Modding Difficulty

[J-Jan]

Allow me to preface this. I like this game, but I don't like its difficulty. That is not to say that its "too hard" I like a challenge, I really do (seriously I beat Plutonia Experiment on Ultra Violence, I like a good challenge). Instead I'm not a fan of the whole "walk of shame back to the boss arena" but I understand that the games fights are not long enough to justify this. So Dark Souls community, I ask you to help me with this. I am looking for two mods in particular.

1. A mod that increases the difficulty of boss fights. Preferably if there is any that gives them new attacks, but if not, simple health and damage boosts will do. My philosiphy is that if your gonna let me retry a fight without a "walk of shame", make it a tough one.

2. A mod that adds a bonfire outside of a Boss arena. This is the trade off for harder fights. Bonfires outside of the boss arena will allow me to try again instantly, without so much faffing around. (Also I'll still be locked in to the fight since my souls are still in there, and I didn't kill off the population of this town/city/castle just to lose all my hard earned cash behind a fog wall.)

If anyone has any suggestions for this, go ahead.

[lancealot59]

I have your modded difficulty, do all the bosses naked, no gear whatsoever. If you want, you could even go no healing. Maybe even make it only a SL 1. I'm sure you'll find the challenge you're searching for. As for the bonfires...those are the true bosses for you, eh?

[Papa Shekels]

Mods that change around bonfires tend to be unstable, the game doesn't fully recognize the changes. To restart back at a fight: save and quit outside the boss gate, make a backup of your save file. If you die, exit out to the main menu and paste a copy of that save back in.

For more difficulty, you can try an enemy/item randomizer, scorched contract mod, daughters of ash mod, or ascension mod. Ascension is a bit more of a balance overhaul for the whole game, the other two tend to just add more features instead of replacing everything

[Taco Cat]

Been playing the ascension mod and it's kicking my ass, would recommend.

[Papa Shekels]

Oh, I almost forgot: one of the two other mods (I think scorched contract, might be daughters though) adds a pair of gauntlets that respawns you at a boss's fog gate instead of a bonfire

[Dexter]

1. New Game circles, already in game.
2. Copy/Paste save right before entering boss. Like speedrunners do

[Taco Cat]

Originally posted by Papa Shekels:

Oh, I almost forgot: one of the two other mods (I think scorched contract, might be daughters though) adds a pair of gauntlets that respawns you at a boss's fog gate instead of a bonfire

I believe it's scorched contract

[J-Jan]

Thanks for your help. I'll see if I can give myself those gauntlets with commands, and I'll have a look at your suggestions for difficulty.