ShrunkenSurvivor
Play as a tiny survivor in a giant world. Three shrink tiers, rebalanced stats, oversized weapons, pulled-in camera, bonus rewards, and persona sound effects.
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ShrunkenSurvivor
You're tiny. The world isn't. Good luck.
A challenge mod that shrinks your survivor down to comical size while
Petrichor V and everything living on it stays enormous. Pick your tier,
feel the world tower over you, and earn bonus rewards for surviving it.
The three tiers
| Tier | Size | Move | Jump | Damage | Fire rate | Gold/XP bonus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small | 70% | 85% | 85% | 75% | +25% | +15% |
| ExtraSmall | 50% | 70% | 70% | 55% | +60% | +35% |
| ExtremelySmall | 30% | 55% | 55% | 40% | +100% | +60% |
Being small costs you speed, jump height, and damage - partially paid
back with a faster fire rate, and rewarded with bonus gold and XP the
smaller you dare to go. A Custom config section lets you override any
individual multiplier.
The full experience
- Pulled-in camera - the camera drops toward your tiny survivor so
enemies genuinely tower overhead. Tunable from 0 (normal) to 1 (full).
- Comically oversized weapon - your shrunken survivor lugs a gun
that's too big for them. Works best on gun-toting survivors.
- Persona sound effects - every survivor has a sound personality
when jumping, landing, and taking hits: soldier grunts (Commando,
Bandit, Loader...), agile breaths (Huntress, Mercenary, Seeker...),
machine servos (MUL-T, REX, CHEF), beast growls (Acrid, Void Fiend),
and arcane hums (Artificer, Heretic, False Son). Each survivor gets a
signature pitch, with variation so nothing sounds looped.
- Tiny bullets - your projectiles shrink with you (see below).
- CompensateEvasion (off by default) - being tiny makes enemies
miss more; enable this to trim max HP per tier and keep it honest.
Pairs perfectly with BiggerBullets
Install BiggerBullets (also by
Dileppy) alongside this mod and bullet size becomes fully independent
from body size: ShrunkenSurvivor automatically hands bullet control
over to BiggerBullets. Tiny survivor, screen-filling bullets - or tiny
survivor, tiny pea-shooter. Build the exact absurd experience you want.
Config
BepInEx/config/dileppy.shrunkensurvivor.cfg, generated on first launch.
Sections: General (tier, projectile shrink), Fun (weapon scale, camera),
Challenge (bonus rewards, evasion compensation), Audio (sounds, volume),
Custom (override any multiplier), Advanced (debug logging).
Multiplayer
Stats and rewards are decided by the host - host plus the shrunken
player should both run the mod. Singleplayer is the primary supported
mode.
Changelog
- 1.1.0 - Oversized weapons, camera pull-in, tier-scaled bonus
rewards, evasion compensation option, persona sound effects for the
whole roster, BiggerBullets compatibility.
- 1.0.1 - BiggerBullets detection: defers bullet sizing when installed.
- 1.0.0 - First release: three tiers, stat rebalance, tiny projectiles.
By Dileppy
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: