Rykard
Do not get me incorrect, this struggle is stable, however I want there was extra buildup to it.
32. Borealis the Freezing Fog
A dragon for each season.
31. Decaying Ekzykes
Dragon, however make it pungent.
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30. Fallingstar Beast
The OG, child Fallingstar Beast. This one will get further factors for being such a shock of a boss after absolutely the madness of getting a treasure chest teleport you to hell (opens in new tab).
29. Glintstone Dragon Adula
Adula first reveals as much as block you from assembly Ranni, everybody’s favourite snow witch future queen of actuality. She infuriatingly flees at half well being, earlier than coming again loopy sturdy on the finish of Ranni’s quest. Our highest ranked of Elden Ring’s many commonplace, non-ancient dragons for her memorable story arc.
28. Godrick the Grafted
Godrick’s second part transition is gold and a pleasant introduction to Elden Ring’s bizarre, bizarre world. I additionally love how his earthquake assaults and greataxe use foreshadow his dad later within the sport. Godrick is driving a flesh mechsuit cosplay of Godfrey!
27. Crimson Wolf of Radagon
A Sif redux with much less lore however an insane moveset, the max-level one on the Moonlight Altar is underrated for its problem.
26. Tibia Mariner
The idea and execution for what I wish to think about began as a “skeleton in a ship” pitch is excellent.
25. Historical Dragon Lansseax
This jerk will simply bushwhack you out of nowhere on lastly reaching the Altus Plateau. Our introduction to Elden Ring’s historic dragons foreshadows their significance within the super-late sport.
24. Fireplace Big
Perhaps the most important enemy I’ve fought in a sport exterior of Asura’s Wrath. The part transition cutscene on this man is superbly absurd.
23. Mad Pumpkin Heads
These two buddies actually mentioned Halloween is a life-style.
22. Draconic Tree Sentinel
Earlier than the sport formally launched, this brute was my nemesis. I used to be underleveled and racing to see extra of the sport earlier than the overview embargo. Now it is cathartic each time I see somebody obliterate him.
21. Erdtree Burial Watchdog
The epitome of the “bizarre little man.” Had their creator at FromSoft ever seen a canine earlier than? Regardless, impeccably animated, extremely unusual, and eternally having a spot in my coronary heart.
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20. Grafted Scion (4 Belfries)
Straight up the hardest “supposed-to-lose” tutorial boss FromSoft has ever finished, and the one one I’ve but to get out of the gate. I’ve overwhelmed Genichiro truthful and sq. in Sekiro, punished the Demon’s Souls Vanguard Demon, and karate chopped a pungent canine man to dying in Bloodborne, however this freaky man at all times places me in my place.
19. Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
Loretta is an interesting character within the story and it makes combating her unhappy in the best way solely FromSoftware video games could be. Additionally there’s one thing to combating a boss on horseback with out your personal horse.
18. Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beast
If the principle theme did not blast throughout this struggle, it could be a lot decrease on the record. The Elden Beast makes an unimaginable first impression, however ending the sport on a literal alien is not as evocative as confronting somebody human, like Marika.
17. Regal Ancestor Spirit
Unhappy and unusual and great, the Ancestor Spirit fights are the right capstones for Siofra, one in every of Elden Ring’s greatest areas.
16. Starscourge Radahn
Radahn is an excellent struggle on a bloody battlefield. Circling the massive man in your horse might be probably the most cinematic Elden Ring will get.Â
15. Lichdragon Fortissax
We have all received that one ride-or-die pal who would permit themselves to be corrupted by the metaphysical illustration of dying whereas standing athwart a creeping, soul-consuming corruption in a rotten area with a pustule-filled sky on the heart of our very soul. Fortissax is that form of pal for Godwyn the Golden: nice lore, nice look, and an amazing all-around struggle.
14. Tree Sentinel
Let’s all admit that taking this early sport Tree Sentinel out after being crushed below his hoof a number of instances is nearly higher than ending the sport.
13. Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Understanding
This is not an attention-grabbing struggle, however by the top of the sport, all I wished to do is stuff this man in a locker.
12. Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable
The precise man on the sport’s cowl artwork. A punished, burned knight who was “beloved by dragons” and held communion with the Three Fingers of the Frenzied Flame fairly than kill his maiden. A kind of tragic FromSoft villains who, by each proper, ought to have been the protagonist.
11. Dragonkin Soldier
Did I simply struggle Evangelion Unit-01?
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10. Patches
FromSoftware followers have been at warfare with this rascal since Armored Core. When his boss well being bar confirmed up, I wasn’t certain if I wished to take out years-long frustrations with him or shake his hand.
9. Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
This area bug (opens in new tab) has Nerds Rope for a tail and a cranium for a face. The design is immaculate and you may encounter them earlier than Elden Ring really reveals all of its scrumptious cosmic horror.
8. Beast Clergyman / Maliketh Black Blade
There’s so much to be mentioned concerning the tragedy of getting to struggle your beast bro (opens in new tab). It is virtually a little bit cliche for FromSoftware at this level.
This struggle is peak Souls, however the one factor I am unable to cease excited about is Jonathan Keeble’s supply of his dying rattle:
“Witless Tarnished… Why covet Destined Loss of life?”
“To kill what?“
Elden Ring usually struggles to succeed in the thematic highs present in Darkish Souls, particularly within the final third of your journey. The Maliketh struggle urges you, in your previous few hours of the sport, to contemplate what you are really doing and what you are attempting to resolve. It is a sport concerning the poison of immortality and the rot it leaves behind. You’ve got benefited from that in your complete journey, and now you maintain dying itself in your fingers. What’s going to you do with it?
7. Margit, the Fell Omen
Margit is a humorous first boss (opens in new tab). Lots of people bumped into him whereas approach too low stage and are reminded that they’re enjoying a FromSoftware sport. However he is not really a take a look at to “get good” or no matter. He is an essential impediment to show you the way to have interaction with Elden Ring’s open world, to nudge you in different instructions as a way to return rather more highly effective than earlier than. Limgrave as an space is excellent and it would not work with out Margit placing your silly ambitions to relaxation.
6. Morgott, the Omen King
Morgott could be an unpopular choose for one of many sport’s prime 10 bosses. He is largely a reprise of Margit with a nasty second part (opens in new tab), a satisfying echo of many gamers’ first actual boss struggle.
He sits beneath the Erdtree, on the peak of the capital metropolis. His location has the makings of a ultimate boss struggle, however is much from it. It is an eerily sympathetic struggle as he defends the very system that discarded him. And simply how Margit shoved you again out into the world to study extra, Morgott’s defeat is the impetus to push ahead and burn all of it down.
5. Dragonlord Placidusax
FromSoftware makes one of the best dragons. Dragonlord Placidusax (opens in new tab) is a former Elden Lord who you journey again in time to get up. I wish to think about this battle is the dragon god equal of attempting to hit the snooze button in your cellphone, besides the snooze button is a ache within the ass with a Spirit Ash on its aspect.
Placidusax lumbers across the suspended area and pulls purple lightning out of the sky to battle you. It is a riveting struggle towards a remnant of a historical past you will in all probability by no means see—until the DLC (opens in new tab) lets us return in time.
4. Soldier of Godrick
I am fairly certain the Soldier of Godrick was as shocked as I used to be when his well being bar popped up on the underside of the display screen. The poor man did not signal as much as be the tutorial boss; he thought he’d respawn like everybody else.
The Soldier of Godrick deserves recognition for being Elden Ring’s most uneventful, uninspired boss. He is only a man that no person remembers three minutes after defeating him. He has no dialogue, no iconic strikes, and his solely lore is a nod to a different, higher boss.
That is why he’s all the best way up right here. He may need provided completely zero problem, however he tried. And that is sufficient for me. Thanks in your service (and all of the memes (opens in new tab)), Soldier of Godrick.
3. Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
FromSoftware hasn’t at all times nailed so-called “puzzle” bosses, the fights the place it’s a must to work out some trick earlier than you may even whack them together with your sword. I by no means wish to do Darkish Souls’ Mattress of Chaos ever once more, for instance, however I’ll glady smack Rennala’s creepy fire-breathing kids in Elden Ring any time.
Rennala’s struggle (opens in new tab) has so much packed into it. There are kids falling from the sky, books getting thrown at you, and chandeliers crashing into the ground. You run across the library dodging all of this till the second Rennala falls to the bottom.
The second part of the struggle transports you to an countless expanse of ocean with the moon shining above. It is each a throwback to Bloodborne’s Rom, the Vacuous Spider struggle and a reveal of what sorceresses are able to on this world. She summons dragons, trolls, and big speheres of crystal to maintain you away from her.
The struggle goes from a goofy gimmick to a face-off towards a grasp sorceress with an viewers of stars. I am undecided there’s something extra Elden Ring than that.
2. Malenia, Blade of Miquella
You understand her identify nicely. Malenia is the head of Elden Ring’s tough boss ecounters. She’s completely brutal. And he or she needs to be: she’s a couple of hits away from changing into a god. She’s so onerous to beat that many individuals summoned Let Me Solo Her (opens in new tab) Â to do it.
Malenia is an precise one-on-one duel, the form of struggle that you just’d anticipate to see in a non-RPG like Sekiro. With out very particular stats and equipment, she is going to tear you aside. Otherwise you’ll make your self despair by taking a couple of hits, inflicting her to heal a portion of her well being again.
The notorious Waterfowl Dance assault is possibly probably the most irritating factor within the sport, but it surely’s onerous to not admire how a lot it makes the struggle really feel such as you’re out of your factor. Malenia is solely extra highly effective than you and the design of the struggle makes it clear.
The primary time I noticed her bloom into the Goddess of Rot for the final part, a little bit of my adrenaline dissipated. She’s cloaked in butterflies and petals and begins to ship copies of herself to assault you. It is all stunning to take a look at, which just about made touchdown the ultimate blow and ending the struggle tougher than executing on it within the first place. I do not suppose I’ve ever wished a nightmare of a boss struggle to proceed regardless of that. This struggle guidelines (opens in new tab).
1. Ancestor Spirit
I mentioned it within the overview (opens in new tab): The Ancestor Spirit is one of the best boss struggle in Elden Ring. It is not the toughest, neither is it some superb end result of lore and story. It is a quiet dance with a ghostly stag far beneath the bottom.
The Ancestor Spirit is an early boss struggle (opens in new tab) that illustrates the scope of the world. By the point you encounter the Ancestor Spirit, you’ve got fought a sequence of tousled guys and a few grotesque monsters. I doubt anybody anticipated to struggle a legendary beast that, except for a couple of assaults, seems to be virtually non-hostile.
The Ancestor Spirit glides above you, simply out of attain. You solely get a couple of alternatives to assault it and most of its assaults are simple to dodge. Problem is not a part of the equation right here. This struggle is a thematic experience with a rating that makes it really feel massive and alien. You research its strikes in anticipation of some brutal assault such as you would for every other boss, however its light tempo is rarely damaged.
The true function of the Ancestor Spirit is to problem your notion of the world and its historical past. The kings and queens above buried one thing stunning, and now it is staring proper again at you. There are no concrete solutions for precisely what it’s or why you defeat it, but it surely prompts you to begin asking these varieties of questions on all the things else. And for me, FromSoftware video games have at all times urged you to suppose critically about what’s in entrance of you. A very good weapon and set of armor are important, after all, however what’s equally essential is your curiosity.
The Ancestor Spirit provides Elden Ring’s large open world a definite point-of-view. It teases you with the unknowable (opens in new tab) and challenges you to seek out your personal solutions as you progress ahead. It is one of the best boss struggle within the sport as a result of it prepares you for the entire surprises that come subsequent.