Using ColdSun's Free Mods in your Wabbajack Modlist

ColdSun Creations' free mods can be installed automatically by Wabbajack from stable, public download links — no login, no manual re-hosting. This guide is for modlist authors.

Patreon/supporter mods are not available this way (Wabbajack direct links must be login-free). Only free mods are offered for Wabbajack.

What ColdSun Provides

• A permanent, public download URL for every free mod file: https://coldsunscreations.com/api/wabbajack/files/<fileId>
• A ready-to-paste .meta snippet on each mod's page (the "Wabbajack" button next to the download button of each file).
• A machine-readable list of everything available: https://coldsunscreations.com/api/wabbajack/manifest

These URLs are version-pinned and byte-stable: a given file always serves the same bytes, so Wabbajack's hash check stays valid. When ColdSun ships a new version, it gets a new file with a new URL — your list keeps using the exact version you pinned until you update it.

One-time: The Allow-list

Wabbajack only allows non-Nexus download domains that are on its server-side allow-list. coldsunscreations.com is submitted for that list — once it's merged, published now on the allowed list so modlists can use these links. (Private/testing lists generally work immediately.)

Adding a File to Your Modlist

The site gives you the two things Wabbajack needs — a download URL and the .meta line. The rest is your normal authoring workflow:

• Find the file. On the mod's page at coldsunscreations.com, open the Files section. Each free file shows a "Use in Wabbajack (.meta)" block with its download URL and the exact snippet. (Or grab everything from /api/wabbajack/manifest.)
• Download the archive from that URL into your Mod Organizer 2 downloads folder.
• Create the .meta next to the archive (same name, with .meta appended — e.g. Hrist.7z → Hrist.7z.meta) containing:

[General]
directURL=https://coldsunscreations.com/api/wabbajack/files/<fileId>

• Install/activate the mod in MO2 as you normally would.
• Compile your modlist in Wabbajack. It reads the directURL from the .meta and records it as the download source; on install, every user's Wabbajack pulls the file straight from coldsunscreations.com.

The manifest (for tooling)

GET https://coldsunscreations.com/api/wabbajack/manifest returns JSON listing every available free mod and its files. Each file entry includes its downloadUrl, sizeBytes, and a ready-made metaSnippet:

{
  "generatedAt": "…",
  "mods": [
    {
      "id": "…", "name": "…", "version": "…", "category": "…",
      "modUrl": "https://coldsunscreations.com/mods/…",
      "files": [
        {
          "fileId": "…", "title": "…", "version": "…",
          "fileName": "…", "sizeBytes": 12345,
          "downloadUrl": "https://coldsunscreations.com/api/wabbajack/files/…",
          "metaSnippet": "[General]\ndirectURL=…\n"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Questions / issues

If a link doesn't resolve or you'd like a mod added to the Wabbajack list, reach out through the Support page or the Discord.