Is the Radahn fight optional?

Radahn is an optional boss, and doesn't need to be defeated to advance Elden Ring's main storyline. However, he is a shardbearer, and two of the four available shardbearers must be defeated before entering Leyndell, Royal Capital.
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Is Radahn necessary?

he is optional, but he does drop a great rune. his raises your hp, fp and stamina. So Godrick and Rennala drop "Great Runes", along with all the shardbearers. Rennala's allows you to respec your build.
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What level should I be to fight Radahn?

Elden Ring Radahn boss battle

You should be at least level 70 before fighting Radahn, ideally with a powerful weapon suited to your chosen build, such as the Moonveil Katana, or strong spells with good range, including Comet.
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Do you have to beat Radahn to beat the game?

While defeating Radahn isn't totally mandatory, generally most players will encounter him following their exploration of Caelid. If you decide to skip this and proceed with the game, then you'll close out access to some of the late game events.
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Which Elden Ring bosses are not optional?

All Elden Ring bosses required for story campaign completion
  • Margit, the Fell Omen.
  • Godrick the Grafted.
  • Red Wolf of Radagon.
  • Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon.
  • Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade)
  • Morgott, the Omen King.
  • Fire Giant.
  • Godskin Duo.
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Is the Radahn fight optional?

What is the hardest mandatory boss in Elden Ring?

1 Malenia, Blade Of Miquella

Found at the bottom of the Haligtree, another long and incredibly taxing area, is Malenia, Elden Ring's hardest boss. Her reputation puts her in the highest echelon of difficult FromSoftware bosses alongside Bloodborne's Orphan of Kos and Dark Souls 3's Sister Friede.
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How hard is Radahn?

Defeating Radahn can be particularly difficult for melee characters, since with some methods you have to leave almost every strategy you've built up throughout Elden Ring so far at the door. However, here's everything you can do to beat Radahn as easily as possible in Elden Ring.
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Is Radahn skippable?

Skipping Radahn in Ranni's questline is possible!
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Did Radahn get nerfed?

Boss rebalanced once more. Elden Ring boss Radahn was accidentally nerfed in a patch, but now he's back to full strength.
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What is Radahn weak too?

Radahn is extremely weak to Scarlet Rot. Inflicting it on him once will bring him down to half health in a short time. Inflicting it on him again near the start of the second phase will kill him in a short time.
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How many NPCs help fight Radahn?

There's a total of 8 NPCs that the player can summon as part of the bigger Festival mechanic, but from what we understand, only 6 can be brought in at once. Once you have that many, the other summon signs will vanish from the arena until your numbers get whittled down by Radahn.
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Does Radahn have 2 phases?

The key to both phases of this fight is learning Radahn's attacks: Which ones you can avoid, which ones you can tank through without getting one-shotted if you feel like trying to get some extra damage in, and which ones leave him most vulnerable.
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Can you fight Radahn with Blaidd?

When you arrive at Redmane Castle in southeast Caelid, Blaidd will be there to join in the fight against Radahn.
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How do you beat Radahn easily?

Using Torrent is arguably the best method of taking Radahn down, as you can ride around the arena and summon many NPCs to fight alongside you. This strategy allows you to have the NPCs distract Radahn, opening up a lot of uncontested hits in the early goings.
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Should I fight everything in Elden Ring?

You'd be surprised by how often Elden Ring lets you slip past bosses or scary groups of enemies just by sprinting or riding your horse. Combat is optional more often than you'd think. Try everything once, but if you're overmatched, find another way.
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Who is stronger than Radahn?

Radahn and Malenia are tied. However, if we count Malenia as a godess of rot, she would be more powerful than either Morgott or radahn. Ranni and Rykard are somewhat even IMO.
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Why did Radahn go mad?

The two fought to a stalemate in the Battle of Aeonia, which ended when Malenia unleashed her Scarlet Rot. The Scarlet Rot ravaged Caelid, and consumed Radahn from the inside, eating away at his psyche.
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Is Radahn stronger than Malenia lore?

At this point, Malenia and Radahn were basically on equal footing in power, but if Radahn got more pieces of the Great Rune, he would certainly have been more powerful than her, and that would have put Miquella's life in danger, which she could not allow.
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Does killing Radahn stop any quests?

Killing Radahn early only skips parts of Alexander, Blaidd and Ranni quests, but they are still doable afterwards.
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What happens if you beat Radahn early?

If you beat Starscourge Radahn before doing Ranni's quest, an important character will end up not being available to you. You can free this important character from captivity, but then he seems to completely disappear, even if you go talk to his captor. Because of this, you can't complete Ranni's quest.
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Should I beat Radahn before Altus Plateau?

Start Ranni's quest and talk Blaidd under the Siofra River Well in Mistwood, and then you should be set to fight Radahn. Of course I'd probably recommend going up to the Atlus Plateau and doing some more dungeons before challenging him. Damn I missed Blaidd in Ranni's quest because I cleared Radhan first.
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Does Radahn love his horse?

It can be assumed that this means that somehow, Radahn's love for his horse was able to break through even the worst of his insanity.
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Is Radahn the hardest souls boss?

Starscourge Radahn (Elden Ring)

The fight is equal parts tough and cinematic spectacle, with the Tarnished protagonist having the option of summoning the allies they've met in The Lands Between up to that point. However, if not careful, Radahn can inflict some extreme punishment even with outside help.
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