The Few Happy Endings of Elden Ring 

The real happiest ending here was Kalé, he got to sit in the Church of Elleh for the entire game in blissful ignorance of the genocide against his people because his questline was never implemented

I've known Zoraya for like five minutes but if anyone hurts her I will intentionally get the frenzied flame ending so the entire planet suffers.

The sad part about Boc's quest is that the corpse you pick up the 'you're beatuiful' Pate is most likely his Mum. It even has a different accent from the rest of the clay whistles, more Northern and feminine.

I would argue Seluvis' ending is a happy one. Most unlikeable character ends up dead isn't bad in my book.

The jellyfish quest is the most wholesome thing I've seen in any fromsoft game

Big Boggart can have a pretty good ending if you never let the dung eater free. He gets to cook up lots of fresh crab

Latenna is capable of mounting the giant wolf enemies you find in the snowfields, allowing her to fight at her full potential. It's an amazing detail.

I think Roderika scores highest as "Crestfallen archetype that genuinely turns things around and finds her own value, but is unwilling to compromise her honor and gratitude by leaving Hewg to die alone." We never do find out what happens to them, but even if they died, Roderika still made something meaningful of her life, like her men knew she would.

Nepheli literally becomes the ruler of storm veil. I'd call that a pretty good ending.

Giving Zorayas the potion is worse than killing her, she's now alone in the manor because everyone left, alone and not knowing who she truly is.

Someone made a small comic of Zorayas journey where she hid inside a bush, asking Boc to fix her cape. Boc called her out to come out and sit with him near the fire but Zorayas afraid her appearance will scare him. Boc insisted so she appeared. Boc just asked for her cape which to her surprise, Boc didn't even question her appearance. They had a lovely night dancing near the fire with her cape fixed and Boc made a new friend.

Zorayas calling you HER champion will always warm my heart

Zoraya is a sweet sweet girl. She deserves far better.

I’m tempted to say Alexander deserves a mention too since he kinda accepts his death and goes down fighting like he wanted.

Didn't saw anyone talk about my dear Roderika. She was basically suicidal but then found a new purpose as a spirit tuner.

Zorayas' quest was just the most heart wrenching because she's such a sweet girl. Killing her or making her forget is both hurtful to your soul. Kill her but you don't feel anything but just numbness and giving her the potion is only a hollow happiness. Walking away and refusing to do either and making her realize people can a will love her unconditionally is and that she must set out to do what is best for herself is the sweetest and most fulfilling thing you could feel.

Millicent's ending (yes, the one where she dies) isn't unhappy at all. She goes out fighting, on her own terms, rather than becoming another vehicle for the Rot Kindred/Gowry's machinations. She chose freedom, even if it meant an agonising death, rather than becoming a pawn in an insane attempt to create another Malenia. Big respect for my personal favourite NPC.

I think there's really two kinds of character deaths in souls quests. There's those characters who die in fullfillment of their goals with no regrets, such as Siegward of Catarina or Ironfist Alexander, and there are those whose lifes are just tragically cut short by ill fate, like Greirat the Thief or Irina. As far as I'm concerned, a fullfilling death can still be viewed as a good ending in its own right from a narrative perspective whereas a sudden and unexpected Death just feels like getting sucker-punched.

Alexander, Jar-bairn, and Diallos's connected questlines are sad with very slight amounts of hope shining through here and there. Alexander reaches what he considered to be his peak and wanted his duel of fates with you, the only warrior he seems to admire. Diallos, even though he fails to defend the village, manages to redeem himself in his own mind before the end. And Jar-bairn, despite the clear trauma inducing event he witnesses, choose to move forward and aspire to be the warrior he knows Alexander to be (Hopefully, he doesn't get stuck in as many holes).

Patches ending is pretty good too. After the volcano manor u can find him at the shaded castle and he "dies" but if u go back to the first cave where you find him with the highway men then u can do his boss fight again and when u hit him he'll recognize you and yield. It's really cute in a way

I really like Boc. Someone who actually appreciates and shows me respect while everyone else just calls me a low born and tries to kill me.

Just popped in here to say that Zorayas deserves all the happiness in the world.

Boc really is best boy. He doesn’t ask for much besides a little love and a simple needle. In return, he treats you with the utmost respect and undying loyalty.

To me the funny thing about Zorayas is that, albeit she is perfect and can do no wrong, I'm convinced she rigged the whole thing with Boggart on purpose and was just trying to get him killed. She's a scout for Tanith and the Recusants. She is looking for "tarnished warriors who are willing to murder, if needed, for a righteous cause". So we find her doing the whole damsel in distress routine in the middle of Liurnia. When she talks to you, it's all "woe is me, can some brave courageous soul save me? But look.... it just MAAAAAAYYY involve a tiny bit of murdering. A dreadful bandit has stolen my precious thing".... So you go see about that and while Boggart DOES seem fairly unequivocally a bandit, he's also a pretty small time petty crime type of guy, from what we can tell in the game. He boasts about how he tricked the dumb girl and made away with her necklace, which he then offers to sell you back. As you get closer to him, you see he's got a lot of posturing but, ultimately, seems to be a far cry from the malice of so many characters we meet. We know he was in prison, he stole from a "witless vulnerable girl" but he never attempted to harm her, what he stole from her is just jewellery, he can be easily reasoned with.... He just seems to be trying his best in a cruel world that cast him aside. And then we go back to Zorayas and she just assumes we murdered him. Since we have no qualms about murdering people for the right cause "you know what, you could really join my faction of heroes that just happen to murder a lot", and then presents us with the next step on the test. But Lady Tanith and the Recusants now only have the manpower, they know what they're doing. Zorayas is never given a bodyguard on these scouting missions for explicitly dangerous people, for one. She talks to you, priming you for killing and just assumes you did it. That you would negotiate with Boggart or try to find an amicable solution is something she distracts you from because she is testing you as a candidate for the Recusants. It's hard to tell if she approached Boggart for that reason as well or if he was bait from the get go since Patches is proof that Tanith isn't looking TOO closely at who she brings in. But really... I just can't look at that without thinking Boggart was the mark all along. HE got tricked into stealing the pendant so he'd serve as a test for whoever would be willing to murder him to recover it

Zorays' ending when she leaves and names the Tarnished as her champion has me thinking... Since she is by all means the child of a demigod, wouldn't that make her a demigod by default? I mean the other demigods received their power when their parent married a God. Maybe she will inherit that power and become a powerful friend/foe in the next game.

I really like Thops’s ending. Its him accomplishing what he’s worked his entire life for and proving everybody who called him stupid wrong. He basically discovers an entirely new school of magic and then dies from contentment.

7:44 Literally _everybody_ makes the Snake Eater joke about this ladder, and it _still_ never gets old.

Everything about Volcano Manor is amazing, from the dysfunctional family vibes, the assassinations on behalf of Tanith, and of course Rya's adorable ass and her questline. Genuinely the best area in the game hands down

Rya is the purest thing that has come out from the lands between and we must protect her at all costs

Technically, Blackguard can have a happy ending. If you progress the Dung Eater's quest to the stage where he ties himself up on a chair in the sewer gaol BEFORE blackguard moves to his spot by the crabs outside the capital, you can prevent him from being killed by the Dung Eater. You could also kill the Dung Eater outright without doing any part of his quest and still save him, but doing that locks you out of getting his mending rune entirely. Blackguard never has any special dialogue as far as I've noticed, but I much prefer to buy crab from him as opposed to his bell bearing.

I cannot tell you how relieved I was that there was a way to keep Boc alive. He's just the sweetest lil bean and I loved him a lot, and I'm glad they gave you a way to make him feel happy in his own skin and not feel ashamed of himself.

To do a good ending for Boggart do this: Buy Rya's necklace from him - then talk to him again and buy some stuff Later talk to the Dung Eater at the Roundtable Hold; later when you have a Seedbed Curse, he tasks you to free him Then get to the moat near the capital, talk to Boggart and buy some stuff again from him At this point he tells you about the horror of the Dung Eater Now aggro Boggart to attack you - and then flee Free the Dung Eater, then get back to the Roundtable hold, where you will find a message of the Dung Eater, that he is comming for you Now get back to the moat and do not get close to Boggart - he is still mad at you at this point But if you didn't aggro him before, then now he would dying and the Dung Eater invades you... If however Boggart is still mad at you, then he lives, while he can even watch you to trample Dung Eater After this just get to the Curch of Vows and get absolution - now you can go back and enjoy another freshly cooked prawn meal with Boggart - he will survive Nepheli can be Queen of Limgrave if you do her quest, and don't give Seluvis' potion to her In this case Kenneth and Gostoc will be at her side in Stormveil Throne room - if you did Kenneth's quest before till he laments he has to find a new lord

I’d say thops has a happy ending, he proved them all wrong. That spell actually states that it was worthy of a new conspectus

I mean, Hewg's tale has a happy ending in my opinion. He did smith a weapon to kill a god, despite him no longer having the memory of doing so. It's terrible that he gets amnesia before you face Radagon and the Elden Beast. Yet once I beat the game I knew he had done it correctly and that was enough for my heart. It actually made the final boss more epic too, I wasn't just doing it to sit atop the throne anymore; it was to see Hewg's tale come to fruition and to spit in the face of Gideon who thought the feat would be impossible.

Jar Bairn picking up Alexander’s legacy is one of the best endings for a character in a souls game ever

Rya's snake form is actually cute and her storyline is a tearjerker indeed. I wish there is a sequel and we can meet her again to talk and hang out.

Im surprised you didn't include nepheli quest Imo she got the best ending in the game She becam queen of limgrave and has you and the goofy kenneth at her side

I'm so glad we are allowed to not only save Boc but basically gain the most loyal and endearing follower possible in any Soulsborne game. Usually with these games this means these sort of characters' quests end in inevitable misery and depression... but it's like Miyazaki finally allowed us to finally save a truly innocent and endearing charcter can even incorporate Boc into our role-playing. Imagine just making a character just to befriend Boc and your Tarnished goal is to become Elden Lord just so you and Boc can chill in peace and be friends, like that's actually awesome and wholesome goal and worth fighting for

Rya is such a pure soul in such a terrible place/world/realm/universe, I'd bet if we *could* accompany her on her journey rather than becoming the (Elden) Lord, we'd all do it in a heartbeat.

Zoraya is one of the sweetest characters I've ever encountered I'm ngl, I still adore her even on my 5th playthrough and now that I know she can have a happy ending I'm going to be constantly giving her that ending.

Am I the only one that thinks a panicked Boc turned himself into a tree and then forgot he did it? Demi humans seem to have this ability naturally. Boc is also located right in the middle of an area where there's nothing but enemies in every direction or the way is blocked by a ravine. "I forgot, some clod turned me into a tree." he was talking about himself.

I like to imagine Zorayas, Boc and Jar Bairn going on an adventure together to seek the answers they want, with maybe Patches acting rude but going because he cares about Zoraya. I think it's in character for him.

"Oh, I guess she's dead." - Every enemy watching me charge headfirst at them with joyful naïveté, knowing full well where my quest ends.

great video. love the editing and the sprinkled in humor to lighten the mood as well!

Thops had an ok ending. His contemporaries will never understand but future generations would come to know that he had invented an entirely new school of magic, one that nullifies glintstones with ease.

Whats dumb about bocs quest is that there isnt a way to make him meet Kenneth…who wants to freakin talk to demihumans

I hope the dlc brings more endings. Like having your trusted compatriots standing next to the Elden throne as your royal guard or something.

I got the final ending of Zorayas's quest. Killing her or removing her memories both sounded terrible. A pity you don't get to actually say goodbye, but she seems happier and that's what mattered.

Rya is so freaking dorky and everyone loves her

holy crap i found your channel by chance and the edits are HILARIOUS and informative. this instant fan has subscribed.

1:39 " Small, violent and british "

People are already mentioning Nepheli having a happy ending, so I'd just like to add that both Kenneth Haight AND Gostoc piggy-back on Nepheli and get happy endings too by making her their ruler. Three happy NPCs in one quest, right there. A case could be made that Shabriri gets a happy ending when you do the Frenzied Flame ending, or really, as soon as you accept the Frenzied Flame. He'll leave Yura's armor set for you, and the last you'll see of him is if you summon him for Hoarah Loux. Additionally, Hyetta was pretty stoked to burn up via the Frenzied Flame. Lady was bonkers. Gowry gets a happy ending when we choose to kill Millicent. It's what he wanted. (although ultimately not a happy ending for him if we then kill Malenia, seeing as that apparently negates the possibility for Millicent to be reborn a 'crimson valkyrie'). Jerren gets a happy ending if you side with him against Sellen. She's been a thorn in the Carian Royal Family's side since before Radahn froze the stars. He and Iji have wanted Sellen dead for a while.

i always found myself subconsciously avoiding character quests. I just knew that in a fromsoft game there aren't many quests that don't end in death. really the only one that i did willfully finish was raya's. all the others i either finished without knowingly advancing them or avoided finishing. atleast there are a few good ones that give you a sense of a "good ending" not just existential dread. "i have been feeding this poor blind woman other people's eyes in hopes she becomes no longer blind" like c'mon fromsoft like really.

good video and MAN your subtle jokes and editing made me frikin wheeze

That Socrates and Plato meme there with the quotes was fantastic. Was a philosophy major and that hits so hard, my guy. well done

What i don't like is about most bad ending quests is how they just die offscreen like Thops.

Don’t forget Jarbairn, who receives Alexander’s Innards if you’ve been doing your job, and Nepheli Loux, who becomes Lord of Stormveil, also if you’re doing your job correctly.

Super cool editing, really cool style and cadence! Quick sub, underrated content

nice vid bro, I really enjoyed it

Honorable mention to Nepheli’s quest. Becoming the new ruler of Limgrave and Stormveil Castle and being free to become and arbiter of peace and justice is a great ending all things considered. Plus now she has the pleasure of interacting with THE GREAT KENNETH, SERVANT OF TRUE ORDER AND REPUDIATOR OF THE FALSE!

The voice actors in Elden Ring are really so good, they bring so much life to these characters.

I simply love the thumbnail. Also the fungal waste OST choice, I just wanna say great job all around!

Dude zorayas quest had me a bit choked up when I played I wish we could have gotten her as our finger maiden instead of the suicidal idiot and the crazed maniac

I will NEVER let Boc turn human and die

Anyone else think boc and zoraya have a ton in common? Both were treated as abominations by their peers, had loving mothers (adopted or otherwise), and had hearts of gold.

Lore vids with funny editing, i sub, thanks for the content man, cant wait for newer vids :)

Lmao these edits are so funny man, subscribed

1:30 interestingly enough, the only characters in the game that can use mimicry without the veil are the demi humans, it's a cool note that even they have their own small branch of magic

the ending of house hoslo is by far the most dramatic one. depending on your last sentences to diallos its either the sadest ending or the happiest.

nice content & excellent choice of BGM.

The most frustrating thing about RU-vid is that it took almost a year for them to recommend this video to me. I watch similar videos regularly and this is the first time I’ve come across your channel. Great work.

Nepheli Loux has the best possible ending, she ends up ruling Stormveil castle guided by Kenneth Haight.

don't remind me how I missed Boc in the cave the first time and only decided to see if I can finish his quest when it was already too late...

I usually play Rimworld, but someone on my channel recommended Elden Ring. I watched a few of your videos and they made me really curious. Liked and subbed! 🙂

You did well in making this video. My champion.

The little edits make me laugh so much. Just little meme bits sprinkled in, so funny. Loving these vids, keep em coming!

I believe that Devin, the second D, deserves a mention as well. Though his brother, Darian, is killed by the witch Fia, if you give Devin the Twinned Set he will be able to kill Fia after you kill Fortisaxx. Not only does Devin avenge his brother by killing Fia, but he also completes their mission by making sure Fia could not have an heir with Godwyn.

Great video ending, and very well edited with the Hollow Knight music, loved this sm

Fantastic editing, by the way.

I'd argue that Thop's ending was happy (or at least bittersweet) too, after all, he managed to prove everyone doubting him wrong by creating his magic.

Man, this video came on my YT feed and I clicked it expecting a classic "top 10" kinda deal. Twas such an enjoyable work!! Thanks a lot mate!

Great video with lots of information. You really did your research

It would be very nice a sequence of videos like this one, showing a few quests at time, with your extra lore knowlegde complementing them!

youre one of my favorite content creators currently please keep up the amazing work

There should be a way to fight Gideon early, that would be kinda cool

Your videos and memes are on point

What a legend only one ad in the beginning . Your so damn underrated

I never tell Sellen about lusat . And just help her reach lucaria. Once that's done even telling her about lusat doesn't turn her into that.... thing... So It's a happy ending!!

Thank you for the great video! I think Sellen is also a good ending, as long as you don’t find the sorcerer in the cave (Lusat?) ; she remains Lady of Raya Lucaria and Renala stays in timeout. If you don’t kill Blaid, then Iji does not die either, which I guess it is good too.

such a good video, thanks for making it

man, the Rosalina’s Observatory piano song at the end made me very nostalgic. thank you

Boc's happy ending always makes me cry

Justice for Big Boggart (necklace thief) he was a tortured soul who just wanted to eat crab

I should have put more of the happy ending quests in the soul series! Nice video

Dude these edits are funny you deserve more subscribers

Yoo where is turtle pope!? He has the best ending. Finding a friend to teach spells to.

Amazing use of Meet the Medic's soundtrack. Also, I sort of feel like ER feels a little more... hopeful, than the other Souls games. Is that just me?

Damn bro this is one of the best video i have seen in a video alltogether

Zorayas' quest reminded me of Pascal from Nier Automata. I may not be the only one as you played Ashes to Dreams during her segment Nice work!

There is actually another happy end, at least what I would call a happy and that is the pot bairns quest. While there is the sad ending where his village dies and he mourns diallos's death, if you skip diallos's quest you can also give him the Alexander innards and he will leave the with a new passion, to become a warrior jar and everyone in the village lives.