Note: spoilers for certain areas, bosses, and items follow.

You’ve been warned.

This then sets you on an incredibly long adventure which offers many rewards, including theAge of Starsalternate ending.

A close-up of the face of Ranni, an important NPC character, from the Elden Ring story trailer.

If you complete Ranni’s questline, you’ll also get an incredibly powerfullegendary armamentknown as theDark Moon Greatsword.

Below, we’ll break it all down one step at a time.

After you obtainyour horse, Torrent, from Melina, you should head to theChurch of Ellehat night.

Elden Ring: the player meets with Ranni the witch at night.

You should find Ranni there waiting for you.

And the rest of the Ranni questline will still be available to you.

This is a fairly tough area filled with buried hands, sorcerers, and tough soldiers.

The player in Elden Ring speaks to Sorcerer Rogier, who sits on the balcony of the Roundtable Hold.

At the end you’ll fight the boss of Caria Manor:Royal Knight Loretta.

Once you’ve defeated her, head outside behind Caria Manor and you’ll find the Three Sisters area.

At the top of the tower, speak to Renna.

The player in Elden Ring fights the boss of Caria Manor, Royal Knight Loretta.

If you didn’t proceed through Rogier’s quest before this, the conversation will skip tostep #6.

This will allow you to get close enough to her to ascertain more about the Cursemark’s whereabouts.

Return to Ranni and agree to serve her

Speak to Ranni again and offer to serve her.

The player speaks to the witch Ranni in Elden Ring.

If you didn’t follow Rogier’s path before reaching this point, she will agree all the same.

Ranni will then tell you that she needs a certain item fromNokron, The Eternal City.

So you won’t hear any more about the Cursemark here.

The player in Elden Ring speaks to Sorcerer Rogier, who sits on the balcony of the Roundtable Hold.

Explore this area, and you’ll eventually come across Blaidd hanging around next to theHallowhorn Grounds.

Talk to him, and he’ll explain that he doesn’t know how to enter Nokron itself.

Speak to Seluvis in Liurnia

Seluvis owns the southmost of the three towers in the Three Sisters.

The player in Elden Ring stands before Ranni the witch in her tower, and is prompted to serve her as part of Ranni’s questline.

Defeat General Radahn in Caelid

Ah, it sounds so easy, doesn’t it?

Radahn is one of the major bosses of Elden Ring.

you might find him by travelling toRedmane Castleon the southeast island of the Caelid Wilds.

Part of the Elden Ring map, with the location of Blaidd in the Ranni quest marked.

Go ahead and start working on that.

Proceed down there from the adjoining Siofra River.

She’ll thank you for your work and your servitude and tell you that your work is done.

Part of the Elden Ring map, with the location of Sorcerer Seluvis marked.

You may think that the questline ends here, but it certainly does not.

Loot it and you’ll find aminiature Ranni doll, which is apparently cool to the touch.

At the next Site of Grace, speak to the Miniature Ranni.

Part of the Elden Ring map, with the location of Sorceress Sellen marked.

As it turns out, the doll was a disguise, and you actually are speaking to Ranni herself.

She’ll also explain a little bit more about herself at this point:

15.

Defeat the Baleful Shadow

Progress through this area of Ainsel River and you’ll eventually find a Baleful Shadow.

A screenshot from a cutscene in Elden Ring depicting General Radahn against a red sky.

However, amazingly, this still is not the end of the questline.

The Discarded Palace Key unlocks this chest.

Inside, you’ll find theDark Moon Ring.

The player obtains the Fingerslayer Blade from a chest in Elden Ring.

it isn’t a wearable; it’ll come into play shortly.

You’ll emerge in a new area: the aptly named Lake of Rot.

It’s not a nice place.

The player speaks to the witch Ranni in Elden Ring.

Again, I’ll wait.

So if you find the way is blocked, go back and get that ring.

Carefully head down this hole using the ledges partway down, and then follow the pathway.

The player in Elden Ring looks upon a teleporter at the top of Renna’s Rise in Liurnia.

Her lifeless body then disappears, and her familiar snow witch form appears in front of you.

She bids you follow the path of the Elden Lord.

The Dark Moon Greatsword requires16 Strength, 11 Dexterity, and 38 Intelligenceto wield properly.

The player in Elden Ring has the option to talk to Miniature Ranni at a Site of Grace.

It deals joint physical and magical damage, and also causesfrost buildupto enemies.

Temporarily increases magic attack power and imbues the blade with frost.

Charged attacks release blasts of moonlight."

The player faces off against the Baleful Shadow boss in Elden Ring.

Powerful stuff, and hopefully well worth the considerable effort it took to obtain!

This will prompt Ranni’sAge of Stars endingfor you, thebest endingin the game.

That wraps up our guide on the Elden Ring Ranni quest.

The player in Elden Ring stands in front of the opened chest in Rennala’s Academy Library.

The player stands upon the edge of the Lake of Rot in Elden Ring.

The player in Elden Ring fights the boss Astel, Naturalborn of the Void.

The player explores the Moonlight Altar area on horseback in Elden Ring.

Ranni the witch sits in front of a destroyed Two Fingers in an Elden Ring cutscene.

The Elden Ring inventory, showing the Moonlight Greatsword item description.