Returning Weapon QOL
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #24 of 47 Weapons mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Returning weapons (returning pike/ dwarven thrower) will return to your bag instead of auto equipping on return unless they were equipped before they were thrown.
Returning Weapon QOL is a small quality-of-life mod for Baldur's Gate 3 that changes how returning weapons behave. Instead of auto-equipping when they return, they go to your bag unless you had them equipped before throwing. With 266 endorsements and 80,655 downloads, it's a popular fix for a common annoyance.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 266 endorsements and over 80k downloads.
- Fixes a real annoyance for thrower builds.
- Lightweight and does exactly what it says.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects two specific weapons (returning pike and dwarven thrower).
- Last updated May 2025 — may not be compatible with future patches.
For Baldur's Gate 3 players who use thrower builds and hate when their weapon auto-equips after returning. If you're tired of your returning pike messing up your action economy, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't use returning weapons or prefer them to auto-equip.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to install the mod with a mod manager like Vortex or BG3 Mod Manager to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using other weapon mods, test this one in a save before relying on it in combat.
- Remember that the mod only changes behavior for the two named weapons — other returning weapons may still auto-equip.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- Ninjoma
- Version
- 1.0.1.1
- Downloads
- 80,655
- Endorsements
- 266
- Category
- Weapons
- Created
- 2/3/2025
- Updated
- 5/9/2025
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