Mods / MajorFactions

• MMajor Faction - The Watcherby SumajinIntroduces a new faction complete with all the bells and whistles you would expect. At first this faction may seem overpowered, however; It is a slow rolling snowball that requires careful management at higher difficulties. Fully functioning with Penumbra DLC, although it is not required. Suprema...24.1k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• EESG Mod - 1.6by wakystufCompatible with the most recent version of the game. ESG 1.6 is not fully released, but is stable. Changes may not be fully implemented and may not be localized in other languages. New updates to this mod may break saves or have bugs, however, they issues are generally fixed very quickly. All com...21.0k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• EESG Mod - 1.5by DerangedDegenerateRequires ES2 Version 1.5.48 or Lower, use ESG 1.6 if you wish to play on the newest version of the game. The ESG Mod is dedicated to reworking and rebalancing the game to generally improve the game, while maintaining a vanilla feel and level of quality. The original intent of the mod was to buff...20.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCloning Technologyby Dante ZelevasReverse engineer Horatio cloning technology and use it for your own means: Purify your empire by genetically altering aliens. Grow your population by cloning your own race. Build your armies by mass producing clone troopers. Clone food and grow your population 2x faster. Commercialize clonig and...7.0k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• HHome Planets Unlockedby Hugh J. LoadPURPOSE This mod unlocks all planet types for use as your starting home planet. COMPATIBILITY This mod should not conflict with any existing mods, and contains localization for all languages supported by Endless Space 2.5.3k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• TThe Heroes of Endless Spaceby drew_westEvery faction starts with all faction-specific heros. Mod inspired by ICECORES Endless Heros mod. For those Wanting to start with the respective minor faction hero also, use my The Heroes of Endless Space Plus Minor Faction Heros4.7k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• BBetter AI Empiresby Thom293***This Mod was broken by the Re-Awakening Update. Do not use if you have updates. It took me 100s of hours to make, because I didnt know what I was doing. I think it was pretty good. But now that its broken, I honestly dont know how to fix it. I am going to give it a go, eventually, but no promi...4.5k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• PPopulace Controlby tygartThis allows for the conversion of a faction's major population unit into any other population unit contained within the system and vice versa. This is done with genetic manipulation via industry constructibles. The cost of a population conversion is a single turn. To make room for arriving popula...4.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• EESG Mod - 1.3.1 - Outdatedby DerangedDegenerateIn order to maintain savegame compatibility and allow people to play with the patch they want, ESG will be releasing major updates as separate mods. Get the new mod here:4.2k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• MMajor Factions Starting Populationsby CyRobAdds: - 16 Traits allowing custom factions to start with major faction citizens3.8k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• RRestarterolby tygartDo you suffer from chronic game restarting from unlucky galaxy generation? While there is no cure, Restarterol can relieve the pain by shortening the time between new games. This is done by revealing the galaxy faster without being too game breaking. Each new colony starts with a temporary +16 vi...3.6k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• MMore Population Bonusesby τeıiıρesτ25 population bonuses for custom factions! You can check their current descriptions on my spreadsheet:3.6k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• EESG Mod - 1.4 - Outdatedby DerangedDegenerateIn order to maintain savegame compatibility and allow people to play with the patch they want, ESG will be releasing major updates as separate mods. Get the new mod here:2.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• EESG Mod - 1.2.2 - Outdatedby DerangedDegenerateIn order to maintain savegame compatibility and allow people to play with the patch they want, ESG will be releasing major updates as separate mods. Get the new mod here:1.8k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• PPolitics Reworkby CyRobThis mod expands and rebalances all of the laws, with each party getting two additional law tiers and all parties being reworked in theme and mechanics, particularly the Religious party which has gotten a consistent theme of Hero use. The mod also replaces all of the Population Collection laws wi...1.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• MModular MOD (Quest)by yutanDescription This is just the modular mod installation part. This mod does not work on its own. It requires another mod with a flag. If a building has a flag, it can be used as a player-only item. You can use this flag in any way you want. ( SimulationTag="Complete_ExampleQuestYutan_001" ) Let's s...1.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• AAutomatons Major Factionby 76561198351865434The Automatons come back from ES1. ESG required. DLC4 (Awakening) required. Load AFTER ESG. Faction Specifics : - Store Industry and receive Interest on it. - Build ships to help your economy, giving industry and food. - Multiple techs that have similar effects to ES1 Automatons' techs. - Automat...1.2k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• SSheredyn/Mezari Startby tygartThis mod allows United Empire to make the Sheredyn/Mezari choice at the start of game. The Sheredyn also get a baseline tractor beam to prevent opponents from retreating. WARNING: The beginning United Empire quest had to be altered to account for the new starting population. If you are using the...1.1k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• DDisharmony - Major Faction Harmonyby kayThe Harmony were my favorite faction in ES1 and so I thought it was proper to bring them into ES2 as a full-fledged major faction. There were challenges and I had to rework a lot of stuff, but now its developed into something much more! The main quest is where you will find the old Harmony mechan...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• MMass Produced Riftbornby 名侦探MeatsauceChanges: Allows construction of more than one Riftborn population per term Population construction not longer consumes industry surplus each term. Cost increase is delayed until the 5th and capped at 30th population. Feel free to change the tweek the cost of population in the code.1.0k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• VVodyani Reworkby CyRobThis mod focuses on removing the Food mechanic from the Vodyani, and significantly rebalancing their relationship with Dust, Essence and Manpower, changing many of their Empire Development techs in the process. A Reupload of Vodyani Rework as the original has been taken down by Aitarus. “I will b...891 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• AAll The Traitsby Captain CobbsAdds almost 400 custom population traits to use in your minor factions. List of Traits Note, the values in parenthesis are the values of the individual traits, for instance, 1-5 means that there is a trait for every number from 1 to 5. Food Primary Only > Flat ( 1 - 5 ) Secondary Only > Cold ( 1...879 downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• CChange Vaulter's Home Systems and Vaulter's Quest Star Systemby yutanDescription This mod rewrites the Vaulter Faction's game start point to a habitable system. And, Rewrite the quest star system for Vaulter faction. The choices are five vanilla-level planets or five resource-rich planets. Quest This mod changes the rewards for Chapter0, Chapter4-Militarist, Chapt...844 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• IIdrinth's New Traitsby IdrinthThis mods adds a couple new Traits to help specialize your custom empires more without making them entirely overpowered. Sacrifice: Based on Code from Wrath of the Righteous you can kill off minor pops. This does not bring along political shifts, any direction could find a reason if extremists ta...822 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• PPolitical Faction Questsby tygartThis is a replacement for faction main quests. All factions share the same quests but start at different places along the political wheel. The quests progress by simply unlocking technologies. Each quest has 3 reward choices based on the selected political party. Players can move clockwise or cou...817 downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• EExtra Home Planet Optionsby AuroraHertzAdds more options for starting home planet. Toxic (Swamp), Desert, and Arctic added. Tundra and Mediterranean reduced in cost to match Arid and Snow. Created as a personal alternative to "Home Planets Unlocked" - Intended to be slightly more limited and balanced for Continuum Sculptors + Biophobi...794 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• EExpanded Population Traits - WIPby AuroraHertzAdd more population traits to match existing ones for all FIDSI types. Also rearrange traits by category. Very much a Work in Progress, but uploaded in it's current state for the reordering and to hopefully prompt me to finish it.705 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• DDisharmony - Major Faction Harmony (ESG)by kay**Disclaimer: ESG 1.6 has been updated since I stopped working on this mod and is no longer compatible from what I understand. Sadly I have no time too fix these incompatibilities so for the foreseeable future 1.6 won't be supported. The Harmony were my favorite faction in ES1 and so I thought it...676 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• HHome Planets Unlockedby RaffaellUnlocks all planets for use as your starting home planet.675 downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• IIdrinth's Improved Traitsby IdrinthTries to rebalance population and empire traits to make them more useful across the whole game and a bit less situational. Currently adjusted traits are: Population: Defense traits, Planet Mender, Processing Power Traits, Gargantuan Population, Removed Extreme Foremen Faction: Pathfinder, Behemot...664 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• VVodyani space tortilla shipsby MonAmiralReplaces vodyani arks with tortilla chips of no particular brand. This mod is outdated and not functional with the current game version, oops!608 downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• CChange UE Quest Star System.by yutanDescription This rewrites UE's vanilla quest. And, you can now select the amount of resources in the quest star system. This is a rewrite of Chapter1-1. You can get a star system in Chapter1-1. Quest This mod changes the rewards for Chapter1-1. Quest Choice Chapter1-1. -Common ... Five Planet. Qu...590 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• MModuler MOD (Gene Hunter)by yutanDescription This MOD give your faction to "Gene Hunter" and "Material Expertise" on turn 2 or 3. With this Trait, you can harvest genes. And, This can be used as a strategic resource for star system development upgrades. This mod has been partially extracted from that mod. "Buildings and modules...578 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• IIdrinth's Politics Rework Patchby IdrinthThis Mod tries to fix issues caused by some outdated files in Politics Reworked. It is is still WIP - treat it as such and report problems please. Source code can be found at contributions are always welcome. Want to discuss this or need help?555 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• HHoratio Caine home planetby MonAmiralReplaces the Horatio home planet with the face of Horatio Caine.545 downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• PPopulation Traits Rebalanceby AuroraHertzBalances FIDSI output of population traits to make more expensive traits slightly less efficient that lower cost traits, and improve output of lower cost traits.519 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• RRemove Eternal_War from All Factions.by yutanDescription Remove Trait "Eternal War" to all facction. This allows, you can form an alliance with Cravers. And, Your Craver Faction can peacefully colonize Minor Factions. This mod overrides vanilla. What is "Eternal War" ? This is a Craver Trait. This inhibits peaceful conversation with other f...515 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• TThe Major Heroes of Endless Space, Reworkedby RoxoEvery faction starts with *some* faction-specific heros. Reworked mod of Drew west. For those Wanting to start with the minor faction hero's, use my url here The Major and minor Heroes of Endless Space, Reworked for Drew's version of the original Major mod go here The Heroes of Endless Space I ha...491 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDisable Electionby yutan1. This mod set 1000 turn to the election. 2. This mod removes the Active Law Slots restriction. 3. This mod can activate 100 policies at the same time. 4. This mod includes Vanilla, DLC1, DLC2, DLC3, DLC4, Update 8.0, Update The 9.0 policy. A Chinese person (@Rider of Tang) asked me to change IC...487 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• VVodyani Portalsby RobinGives Vaulter Portals to the Vodyani. Pretty simple, Vaulter expansion required.466 downloadsupdated 9 y ago
• MModuler MOD (Portal)by yutanDescription Give Trait "Has Portal" to your Facction. It does not work by itself. "Moduler MOD (Quest)" is required. It works when used together. Caution If you build a portal with this mod, you may have a problem with Vaulter Faction. If you are not Vaulter, this is not a problem.386 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• PPolitical Faction Quests Reworkby Dęąth ViperThis is a replacement for Political Quests that does not remove the main faction quests, and is updated to the latest DLC. Has a cool new in-game splash art as well! All factions share the same quests but start at different places along the political wheel. The quests progress by simply unlocking...384 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• CChange Unfallen Quest Star System.by yutanDescription This rewrites Unfallen's vanilla quest and gives you a star system early on. This is a rewrite of Chapter1-1 and Chapter4. Quest This mod changes the Chapter1-1, and Chapter4. Quest Choice Unfallen Quest Chapter 1-1, -Common... Five Planet. Quest Marker will show you the location of t...372 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• HHoratio Clone Fixby AuroraHertzFixes the bug preventing non-Gene Hunter Horatio from making use of the Genetic Alteration Lab344 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
• OOmniscience Buffby indestructable007Sophons are meant to be the undisputed technological powerhouse in Endless Space, but currently fall very short of this. The Omniscience faction affinity feels pretty lackluster to me, and Sophons usually only have a few more technologies unlocked than the other empires. This mod buffs Omniscienc...310 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• CChange the location of the Vodyani's Quest System.by yutanDescription This rewrites Vodyani's vanilla quest and gives you a star system early on. This is a rewrite of Chapter 0, Chapter 1-1, Chapter 1-2 It is Chapter 1-2 to get the land. This mod will jump from chapter 1-2 to chapter 3. I have moved the rewards from chapter 1-2 to chapter 1-1, and chapt...275 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• AAmradyr Collective Modsby deusinMod collection combined and integrated ESG 1.6 More Traits (including fixes) Political Skill Trees Useful Skill Colors ... More to come and perhaps some custom factions Credit to original authors from above. I mostly resolved conflicts and fixed bugs. Built for myself and my son, might be useful...265 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• RRussian Community Addon ESG+by GedeonnESG+ - это мод предназначен для переработки и перебалансировки игры. Мод не является оригинальной идей, это ответвление от мода ESG начиная с версии 1.3.1, как наиболее близкой к ваниле версии этого мода ( ) На данный момент мод находиться на стадии разработки, это значит что список изменений изм...215 downloadsupdated 3 y ago

59 majorfactions 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.