The Convergence Adjustments and Additions

Compatible with The Convergence mod version 2. 1

All changes from 1. 24 onward are listed in a text document inside of the main file. 1. 29 will be the sticking point for a while until I make a compatibility patch for the last version of The Convergence.

NG+ Changes

• []Adjusted difficulty, changed stat balance of enemies when scaled

World Changes

• [](Version 1. 1) - Reduced named NPC poise []Moved hidden enemies/reduced gimmicky surprise attack enemies []Standardized FP and HP recovery on armors, corrected FP regen % rows in params (unsure about in-game effect, but appeared to be using wrong field for % max FP regen) []Removed camoflauge from irithyllian slaves due to improper functioning during presence in untended graves. []Added better drops to stray demon in prelude to Smouldering Lake []Added a world boss enemy in vanilla Horace's location in Smouldering Lake []Added better drops to the Havel Knight in Archdragon Peak []Added a greater foe Havel in Archdragon Peak []Added 3 elite enemies in Ariandel []Added a Champion Gundyr world boss enemy to Gael's arena in The Ringed City so you can parry him to death []Added additional Remains drops to Iron Dragonslayer , Darkeater Midir and Slave Knight Gael [](Version 1. 1) - Fixed poise buffs not applying or showing in the stat screen [](Version 1. 2) - Slightly changed enemy layout of Road of Sacrifices, Cathedral of the Deep and Anor Londo [](Version 1. 2) - Removed Gael and Ariandel warp from Cathedral of the Deep [](Version 1. 2) - Changed portal routing in Cathedral of the Deep and Untended Graves [](Version 1. 2) - Added new area routes for Smouldering Lake and Irithyll/Anor Londo [](Version 1. 2) - Changed Functionality of the Farron Keep Perimeter door to remove the vanilla Farron Keep -> Abyss Watchers bottleneck; now opens with a key which can be found in 3 different maps. [](Version 1. 2) - Changed functionality of the Anor Londo roof shortcut door; now opens with a key found nearby in the area [](Version 1. 2) - Reverted the mistaken purple/teal UI change lol (it's included in the files if you want to put it back in) [](Version 1. 2) - Reduced the amount of souls gained from boss souls, increased sell values to match item use values and increased the total held amount. [](Version 1. 23) - Restored Irithyll Garden illusory wall

Moveset Changes

• []Reverted Abyss Watchers/Nameless King (Faraam)/Gundyr/Stray Demon/Dancer/Midir's movesets to vanilla speed []Slowed down Beheaded Knight's animations to match their vanilla Champion Gundyr equivalents []Made Beheaded Knight parryable; equivalent to vanilla Champion Gundyr []Slowed Down Archdruid Caimar's animations so he doesn't consistently chain attacks with incompatible dodge windows, although phase 2 seems to be bugged []Dramatically reduced the damage of Archdruid Caimar's essence drain due to homing orbs often making damage unavoidable in some form []Slowed Down Lilianne's animations to reduce the clutter of area damage effects from her attacks (and because no Gael) []Massively Slowed down the straight sword Ringed Knight/Vilhelm Armor Knight's 5 hit combo weapon art due to it being often undodgeable in the narrow pathways of Untended Graves []Decreased animation commitment on Wolf Stance weapon art attacks []Sped up Royal Dark Sword Stance R2 to compensate for the lack of a projectile []Dramatically increased soul gain from boss souls; reduced shop sell value to 0. []Reduced commitment on the soul item use animation for using Alchemy Reagent Bundles []Reverted Aldrich's overhead slam attack to vanilla speed []Reverted Fire Witch's attack animations to vanilla speed []Rebalanced some of glaive Wolnir's attacks to be more evenly weighted []Rebalanced most of Pontiff Sulyvahn's, Royal Darkwraith's and Soul of Cinder's animations to be more evenly weighted []Changed Katana 1-handed R1 moveset to not be so bad

Weapon/Shield Changes

• []Removed White Mist's frosty sound effect when appearing in the player's hand due to it being potentially ear-piercing and replaying every time the model disappears and reappears, such as when using Estus (found in fdp_smain_dlc1.fsb if you want to put it back in) []Decreased the weight of Lorian's Greatshield significantly []Increased the damage of Chaos Dual Swords, Sellsword Twin Blades, Warden Twin Blades, Onikiri and Ubadachi, and Frigid Curved Sword []Adjusted the physical absorption of Lion's Fury and Valorheart []Adjusted the physical absorption and stability of Eagle of Light []Adjusted the physical absorption and stability of all small shields, some medium shields and two greatshields []Increased the stability of heavy greatshields in accordance with their weight [](Version 1. 2) - Added Deep Crescent paired katanas to Cathedral of the Deep [](Version 1. 2) - Added Hallowed Silver Kite Shield to Cathedral of the Deep [](Version 1. 2) - Reduced HP drain of Black Lotus and the Chaos Blade [](Version 1. 2) - Altered the weights of katanas relative to their appearances and drawbacks [](Version 1. 2) - Increased the maximum number of held arrows, bolts and greatarrows [](Version 1. 23) - Made Deep Crescent infusable, fixed 1-handed R1 animations [](Version 1. 23) - Added Dreamwalker

Spell Changes

• []Changed Priscilla's benediction to buff dark damage and FP while reducing HP and SP, as the original version was self-defeating []Increased the damage of Chaos Beam to match its FP cost and lack of AoE relative to Forbidden Sun. [] Fixed Black Flame Arc not applying to both paired weapons when two-handed

Ring Changes and Additions

• []Havel's Ring - Increased equip load buff to match its +3 vanilla counterpart []Ring of Favor - Increased all buffs to match their +3 vanilla counterparts []Ring of Calamity - Added a 35% outgoing damage buff so it isn't completely useless apart from challenge/meme runs, changed name to Calamity Ring because I think it sounds cooler []Rosaria's Fingers Covenant Accessory - Increased HP recovery to 4 []Dusk Crown Ring - Changed spell FP cost reduction to 30%, up from 25%, and increased HP penalty to 25% []Aldrich's Ruby - Recovers 100 HP + reduces weapon stamina consumption by 75%, duration increased to 2 seconds []Aldrich's Sapphire - Recovers 300 FP + 100 HP, duration increased to 2 seconds []Blue Tearstone Ring - Decreases incoming damage by 50% when HP is below 50% []Red Tearstone Ring - Increases outgoing damage by 25% when HP is below 40% []Wood Grain Ring - Decreases weapon stamina consumption by 15%; adds 15% max stamina []Lloyd's Sword Ring - Increased damage to 20% while at 99%+ HP []Clutch Rings - Increased damage to 20%, up from 15% []Band of Quickening (changed to Focusing Band) - Adds 30% FP, 2 FP Regen []Scholar/Priestess/Knight/Hunter's Rings - +10 stat; up from +5 []Prisoner's Chain - +8 of each stat; up from +5 []Reversal Ring - Additionally inverts your FP and stamina ( FP +75%, SP -75% ) []Farron Ring - Additionally adds 20/sec SP recovery and 1 FP recovery []Pontiff's Left Eye - Increases Attunement, Intelligence and Faith by 8, reduces absorptions by 10% []Dragonscale Ring - Additionally adds 10% HP, SP, FP []Dark Wood Grain Ring - Decreases weapon skill and spell FP cost by 15%; adds 15% max FP ; subtracts 10% max SP []Carthus Milkring - Adds 5 dex, 10% SP and 10% HP and obscures rolling []Ring of the Lost - increased stat bonus to 4 []Sun Princess Ring - Increased HP regen to a flat 15/sec due to it be

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