NieR: Elden Automata

Play as 2B and A2 from NieR:Automata in the Lands Between. Their models, their swords, their NieR combos, NieR's soundtrack and NieR's fast, airborne combat flow, in Elden Ring's world. Offline single player.

Everything from NieR is built on your PC from your own copy of the game. Nothing from either game is in this download.

What it is

• 2B and A2, playable. Switch between them any time (a short YoRHa unit-transfer effect, then she's swapped). Each has her own NieR model, sword and fighting style.
• NieR combos, ported from NieR's own animations.
  • 2B: her full seven-hit small-sword chain on R1, and her large-sword heavies on R2, swung with Virtuous Treaty. Plus switch attacks between them, the launcher, dodge attacks, the evade counter and the air combo.
  • A2: her own tree, NieR's weapon set the other way round. Big two-handed large-sword swings on R1, small-sword heavies on R2, her four switch attacks, launcher, dodge attacks, dash attack and plunge.
• NieR's combat flow. Faster swings that chain on every press, strings as long as NieR's. Dodges cancel attacks, and presses are buffered.
• Swords on her back. Out of a fight both swords float crossed behind her, as in NieR; each comes to her hand for the attacks that use it.
• Perfect dodge. Dodge as an enemy strikes and time slows around you, while you're invincible. Press R1 during the slow motion to counter.
• 2B's air game. Double jump, air dash, air combos that hold you up, and a plunging heavy.
• Pod 042 (2B) fires from over her shoulder. A2's berserk trades HP for power. 2B's self-destruct goes out with a bang.
• Plug-in chips. Auto-heal, shock wave, attack up and more, installed in YoRHa's chip menu.
• NieR's machines and androids in the Lands Between. Soldiers march as Medium Bipeds and Small Stubbies; Adam, Eve and YoRHa armored units take the places of human bosses and knights. Real models built from your NieR install, on Elden Ring's own animations.
• Outfits. 2B's goggles-off look, her self-destructed skirt, the YoRHa Armor and the Revealing Outfit; A2's Destroyer Outfit (the last two need NieR's DLC in your install). OUTFIT tab.
• Voices. 2B's and A2's own combat voice on their swings, hits and finishers, and Pod 042's lines, from your NieR install at Elden Ring's voice volume.
• Archives. NieR's archives, machine lifeform profiles and weapon stories, readable in the ARCHIVES tab; each store weapon's description carries its NieR weapon story.
• Supply Store. NieR weapons sold for runes: small swords, large swords such as Beastlord and Phoenix Sword, and spears (Virtuous Dignity, Type-4O Lance, Phoenix Lance and more) with NieR's own spear moveset.
• Start as 2B. New game? Pick YoRHa No.2 Type B in the class list and you begin as her.
• NieR:Automata's soundtrack. NieR's own layered songs: the quiet layer while you explore, the full layer when enemies engage, the vocal layer on top, and a NieR boss theme per boss. Pick any song for any kind of place in the MUSIC tab.
• WEAPONS and COMBOS tabs. Choose which bought NieR weapon she swings on R1 and on R2, and see every move each unit has.
• NieR's look. A live title screen, YoRHa menus and HUD, NieR's font, a 3D unit select, and NieR's follow camera.
• Made for a controller. The mod tells pad from keyboard by your last input, and every prompt follows.

Controls

| Move | Controller | Keyboard & mouse | |---|---|---| | Light attack | R1 | Left mouse | | Heavy attack | R2 | Ctrl + left mouse | | Launcher | Hold R1 | Hold left mouse | | Dodge | B / Circle | Shift | | Dodge attack | R1 or R2 right after a dodge | Left mouse or Ctrl + left mouse after a dodge | | Perfect dodge | Dodge as an enemy strikes | Dodge as an enemy strikes | | Counter attack | R1 during the slow motion | Left mouse during the slow motion | | Jump / double jump | A / Cross, again in the air | Space, again in the air | | Air dash | Dodge in the air | Shift in the air | | Plunging heavy | R2 in the air | Ctrl + left mouse in the air | | Pod fire (2B) | Hold L1 | Hold right mouse | | Self-destruct (2B) / Berserk (A2) | Hold L1 + R1 | Hold B | | YoRHa menu (unit, outfit, chips, store, weapons, combos, archives, music, controls) | L3 + R3 | F1 / F8 / F2 / F3 / F5 / F6 / F9 / F7 / F4 | | Menu tabs | LB / RB | F1 - F9 | | Menu: move / confirm / back | D-pad, A / Cross, B / Circle | A / D, F1, Backspace | | Change unit (2B / A2) | UNIT tab | F1, D or A, F1 | | Supply Store | STORE tab | F3 |

The full list is in the game too: CONTROLS tab of the YoRHa menu (L3 + R3, or F4).

What you need

• Elden Ring on Steam, patch 1.17.1 (exe 2.7.1.0).
• NieR:Automata on Steam, installed. Her models, animations and music are read from it.
• First launch: Melty builds 2B, A2, their weapons and animations from your two games before the game starts. This takes a few minutes, and only happens once per version.

Melty starts Elden Ring through ModEngine2, offline with Easy Anti-Cheat off. Your normal Steam launch stays the untouched online game, and your Elden Ring settings and saves are not changed.

Tip: if your controller only responds while you hold a button, unplug other USB game devices (a gear shifter, wheel or pedals). Elden Ring can listen to them instead of your pad.

Credits

Built on eldenring-rs, ModEngine2, ww2ogg-rs, lewton and cpal. NieR:Automata © Square Enix / PlatinumGames, music by MONACA / Keiichi Okabe. Elden Ring © Bandai Namco / FromSoftware. Nothing from either game is distributed: it is all read from your own copies. Mod code MIT. Built with Claude (Anthropic).