Game-data catalogs

Every game id from your own install: search them, check data packs against them, and use them as C# constants.

Works today 1 min read Updated November 4, 2026

The catalog lists the game’s items, recipes, templates, perks, buffs, skills, sound cues and more, made from your own install, read-only. It’s Keen Games’ data, so it’s never committed, bundled or downloaded.

kiln catalog build                  # every installed side; skipped when current
kiln catalog status                 # file, game build, current?, counts
kiln catalog path                   # where it lives
kiln catalog search "bronze sword" --section items

A build takes about a second. Rebuild when status says the game changed. It refuses while Steam is updating, and never writes into game folders. A dedicated server’s catalog has no texts or sounds.

kiln lint checks names against it, and VS Code completes and explains them.

C# constants

Kiln.Sdk adds a generator to every mod:

using Kiln.GameIds;

Content.Items.Get(GameItems.Weapon_T1_1H_SwordEpic_01)!.Set("maxStackSize", 5);
// hover on the constant: "Bronze Sword (Weapons, …)"
uint id = GameItems.Ids.Weapon_T1_1H_SwordEpic_01;
string guid = GameItems.Guids.Weapon_T1_1H_SwordEpic_01;
Content.Buffs.Get(GameBuffs.Rested_cdbe9c80);

GameItems, GamePerks, GameRecipes, GameTemplates, GameSequences and GameSounds hold names. GameBuffs, GameSkills and GameWorkshops hold 0x ids. GameCatalog names the build.

<KilnGameIds> picks the sections: default Items;Perks;Buffs;Skills;Workshops, also Recipes, Templates, Sequences, Sounds, All (about 58,000 constants) or None.

No catalog gives KILN190, and code using the constants won’t compile. Run kiln catalog build.