Elden Ring: How to beat Radagon of the Golden Order

Elden Ring has a huge variety of bosses in its beautiful, deadly world and one of the toughest you can come across is Radagon of the Golden Order; how do you beat him?

He is actually the penultimate boss in the game’s main story so be aware that there are some potential spoilers in this guide.

If you don’t want to know how the fight goes, don’t read on, but if you’ve reached this point and can’t get Radagon down, look at our guide below.

The fight takes place in Leyndell, Capital of Ash, and there’s one big thing that you need to consider before you head into battle.

Radagon may be the penultimate fight but you’ll have to fight the final boss immediately after. There’s no site of grace situated between the two so if you use up all of your HP flasks fighting Radagon, you won’t have them for the final fight.

It makes both fights that much tougher as you’ll need to carefully consider exactly how you use your flasks in the fight.

When you go into the fight, make sure that you’ve got a hugely levelled weapon, and plenty of Spirit Summons that you can use. We’d also recommend having a bleed effect on your sword that can slowly chip away at his health after a hit.

That should be the case, really, as this is the second-last fight in the game, so you’ll surely have beaten several huge enemies along the way.

It’s incredibly likely that you’ll be levelled to the point of being able to take Radagon on, so now it comes down to your battle strategy.

Now, Radagon’s main attacks utilise lightning, as he’ll lob lightning daggers at you from a distance, while also slamming the ground to send out a huge lightning shockwave that can deal deadly damage. His basic attacks also use lightning while he has a remarkably effective move where he