Lord of Ashes - Soul Summoning Overhaul (Supports Pokémon-style Nuzlocke gameplay)

by T0Dawn·v1.04.1·Updated 2025-10-20

The Ring of Elden: Lord of Ashes mod allows you to experience Pokémon-style Nuzlocke gameplay, as shown in the Dumpykong video. It adds over 450 summons. You can play the base game with Soul Summons, or play a LoA balanced version to make summons more important to your survival. Additional functions: summoned object strengthening equipment, summoned object evolution, group summoning, etc.

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About this mod Machine translation

The Ring of Elden: Lord of Ashes mod allows you to experience Pokémon-style Nuzlocke gameplay, as shown in the Dumpykong video. It adds over 450 summons. You can play the base game with Soul Summons, or play a LoA balanced version to make summons more important to your survival. Additional functions: summoned object strengthening equipment, summoned object evolution, group summoning, etc.

Lord of Ashes - Soul Summoning Overhaul

🔥 **Full Version Update** 🔥

Version 1.5 implements every feature I wanted in Lords of Ashes, including:

✨ **Core Features**

  • Summon spirits anywhere
  • Every enemy can be used as a summon
  • Super powerful combo summons that can be used in the endgame or new games+
  • Summon evolution system
  • Enhanced weakness and resistance system to maintain game difficulty
  • Full set of equipment, teardrops and talismans to provide buffs to summons
  • Arcane scaling of summon damage

🐛 **Feature Update**

Version 1.4 contains over 100 bug fixes! Every summon should now work properly. In addition, summon enhanced equipment and arcane scaling of summon damage have been added, allowing you to truly have the summoner build of your dreams.

🎮Module introduction

Circle of Elden: Lords of Ash is a summoning and balancing mod designed to introduce (almost*) every enemy into the game (base game and DLC) as a summon.

*Note: I did not include duplicate characters such as Monger-Omen, only Monger Blood Lord is summonable. Nor does it include every variant of Godric's Troopers, etc.

📋Contains content

1. More than 450 new summons

  • Divided into 5 levels based on health and strength
  • Higher level summons cost more
  • All summons can be upgraded to level 10

2. Summon anywhere

  • *There are only a few small areas on the map that cannot be summoned

3. Two summoning acquisition systems

  • Most level 1 and level 2 summons will drop when defeated
  • Most level 3 and 4 summons must be purchased from Twin Crones or Enya

4. Summons to strengthen equipment

  • A series of talismans, crystal tears and some weapons, shields and armors can provide buffs to summons

5. Enemy enhancement and balance adjustment

  • Enemy health increased to 200% (150% for double boss)
  • Weaknesses and resistance effects are enhanced
  • Element type added
  • Doubled resistance to status effects such as bleeding, frostbite, corruption, etc.
  • Bleeding effect weakened
  • Poison damage output is accelerated

6. Summon enhancement

-Basic game summoning cost increased and multiplier decreased

  • New summon level adjustment
  • To commemorate the boss’ small evolution at level 6
  • All summons show weaknesses and resistances in item descriptions

7. Role influence changes

-Character upgrade cost tripled

  • The cost of upgrading marks and staffs has been greatly increased
  • Increased upgrade cost of eclipsed weapons
  • The collection amount of forging stones and cemetery lilies of the valley has been doubled.
  • Character's starting stamina increased
  • Weapon weight halved
  • Character starting attributes improved
  • Grease duration doubled
  • Big Rune rebalanced

🎯 Casual gameplay (summon version only)

Contains a second mod file, ER_Summons_Only, for players who want to use all summons in the base Elden Circle but don't want to experience the balance changes.

📥 Installation Guide

  • Download the required version of the mod from the Files section
  • Download Alt Saves and follow the installation instructions
  • Download Modengine2
  • Do one of the following options
  • Make sure Steam or other gaming platforms are open
  • Double-click the launchmod_eldenring.bat file

If you have questions, please join the Discord server for detailed instructions and help.

⭐ Recommended Mods

Highly recommend the **Elden Ring Alt Saves** module! It separates mod saves from original saves and works seamlessly. If you load a LoA save file in the original game, all summoned items will be deleted.

👥 Contact information

If you encounter problem …

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
ER_LoA
File size
90.8 MiB