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How to Open the Locked Rennala Chest in Raya Lucaria Grand Library

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After defeating Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon inside the Raya Lucaria Great Library in Ring of FireFoggy adventurers might notice a locked chest near the Queen. Unlike other containers throughout Middle-earth, this chest is locked, preventing you from accessing its contents. There is no key nearby, as the solution is not found in the world but in a particular NPC’s questline in Ring of Fire.




The solution to this locked chest lies with the NPC Ranni, the demigoddess moon princess you can meet while traveling in the open world. The first time you meet Ranni, she will be near the Church of Elleh after you have obtained your horse Torrent. You may run into her randomly during this part of your travels, but this is the first step to unlocking Rennala’s chest.

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How to unlock the locked Rennala trunk

Follow the path of the dark moon

Unlock Rennala's Chest in Elden Ring


The only way to open the chest near Rennala in Ring of Fire is of following Ranni’s plot and entering the service of the DemigodIts main storyline begins once Tarnished has defeated Scourge of the Stars Radahn of Caelid, thus gaining access to the underground Eternal City of Nokron. The stars released from the sky open a huge crater in Limgrave that you can enter once the boss has been defeated.

After talking to Ranni and his subordinates inside Ranni’s Rise the protagonist must recover the Finger Killer Blade from Nokron, hidden inside a building in the Sacred Ground of Night. Afterwards, Ranni will leave the tower, never to return. Your next step is Use the portal in Renna’s Rise to teleport to the northern half of the Ainsel River and follow the path of the Demigod.

During this time, you can also continue with the questline of Blaidd, one of the best characters in
Ring of Fire

Its story is closely tied to Ranni’s quest, but is not necessary to obtain the key to the locked chest near Rennala.


Near the Grace Site in Ainsel River Main, adventurers will encounter Ranni again; however, her appearance will be very different from her previous form. In Ranni’s Rise, the Witch’s spirit resided in a human-sized doll with four arms. Now, her soul is housed in a small, pocket-sized figurine called Miniature Frogs After talking to her several times, she reveals to the protagonist the next steps to unlock Rennala’s chest.

Ranni will charge the protagonist with killing a Two Finger assassin called the Baleful Shadow. This mini-boss can be found in the cave south of Nokstella, Eternal City, near the Nokstella Waterfall Basin. The humanoid enemy will be quite challenging, but defeating him will cause Ranni’s spirit to leave and give you the Palace key discarded which is the object used to open the mysterious box in the Great Library.


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How to Defeat the Ominous Shadow

Use magic or frost based attacks

Baleful Shadow is considered a humanoid enemy and a mini-boss, although it does not have a larger health bar than other dangerous enemies in the game. As you can see in the video above by YouTube creator Hacx7, Shadow can be stabbed in the back and parriedgiving you more options to stagger your enemy for a visceral attack. The Shadow’s attacks deal Holy and Physical damage, so make sure you’re ready for these attacks.


Some Talismans or consumables you can collect can grant your character damage negation against Physical or Holy. Don’t forget to equip these items before challenging Baleful Shadow during Ranni’s questline.

The Baleful Shadow’s greatest weaknesses are its vulnerabilities to magic- and frost-based attacks. Ring of Fire. The creature is also slightly more affected by lightning damage, so try to carry weapons or spells that deal that type of damage. The Shadow It has great resistance to most state conditionsincluding Scarlet Rot, Bleeding, and immunity to other conditions like Madness and Plague Death.

The ominous shadow it is weak to freezing however, making it easy to take away large chunks of his health when you stack up this chilling status effect. Some sorceries in Ring of Fire can inflict Frostbite, as well as various weapons you can pick up during your adventures. As the Shadow can heal five times while you fight himYou’ll need to find ways to quickly take out large amounts of health to keep the battle from dragging on.


Baleful Shadow’s Move List

Attack

Description

How to counteract

Rotary cutting

The Evil Shadow swings his great sword around, trying to strike your character when you get too close.

Roll forward to the left side of the boss to flank it and backstab the Shadow as it recovers from this attack animation.

Sword strokes

The Baleful Shadow swings his massive sword horizontally in a wide-ranging attack, designed to catch your character out of his way as he dodges.

Dodge to the opposite side of where this attack’s sword is aimed.

Jump shot

Leaping into the air, the Maleficent Shadow strikes downward with a thud, dealing a small area of ​​effect damage.

Roll to the right just as the boss is about to land.

Death grip

The Baleful Shadow pauses for a moment before charging at your character, attempting to grab you and deal heavy damage.

Recognize the beginning of this attack and roll to the opposite side of the hand that would like to grab you at the last possible moment.

Stab Charge

After a short charge, the Maleficent Shadow lunges forward, attempting to impale your character with its piercing blade.

Simply dodge to the side or forward when your character is about to be hit.

Once Baleful Shadow is down, return to the Raya Lucaria Grand Library and approach the chest to unlock it with the Discarded Palace Key. Inside, Tarnished will discover the Black Moon Ring key item. From here, you must return to Ainsel River and cross the dangerous Lake of Rot before challenging another difficult boss, Astel, Naturalborn of the Void.


Clear the boss arena when the unnatural creature is defeated to move on to the final stages of your journey with the Demigod of the Black Moon. Adventurers can continue on to the Cathedral of Manus Sellus, where they will experience the conclusion of Ranni’s questline. The Ring of the Black Moon is an integral part here, but only after finding a way to open the locked chest near Rennala in Ring of Fire.

Source: Hacx7/YouTube

Written by Anika Begay

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