Nemesis Ring

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The Lands Between remember you Nemesis Ring brings Shadow of War's Nemesis System and Brand / Dominate powers into Elden Ring.

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The Lands Between remember you

Nemesis Ring brings Shadow of War's Nemesis System and Brand / Dominate powers into Elden Ring. You play Elden Ring as normal. The names, voices and music come from your own copy of Shadow of War.

Features at a glance

| | | |---|---| | ⚔️ Nemesis captains | Enemies that kill you come back as named captains who remember you | | 💍 Bright Lord Ring | A new talisman that lets you Brand enemies, captains and even bosses | | 🛡️ Your Army | Summon your captains and bosses from a menu, or dismiss them | | 🔵 Blue aura | Every ally you control glows blue | | 🏰 Garrisons | Beat a boss and your branded grunts guard its lair | | 🗺️ Conquered regions | Your squads patrol around you and fight for you | | 🗡️ Betrayal & revenge | Push your Army too hard and they may turn on you | | 🙏 Saved from death | A 25% chance one of your captains rescues you | | 💰 Rune sharing | Full runes from your summons, half from field squads |

How to play

1. Getting started

Press Play in Melty. Elden Ring starts offline with the mod loaded.
Load your character. Once you're in the world, the Bright Lord Ring is added to your inventory.
Equip the Bright Lord Ring. Branding only works while it's on.

2. Your Nemesis

When a regular enemy kills you, it rises as a captain: a Shadow of War name and title, a voice line, and its own theme music.
Each captain has one strength (e.g. Fireproof, Spellward, Unbreakable) and one weakness (e.g. Fragile, Slow to Rage, Cowardly).
Find it again and its name, rank and level appear on screen. It's tougher than before.
Captains grow stronger each time they kill you, when they see you die, and every 20 minutes of play.
Ranks: Captain → Warchief (3 kills) → Overlord (6 kills).
Kill a captain and it's gone for good.

3. Branding

Weaken an enemy, step close and press Y / Triangle (or E on keyboard) when "Brand" appears.

| Target | When you can Brand it | What happens | |---|---|---| | Regular enemy | Stance broken, or below 50% HP | Becomes a follower (until you rest) | | Captain | Stance broken, or below 30% HP | Joins your Army for good | | Boss | Below 20% HP | The fight is won: the boss falls and joins your Army |

Branded enemies glow blue, stop attacking you and fight at your side.

4. The Army menu

Tap Map to open the Army menu. That's G on keyboard, or View / Touchpad on a controller, by default.
Hold Map to open the normal map.

| Button | Action | |---|---| | Up / Down | Choose a member | | E / A | Summon | | R / X | Dismiss from your Army | | Backspace / B or tap Map | Close |

The menu lists each member's class, rank, level, HP, strength and traits.
You can have one summon out at a time. Summoning someone who's already at your side keeps that one (no copies).
Resting at a Site of Grace sends summons and followers away.

5. Conquering the land

Beat or Brand a boss and a garrison of your branded grunts moves into its lair. Brand some grunts first so you have troops to post.
That boss's whole region becomes yours:
- Squads made from the area's aggressive enemy types (never passive creatures), led by your captains, appear around you.
- They patrol in a random pattern around you and attack enemies whenever you're nearby.
- A new squad turns out every minute, never near cliffs or tight passes.
Stronghold defence: enemies may attack your regions in waves. Beat the wave or lose the region.

6. Runes

Full runes for kills by your summoned member and your followers.
Half runes for kills by squads out in the field.

7. Watch your back

Betrayal: a summoned member gains strain each time you die while it's out and each time it's struck down. At 3 strain or more, a captain or boss may betray you when summoned and become a Nemesis again. Strain drops by 1 every minute of play.
Revenge: an enemy that kills one of your Army is promoted to captain. Hunt it down.
Saved from death: below 15% HP, with a captain or boss from your Army within 30 m, there's a 25% chance it saves you, at most once every 10 minutes.

Sound

Shadow of War audio is mixed under Elden Ring's: voices and music at 25%, effects at 50%.

Requirements

Elden Ring, version 2.7.1.0.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War installed (Steam). Its names, voices and music are read from your copy and never shipped.
Solo / offline only. Runs through ModEngine2 (included) with Easy Anti-Cheat off. Your Army data is kept separate from your save file.

What's new in 0.1.2

Crash and freeze fixes: fixes crashes a few minutes into play and a possible freeze from overlapping sounds.
Branding a boss wins the fight: the boss falls, the fog opens, your garrison moves in, and it joins your Army.
Bosses recognised correctly: only the enemy on the boss bar counts as the boss, so ordinary soldiers of the same type aren't treated as one.
No duplicate summons: summoning someone already at your side keeps that one.
Better names: enemies without a name get a Shadow of War name instead of a code.