What are the best mods?

[REPENT]

I am brand new to the game, never played before, people say the game is bad without mods, please tell me which mods I should download.

[Rayitz]

I wouldnt say that it is bad, but if you are looking for a really good mod, try Genesis, is a bunch of mods and changes to the game

[cdplayer906]

you'll have a much better time w/ kenshi if you don't just do what everyone else does

EDIT - i also wouldn't recommend genesis (as someone who plays w/ it) for 5x attack slots alone

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

does not recommend Genesis for a new player as it changes to much and the load times for it are still very high, even with a SSD.

recommend you only use mods that can increase your game experience like ones that up your performance.
play the game as vanilla as possible so you can then decide what mods you want and will suit you best.

Install the game onto a SSD if you have one.

[Cattrina]

In Kenshi mods can be popular, generally well liked. You can sort the workshop by popularity, remember to change the time to all time.

Mods cannot really be 'good' or 'bad' in that sense as people are different. Some like other things and others like other things. There is so much variety available you will find what is best for your game.

We cannot mod this game by coding, so you will never get mods that have bad coding. All the coding is purely Kenshi itself. That said, there are some experimental mods who try to torture the premade AI or enums to get more out of them. I am guilty of some of those. Playing with those mods can be..eh.interesting as the characters might behave differently the mod maker assumed they would.

Even the original developer Chris Hunt has said Kenshi's AI is too complex to predict. Meaning it is so layered it becomes very hard for a human to predict how the characters behave.

[Fnordian23]

Total overhauls mods increase the chances of conflicts, bugs, and crashes.

Most mods either alter some numbers or add content.

I have mods with adjustments to trade prices based on region, ones that add food, flour to bread fix, more recipes, more weapons, animations, stuff like that. More shopkeeper inventory, more merchants like Mediocre black vendors. Add in stuff to support the narrative you might want to play, like if you want to expand on options related to slavery or hash for example.

Another good one is Slopeless so your buildings can fit on hills without looking crooked. Use [ and ] to adjust to level.

I stay away from anything that doesn't have a clear description I can read, or things that cause trouble on my playthroughs with lag and loading.

I always want mods to be fair, that can give an advantage for effort but has a tradeoff to it. Some of the more cheaty ones are the weight training bench (strength XP is too fast, and too high of max at 60) and the extra cyberlimbs mod I have. But the game can be very grindy and hard, and if you end up with a large squad over time, you may want to automate training up some characters so they can keep up a little.

My current mod list works well with each other, there are dozens of minor changes that all add up to a better, more realistic and immersive gameplay experience for me. It took a long time to get there and a lot of trial and error too. Adding a lot of major mods all at once can cause problems from more frequent game crashes all the way to making save files unplayable. Mods that just add more basic things are usually fine, but for anything that rewrites default values, you shouldn't have stacks of mods all trying to change the same thing.

[Bandy]

Another 'best mod' thread. Anyone have any of the many others bookmarked to link to them?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997201733

[Paradox]

Originally posted by Paradox:

I wouldn't recommend mods for your first play through, unless they are super subtle or super specific in effect.

Unofficial Kenshi Patch
Compressed Textures Project
Let's Talk
Recruitable Prisoners
Copper Ore Drills
Slopeless*
Forgotten Buildings*
Dark UI
Animation Overhaul Mod - Crafting
Martial Arts No Matrix Dodge
Martial Arts Fast Dodger: Revised
256 Recruitment Limit

Having not tried any of the other more aggressive mods, other than genesis and not really liking it (too much stuff for me), I can't really say what the "best" mods are other than the ones I've listed (quoted) as so far they don't change things so much I don't know what I'm doing, but change it enough to where it's more enjoyable.

Mods are kind of like ice cream flavors, not everyone's taste is going to be the same. So, really, what's something you want to see in the game and is there a mod for it? You kind of have to know the game to know what you want more or less of.

[Endgunner]

No mods is best for first time playing. I didn't touch mods until nearly 200 hours played. And 700 hours later I only have 7. And they add pretty much nothing new to the physical game world. Just some mesh fixes, more names, and more racial diversity.


Fixing Clipping Issues
In-Game Biome Map (No Colour)
Hachigane for Shek
More Plastic Surgeons
More Names!
Let's Talk
Racial Diversity (Formerly Multirace Bandits)

Honestly over dependence on mods would subtract from what I enjoy about the game. Creativity.

[XenoxXx]

There are some interesting mod outthere But not really suitable for beginner as they change the game too much like starwar mod.
Minor mod that give you quest is not a bad mod if you want to do some quest.

[Balsover]

Can't go wrong with Compressed Textures Project mod.

No gameplay changes, and it works, loading times are improved.

[REPENT]

I went on YouTube and found a video about the best kenshi mods for new players. Despite what people say in this thread, I still have a feeling that the game is better with at least a couple mods installed. I do agree with the notion that a new player shouldn't install too many mods. But I do think 1 or 2 mods could be appropriate.

[Grandpa Option]

You can always go to the workshop and sort by MOST POPULAR of ALL TIME and it'll give you all the top hits. Just browse through and see which ones sound cool.

[REPENT]

Originally posted by Endgunner:

No mods is best for first time playing. I didn't touch mods until nearly 200 hours played. And 700 hours later I only have 7. And they add pretty much nothing new to the physical game world. Just some mesh fixes, more names, and more racial diversity.


Fixing Clipping Issues
In-Game Biome Map (No Colour)
Hachigane for Shek
More Plastic Surgeons
More Names!
Let's Talk
Racial Diversity (Formerly Multirace Bandits)

Honestly over dependence on mods would subtract from what I enjoy about the game. Creativity.

I don't even know what I'm supposed to do in the game.

[Paradox]

Originally posted by Pringles:

Originally posted by Endgunner:

No mods is best for first time playing. I didn't touch mods until nearly 200 hours played. And 700 hours later I only have 7. And they add pretty much nothing new to the physical game world. Just some mesh fixes, more names, and more racial diversity.


Fixing Clipping Issues
In-Game Biome Map (No Colour)
Hachigane for Shek
More Plastic Surgeons
More Names!
Let's Talk
Racial Diversity (Formerly Multirace Bandits)

Honestly over dependence on mods would subtract from what I enjoy about the game. Creativity.

I don't even know what I'm supposed to do in the game.

My suggestion - play it - do stuff.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

Originally posted by Pringles:

I don't even know what I'm supposed to do in the game.

what ever you want to do.
Kenshi is not scripted with quest's or achievement's telling you what to do or seek out, your responsible to go out and find what you want to do in the limits of the game.
use your imagination and role play the game.