Dancing Blade of Ranah is a Curved Sword in the Elden Ring DLC. This weapon has quite a unique movement compared to other Curved Swords, especially its Weapon Skill, Unending Dance. As the name suggests, this skill can last forever if you have enough FP and Stamina. Players can acquire this weapon early in the Realm of Shadow and not have to fight any boss before it.
This guide includes all the details on where to find the Dancing Blade of Ranah and what Talismans and Incantations work best with it in Shadow of the Erdtree.
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How To Obtain The Dancing Blade of Ranah In Shadow Of The Erdtree
The Dancing Blade of Ranah is located on the Cerulean Coast. To reach this location, players can either head south of the Ellac River Cave or go through the Dragon's Pit to reach Charo's Hidden Grave, then take the path west of the Grand Altar of Dragon Communion. Upon reaching the Cerulean Coast West Site of Grace, you can look for a path leading down into a cave that leads to the Southern Nameless Mausoleum. Inside the Mausoleum is the 
Dancer of Ranah, who drops the weapon once she is defeated.
Dancing Blade of Ranah Stats & Scaling
Scales Primarily With Dexterity
The following are the stat requirements, as well as the scaling on a fully upgraded Dancing Blade of Ranah:
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Attribute |
Level |
Scaling (Max) |
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Strength |
9 |
- |
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Dexterity |
20 |
A |
The weapon requires 9 Strength to wield but has no scaling with it. This means that players can focus on increasing Dexterity, increasing their overall damage, and casting the speed of Spells. The Dancing Blade of Ranah can be upgraded to +10 using Somber Smithing Stones.
Best Talismans To Pair With Dancing Blade of Ranah
The weapon skill of the Dancing Blade of Ranah consists of successive attacks that you can perform on the enemy. As the skill does not deal enough poise damage, there is a high chance that you might be interrupted while performing it. In most cases, you need to be ready to cancel the skill to perform a dodge. The Rotten Winged Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis can buff the successive attacks. The Shard of Alexander will increase the skill's damage; meanwhile, the Blue Dancer Charm works wonders if the Dancer Set is equipped.
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Talisman |
Description |
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Obtained upon completing Iron Fist, Alexander's questline, the Shard of Alexander increases the damage output of skills/Ash of War by 15%. |
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You can obtain this by defeating Guardian Golem in Highroad Cave in Limgrave. Blue Dancer Charm provides an increase in Physical Damage with lower equip load. |
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Obtained upon proceeding further into Millicent's questline. Rotten Winged Sword Insignia greatly raises attack power with successive attacks. |
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You can obtain this upon proceeding further into Millicent's questline; the Millicent Prosthesis increases Dexterity by five and raises attack power with successive attacks. |
Shard of Alexander
Blue Dancer Charm
Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
Millicent's Prosthesis
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Best Armor To Pair With Dancing Blade of Ranah
The only option for this build is the 
Dancer's Set, which also drops from the Dancer of Ranah. Each of the four pieces of the armor set provides a 2.5 % increase in damage to dancing attacks totaling up to 10%. As the Dancing Blade is your only damage-dealing weapon in this build, you can use its weapon skill to truly benefit from the buff the armor provides. The total weight of the Dancer Set is 7.5.
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Armor Type |
How To Obtain |
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Obtained after defeating |
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Obtained after defeating Dancer of Ranah |
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Obtained after defeating Dancer of Ranah |
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Obtained after defeating Dancer of Ranah |
Dancer's Hood
Dancer's Dress
Dancer's Bracer
Dancer's TrousersBest Character Attribute Distribution For Dancing Blade of Ranah
Most of your Attribute distribution should be focused on increasing Dexterity, Mind, and Endurance. This is because the build requires a lot of FP and Stamina, which are consumed by the weapon's skill. The weapon only has scaling in Dexterity, so it is wise to put most of your levels into that Attribute. For the rest of the levels, you can hedge to Vigor, but make sure you have at least 25 Faith to be able to use Golden Vow.
If you want to Respec your Attribute levels, you can head to 
Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon inside Raya Lucaria Academy, and give her a 
Larval Tear.
The following table shows the Attribute distribution for a 200-level character:
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Attribute |
Level |
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Vigor |
60 |
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Mind |
54 |
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Endurance |
50 |
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Strength |
12 |
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Dexterity |
60 |
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Intelligence |
9 |
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Faith |
25 |
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Arcane |
9 |
Best Wondrous Flask Of Physick Combination For Dancing Blade of Ranah
For the Wondrous Flask of Physick, the Thorny Cracked Tear is a great option, which, similar to the Talismans, increases the damage of consecutive attacks. The main problem with this build is that you will find yourself relatively weak. This is because of the light armor and no Talismans to help out your defenses. However, you can equip the Opaline Hardtear, which will give a 15% damage negation, which might not be enough but still can help you in many scenarios.
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Flask Tear |
Description |
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Obtained upon killing Putrid Avatar near Fort Faroth in Caelid. The tear increases all damage negation types by 15% for 3 minutes. |
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Obtained upon killing the Putrid Avatar in Consecrated Snowfields. This tear increases the damage of consecutive attacks and lasts for 3 minutes. |
Opaline Hardtear
Thorny Cracked Tear
Elden Ring: Best Obtainable Early Incantations
Incantations are a powerful kind of magic in Elden Ring, and these are the best ones that can be acquired early on in the game.
Best Incantations To Pair With Dancing Blade of Ranah
The Armor Set and the Talismans provide a damage boost to the Dancing attacks, meaning equipping an offensive Incantation would not be wise. However, that does not mean you can use the Supportive Incantations, especially those that can be stacked. Golden Vow and Flame, Grant me Strength both increase your damage output as well as your damage negation.
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Incantation |
Description |
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Found on a corpse in the Corpse-Stench Shack on Mt. Gelmir. This Incantation increases your damage output by 15% and negates all damage by 10%. The buff lasts for 80 seconds. |
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Found behind Fort Gael, guarded by two flame chariots. This Incantation boosts your physical and fire damage output by 20%, and the buff lasts for 30 seconds. |
Golden Vow
Flame, Grant me StrengthBest Great Rune To Pair With Dancing Blade of Ranah
Great Runes can activated by using Rune Arcs. Players can acquire Rune Arc by helping other online players in their worlds or by looting certain corpses. Malenia's Great Rune is a great option that benefits players who go for an aggressive playstyle. The ability to restore your lost health allows you to fight for a longer duration without worrying about healing yourself.
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Great Rune |
Description |
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Obtained upon defeating Malenia, Blade of Miquella. This Great Rune allows you to recover lost HP when attacking immediately after getting hit. |
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Obtained upon defeating Starscourge Radahn. This Great Rune boosts your maximum HP, FP, and Stamina. |
Malenia's Great Rune
Radahn's Great RuneDancing Blade of Ranah Buffing Routine & Attack Strategy
Before a boss fights or an online player invades you, it is best to buff yourself beforehand with the Incantations.
- Consume the Wondrous Flask to increase damage negation and the damage of consecutive attacks.
- Apply the Golden Vow incantation to boost damage output and negate damage to self.
- Apply Flame, Grant Me Strength incantation to increase damage output.
The build has relatively low damage negation, meaning that most attacks can take out a massive chunk of your health bar. However, because of how light the Armor Set and weapon weigh, you will have a Light Roll, allowing you to dodge most attacks easily. Even though the weapon skill can go on for a long duration, it is advisable that you cancel the animation as soon as you see an incoming attack.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Released
- June 21, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Base Game
- Elden Ring
- Developer(s)
- FromSoftware
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
