Elden Ring: Seamless Co-Op Mod

Elden Ring is a massive role-playing game that offers over 50+ hours of content in its campaign. The game is mainly designed for a single player experience, but adds a few competitive multiplayer and co-op touches as well. Nevertheless, these multiplayer experiences have their limitations, and there isn’t an official way to play the game from start to finish along with a friend.

This is where the Seamless Co-op mod for Elden Ring comes to the rescue. The mod is an unofficial means to experience the entirety of the game with up to five friends. If you’ve been wondering about playing Elden Ring with friends, the following guide will help you understand the Seamless Co-op mod and the process involved in its installation.

What Is The Seamless Co-op Mod?

The Seamless Co-op mod is a tool designed for Elden Ring on PC that allows you and up to five of your friends to experience the game together. The mod removes the time restriction imposed by the vanilla version of the game on the multiplayer modes.

Thanks to the mod, you can now play and finish the game’s campaign from start to finish in a single co-op session. However, the mod also takes into consideration the effect of multiple player characters on the game’s difficulty and adjusts it accordingly.

When playing the game in co-op mode using the Seamless Co-op mod, enemies and bosses have bigger health pool to preserve the game’s challenge.

Any progression the host makes during an online session will be saved, and can be continued while playing solo.

The Seamless Co-op mod disables the game’s anti-cheat and also uses a separate save file, which is not recognized by Steam. It is also recommended to not convert the Seamless Co-op mod’s save file to work with Steam as it can impose a ban. However, the other other way around can be done and has no consequences.

How To Set Up Seamless Coop Mod?

Setting up the Seamless Co-op mod is a straightforward process, involving downloading the tool and placing its contents in the game’s folder. Follow the steps below for an easier and error-free installation of the mod:

1. Visit the Seamless Co-op mod page on NexusMods.
2. Scroll down and click the “Files” tab.
3. On the Files tab, scroll down to find the Main Files section, which includes Seamless Co-op BETA, and click the “Manual Download” button.
4. The website will now direct you to the download page. Click the “Slow Download” under the Free section to download the mod.
5. Once the mod is downloaded, navigate to its location on your PC.
6. Use any file extraction software like WinRAR or 7Zip to extract the contents of the mod.
7. The extracted content will include a folder named SeamlessCoop and an executable file named “launch_elden_ring_seamlesscoop.exe.”
8. Copy the folder and executable file, then navigate to Elden Ring’s installation directory, commonly found in ‘C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonElden RingGame’.
9. Open the SeamlessCoop folder you copied within Elden Ring’s folder, and then open the “seamlesscoopmultiplayer.ini” file using a text editor like Notepad.
10. With the seamlesscoopmultiplayer.ini file open, set a password for coop play under the [Password] section. For example, “cooppassword = EldenRing.”
11. You must now launch the game using the “launch_elden_ring_seamlesscoop.exe” instead of Steam to enable Seamless Co-op functionality.

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How To Host & Join Co-op Session?

Launching the game after installing the Seamless Co-op mod begins a new game with a separate save file. Similar to the vanilla game, you will also go through the character creation process. Hosting a co-op session after installing the Seamless Co-op mod involves the following steps:

1. While in the game world, open the inventory.
2. You should see a bunch of new items. These items are added by the mod to facilitate cooperative play. As a host, use the “Tiny Pot” to create a co-op session.
3. Before using the Tiny Pot, make sure to activate The First Step site of grace in Limgrave. It’s the first site of grace you encounter when exiting the Stranded Graveyard.
4. You can now use the Tiny Pot from your inventory to open your game world to your friends, enabling them to join you in a co-op session.

How To Join A Co-op Session?

If you wish to join your friend in a co-op session and help them progress their game, you are required to follow these steps:

1. Ensure that The First Step site of grace in Limgrave is activated.
2. Open the inventory and use the item named Effigy of Malenia.
3. If both you and the host have the mod installed properly, and your co-op passwords match, you will have joined your friend in their game world.

Seamless Co-op Bugs & Issues

The Seamless Co-op mod is a third-party tool currently in the beta phase. Using the mod can introduce bugs that may break the game. Listed below are some of the known bugs and issues you may encounter while using the Seamless Co-op mod:

1. While using the mod, you may experience infinite loading screen glitches, which can be fixed using the Elden Ring Debug Tool.
2. Players have also reported errors stating ‘Failed to find “eldenring.exe”’ when launching the game through the Seamless Co-op executable. Potential fixes involve running the executable as an administrator or verifying game file integrity on Steam.
3. The co-op session hosted by Seamless Co-op uses the Steam API instead of connecting to FromSoftware’s server. Therefore, invasions will not work as long as you run the game via Seamless Co-op.

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Converting Official Saves To Seamless Co-op Saves

If you’ve made significant progress in your playthrough of Elden Ring and do not wish to start the game all over again with a new character, you can choose to convert your official Steam save data. However, it’s highly recommended to back up your original saves before proceeding to modify them. Assuming you installed the game on the C drive, follow the steps listed below to find and backup your Steam saves for Elden Ring:

1. Open This PC, followed by your C drive.
2. Ensure that ‘Show Hidden Items‘ is checked.
3. Now, navigate to ‘C:UsersAdministratorAppDataRoamingEldenRing’ folder path.
4. Make a copy of the Elden Ring folder and store it in a separate location that you can remember. In case your save game gets corrupted, you can always restore this folder to recover your progress.
5. Within the Elden Ring folder, you should see another folder with some random digits as the folder name.
6. Opening the folder, you should find several files with the ‘.sl2’ and ‘.co2’ extensions. The ‘.sl2’ files are your Steam saves, while the files with ‘.co2′ extension are your Seamless Co-op save files.
7. To make your Steam save file/files compatible with the Seamless Co-op mod, rename the ‘.sl2’ file and change the extension from ‘.sl2’ to ‘.co2’.
8. You will receive a warning when renaming the file, accept it.
9. Now, start the game using the Seamless Co-op launcher, choose ‘load game’, and select the desired save game.
10. You can now successfully play Seamless Co-op with your original character while retaining all of your progression.

The developer for the Seamless Co-op mod has confirmed that they will be updating the mod for Elden Ring’s upcoming expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. However, there is no definite date for the mod’s availability. You’ll have to wait until the expansion is out, and DualShockers will keep you updated on the mod’s progress.

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