How many bosses are in Elden Ring? Main, world & sub-bosses explained
FromSoftwareElden Ring features a massive array of battles to take on – and that’s without even considering Shadow of the Erdtree bosses – from main foes to challenging optional fights you can discover in the open world but exactly how many bosses are in the FromSoftware title? We’ve got the answer right here.
As you explore The Lands Between in Elden Ring, boss fights are a big part of the experience as they can net you a lot of Runes, and most importantly it’s extremely satisfying to finally take down enemies that you’ve spent hours trying to defeat.
Each boss in the game has a well-thought-out story to tell, most involving some tragedy as to why they have become what they are. So, here’s a rundown of every boss you can find in Elden Ring, including the order of the main fights, and all of their locations.
FromSoftware/Bandai NamcoHow many bosses are in Elden Ring?
There are a total of 238 bosses in Elden Ring. However, most of these are mini-dungeon bosses, bosses patrolling the open world, or repeats of major bosses. So, you’ll likely find yourself fighting many of the same foes more than once, just under different circumstances.
While this may sound repetitive, the nature of these fights often changes, with some being fought in dungeons, out in the world, or involving your horse the second time around, which shifts the dynamic greatly.
For example, you’ll fight the Red Wolf of Radagon the first time around in a mandatory Legacy Dungeon – where you’re not allowed to use your horse. But you’ll fight variants of that boss again later where he’s surrounded by a wolf pack, where you’ll have access to your horse which will make this fight much faster paced than the first.
Elden Ring bosses in order
Here’s a list of every main story boss you need to fight to progress in the story in Elden Ring. If a boss is repeated later, we’ve also made that clear.
- Margit the Fell Omen (Repeated)
- Godrick the Grafted (Repeated)
- Red Wolf of Radagon (Repeated)
- Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
- Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
- Starscourge Radahn
- Godfrey, First Elden Lord
- Morgott, the Omen King
- Fire Giant
- Godskin Duo (Repeated)
- Maliketh, the Black Blade
- Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing
- Hoarah Loux / Godfrey, First Elden Lord
- Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beast
There are also other important story bosses, these aren’t mandatory but will become so if you take a certain path. These are:
- Leonine Misbegotten
- Ancestor Spirit
- Magma Wyrm Makar
- Mimic Tear
- Royal Knight Loretta
- Regal Ancestor Spirit
- Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella
- Valiant Gargoyles
- Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
- Godskin Noble
- Blaidd
- Dung Eater
- Baleful Shadow
- Elemer of the Briar
- Ensha
- Mohg, the Omen
- Commander O’Neal
- Commander Niall
- Dragonlord Placidusax
- Lichdragon Fortissax
- Mohg, Lord of Blood
- Millicent’s Sisters
- Tree Sentinel
- Draconic Tree Sentinel
- Patches, The Untethered
- Beast Clergyman
- Fia’s Champions
FromSoftwareAll bosses by location
Below you can find information about every boss in Elden Ring based on their locations, and we’ve also provided links to any individual boss guides we’ve got if you need a hand defeating them.
As well as the bosses we’ve already listed, sub-bosses are detailed below. While these aren’t considered ‘main bosses’ in the game, they’re still just as challenging (sometimes more so) than the others.
Each of these is a sub or mini-boss, located out in the world, at the end of a dungeon or side quest. Bear in mind that some of these bosses may also be repeated per region:
Roundtable Hold
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Ensha | In front of Roundtable Site of Grace |
| Mad Tongue Alberich | End of the red carpet after jumping down the balcony |
Limgrave / Weeping Peninsula
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Grafted Scion | Chapel of Anticpation |
| Soldier of Godrick | Stranded Graveyard |
| Margit the Fell Omen | Stormveil Castle |
| Godrick the Grafted | Stormveil Castle |
| Erdtree Burial Watchdog | Stormfoot Catacombs |
| Crucible Knight | Stormhill Evergaol |
| Beastman of Farum Azula | Groveside Cave |
| Bell Braring Hunter | Warmaster’s Shack |
| Deathbirds | East of Warmaster’s Shack / South of Callu Baptismal Church |
| Black Knife Assassin | Deathouched Catacombs |
| Guardian Golem | Highroad Cave |
| Tibia Mariner | Summonwater Village |
| Grave Warden | Murkwater Catacombs |
| Stonedigger Troll | Limgrave Tunnels |
| Flying Dragon Agheel | North of Dragon-Burnt Ruins |
| Tree Sentinal | Near the Church of Elleh |
| Demi-Human Chief | Coastal Cave |
| Ulcerated Tree Spirit | Fringefolk’s Hero’s Grave and Stormveil Castle |
| Mad Pumpkin Head | Waypoint Ruins |
| Night’s Cavalry | Near Agheel Lake North Grace & Castle Morne Rampart Grace |
| Bloodhound Knight Darriwil | Forlorn Hound Evergaol |
| Runebear | Earthbore Cave |
| Cemetary Shade | Tombsward Catacombs |
| Scaly Misbegotten | Morne Tunnel |
| Erdtree Avatar | Minor Erdtree |
| Ancient Hero of Zamor | Weeping Evergaol |
| Miranda the Blighted Bloom | Tombward’s Cave |
| Leonine Misbegotten | Castle Morne |
| Patches | Murkwater Cave |
| Erdtree Burial Watchdog | Impaler’s Catacombs |
| Bloody Finger Nerijus | Near Murkwater Catacombs |
| Recusant Henricus | Near Limgrave Colosseum |
| Old Knight Istvan | Near Limgrave Colosseum |
FromSoftwareLiurnia of the Lakes
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Rennala Queen of the Full Moon | Raya Lucaria Academy (Grand Library) |
| Adan, Thief of Fire | Malefactor’s Evergaol |
| Alabaster Lord | Ringleader’s Evergaol |
| Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader | Ringleader’s Evergaol |
| Bell Bearing Hunter | Church of Vows |
| Black Knife Assassin | Black Knife Comtacombs |
| Bloodhound Knight | Lakeside Crystal Cave |
| Bols, Carian Knight | Cuckoo’s Evergaol |
| Cemetery Shade | Black Knife Comtacombs |
| Cleanrot Knight | Stillwater Cave |
| Crystalian Spear & Crystalian Staff (Duo) | Academy Crystal Cave |
| Crystalian | Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel |
| Death Rite Bird | North Gate Town |
| Deathbird | Near the Scenic Isle in North Liurnia |
| Erdtree Avatar (Liurnia Northeast) | Located above the Mausoleum Compound in the Uld Palace Ruins |
| Erdtree Avatar (Liurnia Southwest) | Located on a plateau in the southwest of Liurnia. |
| Erdtree Burial Watchdog | Cliffbottom Catacombs |
| Glintstone Dragon Adula | Near the Caria Manor |
| Glintstone Dragon Smarag | West of Raya Lucaria Academy |
| Night’s Cavalry (Liurnia North) | North of Highway Lookout Tower |
| Night’s Cavalry (Liurnia South) | South of Bellum Church |
| Omenkiller | Village of the Albinaurics |
| Royal Knight Loretta | Caria Manor |
| Royal Revenant | Celler of the Kingsrealm Ruins |
| Spirit-Caller Snail | Road’s End Catacombs |
| Tibia Mariner | Gaveyard near the Carian Study Hall and south-east of the Artist’s Shac |
| Magma Wyrm Makar | Ruin-Strewn Precipice |
| Red Wolf Of Radagon | Raya Lucaria Academy (Debate Parlor) |
| Edgar the Revenger | Revenger Shack |
| Festering Fingerprint Vyke | Near Church of Inhibition |
| Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin | Near Raya Lucaria Main Gate |
| Perceptor Miriam | Carian Study Hall |
| Great Horned Targoth | Ruin-Strewn Precipice |
| Witch Hunter Jerren | Raya Lucaria Academy |
| Sorceress Sellen | Raya Lucaria Academy |
| Blaidd | Caria Manor, after completing Ranni’s Questline |
| Moongrum, Carian Knight | Raya Lucaria Academy |
Caelid / Dragonbarrow
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Starscourge Radahn | Redmane Castle |
| Cemetery Shade | Caelid Catacombs |
| Commander O’Neal | Aeonia Swamp |
| Crucible Knight & Misbegotten Warrior | Redmane Castle Plaza (When the Radahn Festival isn’t active) |
| Death Rite Bird | Southeast of the Southern Aeonia Swamp Bank Site of Grace |
| Decaying Ekzykes | North of the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid |
| Erdtree Burial Watchdog (Duo) | Minor Erdtree Catacombs |
| Fallingstar Beast | Sellia Crystal Tunnel |
| Frenzied Duelist | Gaol Cave |
| Mad Pumpkin Heads | Caelm Ruins |
| Magma Wyrm | Gael Tunnel |
| Night’s Cavalry | Aeonian Swamp |
| Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest | Selia, Town of Sorcery |
| Battlemage Hugues | Sellia Evergaol |
| Beastman of Farum Azula (Duo) | Dragonbarrow Cave |
| Bell Bearing Hunter | Isolated Merchant’s Shack |
| Black Blade Kindred | Outside the Bestial Sanctum |
| Cleanrot Knight (Duo) | Abandoned Cave, southeast of the Caelem Ruins. |
| Elder Dragon Greyoll | Outside Fort Faroth |
| Flying Dragon Greyll | Farum Greatbridge |
| Godskin Apostle | Divine Tower of Caelid |
| Putrid Crystalian Trio | Sellia Hideaway |
| Putrid Tree Spirit | War-Dead Catacombs |
| Gurranq, Beast Clergyman | Bestial Sanctum |
| Anastasia, Tarnished Eater | Smoldering Church |
| Great-Jar-Warrior | Caelid Colosseum |
| Millicent | Swamp of Aeonia |
fAltus Plateau / Leyndell / Captial Outskirts
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Ancient Hero of Zamor | Sainted Hero’s Grave |
| Ancient Dragon Lansseax | Head up the hill from Abandoned Coffin Site of Grace |
| Black Knife Assassin (Sage’s Cave) | Sage’s Cave |
| Black Knife Assassin (Sainted Hero’s Grave) | Sainted Hero’s Grave |
| Crystalian Spear & Crystalian Ringblade | Atlus Tunnel |
| Demi-Human Queen Gilika | Below the Lux Ruins |
| Elemer of the Briar | Shaded Castle |
| Erdtree Burial Watchdog | Wyndham Catacombs |
| Fallingstar Beast | Atlus Plateau, South of the southern Capital Outskirts Gate |
| Erdtree Avatar | Leyndell, Royal Capital |
| Godefroy | Golden Lineage Evergaol |
| Godskin Apostle | Windmill Villag |
| Necromancer Garris | Sage’s Cave |
| Night’s Cavalry | Near the Altus Highway Junction |
| Omenkiller & Miranda the Blighted Bloom | Perfumer’s Grotto |
| Perfumer Tricia & Misbegotten Warrior | Unsightly Catacombs |
| Sanguine Noble | Consecrated Snowfields |
| Stonedigger Troll | Old Altus Tunnel |
| Tibia Mariner | Wyndham Ruins |
| Tree Sentinel (Duo) | Atlus Highway Junction |
| Wormface | Minor Erdtree |
| Esgar, Priest of Blood | Leyndell Catacombs |
| Bell Bearing Hunter | Hermit Merchant’s Shack |
| Crucible Knight & Crucible Knight Ordovis | Auriza Hero’s Grave. |
| Deathbird | Capital Outskirts of the Altus Plateau |
| Grave Warden Duelist | Auriza Side Tomb |
| Draconic Tree Sentinel | Capital Outskirts |
| Fell Twins | Near Divine Tower of East Altus |
| Gideon Ofnir | Queen’s Bedchamber |
| Mohg, The Omen | Subterranean Shunning Grounds |
| Godfrey, First Elden Lord | Queen’s Bedchamber |
| Morgott the Omen King | Elden Throne |
| Hoarah Loux / Godfrey | Elden Throne |
| Radagon, The Elden Beast | Within the Erdtree |
| Onyx Lord | Sealed Tunnel |
| Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger | Second Church of Marika |
| Dung Eater | Leyndell, Royal Capital |
| Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan | Shaded Castle |
| Rileight, The Idle | Altus Plateau |
| Vargram the Raging Wolf and Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm | Leyndell, Royal Capital |
| Magnus, the Beast Claw | Writheblood Ruins |
Mt. Gelmir / Underground
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Abductor Virgins (Duo) | Volcano Manor |
| Demi-Human Queen Maggie | Mt Gelmir, in the Southwest Plateau past Hermit’s Village |
| Demi-Human Queen Margot | Volcano Cave |
| Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast | Located near the Ninth Ninth Mt. Gelmir Campsite Site of Lost Grace |
| Kindred of Rot (Duo) | Seethewater Cave |
| Magma Wyrm | Near Fort Laiedd |
| Red Wolf of the Champion | Gelmir Hero’s Grave |
| Ulcerated Tree Spirit | Minor Erdtree |
| Godskin Noble | Volcano Manor |
| Ancestor Spirit | Siofra River |
| Dragonkin Soldier x3 | Siofra River |
| Mohg, Lord of Blood | Mohgwyn Palace |
| Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy | Volcano Manor |
| Stray Mimic Tear | Nokron, Eternal City |
| Regal Ancestor Spirit | Nokron, Eternal City |
| Valiant Gargoyle and Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblades) | Siofra River |
| Crucible Knight Siluria | Deeproot Depths |
| Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella | Ainsel River |
| Fia’s Champions | Deeproot Depths |
| Lichdragon Fortissax | Deeproot Depths, inside Fia’s dream |
| Astel, Naturalborn of the Void | Lake of Rot |
| Dragonkin Soldier | Lake of Rot |
| Anastasia, Tarnished Eater | Corpse Stench Shack |
| Inquisitor Ghiza | Volcano Manor |
| Tanith’s Knight | Volcano Manor |
| Nameless White Mask | Moghwyn Palace |
| White Mask Varre | Moghwyn Palce |
| Baleful Shadow | Ainsel River Main |
| Erdtree Avatar | Deeproot Depths |
| D’Beholder of Death | Deeproot Depths |
FROMSOFTWAREMountaintops of the Giants / Consecrated Snowfield / Forbidden Lands
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Ancient Hero of Zamor | Giant-Conquering Hero’s Grave |
| Borealis the Freezing Fog | Near the Spiritcaller Cave Site of Grace |
| Commander Niall | Castle Sol |
| Death Rite Bird | Castle Sol Main Gate |
| Erdtree Avatar | Minor Erdtree |
| Godskin Apostle and Godskin Noble (Spiritcaller Snail) | Spiritcaller Cave |
| Tibia Mariner | Near the cliff above Castle Sol |
| Ulcerated Tree Spirit | Giants’ Mountaintop Catacombs |
| Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable | Lord Contender’s Evergaol |
| Black Blade Kindred | Near the Grand Life of Rold Site of Grace |
| Night’s Cavalry | East of Site of Grace |
| Astel, Stars of Darkness | Yelough Anix Tunnel |
| Death Rite Bird | Apostate Derelict |
| Shabriri | Zamor Ruins |
| Great Wyrm Theodorix | On the Frozen Lake in the Consecrated Snowfield |
| Misbegotten Crusader | Cave of the Forlorn |
| Night’s Cavalry | Inner Consecrated Snowfield |
| Putrid Avatar | Minor Erdtree located Southeast of Ordina, Liturgical Town |
| Putrid Grave Warden Duelist | Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs |
| Fire Giant | Flame Peak |
| Bloody Finger Okina | Flame Peak |
| Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood | Shack of Lofty |
| Sanguine Noble | Yelough Anix Ruins |
| Anastasia, Tarnished Eater | Consecrated Snowfield |
Crumbling Farum Azula
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Beast Clergyman / Maliketh the Black Blade | Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace, head up the stairs to the room past the Draconic Tree Sentinel |
| Dragonlord Placidusax | Near the Great Bridge Site of Grace, take the elevator and go down, run past the Beast Clergyman, and run straight. From the cluster of trees, drop to the ledge and run to the final hanging platform. Look for the area on lie down. |
| Godskin Duo | Dragon Temple Altar |
| Recusant Bernahl | Take left after rising up the stairs from Great Bridge Site of Grace |
| Iron Fist Alexander | Near Dragon Temple Lift Site of Grace |
Miquella’s Haligtree
| Boss | Location |
|---|---|
| Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree | Near Haligtree Town Plaza Site of Grace |
| Malenia, Blade of Miquella | Elphael, Brace of Haligtree, near the Haligtree roots Site of Grace |
| Milicent’s sisters | Elphael, Brace of Haligtree |
| Milicent | Elphael, Brace of Haligtree |
| Putrid Avatar x2 | Elphael, Brace of Haligtree |
Some of these bosses are reskins are others, but don’t take any lightly, some are endgame versions of bosses you may have defeated earlier. Also, some are separate characters who share the same animations, and character models as others.
For example, Godefroy shares Godrick the Grafted’s moves and models but is technically one of his ancestors – and just as despicable. The good news is he doesn’t have a second stage, unlike Godrick.
Hopefully, this list of bosses in Elden Ring helps you on your journey as you unlock various weapons and experiment with different builds. If you’re getting ready for Shadow of the Erdtree, check out all the new weapon types, and how much time you can expect to spend in the expansion.