Elden Ring, like other FromSoftware games before it, is known for being notoriously difficult. Elden Ring features many incredibly challenging boss fights spread throughout its massive open world that push players to their limit, as well as a multitude of well-hidden secrets.
Due to Elden Ring's high difficulty, unlocking all of the achievements in the game is going to be a serious challenge for anybody. Elden Ring players will have to find some of the game's most well-hidden weapons, defeat its toughest boss, and obtain all three endings if they hope to fully complete it.
Based on Xbox achievement statistics, here are the five hardest achievements to unlock in Elden Ring.
Legendary Sorceries and Incantations – 2.71% Unlock Rate
To understand this Elden Ring achievement, players have to collect seven legendary spells. What's somewhat surprising relating to this particular Elden Ring achievement having this type of low unlock rate is that players could possibly get it virtually anytime and can't really be locked out of it. However, one would have to know wherever to appear to gather all of the legendary spells, that is unlikely unless these were to use a guide.
Unlocking the Elden Ring Legendary Sorceries and Incantations achievement will mainly see players walking around the Lands Between, finding the spells in chests or by speaking with people. One of the spells, the Flame from the Fell God, is unlocked by beating Adan, Thief of fireside inside a fight, but Adan is one of the easier evergaol bosses hanging around, especially if players wait to choose this achievement until they're near the end of the playthrough.
Legendary Talismans – 2.69% Unlock Rate
Similarly to the Legendary Sorceries and Incantations achievement, this achievement's difficulty is really determined by if Elden Ring players are prepared to look up helpful information or if they choose to search for all these artifacts themselves. There are eight legendary talismans to gather in Elden Ring, and players are free to choose them whenever they'd like without needing to be worried about getting locked out of specific quests or anything like that.
Lord of Frenzied Flame – 2.32% Unlock Rate
The Lord of Frenzied Flame achievement in Elden Ring is a reasonably bit different from the prior two achievements for the reason that it is actually tied to among the game's endings. Getting all the different Elden Ring endings could be a little tricky, as players may take certain actions that lock them out of getting some of the endings. God of Frenzied Flame ending is likely one of the rarest players have gotten in the game because it is considered the "bad" ending, and beyond that, dealing with it is rather convoluted. Players have to reach the secret Subterranean Shunning-Grounds, fight an additional boss, and figure out how to get beyond secret doors by taking off all of their armor.
The Ranni ending in Elden Ring has more steps to it, but it's much more likely that players will come across it naturally than the Lord of Frenzied Flame, which could explain why this achievement has an especially low unlock rate.
Legendary Armaments – 2.24% Unlock Rate
To get the Legendary Armaments achievement in Elden Ring, players have to collect nine legendary armaments spread all through the sport. Players can unlock eight of these without having to worry about being locked out, except for one. Elden Ring players can be locked from getting the Bolt of Gransax legendary armament when they advance too far in the story, so it's recommended they go for it every time they reach Altus Plateau.
Unfortunately, it appears like there is a bug with this particular Elden Ring achievement where it's not unlocking for those players. Luckily, there's a work-around that forces it to pop. As reported by achievement tracking site TrueAchievements, players have made the Elden Ring Legendary Armaments achievement pop by putting all their legendary armaments kept in storage and taking it well out again.
Elden Ring – 0.96% Unlock Rate
To the surprise of nobody, the hardest achievement to unlock in Elden Ring is the one for unlocking the rest of the achievements. Unless one decides to cheat using saves, this would need a the least three playthroughs, as there are three achievements associated with three specific endings in the game. So for Elden Ring players to unlock this achievement legitimately, they'll need to go through the game three times, find all of the aforementioned hidden items, and defeat all major bosses. This really is no easy feat, and thus it's really no real surprise that less than 1% of Xbox gamers currently have all of the Elden Ring achievements unlocked.
As more and more people take a look at Elden Ring and also the Lands Between, it's feasible that some of the achievement statistics will shift and other achievements will become rarer. For now, though, fundamental essentials rarest achievements in Elden Ring and the ones that seem to be giving players probably the most trouble.
Elden Ring is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
