Demon's Souls Rebalanced

Demon's Souls Rebalanced

How to set up

Make a copy of the original game's msg and param files in Demon's Souls (USA)/PS3_GAME/USDIR and place the new ones in there. Now load up RPCS3 emulator and load up Demon's Souls.

Things that are changed

Grass heals less HP

Spice refills less MP

Most consumables weight have been lowered or raised

Rings and Armor weigh more/less

Armor gives higher defensive stats ranging from 3-5x their original values

While armor sets don't look how they're supposed to on the other gender, every set except for Ancient King & Rogue sets can be worn by both genders

About 50% of item placements have been shuffled around to be more difficult

Poison, Plague, & Bleeding status has been improved

Higher quality soul items give slightly more souls

Dragon Infusions (Fire) have an E scaling in Strength

Cloudstone Infusions (Shields) now have increased guard boost on them unlike in base game

Upgrading special shields (colorless demon souls to upgrade) now have increase physical, fire, and magic negation on blocking

Some weapon requirements have been changed or swapped

Some weapon raw damage/scaling have been raised/lowered

Crossbows have slight scaling to them, and increased raw damage output, making them more viable

Every shield's guard boost is slightly raised

Some name changes by me

Item drops from some enemies are vastly changed and/or increased

Most ring effects have been raised or lowered, and include a tiny buff/debuff

Class choice has a tiny bonus starting gift, similar to the Remake in 2020

Class choices have different weapons and loadouts

Spells and Miracles have raised/lowered MP usage

Every spell/miracle has a stamina use after casting

Some boss health bars has been increased

Some enemies have 20-50% increased/decreased base health

Almost every weapon or armor piece can be gotten without doing World/Character tendency

Item descriptions are more descriptive

Specific Changes

Crescent Moon Grass heals 120 -> 80

Half Moon Grass heals 240 -> 200

Late Moon Grass heals 400 -> 300

Full Moon Grass heals 600 -> 500

Raw Spice (Fresh Spice) refills 50 -> 25 MP

Aged Spice (Old Spice) refills 100 -> 75 MP

Renowned Hero Soul gives 1000 -> 1200 souls

Legendary Soldier's Soul gives 8,000 -> 10,000 souls

Legendary Hero's Soul gives 10,000 -> 12,500

Secret Dagger 12 Dex requirement

Claymore 13 Dex requirement

Great Sword 32 Str requirement

Dragon Bone Smasher 40 Str requirement

Soul/Demonbrandt 24/18 Str/Dex requirement

Northern Regalia 28/15 Str/Dex requirement

Large Sword of Moonlight 16/16 Str/Dex requirement

Penetrating Sword 16/22 Str/Dex requirement

Epee Rapier 20 Int requirement

Uchigatana 13/18 Str/Dex requirement

Magic Sword Makoto 30 Dex requirement

Great Axe 32 Str requirement

Dozer Axe 45 Str requirement

Bramd 50 Str requirement

Meat Cleaver 34 Str requirement

Weight Changes

Half Moon Grass +. 1

Late Moon Grass +. 2

Full Moon Grass +. 3

New Moon Grass +. 4

Dark Moon Grass +. 7

Fresh Spice +. 1

Old Spice +. 4

Throwing Knife/Kunai/Secret Throwing Knife -. 1

Firebomb +. 2

Soul Remains & Augite of Guidance -. 1

Turpentine/Sticky White Stuff/Black Turpentine +. 5

Turpentine/Sticky White Stuff last 70 seconds, Black Turpentine lasts 40 seconds

Shard of Archstone +. 5

Stone of Ephemeral Eyes +. 5

All Armor are . 2 - 2. 0 units lighter

All Rings range from . 5 - 1. 5 weight

Raw damage and/or scaling weapon increases per level

Baby's Nail

Geri's Stiletto (MP gained is lowered slightly)

Dragon Bone Smasher

Broken Sword

Needle of Eternal Agony (increases soul gain per hit from 20-100)

Scraping Spear

Phosphorescent Pole

Hands of God

Light Crossbow

Heavy Crossbow

Gargoyle Crossbow

Ring changes

Ring of Great Strength 50% -> 25% Equip weight, +40 Fire defense points

Ring of Herculean Strength 50% item burden, +50 Physical defense points

Clever Rat's Ring 50% -> 30% damage increase

Dull Rat's Ring 50