How to install mods for Sons of The Forest
Important: To be able to use mods, you need BepInEx, which you can download from https://thunderstore.io/.
This may need an update when the game is updated.
If your server crashes after a game update, please update BepInEx and, if necessary, all uploaded mods.
To update, simply upload the new version and start your server.
Tip: Use a FTP program such as Filezilla.
The FTP via the site is not intended for uploading multiple files.
1. Download BepInEx
First download BepInEx for Sons of The Forest.
You can find it here: https://thunderstore.io/c/sons-of-the-forest/
Unzip the file after the download has finished.
2. Upload BepInEx and mods
- stop your server.
- connect with your FTP programme to the Upload-FTP.
You can find the login details in the FTP overview by clicking on FTP. - upload the entire contents of the BepInExPack folder to the following directory:
ConfigID
Note: You can find the ConfigID or ConfigurationID for your server on our site under Gameserver.
For example, if your ConfigID was 123456, it would look like this:/123456/ - upload your mods to the following directory:
ConfigID/BepInEx/plugins
If the plugins folder does not exist, you must create it manually.- Tip**: Some mods consist of only one configuration file.
This file must be uploaded to the config folder
- start your server
3. customise mod configs
Some mods have settings that can be customised.
Proceed as follows
- stop your server. The status of your server must be server not running
- connect with your FTP programme to the Savegames-FTP.
- you will find the configuration files in the following directory:
ConfigID/BepInEx/config - download the files you want to customise and adjust them
- upload the now modified files and overwrite the existing files
- start your server
