Anyone Can Use All Talents and Spells In Correct Animation
⚪ Last updated 2014Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 6.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 14 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
#Description updated on 03-21-2014#
According to the report, this mod might be incompatible with any talent mods that change the animations the talents should cast. See Bug section below.
#Description updated on 03-13-2014#
Notifications on first:
This is not a mod that tweaks your characters, classes, talents, spells, and even animations themselves. It just allows you to cast all the animations that any usable spells and talents should cast without checking your character's wielding style.
If you want to add new talents and spells to your characters, you have two ways to go:
1. Manually adding new abilities or new talent trees: Select a character, then open the console, type "runscript addtalent xxxxxx"(replace xxxxxx with correct talent ID or talent tree ID), and you can see your selected character's new ability on the first quick slot, or you can check his/her new talent tree on main menu.
You can find the talent IDs and talent tree IDs on wiki: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Console_(Dragon_Age_II)
2. Using multi-class mods or any mods that tweak character's talents or spells, or even add new talents and spells to your character. You can find them on any DA2 mod website like nexusmods.
#Description updates end#
Originally posted at Baidu Tieba http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2855024457
- Introduction -
- This is a small mod only modifies animation blend tree (.anb files) for all weapons and allows anyone to use any talents/skills in correct animation while using any kind of weapon. With this mod, modders can create new abilities without the limitation of using animation, and those players who are favored in multiclass will no longer facing any problems like no VFX, no animation, no ability effects while casting talents/spells that don't belong to the character's current class before. That means you can create a real Arcane Warrior!
- How does it work? -
- I spent long time extracting and analyzing the files with hashed names to find out and categorize the .anb file designated in combat_style.gda, then add all the missing animations to every weapon .anb files, which can be found in other files.
- What can it do? -
- Now you can use any talents or skills while using any kind of weapons, like using Fireball while dual-wielding, or using Evade while equipping 2H weapon. The two abilities I mentioned above couldn't be correctly executed by original game because the .anb files corresponding to the weapons do not contain these animations.
Due to some the animations point to one ability can be different because of the weapon (like Vendetta and Assassinate), I choose the animations by my favor. Like Assassinate, equipping 1H and shield will cast the original dual-wield version animation while equipping 2H or staff will cas
This small animation mod for Skyrim modifies animation blend trees so any character can use any talent or spell with any weapon, ensuring correct animations. With 357 endorsements and 5,800 downloads, it's a niche utility for players wanting unrestricted combat flexibility.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-tested with 357 endorsements and 5,800 downloads
- Unlocks full combat flexibility—no more being locked out of spells or talents based on weapon
- Lightweight and focused: only touches animation files, so it's easy to install and remove
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2014—may be incompatible with current Skyrim versions or DLCs
- Only affects animations; doesn't add new spells or talents, so it's purely a quality-of-life tweak
For Skyrim players who want to break the weapon-skill restrictions and use any spell or talent with any weapon without janky animations. Perfect for roleplayers and experimental builds. Skip if you prefer vanilla combat restrictions or want new content—this is purely a compatibility fix.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod only contains .anb files, place them directly into your Skyrim Data folder or use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 for easy management.
- If you're using other animation mods, load this one after them to ensure it takes priority.
- Test with a new character or in a safe area to see the animation changes immediately—no need to start a new game.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Dragonage2 Mods
- Author
- royale011
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 5,800
- Endorsements
- 357
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 2/8/2014
- Updated
- 2/8/2014
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