10 best Baldur’s Gate 3 combat mods – Destructoid
There’s a lot to love about Baldur’s Gate 3, the combat included. But nothing is perfect, and that’s where the game’s impressive modding community comes in.
We’re going to take a look at the 10 best Baldur’s Gate 3 combat mods currently available on Nexus Mods, to see how modders have innovated on and changed one of the most important features in Larian’s CRPG.
Combat Extender
Combat Extender gives you complete control over combat difficulty. Want to give yourself more Actions? Sure, go ahead. Want to add spells to your enemies to make things harder for yourself? Why not, you can do it. You’re in charge.
Combat Extender is all about putting the power in the hands of the player. Yes, you can use it like a total cheat code, but you can also do the complete opposite. Having the choice is all that matters.
More Actions
If Baldur’s Gate 3‘s combat encounters take a little bit too long for your taste, then MagusTheMagician’s More Actions should be able to solve your issue.
It’s a mod as simple as its name. You get more Actions, Bonus Actions, Reactions, and Inspiration to use during combat. This should allow you to cut through your opponents in much fewer turns. However, this will make BG3 combat much easier, so be aware.
Trials of Tav – A Roguelike Mode
Trials of Tav – A Roguelike Mode is by far the biggest mod on this list. It changes Baldur’s Gate 3‘s entire genre, transforming it from a CRPG to a neverending roguelike. Placed in random locations from across the base game, fighting random enemies while picking up random loot, this is for people who truly love Baldur’s Gate 3‘s combat and wish the entire game was like that.
There are 80 maps in total, with “100h of new gameplay” according to creator Hippo0o. You face waves of enemies, each harder than the last. It’s just a totally new experience, and it even works in multiplayer. There’s even a new scoring system called RogueScore, which allows you to unlock more powerups as the waves progress.
Brawl – Real Time Combat
It’s hard to believe, but not everyone loves turn-based combat. Crazy, right? Brawl – Real Time Combat is the perfect remedy if this sounds like you. There are limits that even modders can’t bypass, so don’t expect to install this mod and suddenly be playing Dragon Age.
However, it will make each action, in turn, happen instantaneously, which speeds up the combat enormously. Fights that previously took minutes now take seconds, and it’s incredible fun. You’ve got to think much faster with this mod, which changes the combat dynamic entirely. There’s an option to pause if you need a moment, too.
Aether’s No Party Limits
Admittedly, Aether’s No Party Limits affects much more than just combat, but it’s here that you’ll most notice its impact on your BG3 playthrough.
This mod extends the party limit to 16, allowing you to bring all your Baldur’s Gate 3 companions along for the adventure. And yes, they can all fight at once, making combat all a bit one-sided, considering the game was designed for parties of fun. It’s a blast that you should definitely try out at least once.
Absolute Wrath
Finding Baldur’s Gate 3 combat too easy? Install Absolute Wrath. With almost 2,000 new Affixes (buffs and debuffs) and hundreds of new Absolutist elite enemy types to fight, it’s one of the most comprehensive refreshers of combat in BG3 that you can download.
All the new Affixes are dynamically applied by the mod automatically, “aligning them with their innate traits, classes, and levels.” According to creator Grimpreacher, this “ensures that every encounter is both thematic and unforeseeably chaotic.” Absolute Wrath is a real breath of fresh air for BG3 veterans.
Combat Auto Saver
There’s nothing more frustrating than biting off more than you can chew in a Baldur’s Gate 3 combat encounter. With this mod, you’ll never have to worry about that ever again.
Combat Auto Saver saves the game automatically whenever you enter combat. Now, if you lose a fight, you don’t have to be annoyed that your most recent save is going to cost you 30 minutes of progress. Quality of life is the name of the game here.
Critical Miss Has Consequences
Hitting a Critical Miss in BG3 feels a little pointless. It’s frustrating, sure, but it doesn’t really matter. Critical Miss Has Consequences addresses this perfectly by, well, giving Critical Misses consequences.
Now, when a Critical Miss is hit, the target makes a free Attack of Opportunity against the initiator. Ranged attacks and cantrips are supported with this mod, so it’s not just for melee players. It’s a great and easy way to make the Critical Miss system feel much more important.
Automated Summons
If you do lots of summoning during combat in Baldur’s Gate 3, keeping on top of your summons can become a huge nuisance, especially when controlling your companions, too.
Automated Summons adds a new passive ability that allows the AI to take control of your summons during combat. Let them do their own thing! This is toggleable, so if you decide you want control again, you get it at the push of a button.
Combat Console Commands
Unfortunately, Baldur’s Gate 3‘s combat has a few frustrating bugs that are just an accepted part of the experience. Turns occasionally get stuck, with the only solution in the base game being to reload a save. No longer.
Combat Console Commands adds a few commands that can be used to forcibly end combat turns in different ways, effectively fixing the aforementioned bug. Why wouldn’t you have it in your load order?
