Elden Ring player beats all 165 bosses in one run without taking a single hit
The true Elden Lord has arrived
After months of preparation and effort, one player has defeated every boss in Elden Ring without taking a single hit.
On March 7, less than two weeks after the launch of Elden Ring, streamer GinoMachino declared "I will complete Elden Ring all bosses no hit." On July 15, that message was quoted with "This tweet is about to age very well." On October 25, the battle was complete.
We did it. World’s First Elden Ring All Bosses No Hit Run has been completed.Thanks to everyone who was there for it including the legendary no hit runners @OtzdarvaYT and @OGSquilla What a moment. https://t.co/WiLQWu1SW8 pic.twitter.com/t5XAFDGoT7October 26, 2022
You can check out the archived stream if you want to spend a full workday viewing some downright godly Elden Ring play for yourself, but GinoMachino provided a clip of the moment of triumph on Twitter. "Holy shit," the streamer says. "Oh my god. We did it, you guys. Wow."
The best part of the run is the dead silence leading up to its final moments. GinoMachino doesn't say a word, but you can watch the entire chat freaking out as the streamer heads through the tutorial area to beat the final boss in the run - the Soldier of Godrick. The soldier has one last surprise in store with an unexpected aggro, but goes down all the same.
Of course, the Elden Ring challenge runs have been escalating since launch. In April, the game was beaten in three hours with zero damage taken. In July, it was conquered hitless at level one. Some players have previously recorded hitless victories against all the bosses, but GinoMachino is the first to string it all together in a single run.
Check out our guide to the Elden Ring DLC for some hints about what might be coming next.
Sign up to the 12DOVE Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.