director's cut

by Recycle·v1.2.1·Updated 2025-10-20

A mod focused on fixing gameplay bugs, balancing parts of the game, and making some quality-of-life improvements to provide a better and more enjoyable experience with the original game.

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About this mod Machine translation

A mod focused on fixing gameplay bugs, balancing parts of the game, and making some quality-of-life improvements to provide a better and more enjoyable experience with the original game.

Elden Ring - Director's Cut

✨ **Mod project still under development** - Most of the content is only tested by me personally. If you find any problems, please report them in time!

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🎯Mod Target

This mod aims to fix bugs in the game, add quality-of-life improvements that FromSoftware is too lazy to do, and rebalance certain aspects of the game in a way that maintains the open-world nature, essentially improving the game without changing the core mechanics.

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🐛 Fixed bugs

Fix orc execution animation

  • Fixed the issue where the orc execution animation was damaged after DLC

Fix Midra animation problem

  • Fixed the issue where Midra fell down in the middle of the transition animation and canceled the wake-up animation

Fixed Radarn air combo

  • Adjusted the behavior of Promised Companion Radarn's air combo so that it will no longer ignore the invincibility frame if not hit by the first hit

Fix endurance skill issue

-Fixed an issue where Holy Lu's Roar and the second phase of Midra's attack would knock players away when using "Endurance" and wearing armor.

Fix dialogue errors

-Fixed the dialogue error between Mongot and Malkit

-Fixed the issue where flies did not cause damage after using buffs

AI target health value repair

  • Fixed the AI ​​target health issue of Metyr, Committed Companion Radan and Midra

Other important fixes

-Fixed the problem of lion entering the second stage early

-Fixed the problem of Mongo getting stuck on the wall

  • Fixed an issue where Metyr would randomly perform a fourth hand slam

-Fixed the problem of Godfrey canceling combos

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🎮 Quality of life and balance adjustments

Combat experience optimization

  • Added delay to Rellana's input reading
  • Added jump markers to player animations
  • Removed damage and stiffness from enemy side step and turn animations

New Ashes of War: Magic Blade

  • Added a new blue version of the Holy Law Blade, which causes magic damage
  • Can be found in the Rhea Lucalia side garden

Weapon balance adjustment

  • Rebalanced throwing dagger weapons
  • Adjusted the melee and spellcasting balance of Kallia Magic Sword
  • Dragon Wound Slash now adds the Dragon Food Grease buff to the Dragon Hunting Odachi

BOSS Adjustment

  • Redesigned the ground pulling attack of the Divine Devouring Serpent
  • Adjusted Romina's phase transition animation
  • Metyr laser show attack optimization
  • Monggart attributes rebalanced
  • Hit box adjustment (Mongotte, Malkit, Radan)

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🛠️ Installation instructions

  • **Select version**:
  • A: Modify the balanced version - affects the attributes of Mongot, enhances throwing daggers, and adds Dragon Feast grease coating
  • B: Original balance - does not include the above changes
  • **Extract the file** to the mod folder of the mod engine
  • **Follow the README file steps** to get the Magic Blade icon
  • **Start the game** and enjoy a better gaming experience!

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📸 Visual effects

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🔄Continuous updates

This is not the final version of the mod! I'll continue to fix issues and add quality of life improvements. You can view my progress log in Google Sheets.

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🎉 **Special thanks** to mihai, Beleh and ElaDiDu for their help, as well as all the developers who created the tools for the mod!

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Menu Items (Unpacked)
File size
5.4 MiB
SHA-256
d65f91cedad013449a85cec1dbae73cb088295e9c16366afdca1f910d18038cc
Stored at
2026-10-15 00:42