CustomCraft3 (Purple Edition)
⚪ Last updated 2023Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #5 of 26 Utilities mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Taken over from PrimeSonic with full permission.
Requires Nautilus
Update/Conversion of the popular CustomCraft2 for SMLHelper converted to Nautilus for better compatibility with Future mods.
Currently Supported Features
For full details of current features, check the auto-generated README file.
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[]Modify existing crafting recipes.
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]Add crafting recipes for items normally not crafted.[]Create your own custom items or alternate ways to craft existing ones.
[]Custom items can even copy some basic in-game functionality of existing items, all without any coding.
[]Customize how your added or modified recipes will unlock in-game.
[]Organized new recipes into the PDA blueprint menu.
[]Customize the energy values of items in the BioReactor
[]Move, remove, or copy any crafting node within the same fabricator or from one to another.
[]Create your own custom fabricators!
[]Create your own custom food!
[]Instructions and sample files provided to help learn to make your own custom crafts.
[]Original recipes for all existing in-game items generated on first load to give you a head start on making your own crafts.
[]Combine CC2 plugins across multiple files. Just drop them all in the WorkingFiles folder.
[]Compatible with all modded items created using Nautilus.
Installation
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[]You must have Bepinex installed to run any mod.
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]Custom Craft 3 requires Nautilus.[]Once the above are installed, you can extract the zip file into your Bepinex folder. You should see a new folder named CustomCraft3 inside the Bepinex/plugins folder.
Note: if you extract this into the plugins folder it will end up in Bepinex/plugins/plugins/CustomCraft3 and will not work!Installing Plug-ins
- []All txt files should go inside the WorkingFiles folder. (you can include sub-folders here to organize your files)
- All png image files should go into the Assets folder.
Getting Started with your own Custom Crafts
If this is the first time you're downloading this mod, or if you've just downloaded a new version, you will need to load the game once so all the required text files can be generated.
You don't even need to start the game. Just loading into the title screen is enough.
Once you have your files, take a look at the sample files provided in the archive and read through the README_HowToUseThisMod.txt file.
This file will generate the first time you launch the game and after every update of CC3
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[]You must have Bepinex installed to run any mod.
CustomCraft3 (Purple Edition) lets Subnautica players completely overhaul crafting recipes or create new items without any coding. It's a utility for tinkerers who want full control over the game's crafting system. The fork is maintained by MrPurple6411 and has 238 endorsements from 18,001 downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 238 endorsements and 18k downloads.
- Maintained fork, last updated December 2023.
- Total crafting freedom without needing to write code.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires manual configuration of recipe files, which can be time-consuming.
- As a fork, features may differ from the original CustomCraft3.
For Subnautica players who want to tweak game balance by changing recipes or adding entirely new craftable items. Ideal for tinkerers comfortable editing config files. Skip if you want a plug-and-play mod with zero setup — this one expects you to define your own changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Edit config files while the game is closed to avoid corruption.
- Use a JSON validator to ensure your custom recipes are correctly formatted.
- Start by modifying one existing recipe to learn the config structure before adding new items.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Subnauticabelowzero Mods
- Author
- Primesonic - Updated by MrPurple6411
- Version
- 1.0.0.4
- Downloads
- 18,001
- Endorsements
- 238
- Category
- Utilities
- Created
- 11/8/2023
- Updated
- 12/23/2023
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