Updating modded games after a patch.
Vanilla patches are safe, but mods built on script extenders or loaders (SKSE, F4SE, RED4ext, BG3SE, SMAPI, BepInEx, Fabric/Forge) often break until those frameworks update. Check your game's page here first, or hold the update.
Safe: a release explicitly supports the current patch (release notes, the maintainer's official page, or a stable build for that game version). Likely safe: a release is dated after the patch but doesn't name it, or the patch is over a week old with no breakage reports on the project's issue tracker. Just patched, wait: the patch is under 7 days old and the framework hasn't updated. Breakage reported: open issues report the framework broke after the patch. Not ported yet (Minecraft): no build exists for that version. Not affected by patches: version-agnostic tools such as mod managers or generic loaders; they don't count toward the verdict.
Some core mods (for example Address Library and Buffout 4) are only distributed on Nexus Mods. Nexus' API terms forbid scraping, so ModSafe links them instead of guessing, and leaves them out of the verdict.
Steam Web API news (official announcements), Mojang's version manifest, GitHub releases/tags, the Thunderstore package API, Fabric meta, Forge promotions, NeoForge Maven and the Modrinth API. Refreshed every few hours.
Cyberpunk 2077, Skyrim Special Edition, Fallout 4, Baldur's Gate 3, Stardew Valley, Lethal Company, Grand Theft Auto V (single-player) and Minecraft: Java Edition.
Game-specific FAQs: Cyberpunk 2077 · Skyrim Special Edition · Fallout 4 · Baldur's Gate 3 · Stardew Valley · Lethal Company · Grand Theft Auto V · Minecraft: Java Edition
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