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Boss strategies, questline walkthroughs, endings, and builds for the Lands Between — plus Elden Ring Nightreign expeditions. Verified against patch v1.17.
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Malenia Boss Guide — Waterfowl Dance, Phases & Weaknesses
Malenia boss guide: dodging Waterfowl Dance, her heal-on-hit passive, phase HP totals, and why fire and frostbite are the efficient picks in Elphael.
Last updated Sep 30
Messmer the Impaler Boss Guide — Shadow Keep Strategy & Phases
Messmer the Impaler guide: Shadow Keep location, the two NPC summon signs, slash and frostbite weaknesses, and how Base Serpent flips his Holy resistance.
Last updated Sep 30
Promised Consort Radahn Boss Guide — Phases, Weaknesses & Holy Trick
Promised Consort Radahn guide: the 65% phase transition, holy damage inversion between phases, bleed windows, and reaching Enir-Ilim's Gate of Divinity.
Last updated Sep 30
Best Elden Ring Bleed Build — Rivers of Blood & Beyond (v1.17)
The best Elden Ring bleed build for patch 1.17: Rivers of Blood and Bloodhound's Fang setups, Arcane scaling, and the talisman stack that multiplies blood loss.
Last updated Sep 30
Elden Ring Endings Guide — All 6 Endings & Requirements
Every Elden Ring ending: Age of Fracture, Duskborn, Despair, Perfect Order, Lord of Frenzied Flame, and Ranni's Age of Stars — requirements and lockouts.
Last updated Sep 30
Elden Ring Beginner Guide — First 10 Hours in the Lands Between
New to Elden Ring? Pick a class, learn the actual combat rules, where to go first in Limgrave, and the mistakes that cost beginners the most runes.
Last updated Sep 30
Quick start
New to the Lands Between?
Beginner guide
Your first hours — starting classes, combat basics, and where to go
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Tarnished Pack gear
Two new classes, four armor sets, and where to find every piece
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Boss guides
Phase breakdowns, weaknesses, and strategies for the hardest fights
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Nightreign
Co-op expeditions, Nightfarers, and the Forsaken Hollows DLC
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What's new
Tarnished Pack
Two new starting classes, four armor sets, three Torrent skins, and a new arsenal — on all platforms
Elden Ring on Switch 2
Tarnished Edition bundles the base game, Shadow of the Erdtree, and the Tarnished Pack
Nightreign: Forsaken Hollows
Two new Nightfarers, two new Nightlords, and a new Shifting Earth for the co-op spin-off
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Guided paths through the Lands Between
Elden Ring progression route
The intended order through the Lands Between
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Limgrave & Stormveil Castle — Margit, then Godrick
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Liurnia of the Lakes — Raya Lucaria and Rennala
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Altus Plateau & Leyndell — the Royal Capital
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Mountaintops of the Giants — then the Realm of Shadow
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Elden Ring's hardest bosses
Community-consensus walls and how to break them
Malenia — Waterfowl Dance, heals on every hit
Promised Consort Radahn — SOTE's final wall
Maliketh, the Black Blade — Destined Death
Messmer the Impaler — spear and serpent flame
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Elden Ring release timeline
From launch day to the Tarnished Pack
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Feb 2022
Elden Ring launches — Game of the Year
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Jun 2024
Shadow of the Erdtree opens the Realm of Shadow
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May 2025
Elden Ring Nightreign — the co-op spin-off
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Aug 2026
Tarnished Edition on Switch 2 + Tarnished Pack everywhere
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Rise, Tarnished
The Lands Between keep changing — new guides land with every patch and DLC. Bookmark this wiki and come back.