HerculeanCairn

v1.0.0·Updated 2025-12-18

Adds a new stage 2, a looming plantation of stone and lichen.

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About this mod Author’s original text

OVERVIEW

Herculean Cairn is a new stage 2 (currently with 2 variants) intended to provide a different experience from the stage 2s the vanilla game has. Can you make your way across the perilous scaffolding and lichen-covered rocks of the cairn and live to lose your run another day?

Probably. I mean, it's just a stage 2. How bad can it be?

CREDITS

  • Tilesets, music, and stage design by yours truly, goatnorth.
  • Winslow, who the mod could not have been finished without.
  • Bootstrapped Phoenix 64, who with his consistent badgering of me likely gave me the motivation to actually complete it.
  • And you, of course, for showing interest in it!

CONTACT

You are welcome to ping me (@goatnorth) in the Risk of Rain Returns Modding Discord if you have any questions or concerns about the mod.

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
  3. For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.

Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide. If the mod depends on a loader such as ReturnOfModding, install it first as the readme describes.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

ReturnOfModding-ReturnOfModdingReturnsAPI-ReturnsAPI

File & checksum

Filename
HerculeanCairn-1.0.0.zip
File size
3.2 MiB
SHA-256
f319acee123679b85106bfb221fc141401bb31db09bcd71aea2c310c8addcb4b
Stored at
2026-10-06 19:26