Sekiro mod lets you fight bosses, and only bosses, in any order you want

Sekiro
(Image credit: FromSoftware)

If you've completed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, congratulations! It's no easy task. And if you're looking to relive the glory and catharsis of defeating the game's brutally tough bosses, I've got some great news. You don't have to play through the entire game again from the start to go a few rounds with the biggest, baddest brutes—now there's Sekiro's Boss Rush mod, which lets you fight the game's bosses, and only the game's bosses. And you can fight them in any order you want.

With the Boss Rush mod installed, you can select from a list of bosses using the Sculptor's Idol at the Dilapidated Temple, and warp right to the boss arena of your choosing. Hope you don't need a warm-up because you'll be jumping right in to battle Lady Butterfly, the Corrupted Monk, the Divine Dragon, that ridiculous giant headless ape, and any other boss you want to revisit. (Modder Thefifthmatt states that a boss is defined as an enemy who gives you a memory when you defeat them, so no Great Serpents or Chained Ogres here.)

What's more, defeating a boss for the first time gives you a coin purse with 1,000 sen which you can spend on shop items, and you also gain XP each time you beat them. There are no NPCs, so you can handle your upgrades at the idol in the temple. The mod also adds a number of streamlined conveniences, such as:

  • Skip the Ashina Reservoir tutorial segment
  • Item pickups and drops do not pause the game
  • No in-game tutorial popups
  • No cutscene on first death
  • No slow-walk areas
  • Exchange multiple gourd seeds and multiple prayer necklaces at once
  • Sold out items are removed from the shop

Naturally, this mod isn't recommended for first-time players but for Sekiro veterans who want to perfect their techniques and go a few more rounds with the big bads without having to play through the entire game again.

You'll find the Boss Rush mod here on Nexus Mods, with full instructions on how to install it. If you want to take a look at the mod in action, watch a talented player using it in the video below.

Christopher Livingston
Senior Editor

Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.

Latest in Adventure
Image of illuminated manuscript-style drawings from the game Pentiment.
Random characters kept swearing in Obsidian's font-obsessed murder-mystery when its procedural error system ran amok: 'Naughtiness abounded'
An image of a corpse with the text "You've been re-educated."
I played the lost videogame sequel to 1984, and came away more nostalgic than ever for gaming's awkward adolescence in 1999
Rosella encounters a satyr in a forest in King's Quest 4
Eagle-eyed streamer spots that Roberta Williams' portrait in King's Quest 4 is based on her author photo on the back of the game box: 'I never noticed it before.'
Myst puzzle game
'You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening': Myst remake adds a whole new world to the classic adventure, one originally introduced in another overhaul from 25 years ago
The character takes a test in a school room.
Expelled! review
Max, protagonist of Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Double Exposure, stares with trepidation at something off-screen with her friend.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure reportedly a 'large loss' for Square Enix, says analyst, who adds: 'The company's IP fundamentally varies too much between good and bad'
Latest in News
An Enshrouded player in a recreation of Erebor from The Lord of the Rings
Kings under the Mountain! 33 Enshrouded players spent 10,000 hours to recreate this iconic location from The Lord of the Rings
A mech awakens.
Mecha Break developer is considering unlocking all mechs following open beta feedback
Lara Croft Unified Art
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees 'to better align our current business needs and the studio's future success'
A long bendy arm stealing money from people in a subway car
'You're a very long arm. You steal things. It's a comedy game,' explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm
The heroes are attacked by monsters
Pillars of Eternity is getting turn-based combat to mark its 10th anniversary, and that means PC Gamer editors will soon be arguing about combat mechanics again
Image of Ronaldo from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves trailer
It doesn't really make sense that soccer star Ronaldo is now a Fatal Fury character, but if you follow the money you can see how it happened