About Level Catchup Crew
From Steam WorkshopLevel Catchup Crew - Dynamic Crew Level Balancing Tired of situations where a new player joins the campaign and becomes completely useless compared to a crew with dozens or even hundreds of levels?…
Level Catchup Crew - Dynamic Crew Level Balancing
Tired of situations where a new player joins the campaign and becomes completely useless compared to a crew with dozens or even hundreds of levels?
Level Catchup Crew automatically synchronizes crew progression, helping new and behind players catch up without destroying the balance of the campaign.
Main Features
• Automatic level catch-up • Dynamic EXP leader detection • New and trusted player system • Bot support • No interruptions during missions • Safe for long-term campaigns • Multiplayer compatible • Designed for long campaigns and servers
How does the system work?
The mod analyzes the EXP of the entire crew at the start and end of each round.
The player with the highest EXP becomes the Leader.
Other crew members receive missing EXP in order to stay slightly behind the leader instead of remaining dozens of levels behind.
EXP is only added, never removed.
Two-Phase System
LOW Phase
Activates at low leader levels.
New players and bots receive 70% of the leader's EXP. Trusted players receive 85% of the leader's EXP.
NORMAL Phase
Activates once the leader reaches higher levels.
New players stay around 5 levels behind the leader. Trusted players stay around 3 levels behind the leader.
System Roles
Leader The player with the highest EXP on the server.
New Player A player who has not yet reached trusted status.
Trusted Player A player with at least 72 hours of playtime on the server.
Bot / CREW Bots and AI crew members can also receive catch-up EXP.
Recommended For
• Multiplayer campaigns • Long-term servers • RP servers • Large crews • Modpacks • Long survival campaigns
Requirements
Notes
This mod was designed to preserve campaign balance while reducing the massive level gap problem between crew members.
Future updates may include balance changes, configuration options, and additional systems.
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 5 mo ago.
Level Catchup Crew 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
- 2026-05-30, released 2026-05-30
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Level Catchup Crew.
Dependencies
- Required: LuaCsForBarotrauma
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Level Catchup Crew on a Barotrauma server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Compatibility
- Game
- Barotrauma
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMrKielbasa, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
