Bosses are a large part of souls-like games, with them being powerful optional bosses, worth doing for quests or gear. And then, you have the big bosses, who will block you from progressing further if you cannot beat them. To make sure you’re prepared, we have a list of all bosses in order in Lords of the Fallen, so you know what to expect.

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A guide to all the Lords of the Fallen bosses in order, featuring optional, recommended order, and more.

Lords of the Fallen: Bosses in Order¶

Boss	Location	Notes
Holy Bulwark Otto	Inside the Abandoned Village of Redcopse after escaping the tutorial cave	Tutorial boss on parrying.
Lightreaper	Straight after the Otto fight	One of four encounters with the boss. You can fail it and still progress.
Pieta	Atop of the Skyrest Bridge, after going through the Vestige Seed tutorial	Defeating her unlocks a Remembrance and the main quest safe hub.
Scourged Sister Delyth	Sanctuary, Pilgrim’s Perch	Progression blocker mini-boss in Sanctuary, the main church building you need to enter to progress Pilgrim’s Perch.
Gaverus, mistress of Hounds	Located at the bottom of Pilgrim’s Perch	Progression blocker boss right before the entrance to Forsaken Fen.
Congregation of Flesh	Forsaken Fen entrance	Found in a pit immediately after the vestige on the border of Pilgrim’s Perch and Forsaken Fen.
Mendacious Visage	Forsaken Fen, first village	On a side pathway to the right of the first village after crossing the water bay via the wooden bridge. It requires you to be in Umbral to access it. It’s an optional boss and doesn’t need to be fought.
The Hushed Saint	Forsaken Fen Beacon	Mandatory main boss as part of the main storyline.
Crimson Rector Percival	Fitzroy Gorge fort	Optional boss in a fort on the left path of Fitzroy’s Gorge, which leads back to Pilgrim’s Perch via an elevator.
Ruiner	Fitzroy Gorge	Mandatory mini-boss encounter on the stone bridge from the Fitzroy Gorge cave, leading to Calrath City.
The Lightreaper	Fitzroy Gorge	Second encounter that you can fail. He appears in the small fort after the Ravager bridge.
Infernal Enchantress	Calrath City	Fire mage mini-boss guarding the streets after the first Calrath City Vestige.
Spurned Progeny	Calrath City Slums	At the very top of the Calrath City Slums area. You must beat it to access the next non-linear areas for the Fief and Upper City.

Boss	Location	Notes
Bringer of Stillness	Cistern	Wraith mini-boss that blocks the Umbral pathway in the Cistern under water. You need to beat it to head to the Revelations Depths.
Harrower Dervla	Revelations Depths	A boss you can skip if you don’t go down here, but it is needed if you intend to do the Umbral Ending.
Elianne the Starved	Mother’s Lull	A place you can enter in Revelations Depths and is required to get the Umbral Ending.
Skinstealer	Cistern	Boss guards the elevator that grants access to the Upper City of Calrath.
Kinragr Guardian	Fief of the Chill Curse	Open the Fief door, near the Windmill Vestige, and go through the cave. It will lead you to this boss, which blocks the way to the Fief Vestige.
Griefbound Rowena	Fief of the Chill Curse	Optional boss located in a small ruin on the other side of the upper chasm near the vestige.
The Hollow Crow	Fief of the Chill Curse	Main beacon boss of the Fief.
Lightreaper	Fief of the Chill Curse	As you escape the beacon in the Fief, you come down and enter an arena for another losable encounter with the Lightreaper.
The Sacred Resonance of Tenacity	Belled Rise (Pilgrim’s Perch)	Progression blocker mini-boss found inside the Belled Rise, accessed via the door at the Bellcave vestige using the Perch Key. This grants access to the elevator that takes you to the Manse.
Paladin Isaac	Path of Devotion	Optional Boss that unlocks if you accessed the Umbral Scourings of Isaac’s storyline in Calrath and the Fief. This boss is missable if you don’t go to the Path of Devotion, on the pathway to the right of The Sacred Resonance boss room.
Abiding Defenders	Manse of Hallowed Brothers	Optional boss on a roof protecting a chest in the Manse’s church gardens.
Carrion Knight	Tower of Penance	A progression blocker mini-boss of the Carrion-plagued knight enemy on the bridge leading to the Tower of Penance.
Tancred	Tower of Penance	The beacon boss that grants the key to ride the elevator to the beacon atop the tower.
Abbess	Abbey of Hallowed Sisters	Located just before Vestige for the Abbey.
Rapturous Huntress of the Dusk	Abbey of Hallowed Saints	Optional boss that spawns only if you defeat Harrower Dervla.
Judge Cleric	The Empyrean	Beacon boss.
The Lightreaper	Upper Calrath City	You need to backtrack through the Upper City checkpoint from Skyrest bridge and fight the Lightreaper for real now.
Andreas of Ebb	Upper City	Mandatory fight right around the corner of the Lightreaper fight.
The Iron Wayfarer	Upper City	Optional fight only if you killed Harrower Dervla. The fight happens in front of the Vestige for Upper Calrath.
Damarose	Bramis Castle	Optional Fight that only occurs if you cleanse the beacons.
The Sundered Monarch	Bramis Castle	Final Beacon Boss.
Adyr the Bereft Exile	Bramis Castle	Optional end-game boss fight if you cleanse the beacons.