BootlegBestiary

v1.1.2·Updated 2026-06-10

Adds 2 new fully custom enemies to the game!

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About this mod Author’s original text

Bootleg Bestiary

  • An experimental mod that adds some weird new enemies to the game!
  • This mod is a BIG WIP, I'm highly inexperienced at making new blender assets, texturing, animating, rigging, etc. So whilst I aim to try and polish these enemies as much as I can - expect lots of imperfections! I'm learning with each new enemy that I make.
  • Also bugs. There will be bugs. Please report any you find to me on Discord! (Username skeletogne)

The Bestiary

Basic Monsters

Bathylopod

  • A hovering cephalopod that lives inside a salvaged diving helmet. Sprays ink, and attacks by swiping it's tentacles!
  • Regular Stages: Verdant Falls, Viscous Falls, Wetland Aspect, Sulfur Pools, Gilded Coast, The Simulacrum (Sky Meadow)
  • Modded Stages: Wetland Downpour, Fogbound Lagoon, Sunken Tombs, The Simulacrum (Wetland Downpour and Sunken Tombs)

Minibosses

Marrowing

  • A flying, skull-headed serpent that sweeps terrain with its powerful fiery breath. It can dive-bomb, burrow, and erupt from the ground!
  • Regular Stages: Distant Roost (post-loop), Abandoned Aqueduct, Iron Alluvium, Abyssal Depths, Helminth Hatchery, The Simulacrum (Abandoned Aqueduct and Abyssal Depths).
  • Modded Stages: Ancient Observatory, The Simulacrum (Ancient Observatory)

Credits

-.score for the PluginConfig and some utils from EnemiesPlus

  • synodii for giving me lots of blender tips!
  • PlNK for creating the Bathylopod log entry!
  • RoR2 modcord folks for helping me refine ideas into enemies.

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

RiskofThunder-R2API_DirectorRiskofThunder-R2API_PrefabRiskofThunder-R2API_SoundRiskofThunder-R2API_LanguageRiskofThunder-R2API_RecalculateStatsRiskofThunder-R2API_DamageType

File & checksum

Filename
BootlegBestiary-1.1.2.zip
File size
8.3 MiB