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Old Damage Portraits

MixboatAuthor on GameBanana
Updated 13 hours agov1.0
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GameBanana ↗Manual downloadMod ManagerOne-click install
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CategoryHUD
Versionv1.0
Size20 KB
Submitted6 Oct 2026
Updated6 Oct 2026
InstallVPK drop

Old Damage Portraits — hud for Deadlock

AI DISCLAIMER: this mod was made with AI assistance. Brings back the pre-2026 look of the damage portraits : the hero portraits that pop up in the upper middle of the screen when you hit someone with an ability. Red round portrait , a wide flat health bar under it with the player's name inside, like before the January 2026 update. The colors, bar size and positions come straight from the old game files (August 2025 to January 2026). Made for this request . Patch-resistant. Only two stylesheets are replaced (hud_damage_impact, hero_badge). The top bar is not touched. No layouts, no scripts, so a game update cannot make it crash. At worst a changed stylesheet is overridden until the mod is rebuilt. If something looks off after a patch, report it in the Issues tab. Install. Download the zip and extract olddamageportraits_dir.vpk . Rename it to a free slot, e.g. pak12_dir.vpk (any pakNN number nothing else uses). Put it in Steam/steamapps/common/Deadlock/game/citadel/addons . Launch the game. Or just install it with a mod manager. Notes. Only abilities tagged to show a damage portrait trigger the popup (most hero abilities and many items); gun and melee hits never did, before or now.

Compatibility

Model replacements are the first thing to break when Valve edits a skeleton, so re-check after each patch. It conflicts with any other mod replacing the same asset — two in the addons folder means whichever loads last wins, and the other one silently does nothing.

Is it safe

It is client-side: the file lives on your machine and other players see the default game. Cosmetic addons have not produced bans, but Deadlock is in active development and nothing about mods is officially supported. Keep a copy of the folder before a patch and remove it if the game stops launching.

Credit

Made by Mixboat and published on GameBanana. We index it here with a link back; the file, the licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and the comment thread stay with the author. Credits

Mod details
TypeHUD
HeroNot hero-specific
AuthorMixboat
Scope—
SoundsUntouched
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Old Damage Portraits?▾
Two ways. With Deadlock Mod Manager, use the Mod Manager button on this page and it downloads and places the file for you. By hand, put the .vpk into game/citadel/addons and name it pak01_dir.vpk. That folder only loads once gameinfo.gi lists it, which is a one-time edit — check the install guide.
Is Old Damage Portraits safe to install?▾
A .vpk is a data archive, not a program, so it cannot execute code the way an installer can. The risk is provenance. This one has 27 installs, so a problem would have surfaced on its GameBanana thread. Mods with almost no downloads from accounts with no history have had none of that scrutiny.
Will other players see this mod?▾
No. Deadlock loads mods client-side, so the file only changes what you render. Everyone else sees the default game, in every mode including ranked.
Can I run it alongside other mods?▾
Yes, as long as they change different things — a skin and a HUD work together fine. Two skins for the same hero do not: only one can be applied, and Deadlock picks the lower-numbered file. With pak01_dir.vpk and pak02_dir.vpk installed, pak01 wins and the other does nothing.
Does it still work after the latest patch?▾
A Deadlock patch can overwrite gameinfo.gi and remove your search paths, which stops every manually installed mod at once — redo that edit and they come back. Separately, model replacements break first when Valve edits a skeleton; recolours and HUD mods usually survive. The author posts updates on the GameBanana page.
Where does the download come from?▾
Directly from the author's GameBanana page. deadlocktrade.gg indexes mods and links back; it never rehosts files, so you always get the release the author published.
How do I remove Old Damage Portraits?▾
Delete its .vpk from game/citadel/addons, or toggle it off in the Deadlock Mod Manager library. Mods never overwrite game files, so nothing needs repairing afterwards.