DAI Imports - All Tattoos and Blood Smears (plus freckles)
⚪ Last updated 2016Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 7.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #63 of 157 Face and Hair mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Welcome to the DAI Tattoo and Blood Smear Import (+ Freckles) mod!
If you don't care about any of the mod preamble and just want to know how to install it, you can skip down to the "installation" section; otherwise, read on! This mod contains two main areas of function, broken down as follows:
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[]Tattoos: This mod has imported all tattoos available to humans (and thus to your Hawke) in DAI. They work just like the regular tattoos from DA2, with all of the same color options, and will be compatible with any mods to grant additional tattoo colors or to add other custom tattoos. This is done for anyone who, like me, grew more attached to their Hawke's DAI tattoos than to the one they chose in DA2 and/or was bothered by the tattoo inconsistency between the games. While I would love to do a reverse version of this and import the DA2 tattoos into DAI as well, I currently have no experience with the DAI modding frameworks beyond what was required to export these tattoos, and cannot do it at this time. If anyone does come up with a mod to import the DA2 tattoos into DAI, I will gladly link it here!
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]Complexions: This mod has created 14 new complexions for your Hawke to use. This mod is meant to give you the ability to use all of the blood smear options offered by DAI. When DAI offered the blood smear options for custom Hawkes in DAI, I grew very attached to them, as I was able to give my Hawke both the iconic nose streak and a tattoo. Because DA2 doesn't have a separate blood smear slider and there's no way that I know of to add one, I created them as complexions so that they could be mixed and matched with the tattoos. In addition, as part of this mod, I created two freckle options - one for a smattering of freckles only over the nose, and another for full-face freckles. In addition to basic faces with these freckle options, I have replicated these freckle options for all blood smears, meaning it is now possible to give your Hawke a blood smear, freckles and a tattoo all at once!
This mod imports all tattoos and blood smears from Dragon Age: Inquisition into Dragon Age 2's character creator, adding freckled options for each and two plain freckle complexions. It enables mixing and matching of tattoos, blood smears, and freckles, offering expanded customization for DA2 players.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 566 endorsements and over 7,000 downloads.
- Brings a ton of new cosmetic options from Inquisition into DA2, perfect for players who want more variety.
- Freckle variants add a subtle but nice touch for realistic character looks.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2016, so it may have compatibility issues with newer DA2 patches or mod setups.
- Purely cosmetic—if you're looking for gameplay changes, this isn't it.
For Dragon Age 2 players who want to expand character creation with Inquisition's tattoos and blood smears, especially those who enjoy detailed facial customization. Skip if you prefer gameplay-altering mods or don't care about cosmetic variety.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod adds new options to the character creator, make sure to start a new game or load a save before the character creation screen to see the new options.
- If you use other character creation mods, check load order to avoid conflicts—place this mod after similar overhauls.
- Back up your save files before installing any mod, just in case you want to revert.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Dragonage2 Mods
- Author
- Quenched_Steel
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 7,278
- Endorsements
- 566
- Category
- Face and Hair
- Created
- 4/14/2016
- Updated
- 4/14/2016
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