Elden Ring - How to Get MOONLIGHT GREATSWORD (Dark Moon Greatsword) & Full Ranni Quest Guide 

Seriously, how is anyone supposed to figure out this entire quest all by themselves?!?! This game blows my mind, takes the quests in all souls borne into a totally different level. Thank you for this video!!!!

There may be a couple of things that can stop the quest and you should really make that clear, because I’ve been trying to do this for hours now. For those of you stuck I will try to save you some time. 1. If Ranni is not showing you may have triggered the event for Radahn boss fight and have to complete it or else she won’t show in the tower 2. I never even interacted with the wolf guy in my run so wouldn’t worry about him. 3. After you return the blade to Ranni he completely leaves out a necessary step, go back to the Study Hall in east Liurnia, place the hourglass next to the globe and complete this area, you will receive the mark of death. After you pick up this item Renna’s tower should not be blocked anymore.

You missed a pretty important step. Once you get they key from Ranni, you have to place it at the pedestal at Carian Study Hall. Once you go through there you get the Cursemark of Death, which is what you need to even open Renna's Rise. Edit: I posted this comment like the first week the game was out. It's probably a glitch some people will experience, but getting the cursemark of death is what finally opened the door for me. I only assumed the cursemark was the necessary key to open Rennas rise, since it was listed under keys in your inventory.

I have watched so many ER vids and yours are so digestable. I love how you speed it all up just the right amount so i can follow it without wasting time

"Ah you were at my side all along"(LUDWIG THEME PLAYING)

For those who are stuck at the portal that isnt on 4:12 you need to go to the waypoint ruins cellar in the starting area and talk to the npc there they will tell you to fight radahn and the portal should work

I love how you and also more content creator's don't spoil the boss's etc even tho you're making a guide! I still haven't done it but love to pvp here and there.

Concise. Absolutely to the point, as all guides should be. Good work, keep it up man.

This is crazy the size and amount of hidden items and paths is just nuts never seen anything like it

Wow thank you, I thought the quest was over when I got the Nokstella talisman, turns out I just took a left instead of going straight. Very nice video!

I'm so exhausted from this quest physically and mentally 😭. In all honesty this felt like such a journey I'm so blown away. From soft thank you so much! Also thank you for the guide man.

At 3:25 under those stairs is a nice chest with a bow in it. And 7:49 turn left and upper left corner see the gargoyle statue and the need of a stonesword key 🔑 and there's ashes of war : mimic.

Very impressed you explained this quest in under 15 minutes! Bravo!

Thank you for letting us experience the bosses/cutscenes nice guide!

Finally completed the quest. I remember seeing this video a month or so ago thinking "wow this seems like way too much for me".. and here I am now :) Thank you for the guide

Just got mine after like 5 hours from the start of this quest, thanks for the guide! super useful

wow, at last great step by step explanation, well done sir.

I went through all these places on my first play through but wasn’t really paying attention. Now on my second play through everything makes sense and I am finding items I missed the first time. Thanks!

You deserves more than what you will get for this Vedio, highly appreciate your time spent and effort. Subscribed ✌🏽🔥

Such a nice voice and seriously to the point without skipping anything necessary. Thank you so much!

You know what… I think I’m good

thank you for the guide! Just got my sword. That was a journey!

Thank you for the guide. Amazing, start to finish.

There's switches on the little platforms in the Lake of Rot that raise walkways for you, makes it easier to get through the area

straight to the point,thanks man!!!

i hate to have to look up stuff like this but watching your videos is so satisfying. thanks a bunch!!!

most helpful guide i’ve watched on youtube, i didn’t have to question a thing

If Blaidd doesn't appear at Ranni's Rise, don't worry. The quest line is not broken! It's quite the complete opposite. You'll be able to skip straight to getting the Fingerslayer Sword! Warp to the Night's Sacred Ground grace and walk up the stairs and you'll then be destined to get the item!

This quest was a nightmare to complete lol. I personally had no problems with bosses 1-3, I beat all of them 1st try. But that final boss, he REALLY handed my ass to me. Thanks for the guide!! 🌖

playing it again after two years for new dlc and this video is still the most helpful vid on this game

Thank you so much!! Best guide. Subscribed

Hey for anyone stuck at astel I found a strategy for killing it, if you have the sorcery meteorite you can go under him and cast it when he does his lunging attack and all the meteorites will hit him. If you do it near the head which is more risky, you can deal tones of damage

Excellent Excellent walk through. Clean and concise video. Thank you for this.

Amazing, thanks for that, this quest was crazy cool

It’s late but thanks bro this guide really helped me. U the best ❤

To the people who reading this, when arrekz pick up the black whetblade, go straight and you will find an imp statue door, open it, defeat the enemy there, open the treasure chest, voila, one of the best summon in the game. But it all "depends" on you though 😉 Edit 1: on the lake of rot, there's platform with pillar on it, there's a switch to activate more platform to walk safely on so yeah you don't need to chug that many of your estus, also prepare some boluses that heals rot. Other tip is you can use quickstep art to...quickstep on the lake

I was reading the Fextralife guide for this sword and it does it a lot differently 😤 This method seems so much better

Nice guide and thoroughly explained (there were some others that really didn't explain it very well just expect you to know where it was) The electricity died out in the middle of my playthrough and sent me back two levels (though I did save) now blaidd is not there. I have the worst luck, I will just do this in my next playthrough.

Amazing video. I followed it to a T and got the greatsword. Thank you!

but really the effort behind this video is unbelievable thank you

English is not my language, feel free to correct. I talk to Ranni in begining, killed Loretta first and after killed Rennala but Ranni tower is still locked, i travelled to Caelid to kill the dragon and pick some itens, maybe kill Radahn to open the quest ??

IMPORTANT!!! If you’re like me and started the quest line but didn’t know what to do, then killed radahn and now want to do the quest, you can skip the step in the River well. Just talk to the wolf guy after you beat radahn and you can go to fort haight👍🏾 if you want to get the map you can go down there but not necessary, the wolf won’t be there and the meteors in the sky will spawn. You just skip a step basically

Very helpful guide. Thank you 🙏🏽

Just earned a sub thanks for the guide.Would've never figured this out 😂.

That dragon drops the spell Adula's Moonblade which when combined with the Carian Regal Scepter (Boosts full moon sorcery) is sooo good!

I doesn't meet Blaidd the first time in Sifora River because I was probably to far in the story and he wasn't there anymore but still got the Sword. Awesome guide, thanks

Superb. Thanks for spending time and creating this video.

man finally did it today boy was this a challenge ngl thanks for the video

Doors blocked off for me at 8:41 Finally found what was missing.. I took the Carian inverted statue to Carian Hall. Complete that and the door will open when you return. hope it helps.

Would have been nice if you mentioned the part where giving the letter of introduction to Sellen would allow you to skip the Misbegotten Warrior and Crucible Knight fight in Redmane castle

I finally got the "Dark Moon Greatsword" just by following the instructions according to the video. Thank you! 😁👍

Been trying to get this sword on my first playthru was Hard, managed to grab it now on NG+ thank you.

You can cheese the baleful shadow by sneaking from the elevator area to get behind him and poison mist him like a ninja.

The only thing I actually did in this questline was talk to all NPC's, I missed Seluvi's questline, I missed the half-wolfs questline. I had just talked to all before I didn't even do Nokron or anything. I met the wolf the second time at Radahn. This was after talking to Ranni the first time and him as well. He told me about her slumber, I slayed Radahn and then I could wake her up after getting the black knife. She left, I got miniature Ranni and did the rest to geet Moonlight sword, it's actually pretty ez to get in FromSoft standard.

Well detailed video keep it up bruva

Thank you for this guide it was very helpful

I kept hearing about this sword but learned I had to do a bunch of stuff to get it and kill multiple bosses so I kinda ignored it. I accidentally figured out how to get it myself today and I can't believe how OP it is since my Int is already like 38

The wolf guy wasn’t there what do I do

Excellent guide, thanks!

Great guide and so happy I had moonveil for the big boy I just kept stun locking him

make sure u talk to do the doll at all the bonfires once u pick it up and exhaust all dialogue at each bonfire. u wont get invaded by blaidd unless u do this. hope this helps anyone who thinks their quest is glitched. something that is easily missed

damn as soon as she gave me the inverted statue i hot footed to the divine tower for the unborn rune ill hav to get this on my new game + run

What an awesome walkthrough, well done. Deffo earned my sub!

Thanks Man! What a ride!

Arekkz: "These are tough bosses, so you may need to be higher level to do this" Me, at level 35, with only 15 VIT and using a battle hammer +15: "Let's die to Redahn until he learns his lesson..."

3:33 i dont see the wolf guy standing there

thank you for the video. really helped me

This guide was extremely helpful thankyou

This quest line also unlocks a different ending as well.

This is a pretty good guide but it leaves out many key steps that will have you looking up other guides unfortunately. 1 how to open the portal to the Radahn fight. 2 when you finishe the fight and return to Ranni, you have to talk to her, exhaust her Dialogue, leave and come back to finder her gone and a new grace site, and then the tower to the north opens. 3 when you get the Ranni doll, when you get to the lift before the basilisks, at the grace site, theres an option to speak to the doll. You need to exhaust its dialogue tree to be able to unlock the next step. Hope this helps, I know that when I did this I had like 5 different videos open because there’s very specific things that don’t get mentioned in this.

Just opened this area and watching this, OMG gonna be there awhile, ty for the video,

This bloody guide took me half a day…it’s 3 am and I need to work tomorrow. But thanks it was so worth it

8:41 if the door is locked for you after giving Renna the Dagger. Bring up the map and press the grace spot again basically reloading the game. That worked for me.

Question I've completed the quest line but the sword didn't spawn at the two fingers at all does anyone know if this a bug or something to do online?

Tip for the scarlet rot you can use the dash on a weapon and it will not make the rot build up so just use that to get to the other side of the lake.

You’re a life saver thank you!

Me watching this with my lvl 20 prisoner “I’ll get it”

If renna's rise isn't open you have to go to the carrian study hall

@11:24 you can run to that obelisk in the lake and stand on a pressure plate that raises a pathway through the scarlet rot lake

perfect backup item for a pure int build also love that they brought back

If you’ve been playing the soulsborne series of games for a while then you’ll know it’s been by our side all along.

IMPORTANT!!!! If you went to the rot zone and talked to blade by Radahn boss it glitches the game so Ranni isn’t in the game until after you kill Radahn as blade needs to be in both places at once but can’t. So try to avoid radahn until after this quest chain.

Amazing tutorial, thanks man

cool, thanks mate. I just stumbled across this. now I have to have it. cheers :)

80 hours in and about lvl 130, I'm using Dark Moon Greatsword and just grabbed Lusat's Glintstone Staff after using Meteorite Staff for a while. I have the Moonveil Katana as my second weapon in the right handed slot so I'm switching out between DMGS and Moonveil in my right hand, meanwhile I have Lusat's staff and also Meteorite Staff in my left hand casting Comet Azur with Lusat's and casting Rock Sling, Magic Glintblade, Terra Magicus and Adula's Moonblade with Meteorite. I'm going to mix some other good pvp spells in there as well if you have any suggestions please let me know.

Man that's some long questline lol And definitely for end game with that amount of estus require for the lake of rot part

Awesome guide!!! Thanks

Thank you so much fantastic guide

Blaidd's actually super easy if you're a mage, which I would assume you probably are if you're doing this quest. You can pretty much just spam Rock Sling and he'll never really do anything lmao.

For the record. I didnt beat Renalla and i was still able to go to the manor and tell her i came there for no particular reason. She still told me to go talk to Blaidd and all that

What a legend thank you so much

Thanks a lot. Great video

Anyone know the armor set at he has at the start of the video

Just for ppl who may of done what I did I didn’t get the second item from the mage or speak to the wolf guy in the spot underground. You can safely do this quest from the point of beating the boss of Carelid, sorry for poor word choices but hope that helps peeps who think they can’t get the sword

Unbelievable guide. Bravo sir

Thanks man, I just got the moonlight sword 5 sec ago. Came here first to thank you.

I dont see that wolf spirit guy there.. two of them are there but not him xd

4:21 Having an issue at the redmane castle I didn’t have the option to teleport past the bridge into the fort instead I had to fight my way through it and defeated the boss at the end but the dude in the berserk armor won’t show up and the old guy isn’t where he’s supposed to be any tips?

Thank you for leading me to Astel that was a dope ass fight!!!

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