Stalker 2 devs state the “most popular mods” should arrive on Xbox as the team investigates a “permanent solution” for faster approval

GSC Game World’s massive 1.5 update for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl came with the arrival of the game’s long-awaited mod tools. With the in-game mod browser available on both PC and Xbox, all players of the survival game can download and play with mods regardless of their platform.

However, Stalker 2 players have noticed that new mods are taking an age to actually arrive on the Xbox version of the game. Fortunately for everyone, GSC Game World is working on a “permanent solution” that will help bring mods to console players much faster than before.

Stalker 2 Xbox mods should arrive much faster

Speaking to fans on Discord, GSC Game World admitted that mods are arriving on Xbox at a slower rate “due to technical reasons and limitations”.

“We are evaluating our own testing capacities, building processes and pipelines to put more mods on Xbox,” GSC Game World told fans. “Some of the most popular mods should sooner or later appear on the Xbox.”

The studio explained that “in the future we will fix this issue”, but also shouldn’t share any exact dates. However, the Stalker 2 developers are working on a way to “automate the process as soon as possible”, allowing more mods to come to Xbox players at a significantly faster rate.

“We understand that it goes slowly atm,” GSC said. “But to post the Mod for Xbox it is required that we (GSC) take a look at it and test it. [We are] working on permanent solution for the future.”

Unfortunately, it seems that part of these technical limitations are tied to the first public build of the Stalker 2 Zone Kit, the modding tools that allows players to create their cursed creations. In a response to fans, GSC confirmed that they “are working on the better solution for the next Zone Kit phases”.

Alongside working on plans for the game’s Q3 roadmap, a massive list of upcoming features for the game, GSC is also working on expansions for the game. While there’s no news on when these expansions are launching, they will offer “fresh perspectives” on the Zone that we’ve never seen before in the series.