Mods / Balance

• LLovableReserveby EnchanteurLovable Reserve easy to see on the map.1.7k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• LLogical Districts Placementby WindTerModified most of the districts placement to not require connect with Main Plaze or Admin Center.1.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• RRebalanced District Scalingby BaroqueLinguistReduces District Scaling, but also Allows for the Districts scaling to not be affected by attaching territories. Territories therefore will not increase the district cost unless except by the number of districts in the territory.1.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• HHarder AIby Xotiq1Changes the AI bonuses from the difficulty settings.1.6k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• BBrand New Neolithicby BaraquoiReworks Neolithic Era adding Stars, Units and new Mechanics. Also fixes events in the process.1.6k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• Ppollution rates fixedby MurimonaiLowers overall impact of pollution and makes Natural Reserve more useful.1.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• EExpensiveStarsby EnchanteurEach Era Star +33% difficult to get.1.5k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDiminshing Luxury Returnsby DocktorKainImplements diminishing returns to luxury resources.1.5k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• AAlternate Pop Growth Modelby shakeeA small mod which changes the pop growth gain. It has now a slight s-curve before leveling off again. No pop limit to 1 per turn. Compatible with game version 1.0.6.xxxx1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• TTHE BEST EARTH MAP V.2by sauce_a_nThis is a fix up of all the problems on the first "BEST EARTH MAP". -Also added more such as, redid territory borders, switched some spawn locations, and added more depth to the map.1.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• RRevised Unit Combatby shakeeA small mod which changes the gunner and archer combat versus armored and ships. It also adds a new battle effect to the Continuous Track technology, which helps infantry combating armored units1.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• RRebalance Modby Xotiq1This mod changes various game features to offer more strategic game choices and promote better decision-making.1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• LLogical Tech Treeby WindTerModified some technology prerequirement from the tech tree , to prevent dead end techs between era1 to 5.1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• 114 Era Stars - 2 Neolithicby NickBc1Increased required stars to advance to the next era, 2 for neolithic (From 1) and 14 for the rest (From 7)1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• HHK Overhaulby EudaimaniaThis mod aims to rebalance the game for Online Multiplayer games. It also comes with 13 exclusive cultures (4 ancient, 2 classical, 4 medieval, and 3 contemporary).1.1k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• RRansackBuffby DanzaDragonMod that buffs ransacking gains and elements of Nomadic gameplay. Not balanced!1.1k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• XXModby Xotiq1This mod balances the game to promote better decision-making.1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• BBugfix for Naval CS Buffs [OBSOLETE]by DocktorKainTHIS MOD BECAME OBSOLETE AS OF 1.111.1k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• EEra Star Overhaulby cylunThis mod introduces three new era stars (Collector/Manufacturer, Theologist, Visionary) and overhauls era progression mechanics. It bolsters the role of technology and construction, diversifying gameplay and encouraging varied strategic play styles.1.1k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CCostlyTechsby EnchanteurSmoothly increase the tech costs.1.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• GGovNSocial Overhaulby NingaubleA major overhaul of the Government and Social civics with an accidental change to Empire. Ironically enough I had to remove my changes to slavery that sparked this mod's original creation almost a year ago1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• WWorse Rebellions!by NingaubleWork in Progress - Apologies in Advance.1.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• IISM for VIP - District Cost Reductionby animecentralA mod to help boost big cities.967 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• PPopful VIPby DocktorKainPOPful version compatible with the Vanilla Improvement Project modpack961 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• PPopulation growthby hditchfieldold growth formula: 1 - 1/(1+x/51) new growth formula: (x+1)^(1/3) - (x+1)^(1/4)870 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• RRebalanced District Industry Costsby DocktorKainThis mod aims at improving the District Cost Scaling by making it closer to pre-1.05 values and considering your pop jobs in its formula. In general, the District cost will be higher the more open pop jobs you have.824 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• BBalanced Emblematic District Inheritanceby cylunAdd four changes to the cost calculation of EDs: a cheaper baseline, if construction is enabled in all eras, scale the cost with the era span, consider the city count as a secondary scaling factor, and smoothen the district count scaling factor.816 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CColonizationReworkby DocktorKainThis mod reworks the Colonization civic to make it more powerful and acessible801 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCoringa's Balancing (Part 1 / Emblematic District)by ReiCoringaThis one is very simple, now emblematic districts can be place almost anywhere, and it will create roads(or railroads on late game) between places, and every emblematic district will exploit/extract FIMS from adjacent hexagons.798 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• AAuthority and Liberty Ideologies Reworkby DocktorKainThis mod rebalances the Liberty vs Authority ideology axis as such: + 1/2 City Cap for Authority, +2/4 Influence on Emblematic Quarter for Liberty.796 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• NNinsOverhaulOFTenetby NingaubleThis is my original Tenet rework - without the 'new' religious building bonuses. I will look into but I am not a fan of just increasing yields - one of the early changes were nerfs. New: +1 Faith on Capital's Main Plaza for Shamanism = Holy Site Cap.776 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• FFood Matters + Resources Expanded Patchby monoolho.A patch to fix the Trade Profits from Resources Expanded. Load order: Resources Exp>...>Food Matters>...>Patch. One doesn't have to be next to each other, only AFTER one another. If ENC+RE patch, preferably load it between Res Exp and Food Mat762 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNeolithic Ransack Compromiseby TheTheJeff20 Food from ransacking was a bit bananas, but nerfing it to 5 seems like a bit of an overreaction, yeah? Let's make it 10.756 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• TTHE BEST EARTH MAPby sauce_a_nThe Perfect map, This is Oscars Earth Map redone+ changed by "Dr.Cthuluface"s countless demos of the map. And finally, perfected and fixed by me, from its broken map self because of amazing updates of the game its finally fixed and hopefully enjoyed701 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• LLess Lethal Weapons Resourceby SalteriusWeapons luxury resource that still offers some military bonus but doesnt just make your army the best ever692 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• WWonders Claim from AI Pausedby BaraquoiAI get a 1 000 000 penalty to Claim Another Wonder after achieved one. It last 10 turns (scale with GameSpeed)688 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• LLevel Upby DocktorKainThis mod levels up Markabata and Samnahaya so they won't upgrade into Noble Javelineers and Crossbowman, respectively681 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• LLonger Erasby NickBc1Adjusted the required stars to advance to the next era, Neolithic remains the same with 1 required star and the rest are increased to 14 required stars ( Vanilla is 7)672 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• AAlternative District Scalingby Xotiq1Changes the production cost of districts to favor more diverse city building.645 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNova Mod - Ultimate Balance Patchby NeoXZero15Rebalance most of the game. But overall it's a mod to bring up some of the weaker cultures, making tenets stronger, and updates to weak technologies.625 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• QQuartersNeedPopby EnchanteurReduced production if too many districts and not enough people.616 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• AAll Cultures Redux!by BaroqueLinguistTurns Humankind on its Head! Changes The Affinity, Legacy Trait, and Emblematic Quarter of Every Culture613 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• OOnlyProdDistrictsScaleby EnchanteurDistricts that don't produce don't scale the cost600 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• IIndustry Cost Normalizationby shakeeNormalizes industry production in cities and the cost of constructibles, so the cost almost do not rise with time. Additional Changes include Costmodifier for Industry, Units cost money to produces and more. Built with ibn battuta beta.581 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• Mmonos Food Mattersby monoolho.Greatly increased food consumption: the more Population, Districts and Territories you have, the bigger the food needed to sustain your empire.575 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• CCoringa's Balancing (Part 2 / Terrain and Wonder )by ReiCoringaThis mod change some terrain to give some utility to some biomes and change both natural and artificial wonder's bonus.562 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• PPOPfulby DocktorKainReinforces the role of population in the game by making them essential to FIMS536 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• CCoringa's Balancing (Part 3 / Civilization Trait )by ReiCoringaThis mod change the bonus of each civilization trait.490 downloadsupdated 5 y ago

134 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.