OwlcatModdingWiki VS BubblePrints

Also I just remembered how vague Owlcat's wiki can be at times. Wolfie's and Kurufinve's guides can be more helpful. Join #mod-dev-technical in the discord if you have any questions!

Good starting spot

The Guide from Wolfie could be the first Place to start. The Owlcat Discord Server has also a Channel for Mod Devs, where you can ask Questions.

OwlcatModdingWiki A good starting place with an intro tutorial, basic game structure documentation, and links to more resources

If you know a bit about programming, modding in a archetype based on existing projects' code base shouldn't be too hard. The difficult part is the first step, but luckily we do have a wiki for that: https://github.com/WittleWolfie/OwlcatModdingWiki/wiki

It's rarely mentioned, but apart from the SRD and Neoseeker, I sometimes find the game's source blueprints to be the most helpful. See BubblePrints or blueprints.zip. It's sad that this extra effort can be required, but the Fextralife wiki does us few favors.

It only requires Toybox, but I recommend having BubblePrints so you can see how Etudes are connected to each other.

BubblePrints A desktop app to browse the game's blueprints (which define mechanics) Great for understanding how abilities, items, and more are implemented in the game

There are two tools I use, each of which has different strengths. Data Viewer is a fairly robust tool that I used for a long time. Blueprint Viewer is the tool I use more often these days. Data Viewer gives a lot more options when searching (had to use it for finding race reactivity), but Blueprint Viewer is a lot more stable and is better for figuring out what initiates stuff.