How to add mods to your Sons of the Forest server

Sons of the Forest has no Steam Workshop, so mods are .dll plugins built for the RedLoader mod loader, which you switch on in the panel.

Back up first. See How to back up and restore your Sons of the Forest world.

Add a mod

1. In Settings, then Game Settings, turn on RedLoader mod loader and restart the server.
2. The first start after turning it on rebuilds the game's support files and takes a couple of minutes. Wait for it to finish.
3. Upload each mod .dll into the Mods folder in Files.
4. Restart the server to load the mods.
5. Check the mod's own page to see whether players must install it too.

Check it worked

After the restart, join the server and look for the mod's changes in the game. If the mod does not appear, remove it again and ask support to take a look. See How to add mods, plugins and modpacks.

If the server stops after you add a mod, remove the newest mod or restore your backup. See How to fix a server that will not start.