Feral Loot

The loot doesn't want to be extracted.

Every valuable in the level is a skittish little creature. Get close and it hops away. It picks the most open escape route, bounces off walls, flees down corridors, and makes all kinds of noise that monsters can hear.

How it works

• It runs. Walk within ~6 m and the valuable hops away from you. Sprinting scares it from further away.
• Sneak up on it. Crouch or crawl and it only notices you at less than half the distance.
• It gets tired. After a few hops it lies there panting for a few seconds. That's your moment.
• It squirms. Carried loot wriggles and spins in your grip.
• It slips free. Expensive loot can wriggle out of a single player's hands and bolt. Carry it with a friend and it can't escape.
• The cart calms it down. Once it's in a cart, the truck, or an extraction point, it goes quiet. Take it out again and it runs again.
• It fidgets. Loot nobody is watching twitches now and then. That thump down the hall? Could be a monster. Could be a vase.

Temperament (based on value)

By default, loot can't break from its own hops (SafeHops). You can still smash it the usual way.

Multiplayer

Only the host needs this mod. All the chaos happens in the host's physics simulation, which everyone else already sees. Your friends don't have to install anything.

Config (BepInEx/config/Adir.FeralLoot.cfg)