Top 10 Baldur's Gate 3 Mods That Make Patch 8 Absolutely Divine in 2026

\nAh, Patch 8. What a glorious time to be a Baldur's Gate 3 devotee! 🎮 The digital dust has settled, mod creators have worked their arcane magic, and now my subsequent playthroughs are as smooth as a Dragonborn's scales. It's 2026, and the mod scene? Thriving. I'm here, a humble adventurer in the realms of Faerûn, to share the absolute must-have mods that have been blessed by the Patch 8 compatibility gods. These aren't just for PC elitists either, my console and Mac comrades, they're for all of us! Let's dive into the top ten modifications that will make your next journey through the Sword Coast feel like a brand new epic.

10 Better Map + Inventory UI

Have Better Space For Your Space

Let's be real, friends. A clunky user interface can turn a grand adventure into a tedious chore faster than you can say "I roll for initiative." Especially on console, the default BG3 UI can feel like navigating a labyrinth blindfolded. But fear not! The UI modding community are the unsung heroes of convenience. The Better UI mod is the absolute cornerstone, and its companion, Better Inventory UI, is a simple, beautiful quality-of-life savior. It finally lets you tell your priceless magical artifact from a moldy cheese wheel without squinting! The item backgrounds and cleaner sorting are a revelation. But for me? The Better Map UI is the crown jewel. It banishes the dreaded 'Fog of War' to the nine hells where it belongs, replacing it with a gentle dimness. Discovering an area doesn't erase history; it just lights it up. As someone who has a deep, personal vendetta against fog mechanics in every video game ever made, this mod was a spiritual awakening.

9 Feat on Every Level Up

An Old Dog CAN Learn New Tricks (A Lot of Them)

Passive feats are the silent, powerful backbone of any great build. They're the little gremlins in the background boosting your damage, shoring up your defenses, or making you impossibly charismatic. The base game, in its cruel wisdom, only grants you a paltry four or five over your entire career. It's a tragedy! Enter the mods that say, "No more!" Feat on Every Level Up does exactly what it promises on the tin. Every time that beautiful 'LEVEL UP' icon appears, you get to pick a new passive power. Want to turn your Rogue into a skill-monkey with every proficiency under the sun? Go for it. Want to stack ability score improvements until your Barbarian could bench-press a dragon? Absolutely. Or, if you're like me and just want to create an utterly broken, god-like being by layering passive on top of passive for the sheer, unadulterated joy of it... this is your ticket. It's the fastest, most satisfying way to watch your Tav or Dark Urge evolve from a tadpole victim into an avatar of power.

8 ContainersExtended

Organise Your Inventory, Save Your Sanity

Baldur's Gate 3 is a loot simulator disguised as an RPG. We are all goblins at heart, hoarding every plate, cup, and slightly magical ring we find. The problem? Our inventory quickly becomes a black hole of chaos. Scrolling through 200 items to find that one specific scroll is not my idea of fun. ContainersExtended is the mod for the organized souls among us (and a wake-up call for the disorganized). It doesn't just give you a camp supply bag; it gives you a whole filing cabinet! Dedicated containers for weapons, armor, potions, scrolls, books, quest items—you name it. It's a small change that has an utterly monumental impact on gameplay flow. No more frantic searching during combat. No more accidentally selling a crucial quest item. For my fellow Type-A personality adventurers, this mod is more valuable than a legendary weapon. It brings order to the delightful chaos of Faerûn.

Here's a quick breakdown of what it organizes:

• ⚔️ Weapons & Armor (Separate tabs, praise the gods!)

• 🧪 Potions, Elixirs, and Grenades

• 📜 Scrolls and Spell-related Items

• 📖 Books, Notes, and Letters

• 🏷️ Quest Items and Key Objects

• 💎 Gems, Crafting Materials, and Valuables

7 More Enemies in Basic Fights

Especially If You're OP Already

So you've beaten the game. Once, twice, maybe five times. You know every ambush, every enemy placement, the most hyper-efficient way to clear the Blighted Village in two turns. The basic fights start to feel... routine. Boring, even. Cranking up the difficulty to Tactician helps, but sometimes you just need more bodies to throw Fireballs at. That's where More Enemies in Basic Fights comes in. It's elegantly simple: it increases the number of standard foes in non-boss encounters. That first scuffle with the goblins outside Emerald Grove? Suddenly it's a proper skirmish. The harpies on the beach? A fuller flock. It's the mod equivalent of your Dungeon Master looking at your optimized party, smiling, and adding a few more miniatures to the map. It doesn't fundamentally change the game, but it adds welcome friction and spectacle, ensuring those early-game encounters remain engaging on your 10th playthrough.

6 Starting Armour

NOW You're The Main Character

Let's air a grievance: the Nautiloid tutorial. We've all done it. We've all slogged through it in our pathetic, scratchy default rags, looking less like heroes and more like shipwreck survivors (which, technically, we are). The Starting Armour mod is a beautiful act of rebellion. It gives your character a proper, thematic set of armor from the moment you wake up on that illithid ship. Not game-breakingly powerful, mind you, but definitively better and infinitely more stylish. It's your Season 1 anime outfit, the garb that says, "I am the protagonist, and I will not be slaughtered by the first intellect devourer I meet." Given that most truly cool armor doesn't show up until later in Act 1 or Act 2, this mod ensures you look and feel the part from the get-go. We didn't need starting weapons; we needed to not look like we dressed in the dark. Problem solved.

5 Ember's Lute

Baldur's Gate 3: The Musical (No, Really)

Bards. The charismatic, verbose, magical jack-of-all-trades. The game loves them, the dialogue options are golden, but where's the music? Sure, there's a strum when you cast Vicious Mockery, but where are the spontaneous performances? The chance to truly be a musician? Ember's Lute answers that call by, and I am not exaggerating, turning the entire game into a musical. 🎭 This mod finally gives you a legitimate, delightful reason to pull out your instrument and perform for a crowd (or just for yourself in camp). It can even grant musical proficiency to your companions, letting you form a full adventuring band! With different versions of the mod offering various melodies, you can curate the soundtrack to your own epic. Want your Bard to brood with somber cello music? Done. Want them to inspire allies with rousing battle hymns? Absolutely. It's the role-playing depth the Bard class always deserved.

4 Fade's Equipment Distribution Set

Now With Paladin Gear! (And Everything Else)

The last time I sang this mod's praises, our noble Paladins were left out in the cold, gear-less. No longer! As of Patch 8 compatibility, Fade's Equipment Distribution Set now has something for every single class. Even better, the update now wisely deposits this glorious loot in a chest at your camp, sparing you the Nautiloid inventory juggling act. Think of this mod as the foundational bedrock for gear-focused gameplay. It's like the Improved UI of equipment mods. It provides a base set of powerful (some might say "busted") weapons and armor tailored to your class, serving as either your primary gear or a fantastic placeholder until you find that perfect legendary item. It's the ultimate power fantasy enabler, making every level-up and treasure hunt even more exciting because you're constantly comparing new loot to your already-awesome kit.

3 UnlockLevelCurve

Finally, Level 20!

This one hurts, fellow tabletop nerds. We are capped at Level 12. Just as our characters are hitting their world-shaking stride, the game says, "That's enough power for you." In proper D&D, the epic tales often go to 20 and beyond! UnlockLevelCurve is our righteous protest. This mod lets you keep climbing that beautiful experience ladder all the way to the fabled Level 20. The sheer, unmitigated serotonin hit of seeing "LEVEL UP" eight more times is worth the price of admission alone. Now, a fair warning: the game's spells and abilities are designed around the original cap, so you won't get new higher-level spells (though upcasting is your friend). But the raw statistical power, the extra feats, the feeling of becoming a true force of nature? Priceless. This is the perfect mod for the completionists, the grinders, and anyone who believes their hero's journey should end in apotheosis, not a gentle stopping point.

2 PixellBytes' Tactician Enhanced

Ideal For Larger Parties (Or If You're a Masochist)

The Party Size Begone (or similar) mod is incredibly popular for a reason—who wouldn't want to bring the whole camp along? But let's be honest: rolling with a party of eight turns most combats into a trivial stomp. PixellBytes' Tactician Enhanced exists to restore balance—or, more accurately, to intentionally tip it against you. This mod is the essential counterpart for anyone using a larger party mod. It allows you to finely tune the game's difficulty with a host of presets and settings. Enemy health, damage, AI aggression, the number of enemy reinforcements—you can tweak it all. Want a fair challenge for your six-person squad? There's a setting. Want to make Honour Mode look like a toddler's tea party? You can do that too (you maniac). It ensures the fun of a big, boisterous party doesn't come at the cost of engaging gameplay.

1 New Subclasses

'Tis the Season (For New Ways to Play)

And here we are, at numero uno. The mod that can fundamentally redefine your entire playthrough. While Patch 8 itself brought a glorious dozen new official subclasses, the modding community has been pulling from D&D's vast library for years. This category is a treasure trove. Want to play as the psionic Mystic from Unearthed Arcana? Done. Yearn for the protective darkness of the Twilight Domain Cleric from Tasha's? It's here. These mods add fully realized, often beautifully balanced new ways to experience the game. Your class is the core of your identity in Faerûn, and having more options means more stories to tell, more builds to theory-craft, and more reasons to start "just one more" campaign. With the fresh infusion from Patch 8, the subclass mod ecosystem is more vibrant than ever. It's the perfect way to keep a game you love feeling perpetually new and full of discovery. After all, if you get bored, you can always visit a certain skeletal friend for a respec! 🦴