Elden Ring Stats Reveal Game's Most Popular Ending (2024)

According to Elden Ring achievement data, the most popular ending in FromSoftware's open world action-RPG was the Age of the Stars ending. Elden Ring has multiple endings for players to unlock, like many FromSoftware games before it. Players need to unlock multiple endings in Elden Ring to unlock all the game's achievements, which each ending having its own requirements that must be met.

One of the more complicated endings to unlock in Elden Ring is Age of the Stars. Whereas some of the Elden Ring endings require little more from players beyond simply beating all the required bosses in the game, Age of the Stars is a multi-step quest that is fairly difficult to complete without utilizing a wiki or a guide. Considering this, some Elden Ring players may be surprised to learn that it's the most popular ending in the game.

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As pointed out by Reddit user Healthy-Platypus6145, the Age of the Stars ending in Elden Ring is the most common among Steam players, with 25.8% of users unlocking the achievement associated with it. By comparison, the Elden Lord ending only has an 19.1% unlock rate despite the fact that it's much simpler to unlock. The Xbox stats for Elden Ring tell a similar story, though there isn't quite as wide a gap between the two endings as Age of the Stars has a 12.97% unlock rate compared to Elden Lord's 11.25% unlock rate.

It's certainly surprising to see the Age of the Stars ending become the most popular ending in Elden Ring. Not only is it a multi-step quest, but it requires players visit locations and interact with NPCs that are completely option. One would think that Elden Lord would edge it out since it requires the least amount of effort on the part of the player, but that's apparently not the case. As for why Age of the Stars has managed to become the most popular ending in Elden Ring, a couple of possibilities come to mind.

For one, Ranni the Witch is one of Elden Ring's most popular characters, and this ending is all about completing her quest. Ranni also sticks out in players' minds because of her strange appearance; she appears to live inside the body of a doll, after all. Secondly, completing Ranni's quest is how players get their hands on the Dark Moon Greatsword, a powerful weapon and one that's required for anyone interested in unlocking the Legendary Armaments achievement/trophy in the game.

Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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