message replacement

by BygoneBasilisk AKA HonorKnight26·v1.0·Updated 2025-10-23

Replace "YOU DIED" with the more derisive "SKILL ISSUE". Humiliate your enemies with "RIP BOZO" that shines across the screen. Contains more replacement content.

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About this mod Machine translation

Replace "YOU DIED" with the more derisive "SKILL ISSUE". Humiliate your enemies with "RIP BOZO" that shines across the screen. Contains more replacement content.

Message Replacements

🎮 **A simple joke module that changes various screen display messages**

✨ Main functions

This mod replaces the main prompt message in the game with a more humorous and sarcastic text:

  • **YOU DIED** → **SKILL ISSUE** (technical issue)
  • **ENEMY FELLED** → **THEY'RE COOKED** (They're screwed)
  • **GREAT ENEMY FELLED** → **GOONER NEUTRALIZED** (The mob was eliminated)
  • **LEGEND FELLED** → **RIP BOZO** (RIP clown)
  • **DEMIGOD FELLED** → **THAT'LL SHOW EM** (Give them some color)
  • **GOD SLAIN** → **ABSOLUTE CINEMA** (absolute movie-level experience)
  • **LOST GRACE DISCOVERED** → **TOUCH GRASS** (Go touch the grass)
  • **GREAT RUNE RESTORED** → **MACGUFFIN ACQUIRED** (McGuffin has been obtained)
  • **MAP FOUND** → **CRUTCH LOCATED** (Crutch has been found)
  • **HEART STOLEN** → **SIMP** (lick the dog)

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📝 Notes

⚠️ **Important Reminder**:

  • This mod does not change all messages, only the main ones you see most
  • Do not try to play online without using any mods, otherwise you will be banned
  • Download Anti-cheat toggler and offline launcher to bypass EAC

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🛠️ Custom modifications

Want to make your own version? Or only want to use one or two of these messages? It's easier than you think!

**Production steps**:

  • Download Smithbox and UXM
  • Use UXM to unpack the **msg** folder
  • Start a new project in Smithbox and go to the text editor tab
  • In the **Text Editor** tab, go to **File→English→Menu**
  • In the **Text File** tab, go to **Base→Menu Text**
  • Once opened, go to the **Text Entries** tab and use the search bar to find the message or scroll to the bottom to see them all
  • Once selected, the text can be edited under the **Content** tab
  • When finished, click **File→Save all modified text**
  • Transfer the saved file to Mod Engine 2 and install as usual

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📥 Installation Guide

**Mod Engine 2 installation method**:

  • Download Mod Engine 2 and place it anywhere
  • Make sure there is a "msg" folder in the "mod" folder of Mod Engine 2
  • Extract this mod to a location of your choice
  • Put the contents of "msg" into the folder with the same name in the "mod" folder
  • Use Batch File launchmod_eldenring to launch the game

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🗑️ Uninstall method

Just delete the DCX file in the msg folder, or the entire msg folder if this is the only mod you have installed that uses that folder.

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🎨 Module used for screenshots

The author used the following mods and settings when taking screenshots:

  • Remove vignette
  • Remove chromatic aberration
  • Ultrawide UI Fixes
  • Remove black bars
  • Increase animation distance
  • Disable Sharpening
  • REVENANT ReShade
  • Unlock the framerate

**Personal Settings**: 21:9 ultrawide monitor, NVIDIA RTX 4090, depth of field and motion blur turned off.

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🔧Mod making tools

  • **Smithbox**
  • **UXM**

💝 **If you like my mod, please leave a thumbs up! **

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
Message Replacements
File size
519.0 KiB
SHA-256
42b514fbbe6491fd408ee53d72b493a4a93b95bc4afe0291651dd26e7425a455
Stored at
2026-10-10 19:33