15. Empty Chests Begone 

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Incredibly useful, if you’ve ever seen a chest and run over to it, only to realize that it’s just another empty one, you know the pain. This mod makes those pesky chests disappear! It also works with the Radar Scanner equipment item. So when you scan for chests to loot, the worry of wasting time getting to a chest that’s empty, and playing a guessing game for which ones aren’t empty is no longer an issue! No empty chests disrupting looting and shooting

14. Teleporter Show Redux 

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This mod makes the teleporter location icon appear once you or a pal passes close enough, or pings it (depending on the hosts configurations)! Making scouting for the teleporter early easier!

• Shows the Teleporter all around the map, making returning to it when ready for the boss fight easier
• Configurable triggers for showing it to allow for custom settings
• Multiplayer compatible so that even if someone other than the host finds it, it can show for everyone

13. Ready Up 

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Ensures that the whole team is ready to fight whatever boss the game has relentlessly devised. This can prevent accidental starting of the boss/teleporter or arguing over when to start it. 

• Encourages fair team play by making players agree when to start
• Configurable percentages of readied players so that you can customize how many people need to be readied for the teleporter
• Countdown after percentage reached to give a warning to players that the teleporter will be unlocked and allowed to start soon.

12. Lunar Coin Share On Pickup 

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This mod is pretty much essential for multiplayer, when everyone needs lunar coins, it’s not fun to fight over them. This mod fixes that with a simple answer, sharing them! Every time you pick up a lunar coin, every one of your partners collects one!

• Shares lunar coins so players don’t fight over them
• Only shares the coins when picking them up not when spending them

11. Command Queue 

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One of the deadliest things in the late game is playing with Artifact of Command, where stopping for too long to choose an item can easily be a death sentence. With Command Queue, you can wait until it's clear and choose the items you want for each tier, allowing you to pick up items in the heat of battle. 

• Queue up items to take from the Command essence
• Keeps flow of combat and looting
• Interactive custom menu
• Able to queue items for each item tier 

10. HAN-D OVERCLOCKED

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HAN-D is ported from Risk of Rain 1 by ardent fans of the class. It is a fierce fighter, and has unique abilities that allow it to stand out among the other classes that Hopoo offers us.

• Varied skills that aren’t like many others and are the same or better than the original game.
• Custom, hand-crafted class with much love put into it from the community to make it as close to the original as possible.
• Based in lore from the previous game

9. Engineer With A Shotgun REDUX 

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Simply put, the engineer has a pretty meh primary. This mod fixes that… with a shotgun! The shotgun is a scatter-shot type weapon that could almost be considered a burst type weapon.

• The Engineer gets a shotgun
• Fixes issues some players may have with the vanilla primary weapon for Engineer 
• Gives another option for people who want to switch it up from time to time.
• Adds different Engineer grenade options

8. Refightilization 

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Highly configurable mod allowing dead players to respawn as monsters, either hostile to their fellow players or protect them from beyond the grave. The ability to become and play as a monster after death is definitely a fun element, especially since it’s a random monster each time.

• Gives people something to do after they die to keep their interest and focus on the game
• Play as monsters including getting to use their skills and abilities
• Adds a fun, competitive nature to the game
• Even after dying as the monster, the mod allows you to continue respawning as random monsters until the other players finish the boss and proceed to the next stage. 

7. Teleporter Turrets 

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Ever feel like the turrets can be a little useless since they only help while you’re in that area? This mod moves turrets you’ve repaired to the teleporter when it’s started to give them a bit more use!

• Moves any purchased turrets from their original location to around the teleporter whenever the teleporter starts to charge
• Gives an extra layer of protection and a helping hand when fighting the teleporter boss as well as when charging the teleporter after the boss is defeated

6. Sharesuite 

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A completely customizable suite of tools to make items shared between players! Whether it’s Dio’s best friend, or Soldier Syringes, you can set whatever you like to be shared, or not shared!

• No more competing for items and arguing over the amount of items each player has
• Configurable balancing that is completely customizable
• Crazy broken runs that can get out of hand with how many items can stack resulting in lots of speed, a high amount of jumps, or even crazy fast skill cooldowns for a few examples 

5. Aetherium 

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The Aetherium Mod adds many new items to the game, and is a welcome addition to any playthrough! Unique effects, and stunning builds are possible here and seen nowhere else!

• 11 Regular Items
• 6 Lunar Items
• 6 Artifacts
• 1 Aspect
• 1 Interactable

4. Miner Unearthed

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The Miner custom class is all about mobility, speed, and non-stop action. They gain attack and movement speed buffs whenever they gain gold, so fast and effective kills are the name of the game with this character!

• New Survivor with unique skills and abilities
• Acrobatic Skill-Set that allows for free flowing movement
• Innovative Abilities

3. Amp 

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Ride the lightning with this survivor! All about applying the electrified debuff to their enemies, Amp has an array of lightning-based abilities that compliment this style!

• New Survivor with unique element based skill sets and abilities
• Lightning Skill-Set with both close and long ranged attacks
• An ability that makes you untouchable and allows you to fly through the air in the form of lightning
• Awesome Character Design that really shows off and compliments the lightning theme really well

2. Enforcer 

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Steadfast and strong, the enforcer is an unmovable wall. Wielding its signature shield, the Enforcer can power through anything, and push anything that gets too close! This mod also adds the Nemesis Enforcer, previously part of the mod StarStorm 2. This class is all about swapping between a high speed minigun, and a slow, high-damage hammer to deal the most damage!

• 2 New Survivors with their own skills and abilities
• Callback to Risk of Rain 1
• Tank-Like Skill-Set that lets you power through anything and deal lots of damage at once
• Faithful Character Design that stays true to their original designs

1. Paladin 

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The Paladin, left on Petrichor V after the events of the first game, seeks revenge, holding the broken blade of his master, Providence at his side. There was one who he sought to destroy over all else… Mithrix. By far the most well-developed class on this list, the Paladin is rich with both lore, and skill. You will not be bored playing with this class, and with unique lines from Mithrix upon the final battle, you get a sense of his part in the universe of Risk of Rain.

• Fully fleshed out skills that make him feel like a base game survivor
• Lore linking back to Risk of Rain 1 that connects the 2 games and adds depth to the character 
• Special interactions with Mithrix to really add to the feel between the two characters and give a special experience
• Unlockable skills that give the Paladin more options and versatility

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