Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Bosses (Switch 2): All 358 in Order

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition holds 358 bosses across the Lands Between and the Realm of Shadow, and you have to beat eleven of them to see the credits. The other 347 sit in caves, evergaols, catacombs and lakes, waiting for players who want the full sweep rather than the fastest route to the Elden Throne.

This guide splits those two groups. First, every required fight with a strategy attached, because those are the walls that stop a run. Then the complete checklist of everything else, region by region, with the location of each one. Both halves cover the base game and Shadow of the Erdtree, since the Switch 2 bundle ships with the expansion included.

How Many Bosses Are in Elden Ring Tarnished Edition?

The base game contains 268 bosses, counting NPC invaders, minibosses, Great Enemies, Legends and the final God. Shadow of the Erdtree adds 90 more. That brings the total to 358.

Only eleven of the base game's fights are mandatory. One nuance most lists skip: the requirement is two Great Runes to enter Leyndell, not two specific bosses. Godrick and Rennala is the standard pairing, but Radahn works in place of either, and a run that skips Stormveil entirely skips Margit and Godrick both. The list below follows the route most players take.

The optional bosses are where the reward sits. Legendary armaments, Remembrance weapons, Larval Tears and the Scadutree Fragments that decide whether the expansion is playable all come from fights nobody makes you take. Which ones are worth the detour depends on what you are building, and the setups in Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Best Builds: Stats, Weapons and Talismans point at specific bosses for specific pieces.

How To Beat Margit, the Fell Omen

Margit guards the gate to Stormveil Castle and functions as the game's real tutorial. He hits with long reach, delayed combos and a summoned holy dagger that catches players who roll on rhythm.

Buy Margit's Shackle from Patches in Murkwater Cave first. It locks him in place twice during phase one, and each lock is a free heavy attack plus a stagger. Beyond that, Margit punishes early rolls more than late ones, so wait for the weapon to commit before dodging. Summon Sorcerer Rogier at the fog gate if you have found him.

How To Beat Godrick the Grafted

Godrick is the Lord of Stormveil and the first Great Rune holder. His first phase is a string of axe swings with unusual timings; his second phase grafts a dragon's head onto his arm and turns half the arena into a flamethrower.

Nepheli Loux summons outside the fog gate and pulls aggro for a long stretch. Stay near his left side during phase one, since most of his sweeping combos travel right to left. When the dragon head appears, hug the opposite flank and attack during the flame recovery rather than trying to outrun the cone.

How To Beat Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon

Rennala sits in the Grand Library at the heart of Raya Lucaria, and her two phases barely resemble each other. Phase one is a puzzle: break the circle of chanting students by killing the one holding the ball of light, three times, then punish her while she is down.

Phase two turns into a proper sorcery duel. Rennala summons wolves, a dragon and a Troll, and fires a full moon that tracks. Stay aggressive, because her poise breaks easily and a staggered Rennala cancels whatever she was casting. Every summon disappears the moment you damage her enough, so ignore them and focus the caster.

How To Beat the Draconic Tree Sentinel

The Draconic Tree Sentinel blocks the capital's main gate and is the last thing between you and Leyndell. It is the Limgrave Tree Sentinel with lightning damage, more health and a mount that breathes fire on command.

Fight it on foot rather than on Torrent. The horse rears before the flame attack, which is the clearest tell in its whole moveset, and rolling toward the rider instead of away puts you inside the arc of the halberd. Lightning-resistant armour cuts the damage on its ranged bolts by a noticeable margin.

How To Beat Morgott, the Omen King

Morgott is Margit rebuilt: same skeleton, faster, with a cursed sword that spawns from nothing and a rain of holy blades that covers the arena. He is the boss of Leyndell and the last Great Rune holder on the main path.

Stance damage wins this fight. Morgott's poise is lower than his health bar suggests, and two charged heavy attacks or a Glintblade Phalanx cast can open him for a critical. At half health he stuns and calls down a flame wave, so back off the moment he freezes rather than pushing for one more hit.

How To Beat the Fire Giant

The Fire Giant is the largest fight in the game and it plays like a dragon rather than a humanoid. Phase one is a shield-slamming leg you can stay underneath. Phase two tears him in half, and the exposed lower body starts rolling across the arena and conjuring fire orbs.

Torrent is required here for the second phase. Target the flaming eye on his hand during phase one for fast stance damage, and once he transforms, stay behind the crawling body and hit the wound. Nothing he throws survives contact with your health bar twice, so treat every attack as lethal.

How To Beat the Godskin Duo

Two bosses share one health bar in Crumbling Farum Azula, and killing one respawns it. The Noble rolls and stabs at close range; the Apostle stretches and swings a black flame sickle from further out.

The trick is the shared bar. Damage carries over regardless of which body you hit, so pick whichever is closer instead of chasing a specific one. Sleep pots put either of them down for a free critical, and both take heavy bleed damage. The Black Flame Monk Amon spirit ashes or a fully upgraded Mimic Tear will hold one while you burn the other.

How To Beat Maliketh, the Black Blade

Maliketh opens as Beast Clergyman, a fast dagger fighter with long combos that step backwards mid-swing. At half health he draws the Black Blade, and every hit he lands starts draining your maximum HP.

Phase two is the hardest required fight in the base game. His attacks track hard and cover the arena, so the answer is proximity: stay under him and roll into the swings rather than away. Neither form carries much health for an endgame boss, which means a single good opening cycle can end a phase. Bring holy damage negation.

How To Beat Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing

Gideon waits in the Erdtree Sanctuary of the Ashen Capital and casts whichever sorceries and incantations correspond to the bosses you have already killed. Fewer bosses beaten means a smaller spell list.

He is the softest required fight in the game. Gideon interrupts easily, has low health and no melee threat worth respecting, so closing the gap and refusing to let him finish a cast ends it in under a minute. Roll through Ancient Death Rancor rather than trying to outrun it.

How To Beat Godfrey, First Elden Lord/ Hoarah Loux

Godfrey fights with a golden axe and shockwave slams that catch you at mid-range. At 40 percent health he throws the axe away, becomes Hoarah Loux, and switches to grabs that deal enormous damage and cannot be blocked.

Jump over the shockwaves instead of rolling through them. In the second phase, the grab has a long wind-up and a wide arc, so create distance the moment he lowers his stance. Hoarah Loux staggers well, which makes stance-breaking weapons the cleanest route through him. The weapons that do that job best are ranked in Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Best Weapon for Every Stat and Build.

How To Beat Radagon of the Golden Order/ Elden Beast

Radagon opens the final encounter with a hammer, teleport slams and wide holy area attacks that punish anyone standing still. Holy damage negation is the single most useful stat for this half; the Haligtree Talisman +2 from the graveyards outside Mohgwyn Palace helps directly.

The Elden Beast follows without a rest. It swims away constantly, drops golden rings that close in around you, and casts Elden Stars in a long arc. Chase it rather than waiting, aim for the tail and the golden wound on its underside, and roll toward the rings as they contract. Most players find the Beast easier than Radagon once they stop trying to fight it at range.

Required Bosses in Shadow of the Erdtree

The expansion has its own short list of mandatory fights. Messmer the Impaler at the top of Shadow Keep gates the back half of the map, Romina, Saint of the Bud at the Church of the Bud opens the path to Enir-Ilim, and Promised Consort Radahn at the Gate of Divinity closes the DLC.

Rellana, Twin Moon Knight is skippable through Ellac River, though most players take her anyway. Everything else in the Realm of Shadow is optional, including Bayle the Dread and Midra, two of the hardest fights FromSoftware has shipped.

Your Scadutree Blessing level matters more than your character level inside the expansion. Fragments scattered across the map raise damage dealt and damage negation independently of runes, and a level 150 character with no Blessings dies to enemies a level 120 character with Blessing 10 walks past. How that interacts with normal stat investment is covered in Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Leveling: Soft Caps, Best Stats and Rune Farming.

All Elden Ring Bosses: Full Checklist by Region

Every remaining boss in the base game, in the order a full-clear run reaches them. The eleven required fights above are not repeated here.

Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula

• Grafted Scion — Chapel of Anticipation
• Soldier of Godrick — Cave of Knowledge
• Erdtree Burial Watchdog — Stormfoot Catacombs
• Beastman of Farum Azula — Groveside Cave
• Demi-Human Chiefs — Coastal Cave
• Stonedigger Troll — Limgrave Tunnels
• Bloody Finger Nerijus — Agheel River
• Patches — Murkwater Cave
• Night's Cavalry — Highway Bridge
• Grave Warden Duelist — Murkwater Catacombs
• Recusant Henricus — Colosseum Road
• Golem — East of the Colosseum
• Guardian Golem — Highroad Cave
• Black Knife Assassin — Deathtouched Catacombs
• Mad Pumpkin Head — Waypoint Ruins
• Tibia Mariner — Summonwater Village
• Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater — Smoldering Church
• Bloodhound Knight Darriwil — Forlorn Hound Evergaol
• Erdtree Burial Watchdog — Impaler's Catacombs
• Night's Cavalry — Castle Morne Rampart
• Cemetery Shade — Tombsward Catacombs
• Erdtree Avatar — Minor Erdtree
• Scaly Misbegotten — Morne Tunnel
• Miranda the Blighted Bloom — Tombsward Cave
• Ancient Hero of Zamor — Weeping Evergaol
• Deathbird — Castle Morne Outskirts
• Runebear — Earthbore Cave
• Golem — Outside Castle Morne
• Leonine Misbegotten — Castle Morne
• Flying Dragon Agheel — Agheel Lake
• Golem — Stormhill
• Deathbird — East of Warmaster's Shack
• Bell Bearing Hunter — Warmaster's Shack
• Tree Sentinel — Church of Elleh Road
• Grafted Scion x2 — Fringefolk Hero's Grave
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Fringefolk Hero's Grave
• Crucible Knight — Stormhill Evergaol
• Grafted Scion — Stormveil Castle
• Lion Guardian — Stormveil Castle
• Crucible Knight — Stormveil Castle
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Stormveil Castle
• Mad Tongue Alberich — Roundtable Hold

Liurnia of the Lakes

• Cleanrot Knight — Stillwater Cave
• Adan, Thief of Fire — Malefactor's Evergaol
• Erdtree Burial Watchdog — Cliffbottom Catacombs
• Night's Cavalry — Gate Town Bridge
• Tibia Mariner — East Liurnia
• Preceptor Miriam — Carian Study Hall
• Golem — Outside Ainsel River Well
• Bell Bearing Hunter — Church of Vows
• Erdtree Avatar — East Minor Erdtree
• Cemetery Shade and Black Knife Assassin — Black Knife Catacombs
• Festering Fingerprint Vyke — Church of Inhibition
• Night's Cavalry — Bellum Highway Forest
• Ring Blade Crystalian — Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel
• Deathbird — Scenic Isle
• Bloodhound Knight — Lakeside Crystal Cave
• Grafted Scion — Fallen Ruins of the Lake
• Omenkiller — Village of the Albinaurics
• Erdtree Avatar — West Minor Erdtree
• Spirit-Caller Snail — Road's End Catacombs
• Edgar the Revenger — Revenger's Shack
• Bols, Carian Knight — Cuckoo's Evergaol
• Crystalians — Academy Crystal Cave
• Royal Revenant — Kingsrealm Ruins
• Death Rite Bird — Gate Town North
• Glintstone Dragon Smarag — Temple Quarter
• Ravenmount Assassin — Raya Lucaria Academy
• Red Wolf of Radagon — Raya Lucaria Academy
• Moongrum, Carian Knight — Raya Lucaria Academy
• Royal Knight Loretta — Caria Manor
• Glintstone Dragon Adula — Three Sisters
• Red Wolf — Caria Manor Outskirts
• Alabaster Lord — Royal Grave Evergaol
• Magma Wyrm Makar — Ruin-Strewn Precipice
• Preceptor Miriam — Carian Study Hall (Inverted)
• Godskin Noble — Liurnia Divine Tower Bridge
• Sorceress Sellen or Witch-Hunter Jerren — Raya Lucaria Grand Library

Ainsel River, Siofra River and the underground

• Malformed Star — Uhl Palace Ruins
• Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella — Ainsel River Downstream
• Ancestor Spirit — Siofra River
• Dragonkin Soldier — Siofra River
• Crucible Knight — Nokron, via Four Belfries
• Mimic Tear — Nokron, Eternal City
• Red Wolf — Ancestral Woods
• Regal Ancestor Spirit — Ancestral Woods
• Crucible Knight — Siofra Aqueduct
• Crucible Knight — Siofra Aqueduct
• Valiant Gargoyles x2 — Siofra Aqueduct
• Erdtree Avatar — Deeproot Depths
• Crucible Knight Siluria — Deeproot Depths
• Fia's Champions x3 — Deeproot Depths
• Lichdragon Fortissax — Deeproot Depths
• Malformed Star — Nokstella
• Baleful Shadow — Nokstella
• Dragonkin Soldier — Lake of Rot
• Alabaster Lord — Lake of Rot
• Putrid Tree Spirit — Lake of Rot
• Astel, Naturalborn of the Void — Beyond the Lake of Rot
• Blaidd — Ranni's Rise
• Glintstone Dragon Adula — Moonlight Altar
• Dragons x3 — Moonlight Altar
• Red Wolf — Moonlight Altar
• Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader — Moonlight Altar

Altus Plateau and Mount Gelmir

• Misbegotten Warrior and Perfumer Tricia — Unsightly Catacombs
• Necromancer Garris and Black Knife Assassin — Sage's Cave
• Ancient Dragon Lansseax — Abandoned Coffin
• Demi-Human Queen Gilika — Lux Ruins
• Tibia Mariner — Wyndham Ruins
• Erdtree Burial Watchdog — Wyndham Catacombs
• Godefroy the Grafted — Golden Lineage Evergaol
• Night's Cavalry — Altus Highway
• Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger — Second Church of Marika
• Stonedigger Troll — Old Altus Tunnel
• Maleigh Marais — Shaded Castle Outskirts
• Elemer of the Briar — The Shaded Castle
• Sanguine Noble — Writheblood Ruins
• Magnus the Beast Claw — Writheblood Ruins
• Wormface — Minor Erdtree
• Crystalians x2 — Altus Tunnel
• Lion Guardian — South of Windmill Village
• Godskin Apostle — Dominula, Windmill Village
• Ancient Dragon Lansseax — Rampartside Path
• Black Knife Assassin — Sainted Hero's Grave Entrance
• Ancient Hero of Zamor — Sainted Hero's Grave
• Malformed Star — Perfumer's Grotto
• Omenkiller and Miranda the Blighted Bloom — Perfumer's Grotto
• Fallingstar Beast — South Altus Plateau Crater
• Tree Sentinel x2 — Leyndell Outer Wall
• Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater — Corpse-Stench Shack
• Grafted Scion — North Mt. Gelmir
• Demi-Human Queen Margot — Volcano Cave
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Minor Erdtree
• Kindred of Rot x2 — Seethewater Cave
• Red Wolf of the Champion — Gelmir Hero's Grave
• Wormface — Road of Iniquity
• Fire Prelate — Fort Laiedd
• Magma Wyrm — South of Fort Laiedd
• Demi-Human Queen Maggie — Hermit Village
• Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast — Ninth Mt. Gelmir Campsite

Caelid and Dragonbarrow

• Magma Wyrm — Gael Tunnel
• Erdtree Avatar — West Minor Erdtree
• Erdtree Burial Watchdog x2 — Minor Erdtree Catacombs
• Mad Pumpkin Head x2 — Caelem Ruins
• Frenzied Duelist — Gaol Cave
• Lion Guardian — Fort Gael
• Decaying Ekzykes — Caelid Highway South
• Cemetery Shade — Caelid Catacombs
• Night's Cavalry — Caelid Highway South
• Death Rite Bird — Southern Aeonia Swamp Bank
• Lion Guardian — South Caelid
• Commander O'Neil — Aeonia Swamp
• Millicent — Aeonia Swamp
• Nox Swordstress and Nox Priest — Chair-Crypt of Sellia
• Fallingstar Beast — Sellia Crystal Tunnel
• Putrid Crystalians x3 — Sellia Hideaway
• Misbegotten Warrior and Crucible Knight — Redmane Castle
• Lion Guardians x2 — Redmane Castle
• Starscourge Radahn — Wailing Dunes
• Putrid Tree Spirit — War-Dead Catacombs
• Knights of the Great Jar x3 — Caelid Colosseum
• Cleanrot Knight x2 — Abandoned Cave
• Battlemage Hugues — Sellia Evergaol
• Elder Dragon Greyoll — Outside Fort Faroth
• Godskin Apostle — Divine Tower of Caelid
• Bell Bearing Hunter — Isolated Merchant's Shack
• Putrid Avatar — East Minor Erdtree
• Beastman of Farum Azula x2 — Dragonbarrow Cave
• Night's Cavalry — Lenne's Rise Bridge
• Flying Dragon Greyll — Farum Greatbridge
• Black Blade Kindred — Bestial Sanctum
• Gurranq — Bestial Sanctum

Leyndell and the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds

• Golem — Divine Bridge
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Leyndell West
• Onyx Lord — Sealed Tunnel
• Valiant Gargoyle — Leyndell Entrance Steps
• Margit, the Fell Omen — Leyndell West
• Bell Bearing Hunter — Hermit Merchant's Shack
• Deathbird — Leyndell North
• The Loathsome Dung Eater — Leyndell North
• Grave Warden Duelist — Auriza Side Tomb
• Crucible Knight Ordovis and Crucible Knight — Auriza Hero's Grave
• Crucible Knight — Leyndell Main Road
• Erdtree Avatar — Leyndell Main Road
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Lower Capital Church
• Valiant Gargoyle — West Capital Rampart
• Lion Guardian — West Capital Rampart
• Godfrey, First Elden Lord (spirit) — Erdtree Sanctuary
• Crucible Knight — Below Erdtree Sanctuary
• Black Knife Assassin — Queen's Bedchamber
• Fell Twins x2 — Divine Tower of East Altus Bridge
• Esgar, Priest of Blood — Leyndell Catacombs
• Mohg, the Omen — Cathedral of the Forsaken
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit x3 — Capital of Ash

Volcano Manor

• Abductor Virgin x2 — Volcano Manor, via Raya Lucaria
• Inquisitor Ghiza — Volcano Manor Upper Floor
• Magma Wyrm — Subterranean Inquisition Chamber
• Godskin Noble — Temple of Eiglay
• Old Knight Istvan — Colosseum Road, Limgrave
• Great Horned Tragoth — Ruin-Strewn Precipice, Liurnia
• Rileigh the Idle — Bridge of Iniquity, Altus Plateau
• Vargram and Wilhelm — Fortified Manor, Leyndell
• Juno Hoslow — Shack of the Lofty, Mountaintops
• Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy — Volcano Manor
• Tanith's Knight — Volcano Manor

Mountaintops of the Giants and the Consecrated Snowfield

• Night's Cavalry — Forbidden Lands
• Black Blade Kindred — Grand Lift of Rold
• Ancient Hero of Zamor — Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs
• Golem — Mountaintops Walkway
• Erdtree Avatar — East Minor Erdtree
• Spirit-Caller Snail — Spiritcaller's Cave
• Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable — Lord Contender's Evergaol
• Chief Guardian Arghanthy — Guardians' Garrison
• Borealis the Freezing Fog — Frozen Lake
• Death Rite Bird — North Mountaintops
• Tibia Mariner — North Mountaintops
• Lion Guardian — Castle Sol
• Lion Guardian — Castle Sol
• Commander Niall — Castle Sol
• Bloody Finger Okina — Church of Repose
• Ensha of the Royal Remains — Roundtable Hold
• Stray Mimic Tear — Hidden Path to the Haligtree
• Putrid Grave Warden Duelist — Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs
• Red Wolf — Consecrated Snowfield
• Night's Cavalry x2 — Snowfields Wagon
• Astel, Stars of Darkness — Yelough Anix Tunnel
• Sanguine Noble — Consecrated Snowfield
• Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater — Consecrated Snowfield
• Great Wyrm Theodorix — Consecrated Snowfield
• Misbegotten Crusader — Cave of the Forlorn
• Putrid Avatar — West Minor Erdtree
• Death Rite Bird — Consecrated Snowfield
• Black Knife Assassin — Ordina, Liturgical Town

Mohgwyn Palace and Miquella's Haligtree

• Nameless White Mask 1 — Mohgwyn Palace Outskirts
• Nameless White Mask 2 — Mohgwyn Palace Outskirts
• Nameless White Mask 3 — Mohgwyn Palace Outskirts
• White-Faced Varré — Mohgwyn Palace
• Mohg, Lord of Blood — Mohgwyn Palace
• Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree — Haligtree
• Putrid Avatar — Elphael
• Putrid Avatar — Elphael
• Putrid Tree Spirit — Elphael
• Millicent or Millicent's Sisters — Haligtree
• Malenia, Blade of Miquella — Haligtree

Crumbling Farum Azula

• Ancient Dragon — Farum Azula
• Wormface — Farum Azula
• Ancient Dragon — Farum Azula
• Ancient Dragon — Farum Azula
• Alexander, Warrior-Jar — Farum Azula
• Ancient Dragon — Farum Azula
• Crucible Knight — Dragon Temple
• Recusant Bernahl — Dragon Temple Rooftop
• Ancient Dragon — Dragon Temple
• Crucible Knight — Dragon Temple
• Dragonlord Placidusax — Dragon Temple

All Shadow of the Erdtree Bosses: Full Checklist

Ninety fights across the Realm of Shadow, minus the three required ones covered above.

Gravesite Plain, Belurat and the Cerulean Coast

• Logur the Beast Claw — South Woods
• Blackgaol Knight — Western Nameless Mausoleum
• Furnace Golem — South of Three-Path Cross
• Ghostflame Dragon — Lake Outside Belurat
• Demi-Human Swordmaster Onze — Belurat Gaol
• Ancient Dragon-Man — Pillar Path
• Magma Wyrm — Dragon's Pit
• Ancient Dragon-Man — Dragon's Pit
• Death Knight — Fog Rift Catacombs
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Ellac River
• Chief Bloodfiend — Rivermouth Cave
• Furnace Golem — Ellac River Downstream
• Moore — Any Forager Brood location
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Poison Lake, Belurat
• Fire Knight Queelign — East Garden, Belurat
• Divine Beast Dancing Lion — Theatre of the Divine Beast
• Demi-Human Queen Marigga — Cerulean Coast West
• Ghostflame Dragon — Cerulean Coast Central Lake
• Dancer of Ranah — Southern Nameless Mausoleum

Castle Ensis and Scadu Altus

• Troll Knight — Ensis Entrance
• Moonrithyll, Carian Knight — Castle Midpoint
• Rellana, Twin Moon Knight — Ensis Moongazing Grounds
• Troll Knight Apparition — Behind Castle Ensis
• Black Knight Garrew — Fog Rift Fort
• Fire Knight Queelign — Church of the Crusade
• Furnace Golem — Highroad Encampment
• Black Knight — Hill Overlooking Church of the Crusade
• Ralva the Great Red Bear — Lake East of Highroad
• Dryleaf Dane — Moorth Ruins
• Ghostflame Dragon — Moorth Highway South
• Black Knight Edredd — Fort of Reprimand
• Greater Potentate — Bonny Village
• Greater Potentate — Bonny Village
• Curseblade Labirith — Bonny Gaol
• Furnace Golem — Church District Highroad
• Swordhand of Night Anna — Finger Ruins of Miyr

Jagged Peak, Charo's Hidden Grave and Rauh Base

• Jagged Peak Drake — Foot of the Dragon Peak
• Jagged Peak Drake and Lesser Dragon — Foot of the Dragon Peak
• Tibia Mariner — Charo's Hidden Grave Entrance
• Death Rite Bird — Gravebird Lake
• Hippopotamus — Lake Beyond River
• Furnace Golem — Charo's Hidden Grave West
• Lamenter — Lamenter's Gaol
• Ancient Dragon Senessax — Jagged Peak Mountainside
• Bayle the Dread — Rest of the Dread Dragon
• Red Bear — Northern Nameless Mausoleum
• Rugalea the Great Red Bear — Northwest Forest
• Death Knight — Scorpion River Catacombs
• Misbegotten Crusader — Fissure Depths
• Putrescent Knight — Garden of Deep Purple
• Thiollier — Garden of Deep Purple

Shadow Keep, Scaduview and the Hinterland

• Golden Hippopotamus — Main Gate Plaza
• Leda or Hornsent — Near Storehouse Entrance
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Church District
• Ulcerated Tree Spirit — Church District
• Wego, Fire Knight Elder — Church District
• Leda or Ansbach — Specimen Storehouse
• Kood, Fire Knight Captain — Outside the Dark Chamber
• Salza, Fire Knight Sage — Viaduct Minor Tower
• Scadutree Avatar — Scadutree Base
• Commander Gaius — Scaduview Entrance
• Tree Sentinel Duo — Hinterland Bridge
• Fallingstar Beast — Hinterland Crater
• Metyr, Mother of Fingers — Finger Birthing Grounds
• Jolán and Count Ymir — Cathedral of Manus Metyr

Ancient Ruins of Rauh, Recluses' River and the Abyssal Woods

• Crucible Knight Devonia — Rauh Ancient Ruins, East
• Hippopotamus — Rauh Ancient Ruins, East
• Furnace Golem — Rauh Ancient Ruins, West
• Divine Beast Dancing Lion — Grand Stairway Temple
• Furnace Golem — Castle Watering Hole
• Furnace Golem — Ruins of Unte
• Rakshasa — Eastern Nameless Mausoleum
• Hippopotamus — Recluses' River Downstream Lake
• Hippopotamus — Recluses' River Downstream Lake
• Jori, Elder Inquisitor — Darklight Catacombs
• Madding Hand — Woodland Trail
• Aging Untouchable — Woodland Trail
• Aging Untouchable — Woodland Trail
• Aging Untouchable — Abyssal Woods
• Aging Untouchable — Abyssal Woods
• Aging Untouchable — Abyssal Woods
• Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame — Midra's Manse

Enir-Ilim

• Divine Beast Warrior of Lightning — Outside Spiral Rise
• Divine Beast Warrior of Frost — Spiral Rise Rooftops
• Divine Beast Warrior of Wind — Outside Cleansing Chamber Anteroom
• Divine Beast Warrior of Wind — Belurat, via Enir-Ilim
• Leda, Dryleaf Dane and allies — Cleansing Chamber Anteroom

Which Bosses Are Worth Fighting?

Not all 347 optional fights pay out. The ones that do fall into three groups: remembrance bosses, which trade for legendary weapons and incantations at the Roundtable Hold; Evergaol and cave bosses holding Larval Tears, which let you respec at Rennala; and every Hippopotamus, Furnace Golem and Nameless Mausoleum boss in the expansion, which drop Scadutree Fragments.

A full clear takes well over a hundred hours on top of the main path, which changes what the Switch 2 version is good for. Short sessions suit a checklist, and the release details for this version are collected in Elden Ring Released on Switch — What's New in Tarnished Edition?. I have cleared this list twice on other platforms and the second run went faster in twenty-minute chunks than it ever did in long sittings.