Welcome to this step by step guide on how to install Gorilla Tag Mods! Gorilla Tag is an extremely fun VR game, and it’s even better with mods. So keep reading to find out how to install Gorilla Tag mods as easily as possible.
Installing Gorilla Tag Mods on the Oculus Quest 2
A quick note for all Oculus Quest 2 lovers that are wondering how to get mods directly on your Quest 2. Unfortunately Gorilla Tag mods can no longer be installed on the Quest 2. There are also currently no plans to bring Quest 2 modding back to Gorilla Tag. Sorry, but if you want to mod Gorilla Tag then you’ll have to do it on PCVR. Look at this screenshot from the Gorilla Tag modding discord.
If you see a guide that says you can install mods, probably using the QuestPatcher tool, then they won’t tell you that you won’t be able to play Gorilla Tag on your Meta Quest 2 after using QuestPatcher. It simply won’t work, and will constantly tell you that you have an outdated version of the game that has to be restored to the newest version.
If you have a Quest 2 and want to play Gorilla Tag on PCVR then you could set up and use Oculus Airlink. The thing about Airlink is that it can drop a ton of frames and be very choppy and look horrible if your internet setup to your PC isn’t very good. If you want to use Oculus Airlink, then make sure your PC is connected to your Router or Modem with an ethernet cable.
If you can’t or don’t want to use Airlink then you’ll need to be able to connect your headset to your PC directly. This is possible with an Oculus Quest 2 using an Oculus Link Cable or comparable USB 3 cable. If you don’t have one there are plenty online that are not as expensive as the official Link Cable, but are possibly not as good.
Monke Mod Manager for PCVR Gorilla Tag Mods
The first step in installing PCVR Gorilla Tag mods is downloading and installing the Monke Mod Manager. This is a useful program that you can use on your PC to install Gorilla tag mods. Go to the Monke Mod Manager github page that you can find at this link. Click on the MonkeModManager.exe link under “Assets” to download the installer.
After Monke Mod Manager is downloaded, launch it to start the installer. You might get a prompt like the one you see here if the installer can’t find where your Gorilla Tag launcher is.
That’s alright. If you run Gorilla Tag through Steam click OK and then find and select GorillaTag.exe at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Gorilla Tag. If you run Gorilla Tag through the Oculus app then you can find and select GorillaTag.exe at C:\Program Files (x86)\Oculus\Software\Software\another-axiom-gorilla-tag (your filepath might be a little different depending on where you have Steam or Oculus installed, just find the “Steam” or “Oculus” folder and follow the rest of the path from there).
Whether Monke Mod Manager found the path automatically or you had to find it yourself, it will start up and you’ll see a menu with a bunch of check boxes. Scroll up and down the mods available and check whichever mods you want to install. Then hit “Install/Update” in the bottom right corner, and in a couple of seconds the mods will be installed.
This example here shows how to install the Gorilla Cosmetics mod, which you can use to add a bunch of great new cosmetics to your monke from a little cosmetics selector in your treehouse in Gorilla Tag.
You can also highlight a mod by clicking on its text, and then selecting “View Mod Info” in the bottom middle to open that mods github page, which you can manually download the mod from or read the README about it.
A great mod to install is “Monke Map Loader” which lets you load custom Gorilla Tag maps through the Computer in your treehouse in game. Just select the “Monke Map Loader” program on the ingame computer and you can select from all the maps you have installed. You can find more custom maps to download at this link.
You can install these new custom maps by moving them into your game's BepInEx/plugins/MonkeMapLoader/CustomMaps folder. If you don’t want to go looking for your game folder, just select the “Game Folder” button in the Monke Mod Manager Utilities tab.
Avoiding Bans
Be careful to disable mods that affect gameplay by selecting their checkbox and hitting “Disable Mods” before joining Public Lobbies. Most will disable automatically on joining a public Gorilla Tag lobby, but there might be a bug that keeps some on and your account might get banned by using them in a public lobby.
How To Get More Gorilla Tag Mods
If the mods that come with Monke Mod Manager aren’t enough for you, you can find more in the Gorilla Tag modding discord at this link. There are also a bunch of github repositories for Gorilla Tag PC Mods.
Some mods are a little different in how you should install them, so make sure to read the README for the mod. For most you can just download the mods .zip and extract it to a regular folder, then move that folder to your Gorilla Tag game folder. If the mod is just .dll files, then you should move them to the BepInEx/plugins folder.
