CrystalWorkshop

PulseDepotBeta · v0.1.0-betaSteamMicrosoft Storeexperimental

The mod manager for players. Add mods, put them in order, review what changes, apply. It installs Crux for you.

CrystalWorkshopAlpha · v0.1.0-alphaSteamMicrosoft Storeexperimental

The modding editor. Sheets, text, models, effects, scenes, scripts and the Crystarium, exported as a shard players install.

CruxBeta · v0.1.0-betaSteamMicrosoft Storeexperimental

The small mod host the game loads. It serves your mods to the game while it runs. PulseDepot installs and updates it.

Mods6 mods

Drop Changes, Hard Mode, XIII Mod Settings, No Post-Battle Healing, Paradigm Tuning, XIII-2 UI Scale. Each one installs with PulseDepot.

How it fits together

1. 

   CrystalWorkshop

   You edit the game: sheets, text, models, effects, scenes, scripts.

   exports
2. 

   Shard (.cws)

   Your changes, stored as patches against the player’s own game files.

   installs
3. 

   PulseDepot

   Players add shards, order them and review what changes.

   merges
4. 

   Crux image

   Every enabled mod merged into one file: active.crximg.

   loads
5. 

   Crux

   The mod host the game loads. It serves the image while you play.

   runs
6. The game

   FINAL FANTASY XIII, XIII-2 or LIGHTNING RETURNS, saves untouched.

How a mod travels from the editor to the game. Nothing in the game’s archives or your saves is changed.

Latest releases

• CrystalWorkshopv0.1.0-alphaAlpha2026-10-21
• PulseDepotv0.1.0-betaBeta2026-10-21
• Cruxv0.1.0-betaBeta2026-10-21
• Drop Changesv0.1.0ReleaseXIII2026-10-21
• Hard Modev0.1.0ReleaseXIII2026-10-21
• XIII Mod Settingsv0.1.0ReleaseXIII2026-10-21
• No Post-Battle Healingv0.1.0ReleaseXIII2026-10-21
• Paradigm Tuningv0.1.0ReleaseXIII2026-10-21

All releases Downloads

Being worked on

The live status list is not available yet. See the open issues

Plans and recent fixes are on the roadmap.

For developers

Mods can ship native extensions that Crux loads into the game: hooks, in-game settings pages and state that follows your save slot. The Extension SDK guide shows how to write one in Rust with the open-source workshop-ext-sdk (MIT or Apache-2.0) and package it with CrystalWorkshop.

First public releases

PulseDepot is in beta and CrystalWorkshop in alpha: both are tested in game, but expect rough edges. Mods never change your save files, and uninstalling them leaves your saves untouched. If something goes wrong, attach the Crux log when you report a problem.