PlasteelSoul
Access Steel Soul-exclusive game content outside of Steel Soul mode.
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Plasteel Soul
Plasteel Soul lets you access Steel Soul-exclusive game content outside of Steel Soul mode.
Installation
This mod requires
BepInEx 5 and
I18N, and is
installed to your BepInEx/plugins directory.
[Configuration
Manager](
can be used with this mod.
Usage
Once this mod is installed, by default, you will be able to access all Steel Soul-exclusive game
content through various means. Specifically, in non-Steel Soul mode,
- Steel Seer Zi is accessible in the same location in the Blasted Steps and offers the same _A
Vassal Lost_ wish as she does in Steel Soul mode. The Summoned Saviour boss fight is identical and
the rewarded Growstone functions normally.
- The Shell Satchel can be purchased from Jubilana in Songclave for 290 rosaries after completing
the _The Lost Merchant_ wish.
- Skynx is accessible in the same location east of Styx's nest in Sinner's Road, and continues to
provide rosaries in exchange for Silkeaters. Styx is alive and well regardless.
- The Chrome Bell Lacquer can be applied to your Bellhome. You can still choose the White Bell
Lacquer instead.
Each of these features can be disabled by editing this mod's config file at
BepInEx/config/Esper89.PlasteelSoul.cfg or using Configuration Manager.
Languages
This mod adds new text to the game. If your language is not supported by this mod, you can add
support for it yourself by copying languages/en.json to languages/xx.json (where xx is your
language's lowercase two-letter code) and translating all of the text.
Repository
Plasteel Soul's source code can be found in its
GitHub repository.
License
Copyright © 2025 Esper Thomson
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version
3 of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.
If not, see.
Additional permission under GNU AGPL version 3 section 7
If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or combining it with Hollow Knight:
Silksong (or a modified version of that program), containing parts covered by the terms of its
license, the licensors of this Program grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: