The Baldur’s Gate 3 modding scene keeps producing full class packs, deep crafting systems, and staging tools alongside the usual outfits and head presets. The latest wave leans on ambitious gameplay additions rather than pure cosmetics, with several class mods pushing progression well past the base game’s level 12 ceiling and a pirate-themed crossover that adds both places to sail and enemies to fight.
Quick answer: This roundup spans new classes and races, a modular weapon forge, companion and romance overhauls, crossover gear, custom maps and summons, plus load-order tools. Grab any of them through the in-game mod manager or Nexus Mods.
New classes, subclasses, and playable races
Class-focused content is the largest category, with two entries continuing well beyond level 12. Those extra levels require a level-cap unlock in your load order, such as UnlockLevelCurve.
| Mod (author) | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Blood Mage (Roeltorz) | Constitution-based caster, levels 1–12, three blood-magic subclasses |
| Lord of Frenzied Flame (prednox) | Wisdom caster, levels 1–12, with a Madness buildup meter |
| Oath of Perfection – The Aureate Order (Nevety) | Paladin subclass built around radiant punishment |
| Tarandus (M1nerals) | Playable caribou/deer humanoid race with custom horns |
| Scarlet Witch (dantye11ev) | Telekinesis class with force spells and matching armor |
| Homebrew Subclasses (zx10rx) | Six subclasses across Rogue, Bard, Sorcerer, Cleric, Druid, Monk |
| Solasta Rogue Subclasses (oakleysheh) | Darkweaver, Shadowcaster, Hoodlum, full to level 20 |
| Ketheric Chosen of Myrkul (PredKnox) | Level 1–40 class built on Ketheric Thorm’s powers |
Blood Mage provides a complete spellcasting progression from level 1 through 12. It spends health and blood surges to cast spells or restore spell slots, dealing necrotic damage and causing bleed. Its three paths are Path of the Leech, Path of the Hemorrhage, and Path of the Vessel. The Crimson Tome spellbook controls access to the Hemocraft mechanic.
Lord of Frenzied Flame adapts an Elden Ring mythos into a full Wisdom-based caster. Its signature system is a Madness buildup meter that escalates psychological and combat effects as it fills.
Oath of Perfection – The Aureate Order is a D&D 5e homebrew Paladin subclass focused on radiant damage that punishes enemy mistakes. Its Channel Oath toolkit includes Verdict, which marks a target for 10 rounds and leaves it vulnerable to radiant damage, Scorn, a reaction that deals radiant damage on a missed enemy attack, and Aura of Severity, which lowers nearby enemy Armour Class.
Modular weapon crafting with Noxx’s Arcane Forge
Noxx’s Arcane Forge by prednox is a crafting framework that combines base weapons with four metals (Steel, Silver, Gold, Platinum), gemstones that add elemental and bleed passives, and jewelry bindings. The Lite edition covers up to 21,600 unique weapon combinations from ordinary weapons, while the Expanded version reaches 226,800 combinations across ordinary and tier-supported weapons.
The output is granular. A forged Starblood Longsword – Boldness, for example, lands at 7–21 damage, rolling 1d10 (or 1d8) plus 5 piercing, with additional 1d4 piercing and 1d4 slashing layered on from its components.
Armor, outfits, and crossover gear
| Mod (author) | Details |
|---|---|
| Lux Aeterna (CaelisSynz) | Modular radiant set; bracers grant +2 AC and Radiating Orb turns |
| After Hours Suit (Obsessed_With_Yes) | Modern tailored suit supporting vanilla and modded body types |
| CORVID – Wings (Neeryn) | Raven armor with stealth buffs and a fly mechanic |
| SALEM (Neeryn) | Ahri-inspired dress for gameplay and staged shots |
| Elden Ring Talismans – Tarnished Edition (PredPrey/PredKnox) | 72 balanced talismans placed across Acts 1, 2, and 3 |
| Carian Knight Set (OldDude1993) | Elden Ring armor wearable by any party member |
| Ziva Goddess Dress (APZurv) | Dye-compatible dress shown on Shadowheart |
| Shadowrogue Outfit BT1 (Ayuro) | Modular rogue armor with scarves, female body type 1 |
| Nadinia’s outfit (Yanhy) | High Priestess look ported from Dragon’s Dogma 2 |
| Vanilla Treasure [Wearable] (bitten-thrice) | Renders base-game rings and amulets on hands and neck |
CORVID stands out because its fly mechanic changes how you move, not just how you look, while Vanilla Treasure closes a small gap by making the game’s own rings and amulets visible on character models using existing asset meshes.
Companion recruitment, romance, and vampirism overhauls
Mizora Joins the Party by WorldWalker42 is the most extensive companion addition here. Fulfill its recruitment conditions in Act 3 to bring her in as a full party member. She also has a camp presence and a human form option, so the mod affects camp behavior as well as the roster.
Symphony of a Vampire – Vampirism Overhaul by Lukyirym is the deepest system rework in this batch. It swaps the usual spell-list approach for a custom skill tree drawn as an anatomical heart, with 46 vampiric powers to unlock across it.
Ascended Astarion Romance Overhaul – BETA by gobenoblin and LittleHouseofImaginations adds dialogue and gives players more options during romance scenes.
The Astarion romance overhaul is flagged as a beta, so run it on a save you are willing to lose rather than a main playthrough.
Character edits, head presets, and photo tools
| Mod (author) | What it changes |
|---|---|
| Magus Selectus – Gale Edit (SweetGenerous) | Gale with a scholarly long hairstyle and updated textures |
| The Bloody Star – Astarion Edit (SweetGenerous) | Astarion with longer white hair, paler skin, subtler bite marks |
| Taste of Poison – Minthara Edit (SweetGenerous) | Cosmetic face and hair redesign for Minthara |
| Vampire Queen – Head Preset (manu-liparoni) | Female head presets with fangs for Elf, Half-Elf, Human, Tiefling |
| Ambrose Head Preset_BT2 (StarlessTides) | Male body type 2 preset for Half-Elf and Drow |
| bhaal babe (laryelayn) | Orin-inspired head edit for Humans and Elves |
| Luxperviance (mooch30) | Hand-drawn Selûne tattoos for Shadowheart |
| The Sacred Deer (OneEyeAskYou) | Photo-mode cervitaur legs with Unadorned, Ornate, and Splendid skins |
Character-creation additions and edits to familiar companions account for most of these mods. The Sacred Deer stands apart as a photo-mode tool: it replaces character legs with a deer lower body and provides custom poses for staged shots.
Maps, custom encounters, and summons
The headline crossover pairs two mods. Uncharted – Pirates of Faerûn – Maps for VP by Axiona and InkyPlease builds out sailable spaces, including pirate ships, islands ringed with skull rocks, airships overhead, and the occasional kraken, with waypoints linking locations such as The Grinning Isle. Below deck, Signy’s Cabin is packed with interactive objects and lore props for virtual photography.
Its companion is a pirate update for Infinite Combat Encounters, which adds four summonable fights: the Menzoberranzan Captain, the Pirate Queen, the Tide Hunter, and Redcap Pirates. Each carries its own portrait and title, and the encounters hold up under Honor Mode rules, so dropping them onto a ship deck produces a genuine naval brawl.
Alleryel’s Library by LittleHouseOfImagination is a custom map for staging photography, posing, or hosting battles through infinite-combat mods. On the novelty side, JoJo’s Bizarre Summons – Stand Proud by BerrySemifredo lets players call Stands like Star Platinum, Golden Experience Requiem, and D4C into combat, while KethericMaster Chief by T_Bears97 swaps Ketheric Thorm’s model for Halo’s Master Chief and replaces his warhammer with an energy sword.
Quality-of-life and fix mods for large load orders
Once you are running dozens of mods, the hard part shifts from installing to tracking. These tools cut down on that bookkeeping and patch a few loose ends in the base game.
| Mod (author) | What it does |
|---|---|
| Sensible Mod Info (nzx) | Writes the source mod and its edits into item tooltips |
| In-Game Mod Manager Search (ArkticOxygen) | Adds a text search filter to the Installed mods tab |
| Character Creator Head and Hair Search (SerpentineShel) | Search and filter box in the character customization screen |
| Finished Business (ActualSailorCat) | Quest fixes: milk for His Majesty, Minsc’s rage, Mol timer fix |
Sensible Mod Info is the most useful for conflict hunting, since opening your inventory shows which mod added the item you are holding. Finished Business restores Minsc’s legacy Berserk rage from the earlier Baldur’s Gate games, lets you feed His Majesty milk at Last Light Inn, and resolves a script bug tied to Mol’s timer countdown.
Where to download these mods and what to check first
Baldur’s Gate 3 mods are available through two primary channels. The in-game mod manager draws on the mod.io catalog and is the sole option for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC mod sites usually get larger overhauls and outfit ports first; you can begin at the official Baldur’s Gate 3 mods hub.
- Before subscribing, check that the mod specifies Patch 8 compatibility; older uploads may fail to load or interfere with character creation.
- Install required dependencies before using a mod. Class mods that offer levels beyond 12 require a level-cap unlock, while add-on packs rely on their base mod being installed.
- Start a fresh save for the level 20 and level 40 classes, which reshape encounter difficulty beyond the game’s original tuning.
You can confirm a load order is being read correctly in a few ways: new subclasses appear at level-up or on a respec with Withers, outfits show up in the tutorial chest or their listed vendor, and Sensible Mod Info naming the origin mod inside a tooltip is the clearest sign the game is loading your mods.
Mods disable achievements. This is normal and does not mean the installation is faulty. If you can add only one, the Uncharted and Infinite Combat Encounters pairing is the clearest choice: it gives you both a destination and a reason to visit.
