Elden Ring: Best Boss Order for the Lands Between

In Elden Ring there are over 160 bosses, most of which are purely optional. To help you keep track and always be well prepared, we list here an optimal boss order.

We divide our order into level segments and tell you which regions you should visit in these level areas. In doing so, we list the most important bosses and reveal to you the best order to defeat them.

We separate the bosses into enemies that are necessary for progress and optional bosses that you should defeat for quest progress, good loot, or achievements.

The perfect counterpart for this article is our regions guide in which we tell you which regions you should visit in what order and what level your character and weapons should have:

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In 2 minutes we will tell you everything you need to know about Elden Ring:

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 1 – 20

For the first 20 levels, you should not engage major bosses yet. Instead, you should try to level up yourself and your weapons before attempting to enter Stormveil Castle.

Therefore, we do not recommend any main bosses here, but rather the following small interim steps to start:

• Free exploration of Limgrave
• Recommended dungeon bosses:
  1. Half-human Ruler (Coastal Cave)
  2. Stonegrave Troll (Tunnel of Limgrave)
  3. Beastman of Farum Azula (Hazel Cave)
  4. Patches (Muddy Flow Catacombs)
  5. Gravekeeper Duelist (Muddy Flow Cave)
  6. Guardian Golem (Highroad Cave)
• Recommended open-world bosses:
  1. Tibia Mariner

Even if you see the Tree Sentinel right at the beginning – avoid engaging him before around level 30. The same goes for the dragon Agheel.

Here you can find all of our other tips bundled if you need more help to start:

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Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 20 – 40

From level 20, you can slowly start to face the real bosses. If Margit is still too hard for you, it’s worth taking a look at the Peninsula of Tears, all the way in the south of the map. Also, a quick detour to Caelid for the powerful Moonveil katana can help.

By now, you should be strong enough and have understood the game mechanics well enough to assess the bosses in dungeons and the open world on your own. Therefore, from this point on, we only recommend the most important bosses for story progress and loot.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Margit, the Fell Omen (Stormveil Castle)
  2. Godrick, the Grafted (Stormveil Castle)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Magma Wyrm (Caelid – Gael Tunnel)
  2. Dark Knight (Peninsula of Tears – at night in the open world)
  3. Lionel Beast (Peninsula of Tears – Castle Morne)
  4. Bloodhound Knight Darriwil (Limgrave – Bloodhound’s Cage)
  5. Tree Avatar (Lower Erd Tree)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 40 – 60

The next region is Liurnia, the Lake Region with the sub-regions of Academy of Raya Lucaria and Caria Manor. Again, we recommend only the most notable bosses, although you can kill any number of other bosses in dungeons and the open world.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Red Wolf Radagon (Academy of Raya Lucaria)
  2. Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon (Academy of Raya Lucaria)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Royal Knight Loretta (Caria Manor)
  2. Tree Sentinel (In the open world of Limgrave)
  3. Tree Avatar (Lower Erd Tree)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 60 – 70

Now it’s time to go to Caelid and the underground of the Lands Between with Ainsel and Siofra.

• Recommended main bosses:
  • Starscourge Radahn (Caelid – Redmane Castle)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Ancestor Spirit (Siofra)
  2. Commander O’Neil (Open World of Caelid)
  3. Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk (Caelid – Sellia, City of Sorcery)
  4. Putrid Tree Spirit (Caelid – Catacombs of the War Victims)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 70 – 100

Between levels 70 and 100, the game is most open. Here, the Altus Plateau, the Eternal Cities of Nokron and Nokstella, the Rotting Lake, the Depths of the Deep Roots, Gelmir, and Mt. Gelmir are recommended.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Magma Wyrm Makar (Liurnia – Cliffside Ruins)
  2. Paragon of the Gods (Gelmir – Mt. Gelmir)
  3. Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy (Gelmir – Mt. Gelmir)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Imitator’s Tear (Nokron, the Eternal City)
  2. Royal Ancestor Spirit (Nokron, the Eternal City)
  3. Astel, Naturalborn of the Abyss (Great Crossroad, beyond the Rotting Lake)
  4. Ancient Dragon Lansseax (Open World in Altus Plateau)
  5. Godefroy, the Grafted (Altus Plateau – Seal Cage of the Golden Tree)
  6. Elemer of the Boughs (Altus Plateau – Shadow Castle)
  7. Fia’s Champions (Depths of the Deep Roots)
  8. Lich Dragon Fortissax (Depths of the Deep Roots)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 100 – 120

From level 100, the transition to endgame begins slowly. You will enter the capital Leyndell and its Underground Reserve of Shame. Then to the Mountaintops of the Giants and the Consecrated Snowfield.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Dragon Tree Sentinel (Altus Plateau, before the side entrance to the capital)
  2. Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Leyndell, Royal Capital)
  3. Morgott, King of Omens (Leyndell, Royal Capital)
  4. Fire Giant (Mountaintops of the Giants)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Mohg, the Omen (Underground Reserve of Shame)

Elden Ring: Boss Order from Level 120

From level 120, you are fully in the endgame. Now you will face the last bosses of the game as well as other optional main bosses in the locations Mohgwyn Palace, Miquella’s Haligtree, Elphael, the Fallen Farum Azula, and the Ashen Capital.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Duo of the Gods (Fallen Farum Azula)
  2. Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade (Fallen Farum Azula)
  3. Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)
  4. Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux, the Warrior (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)
  5. Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beast (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Mohg, Lord of Blood (Mohgwyn Palace)
  2. Dragonlord Placidusax (Fallen Farum Azula)
  3. Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree (Miquella’s Haligtree)
  4. Malenia, Blade of Miquella / Malenia, Goddess of Rot (Elphael, Root of the Haligtree)

Did this boss order help you? Which enemy did you feel the most under-leveled against? Which bosses were you too strong for? Let us know in the comments.

We also discussed in the editorial team which bosses in Elden Ring we liked best. The top 5 by MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic can be found here: The 5 Best Bosses in Elden Ring that really impressed me