Game data

Same rules as items: changes belong to your mod, come off when it unloads, and reach Kiln players through the server. They go in the same content/*.json files.

Section	Holds
templates	creatures, projectiles, explosions: size, level, senses, colliders, lifetime
arsenals	enemies’ attacks and when they use them
sequences	timed actions: when a cast fires, when its cost is paid
buffs	duration, effects
perks	damage bonuses, armour effects
skills	skill-tree nodes: cost, levels, values
items	also the values items pass to spells: mana cost, stamina cost, damage

{ "format": 1,
  "items": {
    "Ammo_T1_Spell_Fire_Ball_lvl10": { "impactValues.ManaCost": 30 },
    "Ability_DoubleJump": { "impactValues.StaminaCost": 5 } },
  "templates": {
    "Explosion_Player_Spell_Fireball_1": {
      "ColliderResourceComponent.colliders[0].dataArray[0].shape.radius": { "mul": 1.5 } },
    "Enemy_Vukah_*": { "@where": { "Faction.faction": "Vukah" },
                       "Enemy01BehaviorState.aggroSetup.viewRange": { "mul": 1.5 } } },
  "perks": { "Perk_Damage_Ice": {
      "damageModifier.distribution.magicalIceDamage": { "mul": 2 } } },
  "skills": { "item:Ability_DoubleJump": { "costs": 1 } } }

Paths use the game’s field names. Template paths start with the component’s name. [i] picks a list element, [*] all of them. Find them with kiln catalog search or the admin Game data page.

When a change shows

Data	Takes effect
creature behaviour, attacks, colliders	at once, for every creature of that kind
level, size, lifetime	the next spawn
spell values (damage, radius, buff)	the next cast
costs	the next payment
cast timing	the next time the action plays
skill node costs	the next unlock

The server decides, so players without Kiln play along. Their tooltips and some timings may show the game’s values.

Clones

A templates change is global. For one creature, use Creatures. For a new kind with its own name and values, clone it:

"templates": { "add": [ {
  "guid": "6b1e0c52-93a4-4f7e-b2d8-1c5a7e9f3d40",
  "name": "MyMod_Elite_Vukah",
  "base": "Enemy_Vukah_Melee",
  "fields": { "Level.dataStorage[0]": 20, "ScaleComponent.uniformScale": 1.4 } } ] }

Spawn it by name. perks and buffs take clones too, with names per language. A cloned perk has applied a cloned buff on hit in a real game, joined, with the mod on both sides. A perk runs only once its enhancement is unlocked: the game’s rule. Not checked yet: Kiln players without the mod.

Players’ games must know clones: set "clients": "kiln".

From code

Content.Templates, Arsenals, Sequences, Buffs, Perks and Skills work like Content.Items: get an entry, read or set a path, reset it.