Dread

Atmospheric horror overhaul for R.E.P.O. Makes the game feel genuinely unsettling without breaking the vanilla experience.

Features

Ambient Audio

Rare positional horror sounds (scraping, footsteps, breathing, door creaks, whispers) placed around the level during runs.

Visual Corruption

Random light flickering
Screen edge vignette pulses
Shadow glitches at the edge of view

Environmental Wrongness

Small objects and lights subtly shift position between room visits.

Monster Overhaul

1.25x HP — monsters take more to bring down (host only)
1.2x speed and acceleration — noticeably more aggressive (host only)
Deeper audio — pitch lowered, reverb increased on all enemy sounds
Wider detection radius — voice and noise alerts enemies across the room, not just in melee range

Tension System

Adrenaline — sprint energy drains up to 70% slower when an enemy is nearby (within 15m)
Out of breath — plays a gasp sound when stamina drops below 10%, 60 second cooldown per trigger
Fake footsteps — rarely plays footstep sounds positioned behind you with no source

QOL

Crouch speed — 30% faster, making crouching a viable movement option

Netcode

Feature	Who needs mod
Monster HP & speed	Host only
Detection radius	Host only
All audio/visual effects	Per client
Adrenaline & stamina sounds	Per client

Players without the mod can join modded lobbies. Monster changes are host-authoritative and apply to everyone. Atmospheric effects only appear for players with the mod installed.

Audio Files

Place OGG files in BepInEx/plugins/elytraking-Dread/audio/:

scraping.ogg
footsteps.ogg
breathing.ogg
door_creak.ogg
whisper.ogg
breath2.ogg (optional — adds variety to the out-of-breath sound)
breath3.ogg (optional)

Free horror sounds: freesound.org. Missing files are skipped silently.

Config

All features independently toggleable via BepInEx/config/elytraking.dread.cfg (generated on first run). Compatible with REPOConfig for in-game editing.