# Bring the Printer

> Break a bunker 3D printer for parts, take its laptop and rebuild a working printer at your base from the blueprint book, powered by a solar panel.

Mod for [Sons of the Forest](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/) by [ShokoCC](https://sotf-mods.com/profile/shokocc). Page: https://sotf-mods.com/mods/shokocc/bring-the-printer

## At a glance

- **Version:** 1.1.0 (released 2026-11-15)
- **Category:** Quality of Life
- **Tags:** Crafting, Building tools, Decoration
- **Loader:** RedLoader 0.8.6
- **Platform:** Universal
- **Multiplayer:** every player must install it
- **Dedicated server:** not stated
- **Dependencies:** none
- **File size:** 99.3 KB
- **Downloads:** 4 (as of 2026-11-15)
- **Followers:** 0
- **License:** MIT
- **Source code:** https://github.com/ChoqueCastroLD/bringtheprinter
- **First published:** 2026-11-15
- **Last release:** 2026-11-15

## Install

1. Install RedLoader, the Sons of the Forest mod loader (RedManager can do it for you).
2. Download the mod and put it in the `_RedLoader/Mods` folder inside the game directory.
3. Launch the game and press F1 to confirm it loaded.

Download 1.1.0: https://sotf-mods.com/mods/shokocc/bring-the-printer/download/1.1.0
Full guide: https://sotf-mods.com/install

## Description

### Bring the Printer[#](#md-bring-the-printer)

Take a 3D printer home. Break a bunker printer for parts, take its laptop, rebuild both at your base from the blueprint book and power them with a solar panel.

Single player and multiplayer (every player needs the mod). Requires [RedLoader](https://github.com/ToniMacaroni/RedLoader) 0.8.6.

#### Features[#](#md-features)

- Bunker 3D printers break when you hit them and drop **3D Printer Parts**.
- Hit a bunker laptop to knock it loose and pick it up as a **Printer Laptop**.
- A new blueprint book page with the **3D Printer** and the **Printer Laptop**. Place them and add the materials like any other blueprint.
- Both are electric structures, like lamps. Wire the laptop to the printer and the printer to a solar panel.
- Without power they are off: dark screens, no interaction, and a running print pauses until power comes back.
- The rebuilt printer is a real game printer: refill it with resin, pick a blueprint on the laptop, print.
- Rebuilt printers, laptops, resin, running print jobs, dropped items and unfinished blueprints are kept in your save. A print resumes when power is back.
- Bunker printers work as before, without power, and come back so you can always get more parts.

#### Tutorial[#](#md-tutorial)

1.

**Find a bunker printer.** Entertainment, Residential, Bunker A or Bunker B.
2.

**Take the laptop.** Hit the laptop once. It drops as a **Printer Laptop** you can pick up. It can't be taken while it is printing.
3.

**Break the printer.** Hit it until it breaks (three axe hits) and pick up the **3D Printer Parts**.
4.

**Place the blueprints.** Open the blueprint book on the **3D Printer** page and place the printer and the laptop.
5.

**Add the materials** with **E**, like any other blueprint:

| Structure | Materials |
| 3D Printer | 3D Printer Parts x1, Circuit Board x2, Wire x4, Duct Tape x2 |
| Printer Laptop | Printer Laptop x1 |
6.

**Wire it up.** With the wire tool, connect the laptop to the printer and the printer to a solar panel.
7.

**Refill and print.** Once powered, the laptop links to the printer on the same wire. Refill the printer with resin and print.

#### Good to know[#](#md-good-to-know)

- A solar panel gives no power at night. Add a battery to keep printing after sunset.
- One laptop per printer. Extra laptops on the same wire stay unlinked.
- Destroy a rebuilt printer or laptop like any structure. It drops its 3D Printer Parts or Printer Laptop so you can move it.
- Wires are saved by the game like any other wire.
- A bunker printer comes back when you are more than 60 m away from it.

#### Multiplayer[#](#md-multiplayer)

Works in multiplayer. Every player needs the mod installed.

- Rebuilt printers and laptops are real network objects. Resin, print progress, pause and the laptop link use the game's own printer sync.
- The host decides when a bunker printer breaks and drops its parts. It comes back when the host is more than 60 m away. Other players see the same state.
- Everything is saved in the host's save game.

#### Console commands (F1)[#](#md-console-commands-f1)

- `spawnprinter` puts a printer and a laptop in front of you (single player or host).
- `breakprinter` breaks the bunker printer you are looking at.

## Changelog 1.1.0 (2026-11-15)

First release

All versions: https://sotf-mods.com/mods/shokocc/bring-the-printer/versions

## FAQ

### Does Bring the Printer work in multiplayer?

Yes, but every player in the session must install it, ideally the same version.

### How do I install Bring the Printer?

Install RedLoader (RedManager can do it for you), download Bring the Printer 1.1.0 from this page and put it in the \_RedLoader/Mods folder inside your game directory. Launch the game and press F1 to confirm it loaded.

### What does Bring the Printer need?

Only Sons of the Forest on Steam and RedLoader. It has no other dependencies.

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Source: https://sotf-mods.com/mods/shokocc/bring-the-printer · SOTF Mods, the home of Sons of the Forest modding.