Elden Ring DLC Mod Lets You Team Up With the Game's Bosses (2024)

A new mod fundamentally shakes things up in Elden Ring's new Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, replacing Spirit Ash summons with actual bosses featured in the DLC. This new mod not only seeks to make fights more chaotic but also allows players to settle the score with some of Elden Ring's toughest enemies yet.

Shadow of the Erdtree was released earlier this summer, delivering an incredible amount of new content for both new and returning Elden Ring players to sink their teeth into. Shadow of the Erdtree adds to the base Elden Ring experience in a variety of ways, providing players with exciting new weapons, items, NPCs, and, of course, bosses. Shadow of the Erdtree packs a significant punch in this department, challenging players with what may be considered to be the hardest fights developer FromSoftware has ever designed. Shadow of the Erdtree does give players several tools to help make some of these fights easier, though the spike in difficulty will surely be a sticking point for some. However, a new mod flips these boss fights on their head, turning some of Elden Ring's scariest new bosses into friendly co-op partners.

A total of 11 bosses are included in this new mod from FlippantTunic22 on Nexus Mods. The mod focuses on Elden Ring's Spirit Ash abilities, swapping the base game summons with bosses featured in Shadow of the Erdtree. These include enemies like Messmer the Impaler as well as Divine Beast Dancing Lion, just to name a few. The mod also includes the massive Furnace Golem, making for a helpful yet hilariously large co-op partner.

Elden Ring Mod Allows Players to Summon Bosses

More bosses are reportedly on the way for this new mod as well, as is a version that features bosses in the base Elden Ring game. FromSoftware's action RPG titles have long been a hotbed for modders, with Dark Souls receiving significant attention within the modding community. Mods for the original Dark Souls range from simple quality-of-life improvements to full-on game-changing tweaks, like transforming the action RPG into a roguelike.

Since its release in 2022, Elden Ring has received significant attention from modders, giving players the ability to customize their experience to their liking. However, Shadow of the Erdtree appears to be the end of the road for Elden Ring. Despite the incredibly positive reception to Shadow of the Erdtree, developers have stated there are no plans for future Elden Ring expansions. FromSoftware has reiterated how pleased it is with Shadow of the Erdtree and appreciates that players continue to enjoy both it and Elden Ring.

Elden Ring

Elden Ring is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set in a world co-created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the influential Dark Souls video game series, and George R.R. Martin, the author of the best-selling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. This collaboration between two renowned creators has resulted in FromSoftware's largest game to date, filled with danger and discovery at every turn. Hidetaka Miyazaki, president and game director of FromSoftware, has a history of directing highly acclaimed games in franchises such as Armored Core and Dark Souls.

System

PC , PlayStation , Xbox

Platform(s)

PS5 , Xbox One , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , PC

Released

February 25, 2022

Developer(s)

From Software

Publisher(s)

Bandai Namco Entertainment , From Software

Genre(s)

RPG , Action

Multiplayer

Online Co-Op , Online Multiplayer

Engine

Proprietary

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

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