Radagon of the Golden Order (also known as the Elden Beast) is the final boss fight in Elden Ring, taking place inside the Erdtree at Leyndell, Ashen Capital, and is your final fight - and a tough one at that.

Check out our boss guide to defeating Radagon below:

Radagon of the Golden Order Boss Fight Tips and Strategy

Finally we have arrived, face to face with the famous Radagon we have heard so much about. Radagon is yet another powerful humanoid enemy, similar to Godfrey in that he can be Guard Countered pretty heavily. However, his constant output of Holy damage makes things a little more complicated, so you will need to keep tabs on your health and stamina at all times to avoid being beaten by one of his explosive attacks.

Most of Radagon's movesets is made up of different mace swings, with a few magic spells mixed in for good measure. Much like Godfrey, our plan is to stay up in his face, shield up (Barricade Shield if you've got it), as much as possible to keep him swinging his mace and not throwing spells around.

The first thing to note is that Radagon stands motionless for the first 10-15 seconds of the fight. As soon as you spawn in immediately run at him and you can get in 3-4 attacks before he does anything.

Once the sight beings, here are a few attacks to look for:

• Double mace swing (side to side) followed by an overhead slam. Easy to block or dodge through, then punish with 2-3 attacks or a Guard Counter. Occasionally follows this with a delayed fourth swing, which you can also Guard Counter after countering the third.
• Diagonal swing, followed by a 360 swing. Block or dodge, easy to Guard Counter as well.

• 360 swing spin swing into overhead slam. Radagon spins around before the first hit, then charges up a holy mace slam. Again, dodge roll as the attack comes in or block and Guard Counter the second hit.
• Overhead holy slam. Charges his mace with holy energy before slamming down. Follows this immediately with a second slam or an uppercut. Both are easily Guard Countered though you will eat some holy damage.
• Uppercut into holy slam. Swings mace up before grabbing with both hands and slamming it down. Another easy Guard Counter if you don't mind the holy damage, or just strafe and dodge behind him. There is also a variant of this that is slower and both swings are holy charged. It is punishable in the same way.
• Lightning bolt slam. After some of his combos Radagon will leap into the air and summon a lightning bolt, which he then slams into the ground. This move looks punishable, but shortly after the lightning bolt will dissipate, causing damage from the ground around it. Back away from the bolt as fast as you can.

Another highly punishable attack is his area of effect holy swing. He will lift up his foot and swing his mace back behind his head, charging it with holy energy, before doing a horizontal swing that causes the ground in front of him to start glowing, before exploding and dealing damage to you if you stand on it. Thankfully you can just strafe around him then roll through the swing to dodge it, then hit him 3-4 times in the back while he recovers his posture.

Just like Godfrey, Radagon also has a stomp. One is a normal melee attack that pushes back, and another inflicts holy damage in a large area around him. If you see him lift his foot up to stomp and it begins glowing gold I recommend just guarding it. He will almost always follow this up by leaping into the air, before slamming back into the ground with a holy explosion. By rolling in just as he's about to hit the ground you can get behind him and sneak in 2-3 attacks as he is standing back up.

If you get too far from him he will choose a few different attacks. He will jump and throw a lightning bolt, which explodes a few moments later. He will throw out a quick blast of holy energy that does a small amount of damage. Or he can do a long range dash attack. The dash attack is the best case scenario, as you can dodge through and run up and attack him while he regains composure, but for the most part I just recommend staying close to him as much as possible.

In one of his more intimidating attacks, Radagon will slowly float above the ground, mace raised towards the sky, then he will fall back to earth and slam the mace into the ground, causing a burst of holy damage from the ground around him. He follows this with another quick slam before rising into the air again, then coming back down with a third and final smash. Because of how overly dramatic the slams are they are incredibly easy to see coming and dodge. Stay close to him, strafe around, and simply dodge through each of the slams. Hit him in the back after the final slam for some free damage.

When his missing arm begins to glow golden he is about to do his dashing grab attack, which deals massive damage if he snatches you. Just like Hoarah Loux's grab attacks this one cannot be guarded, so you need to pay attention to the dash timing and dodge through it when he lunges forward to grab you. You can also avoid this attack by simply backing far away, but it is better to stay close and strafe around him. This will frequently cause him to lose tracking on you then dash in the wrong direction, leading to a free punish for you.

Finally, he has another variant of his high jumping slam where he sort of dashing through the air rather than jumping straight up. When he slams the ground after this attack it will result in an explosion of holy damage around him a few moments later, so be sure to step out of the glowing area on the ground.

At about half health Radagon will begin mixing teleports in between his attacks. He disappears then reappears a moment later, causing a burst of holy damage wherever he appears. This can make certain punishes less reliable as his teleport can be near instant, letting him avoid Guard Counters instantly. From this point I would stop countering and try to rely more on basic swing punishes for a little extra safety.

Keep up the punishes between teleports until you finally take him down. Use his long death animation to heal up because we aren't done yet.

Elden Beast Boss Fight

Finally the true final boss is revealed, the mysterious Elden Beast. He bears a resemblance to some of the large enemies we have encountered through the game, particularly Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, but with a giant sword and full arsenal of powerful holy spells. Thankfully the Elden Beast is pretty easy as far as final bosses go, so take a deep breath and get ready to wrap this game up!

Much like the dragon enemies we have battled in the past the best place to stand when attacking the Elden Beast is in its side, near the back legs. Our basic strategy should be to try and bait the Elden Beast to do one of its slow, easily avoided melee attacks, then rush in and get as many attacks to its belly as you can before it swims away. Thankfully the Beast's sword swings are incredibly obvious and slow, so you can either put up your shield and simply block them, or just roll through to get to a closer position.

Another melee attack it likes to do is an arm thrust. The Beast will summon a ball of light into its offhand, then thrust it forward towards you. Like the sword swings, this attack is highly telegraphed and easily avoided by just rolling through the orb as it comes toward you. This is another great opportunity to take a few swings at the boss's belly.

If the Beast's mouth starts leaking flames you want to strafe and run away as fast as possible to avoid getting caught in the large area of effect fire breath. If you can move quickly enough to get behind the beast you can avoid it entirely. This is one of the beasts most damaging attacks, I wouldn't recommend trying to shield up and go toe to toe with it.

The Beast also has a few different perfume attacks, reminiscent of the ones Astel used in his fight. He can spread the perfume in a forward line, or use it to create a wall in front of him. With both of these options simply step away from the perfume before it explodes to avoid the damage. The third perfume attack is a slam. The beast will summon a cloud of perfume in its offhand, then smack the ground to trigger an explosion. The best option here is just to roll away, then run back in for more attacks once the perfume fades.

For the Beast's final perfume attack, it will turn away from you and summon a giant cloud of perfume as it swims away. The perfume will hang in the air for a moment, then a golden flash will cause it to explode, dealing massive holy damage to you if you stand to close. The best strategy here is just to get away as soon as you see the cloud of perfume appear. The Beast takes a moment to regain its composure after the explosion, so use that time to get back into attack range.

Perhaps the most dangerous melee attack is the Beast's sword thrust, which it telegraphs by rearing back and grabbing the handle of the sword with both hands. It will point the blade toward the ground, then stick it into the ground, causing a massive explosion after 2-3 seconds. This is another instance where you will want to simply back away as quick as you can.

When it gets far enough away the Beast will choose between a few different attacks. One is a long range sword projectile, similar to the one Maliketh used. Just like Maliketh's, these are easily dodged by just dodging toward the beast before the blades hit you. This will also let you quickly close the gap between you and the boss.

Another option is what I will refer to as the "ring" attack. The Beast's body will glow and it will float into the air, summoning a golden ring in the sky. Immediately look at the ground and you will soon see a golden ring forming around you as well.

As it starts closing in on you run toward the edge. You want to jump over the ring and get outside the glowing circle before it explodes, dealing big damage.

The most annoying attacks of all are the Beast's two holy spells, which it will not hesitate to use whether you are close or far away. For one, it will run its hand along its sword, gathering holy energy in its hand before letting it loose. This ball of energy will chase you around the battlefield, letting off bits of holy shrapnel that deal small amount of damage. It will follow you for about 15-20 seconds before exploding. Thankfully the shrapnel damage doesn't stun, so you can heal through it if needed. The best strategy here is just to keep moving away from the ball of energy, and keep dodging whatever other attacks the Beast throws at you in the meantime.

The other spell is similar, but far more dangerous. The Beast's entire body will glow and it will spread out its wings, letting a bunch of holy missiles out of its back. These missiles will fly high into the sky, then come raining down on you all at once. If you stand in one spot the barrage will tear you apart in seconds, so just start running left or right to avoid the arrow rain, which thankfully only lasts about 5 seconds.

The Beast has a large healthpool, but if you stay on top of it and keep the attacks coming you will eventually take it down.

Your prize for defeating the final boss is the Elden Remembrance and a whole lotta Runes. Afterwards you will be deposited back to the Stone Platform where you battled Radagon. Approach his corpse to trigger the game's final cutscene and see your ending. Congratulations on completing Elden Ring, time to gear up for Journey 2.