This map mod collections adds in new areas to worlds 1-1 [new PVP arena+special items - explorable ramparts], 1-2 [explorable lower city - repeatable Allant fight+special items], 2-1 [explorable lower Stonefang/Inner Stonefang- vangaurd and Flamelurker fights], 3-1 [new explorable area Prison of hope], 3-2 [restored tower - repeatable Maneater fight], 4-1 [new explorable area - PVP Arena], 4-2 [repeatable Old Hero fight], 5-1 [Bridge skip - Alternate route], 5-2 [New area in the swamp+ PVP Arena], Nexus - [new items/multiplayer summons], and the tutorial level [added areas, enemies, and items]

Adds in new weapons
-Archstone Sword (Textures not working. Will be fixed in a future release.)
-Masamune (bastard sword recolor/altered moveset)
-Faded Moonlight Sword (Large Sword of Moonlight) +1 to +4
-Holy Moonlight Sword (Large Sword of Moonlight +5) altered textures and icon
-Torch (cut torch)
-Hatchet (cut hand axe)
-Tower lance (cut spear)
-Assassin's Dagger (cut dagger2)
-Spade (cut dagger1)
-Hoplite shield (based on the PS5 Remake)
-Heavenly Wind (HP draining katana variant)
-Gae Bolg (Istarelle retexture with the Mirdan Hammer moveset)
-Zangetsu (Meat Cleaver retexture)

Weapon retextures
-Penetrator Sword +5 (blood-red blade)
-Broadsword (deep blue similar to DS1)

Adds in new Armors (Standalone armor sets. Not replacers)
-Drake Knight Set
-Forgotten Hero set
-Boletarian Knight set
-Black Knight set
-Penetrator Armor set (based on the PS5 Remake)

This mod is for anyone looking for a new experience in Demon's Souls and those who enjoy exploration. 
As one of my favorite games, I hope you all enjoy this mod collection and find it to be a good reason to play through the game again!

-Important- It is best to make a copy of your original Demon's Souls game files and install the mod to the new copy. (This is to avoid corrupting game saves and so you can run either Vanilla or DeS Expanded separately.)
To improve load times and other issues you can delete the Demon's Souls PPU cache.
Open your RPCS3 root folder, open the cache folder, open your version of Demon's Souls (BLUS30443 in this case), and delete the contents.  Run Demon's Souls and it should automatically recompile new PPU files.

Notes: Almost all mods are compatible with this mod collection as of posting.  There are some changes that will affect the game that cannot be fixed as of now.  The primary examples are

-Phalanx MUST be defeated to access the lower city. 
-Adjudicator MUST be defeated to access the new area in 4-2.  
-The new armors/weapons may take a little bit to load in. (Will be optimized in a future release)
-Load times might be slightly longer due to more resources being loaded. (Will be optimized in a future release)
-Some enemies may or may not act entirely as expected
-leaving or reloading the game in new areas may cause some issues. [Hopefully this has been fixed]
-This mod will be constantly updated along with the individual releases.

PLEASE notify me of any bugs or issues in the comments or discussion section!

Endless thanks to ottre for creating the .sdat files for the new events.

Shout out to Stripa18, Hesiolite, and JackInTheBack for Ideas and support.  Thanks guys!