Hack Your Equipment

The equipment stats used by the game are simple text files.  You can easily edit in any kind of cheat without installing any "mods" that are recorded in your savegame.

Please share any cool effects you make in the comments.

Start by reading Tutorials 1 and 2 on the Articles tab.

• []Pros

  []Reliable

• []Changes are spread across multiple files

  []Must edit each file again after each game update

  Extract the Armor and Weapon Mod Files into the game's Data folder, preserving all the subfolders:  e.g.  x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate 3\Data\Public

  The files all have a .disabled extension to prevent the game from using them at startup.  When you're ready to make an edit, remove the .disabled extension from the filename.  You will need to restart the game entirely for BG3 to see your changes.

  These files are all updated regularly with each new Patch release.  You will need to keep the files up-to-date and then reapply your edits.

  Method 2 (experimental)

  • []Pros

    []Changes are kept together in a single separate file

    []Much easier to recover after a game update

  []Cons
  • []Quirky.  May need to work around strange loading behavior in the game engine

    Extract the Method 2 Mod Files into the game's Data folder, preserving all the subfolders:  e.g.  x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate 3\Data\Public

    Create a new file to hold your changes that starts with Z (to push it to the end of alphabetical processing):  e.g.  x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate 3\Data\Public\GustavDev\Stats\Generated\Data\Zzz.txt

    Simplest - Find something you want to modify in the Data subdirectories of the Source Files.  Copy the entire entry into Zzz.txt, leaving one blank line between entries.  Make your edits there.  You can mix entries from different types of files (Armor, Weapon, Character, Spell_) or folders (Shared, Gustav), or create new entries by changing the names.

    Best - Since the file is processed last, you can "edit" existing entries and replace select property values.  This is best approach for future-proofing your changes and making them compatible with other mods.  Simply define a new entry, then "use" the exi