Elden Ring Trivia
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170 free Elden Ring trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
58 free Elden Ring trivia questions with answers. Elden Ring sold 30 million copies and collected more than 300 Game of the Year awards, and its lore is dense enough to keep players arguing years later. This quiz covers the whole thing: the Shattering and Queen Marika, the demigod shardbearers, Ranni's scheme, Malenia and the legend of Let Me Solo Her, Torrent and Melina, the six endings, plus the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, the Nightreign co-op spin-off, the Game Awards stage-crasher and the A24 film. Easy questions cover things every Tarnished knows; the hard ones dig into Radahn's horse, Ranni's doll and who owns FromSoftware. It works for a Discord night, a stream quiz or a solo lore check. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the game, its expansions, its characters and its studio. If it could not be cited, it was cut.
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Q 01On what date was Elden Ring first released?
February 25, 2022
Elden Ring launched on February 25, 2022, on PlayStation, Xbox and PC after a closed network test in November 2021.
Q 02Which fantasy novelist provided the worldbuilding for Elden Ring?
George R. R. Martin
Martin was given freedom to design the backstory, while Miyazaki wrote the in-game narrative.
Q 03Who directed Elden Ring?
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Hidetaka Miyazaki directed Elden Ring, conceiving it as a mechanical evolution of Dark Souls with an open world built around exploration.
Q 04Which company published Elden Ring outside Japan?
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Bandai Namco Entertainment published Elden Ring outside Japan, while developer FromSoftware handled the Japanese release itself.
Q 05What is the name of the land where Elden Ring is set?
The Lands Between
It has six main areas, from grassy Limgrave to the rotting wasteland of Caelid.
Q 06What is the player character called?
A Tarnished
The Tarnished are exiles summoned back after the Shattering to repair the Elden Ring and become Elden Lord.
Q 07Which queen shattered the Elden Ring, triggering the war called the Shattering?
Marika
Queen Marika the Eternal shattered the Elden Ring after her son Godwyn was murdered, and her demigod children then warred over its Great Runes.
Q 08What is the name of the spectral steed the player rides?
Torrent
Torrent, the spectral steed, vanishes when dismissed and, if killed in combat, must be revived by spending a flask charge.
Q 09Who gives the player their steed and offers to be their Maiden?
Melina
Melina grants the Tarnished the ability to turn runes into strength, later carries them to the hub area, and can sacrifice herself to burn the Erdtree.
Q 10What is the name of the hub where players gather to plan repairing the Elden Ring?
Roundtable Hold
Roundtable Hold is the hub reached by Melina's invitation, where Smithing Master Hewg upgrades weapons and Sir Gideon Ofnir shares intelligence on the demigods.
Q 11What is the in-game currency used to level up at checkpoints?
Runes
Runes are Elden Ring's currency for levelling and buying; Souls, Blood Echoes and Sen fill the same role in Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro.
Q 12What are the checkpoints in Elden Ring called?
Sites of grace
Sites of grace are Elden Ring's checkpoints: resting at one refills flasks and respawns most enemies, and the last one rested at is where the player returns after death.
Q 13In Elden Ring, what are the obtainable enchantments that grant weapons new capabilities called?
Ashes of War
Ashes of War are applied to weapons at a site of grace to change their skill and scaling affinity, such as Keen or Heavy.
Q 21How many different endings does Elden Ring have?
Six
They range from becoming Elden Lord to Ranni's Age of Stars and the Frenzied Flame burning everything.
Q 22Which boss guards the Forge of the Giants, where the Erdtree is kindled?
The Fire Giant
The Fire Giant guards the Forge of the Giants on the Mountaintops; only after it is slain can the Erdtree be kindled, and its wounded leg is the weak point to strike from Torrent's back.
Q 23Which optional boss is widely considered the hardest fight in the base game?
Malenia, Blade of Miquella
Malenia, Blade of Miquella is the base game's hardest optional boss, pairing her Waterfowl Dance combo with healing on every hit she lands.
Q 14Where can spirit summons be used?
Near Rebirth Monuments
Spirit summons work only near Rebirth Monuments, which sit in open areas and most boss arenas, so the Mimic Tear cannot be called in every fight.
Q 15What item does a host use to attract more invaders?
Taunter's Tongue
The Taunter's Tongue lets a host be invaded even without co-op partners and shortens the wait between invasions; the White Cipher Ring instead calls in hunters to help.
Q 16What is Godrick's gruesome practice, from which he takes his title?
Grafting severed body parts onto himself
Grafting severed body parts onto himself is Godrick's form of biological augmentation; halfway through his boss fight he grafts a dead dragon's head onto his arm and uses it as a flamethrower.
Q 17Which boss guards the front gate of Stormveil Castle?
Margit the Fell Omen
Margit the Fell Omen is fought on the approach to Stormveil Castle's main gate, the game's first legacy dungeon; Godrick the Grafted waits at its far end.
Q 18Which scheming servant is found stomping on Godrick's severed head after his defeat?
Gatekeeper Gostoc
Gatekeeper Gostoc, the scheming servant who points you to Stormveil's side entrance, is found stomping on Godrick's severed head in the throne room once the boss is dead.
Q 19Which demigod guards the Erdtree in Leyndell and declares it will admit no one?
Morgott the Grace-Given
Morgott the Grace-Given guards the Erdtree in Leyndell and is the same Omen fought as Margit at Stormveil; born an Omen and cast into the sewers, he stayed loyal to the Golden Order.
Q 20Which two foes does the player fight inside the Erdtree at the end of the game?
Radagon and the Elden Beast
Radagon of the Golden Order and then the Elden Beast, the living incarnation of the Elden Ring, are fought inside the Erdtree as the game's final bosses.
Q 24What is Malenia's title once she is overcome by the rot in her second phase?
Goddess of Rot
In her second phase Malenia becomes 'Malenia, Goddess of Rot', blooming in the Scarlet Rot that Miquella's Unalloyed Gold needle had held at bay.
Q 25Roughly how many times had players fought Malenia by March 2023?
329 million
That works out to about ten player deaths every second since launch.
Q 26What did the famous player 'Let Me Solo Her' wear on their head?
A jar
Let Me Solo Her wore only a jar on his head, fighting otherwise naked with two katanas, and beat Malenia for strangers over a thousand times; Bandai Namco sent him a gift for it.
Q 27What is the name of Radahn's tiny horse?
Leonard
Radahn's horse is Leonard, a scrawny steed he loved so much that he learned gravity magic so his giant body would not crush it.
Q 28Who gives the opening speech at the Radahn Festival?
Witch-Hunter Jerren
Witch-Hunter Jerren, Radahn's castellan, declares the Radahn Festival open from the castle courtyard before the gathered warriors are sent to fight the general.
Q 29Who are Ranni's parents?
Radagon and Rennala
Radagon later left Rennala to become Marika's consort, and Rennala lost her mind at Raya Lucaria.
Q 30Which event did Ranni orchestrate to kill Godwyn the Golden?
The Night of the Black Knives
Ranni orchestrated the Night of the Black Knives, whose assassins killed Godwyn with half of the stolen Rune of Death; she used the other half to kill her own body and live on in a doll.