Spartan

A frontline survivor mod by Insanity, built around spears, shield attacks, and Barrier.

This is an early testing release. Version 1.0.1 introduces a reworked model and animations. Unity import, controller playback and compilation have been checked; gameplay and multiplayer validation of this update are in progress.

Abilities

• Aegis: Gain 25% more Barrier from all sources. Your Barrier decays 25% slower.
• Spear Throw: Throw a spear for 350% damage. Holds three charges, with recharge improved by attack speed.
• Shield Bash: Sweep your shield for 300% damage, knock enemies back, and reduce armor by 60 for eight seconds. Gain Barrier per enemy hit; missed attacks recharge faster.
• Shield Charge / Shield Slam: Shares two charges with a seven-second recharge. Brace and charge through enemies, with movement speed improving the dash. Aim downward to hop and Slam, stunning enemies and sending a shockwave forward.
• For Sparta!: Leap, choose your landing location, and dive for 1200% impact damage plus a 400% shockwave. Grant nearby allies Barrier and create a protective shield arena for eight seconds.

Includes a reworked carapace-armored Spartan model with baked armor and fabric textures, shield-forward survivor portrait and display stance, skill icons, animations, and gold attack effects. Full ability details are available in the Loadout tab.

Version 1.0.1

• Reworked carapace armor, shield, helmet crest, leather strips and cloth.
• Updated movement and ability animations, including shield contact and free-arm follow-through.
• Updated the thrown spear to match the carried spear model.
• Aligned Shield Bash damage and its swing effect with the strike, and spear release with the throwing motion.
• Retained existing damage, recharge and movement settings.

Please check attack/effect timing, terrain landings and remote-player animations when testing this update.

Installation

Install SpartanMod with Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman, allow its dependencies to install, then launch using Start modded.

If upgrading from a manually installed testing build, remove or disable that previous Henry/Spartan package first. Do not load duplicate copies of HenryMod.dll or SpartanMod.dll.

For manual installation, install the dependencies listed in manifest.json and copy the included BepInEx folder into your Risk of Rain 2 installation, preserving the folder structure.

Multiplayer testing

Every player must install the same SpartanMod version. Matching mod profiles are recommended.

Test with each player hosting in turn. Please check remote-player animations and carried spears, attack effects and damage, ally Barrier from For Sparta!, and shield-arena collision and attack blocking. Multiplayer behavior has not yet been fully verified.

When reporting an issue, include the mod version, whether the Spartan player was the host or a joining player, what each player saw, and the relevant BepInEx log.

Credits

• SpartanMod design and project: Insanity.
• Original survivor framework: Rob / ArcPh1r3, HenryTutorial.
• Modding libraries and tools: BepInEx, R2API, and the Risk of Rain 2 modding community.
• Referenced Risk of Rain 2 assets and effects: their original creators.
• Portrait and skill icon artwork created with AI image-generation assistance. Model, animation and code development also used AI assistance with manual iteration.

This is an unofficial mod. Some internal template asset and sound lookup names remain unchanged to preserve compatibility.

Changelog

1.0.15

• Corrected the polished model's material handling and skin renderer paths in gameplay.
• Changed character selection to the neutral idle pose.
• Reworked walking and running with coordinated arm/elbow motion, narrower steps, larger run stride, pelvis/spine/chest rotation and subtle upper-body movement.
• Added aligned clavicle movement and steadier forward-facing head motion.
• Slowed the run cycle by 18% and softened bonus movement-speed animation scaling, capped at 1.65 times normal cadence. Actual movement speed is unchanged.
• Reworked Shield Charge to use the run cycle with a forward-held shield, vertical bob and improved hand/forearm contact.
• Removed Agile from Spear Throw; throwing cancels sprinting.
• Improved Shield Slam landing control with live terrain aiming and additional horizontal travel time.
• Retained existing damage and recharge values.

Versions 1.0.2–1.0.14 were local iteration builds incorporated into this update.

1.0.1

• Added the reworked carapace model, baked armor/fabric textures, helmet crest and matching carried/thrown spears.
• Updated movement and ability animations and aligned attack/effect timing.

1.0.0

• Initial Spartan testing release.