Elden Ring is home to some of the most challenging bosses in the series but also has a handful of surprisingly easy ones that made us scratch our heads whenever we steamrolled through them. This isn't to say that the encounters themselves were necessarily bad or uninteresting, but they certainly lacked the technical difficulty you'd expect in a FromSoftware title.

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Whether it was slogging through a grueling area only to beat the boss in the first attempt or two or just stumbled upon a random boss that looked much more formidable than they actually were, there are many examples of boss encounters that felt like they were holding punches and undershot their potential.

Updated August 6, 2022, by Seth Parmer: Elden Ring has been out for nearly half a year already, having us revisit this list to make some adjustments. While we didn't remove anyone, we added three more Bosses to this list that should have been called out a while ago for going too easy on us in the Lands Between.

10 Regal Ancestor Spirit

The Regal Ancestor Spirit boss fight in Elden Ring

Despite being one of the most stunning boss battles in Elden Ring, the Regal Ancestor Spirit encounter ends much faster than anyone anticipates and isn't all that challenging. Other than a few tricks it has up its sleeve, the Regal Ancestor Spirit has well-telegraphed attacks and doesn't pack that much punch, especially when compared to other bosses.

Aside from fighting back the tears in your eyes from the beautiful song that plays throughout the encounter, the Regal Ancestor Spirit won't push you to your breaking point. This typically wouldn't be a terrible thing, but the hoops you have to jump through to reach this boss are far more challenging than the actual battle itself, which is always a letdown.

9 Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing

Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing in Elden Ring

You've been through a lot of really grueling challenges by the time you face off against Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing, and this encounter may very well be the easiest mandatory boss battle in the game. Being able to kill him instantly with Inescapable Frenzy during his villainous monologue is a mixed bag of hilarious, awesome, and sad.

Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing, is essentially Elden Ring's Pinwheel from the original Dark Souls, and you will only hear him get brought up by embarrassed confessions of those who fell to him. However, in his defense, he never prided himself on being the strongest or most skilled, but his effort here isn't great if we're honest.

8 Loretta, Knight Of The Haligtree

Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree Boss in Elden Ring

Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree, sits at the very bottom of one of the most rage-inducing areas of Elden Ring, Miquella's Haligtree, and is one of the last lines of defense to prevent you from making your way into Elphael. However, after fighting through the pure hell that leads up to her, the encounter itself lacks pushback and doesn't offer the challenge you would reasonably expect.

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Another thing of note is that you likely ran into her spirit-form in the Caria Manor several hours before this, where she probably kicked the living snot out of you if you faced her early enough. While not the easiest boss in Elden Ring, she's undoubtedly one of them, which is disappointed as she had the potential to push you to your limit. Especially in *that* area, with all the bubble-blowing menaces that want to watch you squirm in agony.

7 Mohg, Lord Of Blood

Mohg, Lord of Blood in Elden Ring

Mohg, Lord of Blood, had the potential to be one of the most brutal encounters in the game but seemingly throws it all away with gimmicks and a sad tale. While Mohg isn't the easiest boss battle in the game, his backstory and the chaos you have to go through to reach him ultimately make the fight pale in comparison.

Furthermore, if you possess the Purifying Crystal Tear, you can trivialize his most devastating attack, making the encounter a cakewalk. However, if you don't have the Purifying Crystal Tear, the battle becomes more challenging, but it's never a grueling or impossible feeling. Most will have Mohg taken down in the first three to four attempts.

6 Grafted Scion

The Grafted Scion in Elden Ring

The Grafted Scion is the game's first boss encounter and will most likely mess everyone up as it's supposed to be a near-impossible hurdle to overcome, posing as a scripted death. First meeting aside, the Grafted Scion is actually a pushover and will fold almost immediately whenever you meet the second time.

When meeting the Grafted Scion for the second time by accessing the Chaple of Anticipation via the Waygate at The Four Belfry's, you might be hyping yourself up for the rematch. At this point, it's been dozens, if not hundreds of hours since the first encounter, and before you head into the arena, you will be running the first fight through your head, thinking of the perfect strategy to carry out your revenge an- oh, he's already dead. Good job, Tarnished!

5 Commander O'Neil

Commander O'Neil Boss in Elden Ring

While you can bump into Commander O'Neil relatively early in your adventures, which would certainly change our tune on the matter, he's not even remotely close to the biggest threat in the grand scheme of all things lurking around in Caelid or the Swamp of Aeonia. Commander O'Neil falls into a similar category as most Elden Ring bosses, which is that he looks far more intimidating than he really is.

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Caelid is a gross, relentless, and agonizing area, and we're saddened that Commander O'Neil doesn't fit the mold of his surroundings. He should have been far more vicious and heavy hitting to make the Swamp of Aeonia the undisputed nightmare realm of Elden Ring. Instead, that goes to Miquella's Haligtree and those pesky bubble blowers and oversized ants.

4 Leonine Misbegotten

An up close shot of Leonine Misbegotten Roaring Into The Camera

One of the first optional bosses players will likely stumble upon in Elden Ring is Leonine Misbegotten, found in Castle Morne in the Weeping Peninsula. Working your way through Castle Morne isn't an easy task, especially if you do it early in your journey, which makes you assume the area's boss will be just as challenging.

Unfortunately, that couldn't be further from the truth, and Leonine Misbegotten poses hardly any threat outside of its speed. Perhaps we expected too much from an early-stage boss, but even then, we feel there are much more complex, and demanding bosses found early on that bring Leonine down quite significantly in comparison.

3 Starscourge Radahn

Starscourge Radahn rides his horse across the Rot-infected lands of Caelid during a cutscene.

Starscourge Radahn was once, arguably, the hardest boss in Elden Ring by most standards, then he was nerfed. Hard. Instantly becoming one of the most effortless encounters in the game. He can still pose a threat if you meet him early enough, but that's almost every boss in this game, which is why we can confidently say that he's amongst the easiest bosses in Elden Ring.

The lore surrounding Radahn, the way various NPCs talk about him, and the path this legendary Demigod carved out for himself have all been tarnished with an update. While still challenging to some degree, especially compared to the others on this list, we feel many will be surprised by how easy this encounter is now after hearing the horror stories of early adopters.

2 Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade)

Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade) in Elden Ring

The physical form of Godfrey is one of the more complex encounters in the game, but his spectral Golden Shade version couldn't be further from that fact. What makes matters worse is you have to make your way through one of Elden Ring's most unforgiving areas in Leyndell, Royal Capital, to reach this projection of the First Elden Lord.

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While this is only a spectral projection of Godfrey, we still expected more of a challenge, but he only possesses a handful of attacks and isn't as daunting as you'd think, especially at this stage of the game. As alluded to earlier, the good news is that the actual battle against Godfrey is the polar opposite of this and easily one of the best boss battles in the Elden Ring.

1 Rykard, Lord Of Blasphemy

Elden Ring Rykard emerging from the flames to greet the Tarnished

Depending on who you ask, Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, is either one of the easiest encounters in Elden Ring or is an impossible and unfair nightmare to deal with. And while he is undoubtedly a nightmare, this encounter can be trivialized entirely if you use the Serpent-Hunter great spear found within the boss arena.

Grabbing the Serpent-Hunter, dying, and then leveling it up before you head in for subsequent rounds will have you emerge victorious within minutes. However, if you decide not to use the weapon meant for the encounter, this encounter will probably be the hardest for you as he possesses some nasty tricks up his sleeve. Still, much like the Storm King boss fight in Demon's Souls or Yhorm, the Giant in Dark Souls 3, the weapon is there for a reason and makes the battle one of the easiest in the game.

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