The Elden Ring fascinates everyone in its own way. Be it the unique open world, the tough level of difficulty – or the mysterious lore. The latter in particular led to an exciting phenomenon a few days ago. A video of an alleged seventh ending went viral, sparking debate about its possible meaning.
Fake ending sparks debate
In Elden Ring, you can usually get one of six endings. However, the YouTuber Garden of Eyes posted a video on YouTube showing the alleged seventh secret ending of the story.
The video went viral in no time and is currently on almost 880,000 views. Even analysis videos of other YouTubers followed the clip. The video shows a cutscene that is largely reminiscent of the end of “Age of Order” – hence one little spoiler alert:
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What is new, however, is a scene that shows a fused hand consisting of the five »fingers« and a voice that ends the video with the words »The Age Absolute«.
A short time later, the YouTuber resolved: This end is a complex one Fake April 1st. However, said spoken-in line of text actually comes from the depths of the Elden Ring code. There it exists as an alternate line of text for the similar Age of Order ending.
“The ‘Age Absolute’ ending is actually an April Fool’s Day video, but there are a few key elements I need to talk about. The voice saying ‘Age Absolute’ exists in the final game and not just in Network Test as some people claim. Actually, if you look at the files, the ID is an alternative line to that of the ‘Age of Order’ end.”
Aside from the line, I created the rest of the video entirely myself (the fused five fingers, the cutscene, and so on…) and there is no official evidence that the five fingers existed. But it’s a theory that a lot of people have been talking about and I’ve decided to recreate it in a unique and creative way.«
While some players reacted angrily to the fake, others are intrigued by the theory. Danny Avarice commented on YouTube:
“I have a feeling the tortoise in the Church of Vows gave a clue to that end. She kept mentioning that heresy is objective and all things can be combined. Chaos and order make absolutes.«
Plinfan also considers this theory to be plausible:
“You know, the idea behind the two and three fingers combined seems logical. Two represent order and three represent chaos. In other words, the new »Golden Order« would combine both.«
This also prompted the well-known dataminer Lance McDonald, who commented on Twitter about the annoyance of some players and thinks that it should have been clearer that the cutscene is not real at the end:
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If you want to delve even deeper into the complex and fascinating lore of Elden Ring, you should read our extensive article on one of the most exciting bosses in the game:
Radahn in Elden Ring
One of the hardest bosses is also the most tragic
What do you think of the supposed secret ending? Have you already seen one of the endings of Elden Ring? Tell us in the comments!
