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Golden Hour
"Make every wave the good wave."
How do I install Golden Hour?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Golden Hour for Zad Archery in one click.
</>What does Golden Hour do?
Golden monsters pay several times what an ordinary one does, chests hold the gear worth having, and orbs are where the run really turns. In normal play you see all three rarely enough that a good wave feels like luck. Golden Hour makes it the rule. Six sliders cover the whole loot economy. Push golden monster chance up and the reward multiplier with it. Raise how often chests and orbs appear. Raise how often ordinary monsters drop gear at all. Then push Better Gear Rolls, which pulls the quality of everything you find upward, so the extra drops are worth picking up rather than worth selling. Set them gently for a run that just feels generous, or open them up for a farming session that fills every wallet at once. Pairs naturally with Clean Sweep, since a generous field is a lot of walking otherwise. A few of these follow the game's own unlocks. If chests, orbs, golden monsters or monster drops are still locked on your save, open them with Skeleton Key first and the sliders take over from there.
</>What is Golden Hour?
Golden monsters in Zad Archery pay several times what an ordinary one does, chests hold the gear worth having, and orbs are where a run really turns. Golden Hour raises how often all three appear, how much golden monsters pay out, and how well the gear you find rolls. Available through ProjectMods, the community-first game modding platform for 400+ games.
</>Common questions about Golden Hour
What does Golden Hour do in Zad Archery?
Golden Hour raises the odds across the whole Zad Archery loot economy at once. Six sliders cover how often a monster turns up golden, how often a pack leaves a chest, how often an orb appears, how often an ordinary monster drops gear at all, how much extra a golden monster pays on top of its usual bonus, and how well the gear you find rolls. A Lucky Streak switch sits above them. Set them gently and a run simply feels generous. Open them up and every wave behaves like the good wave you normally wait around for.
What does Better Gear Rolls change?
Better Gear Rolls pulls the quality of everything you find in Zad Archery upward, so more of your drops land as rare, epic or legendary instead of ordinary. It is the Golden Hour slider that decides whether the extra loot from the other five is worth picking up or worth selling. Raising drop rates on their own just hands you more low-tier gear to sort through, which is why this one tends to matter most in a long farming session. Pair it with Fletcher's Bench if you would rather order a specific piece than fish for it.
Why are some of the sliders doing nothing on my save?
Because several of them follow Zad Archery's own unlocks. Chests, orbs, golden monsters and ordinary monster loot drops are features the game gates behind progress, and if they are still locked on your save then raising the matching Golden Hour slider has nothing to act on yet. This is not a fault, and it catches out most new saves. Skeleton Key opens all fifteen of the game's locked systems in one press, including those four, and once they are open the Golden Hour sliders take over from there and behave normally.
What is Bonus Golden Reward on top of Extra Golden Enemy Chance?
They are two halves of the same idea. Extra Golden Enemy Chance decides how often a monster in Zad Archery turns up golden, and Bonus Golden Reward decides how much extra that golden monster pays out on top of the bonus it already carries. Golden monsters are worth several times an ordinary one to begin with, so raising the chance alone already changes a run. Raising both turns them from a pleasant surprise into the main income of the session. If you only want more frequent good moments rather than bigger ones, leave Golden Hour's reward slider alone.
How does Golden Hour pair with Clean Sweep?
They belong together. Golden Hour makes Zad Archery drop far more on the ground: more golden monsters, more chests, more orbs and more gear from ordinary monsters. Without help that is a lot of walking back and forth over your own rewards, which is exactly the chore Clean Sweep removes by hoovering up loot as it lands and opening the chests packs leave behind. Run both and a generous field collects itself. Add Time Lapse and a farming session that would have taken an evening fits into the time it takes to make a cup of tea.
What options does Golden Hour include?
Bonus Golden Reward
How much extra a golden monster pays out on top of its usual bonus.
Better Gear Rolls
Pulls the quality of the gear you find upward, so more of it rolls rare, epic or legendary.
Lucky Streak
Master switch for all six sliders below.
Extra Chest Chance
How much more often a pack leaves a chest behind.
Extra Orb Chance
How much more often an orb appears during a run.
Extra Golden Enemy Chance
How much more often a monster turns up golden. Golden monsters pay far more than ordinary ones.
Extra Monster Loot Chance
How much more often an ordinary monster drops gear.
Golden Hour is a ProjectMods mod for Zad Archery with six sliders covering golden monster chance, chest and orb chance, how often monsters drop gear, the bonus golden monsters pay, and how well your gear rolls.
System Requirements
What features does Golden Hour include?
- Turns golden monsters from a rare bit of luck into the normal state of a wave, and pays more when they drop.
- Raises how often a pack leaves a chest behind and how often an orb turns up mid-run.
- Makes ordinary monsters drop gear far more often, then pulls the quality of that gear upward.
- Six separate sliders, so a quietly generous run and a completely silly one are one drag apart.
- A few sliders follow the game's own unlocks, so if chests, orbs or golden monsters are still locked, Skeleton Key opens them first.
Best For
- Farming one monster level on repeat and wanting every single pass to genuinely fill a wallet.
- Players tired of selling everything they pick up because nothing ever rolls above the bottom rarity.
- Hunting one specific legendary and wanting the odds tilted your way rather than the item simply handed over.
- Set it gently when you still want the loot chase to feel like a chase, just a much luckier one.
- Running it alongside Clean Sweep so a field this generous does not turn into a walking simulator.
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Clean Sweep
Loot, ore and chests collect themselves while you play, or clear the whole field with one press.
Trophy Case
Award yourself any of Zad Archery's twelve achievements, or the whole set in one press. Each one is checked against Steam afterwards so the count you see is the count you actually hold.
Deep Quiver
Top up gold, all five monster gems, portal and guardian currency, and every mining ore. Type the number you want and press once.
