Radagon of the Golden Order is the penultimate main boss fight of Elden Ring.

You’ll need to have made it right through Leyndell, Ash Capital, and beaten Hoarah Loux to come face to face with Radagon of the Golden Order.

Radagon of the Golden Order is one of the tougher bosses in the game, but since spirit ash summons are available in this boss fight, we’d definitely recommend putting them to good use.

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  • How to prepare for Radagon of the Golden Order
  • Radagon of the Golden Order tips: How to beat Radagon of the Golden Order
  • Radagon of the Golden Order reward

How to prepare for Radagon of the Golden Order

Firstly, you’ll want to make sure you’ve got some sort of protection against Holy damage. While the majority of Radagon of the Golden Order’s attacks are physical, they do have a few Holy-based attacks in their back pocket, so it pays to be protected against those.

Radagon has a lot of health, simply put. If you’re going with a melee build for this fight, which we’d recommend, you’re going to want to take in a strong two-handed weapon with you.

Radagon of the Golden Order tips: How to beat Radagon of the Golden Order

Radagon has a big hammer, and he loves smacking you about with it. The boss will usually begin the fight by charging towards you, waiting until the last second to swing a huge hammer hit at you.

As the fight goes on, Radagon of the Golden Order will chain together more attacks with this aforementioned one.

Another common attack sees the boss rise up into the air with a spear made out of Holy material, before lobbing it right at you.

Radagon also has some massive area-based attacks he can pull out. If Radagon’s foot lights up, he’s about to bring it down, causing an area-of-effect attack with Holy damage to rush out nearby him.

Additionally, if Radagon rises into the air with his hammer glowing, be prepared to dodge. The boss is about to hit the ground with the hammer three times, each causing a huge area attack that reaches further with every successive hit.

Finally, Radagon has a massive stun-lock attack that he can hit you with. If the hammer burns bright with Holy damage and the boss advances towards you slowly, get ready to dodge sideways, as he’s about to hit you with a huge grab attack.

Once you have settled on a starting class and starting Keepsake item,

you should first work out how to level up, how to respec and use Ashes of War.

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Radagon of the Golden Order reward

Surprise: there isn’t a reward with Radagon! That’s because this fight is far from over, and although Radagon is down for the count, you’re about to be put straight into a fight with the Elden Beast itself.

The fight against the Elden Beast is the final one of Elden Ring, so it makes sense that FromSoftware would pull out some trickery by making you fight two bosses in a row.