
Trying to decide which Elden Ring ending you want for your Tarnished is a tricky affair, especially as all of the endings in the game require quite a lot of prep. There are three distinct conclusions to Elden Ring, but the default ending also has three further variations based on completing NPC questlines. You remember all those Tarnished mentioned in the intro? It's basically those folks.
Fia, Goldmask, and even the loathsome Dung Eater each have a special rune they can give to you which provides a slightly different version of the regular ending to the game. The funnest part is you can actually unlock every ending in a single playthrough, too, if you're ready to do a whole lot of questing.