Alright, buckle up, because I’m gonna walk you through how I wrestled with the Elden Ring boss counter mod. It was a journey, lemme tell ya.
First off, I saw this mod floating around online – basically, it shows you how many times you’ve smacked down each boss in Elden Ring. Seemed kinda neat, right? Like, a cool way to track my progress and, y’know, brag to my friends.
So, I dove in. Step one: download the darn thing. Found it on Nexus Mods, the usual suspect. Had to create an account, jump through a couple of hoops, but got the file downloaded eventually.
Next up, the instructions. Now, I’m not gonna lie, reading through the mod’s page was like deciphering ancient hieroglyphics. Lots of talk about “dll files,” “mod engine,” and “game directories.” My brain started to hurt a little.
Turns out, I needed to install something called “Mod Engine 2.” This is where things got a little hairy. Had to download that separately, then figure out how to make it play nice with Elden Ring. Lots of YouTube tutorials were involved, let me tell you. Pause, play, rewind, repeat – the whole shebang.
The basic idea was to create a “mods” folder inside my Elden Ring game directory (which, by the way, took me a solid 10 minutes to even find on my computer). Then, I had to dump the boss counter mod files into that “mods” folder.
After that, I had to tweak a configuration file for Mod Engine 2. This involved opening it up in Notepad and changing a couple of lines to point to the right directories. Honestly, I was mostly just copying and pasting stuff I saw in the YouTube videos. No idea what half of it actually meant.
Finally, the moment of truth. I launched Elden Ring through Mod Engine 2. Booted up the game, held my breath, and… nothing. No boss counter. Nada. Zilch.
Cue the frustrated sigh. Back to the YouTube tutorials I went. Turns out, I had missed a crucial step. I needed to disable Elden Ring’s anti-cheat system, Easy Anti-Cheat. Apparently, it doesn’t like mods very much.
This involved renaming a file in the Elden Ring directory. Kinda felt like I was doing something I shouldn’t be doing, but hey, gotta get that boss counter working, right?
Relaunched the game, crossed my fingers, and BOOM! There it was. A little window in the corner of my screen, showing the number of times I’d beaten each boss. I felt like I’d climbed Mount Everest.
So, yeah, that’s the story of how I got the Elden Ring boss counter mod working. It was a bit of a pain in the butt, but totally worth it. Now I can finally prove to my friends that I’m actually good at the game (or at least, persistent enough to keep beating the same bosses over and over again).
Here’s a quick recap of the steps:
- Download the boss counter mod from Nexus Mods.
- Install Mod Engine 2.
- Create a “mods” folder in your Elden Ring directory.
- Place the mod files in the “mods” folder.
- Tweak the Mod Engine 2 configuration file.
- Disable Easy Anti-Cheat.
- Launch Elden Ring through Mod Engine 2.
Good luck, and may your boss counters be ever in your favor!
