Lords of the Fallen: How To Unlock All Endings

Learn how to unlock all endings in Lords of the Fallen with our full guide, showcasing what you need to do to earn the good, bad and weird endings. Two of the endings are fully possible for players to figure out — they’re the standard endings. But one of these endings is almost impossible to solve solo. Even if you know what to do, there are many ways you can accidentally screw these endings up. Here, we’ll break down how to get every ending and whether you’ll have one final boss to battle.

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Orius Ending | Good Ending

The Orius Ending is the standard ending of the game. By following the main objective, you’ll naturally unlock this ending.

• Follow the standard narrative and select to ‘Cleanse‘ all five beacons. The beacons are the glowing red pillars of light visible anywhere on the map. Each of the five locations is guarded by a major boss. Defeat the boss then cleanse the red beam of light.
• Cleansing the first beacon in the Forsaken Fen will lock you into this ending.
• After cleansing the beacons, use the Skyrest Bridge shortcut to Upper Calrath and approach the giant blocked gate. Defeat the Iron Wayfarer and enter Bramis Castle.
• Progress to the end of Bramis Castle. You may have a boss battle against Damarose The Marked depending on if you progressed or ignored her story. Defeat the Sundered Monarch at the end of the castle.
• Interact with the Effigy of Adyr and defeat the boss Adyr the Bereft Exile.

Defeating the boss will unlock the Radiance Ending and unlock the Radiant Purifier Starting Class. This starting class

Adyr Ending | Bad Ending

The Adyr Ending is slightly trickier to unlock. To unlock this ending, you must listen to Damarose (first encountered in the Sanctuary of Baptism and ignore the beacons.

• Instead of cleansing the beacons, you must ignore the beacons. To progress the story, you must defeat all five bosses and reach each beacon, but don’t interact and don’t cleanse them.
• Progress until you reach Bramis Castle. Defeat the Iron Wayfarer outside the gates, then choose to enter. If you enter Bramis Castle without cleansing any beacons, you will be locked into the Inferno Ending.
• Defeat the Sundered Monarch at the end of Bramis Castle, then interact with the Effigy of Adyr. The Rune of Adyr (acquired earlier) will become the Empowered Rune of Adyr.
• Use the Empowered Rune on all five beacons. Backtrack to each location. They can be found in; Forsaken Fen, Upper Calrath, Fief of the Chill Curse, Tower of Penance, and Empyrean.
• At the Empyrean, interact with the withered body of the Judge Cleric. Finally, interact with Iselle while inside the dream of the Judge Cleric. This will trigger the ending.

This ending does NOT involve an additional final boss fight. Completing the ending unlocks the Lord Starting Class.

Umbral Ending | Secret Ending

The secret ending is by far the hardest ending to acquire in Lords of the Fallen. To unlock this ending, you’ll need to follow a very specific series of steps — this ending involves sacrificing important NPCs to empower the Putrid Mother.

NOTE: This is just a cursory explanation of the Umbral Ending. For a full step-by-step tutorial, check out our Umbral Ending Guide here.

• Like the Inferno / Adyr Ending, you must not cleanse beacons. Cleansing even one beacon will automatically block you from completing this ending.
• Progress to the Cistern and enter the Revelation Depths. Defeat the boss Harrower Dervla the Pledged Knight at the bottom of this optional dungeon. Learn how to find the Revelation Depths here.
• After defeating the boss, find the Umbral Altar in the boss arena. To interact, purchase the Umbral Scouring Clump from Molhu in Skyrest Bridge — it costs 50 Umbral Scourings. Use the Clump at the altar in Revelation Depths to enter the Mother’s Lull area.
• In the Mother’s Lull, interact with the Husk NPC to collect Seedpods. You’ll need to deliver Seedpods to NPCs — this will permanently kill each NPC you deliver to.
• Use the first seedpod on Damarose — the NPC that first appears in the Sanctuary of Baptism area. Next, you’ll need to deliver to Gerlinde the Blacksmith. This will block all purchases, upgrades and runesmithing.
• You can wait to deliver Seedpods until RIGHT BEFORE entering Bramis Castle. After defeating the Iron Wayfarer, DO NOT ENTER Bramis Castle. Once you enter Bramis Castle, you will be locked into the Adyr / Inferno Ending.
• By following every step, you’ll acquire the Withered Rune of Adyr. Use it to open the gate to Bramis Castle, then use the final Seedpod on the Effigy of Adyr.
• Progressing further, you’ll finally need to interact with Pietra — after sacrificing Molhu. Sacrificing Pietra leads to the extremely difficult Elianne the Starved secret boss.

Defeating Elianne the Starved leads to the ending, where you’ll return to the Mother’s Lull and finally reach the Putrid Mother. This leads to the ending, where the Umbral Realm merges with Axiom.