Palden Ring

Not working on the newest Elden Ring update (2.7.2.0) yet. A fix is coming soon.

Before you press Play: open Steam and sign in. You need Elden Ring updated to 2.7.1.0 (the latest update) and Palworld installed on this PC. Palworld never runs; Palden Ring only reads its data.

Palden Ring turns the Lands Between into a creature-catching game. Weaken an enemy, lock on and cast a spell at it: a scarlet bolt flies from your hand, a rot pot shakes up to three times, and with luck it's yours. Every catch keeps its Elden Ring name and look, takes its element, stats and growth from a creature in your own Palworld install, and fights beside you.

What's in it

• Catch anything, bosses included (a boss catch counts as a defeat). The Ancient Spell never misses.
• A party of 5 Eldens: call one out anywhere, swap on the fly, and set it to Attack, Follow or Stay. It runs at whatever you lock on to.
• Eldens level up from everything you and they defeat, growing from weaklings into late-game fighters. They heal while resting and out of combat.
• Element matchups: Fire beats Grass, Water beats Fire, and so on.
• Two difficulties: Creative (strong Eldens, free crafting) and Hard (balanced growth, spells only from enemies).
• The Eldenbox pauses the game: your Eldens, Items, a Workbench for crafting spells, the Eldendeck and Settings.
• A new look built from Elden Ring's own menu art (read from your install), rotting with Scarlet Rot and dusted with Erdtree gold.

Controls (controller first) Hold View (the map button), then: RB cast, LB call/recall your Elden, D-pad Left/Right switch Elden, D-pad Up/Down switch spell, X behaviour, Y Eldenbox. Dodge cancels a cast. The HUD only shows while you hold View. Keyboard: G cast, V Elden, B/N switch Elden, T/H spell, J behaviour, P Eldenbox.

Good to know

• Open Steam and wait until it's fully signed in before pressing Play.
• If the game closes straight away, make sure Elden Ring isn't already running (check Task Manager), then press Play once.
• Needs Elden Ring 2.7.1.0, the latest update. On an older version Melty will tell you to update; do it in Steam.
• Needs Palworld installed. Palworld doesn't run; Palden Ring reads its data.
• If the game never appears, install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (x64) from Microsoft (https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe) and try again.
• Offline single-player: Melty starts Elden Ring through ModEngine2 with Easy Anti-Cheat off.
• Your Palden Ring progress is saved separately in %LOCALAPPDATA%\PalRing; your Elden Ring save is not changed. Catches from earlier versions carry over.
• If the game crashes, palring.log in that folder now ends with a line saying where. It's sent with Melty's crash report, so crashes can be found and fixed.
• Early release (0.1.x): updates are coming - feedback welcome!

Unofficial fan mod. Elden Ring (c) FromSoftware / Bandai Namco; Palworld (c) Pocketpair.