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The magical Moonveil katana isn’t too tough to grab early on for sword and sorcery lovers.
The magical Moonveil katana is a must-have Elden Ring weapon for aspiring magical sword-wielders. If you’re looking for a physical weapon that won’t require you to spend days farming runes to beef up your strength stat, this Intelligence-based blade is one excellent choice.
The good news is that you can even grab the Moonveil katana relatively early into your game. You’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 how to find this magical sword before you get too far out of Limgrave.
Luckily, you can run right past most of the enemies in the tunnel, pick up the Rear Gael Tunnel Entrance site, and walk out without having to fight the boss just yet. Keep making your way west and open the door west of the boss’s fog wall to escape. You’ll definitely want to pick up the rear entrance Site of Grace while you’re here too.
The boss you’ll need to fight is the Magma Wyrm, which isn’t terribly difficult but can be a bit of a pain. This thing is large, covers the ground in lava, and as 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 feet if possible.
It primarily scales damage based on intelligence with a C ranking and scales on dexterity with a D rank. The weapon skill Transient Moonlight is particularly flashy too. Your character will sheath the Moonveil and then 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, you can aim either the horizontal or vertical strikes using your camera.
If you’re trying to work the Moonveil into your character’s equipment, check out our Elden Ring builds guide for a battlemage Prisoner build that uses it.
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Lauren started writing for PC Gamer as a freelancer in 2017 while chasing the Dark Souls fashion police and accepted her role 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.
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