After defeating Rennala Queen of the Full Moon in Elden Ring, you’ll gain access to character respecs. Then, you go ahead and interact with the chest behind her and, oh, it’s locked. Well, there’s a way to open it much later in the game, but it’s going to be a doozy. Here’s our Elden Ring guide to help you open Rennala’s treasure chest in the Grand Library of Raya Lucaria by fighting the Baleful Shadows.
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Elden Ring guide – How to open Rennala’s chest in Raya Lucaria
If you’ve been following our series of guides, you’ll know that there are a lot of secret areas in this game, places which aren’t normally visited during the course of the campaign. If you truly wish to open Rennala’s chest in Elden Ring, here’s the gist:
Nokstella Eternal City is a massive area, equal to most other Legacy Dungeons in the game. The item that you’re looking for, though, is right at the beginning after you get teleported. It’s called the Miniature Ranni doll.
When you rest at a Site of Grace, you’ll notice another option: Talk to Miniature Ranni. If you do this the first couple of times, nothing would happen.
However, if you keep selecting the option, Ranni will speak to you through the doll (creepy). She then gives you another task to slay the Baleful Shadows.
To find the Baleful Shadows in Elden Ring, proceed ahead through Nokstella Eternal City:
- The upper path has more enemies, but also lots of nifty rewards.
- The lower path has you cutting through a creek past dozens of mobs.
Both paths are interconnected, but it’s faster to just go through the lower area. You’ll eventually see a building to your left, with an elevator that takes you to the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Site of Grace.
Rest up and get past the narrow tunnel. It has several Tadholes (they’re tadpoles, but they’re also a-holes). When you reach the next ruins with red water, you’ll see the Baleful Shadows. This enemy has attacks that are easily telegraphed. However, they’ll also cause Balefire even when blocked. You’ll burn and lose HP (yes, I’m just making up names for status effects here).
Anyway, dodge-roll and take swipes at it when you can. Once it dies, you’ll receive the Discarded Palace Key. Beyond this point is yet another secret area… which we’ll discuss separately (it’s linked down below).
Note: If you haven’t spoken to the Miniature Ranni Doll, then the Baleful Shadows won’t appear.
Now, you’re ready to open Rennala’s chest in Elden Ring. Fast travel back to her chambers and open it to acquire… the Dark Moon Ring.
Sadly, you can’t equip it, but you’ll eventually be able to use it once you get past all the challenges in the Lake of Rot secret area.
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