Top 5 Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods & How To Install Them

Despite being available on the PS5, Baldur’s Gate 3 is most certainly a game meant to be played on a PC. A major advantage of that is the ability to install mods using the BG3 Mod Manager. A lot of these mods can improve the quality of the game and give you a better and simpler experience if you are new to the series. However, installing the mods can be trivial.

In this guide, we will explain how to install Baldur’s Gate 3 mods and use them with the BG3 Mod Manager. We will also list the top 5 BG3 mods available at the moment.

How to download and install mods in Baldur’s Gate 3 using BG3 Mod Manager

Here are the step-by-step instructions below on how to install mods in Baldur’s Gate 3:

1. First, make sure you have booted up Baldur’s Gate 3 at least once. This is to ensure the game creates a user profile and a mod folder in its files. But make sure the game is not open before moving to the next step.
2. Next, ensure your PC has .NET Framework 4.7.2 installed.
3. Now download the latest release of BG3 Mod Manager from this GitHub page. Simply scroll down on this page and click the ‘Grab latest release’ link as shown below.

   

4. You will now have a Zip file downloaded called ‘BG3ModManager_Latest’. Extract this anywhere by right-clicking and choosing ‘Extract All’, or you can use any third-party extraction software like 7-Zip.
5. You will now have the BG3 Mod Manager application in the extracted folder. Launch this application and it will ask you to direct it to your Baldur’s Gate 3 installation folder. Do so if it did not find the folder by itself.
6. Now that your mod manager is all set, the next step is to download your favorite BG3 mods from Nexus Mods.
7. Once you download a mod, find the file that says ‘.pak’ at the end. This is the file you need for the mod to be installed.
8. This file needs to be copied or moved to the Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods folder on your PC. This can be found at C:\Users\<Your Username>\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur’s Gate 3\Mods
9. If you can’t find the AppData folder, it’s most likely hidden. In that case, just type out the location as mentioned above in the address bar of your file explorer. Make sure to replace <Your username> with your actual username on your PC.

   

10. Once you move the ‘.pak’ file to the Mods folder mentioned above, hit the refresh button on top in BG3 Mod Manager and you will now see a new mod showing in the ‘Inactive’ mods section.

    

11. Simply drag the mod from the ‘Inactive’ section to the ‘Active’ section on the left and click on the ‘Save Load Order to File’ button that looks like a floppy disk. See the image below for reference.

    

12. Once you do that, click on the ‘Export Order to Game’ button which is to the right of the previous button; check the image below for reference.

    

13. The mod is now installed, and you can now run Baldur’s Gate 3 to make use of it.

5 best Baldur’s Gate 3 mods to install using BG3 Mod Manger

Now that you know how to install your mods in Baldur’s Gate 3, here are some of the mods that you might be interested in. To download them, simply click on the mod name and you will be taken to the Nexus mods page.

Party Limit Begone

Have you ever wished you could have more than just 4 party members? Wanting to have a whole army follow you? Well, the Party Limit Begone mod lets you do exactly that. It allows you to have up to 16 members in your party at a single time. It also expands the multiplayer limit to 9 players.

Improved Gameplay Camera Mod

The camera in Baldur’s Gate 3 can prove to be finicky at times. Sometimes you might want to zoom out a bit further to get a better understanding of your surroundings or maybe have the camera follow along with your character. The Improved Gameplay Camera Mod does this and more by adding several features.

Carry Weight Increased

After woefully picking up every single item you can find around you, you will soon hit the weight limit which will result in your character being ‘Encumbered’. If you are the type of player who finds this annoying and just wants to be able to pick up everything imaginable without any repercussions, the Carry Weight Increased mod is for you as it increases your maximum weight limit by x9000.

Improved UI Mod

If the UI of Baldur’s Gate 3 comes off as annoying at times and lacking in certain departments, you can install this Improved UI mod using BG3 Mod Manager. This mod changes the existing UI by removing intrusive in-game warnings and enhancing the character creation options.

Tav’s Hair Salon

The vanilla hairstyle options in BG3 have a lot of variety but still might be missing a few that fancies your particular taste. Tav’s Hair Salon mod fixes this by adding multiple new hairstyles into your game which you can use when creating a new character. It will help you create the exact type of character you want so you can get even more immersed while playing.

That is all you need to know on how to install mods in Baldur’s Gate 3 using the BG3 Mod Manager. Using these mods will surely bring a bunch of quality-of-life changes and tailor the experience to your liking. Now that you have the mods, you also might be interested in knowing how to Multi-Class in Baldur’s Gate 3.