Summary
In terms of the modding community,The Witcher 3: The Wild Huntis no slacker when it comes to custom content but despite the abundance of fan-made creations,it’s just been surpassed by the much more recentBaldur’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 onNexus Mods,Baldur’s Gate 3now features more downloaded and uploaded mods thanThe Witcher 3despite being only half of the latter’s age. The mod listing hub notes that Larian Studios' RPG boasts around8,200 uploaded mods and 149 million dowloads, while the third entry in Geralt’s saga sports 6,600 mods and 139 million downloads.That may not seem like a major milestone, but givenThe Witcher 3’s popularity and the fact that it’s been in the community’s hands for nearly a decade, its clear thatBaldur’s Gate 3players 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 3passingThe Witcher 3’s mods comes just days afterLarian Studios confirmedthatthe game’s next major patch will introduce an official modding toolkit, granting users the ability to download custom content onto consoles. It should also mean that anything made using this toolkit will be supported by the developers, ensuring its compatible with all future updates. It seems like a given that making the ability to create mods easier will only result in even more user creations, so it’s possible thatBaldur’s Gate 3could riseeven 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: Skyrimfeatures the most modsand downloades on Nexus Mods:More than 60,000 add-ons are available through the site with over two billion downloads.Baldur’s Gate 3may be incredibly popular, but it’ll need many, many years to come close to that benchmark.
BothBaldur’s Gate 3andThe Witcher 3have 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 droppedthe official REDkit tool setfor its fantasy RPG thatallows 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 support.
