Summary
- Baldur's Gate 3 sures The Witcher 3 in mods despite being half its age, with 8,200 mods and 149 million s.
- Larian Studios introducing official modding toolkit for consoles may lead to more creations and higher ranking on Nexus Mods.
- While Baldur's Gate 3 is popular, it may take many years to compete with Skyrim's 60,000 mods and two billion s on Nexus Mods.
In of the modding community, Baldur's Gate 3. Over the couse of four years, most of which were spent in early access, Larian Studios provided players with a role-playing experience that was surprisingly malleable given its depth and general size. Of course, that flexibility instantly inspired hundreds of unique mods, and those creations are continuing to grow to this day.
Over on Nexus Mods, Baldur's Gate 3 now features more ed and ed mods than The Witcher 3 despite being only half of the latter's age. The mod listing hub notes that Larian Studios' RPG boasts around 8,200 ed mods and 149 million dowloads, while the third entry in Geralt's saga sports 6,600 mods and 139 million s. That may not seem like a major milestone, but given The Witcher 3's popularity and the fact that it's been in the community's hands for nearly a decade, its clear that Baldur's Gate 3 players have been busy.
How To Install (& Use) Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Manager
The Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Manager can be intimidating to use, but it can installed easily if players follow the recommended steps and tips.
Baldur's Gate 3 Opens The Doors For More Modders
But Will It Be Enough To Topple Bethesda?
Baldur's Gate 3 ing The Witcher 3's mods comes just days after even higher up Nexus Mods' ranks.
Having said that, it seems doubtful that the launch of the official toolkit will see the RPG compete alongside Bethesda's catalog of games. At the time of writing, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim features the most mods and es on Nexus Mods: More than 60,000 add-ons are available through the site with over two billion s. Baldur's Gate 3 may be incredibly popular, but it'll need many, many years to come close to that benchmark.
Both Baldur's Gate 3 and The Witcher 3 have recent made great efforts to provide players with additional mod making tools. Aside from Larian Studios' recently-announced Patch 7, developer CD Projekt Red just dropped the official REDkit tool set for its fantasy RPG that allows for even more flexibility when it comes to transforming the game. Even if Geralt doesn't catch up to Tav, it's good to know that both communities are recieving ample modding .
Source: Nexus Mods
Baldur's Gate 3
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
- Franchise
- Baldur's Gate
- Platform(s)
- PC, macOS
