Lethal Company is a dream for players looking for a survival horror experience that revolves around grabbing loot and fulfilling quotes in space. You can explore a variety of Planets and Moons, leading to incredibly unique experiences. However, it may be possible that you are looking for an experience that is a bit more tailored to your preferences.
In such a case, mods are ideal as you can go through a variety of them. You can install these mods and improve your experience, whether it be adding a flashlight, increasing the lobby size or any small change. We have prepared a comprehensive guide that will show you how you can install mods for your Lethal Company experience. Let’s dive in!
How To Install Mods
Starting off, we will need a mod managing software that will allow us to inject the mod into the game.
Luckily, there are a variety of tools that you can use, but we highly recommend that you use BepInEX. It is highly trusted by mod users and is consistently supported.
Here is a GitHub link, where you can download the software: BepInEx on GitHub.
Downloading BepInEX
1. After you visit the link, you’ll be met with a complicated looking menu. Scroll down a bit and keep your eye towards the right side of the screen. There will be a section here labeled Releases. You want to click on the latest one that is displayed.
2. This will open a section which provides detail on the latest version of BepInEx. Scroll to the bottom and you’ll see a section that says Assets. Here, you can choose whichever version is compatible for your system.
- For 64-bit Systems, download the one that says x64.
- For 86-bit Systems, download the one that says x86.
3. After the download is complete, you’ll find a .rar file in your Downloads. This is a zip file and you’ll need to extract it. We recommend extracting it to your Desktop as it will make the unzipping process much simpler.
Here is an example below:
You can extract the content of the zip file as shown below:
Once the extraction is complete, you will need to open the game directory folder for Lethal Company. If you are familiar with the process, you can do this manually (Skip to Step 6). Otherwise, we will walk you through the process.
4. Open up your Steam client and navigate to your Library. In the Library menu, look for the Lethal Company game that you have installed. Right click on the game, and select the Properties options in the small menu.
5. This will open the Properties Menu for Lethal Company on your Windows. Click on Installed Files, and then click on the Browse option on the right side of the window.
Once you do that, the Game Root Folder for the game will open. It will look something like this, although in your case there will be fewer files since there are no mods yet.
6. After that, open the Folder that you extracted from the zip file (onto your Desktop). Copy all the contents from this file as they are and paste them directly into the game root folder.
7. Once that’s done, open the BepInEX folder you copied here and make sure that it only has the ‘core’ folder inside.
Now, you’ll need to check if BepInEx has been properly installed. To check this, launch the game through the Steam client and wait till you are in the ‘Online/LAN’ menu. After that, quit the game and open the ‘core’ folder.
If more folders have appeared here, it means you successfully installed BepInEX. The first and most difficult part of this process has been completed!
Downloading & Installing Mods
1. Now that we have BepINex downloaded, it is time to actually start adding the mods. The process is pretty simple. We recommend going through the mods for Lethal Company on the Thunderstore website.
Here is a link that takes you directly to all the Lethal Company mods on the site: Lethal Company Thunderstore Mods.
2. There is a wide variety of mods available here that you can scroll through. Click on any that catches your eye and scroll to the bottom. Click on the Manual Download option here to download the desired mod.
3. After this, open up the Game Directory Folder for Lethal Company. We outlined this in detail in the previous section of this, through the Steam client. Once you’re here, click on the BepInEx folder followed by the Plugins folder.
4. Extract the mod that you downloaded into this folder. It will be a .DLL file. And that’s it, your mod will be installed and you can play the game with it. Close everything, and load up the game on your Steam Client.
Some strange code might appear before the game boots up. Don’t worry, this is completely normal. As you play the game, you might even notice the Mod symbol on the bottom left of the screen. This will indicate that the mod is in operation.
That’s everything you need to know about installing mods for Lethal Company. We have gone through each of the steps, including the software required, so that you can have them installed reliably. You can also use other mod injectors if you require but this is the best one in our opinion.
Also, special thanks to user Skell3to on Steam Community for outlining the method for installing mods for Lethal Company. The credit for most of the images and screenshots also goes to them. Check out their guide here: Lethal Company: How to download mods.
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