FromSoftware’s seminal action-RPG Dark Souls now has seamless co-op, courtesy of the modder behind similar co-op overhauls for Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3.
Modder Yui initially made headlines through their work on Elden Ring, stripping away some of its co-operative faff so players could adventure and battle bosses together seamlessly. A similar mod arrived for Dark Souls 3 earlier this year, and now it’s the turn of FromSoftware’s stone cold classic Dark Souls, which gets seamless co-op some 14 years after its original release.
Dark Souls’ Seamless Co-op mod is available to download now on NexusMods and works very much like Yui’s earlier mods, introducing a special custom item used to summon up to five additional players into a game. Once in a multiplayer session participants will notice some major differences compared to how things work in the base game.
If a players dies, for instance, they’ll spawn at the last bonfire they visited rather than being booted from the session, and clearing areas or defeating bosses won’t disband play either. Additionally, when one player rests at a bonfire, the world will reset for everyone; NPC dialogue and events are synchronised for all players; all fog walls and barriers designed to restrict multiplayer zones are removed, and game progression made during a multiplayer session will also progress the game in your own world.