Best mods for Avowed

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At last, Avowed has been released, giving players a chance to delve deeply into the world of Eora. As with many games similar to those created by Bethesda Game Studios, it’s the mods that really make the experience enjoyable. Here are some top-notch mods for Avowed, all gathered together for your ease.

Table of contents

  • The best mods for Avowed, listed
    • Optimized Tweaks AVD
    • Better Companions
    • Better Attributes
    • Better Carry Weight and Encumbrance
    • Goth Envoy preset
    • No-Intro
    • Truly Realistic Colors
  • How to download and install mods for Avowed

The best mods for Avowed, listed

The recently released game, “Avowed,” is a fresh addition to the market and, as such, its range and magnitude of mods may not match that of “Skyrim” yet. However, there’s still an array of excellent choices available, whether you’re looking for enhancements in gameplay, performance, or other areas.

Optimized Tweaks AVD

In a manner similar to numerous contemporary games, Avowed experiences considerable performance problems, chief among them being frequent stuttering. Furthermore, its visual quality is compromised due to inadequate temporal solutions that produce a blurred image and persistent ghosting and shimmer effects. Fortunately, the first issue can be addressed with the help of Optimized Tweaks AVD by VynnGfx, a mod designed to minimize stuttering in the game, thereby enhancing your gaming experience by making it smoother, bug-free, and retaining the stunning art and graphics of the game.

The modification streamlines loading times, hastens game startup for quicker access to Eora, and addresses issues such as latency and lag. If you’ve encountered problems like these, which several players have, then Optimized Tweaks AVD becomes a crucial part of your setup until the developers roll out official solutions.

Better Companions

In the game Avowed, the companion system is similar to Baldur’s Gate 3 and offers pleasant interactions, excellent dialogue exchanges, and useful assistance during battles. However, when you install the Better Companions mod by Caites, they become even more effective in combat. This modification increases their weapon damage, shortens the cooldown time for their special abilities, and provides them with additional hit points. In tight situations, I found that my companion’s low HP was a problem as they would frequently fall, forcing me to take risks and revive them so we could continue fighting.

This modification (mod) offers an option for personalization, allowing you to boost your companions’ capabilities significantly. With their attack power increased tenfold and health points multiplied by five, they can handle a majority of the game, virtually carrying you along.

Better Attributes

A modification by Caites, not the final one on this list, intends to significantly enhance the rewarding nature of the Attribute system within Avowed. This enhancement, referred to as Enhanced Attributes, alters how your character’s Attributes boost their performance. For instance, Resolve now grants twice as much Stamina per level compared to its standard amount, and Intellect doubles the Essence provided. The stat gains from this mod are adjustable, providing you with multiple Attribute points per level rather than just one, enabling a rapid progression and transforming your character into a formidable force.

Better Carry Weight and Encumbrance

This last Caites mod on the list addresses a topic you may have foreseen. Carrying limitations and weight restrictions in RPGs are often frustrating mechanisms, and mods to ease or eliminate them are popular for games that include them. With this mod, Caites offers double the carrying capacity, equivalent to 240 instead of 120. Additionally, boosting your Might level becomes more rewarding as it increases the carry capacity by 24 points per level rather than 12. Moreover, there’s an option to set the carrying capacity to 12,000, providing a nearly limitless option considering the abundance of items you’ll discover in the game.

Goth Envoy preset

As a passionate gamer, crafting an eye-catching character in games like Avowed can be quite a challenge, demanding careful attention and a deep understanding of the character creation tools at my disposal. However, when I stumbled upon the Goth Envoy preset, it felt like a gift from the gaming gods! This particular preset showcases some truly stunning characters that have left me in awe. Please note that this preset is designed for the female Envoy, so if you’re looking to play as a male or someone who prefers swords over other weapons, you might find it less appealing. But fear not! There are numerous other preset mods available on the game’s Nexus Mods page; this one just happened to catch my eye due to its striking appearance.

No-Intro

It’s interesting to learn about the creators behind a game, its publisher, and the tools they utilized, but repeatedly encountering the same opening screens can become quite monotonous. The No-Intro mod offers a solution by eliminating these splash screens and initial videos from the game, enabling you to start playing almost instantly. Combined with the speed-up mod mentioned earlier, the gap between launching the game and actually being able to play it will be significantly shortened, saving you from the frustration of lengthy load times and unskippable videos.

Truly Realistic Colors

In its untarnished state, Avowed showcases a stunning visual appeal, with its vibrant colors being the standout feature of the game. Obsidian’s artistic vision for Eora in this version is awe-inspiring, yet there’s always room for enhancement. The Truly Realistic Colors mod significantly amplifies the game’s color palette, particularly beneficial for those with HDR-compatible screens. Even without HDR, the mod refines the colors, making them less faded and hazy, as the game occasionally employs artistic decisions that may make the colors appear slightly dull.

How to download and install mods for Avowed

To acquire the best and safest mods for Avowed, it’s recommended to use Nexus. Simply download the Vortex Mod Manager, then guide it to your game’s location. Let the manager handle the rest of the process.

If you want to install mods for Avowed manually, this is how:

  • Open your game’s directory.
  • Navigate to Alabama, then Content, and then Paks.
  • Create a “~mods” folder with the tilde and without the apostrophes.
  • Extract the downloaded mod’s .pak file into the ~mods folder.

Generally speaking, most mods for the game ‘Avowed’ are installed using this approach. However, mods that delve deeply into the game’s core mechanics might need manual installation, which is usually unique to each mod. It’s essential to check the mod’s description page to ensure there isn’t a special installation requirement not covered by the standard method or the Vortex Mod Manager.

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2025-02-21 11:53