Triple difficulty and AI overhaul

by blinder8·v1.0·Updated 2025-11-06

This is a complete overhaul mod for "Elden's Circle": providing a slightly easier NG mode, a more challenging NG+1 and a harder NG+2; improving enemy AI; reducing the attribute requirements of all equipment and spells to 1; revising the healing chalice bottle system.

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About this mod Machine translation

This is a complete overhaul mod for "Elden's Circle": providing a slightly easier NG mode, a more challenging NG+1 and a harder NG+2; improving enemy AI; reducing the attribute requirements of all equipment and spells to 1; revising the healing chalice bottle system.

Triple difficulty and AI overhaul

✨ **NOTE: This mod has been replaced by my new overhaul mod**

Updated Gameplay Overhaul Mod

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🎯 Module Features

This mod is based on the "Prepare to Die (Hard Mode)" and "Remove sorceries incantations and weapons stats requirement" mods, with my own improvements added.

🤖 Intelligent AI system

  • Enemy AI has been fully upgraded to become smarter and more deadly
  • Detecting players from a greater distance will investigate your presence and extend the chase time
  • Easier to detect stealth, hearing greatly improved
  • Sight cone range slightly reduced by 5% as a balance
  • You must make good use of tools and the environment for concealment (did you know you can shoot arrows at walls or the ground to distract enemies?)

📈 Progressive difficulty system

**NG Mode** 🎮

  • Enemies deal 55% damage
  • The player's physical attacks cause 120% damage, and magic and elemental attacks cause 100% damage.
  • The enemy has 150% health and 125% stamina
  • Ideal for first-time players, allowing exploration and learning while still being challenging

**NG+1 Mode** ⚔️

  • Enemies deal 75% damage
  • Player's physical attack is 100%, magic and elemental attack is 75%
  • The enemy has 180% health, 135% stamina and 200% FP
  • Enemies deal +35% stamina damage
  • Get an extra 1/3 runes

**NG+2 Mode** 🔥

  • Enemies deal 100% damage
  • Player's physical attack is 80%, magic and elemental attack is 68%
  • The enemy has 180% health, 135% stamina and 216% FP
  • Enemies deal +45% stamina damage
  • The enemy's resistance has been greatly improved, so you need to attack the weak points.

🛠️ System changes

**Equipment and Spells**

  • All equipment and spell requirements reduced to 1 attribute point
  • Use any school at any time without reassigning attributes or grinding runes
  • Equipment and spells will still grow with the corresponding attributes

**Holy Grail Bottle System**

  • The Holy Grail Bottle reaches its maximum healing effect at the start of the game
  • You can choose 4-7 times of use
  • All Golden Seeds and Crystallized Teardrops are replaced with 10,000 runes
  • Place 4 golden seeds near the initial blessing point, you can choose to use them to get extra times

**Fast Travel**

  • Can only teleport to churches and cathedrals

💡 Game experience

You won't be instantly killed in one or two hits, but the fight lasts longer and there are fewer Chalice Bottles. Enemy attack patterns need to be learned - bosses and powerful enemies will tolerate a few misses, but not too many.

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE

  • This mod is balanced for single player, online functionality is disabled
  • The early game may be easier for veterans of the Souls series, but the difficulty will gradually increase as the game progresses.
  • **Using this mod will result in being banned from online games**
  • It is recommended to use anti-cheat switcher and offline launcher

📁 Installation method

  • Back up the "regulation.bin" file in the "ELDEN RING\Game" directory
  • Put the "regulation.bin" file of the module into the "ELDEN RING\Game" directory
  • If prompted, select Overwrite
  • Done!

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Have fun on your adventures in the Junction, Faded One! 🌟

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
3 Difficulties Overhaul 1.9
File size
2.1 MiB
SHA-256
0beeb6b97e961311fb1c1b329a749d2483d70b4228cc66899321544de8e6d831
Stored at
2026-10-12 05:01