Mods / Balance

• RReduce Quest Cooldownby WalayimunaQuests are offered to the player every few turns, the default game value is 8 turns between quests. This mod reduces that to 6 turns, making them be offered 25% faster. File modified: GlobalSettings_Strategic.rpk Mod icon by Krow:146 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• NNormal Difficulty a bit more Fairby jpinardAdjusts Normal Difficulty so it's a bit more fair without the AI getting so many free resources and quick malice towards the player. Some settings do not apply to the official campaigns. StrategicAI.rpk AI_DiplomacyDefinitions.rpk -------------------------------------- If you really, really want...145 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• NNo Long Range Penaltyby TrillJust removes long range penalty, nothing more.140 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• BBetter Reclaimersby abolish icecubesA simple mod that, so far, only increases the binding essence amount gained via pillaging provinces from 10 -> 25. If you have any suggestions on how to make different aspects of the Reclaimers society trait more interesting, feel free to drop them down in the mod comments.132 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - Heroes and Item Forge - V3b Chinese Languageby WHOAMIChinese Localization for SkyPhoenixTweaker - Heroes and Item Forge - V3b, translated via DeepSeek. Place this mod underneath the original mod in your load order. This mod primarily tweaks various in-game parameters; refer to the original mod's description for detailed specifics.132 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• CCompetitive Balance Modby EnigmatrixThis is Age of Wonders 4: Competitive Balance Mod (CBM), built by MP community for people who like to have more equally strong options to pick from! Kept up to date and constantly refined, CBM will make games more interesting by offering wide variety of competitive builds to try. Important featur...126 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• SSpelljammer no jammingby [19th] FondasThis mod will disable the spelljammer effect on the battlefield. I have found that spelljammer's destroy fun if you play age of wonders 4 multiplayer against one another. It's not very wonderous if your opponent can cast all the nice unfair spells, but you can't. This mod disables the spelljammer...118 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• NNerfed Upkeep Bonusesby LumintoriousNerfs most upkeep bonuses by around half, more or less. This mod pairs well with my other mod, Fewer Armies, which increases base upkeep of all units and enchantments: Empire Development Skills: - Martial Ancestry - Last Materium Empire Skill (10%/Rank -> 4%/Rank) - Shadow Binding - Shadow Empire...116 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• UUmbral Malady - Original Versionby 76561198364690485This mod reverts the Umbral Malady debuff to its original form at launch, instead of just stopping at 50% HP, it will instead completely bleed units to death as it did before.115 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
• RRising Fury +by HartmannsYoukaiWhat does this mod do? This mod makes it so that you don't lose fury stacks once you hit 5 of them. What does this mod edit? This mod only edits "Upgrades_Cultures_UnitProperties_PrimalFury.rpk".101 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• NNormalized Map Movement (Irrelevant)by MrMohoUpdate: Mod became irrelevant due to the changes the mod made (almost) becoming official. Annoyed that you always feel like you have to take Athletic? Frustrated that your Contruct Build moves like molasses through liquid lead? Crestfallen because you know you're getting horribly outperformed by...100 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• CCrossbow Buffby LumintoriousBuffs hero crossbow base damage from 24 to 34. This makes it have the same base damage as the magelock. This scales normally with Item Tier. Only hero items are affected, not units with crossbows. The range and accuracy differences are the same as vanilla.100 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• SSpell Jammers increase Resource Cost instead of Casting Point Costby KaigeChanges Spell Jammers to increase the Resource cost (e.g. Mana, Souls, Gold etc.) of spells by +100% instead of increasing the Casting Point cost. Why should you download this mod? Higher tier spells are less mana efficient than lower tier spells (Here's a table showing their progression): Spell...100 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• EEasier Sealsby ToboldThis mod limits the tier of the marauders defending the world seals to III. This makes it a bit easier to conquer and hold the seals. Ideally it should be possible to defend those seals with stacks of regular troops, and leave the heroes free to do more interesting things.99 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• SSummoner's Cistern echoes Incomeby highmanSummoner's Cistern has +5 echoes Income92 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• DDark Culture Affinities changedby 76561198332963760Simple mod that changes the affinites of the Dark Culture: Cult of Tyranny: Dark -> Order (so it's now Dark + Order) Cult of Death: Nature -> Dark (so it''s now Dark + Dark) Compatibility: Overwrites the Dark_Culture.rpk Should be compatible with AOW4 Evolved89 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• VVanilla Class Removerby STRGChanges in source files: Disabled classes: Warrior, Defender, Ranger, Spellblade, Elementalist, Ritualist, Warlock, Death Knight, Battlesaint. They can't be created during faction creation or generated on maps. Predefined rulers retain their original classes. Required DLCs: The mod changes files...89 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• SSkill and Infusionsby ZunwarSimple mod adds the following; -5 Skill points to start to Leader and Random Heroes -Random Heroes get two traits -Hero respec set to 0 -Infusions points set to 10 -cost of Bindint Essence set to plus 20 instead of plus 5080 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• HHero Skills: Buff Knight and Berserkerby knappetrollKnight and Berserker are hero skills from the Warrior class, Death Knight uses the Knight skill as well. This mod makes it so that: - Berserker and Knight grant 20 HP instead of 10 HP. - Berserker grants +20% damage dealt instead of +10%. - Knight grants 2 Defense instead of 1 Defense.79 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• MMedium World Threatby DreadReaprThis mod increases the difficulty of Normal World Threat but still slightly easier than High threat. - Increased average stacks value of Nodes, Magic Materials, Infestations, Free cities defenders and attacking spawners - More diversity in unit tiers with the same average stack army value - Mana...78 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• MMake Amplification Great Again 强化箭矢增强by 76561198963774020With this mod, Amplified Arrow (in Tome of Amplification) inflict debuffs to the two extra targets. This mod modifies "Tome_Amplification.rpk". 加强强化箭矢，弹射的两个额外目标也会上debuff，回来吧彩虹箭！（不知道怎么设置百分比弹射伤害，以前的30%伤害暂时实现不了）75 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• TTier Vby daredevil83This mod aims to balance Tier V units in the extreme lategame by displacing the mythic tag for tags that can benefit more from unit enhancements, it also greatly improves the rank up bonuses for tier V units. This is some personal work i use and in progress, units altered so far: Astra - Fighter...73 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• SSkyPhoenixTweaker - City Stability Buff Chinese Languageby WHOAMIChinese localization for SkyPhoenixTweaker - City Stability Buff, translated using DeepSeek and placed beneath the original mod. Its primary function is modifying parameters related to city stability; refer to the original mod's description for specifics.72 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• UUmbrally Righteousby InvertinAllows compatability between the Righteous Oathsworn subculture and the Umbral Disciples society trait. Why? Player freedom is always good. But also specifically I'm a big ol nerd who's had a faction with a "cursed by the Umbral and fighting back against it" vibe for a long time, and Oathsworn Ri...69 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• HHigher Unit Upkeepby SmallBrainBigPP R U N R U NThis mod changes the unit upkeep so that it's less viable to just doomstack and therefore keep manual combat small until mid-lategame while still being able to afford units at the beginning of the game. Tier 1: Gold/Mana = 08->30 Tier 2: Gold/Mana = 12->36 Tier 3: Gold/Mana = 20->42 Tier 4: Gold/...66 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• OOne Turn Vassal/Tray/Allience/Defenseby ПацюкChange delay before Vassal/Truce/Alliance/Defense Pact to 1 turn63 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• HHour of Wondersby MutweThe basic principle of these balance changes is to ensure players are making strategic choices every turn, while condensing map sizes and game flow to allow for map completion within 1 - 2 modest play sessions; primarily to improve game flow for players interested in pacing targeted for multiplay...63 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
• BBuff Defenderby knappetrollBuffs the Defender hero class through the following changes: ---Left Tree(Defensive Damage Dealer) Skill Order - Swapping position of Sentinel and Frontline Fighter skills. Left Tree: - Old: First Sentinel, then Frontline Fighter/Leaden Blows. - New: First Frontline Fighter, then Sentinel/Leaden...63 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• SStandardized Pickupsby abolish icecubesThis mod standardizes the amount of resources you get when you pick up Small or Large pickups. Mana and Knowledge rewards from Large pickups were apparently a lot smaller compared to the other resources, and the difference between a Large and a Small Mana/Knowledge pickup was insignificant. There...62 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• GGiant King Buffs(Skill Defense Mode, free Disenchanter)by knappetrollThis mod grants buffs to the Giant King Hero type: - After using the giant racial throw ability, go into Defense Mode. - After using the giant racial weapon summoning abilities, go into Defense Mode. - Start with the Disenchanter Skill as Extra Skill.61 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• FFeudal Rework Lite by Phoenix (Obsolete)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...60 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• TTrue Melee Mage Chaos Eaterby HzTJust sharing this small mod that I find really fun to play with I'm really disapointed by the Consume Chaos Nerf making one of my favorite unit become much weaker. Make the chaos eater to become a true melee mage - +2 Resistance +1 Armour +10 HP to help tank in front line - Enable Retaliation on...55 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
• HHeroic Deeds (Done Villianously Cheap)by NEMAEDARAn all-in-one of my favourite tweeks to heroes, increasing both strength and availability. FEATURES: - Respec Skills Cost is now ONE (1) Imperium per skill point. - Hero Cap increase initially takes FOUR (4) turns and the duration increases by TWO (2) turns each increase. - Hero Cap increase cost...53 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• WWe love X-COMby RobAlcaFor enthusiasts of lucky chances and Rng in general here is it the X-COM mod! This mod lower the hite rate of all ranged attacks by small percentage to better let us pray to Rng god. Melee chances are affected too!so there can be situations where even a retalation attack may miss! Changelog: -low...47 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCiphers of Dissonance for Everyoneby InvertinWhy? The mage-only version of Ciphers of Dissonance encourages you to not use tome units unless they're casters, which I think is awkward and boring when there's a lot of fun tome units and the base Mystic non-casters can still do Dissonance. Why a guy with a spear can do it but guy with tentacle...42 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• OOne City and Fewer Heroesby KaysokySets the default City cap to 1 and doubles the interval between increases to the Hero cap (heroes appear at turn 20, 50, 90, etc instead of 10, 25, 45, etc).36 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
• IIntermediate Difficultyby jpinard** Updated for Eldritch Realms ** A difficulty level sandwitched right between Easy and Normal. Fewer AI bonus's vs. Normal, yet still harder than Easy. Race malice affected in this fashion as well. This replaces "Normal Difficulty". So when you're ready for the "real" normal difficulty, disable...32 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• 更更主动的士气系统 more proactive morale systemby 76561198359100618Normal death and reduced morale changes that do not require operation Increased impact of flank strikes and hero kills 普通的死亡和不需要操作的士气变化减少 侧翼打击和击杀英雄影响增大31 downloadsupdated 3 y ago

230 balance mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.