how to download mods

how to download mods for the best game in existence
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Downloads and Installation

If you run into any issues while installing, check the troubleshooting section below.

IMPORTANT: Mods last updated before December 26th 2022 NO LONGER WORK (because of some melonloader changes made around that time). Also, to use Melonloader you now need to download and install .NET 6.0. If you don’t have it, you will get an error when launching the game.

Download:

modhelper [github.com]

Melonloader [github.com]

.NET 6.0 [dotnet.microsoft.com]

Download the mod helper and MelonLoader
Open the Melonloader zip you just downloaded, then select all of the files in the zip and copy them


Navigate to the BTD6 directory, which by default is located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BloonsTD6

Paste the files from the zip into the BTD6 directory

Download .NET 6.0 and install it

Now launch the game to generate the “Mods” folder. If you get the MSVCP140.dll was not found error, or the game doesn’t launch at all then install visual c++ and then restart your pc.

Put Btd6ModHelper.dll in the “Mods” folder

If all goes well, the Mods directory should look like this:

IMPORTANT: Btd6ModHelper.dll needs to be in the Mods directory at all times. If you don’t have the mod helper, the game will not save progress and most mods will not work.

How to uninstall Melonloader

delete the melonloader, mods, plugins, userdata, userlibs folders as well as dobby.dll, notice.txt and version.dll

Common Mods

Fire Rate Changer[github.com]

SpeedHack[github.com]

Obtaining Mods

The mod helper adds a new button to the bottom right of the main menu which allows you to access the mod browser, where you can find a bunch of mods as well as mod repositories.

You can also get mods from these discord servers:

BTD6 Mods and Discussions[discord.gg] Most public mods are here

1330 Studios[discord.gg] Most public mods are here too. Tewtiy also gets his mods from here (note that some of them aren’t public, especially older ones)

To download mods from GitHub, try to find a DLL file and download it. If there is no DLL file, then check if there are any releases

To disable some mods, you can manually move the files to another directory.

troubleshooting

The console or a popup window says “il2cpp_init detour failed”
You need to install the .Net 6 Runtime https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-6.0.12-windows-x64-installer

A popup window says “failed to initialize: failed to find bootstrap”
You didn’t uninstall melonloader correctly. you need to delete the melonloader, mods, plugins, userdata, userlibs folders as well as dobby.dll, notice.txt and version.dll

A popup window says “failed to initialize: failed to load library”
Rename your btd6 folder to “BloonsTD6”. If that doesn’t work, change the language of Windows to english. If that still doesn’t work, reinstall the game with your antivirus turned off. It’s not entirely clear what causes this error.

The console says “Could not load file or assembly …”
Reinstall Melonloader with your antivirus turned off

The game is not saving
Make sure you have the mod helper, you can download the latest release here: https://github.com/gurrenm3/BTD-Mod-Helper/releases/latest/download/Btd6ModHelper.dll

If you are trying to uninstall, read the section above

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