Elden Ring Dark Moon Greatsword Build Guide: How to Build a Moonlight Crusader 

The best part about Elden Ring is that it lets you build your own weapons like the Dark Moon Greatsword. This feature has taken several fans by surprise who can use the weapons to their advantage. If you are an avid fan of the game too then, you must be wondering how you can do this magic.

Well, don’t you worry because we will tell you how to build a Moonlight Crusader in Elden Ring.

1. Elden Ring: Dark Moon Greatsword

The Dark Moon Greatsword is a melee weapon that causes Physical and Magic Damage in the form of Standard and Pierce Attacks. This weapon has the ability to use the Unique Skill called Moonlight Greatsword.

Dark Moon Greatsword has the following requirements among others: 

• Strength: 16
• Dexterity: 11
• Intelligence: 38

2. Where to find Dark Moon Greatsword in Elden Ring?

You can obtain the Dark Moon Greatsword from Ranni, the witch. It is located at the Liurnia of the Lakes, within the Cathedral of Manus Celes.

Ranni provides you with a questline to complete in the game to obtain this magical weapon. However, you must ensure that you have completed Sorcerer Rogier’s Questline before meeting her, or else he will die.

The quest begins at the Church of Elleh and takes you through Raya Lucaria Grand Library. It finally ends at the Cathedral of Manus Celes.

3. Dark Moon Greatsword: Features

The Dark Moon Greatsword comes with a weapon skill that temporarily enhances the magic attack power of the sword. It also adds a Frost stat to the weapon. A charge attack with the sword lets you greatly damage the enemy by releasing a blast of moonlight.

You can increase its abilities if you pair it with the right stats, armor and skills, you can do better in fights.

4. Dark Moon Greatsword: Building Moonlight Crusader

You can build the Dark Moon Greatsword Moonlight Crusader, which is an advanced build and happens at level 150. It is an evolved version of the Darkmoon Spellblade build. You will require the following stats and attributes for the same:

1. Vigor: 50
2. Mind: 35
3. Endurance: 13
4. Strength: 16
5. Dexterity: 12
6. Intelligence: 80
7. Faith: 14
8. Arcane: 9

5. Dark Moon Greatword: Moonlight Crusader Gear Build

You can use the given combinations to make the Moonlight Crusader more powerful.

I. Weapon

For the weapon, you may use Dark Moon Greatsword+10 or Carian Regal Scepter+10.

II. Armor

You can use the Snow Witch Hat as helm, Spellblade Set, and the Greathelm. For gauntlets, Spellblade’s Gloves may work while Spellblade’s Trousers would be good as leg armor.

III. Talismans

You can use the Shard of Alexander to increase the damage of the blue light greatsword. The Godfrey Icon will increase the damage of charged r2 and the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman will protect you. Lastly, the Magic Scorpion Charm will increase your magic damage by 10 and reduce your resistance.

IV. Tools

You can use the Flasks of Crimson Tears, Cerulean Tears, and Wondrous Physick as tools.

6. How to make Moonlight Crusader build work in Elden Ring?

Having a good weapon does not mean much if you do not know how to make it work. Therefore, you need to know how to utilize the weapon in the best way possible.

The Dark Moon Greatsword has amazing scaling at max level and has good strength and dexterity scaling. The strength and dexterity help you with physical damage while intelligence helps you with magic damage. So you must keep increasing intelligence over strength and dexterity.

You must use the Carian Regal Scepter as your staff because you will use Ranni’s Dark Moon whose spell will increase in damage with this combination.

7. Verdict

The Dark Moon Greatsword in Elden Ring might not be too powerful but you can make it work for you by using the correct gear and this is its specialty. I believe that this is the perfect weapon that can help you realize your potential as a player. This is because only a good player knows how to make things work for themselves. In a nutshell, it is a good addition to the game.

8. About Elden Ring

Elden Ring is an action role-playing game which released on the 25th of February, 2022. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. The Tarnished is one of many exiles summoned back to the Lands Between, hoping to restore the Elden Ring and become the next Elden Lord.

The Tarnished is one of many exiles summoned back to the Lands Between, hoping to restore the Elden Ring and become the next Elden Lord.