Depending on which questlines a player decides to see through to the end, one of six endings is made available after beating Elden Ring's final boss. Each of the ages fundamentally alters the destiny of the Lands Between, either by fixing it with a Mending Rune or by removing the influence of the Greater Will in some other way.
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Two of these six endings can be considered «bad», being the Dung Eater's Blessing of Despair and the Three Fingers' Lord of Chaos endings. The Age of Fracture, the default ending to Elden Ring, simply sees the current world continue as-is with the player becoming Elden Lord. Depending on your perspective, the other three endings can be considered «good» as they improve the world, replace the Greater Will with a theoretically more benevolent deity, or give Those Who Live In Death a second life.
To unlock the Age of the Stars in Elden Ring players must complete Ranni the Witch's questline and use her summon sign in the Erdtree after felling the Elden Beast. This questline begins at Ranni's Rise just beyond Caria Manor and takes players across (and deep, deep below) the Lands Between to help Ranni achieve her destiny — to bring the influence of the Dark Moon to the Lands Between and rid it of the Greater Will and the Golden Order.
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The Dark Moon and the Greater Will are two of Elden Ring's many outer Gods, each vying for influence and power in the Lands Between. The Greater Will is the dominant outer God, but it is dogmatic with enforcing its Golden Order. Ranni aims for order and divinity to be «at a great remove» from the Lands Between. Under the Greater Will, life, souls, and order
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