If you want to tailor your Barotrauma experience beyond the default game settings, adding mods is the perfect solution. This guide will walk you through how to install and enable mods on your Barotrauma Server.

Getting Your Barotrauma Mod Files

You will need the files and the folder name for each mod you want to install. You can view all the Barotrauma mods here.

Once you find the mod you want, click Subscribe, then launch Barotrauma once so it downloads. Let's use this mod for example: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3190189044

Subscribed mods are stored on your PC in folders named after their Workshop ID, so this mod's folder is 3190189044.

Caution

Please make sure to also subscribe to ALL dependencies each mod lists on its Workshop page, otherwise your server will fail to load the mod.

Press Windows Key + R and paste this:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Barotrauma\WorkshopMods\Installed

2
Select the mod folders you want and compress them into a .zip file.
3
Note down each folder name. These are the numbers you'll need later.

Daedalic Entertainment GmbH

Barotrauma

WorkshopMods

Installed

3190189044

2936760984

Manually Installing Mods

1
Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
2
In the sidebar, go to Files.
3
Navigate to Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Barotrauma/WorkshopMods/Installed.
4
Upload your .zip file here, then decompress it. Files larger than 1GB need to be uploaded using SFTP.
5
Go back to the root folder in Files and open config_player.xml, then find the <contentpackages> section.
6
Add a line inside the <regularpackages> list for each mod you uploaded, replacing the number with your mod's folder name:
<package path="LocalMods/3190189044/filelist.xml" />
7
Click save and start your server.

The example below uses the mods Neurotrauma and Real Sonar.

<contentpackages>
  <!--Vanilla-->
  <corepackage path="Content/ContentPackages/Vanilla.xml" />
  <regularpackages>
    <package path="LocalMods/3190189044/filelist.xml" />
    <package path="LocalMods/2936760984/filelist.xml" />
    ...
  </regularpackages>
</contentpackages>

Note

Always add a separate <package> line for each mod you're installing. Load order matters too, so if a mod's Workshop page says it must load after another mod, place it further down the list.

How To Install Mods On Your Barotrauma Server

Getting Your Barotrauma Mod Files

Manually Installing Mods

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