Dark Moon Greatsword

	For the weapon in ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN, see Nightreign:Dark Moon Greatsword.

Dark Moon Greatsword is a melee armament in ELDEN RING ⁽²⁰²²⁾.

Description

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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.

歴代のカーリア女王たちが
その伴侶に贈るという月の大剣
「伝説の武器」のひとつ

ラニの象徴は、暗く冷たい満月であり
その大剣は暗月の月光である

Acquisition

Quest reward: Cathedral of Manus Celes ^{(Liurnia of the Lakes)}

• Found at the end of Lunar Princess Ranni's questline, in the spot where she sat underneath the Cathedral of Manus Celes, after giving her the Dark Moon Ring.

Notes

• The innate skill, Moonlight Greatsword, acts as a Weapon Buff to the weapon and also adds ranged projectiles to is regular and charged heavy attacks.
  • This skill is part of what makes the Dark Moon Greatsword such a strong weapon, as the added projectile attack is very strong in terms of both Attack Power and Stance damage, the Buff that grants it is fairly longlasting, and having an essentially free ranged attack helps keep up the pressure on tough targets.
• Intelligence is by far the strongest scaling for this weapon, especially since it also strengthens the projectile part of the skill-buffed heavy attacks.
  • Unusually for a weapon with such a mediocre Strength-scaling, its skill is one of only a few that benefits from the Strength-boost granted by two-handing.

Upgrading

• The Dark Moon Greatsword is upgraded with Somber Smithing Stone.
• The Dark Moon Greatsword cannot have its affinities altered using Ashes of War or Whetblades.

Level	Attack Power						Attribute Scaling					Guarded Damage Negation						Passive Effects
	Physical	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy	Critical	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc	Physical	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy	Guard Boost
Standard	82	98	0	0	0	100	D	D	C	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	44	Causes frost buildup (55)
Standard +1	93	112	0	0	0	100	D	D	C	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	44	Causes frost buildup (55)
Standard +2	105	126	0	0	0	100	D	D	C	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	44	Causes frost buildup (55)
Standard +3	117	140	0	0	0	100	D	D	C	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	45	Causes frost buildup (55)
Standard +4	129	154	0	0	0	100	D	D	B	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	45	Causes frost buildup (55)
Standard +5	141	169	0	0	0	100	D	D	B	-	-	57.0	63.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	46	Causes frost buildup (55)

Patch Notes

Patch	Official notes	Community Notes
1.13 (Bug fix)	Fixed a bug where the damage of some normal attacks of the Dark Moon Greatsword were lower than intended.	The bug was that the second attack in the 4-part one-handed light attack chain had 68% weapon Attack Power instead of the usual 101% weapon Attack Power. The bug seems to have originally been introduced with either Patch 1.09 or Patch 1.09.1.

Trivia

• The Dark Moon Greatsword is Elden Ring’s version of the Moonlight Greatsword, a weapon which has appeared in numerous other FromSoftware games since its first appearance in the original King's Field in 1994. Additionally, the name of the sword’s Unique Skill also alludes to this.

See also

• Golden Order Greatsword, another weapon hinted to have once been a weapon gifted by a Carian Queen