

Now, you’ll need to find and download a mod you fancy the look of. Once downloaded, extract the folder to steam\steamapps\common\Elden Ring\game. Head over to Nexus Mods to download the tool. You’ll want to download the Elden Ring Mod Loader, a nifty tool that’s required to boot up many of the mods available across the internet. To be doubly sure, a popup on the main menu should tell you that the game is “Unable to start in online mode”. You will now be unable to connect to its multiplayer servers. Rename that to start_protected_game.exe and load the game through Steam. Next, find the elden_ring.exe file and duplicate it. When you do so, its file type should be listed as NOT and you’ll be unable to run the exe. Find the start_protected_game.exe file and rename it to something (anything) else and add “.not” at the end. If you’re playing on Steam, that’ll be steam\steamapps\common\Elden Ring\game on the drive where you installed the game. Head to the location where you installed Elden Ring.

It won’t ban you for disabling the software, though.įortunately, disabling the anti-cheat software is simple. The game will detect the anti-cheat software is disabled and prevent you from connecting to multiplayer servers. To force the game to boot offline, you must disable its EasyAntiCheat service. If the game detects you using mods while connected to multiplayer servers (even if you’re not actively playing with others), it’ll presume you’re cheating and ban your account from accessing multiplayer content. Go offlineīefore doing anything else, you must force Elden Ring into offline mode. Once you’ve got a couple up and running, the whole thing will become second nature. In fact, you’ll likely have a much harder time taking down the grueling bosses of the action RPG than you will modifying it.
