Tharchiate Ascendency
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.9% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #216 of 597 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
The rewards for this questline or not too bad, but I always thought they could be a bit more interesting.
Tharchiate Vigour is great to have, but doesn't react to you being undead (which makes sense given it's not a possibility in the base game), and only provides benefit after a long rest, then is useless once depleted, which encourages you to rest more (which I don't like).
Danse Macabre is a bit more arguable, it doesn't fit every character, and summons can be something you despise, so this one may feel bad to get.
So here are my little touches:
- []Tharchiate Withering now goes straight to Tharchiate Vigour if you are immune to curses, instead of not being applied at all.
- []The Tharchiate Codex: Blessing (changed icon) now also makes you receive half damage from all sources as long as you have temporary hit points from any source (stacks multiplicatively with resistance).
- []Alongside Danse Macabre, you also get Festin Macabre, which, if cast, permanently removes Danse Macabre from your character, in exchange for Necrotic Resurgence.
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[]Necrotic Resurgence: When you are attacked with the intent of dealing damage, you retaliate with 1d4 necrotic damage, +1d4 if you are undead, +1d4 if you have temporary hit points, +1d4 if you take no damage from the attack.
The goal here was to make these features react to Undeath, and more universally useful.
How to become undead you ask? By pursuing the Path of Undeath, my child.
Tharchiate Ascendency enhances the Necromancy of Thay rewards in Baldur's Gate 3, making them more useful and in-depth. With 97 endorsements and 10,460 downloads, it's a niche gameplay mod for necromancy fans seeking improved rewards.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tight focus on a specific quest line—perfect for necromancer builds
- Decent download count (10,460) shows real interest
- Recently updated (March 2026), so likely compatible with current patch
⚠️ Cons
- Only 97 endorsements—small community, so less feedback and testing
- No screenshots or videos provided, so you can't preview the changes
For Baldur's Gate 3 players who love necromancy and want the Thay rewards to feel more impactful. Skip if you're not invested in that questline or prefer broader gameplay overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the Necromancy of Thay quest active before installing to see the changes immediately.
- If you're using other mods that alter the same quest, load this one after them to avoid conflicts.
- Check the mod's page for any optional files or patches that might be needed for other popular mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- Siael
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 10,460
- Endorsements
- 97
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 10/4/2025
- Updated
- 3/10/2026
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