Community Modding Workshop¶
Pagonia Land is a workshop for modding Pioneers of Pagonia — specifically GameDatabase modding: changing existing buildings, units, recipes, costs, and objectives.
Looking for map editing instead?
The Pagonia Editor that ships with the game lets you author all of it — maps, scenarios, GameDatabase changes — and publish it as a .pak mod (community wiki on wiki.gg covers using it). Pagonia Land complements it, not replaces it: a structured map of the GameDatabase, declarative patches with conflict detection for the text / CI path, and the install / deploy / rollback lifecycle.
What You Get¶
Pagonia Land brings together the things a modder actually reaches for:
- A structured map of the game's XML database — entity model, GUID references, system guides.
- Three command-line tools covering the full mod lifecycle: editing → installing → deploying.
- A desktop app — the Pagonia Land app turns your own install into an interactive, icon-rich GameDatabase catalog you can browse, cross-navigate, and search.
- JSON Schemas that any third-party tool can read against — the integration contract for GUIs, IDE plugins, CI scripts.
- A growing library of worked examples — from "change one construction cost" walkthroughs to building a custom Sanctuary ability end-to-end.
The goal is to shorten the path from "I have an idea" to "it works in-game" — whether you're writing your first patch, installing someone else's mod, or building a GUI on top of the contracts we ship.
Start Here¶
| Your goal | Where to go |
|---|---|
| First orientation + get your game data set up | Local Setup |
| Make your first small edits | First Modding Experiments |
| Try a fuller walkthrough | Worked Examples |
| Browse the data interactively | Catalog Browser |
| Common questions | FAQ |
Two paths through this site
Just want to install mods? Grab the pagonia-manager binary — no clone needed.
Want to write mods or explore the database? Clone or download the repository first; see the FAQ for the two ways to get it.
Modding is at your own risk
Mods change official Pioneers of Pagonia files. Envision Entertainment cannot provide technical support for modded installs. Changes can introduce bugs, instability, or save corruption. If something goes wrong (black screens, crashes), the EE support team cannot help until all modifications are reverted.
Tools¶
Three command-line tools cover the full mod lifecycle. Most modders only use the manager.
| Tool | What it does | When you'd use it |
|---|---|---|
| pagonia-manager | install / enable / profile / plan / deploy / rollback mods | You want to install or manage mods on a real game install |
| pagonia-patcher | declarative mod.yaml patch DSL with conflict detection |
You're writing a mod by hand at the XML level |
| pagonia-paker | list / unpack / pack / patch .pak archives |
You need to inspect, extract, or repack .pak files directly |
Downloads as Native AOT single-file binaries (no .NET runtime needed) on the latest release page.
Pagonia Land App¶
A separate, self-contained desktop download (Windows + Linux; macOS planned): point it at your own install and it builds an interactive, icon-rich GameDatabase catalog — five domains, real icons decoded from the paks, clickable cross-navigation, and search. See the app overview or grab it from Downloads.
What's Inside¶
Browse the full content via the site navigation. The major tabs:
- Get Started — Local Setup, First Modding Experiments, FAQ
- Database — Entity model, GUIDs, common fields, package layering; gameplay data (Resources, Buildings, Production Recipes, Units, Objectives); cross-file systems (Artifacts, Combat Boosts, Map/POI Objectives, Shrines)
- Modding — Mod Conflicts, Distribution, Patch Format, Tweaks, Collections, Catalogs, Safe Edits
- Tools — The
pagonia-manager,pagonia-patcher, andpagonia-pakerCLIs - App — The Pagonia Land desktop catalog viewer (overview + changelog)
- Schemas — The JSON-Schema contracts for the mod-distribution formats
- Reference — Database Overview, Glossary, Catalog Browser, snapshots, Game Database Changelog
About This Site¶
Generated from the pagonia-land/Pagonia-Land repository on GitHub. To contribute see CONTRIBUTING.md; to report issues use the issue tracker.
Pioneers of Pagonia is a trademark of Envision Entertainment GmbH. This is an independent community project — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by EE.