This mod changes a wide variety of things including some of the game progression if you intend to do all content.
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All credit goes to Vawser for making the modengine.ini compatible with SotFS.
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Changelogs
Version 1.13
Changed Demon of Embers boss fight at Gargoyles arena to Masters of the Ember.
Changed Throne Watcher and Defender to a way more challenging endgame boss fight!
Decreased the walk speed again since it almost matched running speed.
Version 1.12
Added 3 Lion Warriors at start of Things Betwixt.
Changed Belfry Gargoyle boss fight to Demon of Embers.
Demon of Embers drops the Dull Ember.
Removed most of the petrified enemies in the game.
Made it harder to obtain Fragrant Branch of Yore since you only need 1 for main progression. Every Old Lord drops 1.
Changed Estus Flask Shard from Things Betwixt into a Titanite Shard.
Added 2 Prowlers at Aldia's Keep outside.
Removed the 2 doors so you get instant acces to area to right inside Aldia's Keep.
The Black Panther now drops a new Whip called Tail of the King's Pet. (Texture still needs to be edited, uses model of Bloodied Whip!)
Changed movement speed overall including roll speed.
Made character jump farther and higher
Moved Snowfield bonfire in Frigid Outskirts just outside the duo Cats boss fight.
Version 1.11
Fixed the position of the added enemy on Path to Shaded Woods.
Added a bonfire in front of Sir Alonne's boss arena named "Memory of the Old Iron King".
Changed the speed of Flexile Sentry a bit and renamed it to Chieftain Agron.
Changed Last Giant boss to an interesting encounter that drops a useful item.
Put Servant of Light in old position of Forgotten Knight at Heide's Tower of Flame.
Put another enemy in place of Guardian Dragon at Heide's Tower of Flame.
Changed starting Agility on SL1 to 99, which is the AGL in ds1, meaning more iframes at beginning of game.
Put a new boss in Pursuer's area in Forest of Fallen Giants named "Disciple of King Vendrick".
Version 1.10
Chnaged Royal Rat Vanguard boss fight to Prisoners of the Grave
Prisoners of the Grave drop Frozen Flower now
Added an enemy on the way to Shaded Woods
Made Frigid Valley more doable by replacing some of the Reindeers
Gave Cleric starting class more suitable outfit
Dragon Talon drops now from boss located in Aldia's Keep
Ashen Mist Heart drops from Sisters of Dark boss
Removed hollowing upon death
Changed Gavlan's inventory
Version 1.09
Made the Encountered Pursuer at Forest of Fallen Giants super tanky to force the player to go to the boss arena
Restored original Throne duo fight because death event wouldn't work in other locations
Placed a suprise duo fight at Guardian Dragon's boss arena.
Dragon Talon is now dropped by the Rotten.
Alken, Lord of Pursuers is in Velstadt's original spot
Reduced HP of some newly added bosses to make the fights more doable for lower levelled characters
Version 1.08
Added a new bonfire add Iron Keep named Smelter's Rest
Added a new bonfire at Drangleic Castle named Throne Room
Changed Ruin Sentinels boss to a more interesting/difficult fight
Changed Smelter Demon boss fight at Iron Keep to Keeper of the Old Chaos
DLC items drop now from a boss:
- Dragon Talon drops from Scorpioness Najka
- Heavy Iron Key drops from Keeper of the Old Chaos
- Frozen Flower drops from Chariot Executioner and Reindeer of Loyce
Version 1.07
Fixed a bug where Reindeer of Loyce insta-died, made it a bit faster paced as well
Fixed a bug where the Pursuers at Lost Bastille didn't drop their items correctly
Made some covenant items drop a bit more frequently from specific enemy groups:
- Dragon Scales can drop from Old Knights now
- Sunlight Medals drop from most Crown of the Iron King enemies and Flame Lizards
- Awestones can drop from Dark Stalkers, Syan Knights and Alonne Captains
Bugs I'm looking at:
- After killing Forgotten knight and reloading area, he reappears and he can't be damaged
Version 1.06
Changed Herald class to Hexer class
Changed the movement speed of the player + enemies/bosses
Changed the Chariot's Executioner fight to Chariot's Executioner and Reindeer of Loyce
Chariot's Executioner and Reindeer of Loyce drop 5 Loyce Souls
Servant of Light drops 10 Loyce Souls
Aavaa drops 5 Loyce Souls
Ancient Dragon drops 10 Loyce Souls
Lud & Zallen drop 10 Loyce Souls
Burnt Ivory King drops 10 Loyce Souls
Changed Elana boss fight in Sanctum City to Sisters of Dark
Changed Guardian Dragon boss to Defenders of the Ancient Dragon
Changed Throne Defender and Throne Watcher fight to Raime, the Invader of the Throne and Warrior of Alken
Changed Covetous Demon fight to Mytha's Pet
Changed Mytha the Baneful Queen to Mytha the Queen of Demons
Changed Congregation to Corrupted Beasts accompied by Prowling Magus
Increased HP of some bosses/enemies
Bug fix: Pursuers at Lost Bastille should drop their items correctly
Version 1.05
Made some additional changes to the Keepers of the Old Iron King fight.
Changed the Executioner Chariot and Congregation fights.
Congregation now drops Tseldora Den Key, Pate's questline item in Brightstone drops a Fragnant Branch of Yore instead.
Increased the speed of some bosses/enemies
Removed the Parasite Spiders from Freja's boss fight. No need for torches anymore!
Increased the speed of Darksign, Homeward Bones and Aged Feather teleports
Pyromancer class starts now with the Tattered Set.
Version 1.04
Changed Skeleton Lords boss to Keepers of the Old Iron King
Changed the trio boss fight in Shulva
Forlorn shouldn't no longer invade on any map
Version 1.03
- Changed the Pursuer boss fight to Servant of Light
- Swapped Mongrel Rats with other enemies in Royal Rat Authority fight
Version 1.02
- Added new boss fight
- Changed the duo Dragonriders boss fight at Drangleic Castle
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This mod changed the starting classes and starting gifts. Swapped some items around, bosses drop unique items. Merchants sell more things overtime based on events. Increased casting speed of most catalysts + speed on comsumation of items. Added a total of 4 new bonfires! Removed a few annoying enemies on some maps.
HOW TO INSTALL
Highly recommended to unpack game files with UXM for best performance!
Just copy all content within the ZIP file in your game directory of DS2 SotFS. Example: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin\Game
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