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Cinders aims to deliver a whole new experience with Dark Souls 3, expanding on the underwhelming aspects of the original game and opening up more ways to play.

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If you don't want to do software processing, please only use this mod when offline. Editing Data0.bdt will mark your save data as invalid, causing a soft ban.

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Overview

Cinders aims to deliver a whole new experience with Dark Souls 3, expanding on the underwhelming aspects of the original game and opening up more ways to play.

Upgrades have been changed to allow for more flexibility in your route through the main game. After arriving at Firelink Shrine, you can now go to:

High Wall Lothric: Recommended for normal gaming

Dreg Heap: A challenging start.

There are now in-map twists in special objects, allowing you to mix the usual progression routes:

The undead settle in Farron Keep

Settlement of the Undead in the Catacombs of Cartes

Smoldering Lake to Irithyll Dungeon

High Walls of Lothric to Archdragon Peak

Weapons have been tweaked so that almost all of them feel powerful if you use the right build.

Armor has been overhauled and all armor sets provide some form of bonus for wearing them. Absorption is increased, so wearing heavier armor will have a noticeable impact on your survivability.

The selection of rings has expanded and their effects have changed, so there is no clear-cut ring that is more valuable than others.

The statistics have been adjusted such that HP and Planned Parenthood now offer more linear growth but start lower, rewarding large investments but creating challenges for those who don't.

FP now regenerates at a constant rate every second. This allows casters to have viable playstyles without sacrificing Estus Flasks.

Spells have been tweaked, bringing in weaker spells like Lightning Spear and changing the casting animations of spells that were often too slow for Dark Souls 3's combat speed.

Key items and more have been adjusted to accommodate new progression route options and increase the interest of exploration by rendering lore from the original game useless.

A full list of the exact changes made by the mod can be found under the Articles tab.

Install

For Steam users, I recommend using the Mod Engine method to install mods. For users of other versions, you need to use the UXM method to install the mod.

Mod Engine method

• Download Mod Engine. (Shared by the Three Aunts MOD site)
• Copy dinput8.dll and modengine.ini to the \DARK SOULS III\Game\ directory.
• Open the Cinders zip file and extract the Cinders folder in the zip file to the Dark Souls III installation directory (i.e. E:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DARK SOULS III\Game).
• Copy modengine.ini in the Cinders folder and replace modengine.ini in the installation directory.
• You can now launch the game and enable Cinders.

UXM approach

• Download UXM. (Shared by the Three Aunts MOD site)
• Use UXM to open the Dark Souls III installation package.
• Use UXM to patch Dark Souls III executable files.
• Open the Cinders zip file and extract the folder and Data0.bdt directly to \DARK SOULS III\Game\.

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Mod Engine method

• Open the downloaded Cinders ZIP file.
• Extract the Cinders folder from the zip file to the Dark Souls III installation directory (i.e. E:\Program Files

（x86）\ SteamLibrary \ steamapps \ common \ DARK SOULS III \ Game）。

• Accept any prompts that warn you that files are being replaced.

UXM approach

• Open the downloaded Cinders ZIP file.
• Unzip the folder and Data0.bdt from the UXM folder in the zip file to Dark

Souls III installation directory (i.e. E:\Program Files

（x86）\ SteamLibrary \ steamapps \ common \ DARK SOULS III \ Game）。

• Accept any prompts that warn you that files …