Who is Crawdad105?

Crawdad105 is an independent content creator who specializes in creating games, programs and videos. His videos are primarily Terraria based and can be found on his Youtube channel. He also makes games, and programs. Based on Crawdad105's previous programs on his itch.io page, it is clear to see he also primarily focuses on Terraria programs as well. Before these programs were as abundant on his pages he would make games using Unity. All of the information on this website (currently) was written in 1st or 3ed person by Crawdad105's himself or by ChatGpt (AI was not used to generate code).

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About this website

The purpose of this website is… there is no purpose. Have you ever wanted a website? Because I (Crawdad105) did so that's why it's a thing. I want this website to be a place for all Crawdad105 related information. This website is not currently finished, however it will also probably never be finished as I will keep adding to it.

Content on this website

This website should contain a lot of information about Crawdad105 that is not personal. this site is being updated, at this point, yearly. This website will also contain many Terraria programs and information, as that is the main purpose of the Youtube channel. There will also be other pages that are not related to Terraria or Crawdad105. This is simply because if I have a place to post stuff publicly and am paying to have a website, I'm going to put whatever i want here.

Launch Terraria

Clicking >this link< will launch Terraria. This requires Steam and Terraria to be installed. It uses the Steam url protocol to launch a game which ive set to Terraria. Its not very useful but ive not seen it been done before.

cModLoader

cModLoader, or Crawdad105's Mod Loader, is a mod loader made for vanilla Terraria by Crawdad105.
Currently there is a legacy version available for download including 3 mods, one of which being a new and improved auto fisher. However it does not work for version 1.4.5 which is why a non-legacy version is in the works, being just normal cModLoader. When it is complete the goal is for it to be able to mod any version of Terraria on windows and linux (and maybe MacOS but there is no official plans to make a port).
The current closed alpha works on most Terraria versions in windows and linux, has native window support using windows forms for windows and SDL for linux, a custom self contained IL patcher using Mono.cecil (only supports patching before the game starts but there are plans to make a runtime patcher) and a bunch of smaller things making modding easier.
This is not supposed to be a replacement for tModLoader, its meant to allow modders to easily experiment and modify vanilla Terraria's game engine and not have to deal with tModLoader, which fundamental is a very different version of Terraria. It is also not supposed to rival TerrariaModder, that mod loader was created to give people QoL mods in vanilla Terraria, cModLoader was develop in an anti-QoL mod style where, although its definitely possible, its not the intended use.
cModLoader is being developed in c# using .net 4.5.2 rather then c++ making it more natively compatible with Terraria and making it easier to develop mods for since c# can be used rather then c++. You can also easily attach Terraria to the Visual Studio project and have the ability to natively call Terraria functions.

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3DS firmware

I (Crawdad105) have been working on a Luma3DS mod to the rosalina system module that gives the user the ability to debug programs completely locally without needing a computer. It currently has a debugger allowing for breakpoints and a memory viewer, writer and dumper. The firmware outside of its debugging has many useful features such as a file browser, custom plugin system, a clean and usable user interface and many more.
More information can be found on my discord server.

3ModLoader

Because my 3DS firmware allows me to modify and debug memory of a game i am also working on 3ModLoader, a cModLoader port to the 3ds version of Terraria. On my discord server there is an example video showing a proof of concept video where i make the demolitionist sell the holy hand grenade. This correct installation of the "Crawdad News" talks more about it. Also its mentioned breafly in the Terraria Tools page.

Crawdad News

June 18th, 2026

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cModLoader abandoned?

The vanilla mod loader, cModLoader, has seemingly been abandoned. Although there is no reports to back this up, there has been no development on it for the past many months. According to reports, the developer Crawdad105 has been taking an extended break after encountering issues adding comparability for all versions of terraria. Crawdad105 has reportedly said "This issue requires a well through out strategy because if otherwise the code will be an absolute mess". With this being the case many are still waiting and hoping development does not stop and a beta release is releases in a relatively timely manner. Modders however have found a work around are resulting in using a competitors mod loader. Although meant for a different use case, many are using the other vanilla mod loader TerrariaModder to mod vanilla terraria. Originally created for QoL mods it does as cModLoader does and loads mods into terraria. If cModLoader does not make meaningful progress experts suggest TerrariaModder could become the standard while cModLoader gets left in the dust.

3DS firmware for a 3ds Terraria Mod Loader?

The 3DS version of Terraria is reportedly very underrated. Many online users have considered and discussed a mod loader for this version. Crawdad105, the same developer behind cModLoader, has apparently been working on a mod loader for the 3DS version of Terraria. This 3DS and cModLoader hybrid is known as '3ModLoader', Crawdad105 on his Discord Server has been posting updates and developer logs documenting most of his development journey. From what is shown this mod loader is looking promising however it first requires a modified version of rosalina, a Luma3DS system module which itself is 3DS firmware. This modification to roslaina according to Crawdad105 is currently called 'cdad' however down the line he suggested it be renamed to 'dandalina' to match rosalina's naming. This 3DS firmware is more then just a loader for the 3DS mod loader as it includes a memory viewer, debugger, file browser, plugin system separate and simpler then rosalina's and many different kinds of UI elements making the user interface easy to approach.

Website 'overhaul'

The crawdad105.com website has been heavily updated since the last time it was updated. Multiple new pages including games, general info, along with many cosmetic and quality of life navigation features have been added. This bumped the website version up to 0.4.3.

Where is skyblock?

Crawdad105 has stated that his skyblock videos have not been preforming well on youtube. He said he will instead be posting other content on top of working on other seemingly programming related topics.

3DS Debug Discovery

Crawdad105, in his journey to develop a mod loader for the 3ds version of terraria, has stumbled across left over debug functionality in the 3DS version of terraria. Not much is known about this and with the code being likely copywriter but obtained legally its safe to keep it on the down low.

Crawdad.dev

Crawdad105 has acquire another website domain. First it was 'crawdad105.com' and now 'crawdad.dev'. Because Crawdad105 claims to be a programmer he suggest that a portfolio would be best on this computer development related site, however at the moment is just redirects to his main site. It's also said he wants the 'craw.dad' more then any other since he says its short, easy to memories and very related to his branding, unfortunately though it is already own by someone else.

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