ELDEN RING - Disabling Easy Anti-Cheat (Alternative Method)

A straightforward and simple guide to disabling EAC.

Introduction

If you're like me, you know how annoying it is to have to wait for Easy Anti-Cheat to boot up before you are able to launch the game, especially since I mostly play offline anyway. With the steps detailed in this guide, you'll be able to go straight to launching the game without having to wait for EAC to boot. EAC might also have a performance impact on the game, so that's another good reason for disabling it, but take that with a grain of salt.

P.S. Disabling EAC is for offline only. Do not disable EAC while playing online, as that's a good way of getting banned.

Steps

1. Find where Elden Ring is located in your Steam library
2. Go to Manage > Browse local files > Game
3. Rename start_protected_game to start_protected_game_original
4. Make a copy of elden ring.exe
5. Rename copy to start_protected_game
6. Launch Elden Ring through Steam

Conclusion

In conclusion, that should be all that you need to disable EAC for offline play. This is my very first guide, so if there are any issues with it, feel free to comment.

by Rizencraft