Here’s how you can open the barrier to Renna’s Rise in Elden Ring for her questline.
Renna’s Rise is one of those locations in Elden Ring you can reach fairly easily, but won’t be able to unlock until completing several steps, including defeating specific bosses. Moreover, some of these bosses are extremely difficult and found in mid and endgame, so you’ll only be able to enter Renna’s Rise after several dozens hours spent in the Lands Between. We detailed the steps you need to follow below.
How to open the barrier to Renna’s Rise
How to unlock start the related questline
- Defeat Royal Knight Loretta in Caria Manor defeated
- Defeat Rennala Queen of the Full Moon in Raya Lucaria Academy
- Starscourge Radahn in Caelid defeated
- Unlock the site of grace in Nokron Eternal City
- Get the Black Knifeprint from Black Knife Catacombs
Those are the first steps required to unlock the dialogue choice “Offer your service” with Ranni, progressing the questline needed to unlock Renna’s Rise.
Removing the barrier from Renna’s Rise
First, you must obtain the Fingerslayer Blade in Nokron Eternal City. If you don’t have access to Nokron Eternal City yet, then after defeating Radahn, go to where the star fell to enter Nokron.
Fingerslayer Blade location
After entering Nokron, defeat the skeletons and Mimic Tear as you proceed, then turn left to go along the destroyed bridge. Keep going until you can turn left again and take that turn. Keep going until the singing woman then turn left again, you’ll find the Ancestral Woods site of grace. After that, you’ll have to cross several platforms and defeat several Mimic Tears. Keep going until you reach a room with priests. Defeat them or ignore them and run past the room to find several Mimic Tears moving around. Follow them as they will lead you to the building with the Fingerslayer Blade inside a treasure chest.
Next, you need to go back to Ranni and give her the Fingerslayer Blade. Ranni will give you the Carian Inverted Statue in exchange. Now go to the Divine Tower of Liurnia and enter the secret area in the study hall by using the Carian Inverted Statue. Clear this area and you’ll obtain the Cursed Death Mark. Now, you’ll be able to enter Renna’s Rise and the barrier will have disappeared.
