About Better Genes
From Steam WorkshopWorks with Genes+ (But works better without) Tired of Having So Few Genes? This Mod Adds 28. Most Gene Mods are outdated, broken, or both. Or just simply add only four genes. Better Genes is here to…
Works with Genes+ (But works better without)
Tired of Having So Few Genes? This Mod Adds 28.
Most Gene Mods are outdated, broken, or both. Or just simply add only four genes. Better Genes is here to change that. Adding 28 Different genes that do various different things, of which, not all are exclusively for combat, For Example.
Fractal Guardian genes can be used for burn resist for engineers. Repair Bot genes can be used for general repairing. Mudraptor Veteran and Mudraptor Hatchling genes boost Skill and XP gain.
For those who want to throw hands with the ocean, Crawler Hatchling genes allow you to punch, and Hammerhead Spawn genes increase any gene creature attack you gain's damage.
Better Genes is part of a Planned Collection of "Better" Mods that enhance and improve various parts of barotrauma ranging from Drugs,To Medicine, to Husks, to Alcohol and potentially adding Cybernetics.
Better Collection
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
A 2 MB download, rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 6 mo ago.
Better Genes on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Barotrauma — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2026-04-30, released 2026-04-30, 2 MB
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Better Genes.
Run Better Genes on a Barotrauma server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWorkshop
Its source category doesn’t say more about what it does, so NxLabs lists it under Other.
Compatibility
- Game
- Barotrauma
- File size
- 2 MB
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓AuthorThe Purple Fox, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
