BepInEx 5 with Configuration Manager
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 354 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
BepInEx 5 framework required for running all mods for this game and includes the configuration manager mod for in-game config changes. This is specifically for Windows 64bit. Other OS users must use the installation guides on the BepInEx GitHub page.
Hit F1 in-game to bring up the configuration menu and change the value of plugin settings.
Installation
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[]In your Steam interface, right-click the Hollow Knight Silksong game link => Manage => Browse local files.
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]Download the .zip file from "Files" section on this mod page and open it.[]Drag all the files from the opened archive into the "Hollow Knight Silksong" folder you opened in step #1.
[]Start the game and exit.
[]In your "Hollow Knight Silksong" explorer window, open up the "BepInEx" folder. If there are two new folders in there (plugins and config) then BepInEx is loaded correctly and ready to have plugins installed. If not then I recommend you check the GitHub page I linked above.
[]You are now ready to download and use plugins by extracting them into the BepInEx/plugins folder.
BepInEx 5 is the essential modding framework for this game, required to run all mods, and includes a configuration manager for in-game tweaks. It's a Windows 64-bit build, with 5,940 endorsements and 582,516 downloads, last updated September 2025. This is the foundation for any modded setup.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 5,940 endorsements and over half a million downloads
- Essential for modding—without this, nothing else works
- Built-in config manager means you can tweak mods without restarting the game
⚠️ Cons
- Windows 64-bit only—if you're on Linux or Mac, you'll need to follow separate guides
- Framework mods can break with game updates, so keep an eye on the version
- Potential conflicts with other framework mods if you're not careful with load order
For anyone serious about modding this game—it's the backbone. If you're just starting out, grab this first. Skip if you're on a non-Windows OS or don't plan to use mods at all.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you download the correct version for your game—BepInEx 5 is for older games, while newer ones might need BepInEx 6.
- After installing, run the game once to generate the config folder, then you can edit settings or use the in-game config manager.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle BepInEx installation to avoid file placement errors.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Hollowknightsilksong Mods
- Author
- BepInEx Authors
- Version
- 5.4.23.2
- Downloads
- 582,516
- Endorsements
- 5,940
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 9/5/2025
- Updated
- 9/5/2025
🔧 How to Install Hollow Knight: Silksong Mods
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