It’s been nearly three months since Elden Ring released, and it’s not uncommon for a single-player game to “drop off” in this time. There are always diehard fans, but many will play a game and move on. Elden Ring’s concurrent players are down, in a similar vein to this, but it’s still part of ongoing conversations across several gaming communities.
This is impressive, and as more time marches on, more impressive things are going to come out about Elden Ring. One player recently shared how they had maxed out every stat, which no doubt took a lot of time to do, while one player has completed another feat that no doubt took as much time.
Twitter user @FNBR_mjky has completed Ranni’s questline in Elden Ring 50 times. Many know that this is one of the game’s longest, most complicated questlines, and to do it without a guide is pure luck. It takes players all over The Lands Between, requires players to beat some of the hardest bosses in the game, put a “ring” on Ranni’s finger, and ultimately unlock the Age of Stars ending.
At the end of the quest, players are rewarded with Elden Ring’s Dark Moon Greatsword. This is a special weapon, befitting the ending of the quest. Not only is it a powerful greatsword in Elden Ring, but FromSoftware includes a variant of the Moonlight Greatsword in most of its games. It has quite the legacy that pairs well with the themes and complexities of Ranni’s quest.
In fact, the only Soulsborne game to not directly feature a usable version of it is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It’s not a traditional Soulsborne title either, but fans can see a weapon that looks a lot like it wielded by the Divine Dragon. Either way, for fans of FromSoftware, this weapon is a reward in and of itself to just have in the inventory.
But, of course, it’s hard to imagine what @FNBR_mjky is going to do with 50 Dark Moon Greatswords. Their motivation is not clear, but it seems that this achievement lends itself more to the Twitter user’s love of Ranni than this weapon. Ranni is one of the most characters in the game, after all. Picking up on this, a few comments have called this user “Let Me Date Her” in an awesome reference to Elden Ring’s Let Me Solo Her—a player who has been summoned and has solo’d Malenia over 1000 times.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.