Moonlight Greatsword Build Elden Ring

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Aside from Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twice, every single FromSoftware action RPG since Demon'southward Souls has featured the iconic Moonlight Greatsword weapon. This greatsword features very high Intellect scaling and a special moveset that allows players to launch magic projectiles at their opponents with charged heavy attacks, making it an incredible weapon for spellswords and battlemages that aren't afraid to become up close and personal.

The Moonlight Greatsword returns in Elden Ring also (information technology'south been renamed to the Night Moon Greatsword), and while the procedure of obtaining it is fairly difficult and lengthy, it'south however more than worth it if you're a wizard looking for a powerful melee weapon to complete your Elden Ring build. Here's a breakdown of where you need to go and what you need to do to get the Moonlight Greatsword in Elden Ring.

Finding Ranni the Witch

Obtaining the Moonlight Greatsword in Elden Ring requires finishing the questline for the NPC Ranni the Witch — the same character that gives you the Spirit Summoning Bell at the start of the game that yous demand to use Spirit Ash Summons. To achieve her, y'all'll offset need to progress through the Caria Manor area and kill the Royal Knight Loretta miniboss in northern Liurnia of the Lakes, and then you accept to travel to the Ranni's Rising tower through the path that opens. The location of the tower is shown above.

The hidden treasure of Nokron, Eternal City

At the top of her tower, Ranni volition recruit the player and enquire you to find the hidden treasure of Nokron, Eternal Urban center. Speak to Ranni'south other recruits to learn more near the situation, and so head to the southern portion of the Mistwood Forest in Limgrave and enter Nokron, Eternal Metropolis by making your style into the massive opening in the ground.

Annotation that this opening will simply be there if you lot defeat Starscourge Radahn, equally doing so is what causes a star to fall and striking this location.

Once within, progress through the surface area until y'all find the hidden treasure, which is the Fingerslayer Blade. Information technology'southward located in the Dark'south Sacred Ground portion of the surface area, beneath a large skeleton statue.

Investigating the Carian Study Hall

Once y'all've obtained the Fingerslayer Blade, have information technology back to Ranni and she'll inform yous that she needed the blade to keep downwardly her "dark path." She will then give the histrion the Inverted Carian Statue, which you'll need to have to the Carian Report Hall located in eastern Liurnia of the Lakes (location shown above).

Once inside, interact with the altar that has a model of a moon on it. The Inverted Carian Statue will be used to change the model's configuration, flipping everything in the Carian Study Hall upside down.

Travel through the new opening in front of y'all and carefully descend the tower past hopping downward the rafters until you reach the lift at the lesser (you'll have to deal with the hostile magician NPC Preceptor Miriam too as a scattering of Raya Lucaria Soldier spirits). The elevator volition accept you up to a bridge. Cross the span and open the door at the end to reveal the Divine Belfry of Liurnia. Enter the belfry and ride the lift in it upwards. One time you reach the summit, y'all'll come beyond Ranni's dead trunk. Choice up the Cursemark of Death item from information technology.

Killing the Calamitous Shadow

Now, caput back to the area that Ranni'southward Ascension is in, but this fourth dimension, enter the Renna's Ascension belfry to its northeast instead. Travel to the top and utilize the purple teleporter. This volition take y'all to the north portion of the Ainsel River undercover surface area. One time you arrive, pick upward the Miniature Ranni doll from the nearby coffin and and then residuum at the Site of Grace.

While resting, select the "Talk to Miniature Ranni" option several times. Ranni will eventually speak and reveal that the doll houses her soul and that she needs you lot to travel through Nokstella, Eternal City and kill the Baleful Shadow dominate. Ainsel River Due north is directly attached to this location, so you can begin the run a risk correct away. Note that the Baleful Shadow can be found in the southwestern portion of Nokstella, Eternal Metropolis. Once the Calamitous Shadow is expressionless, Ranni volition thanks and give you the Discarded Palace Key. You'll need information technology later; for now, caput down the newly-opened pathway.

Killing Astel, Naturalborn of the Void

At the end of the pathway leading out of Calamitous Shadow's arena, you'll find the Lake of Rot surface area. To exit of the underground and complete your quest for the Moonlight Greatsword, yous need to run south through the lake, healing impairment you have from the poisonous substance every bit you get. Eventually yous'll achieve a Site of Grace; rest at it, then continue due south and collaborate with the coffin resting on the edge of a waterfall. Y'all'll be transported into a new area with a door that leads to a boss fight in information technology. Enter the door and you'll come up contiguous with Astel, Naturalborn of the Void.

This boss uses lots of magic attacks and can teleport abroad from you, but takes significantly more damage when striking in the head. Focus on hitting the boss' head with your strongest attacks and dodge or strafe abroad from Astel'south magic assaults. Once he'due south dead, take the elevator on the north side of the boss room to the surface. Y'all'll make it in a new area, Moonlight Altar. Remainder at the nearby Site of Grace.

Returning to Ranni

Before you tin render to Ranni and obtain the Moonlight Greatsword, there's one more thing you lot demand to do: use the Discarded Palace Primal. Fast travel to the Raya Lucaria G Library Site of Grace, which is located in the room where you lot fought Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. In the room you lot'll find a breast; use the Discarded Palace Key to open up information technology, assuasive you lot to take the Nighttime Moon Band. Then, fast travel dorsum to the Moonlight Altar Site of Grace.

From here, travel northeast to the Cathedral of Manus Celes, resting at the Site of Grace inside (Glintstone Dragon Adula spawns in front end of it as an optional miniboss). Next, carefully fall into the hole to the correct of the Site of Grace. You lot'll find yourself in a room with Ranni's body and the 2 Fingers that she killed with the Fingerslayer Blade. Interact with her to give her the Night Moon Ring. She then thank you you for your dutiful service and promises that she'll encounter you one time over again in one case y'all get Elden Lord, leaving shortly after and leaving the Moonlight Greatsword where she was sitting.

Elden Ring is finally hither, and it's available for $60 on Xbox Serial 10|S, Xbox 1, PS5, PS4, and PC. It's one of the all-time Xbox games you can play right now if you're a fan of challenging RPGs, and we strongly recommend it.

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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Primal author and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he'south been an avid fan since childhood. Yous'll find him doing reviews, editorials, and general coverage on everything Xbox and PC. Follow him on Twitter.