Elden Ring Nightreign will be updated sometime this month with “enhanced fights against existing Nightlords”, but as is often the way of updates, some of the relevant boss files are already in the current version of the game, and yes, there’s a mod if you want an early crack at them.
From Software teased the coming of spruced-up boss battles in a social media post on 3rd June, offering no clue as to what “enhanced” means in this context. Enhanced movesets? Enhanced haircuts? An inflated sense of self-esteem?
Subsequently, owl-eared, eagle-eyed players noticed that there were unused sections in every boss soundtrack theme that implied the addition of a third combat phase, together with unused boss relics that look like a reward for besting them in hard mode. Now, via PCGamer, NexusMods user TerraMag has dug up the files that let you fight the “enhanced” Nightlords and released them as the obliquely named Enhanced Nightlord Fights mod.
If you lack the fortitude to face these maxed-out titans yourself, or you just want to chill to footage of an apoplectic gigaroach, TerraMag has kindly released some videos of the enhanced fights. Bear in mind, of course, that these aren’t the final, From-sanctioned versions of each enhanced boss, so they might appear rough and unfinished.
TerraMag has harsh words for Adel, Baron of Night in one video description, complaining that “this fucker REFUSED to do any normal bite moves to let me show off the new effect on it”. Well, perhaps that’s because you woke Adel’s phase 3 incarnation up before the appointed time, guy. I’m not much of a morning person myself. Don’t ask me to bite anybody before I’ve had my second coffee.
Enhanced Nightlord scuffles aside, From plan to add duo expeditions to Elden Ring Nightreign in the near future – though naturally, there’s already a mod for that as well – in addition to more routine balancing and technical updates. Meanwhile, dataminers continue the task of hollowing out the game’s code like the entrails of a Sentient Pest. Amongst other feats, they’ve been peeking beneath the masks of the game’s Nightfarers.
