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Darktide Mods [EN]. How to install/uninstall
By xsSplater
Did you know that Darktide has mods? It does and there are a lot of them.
Do you know which maps you haven't completed yet for Penances? You won't know without the help of a mod.
While you were typing a message on a mission, were the heretics hitting you from all sides? There is a mod for that.
Want to know how many coins or resources your characters has without going to the hub? The mod can show.
The game freezes, but it's not clear whether it's a ping or your good old computer does not pull the settings? There are mods for displaying ping and simplifying graphics, even for potato-PC.
I'll help you get into modding a bit...
PS: You can install mods and you won't get banned for it.
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Guide Index
Overview
Darktide Mods 
Attention! 
What mods can do... 
PREPARING THE GAME FOR MODDING 
INSTALLING MODS 
INSTALLING MODS - VORTEX 
MODPACK? 
Autoadding and sorting mods 
Mod Options 
DISABLE / UNINSTALL MODS 
List of my favorite mods 1 
List of my favorite mods 2 
List of my favorite mods 3 
Screenshots 
Conclusion 
Comments
Darktide Mods

I am very grateful to my comrades for donations:
Maxim, Manul, Shvakh, Draks and Shell...

And also everyone who likes/dislikes this guide and rewards it with Steam points.

Attention!
Remember! After each game update, you need to run the file toggle_darktide_mods.bat in the game folder again to activate the mods.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2950374474
Darktide's Modding Policy[forums.fatsharkgames.com]
You'll only be banned for:
  1. Using mods that directly affect unmodded players’ experience of the game and/or are used to grief other players.
    Examples: Speed hacks, outright cheating in missions, etc.
  2. Using mods that affect the stability/performance of the game service.
  3. Using mods that devalue other players’ investments (time or monetary) in the game.
    Examples: Bypassing progression, penances or contracts, unlocking premium cosmetics and currencies in the game service.
  4. Toxic behaviors were reported as an indirect result of using mods.
Mods will have access to the same authentication level as the regular game has which means that mods are perfectly capable of managing inventories, currencies and characters as they see fit, including but not limited to:
  1. Deleting characters
  2. Selling or buying items
  3. Spending premium currency
The use of mods is, therefore, to be done at players' own risk. Fatshark will not be able to help with accounts losing gear, character or other data as a result of using Mods.

Use your head and watch what you install on your game, read reviews and so on.
What mods can do...
With mods you will be able to check the Armoury store and Contracts, Reroll stats on items and go to Inventory right on the Character selection screen without going to the Hub and bypassing long loading screens...
...although now they will have some information about the lore of the Warhammer 40k universe, as well as some useful tips for the game. To start the Mission, you still need to enter the Hub, where there is a list of missions ordered by level.
Go to the Mod options menu [F4] and tweak the mods if you want. You can disable unnecessary mods here.
Mods add a lot of useful information that is missing (temporarily I hope) in the game itself, including a ping indicator, a (almost accurate) Scoreboard where you can see your game stats, for example.
Mods also add a lot of handy features: Hotkeys for various stores and menus, auto-acceptance of Contracts and collection of rewards for them...
...they also give you the ability to move your HUD elements [F3], fine-tune their color, size and position to your liking [F8]...
...or completely turn off the HUD for taking screenshots [F2] and to fly everywhere.
And much more.
PREPARING THE GAME FOR MODDING
First you'll need to install a basic set of mods:
  1. Download Darktide Mod Loader[www.nexusmods.com] from the Nexus.
    Or you can get the Zip file[github.com] from Github if the DML is quarantined on Nexus.


  2. Extract the files from the archive to the Game Folder
    ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE
    *Go to your Library, right-click on the "Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE" game, select Properties. Then go to the Local Files tab and click Browse Local Files.

  3. Run the "toggle_darktide_mods.bat" script in your game folder.

  4. Download Darktide Mod Framework[www.nexusmods.com]
    The second required mod.

  5. Copy files to your "mods" folder
    ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\mods

  6. Done
Basic setup is complete and you can install any other mods.
INSTALLING MODS
DOWNLOAD MODS.[www.nexusmods.com]

...using Custom HUD as an example.
  1. Download mod from Nexus
    Custom HUD[www.nexusmods.com].

  2. Extract the files to "mods" folder
    ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\mods

  3. Add it to the mod_load_order.txt file
    There are two ways:
    Automatic:
    -- Download the (SL_)EN_mod_load_order_file_maker.bat file from Nexus[www.nexusmods.com].
    -- Unpack bat-file into mods folder and run.
    -- The list is ready and you see the result on the screen.
    Manual:
    -- Open the mod_load_order.txt file in the mods folder with a text editor.
    -- Add the mod folder name to the file, for example: custom_hud.
    -- Save it.


  4. Done
INSTALLING MODS - VORTEX
  1. Download Darktide Vortex Extension
    https://github.com/Darktide-Mod-Framework/Darktide-Vortex-Extension


  2. Go to the “Extensions” tab
    in Vortex and Drag'n'drop the downloaded file onto the program window


  3. Select the game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
    in the “Games” tab

  4. Activate mods
    Go to the “Toolbar” tab and in the “Tools” panel activate: Toggle modding (patch/unpatch game files)

  5. Drag'n'drop all the mods
    you need into the "Mods" tab.

  6. Change the loading order
    If necessary. Typically, animation_events, settings_extension mods should be at the very top of the list. The rest don't matter.

  7. Done
MODPACK?



>>> MODPACK <<<
[discord.gg]
...with semi-automatic installation using a batch file.
Autoadding and sorting mods
Mod Load Order File Maker[www.nexusmods.com] - Did you removed/added mods? Run the batch file and just check if they are removed/added in the list, which automatically changed and opened for you.
Mod Options
You can easily customize mods by pressing
[F4]
Some mods like "Custom HUD" have their hotkeys: F2, F3, etc.
DISABLE / UNINSTALL MODS
Disable mods
[F4] -> «Toggle mods».
You can also comment out the name of the mod in the mod_load_order.txt,
by placing "--"(two minuses) before the name.

Delete mod
  1. Remove mod name from your mod_load_order.txt
  2. Remove mod folder
    from "mods": ...\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\mods\

Disable all mods
  1. Run the "toggle_darktide_mods.bat" script
    at your game folder and choose to unpatch the bundle database.

  2. Delete all files and folders related to mods

    If problems occur, try "Verify integrity of game files..."
List of my favorite mods 1
Basic
Darktide Mod Loader[www.nexusmods.com] - A basic tool for enabling/disabling mods. Required for all mods and the Darktide Mod Framework.
Darktide Mod Framework[www.nexusmods.com] - An open-source, community-run framework of modules that provides enhanced modding capabilities and support.
Needed for a Scoreboard and Graphics Options
Animation Events[www.nexusmods.com] - Provides streamlined functionality to capture when certain animations are played.
Settings Extension[www.nexusmods.com] - Provides streamlined functionality to inject settings into game options.
Other
After Grenade[www.nexusmods.com] - Choose what your character equips after throwing a grenade. Either equip your previous weapon (default behavior), equip your grenades again, equip your primary weapon, or equip your secondary weapon. Configure per-class (Zealot, Veteran, and Ogryn).
Barter with Hadron[www.nexusmods.com] - Y'know how in your inventory you can hold X to sell items? This lets you do that while crafting at Hadron's.
Better Melk[www.nexusmods.com] - Automatically accept new contracts and collect the weekly completion bonus.
Book Finder[www.nexusmods.com] - Display some notifications when you're close enough to hear the whispering of grimoires / scriptures.
Born Ready[www.nexusmods.com] - Automatically readies up when joining a lobby.
Buff HUD Improvements[www.nexusmods.com] - Disable buffs, move important buffs to a new buff bar, a framework for custom buffs.
Bugfix - Squad Location Marker Colours[www.nexusmods.com] - Fixes issue where location markers put down by other players in your strike team have your player colour rather than the colour of the player who placed the marker.
Buy Until Rating[www.nexusmods.com] - Automatically continue to buy selected weapon at Brunt's Armoury until you receive one with good stats, and items of lower stats will be sold automatically.
Camera Freeflight[www.nexusmods.com] - Allows detached camera freeflight in all lobbies, and the option of teleporting the player to your camera in self-hosted lobbies (actual flight).
Chat Block[www.nexusmods.com] - Automatically hold block while chatting, opening the Steam overlay, or while the game is not focussed
Chat Fix[www.nexusmods.com] - Some additional chat options.
Clean Force Blocking[www.nexusmods.com] - Remove blocking and pushing effect of force swords.
Constant Fov[www.nexusmods.com] - Tweak or disable FOV-changing effects.
List of my favorite mods 2
Contracts Overlay[www.nexusmods.com] - Show active weekly contracts on the tactical overlay and update progress during the mission.
Crosshairs Fix[www.nexusmods.com] - Fixes crosshairs to be actually representative of spread, taking your FOV into account.
Custom HUD[www.nexusmods.com] - Allows the user to move various HUD elements, with optional grid and snapping. To see all the elements, you need to go to Psykanium for setup or a private game instead of the hub.
Debuff Indicator[www.nexusmods.com] - Display debuffs and their stacks that have been applied to the enemy.
Disable Screen Effects[www.nexusmods.com] - Makes all the screen effects toggleable off (defaults to turning everything off).
Fancy Bots[www.nexusmods.com] - Replaces bot prisoner garb with pre-defined or randomized Veteran cosmetics.
Graphics Options[www.nexusmods.com] - Adds more detaild graphics settings for lighting and volumetric fog.
Healthbars[www.nexusmods.com] - Show healthbars from the Psykanium in regular game modes, togglable by enemy class.
Hide Prompts[www.nexusmods.com] - Choose which input prompts you want to see on your HUD.
Hub Hotkeys[www.nexusmods.com] - Hotkeys for main hub's menus.
HUD Tweaker[www.nexusmods.com] - A tool that lets you edit the styles of any HUD Element, great in combination with Custom HUD and Numeric UI!
WARNING! Some settings causing CTD, your settings are NOT saved when this happens! If you're done configuring something, re-enter the game.
Inventory Stats[www.nexusmods.com] - Displays some character stats in the inventory screen.
Item Sorting[www.nexusmods.com] - Add extra item sorting methods and remember your sorting method.
Killfeed Improvements[www.nexusmods.com] - Deduplicate feed items and filter by breed.
Loading Lore[www.nexusmods.com] - This mod will overwrite the default loading screen messages to instead include a bunch of helpful tips sourced from the community. The user can select which kind of tips they'd like to see from the mod menu. The tips cover a lot of basic and not so basic things and there are also a couple of more generic lore bits.
Minimap[www.nexusmods.com] - Add a minimap to your HUD. Shows teammates, objectives, pings, tagged interactables.
Need Healthbars mod for display enemies outside of the Psykhanium.
Multiple Keybinds[www.nexusmods.com] - Lets you bind a second key to each action, also a toggle to enable right click to clear keybinds.
Mute In Background[www.nexusmods.com] - Mutes the game while it's in the background or not focused.
My Favorites (Item Lock)[www.nexusmods.com] - Mark items as favorites, prevent deleting items accidentally. Usage: click the star button to favorite/unfavorite an item. Favorite items should not be discarded or extracted.
Disclaimer from autor: "This mod will try to but can't fully guarantee the safety of your gears due to bugs, game updates, mod conflicts etc. You shall always double-check before any operation".
No Skull[www.nexusmods.com] - This mod removes the red skull icon that appears when you tag an enemy.
Numeric UI[www.nexusmods.com] - Adds way more visual information to the HUD, check the full description down below!
Open Player Profile[www.nexusmods.com] - Let you open another player's Steam profile in the social panel.
Penance Details[www.nexusmods.com] - Penances provide more details about your current progress. For example, "complete each mission on X difficulty" penances show you which mission types you have and have not completed, "complete X missions in a row without going down" shows you your current streak (in addition to your best), "kill X of each kind of Y enemy" tells you how much of each enemy you've killed, and the "Dream Team" penance now has a progress bar.
Pickup Notifications Tweaker[www.nexusmods.com] - Gives you access to a bunch of settings for customising the loot/material pickup notifications.
List of my favorite mods 3
Ping Monitor[www.nexusmods.com] - Add your ping to the in game tab menu. Color indicates jitter.
Player Outlines[www.nexusmods.com] - This еnables you to toggle visual aids for identifying other players. You can toggle the default skeleton-hologram, a highlighted mesh and an outline in any combination.
Psych Ward[www.nexusmods.com] - Adds a button to exit the game to the Title Screen (or press ESC). Adds a button to load straight into the Psykhanium, bypassing the Hub.
Psykanium Default Difficulty[www.nexusmods.com] - Let you set the default difficulty of the Psykanium, and enter Psykanium quickly.
Quickest Play[www.nexusmods.com] - Add a hotkey to directly start quickplay matchmaking. In addition, there is an option to automatically start matchmaking as soon as you connect to the hub.
Quick Look Card[www.nexusmods.com] - Check weapon stats in item list quickly.
Ration Pack[www.nexusmods.com] - Adds colour to the icon for the Ammo Crate to indicate how many charges are remaining.
Reconnect[www.nexusmods.com] - Use /retry command to return to main menu so you can reconnect quickly.
Reorder Characters[www.nexusmods.com] - Allows you to reorder your characters on the character select screen.
Reveal Blessings[www.nexusmods.com] - Reveal all blessings available for the weapon in Re-Bless screen.
Scoreboard[www.nexusmods.com] - Shows a scoreboard after missions and additional messages for certain actions during gameplay.
Show Weapons In Lobby[www.nexusmods.com] - Press [E] to Swap Weapon in the Lobby.
Sort Brunt[www.nexusmods.com] - Sorts Brunt's Armory to keep similar items together. Normally, the items in Brunt's Armory are sorted by unlock level. This results in unintuitive weapon grouping, which makes it more difficult to find a specific kind of weapon. With SortBrunt, the items in Brunt's Armory are sorted by their ID in the code. This means they are vaguely alphabetical in English (e.g. Autoguns before Lasguns), but more importantly, this ensures that similar items are grouped together.
Sorted Mission Grid[www.nexusmods.com] - Sorts the Mission Board into a grid pattern, organized by difficulty.
Spectator HUD[www.nexusmods.com] - You can see the team status HUD after death (spectator mode).
Stamina Visibility[www.nexusmods.com] - Allows you to tweak the stamina bar's visibility. A simple mod that gives you more options to tweak the behavior of the stamina bar's visibility. You can individually tweak the appear delay, appear speed, vanish delay, and vanish speed. By default, the mod makes the stamina bar appear instantly and fade out slowly after a small delay. Additionally, you can force the stamina bar to always be visible or to always be hidden.
Status Colours[www.nexusmods.com] - This simple mod lets you specify the colour of the icon that appears in a player's frame when they are under a status effect, e.g. when they're down, or a hound has pounced them.
Needs fixing.
True Level[www.nexusmods.com] - Reads recorded exp earned after you hit the max level, and displays the actual level you can reach.
TruePeril[www.nexusmods.com] - Allows you to remove the interpolation/decay of the value on the Psyker's peril gauge and to show up to 2 decimal places of the peril value.
Volley Fire Timer[www.nexusmods.com] - See a timer showing how long you have to get your next kill to chain the veteran sharpshooters volley fire ability. All features have customizable position, size and color.
Which Book[www.nexusmods.com] - You can set individual icons for each side mission type and configure their colors on the mission board. More than 20 icons are available (loadout preset icons + nurgle symbol).
Who Are You[www.nexusmods.com] - Show the account name next to their character name. Currently it works on team panel hud only.
Screenshots
Conclusion
I’m not very good at English, so please be patient. I would appreciate any help in correcting errors, typos and poorly constructed sentences. Thank you in advance!

Thanks to [☃] Fish for the corrections.
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P4NZER 9 Jun, 2024 @ 2:58am 
thanks alot for this, it helped me start with mods in darktide. Also your English is incredible so you've nothing to worry about :)
xsSplater  [author] 19 Dec, 2023 @ 7:03am 
Modpack Updated.
xsSplater  [author] 17 Nov, 2023 @ 7:36am 
Modpack Updated. https://discord.gg/3gjd4jegca
xsSplater  [author] 17 Sep, 2023 @ 5:46pm 
I made a temporary fix for the English descriptions of blessings. https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/210
xsSplater  [author] 10 Aug, 2023 @ 8:17am 
Redownload version by 8.08.23 OR recreate mod_load_order.txt file using SL_EN_mod_load_order_file_maker.bat, because I mistakenly put the wrong file in the archive.
Warnstaff 14 Jul, 2023 @ 8:54am 
Alright, I can confirm that running the toggle_darktide_mods.bat file on on a windows install of the game (say, laptop or desktop) will modify (or is it create? I didn't check) a file called "bundles database.data" in the "bundles" folder. This file is the one you want moved over to the bundles folder on the Steam Deck. I don't know if you need the mods to be the same on both PC and SD, but I did.

Of note: I experienced an initial crash when I started up after this. After that it started up just fine.

I can thank Badwin on discord for helping me with the details. I also used Warpinator to transfer the files without much fuss.
Warnstaff 14 Jul, 2023 @ 6:00am 
And again, thank you for your help in pointing me towards the discord :)
Warnstaff 14 Jul, 2023 @ 5:58am 
I already have an update! I haven't tried it myself yet but a user on discord who also mods on Steam Deck uses a windows install on their desktop/laptop and simply copies the files over to the Steam Deck.

I personally am going to use a program called Warpinator for this since it's light weight and no fuss. Will have to do it for every update, so it's an extra step, but modding steam deck is possible. I'll be doing it myself here shortly.
Warnstaff 14 Jul, 2023 @ 5:10am 
I had no idea that discord existed. Thank you!
xsSplater  [author] 14 Jul, 2023 @ 5:08am 
Unfortunately, I can't help. Try asking on Discord: https://discord.gg/GFyCGNpJb8