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diff --git a/roles/7dtd/files/mods/Singularity-v4.1.3.zip b/roles/7dtd/files/mods/Singularity-v4.1.3.zip
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diff --git a/roles/7dtd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/7dtd/tasks/main.yml
index 23ef93c..f5ef0b0 100644
--- a/roles/7dtd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/7dtd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@
     group: '1000'
     mode: '0755'
 
+# Mods live in the bind-mounted serverfiles; the container loads them on its next start
+# (recreate on every deploy re-reads them). zips come from roles/7dtd/files/mods (sdtd_mods
+# in vars.yml), extracted one level deep (the zips already carry their own _Singularity/
+# and zByteblazarsNoRespawnNearBackpack/ subfolders, which fix load order by name).
+- name: Create 7 Days to Die Mods directory (container user)
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /opt/apps/7dtd/serverfiles/Mods
+    state: directory
+    owner: '1000'
+    group: '1000'
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Deploy 7 Days to Die mods from vendored zips
+  ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: /opt/apps/7dtd/serverfiles/Mods
+    owner: '1000'
+    group: '1000'
+    mode: '0755'
+  loop: "{{ sdtd_mods }}"
+
 - name: Template 7 Days to Die serverconfig from vars.yml
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: sdtdserver.xml.j2
diff --git a/vars.yml b/vars.yml
index f375ff2..da4d68c 100755
--- a/vars.yml
+++ b/vars.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,22 @@ sdtd_airdrop_frequency: 72
 ## PlayerKillingMode: 0 = no killing, 1 = kill allies only, 2 = kill strangers only, 3 = kill everyone
 sdtd_player_killing_mode: "3"
 sdtd_max_spawned_zombies: 64
-sdtd_eac_enabled: "true"
+## EAC must be OFF because we deploy code mods (Singularity framework + the No Respawn Near
+## Backpack patch below) — EAC blocks their Harmony hooks. Keep "false" while mods are installed.
+sdtd_eac_enabled: "false"
+## Game mods, vendored under roles/7dtd/files/mods/ and extracted into serverfiles/Mods (the
+## container's bind-mounted Mods dir) by the role. Source of truth: add the zip name here AND
+## drop the file into the role's files/mods dir. Load order is handled by folder prefixes —
+## Singularity's leading underscore loads FIRST, the mod's z- prefix loads LAST (7dtd sorts
+## Mods alphabetically).
+## - Singularity (4.1.3): Byteblazar's core framework; No Respawn Near Backpack is a server
+##   policy implemented here, disabled by default, enabled via XML (the mod below).
+## - No Respawn Near Backpack for V2 (2.0.0.0): server-side XML patch that sets Singularity's
+##   ServerPolicies.NoRespawnNearBackpack=true -> players CANNOT respawn near their backpack,
+##   they respawn at a world starting point instead. Requires EAC off (see above).
+sdtd_mods:
+  - Singularity-v4.1.3.zip
+  - No-Respawn-Near-Backpack-2-0-0-0.zip
 sdtd_xp_multiplier: 100
 sdtd_telnet_enabled: "true"