Can you play a whole game co-op?

[Octopuses]

I was thinking to buy this when on sale but I would prefer to play it with my partner if it's possible to do everything co-op. Is this possible? I don't care if bosses have to be killed twice.

[runbat_]

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Just a reminder that the mod author agrees that seamless makes the game easy mode

just to add my two cents. i believe octopuses expects that to be the case, given the fact that he is asking about coop, which objectively makes the game easier.

BUT.. didn't they make it so the difficulty scales with the amount of players in the session? i'm almost sure to have read this somewhere

[Marmarmar34]

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Just a reminder that the mod author agrees that seamless makes the game easy mode

No one asked.

[Lynfinity]

Dragonirian ASMR: "Discussing Seamless co-op with you (delusional guy RP) (soft whispers/visual triggers)"

[Will]

multiplayer password?

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by Will:

multiplayer password?

This ensures you only summon or are summoned by people who have the password, but it won't achieve the end (end-to-end co-op) that OP is looking for. ER gates multiplayer to specific overworld and dungeon segments, and it terminates after specific world or dungeon bosses are killed.

Seamless removes all of that. If OP is looking for a true end-to-end co-op experience, the mod is basically the only way.

[tramphoeline]

Seamless Co-Op is the only way to have a full multiplayer play-through, though if you stay with the solo vanilla game, you can call in friends during boss battles to help.

From experience, Seamless is more difficult than solo purely because of the scaling - I played a full strength build at 150+, and my friend a Mage 150+, best armour and weapons for our build, and we STILL struggled with the later bosses. It's a notable difference, especially if you simultaneously play a vanilla run-through. Malenia as an example, easily took 20+ attempts over a few days in co-op, whereas it only took me a couple attempts in solo.

Seamless was fun and added to the experience as well; when I first started playing I didn't really like the game as I didn't understand it or how to play. Being able to do it with friends was what made it fun for me, and I eventually went on to do two vanilla playthroughs once I understood how it worked. It's now my favourite game.

I'll leave some stuff for you to check out below
Seamless Coop Nexus[www.nexusmods.com]
Elden Ring Builds[eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com]

Hope that helps!

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Debtpool:

no cheat mods needed. just seamless coop. that is all you need for convenient coop gameplay

Well, it is cheating if you think you are breaking the AI even more than intended with nonstop torrent, everyone with original HP and dmg and with original estus also never have the danger of being invaded.
Cheating yourself, still see it as cheating (but then I see no problem, everyone do whatever they want to themselves).

[KOMO]

Everyone has written seamless co-op mod and yes they're right, but there are stuff you should know about that. First of all, the game itself allows you to play almost the whole game co-op, except for few areas (and bosses in gaols) you cannot summon, but they're really few and IIRC optional. But, you would have to do everything twice, once in each world, for both of you to progress in game, which is overwhelming to some. And you'd have to summon your partner each time you access a new area, which requires an item to do so, although that item itself can be crafted and easy to find (itself and its ingredients), however you probably won't be able to do so right in the beginning. Again, it's sort of confusing for non-souls players to do this weird stuff, so I agree with others regarding seamless co-op mod, which makes it very accessible for those who'd like to enjoy ER casually, with a caveat: your seamless co-op save will be different from vanilla game. So, if you happen to like the game so much that you want to enjoy PvP, or matchmaking co-op (as getting summoned by randos) you will have to create a character/build for vanilla all over again. Carrying saves from Seamless Co-op mod to vanilla will ban you. So I suggest getting the mod IF you're certain that you're only going to play it that way with your save. Of course you can always start the game vanilla and play it anyways, but you won't be able to use the stuff you have in the mod.