Arcanum Equilibrium Rebalance Mod Released

If you’re like me, then you might hold Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura as one of your favorite RPGs. But, unfortunately, despite the game being a classic of the RPG world, it hasn’t always been known for its excellent game and combat balance – quite the opposite, in fact.

That hopefully changes today with the release of the Arcanum Equilibrium Rebalance Mod, the work of modder Leonidus on the Terra-Arcanum forums. Fully compatible with Arcanum’s unofficial patch by community Drog, the balance-changing modification promises to bring a better gameplay experience to Troika’s masterwork, covering not just balance tweaks but a few extra features as well, like additional portraits to use for your characters.

I’ll simply leave the change log for the mod below. In the meantime, be sure to check Terra-Arcanum for the mod’s thread and download link. I know what game I’ll be playing this weekend!

Easy to install! Just overwrite Arcanum data folder.

READ THE README! Because I changed almost everything

What my mod changed:

-Stats on over 500 weapons/armors/items (almost every single one)
-Stats on almost every spell
-15 spells replaced with new ones
-170 extra portraits
-Stats on almost every monster
-Important schematic changes so that good items require a special rare component, typically only found at certain parts in the game
-Follower level schemes so that they are more useful and effective
-Much, much more of course!

What my mod does:

-Makes combat actually challenging to your character at times. Some enemies are now powerful boss monsters.
-Balances combat by making as many styles viable and equal as possible (particularly magic, guns, fighter, bows, thrower, tech)
-Balances follower favoritism by making even useless followers decent. I’ve won games with Jayna, Weldo, Jormund, etc.
-Removes overpowered abilities or features, such as most stun/paralyze effects
-Adds purpose to previously useless things. Fancy clothes give a charisma bonus, for example.

-Overall it makes people’s character build decisions actually matter. In regular Arcanum, it’s all easy as hell no matter what you do. With this mod, how you develop your character determines what is harder and what is easier as you complete the game.

What my mod doesn’t do:

-Absolutely everything I wanted it to. Arcanum has almost no modding information generally available, so some things could not be changed, like many cursed items or backstab damage.

500+ items changed though, not too shabby.

Enjoy!