How To Get The Katana

Where to find Elden Ring's Moonveil katana

Elden Ring - a player holds the Moonveil katana blade

(Image credit: FromSoftware)

Elden Ring's Legendary Armaments

The magical Moonveil katana is a must-accept Elden Ring weapon for aspiring magical sword-wielders. Even though it's been nerfed since the game starting time released, it's still extremely stiff, and is one of the become-to weapons for speedrunners looking to blend bosses quickly. The reason Mooveil is so good is due to its Transient Moonlight skill that fires a wave of magical energy that deals a large chunk of damage.

The simply disadvantage with the Moonveil is that it'due south non exactly what you'd call a starter weapon in terms of stats. First off, you have to shell the Magma Wyrm boss, and if yous manage that, yous'll still need a decent amount of dex and intelligence in order to wield it. Still, once you showtime using you'll quickly notice that you're melting bosses from a condom distance.

Yous can catch the Moonveil katana relatively early on in Elden Band. Every bit mentioned, you lot'll have to beat a slightly nasty boss to earn it though, so don't go hunting it down at too low a level. Here's where you can find this magical blade and what stats you'll need to wield it.

Elden Ring Moonveil location: Gael Tunnel

Elden Ring map showing the Gael Tunnel site of grace in the western edge of Caelid. — (Image credit: FromSoftware)

To find the Moonveil katana, you'll need to head into Caelid, the dead and ruby-red zone to the due east of the Limgrave starting area. You're looking for Gael Tunnel, which is a small cave with a pigsty inside. Head south and down the cliff confront from the Rotview Balcony Site of Grace to find this mineshaft. The Gael Tunnel Site of Grace is waiting for you at the bottom. Just beware that in one case you're within, you lot'll need to get to the tunnel get out before you tin fast travel out.

Luckily, y'all can run right past almost of the enemies in the tunnel, pick upward the Rear Gael Tunnel Entrance site, and walk out without having to fight the dominate merely yet. Keep making your way westward and open the door west of the boss'south fog wall to escape. You lot'll definitely want to choice upwards the rear entrance Site of Grace while yous're here too.

The dominate yous'll demand to fight is the Magma Wyrm, which isn't terribly hard just can exist a bit of a hurting. This thing is big, covers the ground in lava, and every bit a kicker, it's hanging out in a pretty tight room that doesn't give you much space to maneuver. Load up on your fire resistance consumables and stick close to its anxiety if possible.

Elden Ring - a player runs into the Magma Wyrm boss fight in Gael Tunnel while the wyrm prepares to breathe fire. — (Image credit: FromSoftware)

Elden Ring Moonveil katana stats

After you manage to take downward the Magma Wyrm, congrats! The Moonveil katana is yours. Here are the requirements for your new sword:

Force: 12
Dexterity: eighteen
Intelligence: 23

Information technology primarily scales harm based on intelligence with a C ranking and scales on dexterity with a D rank. The weapon skill Transient Moonlight is especially flashy as well. Your character will sheathe the Moonveil and so pull it back out with a magical slash using either your light or heavy attack button. Even if you aren't locked onto an enemy, yous can aim either the horizontal or vertical strikes using your camera.

If you're trying to work the Moonveil into your graphic symbol's equipment, cheque out our Elden Band builds guide for a battlemage Prisoner build that uses information technology.

Lauren started writing for PC Gamer as a freelancer in 2017 while chasing the Dark Souls fashion law and accustomed her office as Associate Editor and Chief Minecraft Liker in 2021. She originally started her career in game development and is still fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long books, longer RPGs, multiplayer cryptids, and can't stop playing co-op crafting games.