Mods / Balance

• PPhoenix Rebalancedby Lord VectraPhoenix Changes: Fiery Rebirth >Increased to 2 turns but the Corpse is protected (cannot use raise zombies on it) Overheat >Damage decreased to 15 >A single action704 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• EEnhance Can Affect Mythic Unit[Out of Date]by 76561198376360171I've been upload the new mod to support all dlcs. —————————————————————— Mythic units can be affected by the following skill effects: Intimidating Aura Tempered Shields Sundering Blades Frenzying Focus Siege Magic Artisan Blades Projectiles of Decay Focus of Devastation Flameburst Weapons Lightni...692 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CCorvo's Passive Hero XPby 76561198322559657OVERVIEW All heroes, of all types, now gain a passive 2 XP per turn. This change will make Hero Leveling a much smother and more forgiving experience without breaking the game's balance. Since the amount of experience needed to level up increases with every level, this mod is going to have dimini...691 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - Heroes and Item Forge - V3by SkyPhoenixZ1My mod introduces some changes to Rulers, Heroes and Item Forge, so the game can become more enjoyable. Features: + Now all Heroes (including Rulers) get +3 starting skill points and +3 skill points per level. + Rulers and Heroes now have +25 health and +3 status resistance to make them more stur...673 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• HHammer Timeby KingmakerLet me be blunt (pun intended). This mod adds hammers and maces as playable loadouts for all melee leaders: Champions, Wizard Kings, and Elder Vampires. It does not affect Dragon Lords, Giant Kings, or Eldritch Sovereigns. It also has no effect on non-melee leaders such as Rangers, Ritualists, or...656 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• LLiving Fog Buffby Lord VectraChanges Living Fog back to a Fighter.647 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• LLimited Researchby Freaky FreddyThis mod changes the order of progression and the total amount of tomes you can research to: x4 T1 Tomes x4 T2 Tomes x3 T3 Tomes x3 T4 Tomes x1 T5 Tomes Also changed the number of cycles required to get a new tome from 4 to 3 Once you reach T5 you won't be able to select new tomes but you're stil...646 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• LLower limit of maintenance feeby 76561198359100618将原版的50%维护费下限改为10% 游戏提示没有变化，但维护费在后期确实可以叠加的更低 Change the original 50% maintenance fee lower limit to 10% The game prompts have not changed, but maintenance fees can indeed be stacked lower in the later stages640 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• HHero XP Boosterby HjAaOverview Originally made because I grew bored of meeting the AI with my heroes being about five times their strength, this mod adds a few society traits to boost the levelling of heroes with a multiplicators 2x, 4x and 8x. The trait is free to take and doesn't seem to be added to random factions,...636 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
• WWanderer Multiclass: Kaigeby STRGNew content: Added new skill trees to the Wanderer. They were made by Kaige. In a playset, this mod should be after: Wanderer. Necromancer. Cryomancer. Captain. Druid. Rogue. Cleric. Accursed Ronin. Engineer. Counterpart at Paradox Plaza.620 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• NNo Berserk Song of the Recklessby FarsightRemoved Berserk from Song of the Reckless, no more annoying friendly fire. I was wondering why my Berserker kept attacking my own friendly units during Auto Combat when he got full Health then I realized that the Auto Combat AI kept casting Song of the Reckless on my Berserkers, like EVERY Turn!...615 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• TTraining Courseby badokkWelcome to the Academy, Cadet! Please pick your course and go on to learn various powerful abilities! The mod adds bonus ability or passive effect to all racial units whenever a new unit of their class is researched. The general design philosophy (though there are exceptions) is as follows: Battl...613 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• EElemental dragons have unit typesby HzTPersonally I'm not happy with the limited option I could have when I want to enchant my dragons. Until the devs gives dragons more unit enchantment/buff options, I slap more unit types into the dragons so we can enchant/buff them more. Young & adult Fire dragon: Fiend unit type Young & adult Ice...612 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• NNo Free AI Incomeby jpinardOn Normal Difficulty this removes the extra bonus income and cost modifiiers for the AI, making it more fair to the player. AI still gets the other inherent traits for the normal difficulty settings. StrategicAI.rpk If you really, really want to donate:588 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• TTrue Strike For All Rangedsby FarsightAdded True Strike passive ability to all Ranged, Battle Mage, Skirmisher, Support, Mythic and Hero Units in the game. (True Strike passive causes all Range Attacks to Not miss). Ever wondering why your Ranged units like to attack at melee range when they actually have 6 Range? That's because of A...585 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - City Improvements - 200 Pop CCby SkyPhoenixZ1This mod was made in mind to allow to enjoy megacities in AoW4, including some improvements in some aspects. Features: + Increased Annex Distance bonus to 2 per Upgrade of City Hall, starting bonus is unchanged. + Now Maximum Population is 200, also for the need of mod i had to adjust some food s...567 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• CCorvo's Necro Overhaulby 76561198322559657OVERVIEW This Mod makes some quality of life and balance adjustments to Necromancy Tomes and the Warlock Class. The tome of Souls returns once more to a tier 1 Tome while the tome of Necromancy becomes a tier 2 tome. GENERAL • Zombies and Decaying Zombies have Very Fast Movement. • Exhume Undead...545 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• DDawn Defender Tier IIIby FarsightDawn Defender is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Dawn Defender Tier III allows for more options for your army w...538 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - Heroes Buff V1by SkyPhoenixZ1My mod introduces some changes to Rulers and Heroes, so the game can become more enjoyable. Features: + Now all Heroes (including Rulers) get +5 starting skill points. + Rulers and Heroes now have +25 health and +3 status resistance to make them more sturdy and reliable at the game beginning. + R...531 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• DDefender Tier IIIby FarsightDefender is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Defender Tier III allows for more options for your army when it com...509 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - Larger Annex Distance for Citiesby SkyPhoenixZ1Details: + This mod is for people who want annex distance bonus, but at the same time dont want other features from City Improvement mod. + Base annex distance from Tier 1 Town hall remains the same as it was (its the same in my original City Improvement mod). + Annex distance for upgraded Town h...497 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• FFeudal Rework by Phoenix (Pending Update)by xPHOENIXWINGx***READ ME*** Due to the custom images, I highly recommend placing this mod first in your load order, especially if you have a lot of mods installed. Try this if your game is crashing on load. I had the same issue, and fixing the load order resolved it. Please let me know if you encounter any pro...492 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• PPBEM Competitiveby DreadReaprBalance mod for Multiplayer game with Manual Combat vs Ai and PvP Changelog: 🔗 General 🔗 Balance 🔗 Bug and Exploit Fixes 🔗 Descriptions Links: 🔗 AOW4 Multiplayer Community 🔗 PBEM Competitive (Paradox version) For Bug reports or Suggestions: leave a comment or join Discord and post in forum485 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• LLevelUp: Mortal Combat - Unit Medal Overhaulby Funi TimeGoal: This mod aims to rebalance tactical combat by creating a greater distinction between different unit classes and tiers, as well as making combat more deadly by reducing access to additional unit health and defence/resistance. As with the original mod this is built off, this mod attempts to p...480 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• RReaver Reworkby White_Drag0nUpdated for Giant Kings patch. With magelocks being reworked, I no longer change them in my mod. Changelog: Harriers -> Become optional cavalry. Overseer -> Gains an ability to summon Observer for 3 turns Suppressing Barage -> Immobilize chance goes from 30% to 60% and the cost decreases from 15/...478 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• PProtector Tier IIIby FarsightProtector is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Protector Tier III allows for more options for your army when it c...467 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• MMore Hit Pointsby Komogi(Updated for the Thrones of Blood DLC / Gargoyle Patch!) Overview: A simple mod that increases the Hit Points of all units and heroes! Lower tiered units should be less fragile, combat will be slower, and battle attrition and healing will have more of an impact! Is it balanced? Well, that's up to...467 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• SSpellshield Tier IIIby FarsightSpellshield is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Spellshield Tier III allows for more options for your army when...465 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• WWarrior Tier IIIby FarsightWarrior is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Warrior Tier III allows for more options for your army when it comes...456 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• NNight Guard Tier IIIby FarsightNight Guard is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Night Guard Tier III allows for more options for your army when...456 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• EEveryday Heroes - Hero Recruitment Reworkby Funi TimeGoal: This mod was primarily built to reduce Hero spam, primarily by the AI but also for the Player. The main method used to achieve this goal is the implementation of Imperium as the primary resource for recruiting and maintaining Heroes. For the Player this means balancing access to the militar...448 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• HHalberdier Tier IIIby FarsightHalberdier is now a Tier III unit. AoW4 pushes you to build Tier III units which made many Tier I units obsolete. Not only that but having only 1 Tier III unit per faction means you are forced to spam that unit to be viable. Making Halberdier Tier III allows for more options for your army when it...447 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• 66 Form Trait Pointsby Xiphos FraznoirChanges the 5 Form Points to a 6. This should be equel to what it used to be before the points became a thing. But makes a good balance. Let me know in the comments if there are any issues. Important Note: Do not mix with other Form Trait points mods.444 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• DDragons - Mythic Enchantmentsby 76561198806865776Changes all mythic dragons to non-mythic units with appropriate typing: Tier V: Fire Dragon - Fighter Frost Dragon - Fighter Golden Dragon - Fighter Obsidian Dragon - Fighter Calamity Dragon - Support Prosperity Dragon - Support Tier IV: Bone Dragon - Fighter Righteous Judge - Fighter435 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - Experience Gain for Heroes - 150%by SkyPhoenixZ1This mod is for people who want leveling heroes faster. Features: + Increases experience gain for all heroes by 150%. + Its possible to stack all variants of this mod to get stronger effect (for now available 4 variants). Additional Notes: + If you start a new game, this mod gonna be applied inst...433 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• SStronger Start (Scorpion Patch)by =[OzF]= LuNaticThis mod makes the starting army for the Easy start setting stronger by spawning in a cultural T3 and T2 unit for each player on turn 1. Also increases starting resources slightly higher to help pay the upkeep. Intended for running in high difficulty worlds to protect the player from being insta-...427 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
• MMetamorph Multioriginby STRGLocalization: Russian New content: Added a new Metamorph multiorigin, it has access to skill trees from other origins: Wizard King, Mortal Champion. Uses Wizard King's character creator. Doesn't start with a learned ability, but instead gains 1 additional skill point. Doesn't start with initial s...409 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - City Improvements - 100 Pop CCby SkyPhoenixZ1This mod was made in mind to allow to enjoy megacities in AoW4, including some improvements in some aspects. Features: + Increased Annex Distance bonus to 2 per Upgrade of City Hall, starting bonus is unchanged. + Now Maximum Population is 100, also for the need of mod i had to adjust some food s...378 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• RReworked Primal Strike [Deprecated]by KomogiThis mod is now deprecated, as of the Wolf Update, since Primal Strike was removed. Thanks for all of the support! Overview: All Barbarian Culture Units now have Primal Strike! I've always wondered why Primal Strike was limited to Barbarian Melee units. With this mod, every Barbarian and would-be...376 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• MMore Morale Change (Hero Kill or Death)by Komogi(Updated for the Ways of War DLC / Tiger Patch!) Overview: Hero kills and deaths are now more impactful in battles, with increased Morale gains and penalties! A very simple mod that does what it says! Is it balanced? Well, that's up to you to decide! ;3 Changes: Enemy Hero Death Morale Gain: 8 ->...365 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - City Improvements - 50 Pop CCby SkyPhoenixZ1This mod was made in mind to allow to enjoy megacities in AoW4, including some improvements in some aspects. Features: + Increased Annex Distance bonus to 2 per Upgrade of City Hall, starting bonus is unchanged. + Now Maximum Population is 50, also for the need of mod i had to adjust some food su...354 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• 魔魔法材料增强by 76561198419492752新更新删除了此前的原游戏本体汉化文件，并应该适配游牧吃材料之后的精华加成，此Mod最好不要与其他改动魔法材料相关的mod同时使用，以免引起冲突。 本Mod为简中个人向测试版！ Mod灵感本来源于作者Grumpy Old Dwarf的Better Magic Materials Mod链接： 因为Mod很久没更新，所以在此先上传个人使用的版本（注：此MOD为个人自制，并非在原mod的acp文件上直接做出修改）。 和BMM观念一样，个人感觉原版魔法材料的战略价值没有很高，并且收集完成后给的加成偏少，属于是前期不好收集，中后期收集完成后的收益也并不亮眼，做出改动主要是为了方便种田，其次就是增添...349 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• SSecondary Affinity Choiceby Rimi~𝅘𝅥𝅮A simple mod that allows you to pick the second affinity for your culture, rather than each culture coming with two fixed affinity points. This uses the same subfaction system as the Primal faction, so the Primal faction still works the same as in vanilla. This mod modifies the culture definition...346 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - City Improvements - 75 Popby SkyPhoenixZ1This mod was made in mind to allow to enjoy megacities in AoW4, including some improvements in some aspects. Features: + Increased Annex Distance bonus to 2 per Upgrade of City Hall, starting bonus is unchanged. + Now Maximum Population is 75, also for the need of mod i had to adjust some food su...345 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - 50% more Wonderstone Incomeby SkyPhoenixZ1Very simple mod increasing Wonderstone passive income from magic materials. I thought that collecting it is way too tedious so decided to change this a bit. Features: + This variants provides income increased by 50%. Requirements: + Compatible Game Versions / Updates: > Griffon 1.0+ (12.08.25), G...341 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• TThyron's High Culture Reworkby ThyronDexterThis is a minimalistic rework of the High Culture that splits it into three subcultures: Good (Order), Neutral (Order) and Evil (Shadow). This is meant to be a temporary mod until the developers release their own rework, and then we'll compare! :) Now, the bonuses are: - Good High: +10 City Stabi...328 downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• PProspector Requiemby KEPHAReverts the change in the Tiger update that removes the ambition for the player and random AI. So with the mod you can make or add it to a faction or open a faction whose leader that has it without it being replaced by a random ambition in faction creator. (it will stay as if you had it before th...324 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• ((Deprecated) Chaos Tome Buffsby HzTSome of the chaos tome on higher tier (2-5) seems to be a bit underwhelming and less desirable compared to many other tomes at same tier. I tried to buff them up while waiting for the balance patch to come Kindly leave some critics if you like, I might consider to add them Also working on ideas t...321 downloadsupdated 3 y ago

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