Age Of The Moon Elden Ring
Irmgard Verzi
Rennala is a boss and NPC in Elden Ring. She is a Shardbearer who is encountered in Academy of Raya Lucaria. While this encounter is not required to advance the story, Rennala must be defeated to unlock Moonlight Altar, the ability to respec, and a certain ending.
In her youth, she was a prominent champion who charmed the academy with her lunar magic, becoming its master. She established the house of Caria as royalty, and also led the Glintstone Knights.[3] These Carian Knights were heroes of the highest honors, anointed by the Lunar Queen,[4] and despite numbering fewer then twenty, their power made them a match for even the champions of gold in battle.[5]
When Queen Marika the Eternal established her new Age of the Erdtree, she dispatched a champion known as Radagon to lead her armies against Liurnia of the Lakes. Radagon fought two wars against Rennala and the Academy,[6] both of which saw no clear victor.[7] Instead, Radagon repented his territorial aggressions by cleansing himself with Celestial Dew, and swore his love to Rennala.[8] They married at the Church of Vows, uniting the houses of the Erdtree and the Moon.[9] Rennala would gift Radagon with a greatsword, bestowed by a Carian queen upon her spouse to honor long-standing tradition.[10][11]
Together, they had three children: Radahn, Rykard, and Ranni.[12] After Godfrey, the first Elden Lord, was hounded from the Lands Between, Radagon left Rennala's side to become the second husband and King Consort of Queen Marika, and received the title of second Elden Lord.[13] Queen Marika made Radagon's and Rennala's children her demigod stepchildren.[14] When Radagon departed, he gifted Rennala the amber egg containing the Great Rune of the Unborn.[15]
When Radagon left, Rennala's heart left with him.[16] Realizing their heartbroken queen was no champion at all, the Academy rebelled against the Carian Royal Family and Rennala would find herself under the assault of her own students, who would eventually lock her away in the grand library.[17][18][19] She would slowly lose her mind and ended up devoting herself to the grim art of reincarnation, clutching the amber egg left to her by Radagon. She would use it on Juvenile Scholars found around her, calling them her "sweetings", continuously rebirthing them in an imperfect process which would leave their memories fading into oblivion.[20][21] The children born anew by Rennala were all frail and short-lived, imperfect beings, each and all.[22]
The Tarnished gains entry to the Academy of Raya Lucaria in search of the Great Rune contained within Rennala's amber egg. After fighting their way through the Academy, they encounter Rennala in the grand library, hovering in the air and clutching her egg. The tarnished fights their way through the Juvenile Scholars, halting the protective spell cast on the queen by their song. Before they can kill the Carian Queen, however, they are interrupted by the voice of Ranni, and an image of Rennala as she was long ago appears before them. The Tarnished does battle with the illusory Rennala in a moonlit sea, eventually defeating her and claiming her Great Rune. Rennala is left alive, sitting in her chair in the middle of the library, still clutching her egg.
Rennala will float around the room, encased in a golden sphere which prevents her from taking damage. She will not contribute directly to the fight very often, instead relying on the Juvenile Scholars, who will use lunges, fire breath, and telekinesis to attack the player. One of the Juvenile Scholars is singing- they can be spotted by the golden aura they emit plus the enchanted purple books they telekinetically throw at you, and will get louder as the player gets closer. If this Scholar is hit at least once (it does not need to be killed), another will start singing instead. Disrupt three singing Scholars to cause Rennala's sphere to break, dropping her to the ground and allowing the player to inflict damage; while Rennala is downed all of the Juvenile Scholars stop attacking you so you'll have a free window of opportunity to attack. After a few seconds, she will emit a golden explosion and begin floating again with her protective sphere restored. Repeat the process of hitting the singing Scholars several times for further opportunities to inflict damage on Rennala. Periodically, she will summon new scholars to replace those who have been killed.
Scholars will often hide behind the bookshelves that line the room. The gaps between bookshelves often have chandeliers above them, which will fall if the player stands beneath them or passes under them.
After reducing Rennala's health to 0, a cutscene will play. The arena will change to a large, open watery plane, and Rennala will engage the player directly, with a full health bar. She makes use of an array of ranged magical attacks, but can also use her staff to physically attack the player if they get to close. Once her health drops below 60% she will begin summoning spirits to aid her. When she summons, a wide circle will appear around her, inflicting damage. She can summon a Bloodhound Knight, three wolves, a Dragon, and a Troll, each of which will disappear after a few seconds. Rennala is much more evasive during this phase, so a melee fighter may have trouble landing consecutive combos of attacks on her.
Phase 1 takes place in a circular room with an open inner area and a more narrow outer area, divided by bookcases. The majority of the Juvenile Scholars congregate in the inner arena, however a few can be found hiding behind the bookcases. They can use their telekinetic abilities on the clutter in the area, such as the astrolabes, which they can throw at the player. Chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and may fall if the player stands underneath them.
Phase 2 takes place in a large, open area with no obstacles or clutter. The space is useful for moving away from Rennala's homing attacks as there is nothing to get stuck on or blocked in by, as well as for separating Rennala from her summoned allies.
After defeating her, Rennala becomes an NPC, remaining in the library where she was fought in phase 1. As an NPC she offers two services: Rebirth allows the player to reallocate levels to different stats at the cost of a Larval Tear, while Cosmetics allows the player to alter their character's appearance, which is the same function that the mirror in Roundtable Hold has.
When Sorceress Sellen moves to the Academy of Raya Lucaria during her questline, she will temporarily occupy Rennala's spot, while Rennala will move behind one of the bookshelves in the library. She will return to her usual place once Sellen's questline is completed.
The spell allows The Tarnished to summon two moons and slam them against the ground, causing huge damage to any enemies caught in the blast. It's the same move that Rellana will use against you during the second phase of your battle.
The Rennala boss fight in Elden Ring should be the second Shardbearer battle on your godly hit list after taking down Godrick the Grafted. Rennala is the head of the Raya Lucaria Academy of sorcery, and you will face her after spending some time exploring the academy, overcoming smaller challenges, and beating one other boss, the Red Wolf of Radagon.
For the second phase of the fight, we recommend bringing in a Spirit Summon. Once again, anything works here, so long as they can last long enough and keep the boss engaged for you to land damage. That said, a summon with multiple smaller units will work better here because of the nature of the fight.
The first phase of the Rennala fight is straightforward. Your objective is to simply destroy her protective barrier, which sends her tumbling down, allowing you to deal significant damage.
Depending on how powerful your weapon is, you may need to do this two or three times. Rennala stays on the ground for several seconds after each crack, but she eventually levitates again and creates a new barrier.
You need to kill three children for the barrier to break each time. The place is dark and full nooks and crannies, so it might take you a while to find the last child you need for the barrier to break. This process gets harder the deeper into the phase you get, as children will better hide themselves from you.
It starts with Rennala firing off a beam at you. You can simply sprint to either side to avoid it. Other, slower spells can be dodged through instead, preferably towards her. Rennala can be interrupted out of these casting animations, and some of them even have very long, obvious tells that afford you enough time to either get closer, or be ready to dodge them.
This is why your own summons are crucial in this phase, because they will take the heat off you. Just be careful not to get confused whose summon it is out there, because they all look the same, not to mention you both might be summoning the same Spirit Ash.
This re-spec option opens up after you finish both phases of the fight. Rennala will turn into an NPC at that point, one you can return to if you want to re-spec over the course of the game.
You can still use her Remembrance for extra Runes or give it to Enia at Roundtable Hold to obtain either Rennala's full moon spell or a special staff. If you want both, you'll have to duplicate it at one of the Wandering Mausoleums.
After defeating Rennala, The Lands Between really become limitless. If you beat Godrick before coming here, you'll now have two Great Runes, meaning you can go ahead and complete some final fights before finishing the game, if you wish.
That said, that would be a real waste of all Elden Ring has to offer unless you're trying to speedrun the game. We recommend exploring Liurnia of the Lakes, Caelid, and attempting to venture underground... To do that, you'll need to go about beating Radahn, though.
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