Aurora CAK Foundry

Choose your WWE 2K25 or WWE 2K26 game folder

The extractor uses this folder to find every .cak archive and the game-provided oo2core_9_win64.dll decompressor. You only need to choose it once.

Open Selected CAK reads the archive chosen above. Open All Game CAKs combines every .cak found in the configured game folder into one searchable browser.

Rebuild an extracted mod folder into a game-ready CAK

Extract files above, edit them without changing their relative paths, then choose that output folder here. Aurora Forge uses the selected game's FDIR profile when rebuilding.

WWE 2K26 uses the selected output filename when deriving its v9.9 archive key, so do not rename a finished 2K26 CAK. WWE 2K25 uses its separate v9.3 build profile.

A supplied _textures.tdb is preserved for raw WWE 2K25 rebuilds. WWE 2K26 retains its existing version-6 texture-database handling.

The source folder stays unchanged. The rebuild uses hashed virtual paths, protected payloads, FDIR v9 metadata, and independent byte-for-byte recovery checks. Only use complete extracted payloads; Foundry rejects short placeholder files during companion recovery.

Choose which CAKs are enabled

Foundry reads the mods folder in your selected game installation. Check the CAKs you want enabled, then sync once. Foundry checks exact file-path conflicts before changing mods\manifest.json.

Choose your WWE 2K25 game folder above, then refresh the mod list.

Check, enable, or restore the loader

This is separate from baking and from choosing mods. Foundry supports only reviewed WWE 2K25 builds (Saturday Night's Main Event and v1.23), checks every loader-file checksum, and backs up existing loader control files before an explicit enable. It never copies or enables a mod CAK.

Check the loader status before making any change.