Maidenless

What it does

• []Opens Leyndell as soon as you have any two Great Runes. No Roundtable/Melina required[/]

  []Leyndell also opens via Fia's questline: defeat Valiant Gargoyles, Fia's Champions, or Lichdragon Fortissax and the capital seal falls, honoring the underground route through Deeproot Depths[/]

  []Frenzied Flame leveling: inherit the flame from the Three Fingers and the Level Up option appears at sites of grace (plain menu, no Melina). Reject the Two Fingers for the Three and you may turn runes to strength. Hyetta's questline is not required — the Proscription door opens for anyone with all armor removed[/]

  []Removes Melina as a summon to Morgott fight if Maidenless, normal Round Table players should be able to summon as normal[/]

  []Auto-grants the Rold Medallion after Morgott[/]

  []Adds bell bearing consolidation to Miriel at Church of Vows: offer any bell bearing to access that merchant's shop permanently[/]

  []No story overrides: burning the Erdtree still uses the Frenzied Flame (Three Fingers) self-sacrifice after Fire Giant[/]

  []Seamless Co-op friendly. Event-only; no param edits[/]

  Bell Bearing Support (43 total)

  • []Supported: All major merchants including Gostoc, Pidia, Patches, Sellen, Kalé, all 11 Nomadic Merchants, all 9 Miner's bell bearings, Isolated/Hermit merchants, and sorcery/incantation teachers[/]

    []Not supported: Bone/Meat/Medicine/Gravity Stone Peddlers, Glovewort/Ghostform Pickers (7 total)[/]

    What it does NOT do

    • []No balance changes, no new items, no forced warps/cutscenes[/]

      []Doesn’t skip bosses or alter quests[/]

      []Doesn’t touch regulation.bin[/]

      []No leveling by default — you only gain it by inheriting the Frenzied Flame, in keeping with the maidenless theme[/]

      Why

      • []Roundtable/Melina flags gate a few progression checks, which blocks a “never talk to Melina” playthrough[/]

        []This mod unhooks those gates while keeping the rest of the game 100% vanilla[/]

        Installation — Mod Engine 3 (recommended)

        • []Download the mod[/]

          []Place the extracted download into your Mod Engine profile directory:[/]

        modengine_profile.me3

        maidenless/

        common.emevd.dcx

        m11_00_00_00.emevd.dcx

        m60_45_52_00.emevd.dcx

        m60_00_00_00.talkesdbnd.dcx

        • []Here is an example ModEngine3 profile[/]

        profileVersion = "v1"

        game = "eldenring"

        id      = "overlay"

        type    = "overlay"

        enabled = true

        path    = "maidenless"   # folder next to this .me3 containing event/common.emevd.dcx

        path = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/ELDEN RING/Game/SeamlessCoop/ersc.dll"

        • []Launch Elden Ring with that profile. Keep your Seamless Co-op DLL in [] as usual.[/]

          Alternative (UXM loose files): place the files in

          Game/event/

          Game/script/talk/and patch. Back up first.

          Load order / conflicts

          • []Conflicts with other mods that also replace

            common.emevd.dcx

            m11_00_00_00.emevd.dcx

            m60_45_52_00.emevd.dcx

            script/talk/

            m60_00_00_00.talkesdbnd.dcx[/]

            []Safe with param tweaks, texture/model swaps, and typical DLL mods (FOV, ultrawide, Seamless Co-op, etc.).[/]

            If you need to merge the overridden event files

            • []look for the places in this mod that specifically call out the related changes[/]

            // === Maidenless patch begin ===

            ...related changes

            // === Maidenless patch end ===

            Using on existing saves

            • []If you already have 2+ Great Runes — or already beat Valiant Gargoyles / Fia's Champions / Fortissax — the Leyndell fog clears on next map init (reload/warp/zone in)[/]

              []If you already inherited the Frenzied Flame, Level Up appears at graces on next load[/]

              []If Morgott is already dead, the medallion check runs on load and grants it if missing.[/]

              • []Delete[/]

              maidenless/from your overlay (or disable the ME3 profile) and relaunch. No irreversible flags beyond vanilla progression (the leveling unlock uses the vanilla flag the game itself uses for it).