ArtiSkillSwap
Make Ion Surge a utility Skill, or Snapfreeze a Special. Includes minimal config, Supports additional skills of all kinds!
About this mod Author’s original text
ArtiSkillSwap
This mod makes Ion Surge a Utility and Snapfreeze a Special. It also allows Flamethrower while sprinting (because Ion Surge + Flamethrower will waste your cooldown otherwise). There's some basic config if you only want to move one skill, or don't want sprinting flamethrower.
Still hate Ion Surge, but like being able to move? Check out my other mod Eruption for a hot new utility skill!
Known Issues & Compatibility
Should be compatible with any mods that add skills or passives to Artificer. If you don't have Ion Surge unlocked and it's your only available utility then you will not be able to see it in the lobby, but you will still have it equipped on entering the game.
Ancient Scepter will behave weirdly when using Ion Surge in the utility slot, I do not have the skill or knowledge to fix this. Sorry!
Credits
Thanks to the various unofficial modding discords for being cool and helpful, to Borbo and Artificer Extended for making me like artificer enough to bother making this the first time, and to Curly for being the only Snapfreeze Special Enjoyer.
Additional Thanks to Leaf_It for reminding me to update this for Seekers.
Installation
Use R2ModMan, but if for some reason you can't then place ArtiSkillSwap.dll in /Risk of Rain 2/BepInEx/plugins
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: