Elden Ring Dark Moon Greatsword Quest

Elden Ring has become one of the most influential games of the past few years in a matter of just a few weeks after its initial release. Professionals have recommended this video game to those who like challenging questlines and class-based gameplay. Today, we’ll be covering how to get the Dark Moon Greatsword quest with a complete walkthrough that you can start in Elden Ring.

Elden Ring: How to get the Dark Moon Greatsword

“A Moon Greatsword, bestowed by a Carian queen upon her
spouse to honor long-standing tradition.
One of the legendary armaments.
Ranni’s sigil is a full moon, cold and leaden, and this sword is but a beam of its light.“

The Dark Moon Greatsword quest is our Elden Ring topic of the day. This item scales primarily with Intelligence, Dexterity and Strength, making it an excellent choice for intelligent-based playthroughs.

How to start the Dark Moon Greatsword quest

If you’re looking to destroy your opponents and you’re going for an intelligence-based character class, it’s worth unlocking the Dark Moon Greatsword through its challenging Elden Ring quest. The player can receive a Spirit Calling Bell and Lone Wolf Ashes as a reward after running into Renna at the Church of Elleh at the beginning part of the game. After that, the player can encounter Renna again at Ranni’s Rise in Liurnia after some time passes in the game. Although, she refers to herself as Ranni the Witch, which is a reference to the name of this place.

She then asks the player to engage with three spectral entities that go by the names of Blaidd, Seluvis, and War Counsellor Iji, who the player can find all in the same tower. After talking with these entities and finishing the task, she asks you to speak with Blaidd once more because she believes Seluvis is not coming clear.

How to get the Fingerslayer Blade in the Dark Moon Greatsword quest

After speaking with Seluvis, he’ll tell you to speak with Sorceress Sellen in Limgrave who’ll grant you Seluvis’s Introduction key item before tasking you with the defeat of Starscourge Radahn. After finishing it off, you’ll be able to acquire the Fingerslayer Blade in the portal that has opened up south of Mistwood, where a star has fallen.

Find Ranni and return the blade to her to receive the Carian Inverted Statue, an item that the player can use to access the Divine Tower of Liurnia, where you can find the vital item by the name of Cursemark of Death that will come in handy later on. Renna’s Rise is one of the towers that the player triggers to unlock after handing over the Fingerslayer Blade.

After going through the waygate, you can find the Ainsel River Main area where you can obtain Miniature Ranni, a voodoo-like doll that contains Ranni’s soul. Ranni asks the player to fight and defeat Baleful Shadw of Blaidd, a boss fight that makes way for the player to obtain a reward of the Discarded Palace Key, an item that you can use to unlock a chest in the Raya Lucaria Grand Library.

The Dark Moon Ring’s role in this quest

After opening the chest, you’ll be able to obtain the Dark Moon Ring, an item that you can use to finally come into possession of the Dark Moon Greatsword. Return to the Lake of Rot in the Ainsel River to find the Grand Cloister where you can find a coffin that acts as a doorway. After entering this coffin, you can fight Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, which will grant you access to the Moonlight Alter. You can pass right behind the boss of this stage, Glintstone Dragon Adula, leading to the opening of the Cathedral of Manus Celes. Unfortunately, you’ll find Ranni’s corpse inside the hole. Soon after coming in contact with her, you’ll be able to activate a prompt to wear the Dark Moon Ring. The player will be able to free Ranni’s soul after placing the ring on her finger before receiving the Dark Moon Greatsword from her.

You should combine it with the Crimson Hood for more immersion

You can find Roderika who is one of the first NPCs that you may encounter in Limgrave while she’s lying beside a painting. Sitting Sideways and the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes are two of the rewards that his NPS will give the player. She can also ask the player if they can deliver a special message to the chrysalids at a place named “Stormveil Castle,” where the player can find the Chrysalids’ Memento while looking carefully on the top of a pile of carcasses.

Many miss Roderika’s rewards, but one can trigger a chain of actions that will eventually grant Crimson Hood and Golden Seed to the player. To receive these rewards, one must hand the Chrysalids’ Memento to Roderika before fighting Margit the Fell Omen. You can’t trigger that chain of events if she leaves the Stormhill Shack, so you need to deliver that item as soon as you get your hands on it. After doing so, visit her at the roundtable to receive a Golden Seed, an item that the player can use to trigger Smithing Master Hewg‘s ability to unlock their potential as an apprentice Spirit Tuner. The player may eventually acquire the Crimson Hood after this questline ends after revisiting the Stormhill Shack. The Crimson Hood has protective and aesthetic properties that the player can benefit from after equipping it.