» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:21 am Mez's Gameplay + Immersion Mod List
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About this list:
The aim of this mod list is to provide a list of, what I feel, to be good gameplay and immersion mods that will add to the challenge and diversity of the Fallout 3 experience. There were a lot of these lists around for Oblivion to help new mod users see what was out there, and there are very few for Fallout. As the author of Fallout 3 Wanderers Edition (FWE) I always keep an eye out for mods that either go along with FWE nicely, conflict with it, or are part of FWE, so I will make note of that as well. Otherwise, mods are broken down by category. Often times mods within a categoy will conflict with one another, and I will try and make a note of this to the extent possible and provide a description to help point out significant differences. Here is a key to some of the additional tags for mods:
[FWE Companion] - If you are using FWE, I highly recommend using this mod along with it. These mods won't cause a serious conflict either.
[FWE Integrated] - This mod, a prior version of it, or something very similar has been built into FWE, so don't use it if using FWE.
[FWE Incompatible] - This mod will likely conflict with FWE, as FWE provides a similar feature, so don't use it if using FWE.
[Mez's Pick] - This mod is a personal favorite or recommendation within a mod category.
Bold Names Mods - Mods that are newer or more regularly updated.
Non-bold mods - Mods that may be older or less developed, but still worth mentioning.
In general, I do not want to include individual weapon or armor mods on this list, or pure model/texture replacer type mods. I'd like to keep the focus on gameplay and immersion, rather than graphic quality or new content. That being said, please feel free to mention mods I've missed or make a pitch for your personal recommendations! If you're interested in another list, there is also Arwen's Fallout 3 Mod List, which is quite good. Otherwise, I'll continue to update this list over time, so enjoy!
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Mod Tools + "Standard Resource" Mods
There are a number of basic mod use tools that I encourage everyone to download, install, and learn how to use. This includes:
Fallout Mod Manager (FOMM) | FO3 Nexus
Essential modding tool. Use it to order your mod list correctly and launch your game. Includes a number of other helpful utilities, like Archive Invalidation, A .bsa extractor, "FOMOD" support, and a save game manager.
Fallout Script Extender (FOSE) | Homepage
A utility that adds a number of new functions to scripts. This is a required utility for many mods.
FO3Edit | FO3 Nexus
Plugin editor and conflict detector with a lot of helpful features. I use this more than the GECK for making and viewing plugins.
Cipscis' Automatic Save Manager (CASM) | FO3 Nexus
Provides a newer, safer, and mbetter save game system, replacing the buggy, glitchy, less-than-effective autosave system that can corrupt your save files.
CALIBR - Community Ammunition Library | FO3 Nexus
This is a small mod that adds new custom ammo types to the game. It is a standard mod resource, and many mods will require CALIBR as a master. Required for FWE.
CRAFT | FO3 Nexus
Another mod resource that allows multiple custom workbench formulas to work at a time. Required for FWE.
Cornerstone Mods
A number of large "overhaul" type mods and others have been developed that greatly expand gameplay in one more areas. These mods often form the cornerstone of people's load order or are a staple "must have mod." Many of the mods listed here are also part of the FOIP program (see first entry), and as such extra effort has been made to provide cross compatibility.
Fallout Interoperability Program (FOIP) | FO3 Nexus
Maybe you've heard of FCOM for oblivion? This is currently the closest thing to FCOM for Fallout. A number of "large mod" authors are using "compatibility patches" organized through FOIP to provide cross-compatibility between many of the more popular big mods. Presently, this includes Mart's Mutant Mod, Fallout Wanderers Edition (FWE), Fallout Overhaul Kit (FOOK), Weapon Mod Kits (WMK), Energy Visuals Enhanced (EVE), as well as XFO, and Classic Fallout Weapons.
FWE- Fallout Wanderers Edition | FO3 Nexus
Fallout 3 "Wanderers Edition" large overhaul mod that integrates many other mods in conjunction with developing its own content to provide a comprehensive reworking of the wasteland and the player experience. Wanderer's edition aims to improve the the challenge, sense of immersion, and depth of gameplay compared the vanilla game. The "Wanderers Edition" emphasizes balance, choices and consequences, role-playing, and (to the extent that gameplay remains fun and exciting) "realism." Includes weapon and armor rebalance, skill/SPECIAL/leveling changes, new combat features, new food a drinks, and daily "needs" mod, and much more.
Martigen's Mutant Mod (MMM) | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
A hugely popular mod that expands the diversity of creatures and NPC spawns. New skins, entirely new creatures, and a number of optional modules makes MMM a must-have mod for improving Fallout. The increased spawns optional module is worth it alone, making fights bigger and more dangerous.
Weapon Mod Kits | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a brilliant mod that adds the ability to attach "mod kits" to your weapons, including silencers, scopes, extended magazines, laser sights, and auto-fire kits. The mod kits can be purchased or found as loot throughout the wasteland.
Fallout Overhaul Kit (FOOK) | FO3 Nexus | FookUnity
This is another widely popular mod, that adds TONS of new weapons, armor, and other goodies to the wasteland, revamping loot lists and factions in the process. A number of other gameplay improvements and features are also included that will provide an entirely new gameplay experience. Generally speaking, FWE and FOOK touch many of the same things, and have a different approach to balancing. However, Offkorn's / Streetstar5's FWE-FOOK Merger provides compatibility patches to get these two mods playing together for those of you interested in running both!
Energy Visuals Enhanced (EVE) | FO3 Nexus
EVE greatly improves the visual and graphic effects of energy weapons, adding more diversity, flair, and excitement to the weapons.
Darn's UI | Darn's Page | [Mez's Pick]
Absolutely essential user interface (UI) mod. Take the console-itis out of fallout. Creates more text space on menu's throughout the game, and just makes everything feel like a real PC game. Really important!
Unofficial Fallout3 Patch | FO3 Nexus
Pretty popular mod that fixes or tweaks a lot of small glitches, oversights, and minor bugs in the original game.
Comprehensive Gameplay Rebalance Mods
These mods all address a range of gameplay topics, such as combat, VATS, drugs and chems, item rarity, health and level advancement, skills, perks, enemy balance, weapon/armor balance etc.... If is advisable to understand what these mods do, and make sure when using them what other mods might create compatibility issues.
Arwen's Realism Tweaks | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated - Partial] | [Mez's Pick]
An excellent set of gameplay rebalance tweaks if you're looking for a streamlined rebalance of the existing game. Arwen's tweak includes combat and skill changes, improved AI and sneak settings, weapon and armor rebalance, and a number of "survival" oriented changes. Very concise and to-the-point changes. This mod is also fairly modular. FWE includes Arwen's Smarter AI and sneak changes.
Fallout 3 Balance Overhaul (XFO) | FO3 Nexus | XFO Home Page | [FWE Integrated - Partial]
Very comprehensive overhaul mod. XFO is highly modular and contains a number of alternative setting packages that really allows the user to tweak the mod to their own liking. However, the mod is no longer under active development.
Fallout Advanced | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
The Castle's mod is a newer gameplay rebalances mod that includes a number of interesting and novel changes to the core gameplay mechanics. Definitely worth a look at.
Mini Balance | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Fairly comprehensive rebalancing mod for most the major gameplay areas, including equipment balance, combat damage + accuracy settings, VATS tweaks, healthing, stealth settings, power armor and more. Choose your poison!
BRUTE | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Another newer gameplay overhaul that focuses mostly on combat and weapon/armor rebalancing. A few new gameplay features are included as well to keep things interesting.
MFO | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated - Partial]
A slightly older overhaul that does a great job rebalancing the various combat gameplay settings for a more true FPS experience.
Older / smaller gameplay overhaul mods [FWE Incompatible]
Stranger | FO3 Nexus
ZBFO | FO3 Nexus
Jaynus Realism Overhaul | FO3 Nexus
Welcome to the Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
The Fallout 3 Compendium | FO3 Nexus
Mark's Full Gameplay Mod | FO3 Nexus
SagerFallout3 | FO3 Nexus
Dangerous Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
Character (PC) Related
S.P.E.C.I.A.L.s / Skills / Leveling / Experience
Pointiac | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
Adjusts the starting skill values, and ties skill increases into attribute increases. Modified the amount of skill points gained per level, adjusted the effect of tagged skills, etc. I think this is a great mod that makes SPECIAL more important.
Wasteland Mastery | FO3 Nexus
For all you power gamers out there, this mod will let you raise your skills beyond 100. Skills raised above 100 provide special bonuses. However, for this mod to work you will need to use the Level Cap Workaround AND the Level Cap Skill Increaser Workaround.
Slower Leveling | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
This mod provides a number of different modules to control how quickly you level up - mostly slowing the speed of level ups down. In addition it adjusts the XP rewards for better balance.
Raygun Classic | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Changes many stat related to formulas (health, carry limit, action points, skill gains, etc.) to make things work a bit more like prior Fallout games.
Better Pacing Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Similar but different from the mod above =)
Tags | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjusts skill gains, similarly as Pointiac. Tag skills provide +2 to skills per point spent, and the number of skill points received per level are reduced.
Closer to Classic Hit points | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjust the player's hitpoint formula to reduce the number of hitpoints but make strength + endurance more important.
Perks
Robo Certification | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
Adds a three-step perk that allows you to repair and control busted robots. Yay for smart people!
Wasteland Whisperer | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
Similar to the above mod, but for fuzzy creatures. Series of perks let you tame stronger and stronger animals so they become your precious followers.
Buildable Bots | FO3 Nexus
This mod lets you collect robot parts and take them to a new facility and build your own robotic minions. Great fun. The Robco Certified Buildable Bots patch lets you use this mod alongside Robco Certified.
Ultimate Perk Pack | FO3 Nexus
This mod adds a LARGE number of additional perks as well as optional rebalancing of the original game perks. A very popular mod that adds a lot of diversity to the perk lineup. The new perks will work with FWE, although you should NOT use the original perks rebalanced part of this mod.
Implants | FO3 Nexus
Adds "implants" you get from doctors, which are really just perks that you buy. The implants generally are used to raise 1 attribute, but the downside is that it lowers another. Pretty cool idea that could be developed even more.
Books!
Book Perks | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great mod that removes the skill point rewards for reading books . . . BUT after reading a few copies of each book you INSTEAD gain a level for a new perk that provides something fun and exciting.
Persistent Skill Books | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Whoever decided that it made sense for books to disappear after you read them? Well this mod knocks some common sense back into things. After reading a book, it will appear in the miscellaneous section of your pipboy next time you open it. Incompatible with the Book Perk mod above.
Pre-War Books + Titles | FO3 Nexus | [Mez's Pick]
Another book perk related mod, which IS compatible with the mod listed above. This mod randomly replaces "pre-war" books randomly with 1 of 150 actual book titles (with covers too!) as well as occasionally replacing "ruined" books with a named pre-war book. New perks are given to you for either reading or destroying these books. Are you naughty or nice?
Hacking + Lockpicking
Menu Based Hacking + Lockpicking | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Formerly called skill based Hacking + Lockpicking, this mod provides the option to skip the mini-games and use a true RPG chance based system to determining success. The advantage is that there is now a chance to pick/hack harder locks than your skill would otherwise allow.
Explosive Entry | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mod adds a new optional way to open locks - using explosives. You can adjust the timer and pick the explosive to use. The chance of success is based on your repair skill.
Zumbs Overhauled Real-Time Security | FO3 Nexus | [Mez's Pick]
Adds "real-time" options for picking and hacking, basing and blasting locks, and more.
Weight Capacity + Item Weight
Mighty Mouse Weight Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Includes a bunch of .esps that change the base weight limit and weight increase per strength. Should cover just about anyone's tastes.
Miscellaneous Items Fix | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjusts weights of misc items to be a little more sensible.
Weight Rebalance | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjusts the weight of aid and miscellaneous items to be more realistic, similar as above except it includes aid items.
Karma
Karma Revamp Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Makes higher levels of good or bad more difficult to achieve. The range of "neutral" karma is expanded a bit as well. Removes repeatable/lame ways of changing karma.
Reeners Invisible Karma Messages | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Removes the irritating Karma pop-up messages that occur all time, like when I steal Doc Hoff's drugs.
Item Repair / Crafting
Repair Rethought Reborn | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
More recent update of the original "repair rethought" mod that greatly expands the range of options for repairing items, adds cross-repair support for similar types of equipment. There is also an update patch for this mod to support some of the DLC.
Xrepair Nip Edition | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Integrates XrepairWeapons and CrossRepairArmor with some extra additions into a single patch.
Haldur's Improved Workbench | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mod does two things. First, when standing next to a workbench, your repair skill is increased by +10. Secondly, as you repair skill increases and you are next to a workbench you'll be able to use a greater variety of items to repair things. This mod is not compatible with the two listed above. The FWE integration includes only the repair skill bonus.
Slower Item Degradation | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Slows down the global degradation rates for weapons and armor
Movement + Stealth
DK_BulletTime | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
An awesome mod for those that don't really like VATS. Adds an alternative VATS system (you can still use the normal VATS with this mod) that is just a slowed down version of "real time" combat. Pretty cool idea with a great implementation. Entering bullet time slowly drains your Action Points. Has an in-game settings menu.
Sprint Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
Very cool mod that adds sprinting to the game for when you need that extra dash of speed. Sprinting will drain your action points, so be careful when you sprint! Also features a number of new sprint related perks, such as charging into and knocking over your foes. Has an in-game settings menu.
Speed Mod V2 | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Mod that tweaks the various movement speed settings, and includes six variants. It works by increasing the base movement speed (i.e. walk) to be a little faster, and then tweaks the run multiplier in different ways.
Slower Backpedaling | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Who can run as quickly backwards as they can forward? Well you can't anymore with this mod. No more running backwards like a sissy shooting at melee super mutants who will get to you.
Realistic Sneak Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Removes sneak messages (hidden / detected / caution / danger) from the HUD. Makes sneaking around a lot more challenging. You need to listen to your enemies and watch your radar more carefully to tell if they are onto you or now.
Stealth Kills Enabled | FO3 Nexus
This mod changes the way that detection events work, so that you can now escape crime detection for killing provided that no one witnesses your devilish deeds.
Master of Disguise | FO3 Nexus | [FWE ???]
Adds a system for disguising yourself by wearing other faction armor types. Chance based sytem includes a formula for being detected. Claims to work with all other mods, but haven't tested it yet. sounds interesting!
Armor Disguises Updated | FO3 Nexus | [FWE ???]
A older disguise mod with a similar sounding approach. Works by attaching scripts to armor (may impact compatiblity)
Combat + Damage Related
General
Locational Damage | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Limbs take less damage, heads take more damage. The way it should be.
FPS Style Grenade Hotkey | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Adds a configurable hotkey that lets you quickly throw grenades and switch back to your prior weapon. Similar to grenade hotkeys in other FPS games.
Accuracy Tweaks | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Modular mod that's lets you pick and choose the degree to which skills, weapon condition, etc. effects your real-time accuracy.
Damage Focused Changes
Damage Realism | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
changes character HP, armor stats, weapon stats, and more to provide more realistic damage handling. Utilizes a number of different resistence types for armor and weapons.
Onehitters Combat Realism | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
A combat focused gameplay overhaul. Increases weapon damage, makes NPC's consume ammo, alters health values, and more.
Smurf Impact Weapon Skill Damage | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Similar to the above mod, which let's you determine skill, weapon condition effects on damage, jamming, accuracy, etc.
Falling Damage Mods | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Increases falling-damage significantly. Don't jump off bridges anymore.
Largely Increased Damage | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Weapon Changes
T3T's Weapon Tweaks | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is an excellent mod that rebalances nearly every weapon in the game as well as adding unique meshes, textures, and and effects to unique weapons. The balance is very good, and gives a purpose to most weapons.
Realistic Explosions | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Increases the blast radius for explosions. A few different flavors to try.
Explosive Knockdown | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adds a knockdown effect for actors caught in the explosion radius. Incompatible with the realistic explosions mod listed above.
Explosive Explosives | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Explosives, like mini-nukes, missiles, and grenades, now explode when shot directly. What a fun idea!
A Call of Duty Realism Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Appears to change primarily weapon stats in order to create a more realistic and brutal combat experience.
Super Sledge Knockdown | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adds a sweet knock back effect to foe's or the PC hit by the super sledge.
Vats
No God Mode in Vats | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]]
Players take 100% damage in Vats. The MFO combat overhaul covers this.
Simple Action Point Recharge Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Provides a number of different options for controlling how fast action points recharge.
Fast VATS | FO3 Nexus
Reduces or eliminates the difference in time between the player and enemies. This mod will make VATS less forgiving, that is, you're more likely to be killed a miss your shots since the targets are moving at the same speed relative to the player. FWE includes optional modules based on this mod.
Fast but Dramatic VATS | FO3 Nexus
Similar to the above mod. In general, animations are in realtime, but certain special hit animations still slow down for that dramatic appeal. FWE includes optional modules based on this mod.
VATS MCE | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjusts game settings to better balance the VATS accuracy formula, and slightly alters non-VATS accuracy as well.
VATS Normal Weapon Degradation | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Adjusts a game setting so that weapons don't degrade extra fast when firing in VATS.
Auto-aim Related
Auto Aim Fix - Headshot Delux Edition | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
There are a lot of auto aim "fix" mods. This one has been the best performer in my experience, but you might disagree.
Auto Aim Explained + Properly Applied | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
MrSlackPants ? NoAutoAim | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
NoAutoAim | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Radiation
Radiation Level Revamp | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mod changes the effects caused by each level of radiation sickness, in general to be much more severe. At really high radiation levels, you're character will actually start to glow. Oh no!
Increased Water Radiation | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]]
Increases the rate that you accumulate rads when wading or swimming in water.
Injuries + Healing
Triage | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great mod that balances the desire for more realistic injury treatment without adding too much complexity or headache to the process. Essentially, in order to heal broken limbs or body parts, you need to use medical braces or surgical supplies (a replacement for the surgical tubing item) to fix yourself up. The mod adds some new doctor related perks that let you heal your limbs to a greater amount and recover used braces or supplies. One of my favorites!
Real Injuries | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]]
This mod is slightly more complex than Triage, adding a number of new medical supplies and methods of healing yourself, for those who are looking for a deeper healing system.
Amplified Crippled Effects (ACE) | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]]
Increases the effects of getting crippled . . . i.e. slower walking, more serious accuracy penalties, a "fade-to-black" concussion effect, and more. Very popular mod!
Weapon Restriction While Crippled | FO3 Nexus
Throw back to fallout 1/2. When 1 arm is crippled, you can't use two handed weapons. When 2 are crippled, run for the hills!
No Healing on Rest | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]]
Removes the insta-heal provided by sleeping for 1 hour.
Equipment + Items
Ammunition
Ammo Weight | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
Ammo actually has weight now! You gotta think a little bit more about how much you can carry. This mod is compatible with mods that adjust the rarity and/or value of ammo, as it works via a script. You might also grab DAV's Weighted Ammo Weight mod, which tags the name of ammo with it's weight so you can better estimate how much it weights. There is also the Ammo Weight Extended mod that adds ammo weight to CALIBR ammunication. Finally, there is the Displayed Ammo Weight mod, that displays ammo weight in your HUD, and which requires Darn's UI.
Ammo Toolkits | FO3 Nexus
Requires CRAFT + CALIBR. This mod lets you purchase schematics to make your own ammunition at the workbench. Fun little thing.
Ammo Schematics | FO3 Nexus
An alternative mod to the above, that lets you create ammo at new custom ammo workbenches. A CALIBR version is also available.
MrSlackPants ? Ammo Changes | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Primarily changes the value of ammo. Good to use inconjunction with the ammo weight mod.
New Weapons
Classic Fallout Weapons | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great mod that adds dozens of new weapons that existed in the prior fallout games. There are a few rough spots in the mod, but overall the package is pretty good. New items appear in leveled lists on NPC's and at vendors.
Missing Unique Weapons | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
There were many unique unique in the original game that weren't placed or used anywhere in the gameworld. This mods adds these weapons to special NPC's or locations for your looting enjoyment.
Armor
Fallout2 and Tactics Style Armor | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
An armor (and to some extent weapon) overhaul that re-creates some of the different armor properties that were present in prior fallout games, like specific resistances to different types of damage. Try it out eh?
MR Armor Overhaul | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
MR Armor OVerhaul provides a fairly extensive overhaul of most of the games original armors. Armors are rebalanced so that most armor have a logical weight to DR balance and can serve a purpose depending on your character.
The Ultimate Power Armor Mod (TUPAM) | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Major overhaul of power armor, including training, how power armor functions, its stats and effects, and more. Includes the addition of night vision to power armor. Very comprehensive set of changes. Will conflict with FWE unless FWE's PA change system is disabled.
Missing Unique Armors + Clothing | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
There were many unique armors and clothing in the original game that weren't placed or used anywhere in the gameworld. This mods adds these armors to special NPC's or locations for your looting enjoyment.
Food + Drugs
Better Living Through Chemistry | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a sweet mod, that adds tons of new drugs and chems to the game, new visual effects, and more. New chems are added to loot lists, so be mindful of potential conflicts. Very nice mod!
FDA Mod | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Another nice food and drug mod, that adds some new alcohols, new food items, and a few new drugs. Again, new stuff will appear in loot lists and elsewhere throughout the wastes.
Fallout Food | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Everyone loves food . . . this mod brings you more food, and more things to do with food . . . like cook tasty treats savory meats. Adds some new features like the ability to cook, fill containers with loquid, etc.. Check it out!
Realistic Chems | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mod tweaks the vanilla chems, adjusting their effects, value, and other attributes. The mod makes Stimpacks heal overtime, which is a great way to balance them out.
Other food and drug mods [FWE Incompatible]
Better Food | FO3 Nexus
Medicine and Edibles Revamp | FO3 Nexus
Chem Rebalance | FO3 Nexus
MrSlackPants ? MedsBoozeDruge_Food | FO3 Nexus
Scavenger Food Mod | FO3 Nexus
Wasted in the Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
Smokable Cigarettes | FO3 Nexus
NPC's, and Creatures
AI
Combat Enhanced Tactics | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
An AI overhaul for combat that makes your enemies behave more strategically and with a little self preservation. Great gameplay improvement!
Followers
The [FWE Integrated] mods in this section are part of FWE's Followers Enhanced Modules. If you don't use those modules, any of these may be used.
Phalanx | FO3 Nexus
By far the biggest most complete companion overhaul mod available. In addition to adding a few new companions, Phalanx adds a lot of new functionality and features to companions, making them far more realistic in their behavior and needs.
Remote Control Companions | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
A very simple mod that adds a new "command headset" to your inventory, allowing you to remote talk to your companions and issue them orders like wait, relax, follow me, etc... Very helpful and convenient.
Sharing + Caring Companions | FO3 Nexus
This mod allows you to recruit nearly anyone to fight alongside you. You can share equipment with them and give them basic orders like sit, lie down, and roll over. Good puppy.
0h Followers Hire | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
With this mod, you will be able to recruit multiple followers. It includes a number of options, to have the followers count based on your charisma, or to have the follower karma checks active or not. An updated version of the mod is also available. I like this mod for its simplicity.
Companion Behavior Overhaul | FO3 Nexus
A fairly robust behavior overhaul mod for companions. Similar but different than Phalanx. Incorporates a lot of detail into companion behavior, like their stimpak usage, AI, and more.
Followers Regular Gear | FO3 Nexus
Companion weapons consume ammo, you can use their weapons and armor, followers use stimpaks and other drugs as well. Not a bad follower improvement mod at all. Simple and to the point.
NPC's
Better Companions + Caravans | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
A simple set of mods to improve the health of caravans or companions, or alternatively set them to essential.
Caravan Upgrades | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great mod that improves caravans. It does so by giving each caravan a few more guards with their own sense of style. The caravans are pretty tough now and survive in the wastes much easier now. Great little mod!
Rude Awakening | FO3 Nexus
With this nifty mod, when sleeping outside in the wastes (and optionally indoors), there is chance every hour for a random encounter to wake you up. Maybe some feral ghouls want to say "hello!" Or perhaps a deathclaw and some outcasts are in a skirmish and the battle wakes you up. Your sleeping bag's not so cozy now eh!?
Savage Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
A pretty simple mod that changes the ratio of melee/unarmed to ranged weapon spawns for most of the spawn lists. The effect is that the amount of weapons and ammunition available for looting is GREATLY reduced. Make those bullets count!
MTC - Wasteland Travelers | FO3 Nexus
Not enough life in the wastes? This adds random travelers and others moving from one settlement to the next. Pretty popular and interesting mod.
Gifts4Kids | FO3 Nexus |
Oh, what do to with all those wonderful toys? Now you can get those wonderful toys and give them to kids Batman, for a nice karma reward.
Raiders Wear Pitt Armor | FO3 Nexus
DLC The Pitt Required - Another simple mod that adds the Pitt Raider Armors to the normal wasteland raider spawn lists, so you can get a little more diversity from your raiders. Alrighty then!
MMM Monster Perks | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
This mod requires Mart's Mutant Mod. It adds perks to many creatures, like toughness and nerd rage, making monsters tougher and more deadly.
NPC Health Equals PC Health | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Compatibility issue: Modiefies every NPC Entry! There is an alternative set of game settings that can accomplish this. I will release in a tweak package.
MrSlackPants ? Combat Tougher Enemies | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Primarily makes enemy attacks stronger.
Immersion Mods
Needs (Hunger, Thirst, Sleep)
Primary Needs | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great "necessities" type mod that requires you to eat, drink, and sleep on a regular basis or suffer negative effects on your stats. The mod works quite well, and also includes a portable bed roll, field grill, and water purifier unit.
Coleen's Portable Tent | FO3 Nexus
Want a home away from home? This mod adds a tent that you can lug around and setup somewhere special. The tent has a seperate interior world space, so you can leave + access goodies in your tent. Kinda of magical isn't it? Sort of like Santa's never-ending bag of presents.
Portable Tent | FO3 Nexus
A different portable tent. This one does not have a linked interior cell, is just an open tent with a place to sleep, etc... Groovy.
Other needs mods [FWE Incompatible]
Portable Mattress | FO3 Nexus
Sleeping + Sleeping Bad Mod | FO3 Nexus
Survival of the Fittest - Revised | FO3 Nexus
Simple Needs | FO3 Nexus + DLC Support Patch
Basic Needs | FO3 Nexus
Jaynus ? HungerThirstSleep | FO3 Nexus
Travel
No Fast Travel | FO3 Nexus
Does what it says. Its rough when you're stranded far away and have to slump it back to safety on foot. Needless, to say, this is one of my favorite immersion mods!
Wasteland Travel Caravans | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible w/ Alt Travel] | [Mez's Pick]
Works well with No Fast Travel mods, as it is intended to do. This mod creates a Morrowind-like travel system, where you can only fast travel between major settlements by paying for someone to escort you to your destination.
Vault-Tec Geo Locators | FO3 Nexus
New "geo locator" devices can be found hidden around the wasteland. Once found, you can leave + activate these geo-locators at a place of your chossing to effectively create a placable map marker. You can pick them back up and put them down somwhere else too. Imagine that, picking them up, putting them down . . .
Hoverchair! | FO3 Nexus
Yes indeed. A chair that hovers. And it also mounts miniguns. And it hovers. Yes!
J3Xified Driveable Motorcycle | FO3 Nexus
A fabulous drivable motorcycle. And it also mounts miniguns. And you can drive it. Score!
More Map Markers | FO3 Nexus
Adds a bunch of new map markers to places where there were not map markers, and that probably deserve to have a map marker. Like that little shrub over next to the rock right there . . . see? So check them out and make Reily happy.
Global Travel System (GTS) | FO3 Nexus
This ambitious mod is part amazing and part modders resource. It provides new long-distance travel options to go nearly anywhere in the world. A lot of new content is provided as well, so go forth and explore!
SGsUA ? No Borders | FO3 Nexus
Removes the invisible boarders a the edge of the world. So go forth and explore, just don't fall out of the world. See, the world is flat!
Time + Respawning
Different Timescales | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
This mod add six options for controlling the game timeacale, including an 1:1 realtime option.
Immersive Timescales | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
An interesting mod that dynamically changes timescape depending on your location. Typically, timescale outside speeds up to better convey the sense of travel, while in an interior cell, it is slowed down.
Selected Containers Respawn | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This is a very cool mod that makes many different containers respawn periodically in logical places, like bandit camps, mirelurk nests, etc... Well implemented and thorough.
Respawn Timer | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
Provides a number of different modules to control how frequently cells respawn.
Interior Cells Respawn | FO3 Nexus
Tags interior cells to respawn when the respawn timer is triggers. This is apparently applied to ALL interior cells.
Environmental / Atmospheric
Dynamic Weather | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
Well, this is my new favorite weather mod. Keeps the wasteland feeling gloomy and moody, but consistent with the original feeling of the game. Includes Xepha's Darker Nights (since this mod was also made by Xepha) for a good all-around weather package. Works with enhanced rain as well.
Wasteland Weather Overhaul | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
This is a great weather mod in my view. It keeps the same tone range and feel of the original game's weather (unlike Fellout which provides a completely different feel) but adds a lot more diversity and interest to what's going on.
Enhanced Weather - Rain + Snow | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion]
Adds rain and occasionally snow storms to the wasteland, which makes a HUGE difference in the environmental feeling. This mod is compatible with the Wasteland Weather Overhaul and Fellout to my knowledge, as it operates via scripts.
Fellout | FO3 Nexus
One of the more popular weather overhauls, Fellout removes the "greenish" tint to atmospheric style, as well as providing a much bigger range of weather types. I feel it makes the wasteland a little too bright and cheery, but that's because I like my wasteland dark and gloomy.
Fallout Street Lights | FO3 Nexus
This mod makes street lights in the DC area actually shine light, which combines nicely with darker night mods to make things more gloomy and spooky. By the way, who turned the power back on?
Fallout Street Lights - Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
Adds-on to the above mod by adding illuminated streetlights to areas throughout the capitol wasteland, and not just the downtown DC area. Use in conjunction with the mod listed above.
Realistic Interior Lighting | FO3 Nexus
Adjusts interior cell lighting levels to be far more realistic and rely on actual light sources rather than a higher ambient light level. Very cool for sneaky types . . . and everyone else too.
FireLightFix | FO3 Nexus
Corrects issues with various fires and flames not providing the correct visual effect.
Xepha Darker Nights | FO3 Nexus
Are you afriad of the dark? Well not when it isn't dark. This mod makes the dark real dark. And real dark dark is scary dark. Mommy...
Wasteland Moods | FO3 Nexus
Adds a number of spooky, to creepy, or freaky weather types . . . as well as a few normal ones for good measure. Interesting mods.
View Distanced Decreased | FO3 Nexus
Some people might like this mod. It changes the default weather patterns to be more hazy, which decreases the view distances but also gives the whole wasteland a pretty gloomy feel. Interesting mod for sure.
Sound + Music
GNR - More Where That Came From | FO3 Nexus
One of the more popular music mods, that adds MANY new, era appropriate, tracks to the GNR radio. If you were irritated with how excited threedog was about the same 10 songs, then this mod is for you! Fun to get the songs just to listen to outside of the game too!
Native American Music | FO3 Nexus
Adds a number of native american music tracks to the battle and exploration sound tracks. Enjoy!
Improved Sound Effects | FO3 Nexus
Improves the sound effects primarily for combat related actions, such as weapon fire, critical hit effects, and more. What did you say?
Wasteland Ambience | FO3 Nexus
Greatly expands the diversity of sounds that you will randomly hear when traveling around the wasteland. Is that a fire fight in the distance? Or maybe supermutants playing baseball? Nah, couldn't be.
Rune Immersion Sounds | FO3 Nexus
Increases the volume of a number of the more subtle sounds that you don't normally hear. People eating and drinking, shuffling about, footsteps, etc...
GUI + HUD
Pipboy Readius (PDA) | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Companion] | [Mez's Pick]
One of my favorite mods. This completely replaces your pip-boy with a small widescreen PDA device. Great for use with alternative starts where you wouldn't up up with the normal pipboy.
Immersive Health Visuals | FO3 Nexus
This slick mod adds gradually increasing visual effects (blurs, tints, etc...) to your view as your health declines for a nice immersive feedback. How are you feeling?
Echo - Use Your Glove | FO3 Nexus
A simple mod that puts your pip-boy on top of your armors normal glove / forearm model. This makes a lot of sense =)
No NPC + Point-of-Interest Markers | FO3 Nexus
Removes NPC's and point of interest from the compass. So now it really is just a compass. Instead of an all-seeing eye. Like Sauron.
No Undiscovered Compass Markers | FO3 Nexus
How does your compass know there is something cool over there, behind the hill, and past those molerats? Well now it doesn't know anything more than you do.
Remove Compass POI Markers | FO3 Nexus
Okay, another variation. Noe you're compass can't tell you where places are, but it can tell you where the people are. Strange . . . but whatever floats your boat.
T3T Misc Item Icons | FO3 Nexus |
This mod adds unique pip-boy icons to most of the misc items that you can pick up and carry around in the wasteland. Just a little something special =)
Graphic Tweaks
Fallout 3 Re-Animated | FO3 Nexus
This mod is gradually replacing most of the character animations in fallout, to be more realistically executed and life-like. Very successful!
Project Beauty | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
The name is a little mis-leading, as project beauty doesn't specifically make people "prettier," but rather much more realistic and characterful. Tweaks most named NPC's as well as the faction templates for more diversity and distinction.
Echo - Use Your Glove | FO3 Nexus
A simple mod that puts your pip-boy on top of your armors normal glove / forearm model. This makes a lot of sense =)
Flesh Burning Plasma Weapons | FO3 Nexus
Adds a nice and gooey critical death effect to plasma weapons.
Flesh Burning Plasma Weapons | FO3 Nexus
Adds a crisp and smoldering effect to those dowsed in flames. Hmm, toasty.
Weapon Effects by Saiden Storm | FO3 Nexus
Adds many new critical kill animations and other effects to weapons. Very nifty. An alternative to EVE in some respects.
No Tracers | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Incompatible]
A simple mod that removes the bullet tracer effect.
Destruction | FO3 Nexus
Many objects, including lights, bottles, crates, and more can now be blown apart and destroyed. This adds a lot of depth and realism to the game. Crazy!
Original "Quest" Related
Alternative Start ? Roleplayers | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated] | [Mez's Pick]
Awesome mod that provides a number of alternative starting choices to the normal Vault 101 sequence. Excellent for those tired of being shoved into the same storyline each time. You can play as an enclave defector, an outcast, a talon merc, a raider, and countless other histories. Each history starts you with a special perk, in a new location, and with a different set of starting equipment.
T3T's Outcast Tech Support | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Expands the range of items you can turn into the outcast for a reward. It also expand the range of rewards you can get in return. See, it's balanced?
Multiple Ways to Attain Power Armor Training | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Cool mod that adds a few extra ways to obtain power armor training for those of you not interested in following the main quest line.
Free Play After MQ | FO3 Nexus
Does it what it says . . . let's the game continue after the main quest is over. Doesn't obviously work with broken steel.
Refurbish DLC | FO3 Nexus
This mod adds more immersion to how you are informed about the DLC quests, rather than just automatically getting them.
Delay DLC | FO3 Nexus
Same principle as the above mod . . . slightly different implementation.
A Little Something Special
Owned | FO3 Nexus
This is a great mod, which has unfortunately grown a little big in my opinion. Regardless, the premise is that if the occupants of a house should experience an disastrous calamity, you gain ownership of the house and can loot it, move in, or otherwise exploit the property. The newer versions of the mod let you become a bit of a land baron, and charge people rent, kick them out, and other fun things.
Weapon Scanner | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mods adds a new feature to your pip-boy that lets you view the base weapon stats and information. Much more reliable method of comparing weapons than the normal damage display.
FF Interactive Bobbleheads | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
This mods allows you to move bobbleheads around like normal items, adds a portable bobblehead stand to use anywhere you want, and adds a feature that lets you control the SPECIAL or skill bonuses from bobbleheads.
FF Portable Lab + Infirmary | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Provides a portable lab + infirmary you can purchase and setup in a home our hideout of your choosing. Excellent!
FF Portable Wonder Meat Maker | FO3 Nexus | [FWE Integrated]
Makes the wonder meat maker portable so you can bring it home and make wonderful meats all day long!
DN Recycling Machines | FO3 Nexus
Adds a new recycling machine that turns tin cans and other metal items into scrap metal for use in doing whatever one does with scrap metal. They call this recycling.
RobCo Battery Charger | FO3 Nexus
Nifty little mod that let's you discharge energy cells, MF cells, etc... into the unit and use it to recharge something else.
Echo Battery Charger | FO3 Nexus
Similar as above . . . let's you quickly convert one type of power unit / battery into another for use with energy weapons.
Solar Charger | FO3 Nexus
Yet another battery charger type mod. This one captures solar energy during the day, and lets you use the stored energy to produce new power cells.
Amputate! | FO3 Nexus
Mod that ties recovering "body parts" for quest rewards / perks into the state you leave said body in after dispatching it. I.e., can't reover fingers if you've blown all the arms apart.
Hidden Skill Checks + Unpredictable Traps | FO3 Nexus
Hides the skill requirements for disarming traps and performing other tasks. In addition, traps are less of a sure thing to disarm, and have a chance of blowing up on you even if you have sufficient skill to disarm them.
Empty Container Fix | FO3 Nexus
Makes it so that you can't see the [EMPTY] tag on containers with nothing in them. Realistic for sure.
Adventure Mods!
This section includes mods like new quests, new factions to interact with, and new or expanded locations. Some of these may not be perfectly balanced or immersive relative to mods listed above, but they will nonetheless add a lot more depth, richness, and new experiences for you to enjoy!
Expanded Places
Bus World | FO3 Nexus
Sweet mod that adds enterable interiors to buses, box cars, and other logically enterable built things. Very nifty mod!
DC Interiors | FO3 Nexus
Ever wondered whats in all those boarded up buildings? Well this in progress mod adds new interior cells to entire zones of DC. Three zones have been completed so far. This is a terrific well done, thorough, and highly immersive mod.
Reily's Rangers Expanded | FO3 Nexus
Tired of the lackluster ranger compound? Well, in this quest mod, subsequent visits back to the ranger compound (after rescruing them) with more mapping data gradually causes the compound to expand. More rangers are recruited, merchants eventually show up, and more. Makes the journey out the compond more worthwhile and breathes more life into the Rangers.
Arefu Expanded | FO3 Nexus
Expands Arefu, adding new quests, NPC's, and more, making the town what it should have been in the first place, a certified little hovel.
Attentater's Wasteland Economy | FO3 Nexus
This mod adds a little more believability and depth to the various settlements in the gameworld by adding more visual and character cues to what makes their economies tick. NEw things like brahmin pens, water towers, and energy generators add more to settlements. New traders and interactive factions are added as wel, adding to the depth of the gameworld.
Canterbury Commons Embiggened | FO3 Nexus
Expands Canterbury and adds a little more strif, crime, and vibrancy to the settlement. New NPC's and gang's add much needed richness to the town.
Rockopolis Rebuilt | FO3 Nexus
Greatly adds to the detail and features of Rockopolis. Maybe it's actually worth taking a visit to the place?
New Quests
I'm going to provide just a list of quests here, with little to no descriptions, since you'll really want to read the full description of these to get a clear picture of what you're getting yourself into. So here they are!
A Note Easily Missed | FO3 Nexus
An Evening with Mr. Manchester | FO3 Nexus
To Sleep - Perhance to Dream | FO3 Nexus
A series of puzzle and exploration focused quests involving a number of interesting situations. These three form a series, although they are still independant of each other.
In the Shadow of the Swamp | FO3 Nexus
A new Point-Lookout quest, involving mystery, intrigue, and some shaddy new characters. Also provides some nice balance adjustments for point lookout.
Return to Shady Sands | FO3 Nexus
Inspired by the towns of Shady Sands, Junktown, and the Hub from prior fallout games, this mod adds a new settlement with diversity of people to meet and things to do.
Butcher Pete's Meat | FO3 Nexus
A butcher has opened shop in Tennpenny tower. He has a few "errands" to run if your up to the task.
The high seas Caravansery | FO3 Nexus
Adds a huge new world space to explore, complete with new quests, NPC's and exciting adventures!
Reykjavik - Iceland - GTS | FO3 Nexus
GTS mod that adds a huge new icelandic city for you to explore. Features over a dozen new quests and even more sidequests. Holy smokes!
Treasure Maps - A fist full of cups | FO3 Nexus
Treasure Maps - Secrets of the Wasteland | FO3 Nexus
Treasure Maps - Bobblehead Edition | FO3 Nexus
Treasure Maps - Underground | FO3 Nexus
Series of four mods, each adding a number of treasure maps hidden in the gameworld. Can you follow the treasure map to the secret stash of booty?
Secrets of the Mole Rat Maze | FO3 Nexus
Adds a little cavernous maze outside of Megaton. Someone said there be treasure in there. Hope you like mole rats. Snicker.
The Refuge | FO3 Nexus
A seven part quest series involving gangs, violence, and good old fashioned problem solving. You're good at that right?
Friendly New Neighbors | FO3 Nexus
A quest mod involving slavery and over half-a-dozen quests with varying levels of difficulty. How will it turn out for you?
Rockville Commons | FO3 Nexus
A new town and nearby vault adds some new adventures to the game. You're deeds can determine who wins in a struggle for survival.
Darkness | FO3 Nexus
There is a world underground, filled with danger and mystery. Isn't it time you went down there to see what the rage is all about?
Project Valhalla (BETA) | FO3 Nexus
This large and ambitious undertaking adds new quests, factions, gear, and more, all wrapped up a comprehensive package. It's shapping up to be a mighty fine and epic piece of work!
The Cube Experimental | FO3 Nexus
A cube labaryinth lies below DC. You've found your way in. Can you find your way out?
DC Confidential - Scattered Stories | FO3 Nexus
Adds a number of stories (as notes) scattered around the wasteland to be discovered.
Faction's and "Organizations"
Enclave Commander | FO3 Nexus
This is a very popular mod that allows you to call in a personal army to do your bidding (or your dirty laundry). May not be the immersive, but it's a popular mod that let's you stage some huge battles if that's your thing.
Merc - Combat Currency | FO3 Nexus
Adds a new mercenary faction that you can join and build up into a personal fighting force. Oh yeah!
FNNCQ a fallout 3 slavery overhau | FO3 Nexus
Not really a faction per se, but this mod greatly expands the depth and options for the slavery game mechanic. You can now get a whole bunch slaves to do your bidding.
101 The Collector | FO3 Nexus
An alternative to slavery mod above in many respects. Check it out, pick your favorite, and become buddies with the good boys at Paradise Falls.
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