Good news for fans of the Dark Souls franchise, a new and exciting mod for Dark Souls 3 is releasing soon, it’s been in the works for four years, and now and a playable demo has just been released. Dark Souls Archthrones is a complete overhaul for Dark Souls 3 featuring a new story, bosses, and locations. Who needs Elden Ring when there’s Archthrones?
Going into development around 2020, Archthrones has been in production for 4 years now. The creators working on it have described as an overhaul the scale of which we’ve never seen before. From the trailer released for the demo it certainly looks impressive. Archthrones will feature, new enemies and bosses to fight, five new worlds to explore, and new lighting and visuals. It’s sure to be an exciting release for from software fans awaiting new content and newcomers looking to get their Souls fix after Elden Ring.
Archthrones is an overhaul mod for Dark Souls 3 on a scale never seen before.
It has been in development for almost 2 years now, but there is still much more for us to do.
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— Dark Souls: Archthrones (@Archthrones) April 1, 2022
One Elden Ring & Dark Souls 3 Fan Shared Their Support and Excitement for Archthrones
On Twitter/X Jake Lucky shared the trailer and their excitement for the release of the mod demo, the response from the community seems to be positive with lots of praise for the creators which is great to see!
Fan-created mods are an important part of the gaming industry, they can keep games alive for years with new content in a way that’s just not always manageable for development teams working on new projects.
These guys have spent nearly 4 years working on a completely overhauled Mod for Dark Souls 3 with new bosses, enemies, level progression and an entire storyline of it's own
And the demo finally drops tomorrow holy pic.twitter.com/LAoD5YzvsF
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) March 14, 2024
Mods make the industry better, and fans are the better for it
Modding has always been a way for fans to make their stamp on a game’s existence, to take what the developers did and make it their own, making it more everlasting and bringing a sense of fellowship to the enjoyment of a game. It’s especially great in single-player games that grow beyond what the studio planned through the efforts of fans. Skyrim is perhaps the most well-known example of a game being kept alive and strong through dedication from mod creators, mod support coming to console in 2016 breathed fresh life into the Bethesda RPG.
Overhauls like Skywind and Skyblivion, mods that turn that game into previous franchise installments Morrowind and Oblivion are impressive and keep interest in a game that is over ten years old at this point, but still as popular as ever thanks to a strong modding community. Dark Souls: Archthrones is set to be a big deal for Dark Souls modding so hopefully it sticks the landing and can show off just how great modding can be.
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