Warping Always Enabled
Most of From Software's recent games have warping enabled from the very beginning of the game, but for some reason that's not the case for this game. This can be annoying for situations such as having to run all the way back to Undead Parish after defeating Quelaag and exploring the Demon Ruins. I have simply removed the arbitrary lordvessel requirement so now warping will be enabled from the very start of the game.

Update: A better method of unlocking the warp function from the beginning of the game, plus many other useful features, is now available here.


Streamlined DLC Access
Instead of having to kill the hydra in Darkroot Basin and then awkwardly reset the area by quitting or warping out, the golden crystal golem will now just spawn by default. Even if the hydra is still alive you can just run past it and kill the golden crystal golem. When the golem has been killed Dusk will spawn as usual and you will also receive the broken pendant right there rather than having to travel to Duke's Archives to get it (logic being that Dusk would've had it, so it was inside the golem with her). Then you just need to talk to (or kill) Dusk for the portal to appear, and the DLC can be started.

This mod also removes the unique crystal golem in Duke's Archives who normally drops the broken pendant since it serves no purpose now.

Warning: If the hydra is attacking you when Dusk spawns its attacks are capable of killing her!


Optional File: Antiquated Set Corpse Always Enabled
There is a corpse in Darkroot Basin that gives the antiquated set and crown of Dusk, which usually only spawns when you summon Dusk after freeing her from the golden crystal golem. Her summon sign disappears once you have acquired the broken pendant and doesn't re-appear until Manus has been defeated because she is involved in the DLC's story. In the vanilla game there is a window of time to summon Dusk (and thus spawn the corpse) between when you kill the golden crystal golem and acquire the broken pendant. Since this mod gives you the broken pendant immediately after killing the golden crystal golem that window of time is completely gone and so those items are now unobtainable before defeating Manus.

This optional file removes the weird requirement for that corpse to spawn, so you can once again acquire the antiquated set and crown of Dusk before starting the DLC.



Simply put the "event" folder included in the download into the game's installation folder, overwriting the game's original files. If you're using the streamlined DLC access part of the mod I recommend you start a new playthrough (or new game +) after installing this mod to ensure everything works as intended.

I advise you to make backups of the files being overwritten first, in case you want to uninstall the mod later.