Best Divinity: Original Sin 2 Mods and How to Install Them
Stealth - No Silly Bush, Barrel, Or Rocks
Download on Nexus Mods
As far as I'm concerned, this is a required mod that should be an in-game toggle option. I love nearly everything about how Larian has crafted this turn-based, tactical RPG experience... except for the comic relief. It has no place in this game world, and ruins immersion.
I can just skip the eye-rolling one liners in the dialogue, but stealth is always in your face with its silliness -- as your main character suddenly starts cosplaying as a bush or stumps around the room underneath the barrel like it's an episode of Scooby Doo.
My heartfelt thanks to the maker of this mod, who is unquestionably doing the Divine's work on Earth.
Crafting Overhaul
Download on Steam Workshop
We've covered the crafting system extensively, which lets you create your own basic potions, scrolls, weapons, and even skills. But it some ways it does feel a bit lacking in comparison to the other options presented in Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Much like with Fallout 4, the modding community has come together to immediately fix this oversight, creating a much more robust system that utilizes more items.
Now all that junk like cracked plates and broken mugs can be turned into useful material, and unwanted old clothing and armor can be broken down into scraps that in turn are used to boost existing armor pieces.
Expanded Party Size
Download on Steam Workshop
Who doesn't want a bigger party? Granted, this does break a few things on the balance and replayability fronts, as the game is meant to be played with four characters and then replayed later with four different characters, taking differing options along the way.
But who wants to play the game the way it was intended? If you want all the pre-built origin characters together in one playthrough, now you can go wild with a full group of six party members. It's a good bet those devastating boss battles won't be nearly as frustrating anymore either!
Free Pet Pal
Download on Steam Workshop
The talent system includes a host of combat and non-combat options, but talents aren't added every single level -- so you will only ever have a handful of them to try out.
While that's clearly on purpose for build and replability purposes, some of the talents that you really want to have on hand all the time, like Pet Pal, can result in sub-optimal builds as you give up a combat talent.
This simple little mod gives your starting character Pet Pal for free. If the pre-built origin character already has Pet Pal as a standard option (like Ifan), then you get another extra talent for free.
Early Skill Book Unlocks
Download on Steam Workshop
If you want to experience the full range of combat and build options straight from Fort Joy, this mod gives each skill vendor a much larger range of the associated skill books immediately.
That's right -- no more having to deal with only have four possible skills for each spell school until you escape the Fort! Instead you can get some of those devastatingly awesome later game skills (assuming you've got the gold or the pickpocket ability).
Permanent Spirit Vision
Download on Nexus Mods
Spirit Vision is an imminently useful ability, since it is required to figure out puzzles like the elemental pressure plates in Mordu's basement.
Unfortunately you have to manually activate the ability every 10 rounds, which doesn't really make sense given that Spirit Vision doesn't require any Source points to use once you acquire the skill.
Doesn't it make more sense to just always have it active? That's exactly what this mod does, so you don't have to constantly turn it back on to see if you missed anything!
Combat Sneak
Download on Nexus Mods
When you pump your stealth skill up to higher levels, it becomes very useful to position yourself before combat begins and get in a good old backstab to start the fight.
Unfortunately, it's less useful during combat, since sneaking requires so many AP. This simple mod makes sneaking more viable during combat (especially when connected to the Guerilla talent) by lowering the AP cost by half.
8 Max AP
Download on Steam Workshop
This interesting little mod changes some of your tactical options and is only sort of a cheat that increases your max AP from 6 to 8. The mod doesn't automatically give anyone extra AP, it just increases the maximum AP you can have in a turn.
In other words, if you save AP from round to round (or you have abilities that increase AP temporarily), you can potentially get in more moves and attacks, but you have to be strategic about your AP usage to get to the full 8 points.
Tidy Skillbars
Download on Nexus Mods
This mod offers only one single, tiny little change -- but it will be very welcome for players who demand a certain level of control and tidiness over their UI. Are you tired of how every single item you pick up automatically gets added to your inventory?
For the casual player that's useful, since they won't forget to use scrolls and potions found during the game. But if you want total control, this mod makes it so that only new skills get added to the skillbar, and not any items you grab.
Better Item Borders
Download on Nexus Mods
Another simple UI change, this mod just makes a tweak to the border shading around any given item, making them pop much more on the screen and also making it much easier to distinguish the rarity of any given magic item.
Those were the 10 best mods we've found so far for this classic throwback RPG! What did you think of our picks, and what other mods would you recommend we try out? Let us know in the comments!
Even without mods, there are hundreds of quests, builds, and secrets to explore in this sprawling, turn-based fantasy epic. Be sure to check out some of our other Divinity Original Sin 2 walkthroughs to get the most of out of the game:
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