The best State of Decay 2 mods in 2026
My pick of State of Decay 2 mods for 2026: more zombies, hostiles that attack your base, motorcycles, relationships between survivors and realistic blood.
State of Decay 2 is still alive thanks to mods. This is my pick for 2026: mods that really change how you play, not just how it looks. They're all on this site, with screenshots, install steps and community reviews.
To make the world feel more alive
Improved Bandits and Hostile Enclaves. Hostiles stop waiting around: they roam the map, set up camps and can launch a siege on your base. If you don't make it back in time, you lose someone from your community.
Extra Zombies. Six new zombies (nurse, firefighter, cops and prisoners) mixed in with the game's own. The firefighter has his own rules: shoot the air tank and it explodes.
Free
Early access＋ 1 add-onFor your community
Relationships and Friendships. Your survivors get to know each other, become friends, fall in love or end up as rivals, with a new tab to see every relationship and bonuses for taking someone close as your follower.
Orders for your follower. From the emote menu you tell your follower to follow you, wait, fight defensively or go on the attack.
Early access
FreeFor getting around and for gore
Motorcycles (Days Gone). A drivable motorcycle inspired by the one in Days Gone, with its own rider and passenger poses, leaning into turns and its own sound.
Realistic Blood. Blood stops looking like pink smoke: new splatters, spurts coming from the wound and more brutal dismemberment.
Female Ferals. Adds female ferals to the game, half and half with the male ones.
Early access
Free＋ Add-on
FreeHow to install them
They all install the same way: download the .pak and add it with the mod manager or copy it into the Paks folder. The full guide is in How to install mods in State of Decay 2.