Dark Moon Greatsword is a Greatsword in Elden Ring. The Dark Moon Greatsword scales primarily with Intelligence, Dexterity and Strength and is a staple weapon, in one way or another, in all From Software games.
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.
Elden Ring Dark Moon Greatsword Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Moonlight Greatsword
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Can't be enchanted with Magic or boosted by Consumables.
- Dark Moon Greatsword can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- Causes Frost buildup: (55)
- This weapon has a unique R2, which fires a projectile when buffed by its skill.
- The projectile does 22 poise damage, or 35 when charged.
- The damage scales with weapon upgrade level and INT.
- The buffed R2's Projectile is affected by Godfrey Icon, Warrior Jar Shard and Shard of Alexander talismans. It is NOT affected by the Axe Talisman nor the Spiked Cracked Tear.
- With Update 1.07, the weapon's blade itself was given damage detection while imbued with it's skill. This allows the Axe Talisman to activate if using charged attacks against an enemy if the blade is within distance.
- Powerstances well with Helphen's Steeple, as both weapons share similar stat requirements and scaling
- Sell Value: 1000
- The Dark Moon Greatsword is part of the moonlight sword archetype of weapons appearing in other FromSoftware games. It debuted in the King's Field series as the Moonlight Sword, and has since appeared in Armored Core series as Moonlight laser blade, Demon Souls as the Large Sword of Moonlight, in the Dark Souls trilogy as the Moonlight Greatsword, and in Bloodborne as the Holy Moonlight Sword.
- One of the 9 Legendary Armaments.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below. Additionally, speed, range, recovery time and guard counter speed of Greatswords weapons has increased.
Dark Moon Greatsword PVP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring
Patch 1.10 adjusted PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.
One-Handed Attacks
- 1H R1 (1/2/3/4 Attacks): 203.5/165/101.75/110
- 1H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 330/330
- 1H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 990/990
- 1H R1 Jumping: 305.25
- 1H R2 Jumping: 660
Two-Handed Attacks
- 2H R1 (1/2/3/4 Attacks): 264/132/132/143
- 2H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 363/363
- 2H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 1089/1089
- 2H R1 Jumping: 396
- 2H R2 Jumping: 726