Morrowind

Oblivion

Shadowrun Returns

Skyrim

Fallout 3

Fallout New Vegas

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age 2

The Witcher

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

The Witcher 2

X: Rebirth

World of Tanks

Legend of Grimrock

Dark Souls

Fallen Enchantress

Far Cry 3

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Dungeon Defenders

Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights 2

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade: Warband

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

Left 4 Dead 2

Minecraft

Knights of the Old Republic II

Warcraft 3

Mass Effect 3

Sins of a Solar Empire

State of Decay

Saints Row 4

Savage XR

Faster Than Light

Knights of the Old Republic

Mass Effect

Starbound

Deus Ex

Torchlight II

Grand Theft Auto IV

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Mafia 2

Zoo Tycoon 2

Thief 2: The Metal Age

Mass Effect 2

Halo: Combat Evolved

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Kerbal Space Program

Game Dev Tycoon

Battlefield 2

DmC: Devil May Cry

Madden NFL 08

Batman: Arkham Origins

Black and White 2

X3: Terran Conflict

Just Cause 2

Disciples 3: Reincarnation

Towns

The Sims 3

RPG Maker VX Ace

Remember Me

Crysis

Team Fortress 2

Jade Empire

Euro Truck Simulator 2

3089

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Drox Operative

Risen

Crysis Warhead

Crusader Kings 2

Half-Life 2

Borderlands

Myst Online: Uru Live

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

Thief 3: Deadly Shadows

Doom 3

Arx Fatalis

Batman: Arkham City

Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

Command & Conquer: Generals

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

The Elder Scrolls Online

Rimworld

Men of War

Borderlands 2

Fallout 2

South Park: The Stick of Truth

ArmA 3

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Resident Evil 4

Rodina

War Thunder

Star Wars: Empire at War

Sacred

Tabletop Simulator

TUG: The Untitled Game

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

Space Engineers

Starfield

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# Vortex is too frustrating to deal with. Work on this collection is paused. Royal Galaxy Standalone and the Mod List of course still supported.

The essential mods I suggest playing with for a "Starfield but better" experience.

\*\*Note: \*\*I love big numbers. It's why I play RPGs. **If, for some reason, this collection is not successful for you, send me a DM, and I'll help you fix it. I'm not really sure what is going wrong for 10% of people. :(**

If you would rather not use a Vortex Collection, a guide like [Starborn Royalty ](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/8222)or [Starlit](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1325?tab=posts) can help you get started.

Royal Galaxy, both the mod and collection, aspire to offer easy compatibility and a simple setup experience that is objectively stronger than vanilla.

Most of these mods are safe to add or remove if you are not a fan.

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# Installation:

Please reach out to me if any of this is not accurate for a Mod Collection Installation.

[Royal Galaxy - Discord Server](https://discord.gg/bRhJ8bcA)

**1.) Ensure you have a StarfieldCustom.ini**

- You can download one from [this mod list. ](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/6397)This should end up located in the "Documents > My Games" folder in Windows.
- This [StarfieldCustom.ini](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F-qCLnZUmlucbzgDw80VYzl4AYi03TPjdJIMkXFE3y4/edit) is intended to go along with Royal Galaxy, but you will need to copy and paste it into your own .txt. If you're not running the suggested textures, then changes to your StarfieldCustom.ini, other than enabling archive invalidation, are pretty optional.

2.) Install [\*\*Starfield Script \*\*](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/106)**Extender.**

- Ensure that you downloaded Starfield Script Extender (above)
- This has unique installation directions. It does not go in your data folder.
- Copy the .dll and EXE files in to your Starfield folder. This is usually :

> C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Starfield\\.

**Do not put Starfield Script Extender in your data folder like you do almost everything else.**

- Note that THIS executable (sfse\_loader.exe) is now your way to launch Starfield, not the executable in Steam.
- Bookmark the new .exe file somewhere convenient, or boot the game from your mod manager.
- Booting through Steam will currently never have functioning plugin-based mods.

**3. Download and install **[**Plugins.txt enabler**](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/4157)**. Follow all directions.**\
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**4. Lastly, you must create or download a Plugins.txt file and ensure it is located in the correct spot and contains all of your downloaded plugins in the correct order. When adding a new plugin, you must add it to this file if you want it to run.**

- The Royal Galaxy plugins.txt is located [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Z71JL7EB816NzPLeybcsjrBwtluEqBR84tVwoZ8ZLM/edit) Copy and paste this into your own plugins.txt
- For more mods, take a look at my mod list. For guidance on load order of other mods outside this list, I provide a Plugins.txt file on[ this page](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/6397) with most of the essential mods I recommend in the correct load order. The only way to confirm your load order is to trust the directions of mod authors, or to download xEdit and check yourself.
- Since there are not many conflicting Starfield mods released yet, the risk of load order issues is less than prior Bethesda games, but follow directions given by mod authors.
- If a mod isn't working, try loading it last to test if it's a load order issue.

**To correctly place your Plugins.txt file that loads all your mods installed with Vortex, In Windows File manager, navigate to:**

> \[Your Username] > Appdata > Local > Starfield

You need to have a file named Plugins.txt. Inside it, you must list all the .esm mods you want to run:

- Mods at the top of the list are loaded first, mods at the bottom are loaded last.
- In Starfield right now, there are not THAT many mod conflicts. If mods have a conflict, whichever mod you load last wins.
- If you are having an issue with a mod not working or not working correctly, try loading it later in your mod list.
- Again, the Royal Galaxy plugins.txt is located [here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Z71JL7EB816NzPLeybcsjrBwtluEqBR84tVwoZ8ZLM/edit)

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# Overview

The settled systems now offer a reasonable challenge. Terrormorphs are a major threat. Ashta live up to their lore. Starborn foes use more magic. Enemy spawns are increased for both land and space.\
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Luckily, the player also has access to better loot, Starborn powers, legendary weapon enchantments, and some perk improvements.\
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The heart of this package is the Royal Galaxy mod. My main goal in creating this large, all-in-one plugin was to make it easier for new players to get into modding Starfield, while also reducing the burden for people using most of my mods to have to use so many plugins.

Royal Galaxy contains all the mods I have made myself, as well as other mods and bug fixes I received permission to bundle. \
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Full Documentation/All Included Mods in RoyalGalaxy.esm on [Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7Dr1d-JwMrJWvM1M8-bPrNeuuTmGGSXK977i-DqqLE/edit)

- RoyalGalaxy.esm is the core of this Mod List, but over 100 other mods help make an amazing experience. Most other mods you might want to install will be compatible, just add them after the collection.

**I am a teacher staying up way past my bedtime to work on this stuff. Any support appreciated. I love screenshots, nice comments, and endorsements. =)**\
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**Installing on Existing Playthroughs:For full descriptions, see bundled mods:**[**Royal Weathers and Encounters**](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7946)![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7946_1704568563.jpg)\
[**Royal Terror - Better Faster Stronger Terrormorphs**\
](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7167)![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7167_1700799112.jpg)[**Royal Weapon Balance & Combat Overhaul**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7856_1703862178.jpg)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7856)\
[**Royal Space Magic - Player And NPC Starborn Powers Enhanced**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7664_1703624757.jpg)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7664)[**Royal Unique Human NPCs And Factions**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7616_1702700471.jpg)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7616)[**Royal Starborn - Starborn Enemies and Powers Improved Scaled Diversified**](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7505)\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7505_1701899951.jpg)[**Royal Aliens - Bigger Better Alien Creatures And Configurable Alien-Specific Difficulty**](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7398/)\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7398_1702338457.jpg)[**Royala Ashta - Akila Belongs to The Ashta**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/8198_1706787308.jpg)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/8198)\
[**Royal Works In Progress: Early Access to Upcoming Combat, Encounter, Loot, etc. =)**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/7890_1705420056.jpg)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7890)\
**New Game (Level One Player) Enhancements:**

Modded content generally increases the difficulty of Starfield slightly, even if it's not intended as a hardcore mod. For example, increasing the # of enemy Starships is done purely to increase how much fun you have-- but of course that also increases difficulty a bit.\
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To help balance this pack for new players and fresh level one characters, a few adjustments were made to the overall package:\
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**Buffed Frontier:**\
The Frontier slightly buffed. It used all Level 01 parts. Now it uses some level 15 to 18 parts that would normally require Starship Design Ranks 1 or 2. This change is intended to let you use The Frontier for early game without feeling massively underpowered-- or to make it a ship that's slightly easier to transition into your main ship down the line.\
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Thank you NexStephen for getting annihilated testing the beta to the point where this was necessary. =)\
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If adding this mod to a game in progress where you are already using The Frontier AND it is already landed at a shipyard, it will disappear until you talk to the Ship Technician and open the ship building menu. That will cause it to reappear.\
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**Pirate's Plunder - Better Mission Rewards and Loot for Explorers.**\
![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/8222/8222-1707195233-440679168.png)**Loot Improvements:**\
All boss chests will now give a legendary weapon. Your first well-rolled legendary will be a game changer. Unique enemies have a chance for unique loot. Locked chests may contain rare, named guns and a chance at quality weapons.\
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All useless or overly situational vanilla perks have been redone. Getting a weapon drop should feel exciting now, regardless of weapons. Some guns have been adjusted. Magazine add-ons no longer cause such a drastic decrease in reload speed. You're already giving up a damage perk to take a large mag.\
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Magazine size bonuses increased. All in all, the different mod options should be more tempting. "Small magazines" were generally a poor option and are being replaced with different unique mods. On Equinox and Orion, this is "Magnetic Magazine," which offers Shock Charge Band rounds and is available in relatively early game.\
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Armor crafting requirements for survival-based modifications slightly relaxed so that early game players can more readily grab the extra damage resist and emergency med pack or health regent they need. For armor, descriptions updated descriptions that accurately convey the correct percents.\
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**Economy Improvements:**\
Missions reward significantly more credits, but selling items to vendors only gets half as many credits as vanilla\*\*. Vendors have a ton more credits in a balanced, immersive way.\
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Exploring for Constellation gets you about 8k credits even at level 1, scaling as you level up. It's worth it to DO THINGS now.
Crime is more rewarding with more pickpocketable items, including those that help you with complete quests. Ryujin and Crimson Fleet quests pay you the best.\
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The average people and security forces of the world are weaker than the average Spacer or Pirate. You might find yourself tempted to clear out a civilian outpost for the easy loot and credits…\
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**Space Improvements:**\
Increased space encounters. Not the annoying ones-- the good ones. High-quality combat encounters can now play in the same situations the repetitive unique ones would play. Longer space battles with more enemies. More enemies! Doubled enemies in space at higher levels. Based on feedback, I can increase this as much as people want, and add new tiers of combat for levels 80+ with even more.\
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**Remixed encounter lists so that unique aggressive battles can happen more recently.**\
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Better starship movement and handling in space. Damage indicators on your ship will play slightly earlier (encouraging reduced reliance on HUD). Large chance to disable enemy engines and to be able to board encounters. Be able to leave multiple ships disabled to board and steal their ships when ready.\
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**Planetary Improvements:**\
Terrormorphs are a plague on the settled systems. They are much harder, and you probably won't be able to kill one before level ten.\
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Planet Earth and Planet Akila extensively updated. As of Version 1.5, Maheo I and Porrima III overhauled.\
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**Exploration Improvements:**\
Doubled XP for most exploration & survey-based gameplay. Way more credits for Constellation missions.\
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Points of Interest have a much better chance of having alien creature activity on appropriate planets.\
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Doubled XP for most exploration & survey-based gameplay. Doubled XP for completing events you come across on planets.\
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Points of interest have a much better chance of having alien creature activity on appropriate planets.\
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Terrormorphs are much harder, and you probably won't be able to kill one before level 12 unless you're using energy weapons-- but you can run away and escape them. If you do get a kill, Terrormorphs offer double XP.\
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**Extended Encounters:**\
Significantly adjusted vanilla encounters. You will see interesting (combat) encounters much more frequently, as I have relaxed overly harsh vanilla conditions that would keep them from playing.\
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Significantly adjusted and extended vanilla encounters. You will see interesting (combat) encounters much more frequently as I have relaxed overly harsh vanilla conditions that would keep them from playing on many worlds.\
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Overland encounters are increased and improved. Random encounter chances with predators at certain PoI and in caves. Diseased Terrormorph stalking around diseased biomes. Tunneling Terrormorphs in deserts and rifts. Terrormorphs that spawn indoors are generally younger. They will be smaller and will resist fire (for lore reasons I don't want to spoil).\
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Includes a tweaked version of [More Enemies](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/6030) by LJorder66 (with permission! thank you!) That includes the [Aliens Assault Bases](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/7958) mod. If you want to use 2x enemies or any number of increased enemies, that just needs to be loaded first. :)\
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You might need to run from the new open world Terrormorphs rather than fighting until you get a decent Equinox (yes, Equinox is good now). Remember, Terrormorphs resist ballistic weapons.\
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**All recommendations covered in the **[\*\*Starborn Royalty \*\*](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/6397)**modlist.**![](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/4187/images/headers/6397_1700052097.jpg)\
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**My first released mods were for Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis way back when I was a kid. =)**\
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**I can be found on the**[\*\* Starfield Modding\*\*](https://discord.gg/6C6Wyd5Qhk)** discord to chat or brainstorm.**\
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\*\*About Me: \**JaeDL* \*is a writer of Science-Fiction and fantasy. Sadly, his agent got a scholarship opportunity before his novel went out on submission and JaeDL hasn't quite felt like writing since then. Videogames are more fun. That's when JaeDL got heavily into Destiny 2 and making Skyrim guides on Reddit LOL. He is a longtime Bethesda-game & Science-Fiction/Fantasy enjoyer. He also loves Destiny, Bioware games, well-formatted information, his wife, and his pet cats.

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During an existing play through, adding a new mod *later* is safer than earlier as it will have less disruption on the existing load order of your plugins. Some plugins are sensitive to being moved and can cause bugs. If your mod list is already huge, it is probably safer to try adding [my mods](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/users/545112?tab=user+files) one by one.\
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There is nothing specifically here that \*shouldn't \*work on an existing modded save, and plenty of beta testers have done so with no issue. But it is a large mod, and you run into a larger risk of incompatibilities. Please report any issues under[ bugs](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/8222?tab=bugs). I will attempt to create patches, or at least learn which mods are incompatibility to display a warning.\
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If you really want to ensure a load order is perfect or need other support, I prefer to answer questions via posts right here on the file rather than DMs or Discord so that others can read answers, explanations, etc., but I'm happy to help wherever you prefer.\
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I can be found on the[ Starfield Modding](https://discord.gg/6C6Wyd5Qhk) discord to chat or brainstorm.

Venpi's Open World Cave Overhaul + Royal Terror Starfield Gameplay

Royal Galaxy - Venworks Open World Encounters - Improved Proc Gen

The Empty Nest - Ashta Swarm - Royal Galaxy / Royal Extended Encounters

Spooky Weather Low Level Fight vs Terrormorph Royal Galaxy/ Encounters

Royal Galaxy - New Encounters + Venworks Cave Overhaul

Royal Galaxy - The Collection

The Settled Systems now offer a reasonable challenge. Terrormorphs and Ashta are a major threat. Starborn foes use more magic. Enemy AI and spawns are increased and improved for both land and space. Player dialogue choice rewrites.

JaeDL

Update not recommended: latest version of Starfield still has a lot of unresolved issues with mods. Unclear if a new game will fix all or most of them.\
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If encountering an issue, try disabling non-updating UI-mods like StarUI. I will not provide much support as I simply think a lot of mods need updates to TRULY be compatible with latest update.

Removed Starfield HD Overhaul. While It's still suggested, it's easier if you just download it when Luxor updates.\
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Updated to latest Starfield version.

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