One of the most iconic villains in fiction and the antagonist ofThe Lord of the Ringscomes toElden Ringthanks to modder MaxTheMiracle.Elden Ringis seen by many as a great game by itself, but modders have been changing the title ever since it first released. Some other crossovers have already been added toElden Ringvia mods, including a mod that lets the Tarnished wield the armor of Master Chief and another that gives the player the power of afirebender fromAvatar: The Last Airbender.
The mod by MaxTheMiracle adds Sauron’s iconic armor set fromThe Lord of the Ringsmovies, as well as his mace. There are plans to give Sauron his own moveset, but at the moment the footage shown has a set of placeholder attacks. Still, the current move set embodies the idea of a player taking on the role of an overpowered Dark Lord, as Sauron teleports around boss arenas, taking onRadagon of the Golden Orderas if he were as easy as the Soldier of Godrick.
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As well as showing off Sauron’s strength when he is playable, the YouTube channel uploading MaxTheMiracle’s mod, Garden of Eyes, has also displayed what a boss fight against the Dark Lord inElden Ringwould look like. It seems that either as a playable character or an enemy, Sauron is equally overpowered. In Sauron’s boss form, he borrows moves from Radagon, but he uses his signature mace instead of a hammer and has red effects around his attacks.
Sauron can be downloaded from MaxTheMircale’s Patreon and will be a part of anElden Ringoverhaul mod created by the Garden of Eyes. The release of the Sauron mod forElden Ringwas set to appear around the same time as theRings of PowerTV show, which has just seen the airing of its first two episodes on Amazon Prime Video. Currently, the big bad of Middle-Earth has yet to appear in the series, though he has been referenced multiple times.
Apart from adding crossover characters,Elden Ringmods can also add a ton of new options to the game as well. There are some that seek to make the game immensely more difficult, such as one alteration that makes every enemy Malenia, while otherElden Ringmods seek to make the game easierby making leveling up and getting items much simpler.
Elden Ringis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
