The 12 hardest bosses in Elden Ring

I’ve spent over 40 hours withElden Ringand I’m still not very good at it. At this stage I’m less of a worthy Tarnished warrior on their way to be crowned the Elden Lord and instead more of a Mr. Bean type, accidentally succeeding through sheer incompetence alone. I can’t explain it, but my method ofdefeating Godrickhad the same energy asBean making a sandwich, in that I think the game eventually just took pity on me and let me win the fight to save me any further embarrasment.

I’m coming to terms with the fact I may never finish Elden Ring. I’m only in the second proper area, but I’m finding encounters to require a level of patience I simply don’t possess. Its boss fights are simply too hard. But if I’m struggling this much at such an early stage, what else could Elden Ring possibly have to offer? What types of monstrosities lurk in the farthest reaches of the Lands Between, and how difficult are they to defeat? Spoilers, naturally, below.

To help answer this question I sat down with Guides Editor Ollie who has spent countless hours battling his way through the game over the past few weeks. Ollie has faced pretty much every single one of Elden Ring’s 100+ bosses to bring youhis exhaustive list detailing all of their locations, making him our foremost expert on everything that snarls, dribbles or howls in the game.

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