Baldur's Gate 3 - My Favorite Mods

[@ran169]

This might be the first time I heard Mort making a joke 😂

[@MatLinnett1]

And all the funnier for it :D

[@benwalbrecht8889]

If you combine the party expansion mod with a mod called “sit this one out”, you can make it so that every time combat starts, whichever companions are set to “sit out” are immediately turned invisible and not considered in combat. They don’t even get to take a turn and no enemy will target them. Pairs perfectly! It might only be on nexus though

[@GameViolence]

All I really needed was the hair mods…I’m satisfied

[@elix21]

While the bigger party mod messes with balance there are also additional mods that make it so the extra party members get "benched" when battles start and reappear right after, or at least there were last time I played.

[@jepeman]

Ooh, may have to look into that when I eventually replay BG3. Being able to see all the banter without breaking the balance would be great, though having an army marching around would make pathfinding and traps hell, so would still have to somewhat limit the traveling party size.

[@andersfrieden567]

I prefer mods that make the combat more difficult according to the amount of party members you have.

[@andersfrieden567]

​@@jepeman yes, and those enemies with aoe attacks can be pretty deadly to your party

[@kaylee42900]

There's also a scalable tactician mod that automatically increases enemy health and actions based on party size (or lets you just statically set some values to what you prefer) and a Deadlier Honour Mode mod that adds some tricky encounters and 60% more enemy health. Lots of ways to balance out the extra party size if you want it.

[@Citizero]

​@@kaylee42900 that tactition mod is made by the same person who made the party limit mod so the are together. I generally run with 5 but big battles I like to bring the whole group for RP.

[@simesw2494]

If I told anyone about my favorite mods, i'd go straight to hell. In fact, I still might.

[@krakesh5915]

Nsfw 😂💀

[@neenee-bs3jc]

stay away from me

[@ne0n_witch]

If I'm meeting Karlach there, I'm cool with it.

[@scottycheesecake]

You should tell me about them so I can avoid them, very scared of hell, you see

[@robbykurnia782]

I don't mind meeting Zariel after hearing it

[@AA-ke5bd]

"it's important to be the bigger person in this one."

[@Barnaby5000]

A few days ago, my wife was at the scene where Raphael plays chess with Mol, and we were laughing so hard at the way he, as a gnome, was now barely visible over the game board 😂

[@MrTreesusChrist-s5d]

A solid 75 percent of my modlist is just "new gear" and randomizing that gear out into the world. In my opinion one of bg3 biggest strengths and weaknesses was all the gear being in the same place every playthrough. On one hand, great if you have a super specific build in mind. On the other, kinda boring, no real sense of awe at looting. Now I can have the usual set spawns of vanilla with lots of extra interesting stuff from chest\enemies/ect.

[@christopher1098]

any recommendations?

[@MrTreesusChrist-s5d]

@@christopher1098 Absolutely! The ancient jewelry/weapons/cloaks/armory mods along with REL (randomized equipment loot) and random starting gear all by Paramonov95 are a great baseline. Tons of new items, lots have pretty interesting effects. Theres also the JWL line of mods by UmbralJewels that add some new vendor-type items for gold, and some neat equipable passive items. Kharneth makes some really nice weapon set mods that greatly expand options for dex related builds, so if thats your cup of tea its good to check out, and lastly theres GraphicFade who has alot of class specific item packs that get distributed through the world. Most of these are easy plug and play if your using the nexus mod manager, the only ones that can be fussy are the JWL ones but usually its just a load order issue. Check the post if theres issues, usually can find a fix there.

[@a_level_70_elite_raccoon]

The Devil You Gnome is absolutely hilarious, I'm gonna download that right now. I also used a larger party mod for my first playthrough, but instead of doing what I normally do with a Larian game and play it on Easy to get to grips with the system and enjoy the story, then go back for Honour mode once I feel more confident, usually with an extra challenge on top, like "no elemental magic" or "no ranged attacks," I just straight up started on Honour mode. I just knew I was gonna spend so much time playing the game that I didn't want to miss out on character banter and then feel like I have to replay it, get tired, and drop the second one halfway through. Even with an oversized party, some of those encounters are *tough*, especially if you miss a few details like I did, or chose to not do things that give you an advantage like setting the spiders free in the goblin camp. You can see most encounters coming, but there are quite a few surprises that wiped me, especially in the Underdark.

[@bo3abedsama]

The no party limit mod changed the whole experience for me, every where you go you have all the characters which opened every possible scenario in each moment in the game, made see more in a single play through

[@MatLinnett1]

I must admit, I've never played the game without it. I took umbrage to Larian going with their DOS2 party size limit for BG3; BG has always been about larger parties, and was always more fun for it.

[@cybercybex]

The only thing I hated when using this mod is the ladder que and jump que where you have to wait for everyone to get where you are.

[@jasq8498]

Once I spotted a mod called Mild Mockery which gives you a version of Vicious Mockery but without the damage so you could just throw insults at anyone, anywhere, whenever you like! I didn't try it just yet but it'll absolutely be included the next time there's co-op.

[@MortismalGaming]

Lol that's great

[@Deuzen_FIN]

Better Target Info, as well as most of the other UI mods by the same author have earned a permanent spot on my BG3 modlist. On the gameplay front, I enjoy the Magus mod (which commits the heresy of porting the Pathfinder 2Ed. class into BG3), as well as the 5E Spells mod for greatly expanding the spell lists available while still staying true to D&D.

[@chillax319]

A Devil you gnome needs a variant changing Raphs clothes for Farquad from Shrek.

[@EloyBushida]

The cursing mudcrabs combined with the tophat/monocle mod for them is my only 'must have' skyrim mod lol.

[@ArcaneSorceror]

The TotalBiscuit special!

[@MortismalGaming]

It's so funny lol

[@loonyman83]

The Mod that gives Deities back to Paladins is also a huge favorite of mine. They are holy warriors after all lol. I also enjoy the mod that provides all comp clothes to you after a long rest. Don't have to wait til Act 3 to get everyone out of their default clothes and into something nicer.

[@jeneralj2697]

Mort making the Raphael joke is like finding a curly fry in your 4 piece nugget. I was not expecting it but it absolutely made my day

[@GoodMorningButch]

I just really love mods that add existing 5e subclasses. My actual D&D character is a half-orc bardlock, College of Eloquence and Fathomless patron, and it's been so fun creating her in BG3 and getting to play out this adventure with her.

[@Ezghiel]

Just so everyone knows, there’s a bug on console where if you have Starting Armor installed, you can’t respec Lae’zel at Withers. Lost a few hours of progress due to this.

[@TheRetifox]

If someone is searching for cool mods now, I recommend looking up the Weaponry series by kharneth. They add a bunch of new armour and weapons, armours can be especially highlighted because the author often adds cool visual attachments like Quivers for bows, belts with thieves' tools, or for dwarfs you can have a belt with a bear keg attached to it. I love it when my adventurer character has a bunch of equipment on themself.

[@MrQwertysystem]

"Bear keg" lol

[@Deuzen_FIN]

@@MrQwertysystem For handy storage and easy access to your Halsin

[@Theorak]

Lovely mod suggetions. I go for a lot of QoL mods, like Containers Extended, ImpUI, Damage Preview, Better Hotbar 2. But also found some Immersive stuff like Visible Shields and Invisible Buffs to appreciate the arms and armor more.

[@tiro351]

A dynamic party limit would be kinda cool for Larians next game. Depending on what location you are in or what "mission" you do, the party limit increases or decreases. In small spaces or during more personal quests you would have a smaller Party and in those big places or during "potentially world ending" quests you would have a bigger party and get to fight a huge battle.

[@Zero_Zone.]

Mods that I enjoy and would recommend would be the mod that uses a d20 for initiative rolls, the transmog mod that allows you switch the appearance of armor and clothes, the mod that marks books as read, and the mod that add different containers that auto sort/collect items of the same category.

[@sanjithechef]

After a bit of thought I decided to go with the steam version of BG3 instead of over console and this video just validated that choice 😭 most maybe for a post normal run though

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

Check out third person mod, it basically turns exploring way more fun, game really starts to resemble DA Origins. Combat is still top down.

[@molliethomas2585]

I think my three favorites are the one that lets you level up past 12, the Mystra's Spells mod, that gives you a massive list of new spells to choose from, the one that lets you increase party size.

[@alexgreifenkamp]

My favorite mod so far in BG3 tends to be a favorite in many games - transmog. I have a tough time a lot with modded equipment, because it tends to either be worse than what I have, or entirely broken beyond belief (and the rare occasions where it IS balanced, it just isn't what I'm looking for). So I love being able to take a piece of in-game equipment that I like the stats of, but make it look like something I really like.

[@N7spectre117]

I've been playing an origin run where I play as Wyll in a six man party with the other origin characters. The mod to turn initiative into a d20 roll and a mod to slightly increase enemy health helps even the playing field. Especially since the d20 initiative rolls means you will get shared initiative far less often (which otherwise, is extremely strong when running squad deep).

[@RhondaFizzleflint]

Basket full of Equipment + Tav's Hair Salon, so you can style and dress your party adequately.

[@NotXsoXoptic]

I always like mods that allow me to get late game gear early. Even as a wee lad I hated getting awesome equipment just to never be able to use it. That’s a big reason i personally loved Skyrim so much; the flexibility to just use whatever weapon and armor I wanted thru the commands.

[@Tatsigr]

Waiting for custom characters on console, started 3 days ago and can't get enough of it!

[@KristianKumpula]

The mod called "DnD 2024 All In One" brings some much needed balance changes

[@Malkamok]

The Devil you Gnome is an absolute masterpiece 10/10 will never uninstall it ever again thankyouverymuch

[@theexpatriate]

Oh nice I didn't know about the starting armours one, I was talking about needing something like this just the other day. It's such a shame that many of the nice looking armours don't get used since you get them way too late in the game. Gonna do download that right now

[@HubertTheMad]

I haven't come back to BG3 for a while, but sounds like I should! I love the modding community in general and the effort everyone puts into their mods

[@krakesh5915]

Adjustable party mod is goated ❤ So many hidden banter and missing dialogue of we stick to traditional 3 companions

[@Quintus_Fontane]

Yeah, when I began the game I started almost obsessively stressing over who I should have in my party for which parts of the map, or who to bring for specific quests, because I didn't want to miss any (Sometimes really quite important) dialogue. This mod was a godsend that single-handedly increased my enjoyment of the game multiple times over. I just cranked the difficulty up a chunk from what I'd usually play on to make up for it, but as someone else said, there are other mods to address the balance to account for having a larger party if folk are concerned about that.

[@jervey123]

aside from the level 20 mod, my favorite mod is the shrek mod, you call upon shrek, he comes and punches your enemies and you feel safe as you rest your head upon shrek's soft bosom

[@123456Luck10]

Hold on, run that last part by me again

[@jesseberg3271]

I feel like not accounting for the rest of the party in the final battle is a flaw in the base game. I feel like they should be there when you meet your allies before the very end. Then they could either use them as allies in the battle, or there could be some kind of situation where they need to run off and do something/fight someone to buy you time. It wouldn't have taken much work, I would think, but it would have made more sense than leaving them behind in camp.

[@solomani5959]

I’ve been waiting to play this game for the mod functionality. Nice.

[@gordontheobald]

I think my favourite stupid mod, is the one in Fallout 4 that makes desk fans legendary.

[@annmester2740]

I would love for you to do a review of subclass mods, specifically for whether they are balanced and/or "true" to the ruleset of the game.

[@youngimperialistmkii]

I use the starting armor mods on console. Lets me use heavy armor on classes that get it, at the start of the game. Also, lets me get Gith armor on Gith Tav's. Better target info is good too. So glad we are getting mods on console.

[@alster06]

I love the Arrificer Mod and the Mods that add in other Subclasses not in the base game. Some are really well made

[@LuckyfatVeg]

I'm hoping to play this over the holidays and have been watching your BG3 playlist to help me not be miserable at the game

[@MossNada]

I'm using a few at the moment, but my absolute(!) must have is the Bags Bags Bags one from Nexus. It basically gives you a set of bags which will help keep your inventory organised. Things like a Scroll Case, Potion Box, Arrow Quiver etc If you have OCD it makes things a lot easier to keep track of. I didn't know about Better Target Info though and am definitely adding it to the list :)

[@donkeysunited]

Most of Caites mods are good but note that some have a load order. Get Better Containers as well so you don't need to scroll as much when opening containers.

[@MarkSpirals]

Favorite mod by far (outside of subclass mods) is Mystra Spells. I simply cannot play the game without it.

[@violetbliss4399]

The Druid 2024 mod, I love the new rules for druid. Also, I always wanted that dancer tiefling's armour and I found a mod that changes the default Tav camp clothes to it. Third one, slightly related... College of Dance for Bards!

[@t.t6294]

try Druid wild shape overhaul and Better gear for moon druids if you haven't' already. was disappointed with moon druids in vanilla but this makes it much more interesting

[@cardassa]

There should be a mod where everybody in the game is bald as a homage to the series' long running nick name of BALDIES GATE!!! RIP Minsc...! That being said I would definitely love a comprehensive mod that would allow you to have 6 party members and the difficulty of the game accommodate these changes by reinforcing enemy encounters. However, it has to be more than a generic addition of NPCs into a group, tasteful considerations have to be made where it actually would make sense to have increased numbers in a group and the builds of the characters actually fit into the group in a sensible way. This means that not every encounter will have additional NPCs added to their party. For example: a trio of ragtag gnomes will remain a trio since their situation does not account for inclusion of a larger group. This will make the challenges uneven with difficulty spikes but that's part of the charm.

[@derekmorris1160]

Wow this is so timely, I just started an Honour run two days ago after a 7 month break. Important to make sure you can still get achievements if you haven't 100%ed it yet! I missed out on the Astarion achievement before I realized that.

[@stephenlewis6922]

I just want the full compliment of printed sub classes, and races. I was really hoping to make my Tortle Path of Ancestors Barbarian!

[@dotv2359]

There's a mod that lets you pick a deity even if you aren't playing a divine caster that I highly recommend. I feel like that should become a standard feature (like in WOTR)

[@Sparkbomber]

TBH, I like mods that add to the game. More quests, a nice player home, merchants having enough coin to buy the shit the party hauled along, something fun like the hookshot mod for Skyrim... And: lost content restored. That is golden.

[@Ph34rn03V1L]

There's a mod that let's anyone pick a deity and so have access to the conversational options thereof. Also the one that makes Gortash into a Halfling; he brings real Lord Farquad energy.

[@nicodimus2222]

There is a companion mod to the party limit mod that scales the difficulty with your party size. So, no trivializing the game.

[@dr_ubo]

Good afternoon Mort. Given we're approaching Thanksgiving, I thought it would be nice if you made a video of "Top Games I'm thankful for" including stuff like D:OS2 for how much it made your channel grow, BG3 for allowing you to expand to new audiences, Troubleshooter for innovating in the TRPG genre, Baldur's Gate 2/Vampire TM for being a game you appreciated when you were younger, Wrath of the Righteous, or whatever. You haven't done a video like that and it might be cool. Just wanted to throw this out since, you know, gotta support with all that KZbin jazz somehow. May you wander in wisdom!

[@MortismalGaming]

Gotta wait for the actual day of lol

[@tmage23]

Fireproof Karlach. It's minor but just makes so much sense given her backstory that it seems like an oversight that it wasn't part of the base game (though I realize making a character completely immune to a fairly common type of damage by default could present balance issues) A couple of weightless mods - the inventory system in this game is a nightmare and having to deal with it AND encumbrance is just too much micromanagement. Polyamory mod: Might as well lean into the whole "horniest AAA game on the market" vibe.

[@nine-dogs]

A new favorite of mine is Origin Mirror Unlock, which sets a mirror in your camp that you can use to customize the appearance of your companions. I downloaded it originally just to change Shadowheart's hairstyle (I hate them bangs), but ended up redoing the whole crew.

[@MortismalGaming]

It's odd because DOS2 lets you customize origins as a base, wonder if there was a thing with WotC that forced it that way

[@t.dmattocks6119]

Both learning about the gnome and mudcrab mods, and that crack about being the "bigger person" made me laugh pretty hard jsyk. Which is bad because i accidently woke up my girlfriend. Thanks Mort.

[@MortismalGaming]

Mission accomplished

[@la912]

Nice! More mod videos of varied games would be cool

[@aersla1731]

I love the randomizer mod for items, I think it adds some much needed novelty when exploring. I always see myself bee lining to the op items pretty early and this stops me lol. However I don't think this mod is available on their mod list yet, and is only on vortex. I also love the more races and different classes, some one made a d and d expanded mod and it's amazing. I love bg3 and I love the community around it. It always got me off-guard how much I ended up loving this game, I was a fan of larian but not so much dnd. It's such a breath of fresh air to see how the bg3 community is compared to how negative the video game space is online.

[@mothermeeting]

Thanks for the vid! Would love to hear your overview of Patch 7 and then Path 8 afterwards - I believe they want to add a dozend subclasses?

[@grandlancer]

Was listening to this in the background and laughed pretty hard at hearing about The Devil you Gnome

[@DarksideGmss0513]

For me for mods for Baldur's Gate 3 in particular I add in thing's that would make sense for D&D. I added the level 13-20 mod for example

[@frowny5460]

ooh, gonna grab ritual underwear and target info. Thanks mate

[@t.t6294]

my Fav is Druid wild shape overhaul. I was really disappointed with moon druids in the base game and that mod made it much more enjoyable. there's also going to be more updates that adds more forms which is great

[@Maarks91]

So far i prefer the mod that adds 100 rings/necklaces and the 100 capes so you get some more options (and they are fairly balanced compared to some other item mods). Also party limit remover and tactician plus is a must! All fights are harder, some added abilities to enemies and you can bring your party. And of course the lvl 20 mod with a locked level curve (gets you to level 12-15 at the end of the game).

[@Koich14]

Wow, better target info should definitely be part of the base game.

[@LCG4903]

I'm waiting until me and my girlfriend finish college to replay in coop with her (her first play though) adding the extended party size so she can experience 3 companions at least, pretty excited

[@KaalKurayami]

There's so many awesome mods. Mods that update the current classes/subclasses to use the new dnd rules. They greatly improve the classes. There's also new spells/classes/subclasses/races from dnd included now. Especially like the new world tree barbarian from 2024 dnd. Being able to level to 20 is amazing and should have been part of the base game. Also, having the cantrip that creates gold is so helpful, don't need to scavenge anymore.

[@LenaTheInqusitorCat]

I'm really disappointed Mort, that you didnt memorized all of the enemy resistances. If you wanna a good laugh play the Supralands games, they are awesome.

[@cristianhurtadocabezas208]

Mortismal talking about mods? About favorite mods? Did I Isekai to an alternate world?

[@josephercanbrack8393]

BG3's insanely small party limit is a crime, and is reason enough to make WOTR the superior game 😤

[@randyleerandyleerandylee]

Wasd mod and the camera mod changes the game for the better in profound ways

[@majortom7038]

My favorite Skyrim mod makes guards dance to gundam style.

[@colbydunlop276]

Tactician enhanced does a good job of adjusting the difficulty for expanded party limits

[@tarinindell8217]

My favorite mods simply give me more out of the game. More races, more classes, nore spells, more weapons, more armors, etc. If there is anything genuinely game breaking that one shots bosses, i will avoid them. But more legendary sets, a wider variety of hand crossbow features, and a wider variety of spell options are just a ton of fun to play around with.

[@gabrielloehleurbanohe6396]

The classes mods are pretty cool. I'd recommend you trying, specially the dreaded overlord warlock mod (focus on necromancy and summoning) and the succubus class mod. The death knight and the artificer are also pretty cool

[@Justin-Trammell]

I just re-installed this game last night, wanting to go back and do a Dark Urge playthrough. Hoping to find some cool mods to go with it.

[@JaxWylds]

Dont be shy. BG3 is always worth attention.

[@krakesh5915]

Raphael looks so funny 😂😂

[@Choteron3]

I want a mod that let you put different types of items in specific backpacks. Example: put all scrolls with the word fire into Gale backpack called "x" This would made inventory manage less of a hassle and more practical

[@donkeysunited]

You'd end up with a million bags on different characters, each with 4 items in them. Have a look at the Bags and Autosort mods to see if there is one that suits you.

[@verymelonman12]

Baldur's Gate 3 mods are awesome on consoles

[@Reruro]

Mort just one minor point of feedback, if you're going to list out mods like this it might also be worth tossing links to their workshop or nexus pages? Just something to consider. Thanks as always!

[@synch8408]

You probably just need to type the name in the ingame official Mod directory?

[@Reruro]

@@synch8408 Hey fair enough! I genuinely didn't know there was one in game, hadn't booted it up in awhile. Thanks!

[@MortismalGaming]

I listed out the titles of them in the timestamps/description and the mod manager is built into the game so you can very easily search for them

[@Reruro]

@@MortismalGaming Yep, sorry for the bad feedback bossman, didn't realize the mod-manager was native to the game now, that's sweet!

[@Prometheus-Unbound]

Party size mod along with the polyamory one makes for a lot of entertaining chitchat going on - kind of slows the game though because you keep stopping for the little conversations going on

[@123456Luck10]

No, mort, you don't want to know about the mods I use

[@MortismalGaming]

True

[@dangeroushandles]

It would be awesome to hear about other mods you like

[@510newguy]

I'm disappointed that there aren't any custom companion mods. I thought once the mod tools were out there would be a flood of them but nope. I guess I'm just spoiled by Bethesda games. If you want somebody to pick locks for you and be a scout right now you are kind of stuck with Astarian or a hireling from Withers. I'd love to have a Ranger / Scout type guy companion for heroic playthroughs. No luck yet!

[@M-yt1zk]

Hi Mort, would you consider making a video about P:WOTR mods? If not, what mods do you use there/can you recommend (if any)?

[@MortismalGaming]

Toybox is honestly the only mod like 95% of people will ever need

[@andersfrieden567]

My personal favourites so far are Mystra's Spells and Ancient Loot Pack or something like that, which completely randomizes the loot you are getting, base game and some new stuff included, which is really cool. Makes you experience a game in a new way, as each playthrough at least in terms of exploration feels almost like the first time. Class and subclass mods are also neet, I like Mind Weaver, Mystic, Dragon Tamer and College Of Dance Bard. I've been working on my own class mod, but it takes a lot of time and effort especially with me not being experienced in programming at all. But hopefully I am onto something really cool and will finish my mod. Customization in terms of camp clothes which doesn't give you extra buffs, but just lets you play with the look of your character is also great.

[@hoxyheart5479]

Dice mods are underrated. Love unholy smite and paladins have gods.

[@adamkadir3803]

Adjustable party mod now has a Tactician Enhanced sibling mod to rebalance the game accordingly.

[@alex-uw4mm]

Gnomephael: get gnomed son!

[@trishamiller7859]

Woo some BG3 action!

[@Odisseia-hh2td]

Nice! Now do one for favorite Skyrim mods 😎👌🏻 (Btw skyrim is rocking rn concurrent number of players in steam comparable with probable game of the year Elden Ring)

[@MortismalGaming]

Skyrim is actually interesting for me mods wise, the stuff I enjoyed the most actually just got added to the game via anniversary creations but Im a pretty boring guy for mods overall.

[@Odisseia-hh2td]

@MortismalGaming I tend to add mods to get a vanilla plus experience. There are some cool perk overhauls or ones that make combat more responsive, with better AI and tighter hithoxes.

[@theshadowcult]

Was hoping to hear about any class type mods. Whats your favourites there?

[@R-YR29]

Swearing mudcrabs is fantastic Macho man dragons though?

[@MortismalGaming]

A true classic

[@zackzebedi561]

I care not at all for cosmetic mods. All the mods I use are gameplay tweaks, mainly to make the game more challenging and/or fun.

[@scalpingsnake]

I wonder if it's possible to mod the game with party adjustment and increase difficulty to make it more balanced. I assume ultimately you will have to not go overboard with the meta gaming even with making the game much harder. Because Alert with big magic explosion of death will probably trivialize the game anyway xD I also think you could RP who you are taking each day, like maybe gale needs a break because of his condition or maybe Wyll has to go do something on his own to do with his contract or track down a lead on his father etc.

[@Nostromo2144]

A scrub like me might actually be able to beat the game with 16 characters lol! ;) Underwear optional of course...

[@FrensisR]

As a fan of randomizers, Bg3 randomizer mod was my favorite thing. Too bad simosas couldn't update it after Patch 7..😣

[@nicodimus2222]

I am unfamiliar with Raphael. I must have missed him along the way somewhere.

[@me36391]

Probably my favorite game, due to excitment and its execution was a mod released all the way back in january called Portal:Revolution. Also that is all I have been pplaying the last month is mods for Return to castle Wolfenstein and HL2.