Although Elden Ring incorporates co-op play features, they are still limited and limiting. Barriers that the Seamless Coop mod is responsible for removing, we explain how to install it.
Elden Ring has been a monstrous success since its release in February 2022. Critically and gamer-acclaimed, From Software’s latest title follows in the footsteps of Dark Souls, Sekiro and Bloodborne games, both in its unique art direction, its full gameplay and full-bodied difficulty. Except unlike its predecessors, Elden Ring takes an open-world direction for the first time in From Software games history, giving the player the choice of how and when to progress through its epic and convoluted story. A choice that probably makes it one of the best open-world RPGs in history, but that we feel less in its multiplayer mode, limited by From Software’s summoning system. Indeed, the latter only offers you to invite friends in certain areas and certain situations, which can sometimes be frustrating for those who wish to discover the Entre-Terre accompanied. The good news is that a mod now allows you to play Elden Ring in co-op without restrictions and from A to Z, Seamless Coop by LukeYui. We explain where and how to install it.
WARNINGS
The Seamless Coop mod is the creation of a single talented modder and not of From Software, so it can be unstable, occasionally creating crashes and quest or item duplication bugs in particular. The updates following its release have clearly corrected the most disturbing problems, but a few remain. Moreover, it is in no way authorized by the anti-cheat of Elden Ring and uses a separate launcher from the original game, without a cheat prevention system.
You should also know that certain rules must be respected for a smooth game, such as keeping the same host as often as possible, or performing the teleportation actions at the same time (when Melina wants to take you to the Round Table in particular).
What does Seamless Coop do in Elden Ring?
- Seamless Coop allows a player to open their game to up to 3 other players.
- Unlike the base game’s multiplayer, this mod provides the opportunity for all players to ride Torrent at the same time.
- The loot is duplicated in the game, allowing everyone to recover the objects in the world and on the enemies.
- All players can rest at fires, and spawn nearby enemies.
- The difficulty of the game increases with the number of players.
To be completely honest with you, LukeYui has done an amazing job with the Seamless Coop mod, which is as comprehensive as it is easy to install.
- To download it, go to next page from Nexusmods, create an account and download Elden Ring Seamless Coop in its latest version. Be careful, as the modder himself says, your antivirus could detect the game files as malicious, so you will need to temporarily disable it or use your rights to authorize the file on your computer.
- The file you downloaded is in .rar or .zip archive format. You will therefore need to install Winrar to be able to open it.
- Once your archive is open, copy and replace all the files it contains in the directory where Elden Ring is installed. By default :
C://Programmes/Steam/steamapps/common/EldenRing
You can also find the Elden Ring installation folder via Steam by right-clicking the game in your library, “Manage” and then “Browse local files”.
- You will get in your directory a new executable file launch_elden_ring_seamlesscoop.exe, the launcher that will allow you to play the mod. You will now use this executable file to launch your game.
- You will also have a new SeamlessCoop folder, in which you will find the file seamlesscoopsettings.ini. Open this file with your notepad and set up a password for your world. Your friends must also repeat the same operation to connect to your game.
Launch the game with the executable launch_elden_ring_seamlesscoop.exe walk through the prologue and once in Limgrave, use one of the following three items in your inventory to manage your game:
- Tiny Great Pot : opens and closes your multiplayer game
- Effigy of Malenia: allows you to join an open multiplayer game
- Separation Mist : allows you to leave a multiplayer game in progress or close a session
You are now accompanied on your epic adventure under the shadow of the World Tree!