Elden Ring Community Quests Run Through December With Four Questlines
GAME MODE Staff·Oct 18, 2026· 2m read
October’s Path of the Cardinal Sin runs until October 28, with 3 million White Phantom summons and 3 million Golden Seeds among its goals.
Elden Ring players have a shared to-do list, and it runs until December. Bandai Namco is running Elden Ring Community Quests from September to December 2026, a series of worldwide goals celebrating the Tarnished Edition on Switch 2 and the Tarnished Pack on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam.
Joining in is simple: play Elden Ring on any platform while a questline is active. Each challenge unlocks commemorative artwork, and each questline also comes with its own Twitch chat badge.
Live now: Path of the Cardinal Sin
The second questline runs from October 1 to October 28. Its targets:
- 50,000 Cardinal Sins committed
- 3,000,000 White Phantoms summoned
- 1,000,000 Festering Bloody Fingers obtained
- 3,000,000 Golden Seeds collected
Bandai Namco’s announcement lists the reward artwork as still to be revealed. The Twitch chat badge is a Festering Bloody Finger.
Four questlines, September to December
| Questline | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Path of the Tarnished | September 1–28 | Ended |
| Path of the Cardinal Sin | October 1–28 | Live now |
| Path of the Elden Lord | November 2–28 | Up next |
| Path of Shadows | December 1–28 | Closes the year |
Path of the Tarnished asked players to summon Sorcerer Rogier 300,000 times and collect 2,000,000 Stonesword Keys, 1,500,000 Cookbooks and 1,000,000 Sacred Tears. Its reward was commemorative artwork by Shimhaq.
Path of the Elden Lord calls for 50,000 Warrior Jar Alexander summons, 3,000,000 Rune Arcs, 500,000 Legendary Armaments and 100,000 standard Spirit Ashes upgraded to +8. Path of Shadows’ goals include 1,000,000 Scadutree Fragments, reaching the Abyssal Woods 15,000 times, drinking St. Trina’s Nectar 10,000 times, 70,000 Larval Tears and 500,000 Revered Spirit Ashes.
Track the progress on Discord
Progress updates are posted in the official Elden Ring Discord server, which is also hosting a separate emote contest.
