Silence Dying Animals is mainly worth checking through audio, model, texture, icon, or decoration assets, spawn rules and encounter density, enemy health, damage, speed, and special effects, and server spawn load and loot bags. Do that in a copied save or test server before changing a main world.
Use Nexus Mods listing to confirm exact file names, branches, screenshots, and update notes; then judge the MOD by the in-game parts above, not only by whether the game launches.
- Load the asset in the real screen or place where players will see it, then check missing files and multiplayer visibility.
- Check day, night, biome, POI, wandering horde, and blood-moon behavior separately.
- Test common enemies before judging bosses or high-tier fights.
- Watch FPS, network load, corpses, loot bags, and cleanup timing on multiplayer worlds.