A comprehensive, often updated modding guide for the Legendary Edition, written by Herobrine24.
This guide is intended for those that have and have not yet played Mass Effect.
It includes mod lists for both first playthroughs and non-first playthroughs and instructions on installing both content and texture mods with ME3Tweaks Mod Manager and Mass Effect Modder in a spoiler free manner.
1. Introduction and Preparation
Click here to view the guide in the officially supported reading format
This Guide covers the installation of content and texture mods in general and lists mods that I personally recommend or find interesting for the Legendary Edition for both first playthroughs and non-first playthroughs and has spoiler free installation instructions.
If you want to mod the Original Trilogy instead, click here.
You should always inform yourself on every mod that you will be installing to know what it does, what other mods it does and doesn’t work with, what current bugs it has, if that is something that you actually need or want, etc.
Don’t go off installing all the mods in this guide without consideration, this is not a conflictless collection!
Before beginning, ensure that…
- The games were launched at least once after they have been installed
- Automatic Game Updates are disabled if that option is available on your store platform
- There's plenty of free space on your PC (up to ~300GB for all game backups and all mods in the guide)
- If you previously modded the games, ensure you have fresh installs of the games (Repairs are not clean!)
- The games and modding tools are whitelisted in your Anti-Virus’ settings (Especially with Avast and AVG)
- You have a free or premium NexusMods account
- You're on Windows 8/10/11 (The tools might run on other OS but you won't receive any official support)
- The games are preferably set to english (Not all mods fully support all the non-english languages)
- If using custom graphics card driver settings for games that Anti-Aliasing Transparency is set to Default/Off
All text that is blue is a clickable link.
If you only want to mod textures, skip to section 5. and proceed from there.
For first playthroughs, the mod list in 3A. is spoiler free and has no drastically content changing mods.
Start from section 2. for the Mod Manager and end with section 4. for installation instructions.
Section 5. continues with texture mod instructions and mod list.
For non-first playthroughs, the mod list in 3B. contains a wide variety of mods, regardless of spoilers.
Start from section 2. for the Mod Manager and end with section 4. for installation instructions.
Section 5. continues with texture mod instructions and mod list.
Alternatively you can use the Outline on the left of your screen to navigate all sections.
If you are looking for something specific, press CTRL+F and type in what you’re looking for or use the document outline on the left to navigate to specific sections of the guide.
I, mod authors and the community take no responsibility for issues created by modifying the games.
You should always create backups before modding the games and only refer to official download sources such as NexusMods and any of the official support Discord Servers listed at the end of this guide.
Last Updated: November 7th, 2024
Added LE3 Liara/Kaiden/Ashley/Garrus Armors, N7 Defender/Blood Dragon Armor for male Shepard, New BroShep Armors, Actual Effort Required, Kill Balak and Save Hostages, Buff FemShep, SSV Normandy, Smoother GUI, Respecialization Console, New Outfit for Matriarch Benezia, No Codex Flash Effect, Saleon Scene Revised, Bubble Be Gone, Faster Galaxy Map Cursor, Evil Morinth, Different Drell Outfits, Off Duty, Armored NPCs, Armored Squad, Jacob’s Armor for Miranda Lawson, Miranda’s/Jacob’s/Samara’s Armory, EGM Weapons in Cutscenes, Platonic Post Horizon Emails, Fate of Executor Pallin, Blue Archon Visor, Jack’s/Tali'Zorah's/EDI’s Hunter Armory, Morning's Combat Outfits for Jack/Samara/Kasumi/Thane/Garrus/Grunt/Javik/Miranda/Liara, Morning's More Color Options for Tints and Patterns, Kasumi - Restored Memories, Quarian Admiralty Board Consistency Mod, LE2 Prologue Framework, Genesis Begone, Better Crouch, Thane Krios' Armory, Children of Rannoch, No ESP, True Aim, Extended Weapon Bonus, Loyalty Matters, Combat Radar, One Hit Kill, Krogan Battlemasters, Randomized Approach Deaths, Disable Out of Ammo Weapon Swap, MLE Armors, Morning's More Armor Light Options, Pistols Remade, Omega Apartment, Sovereign Reaper Sound Consistency, Shepard's Archived Profile, Spacer Fashion for Male Shepard, Ashley Williams's Andromeda/Guardian Armory, Kaidan Alenko's Catsuits/Guardian Armory, Turian Fireteam, Thane Lives, Emily Lives, Ashley Williams' Hospital Stay, Reegar Returns, Cleric's Layered Outfits for Male Shepard, Skip Geth Consensus, More Weapon Mods, Crouch Mod, Kelly Returns, Call Your Mom, Real-Time Squad Command, Sol Textures 2024, EDI’s Eyes/replacement visors, Power and Talent Overhaul, Appearance Modification Menu, Galactic Arsena/Squadmate Appearance/Cerberus Prototype/N7 Warfare Pack, New Armors for MaleShep, Becka's Breathers, New Armors for MaleShep, More Armors for FemShep, Becka's Spectre Hoodies, Cleric's T-Shirts for Male Shepard, Kaidan Alenko's Armor for Male Shepard, Ashley Williams's Armory, Kaidan Alenko's Armory, Guardian Armors, Morning's Halloween Outfits for Shepard, New Casuals I for FemShep, Tank Top Casuals for Shepard, Autodetonating Tech Armor, Remove Haestrom Sun Damage, Health and Shield Regen while Cloaked, Tech Armor in Cutscenes and Conversations, CAT6 Retrofits, Leviathan Retrofits, Altered Assassin
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2. Content Mods and the ME3Tweaks Mod Manager [DOWNLOAD THE MANAGER HERE]
The Mod Manager or M3 is an end-user tool intended for installing content mods for Mass Effect and was made by the ME3Tweaks Team, the team behind the LegendaryExplorer toolset that all modders use to create mods.
After downloading the Mod Manager, install it in an easy to reach location like your Desktop.
Do not launch the Manager as Administrator to avoid Windows specific security limitations on its functionality.
Once it is opened, a small tutorial will present itself in a second window. Please take your time to familiarize yourself with the functions of the Mod Manager, as this is going to be the primary tool for modding Mass Effect.
Making a Backup of the games with Mod Manager is recommended, as it will allow you to restore individual modified basegame files, which is useful for removing some types of content mods and small texture mods.
You can also directly download mods from NexusMods by connecting your NexusMods account to M3 by clicking on the yellow NexusMods icon in the top right corner. Once you authorize it, you will be able to make use of the Vortex and Mod Manager Download buttons that you can see on most mod pages that will make the mods download directly into the Mod Manager. This also allows you to directly endorse them in the Manager with the Endorse Mod button when you select a mod from the mod library.
It also has these notable additional features:
- Mod Update Notifications - Mods opted in by their authors will notify you of updates in the Manager
- In-Game Console - Automatically enables the in-game console and lets you rebind its keys in the Tools Tab
- Batch Installer - Save install orders and previously chosen options & install texture mods with just one click
- Diagnostics - Allows mod authors and tool devs to better help you with technical issues via the Help Tab
- Integrated External Tools - Easily access third party tools and mod specific settings apps via the tools tab
- Autoboot - Lets you bypass the launcher and directly launch the game that you’ve selected
3A. Content Mods - First Playthrough Friendly, Spoiler Free
Mass Effect 1 Mods
Black Market License - Restores several unused items for purchase via a special license
Same-Gender Romances - Adds the ability to engage in same-gender romances
Galaxy Map Trackers - Adds Tracking Markers to side missions Missions on Maps
Replenish Grenades - Allows for replenishing Grenades after acquiring the first Grenade Capacity Upgrade
Photo Mode QoL - Increases your freedom with Photo Mode
Remove Screen Shake - Removes the screen shake during sprinting and when boosting with the Mako
Elements of Comparative Weaponry - Overhauls the display of weapon statistics
Mission Timings - Improves the timing of certain quests for a more natural flow
LE1 Community Patch - Major bugfix mod and requirement for a lot of mods
Less Intense Vigil - Reduces the flashing and visual intensity of a hologram
Pinnacle Station DLC - Ports the lost ME1 DLC to Legendary Edition
MELLO - Restores the first game’s dynamic lighting and presentation as it was in the original game
Mass Effect 2 Mods
Unofficial LE2 Patch - Major bugfix mod and requirement for a lot of mods
Easy Armor Stats - Moves Armor Stats above their descriptions and adds stats to all weapons
Sheploo Appearance Consistency Project - Fixes Male Shepard to look like he does in the other 2 games
Improved Photo Mode - Increases your freedom with Photo Mode
Remove Storm Screen Shake - Sprint around without a shaking camera
No Headgear for Squadmates - Removes the headgear on several squadmate appearances
No Saving-Loading Text - Removes the text that accompanies the loading/saving symbols
Flipped Kuwashii Visor - Flips a head armor piece to facilitate some hairstyles
Faster Tracers - Makes the bullet tracer effect move faster
LE2 Mission Results Screen Fix - Corrects the size of the UI in the Mission Complete screen
Planet Scanner Mouse Speed Increase - Increases the movement speed of the planet scanning reticle
Lighting Restoration - Makes improvements and fixes to various environments/scenes’ lighting
Mass Effect 3 Mods
Improved Photo Mode - Increases your freedom with Photo Mode
No Shotgun Firing Delay - Removes the delay between pulling the trigger and actually shooting shotguns
Anderson’s Final Conversation Restored - Restores a cut conversation with Anderson
Omega Interrupt for All Tech Classes - Widens the accessibility of a class-specific interrupt
LE3 Community Patch - Major bugfix mod and requirement for a lot of mods
LE3 Storm Improvements - Improves sprinting with various options to choose from
Planet Scanner Mouse Speed Increase - Increases the movement speed of the planet scanning reticle
Smaller Interface Mod - Reduces the gameplay/combat UI to something more suitable for a PC experience
Mods for multiple games
Vignette Remover (All) - Removes the Vignette effect from the screen
Skip Splash Screen (All) - Removes the Splash Screen that's shown when launching a game
More Gay Romances (2&3) - Adds the ability to engage in same-gender romances
A Lot of Videos (All) - Pre-Rendered Cutscenes in 4K@60FPS
A Lot of Videos (ALOV) - Ultrawide Edition (All) - A version of ALOV for 21:9 Ultrawide Monitors
Remove Letterboxing on Ultrawide Resolutions (All) - Removes Letter/Pillarboxing on non-16:9 screens
Omni-Key Separator (All) - Separates the Use, Cover/Roll and Sprint buttons in the Keybindings Menu
All Mass Effect Mods are available on NexusMods, visit at your own risk in terms of spoilers.
Once you have downloaded the content mods you want, skip over to section 4. below to avoid spoilers and continue on with installation instructions and texture mods below that.
Please consider endorsing the mods you like on NexusMods.
3B. Content Mods - Spoilers and Heavy Content Changing Mods
Mass Effect 1 Mods
Black Market License - Restores several unused items for purchase via a special license
Same-Gender Romances - Adds the ability to engage in same-gender romances
Dr. Heart Experiments - Replaces the Thorian Creepers on Garrus’ mission with more fitting creatures
Galaxy Map Trackers - Adds Mission Markers for Side Missions to the Galaxy Map
XP Rescale - Choose from 3 different XP Scales to get to the maximum level faster or slower
N7 MAKO - Overhauls the Mako
Charted Worlds - Unhides all Mineral Deposits on Uncharted Worlds and adds markers for Thresher Maws
Replenish Grenades - Adds a Grenade replenishing station after acquiring a Grenade Capacity Upgrade
Skip Minigames - Completely removes the hacking minigame
Party Death - Only when the entire squad is dead do you mission fail
Adams Fatigues - Changes Engineer Adams’ Dress Blues into Fatigues
Remove Screen Shake - Removes the screen shake during sprinting and when boosting with the Mako
Elements of Comparative Weaponry - Overhauls the display of weapon statistics
Saren Stages LE1 - Gives Saren one of two alternate outfits up until he gets upgraded with cybernetics
Mission Timings - Triggers Virmire last and the Cerberus sidequest after Feros and Noveria
Morlan's Iconic Armor Store - Purchase the crew’s iconic armors at appropriate levels from Morlan’s store
LE1 Community Patch - Major bugfix mod
Mira Please Be Quiet - Mutes Mira’s station-wide user alert announcements
Faster Airlock - Speeds up the processes of entering and exiting the Normandy
Casual Hubs - Allows the crew to visit the Citadel and Noveria in their casual clothing
Iconic Fashion Party - Makes it so that all armors worn look like the iconic armors of your crew
ME3 N7 Armour for LE1 - Backports the ME3 N7 Armor into ME1
ME2 N7 Armour for LE1 - Backports the ME2 N7 Armor into ME1
Alliance Uniform Consistency - Backports Alliance Uniforms from ME3 into ME1
Tali Consistency Mod - Backports Tali’s ME2/3 look into ME1
Jank Mako - Restores most of the Mako’s behavior from the original game
Less Intense Vigil - Reduces the flashing and visual intensity of Vigil
New Casuals for Femshep - Adds several new casual outfits for FemShep
Advanced Weapon Models - Backports ME2/3 Weapon models to ME1
ME3 Alliance Armor - Backports ME3 Alliance Armors for all Alliance Marines in ME1
Less Revealing Benezia - Changes Benezia’s outfit to be less revealing either on Noveria or everywhere
New Armors for Femshep - Adds several new armors for Femshep
Pinnacle Station DLC - Ports the lost ME1 DLC to Legendary Edition
LE1 Streamlined Weapon Loadouts - Removes weapons not usable by squadmates and class types
Alternate Casual Outfits - Provides a selection of various casual outfits to wear for Shepard
Remove Feros Color Filter - Removes the yellow filter on Feros and tries to make it look more like the original
Quick Loot - Recover Loot without having to acknowledge the Recovered Items List
Unc Morality - Replaces the Morality requirement for the morality specific missions with a level requirement
MELLO - Restores the first game’s dynamic lighting and presentation from the original ME1
Halcyon Hairpack - Adds a wide range of male and female hairs
Collection Assignment Tweaks - Reduces the amount of collectibles needed to complete the quests
Mira Puzzle Be Gone - Allows you to completely skip the Mira activation puzzle
UNC squad dialogue on Asteroid X57 - Enables squad banter on Asteroid X57
Shut Up Avina - Removes Avina’s lines when you walk by her
Eclectic Email - Adds several new emails to introduce and flesh out existing characters and Asteroid X57
Prothean Consistency - Replaces Vigil’s appearance with a vague or full representation of a Prothean
A Little Help From My Friends - Adds new emails where your crew assists you in acquiring collectables
Punch Charles Saracino - Allows you to punch the head of the Terra Firma party
Instant Item Conversion - Speeds up the omni-gel conversion process by skipping the confirmation prompt
Delay getting Grounded - Delays the grounding of the Normandy after Virmire only if you go to the Citadel
Keepers Finders - Marks all scannable Keepers on the map
ME2 Heavy N7 Armour - Replaces the Onyx Heavy N7 Armor with ME2’s Heavy N7 Armor
No Armor Skill Required - Removes the need to skill armor in order to wear heavier armor
Feros - Data Recovery - Lets you return to ExoGeni post Thorian to complete the Data Recovery quest
Ported Casuals for Male Shepard - Wear the N7 hoodie or leather jacket as male Shepard
All gear types are equipable for Shepard - Equip any armor type regardless of skills or class
Movement Speed - Increases non-combat movement speed
Essential Assignments - Reduces sidequests to only those that matter in the other games
Morning's Hairstyles for MaleShep PT2 - Collection of new Hairstyles for Male Shepards
Tali Remastered - Adds the iconic modded face to Tali
Tali Zorah Overhaul - Adds a fully animated visible face to Tali
LE1 Diversification Project (ALPHA) - Diversifies the NPC population across the game
Improved Wards Skybox - Changes the Wards Skybox on the Citadel to more closely resemble its original look
Liara Consistency Mod - Choose from one of the many looks Liara has received in the other games and DLC
Remove Intro Window Reflections - Restores the original visuals of the shot in the intro overlooking earth
No Inventory Limit - Removes the inventory limit
Dual Language Text - Displays two languages of your choice on all UI elements
Mako Squadmate Banter - Periodically plays the elevator banter while driving the Mako
Bring Down The Sky Timer - Adds a timer to the Bring Down The Sky DLC
Eden Prime Red Sky Restored - Restores Eden Prime’s original red sky
Subtle Face for Tali - Gives Tali a fully animated face behind her visor
No Skill Check Required for Loot - Hack anything without the need for a tech expert in the squad
Virmire Savior Mod - Rescue both Ashley and Kaiden on Virmire
Alternative N7 Armor for Femshep - Replaces the light and medium Onyx armor with a modified LE3 version
Benezia Overhaul - Overhauls Benezias head and body meshes
Kaiden Overhaul Mod - Overhauls Kaiden's hair and body meshes
Disable Depth of Field while Aiming - Disables DoF while scoping with sniper rifles or zooming in with the Mako
Turtlenecks for Male Shepard - Adds a turtleneck outfit for male Shepard
Assorted Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional female hairstyles
More Vanilla-like Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional vanilla-like female hairstyles
Restored Karpov Pistol - Swaps model of the Karpov to be in line with other weapons by the same manufacturer
Leather Jacket for Femshep - Backports LE2/3’s female N7 Leather Jacket into the first game
Return to Normandy Button - Adds a new button at the rapid transit terminals to directly return to the Normandy
Storm Improvements - Improves the controls and camera behavior when sprinting
Alternative Persuasion - Adds randomized persuasion chances or unlocks all Paragon/Renegade options
Voice Actor Model Project - Models the characters after their actual voice actors
HUD Enhancements - Various improvements to HUD, better mixed input support and unlocks more bindable keys
Alternate Feros Claw Cutscene - Replaces the cutscene where you first see the Geth ship’s claws with a cut one
MassFPS - Perform combat and exploration in first person
Scoped Overheat - Lets you stay scoped in while waiting for the sniper rifle to cool down
No ESP - Remove enemy health bars, outlines or even the radar
LE1 Real Infinite Sprint - Lets you sprint forever
Hairy Sheploo - Adds a wide variety of hairs and beards for default male Shepard
Hot Labs Restored - Restores parts of Noveria’s Peak 15 that were cut
LE3 Liara Armors - Replace Liara's armor with any of her LE3 armors or a custom version of Aria’s outfit
LE3 Kaidan Armors - Replace Kaidan's armor with any of his armors from LE3
LE3 Ashley Armors - Replace Ashley's armor with any of her armors from LE3
LE3 Garrus Armors - Replace Garrus' armor with any of his LE3 armors or his undamaged LE2 armor
N7 Defender Armor for Male Shepard - Replaces the Heavy Onyx armor with LE3’s N7 Defender Armor
Blood Dragon Armor For Male Shepard - Replaces the Heavy Onyx armor with LE2/3’s Blood Dragon Armor
New BroShep Armors - Collection of new armors for male Shepard, including some from Jacob & Kaidan
Actual Effort Required - Complete a number of Hackett’s assignments in order to save the Council
Kill Balak and Save Hostages - Save the Hostages and Kill Balak at the end of Bring Down The Sky
Buff FemShep - Replaces FemShep’s original casual appearance with a buff version
SSV Normandy - Replaces the SR-1 ship decal with SSV
Smoother GUI - Increases fps rate in the menus and other GUI animations
Respecialization Console - Adds a terminal that allows spent talents to be reset
New Outfit for Matriarch Benezia - Gives Benezia a new unique outfit
No Codex Flash Effect - Removes the codex image flash effect when selecting a new codex entry
Saleon Scene Revised - Adds new camera angles, animations, and more to the Saleon cutscene with Garrus
Bubble Be Gone - Removes the forced sex scene with Sha’ira if picking the renegade response to her reward
Faster Galaxy Map Cursor - Customizable Galaxy Map cursor speed
Power and Talent Overhaul - New talents backported from the other games and reworks to existing ones
Appearance Modification Menu - Customize the outfits of Shepard and squad in and out of combat
Galactic Arsenal Pack - Large apparel pack that utilizes the Appearance Modification Menu
Squadmate Appearance Pack - Large apparel pack that utilizes the Appearance Modification Menu
Cerberus Prototype Pack - Large Cerberus apparel pack that utilizes the Appearance Modification Menu
N7 Warfare Pack - Large apparel pack that utilizes the Appearance Modification Menu
Becka's Breathers - Breathers from LE2/3 back-ported to LE1 for both male and female Shepards
New Armors for MaleShep - A host of new armors for male Shepard in LE1 from across the Mass Effect trilogy
More Armors for FemShep - Additional recolored armors for femShep from across the trilogy
Becka's Spectre Hoodies - Gives Shepard a Spectre version of the N7 hoodie
Cleric's T-Shirts for Male Shepard - Adds few T-Shirts Shepard using a mixture of vanilla & Fortnite Assets
Kaidan Alenko's Armor for Male Shepard - Kaiden’s LE3 armors for Shepard that can be tinted
Ashley Williams's Armory - Adds new armors for Ashley Williams
Kaidan Alenko's Armory - Adds new armors for Kaidan Alenko
Guardian Armors - Ports the Destiny 2 x Mass Effect collab for Shepards, Kaidan Alenko, and Ashley Williams
Morning's Halloween Outfits for Shepard - 10 new outfits with multiple color options for Femshep
New Casuals I for FemShep - A port of jasonntodd's casual t-shirts mod for LE3
New Casuals II for FemShep - A port of jasonntodd's casual t-shirts mod for LE3
Tank Top Casuals for Shepard - A port of horography's tanktops mod for LE3
Below the Mass Effect 3 Mod list, you will find an additional list of Launcher Mods and Mods that are available for more than one game.
Mass Effect 2 Mods
Unofficial LE2 Patch - A community made patch for the second game featuring an extensive list of fixes
Expanded Shepard Armory - Adds helmetless variants of full armor sets, new armors and casual outfits
Sheploo Appearance Consistency Project - Fixes Male Shepard to look like he does in the other 2 games
Easy Armor Stats - Moves Armor Stats above their descriptions and adds detailed stats to all weapons
Early Recruitment - Allows you to recruit Thane, Samara and Tali much earlier than before
Overlord Morality Fix - Adds Morality Points to your decision at the end of Project Overlord
One Probe All Resources - Probe all of the resources on a planet with a single probe
Zero Probe All Resources - Automatically collects planet resources when entering orbit
Skip Minigames - Completely removes the hacking minigame
DLC Timings Mod - Choose when certain DLC should trigger
More Hair for Femshep - Adds several new hairstyles for female Shepard
Oriana looks like Miranda's Twin - Oriana is made to more closely resemble Miranda
Remove Storm Screen Shake - Sprint around without a shaking camera
Shorter Notifications - Shortens how long notification pop-ups stay on screen
Expanded Armor Colors - Adds the additional armor color options from the third game for consistency
Relay Jump Remaster - Replaces the Relay Jump Cutscene with a 4K recreation that is similar to ME3’s
Citadel Asari Hands - Fixes all the Asari on the Citadel that have human colored hands
Genesis Intro Dialogue Undo Mod - Restores the original Miranda - Illusive Man Intro Dialogue
Genesis Begone - Removes any prologue changes made by the Genesis DLC
Improved Photo Mode - Increases your freedom with Photo Mode
Kill Zaeed - Restores the ability to decide to kill Zaeed at the end of his Loyalty Mission
No Headgear for Squadmates - Removes the headgear on several squadmate appearances
No Saving-Loading Text - Removes the text that accompanies the loading/saving symbols
Silent Kelly - Removes Kelly's reminders about unread messages and/or people wanting to talk to you
Last Person Standing - Survive the Suicide Mission even if all squadmates have died
Faster Tracers - Makes the bullet tracer effect move faster
Unmarked N7 Armor Parts - Removes the N7 Markings on all armor pieces
Flipped Kuwashii Visor - Kuwashii Visor for the right eye
Optional Flirting Mod - Makes romance initiating dialogue options more obvious
Garrus with No Visor - Removes Garrus’ visor
Multiple Romances - Romance multiple characters at the same time
Morning's PantsOutfits - Millionth FemShep casual outfit mod
Morning's Dresses-Skirts PT2 - Collection of various new dresses for female Shepards
Morning's Hairstyles for MaleShep PT2 - Collection of new Hairstyles for Male Shepards
Reaper Husks Consistency Mod - Backports the ME3 model for the husks into ME2
Aria Consistency Mod - Backports Aria’s ME3 Omega DLC model into ME2
Refund Guy Consistency Mod - Restores the original look of the refund guy
Anderson and Hackett Consistency Mod - Backports Anderson and Hacketts ME3 dress blues’ into ME2
Liara Consistency Mod - Choose which of the many Liara faces from the games and DLC should be used in ME2
More Modular Armour Parts - Adds several ME3 armor parts with added modularity
Same-Gender Romances - Adds the ability to engage in same-gender romances with Tali and Thane
No Party Barks - Removes combat barks of squadmates
Practical Bodies for Shepard - Gives female Shepard a more “buffer” appearance in all vanilla armors and outfits
Pinnacle Station Apartment - Ports the apartment from the Pinnacle Station DLC into ME2
Kill Rana Thanoptis on Korlus - Gives you the opportunity to not give Rana Thanoptis a third chance
Garrus Consistency - Ports Garrus’ head from ME3 into ME2, including the visor
Daddy Issues - Makes Ronald Taylor look closer to Jacob
Updated Codex and UI Images - Updates the outdated codex images with ones taken in the Legendary Edition
Spectre Expansion Mod - Adds new emails, expands the galaxy map and improves immersion
Truly Unrestricted Weapons - Allows Shepard and Squad to equip all or only one weapon type
HUD Enhancements - Adds new features, fixes bugs, and improves mixed input support for the HUD
Voice Actor Model Project - Models the characters after their actual voice actors
Let Me Stay - Limits the appearance of the “Press and hold X to end the mission” hint after completing Tali’s trial
Expanded Squadmate Armory (ESA Addon) - Apply different armors to your squadmates
Squadmate Outfits - A collection of new squadmate outfits
Breather For Thane - Replaces Thane’s helmet with a breather mask
Tougher Bosses - Increases the armor and shield defenses of all boss enemies
Basic Enemies - Removes defensive layers of basic enemies and doubles their health on Hardcore and Insanity
The Illusive Woman - Adds Illusive Man's suit as a casual outfit for female Shepards
Infinite fuel - Removes the need to always refuel the Normandy
Leather Jacket for Femshep - Adds several versions of the N7 Leather Jacket for female Shepards
Planet Scanner Mouse Speed Increase - Increases the movement speed of the planet scanning reticle
Nearly Unrestricted Weapons - Allows you to change the 5th weapon slot to a different weapon you want to carry
Fully Unrestricted Weapons - Allows you to carry all 6 weapon types without any limitations
ME2 LE Combat Remastered - Rework of the weapons gameplay
Smaller Notifications - Reduces the size of the notifications and slightly moves them to the bottom right corner
Skip Mass Effect 2 Prologue - Lets you skip straight to the character creator after starting a new game
LE2 Liara Squadmate - Adds Liara as a squadmate outside of the LotSB DLC
Casual Hubs - Lets you and your squad walk around hub areas in casual clothing
Deadly Combat - Changes Weapons and Shields for deadlier combat
Jacob Respects Thane - Removes Jacob’s unnecessary comments during Thane and Tali's debriefs
All VIP Club Encounters - Ability to do all Club encounters during Samara’s loyalty mission before facing Morinth
Cerberus and Alliance Uniform Consistency - Backports LE3 Alliance and Cerberus uniforms
Kelly and Kenson Restoration - Restores Kelly and Kenson’s hair
New Suit for Miranda - Changes Miranda's catsuits to a version of Ashley's default LE3 outfit
Class Power Overhaul - Overhauls the powers of all classes
Cat Suits for Female Shepard - Several new Catsuits for female Shepard
Hahne-Kedar Armour Pieces - Adds ME3’s Hahne-Kedar armor pieces
Femshep Helmet Clipping Fix - Fixes clipping issues with helmets on female Shepards
No Power Requirements - Removes the prerequisites for leveling other powers
T-Shirt Casuals for Male Shepard - Adds several T-Shirts for male Shepards
Shortest Interrogation Ever - Makes the “I’m a Spectre” option on Thane’s loyalty mission not bound to morality
Instant Shadow Broker Rewards - Removes the wait time on rewards from the Shadow Broker Base’s terminals
Bonus Bonus Powers - Add as many additional powers to your Shepard as you want
Full Weapon Recovery - Allows you to recover all special weapons on the Collector Vessel
Extended Weapon Bonus - Recover all collector ship bonuses one by one each playthrough
Modern Weapon Pack - Adds 22 new weapons, most of them from the third game
Recovered Powers - Adds 4 new bonus powers
Combat Evade Maneuvers - Adds several dodges from the original Mass Effect 3’s Multiplayer
Tali Remastered - Adds the iconic modded face to Tali
Tali Zorah Overhaul - Adds a fully animated visible face to Tali
Classic Squad Mod - Applies armors from the first game to all the squadmates
Fish Feeder Mod - Adds an automatic fish feeder as a purchasable item
F.I.S.H. Mod - Ask Kelly to feed your fish regardless of your relationship with her
Faster Normandy - Increases the Normandy’s travel speed on the Galaxy Map
Shirtless Jacob - Jacob is shirtless in non-combat areas
Wrex Armour Consistency - Replaces Wrex’s white armor with his iconic red armor
LE2 Mission Results Screen Fix - Corrects the size of the UI in the Mission Complete screen
Remove Flashbang Screen Effect - Removes the screen overlay effect when you are flashbanged
Stop Auto-Equipping Weapons - Lets you decide on whether or not to directly equip a newly acquired a weapon
Reaper Fight Timer - Adds a timer to the Reaper-Human Larva bossfight during the Suicide Mission
Samara Cut Shadow Broker Dossiers Restored - Restores cut/unused Samara dossiers
Kasumi inspired armour for Tali - Swaps Tali's default armour for one that is inspired by Kasumi's
Combined Ammo Mod - A rework to the ammo system combining classic heatsinks and thermal clips
HD Romance Photos - Replaces the romance photos in your cabin with higher quality ones
Kaidan and Ashley LE3 Armors for Horizon - Puts Kaiden and Ashley into the armor they wear in the third game
Liara's Alternate LE3 Armor for LotSB - Replaces Liara’s outfit during the Shadow Broker DLC with proper armor
The Normandy Project - A full rework of Normandy’s interior in the style of Expanded Galaxy Mod and more
Clear Mnemonic Visor - Turns the Mnemonic Visor transparent
Skip Kolyat Trailing Section - Skips the trailing section of Thane's loyalty mission where you look for his son
Randomizer - Lets you randomize a lot of the games’ aspects, ranging from whacky to game breaking
MassFPS - Perform combat and exploration in first person
Extended Romance Scenes - Extends all romance scenes with a version of a scene from the third game
Kaidan Alenko Overhaul - Improves Kaiden’s face and hair meshes
Shoot Elnora Even Faster - Don’t even give her a chance to make excuses
Classic Weapons - Adds 36 weapons from Mass Effect 1
Extended Romance Scenes - Extends romance scenes using scenes from the third game
Earlier Cabin Invites - Lets you invite your love interest to your cabin before the suicide mission
Cerberus Weapons - Adds several Cerberus weapons from the third game
Full Armour for Jack - Gives Jack a hermetically sealed outfit in place of just a breather
Pilot In Location On Time - Replaces the automated comm-tower at the end of Arrival DLC with Joker
Reformatted Emails - Adds the sender’s name to the titles of emails
Risky Suicide Mission - Ups the stakes on the Suicide Mission with elements of randomness
M-44 Battle Tank - Buffs the Hammerhead
Dual Language Text - Displays two languages of your choice on all UI elements
No more News nor Ads Audio in Omega - Mutes ambient news and advertisements on Omega
No more News nor Ads Audio in Illium - Mutes ambient news and advertisements on Illium
Hugo Gernsback Consistency - Removes thermal clips during Jacob’s loyalty mission
Subtle Faces for Quarians - Gives Tali and other Quarians fully animated faces behind the visor
Zaeed's Wholesome Revenge - Lets you save the workers and kill Vido if you are fast enough
Nos Astra Mineral Exchange - Trade the minerals you gather for other commodities on a mineral exchange
Halcyon Hairpack - Adds a wide range of male and female hairs
Geth Pulse Rifle on Lower DIfficulties - Allows you to acquire the higher difficulty exclusive Geth Pulse Rifle
Miranda's Armory - Adds new and proper armors for Miranda
Miranda Customization Project - Customize Miranda’s hair and face
Zaeed Armour for Shepard - Wear Zaeed’s armor with different color options
Morning's Outfits for Femshep PT3 - Additional casual female outfits
Liara's Prologue Armor for LotSB - Puts Liara into the armor that she wears during the prologue
Honest Fuel Depot - Cost calculation rework for when you only have to buy a tiny amount of fuel and probes
Turtlenecks for Male Shepard - Adds a turtleneck outfit for male Shepard
Assassin Krios - Puts Thane into his Alternate Appearance Pack Armor when you first meet him
Early-Ish - Ish asks for your help on Omega earlier in the story
Nilin Drip - Adds Nilin’s Combat Skin from the game Remember Me
No Depleted Rich Resources Tags - Hides the galaxy map tags of rich resource planets after they are depleted
Assorted Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional female hairstyles
Cerberus Daily News Emails - Reintroduces Cerberus Daily News Reports as emails
More Vanilla-like Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional vanilla-like female hairstyles
Virmire Savior - A continuation of the mod that lets you save both Kaidan and Ashley on Virmire
Keep Horizon Normal - Changes look of Horizon so that it matches the way it looks in the intro cutscene
Miranda's Long walk - Makes Miranda a viable Biotic Expert during the Suicide Mission
Big Guddamn Hero - Makes Zaeed a viable Fire Team Leader during the Suicide Mission
Remove Haestrom Sun Damage - Removes the sun damage in Tali’s loyalty mission
Health and Shield Regen while Cloaked - Removes shield and health regen restriction while cloaked
Evil Morinth - Gives Morinth a sinister, more evil appearance
Different Drell Outfits - Provides different outfits for LE2's Drell characters
Off Duty - Like Casual Hubs but just for the Normandy and a few select scenes
Armored NPCs - Outfits several NPCs in arms and custom armor
Armored Squad - Equips your squad in full armor and helmets
Jacob's Armor for Miranda Lawson - Adds 2 new armors for Miranda refitted from Jacob's armors
Miranda Lawson's Armory - Adds 5 new armor appearances for Miranda and a few other outfit options
Jacob Taylor's Armory - Adds 3 new armors for Jacob Taylor
Justicar Samara's Armory - Adds 3 new armor appearances for Samara
Jack's Hunter Armory - A port of Destiny armors for Jack
Thane Krios' Armory - Lore friendly conversions of vanilla armors for Thane
Tali'Zorah's Hunter Armory - Adds a couple of Destiny 2 Hunter Armors for Tali
EGM Weapons in Cutscenes - Shows currently equipped weapons in cutscenes
Platonic Post Horizon Emails - Adds a platonic email from the not romanced Virmire survivor after Horizon
Fate of Executor Pallin - Restores a cut conversation determining Pallin’s fate before the ME3 retcon
Blue Archon Visor - Archon Visor recolor
New Armors for MaleShep - A host of new armors for male Shepard from across the Mass Effect trilogy
Morning's Combat Outfits for Jack - 3 new combat outfit options and an optional hair choice for Jack
Morning's Combat Outfits for Samara - 3 new combat outfits and 1 casual outfit for Samara
Morning's Combat Outfits for Kasumi - 3 new combat outfits and 1 casual outfit for Kasumi
Morning's Combat Outfits for Thane - 3 New combat outfits and 1 new optional casual outfit for Thane
Morning's Combat Outfits for Garrus - 3 New combat outfits for Garrus and 1 casual outfit
Morning's Combat Outfits for Grunt - 5 new combat outfits and new casual options for Grunt
Morning's More Color Options for Tints and Patterns - Adds new color options for tints and patterns
Smoother GUI - Increases fps rate in the menus and other GUI animations
Kasumi - Restored Memories - Restores some Kasumi lines that weren’t ported from the original ME2
Quarian Admiralty Board Consistency Mod - Backports the Admirals’ LE3 outfits
LE2 Prologue Framework - Framework for mods that modify characters present in the prologue
Better Crouch - Eliminates a longstanding issue with stutter and input responsiveness when crouching in LE2
Children of Rannoch - A Quarian Overhaul - Na’vi - Angara inspired rework of quarians
Children of Rannoch - Tali's Wardrobe Addon - Various Tali outfits in the Children of Rannoch style
No ESP - Hides enemy names, health bars and outlines
True Aim - Removes/reduces any aim assist and mouse features to get as close to raw input as possible
Loyalty Matters - Allows unusual selectable specialists/leaders to succeed during the Suicide Mission if loyal
Combat Radar - Restores the ME1 Combat Radar
One Hit Kill - Shepard dies if he takes ANY damage
Krogan Battlemasters - Restores Krogan to the feared warriors they were in ME1
Randomized Approach Deaths - Randomizes chosen casualties during the Suicide Mission's Approach Phase
Disable Out of Ammo Weapon Swap - Disables automatic weapon switching when out of ammo
MLE Armors - Customizable armor lights, third tint slider, ported tintable full body armors with & without helmets
Morning's More Armor Light Options - Adds a wider range of armor light colors available with MLE Armors
Pistols Remade - Pistols are resized and the SMGs are equipped like rifles
Omega Apartment - Adds a new apartment on Omega for Shepard to go to
Below the Mass Effect 3 Mod list, you will find an additional list of Launcher Mods and Mods that are available for more than one game.
Mass Effect 3 Mods
Expanded Galaxy Mod - Adds several QoL improvements and unlocks the entire Galaxy Map
The Collectors Cabin - Adds new collectible items to showcase in your cabin
No Shotgun Firing Delay - Removes the delay between pulling the trigger and actually shooting shotguns
Conrad No Apology - Removes his apology in regards to the bug fixed by the unofficial patch
F.I.S.H. Mod - Removes the need to romance Kelly in order to meet her again in ME3
Oriana looks like Miranda's Twin - Oriana is made to more closely resemble Miranda
More Hair for Femshep - Adds several new hairstyles for female Shepard
Phantom Introduction Mod - Replaces Kai Leng with a Phantom during the C-Sec Skycar Fight Cutscene
Metallic Armor Tints - Adds several metallic colors to pick for your armor
Improved Photo Mode - Increases your freedom with Photo Mode
Anderson’s Final Conversation Restored - Restores a cut conversation with Anderson before his death
Optional Flirting Mod - Separates flirty dialogue options from friendly and hostile options
Omega Interrupt for All Tech Classes - Use the Engineer-exclusive Omega interrupt as any tech class
Immersive Emails - Adds the crew emails from the now defunct mobile app back into the game
Admiral Daro'Xen Restored - Restores the Daro’Xen War Asset that is absent in LE
Cerberus Retrofit - Reworks the appearance of Cerberus troops
Harbinger Overhaul Mod - Restores Harbinger’s ME2 design and makes him the first Reaper on Earth
Kirrahe Makes Good - Grants the Kirrahe War Asset after he tells you about his support for you
Unextended Cut - Restores the original endings of the game before the Extended Cut DLC
Friendly Tali and Garrus - Removes Tali and Garrus’ relationship when you romance neither
LE3 Community Patch - Major bugfix mod
LE3 Opening Remaster - Extends the Opening Cutscene with unused shots
EDI in Uniform - Puts EDI into Alliance Fatigues
Starchild-Be-Gone - An Ending Mod that aims to remove the Starchild as much as possible
Dreams - Wear Casuals and or Move Faster - Change your movement speed and outfit in dreams
BETA Bonus Bonus Powers - Customize your class with any powers available in the game
Silent Traynor - Removes lines about unread messages, people wanting to talk to
Spectre Expansion Mod - Adds new Spectre authorizations and entries in Liara’s Shadow Broker Terminal
Take Earth Back - A revamp of the Earth section during the ending
Geth Retrofits - Adds the Geth Bomber Drone from the Armax Arena to On-Rannoch Missions
Armax Arena - CAT6 Enemies - Replaces Cerberus with CAT6 in the Armax Arena
Reaper Retrofits - Adds ME2’s Abominations and Praetorians into several Reaper-centric missions
Thanes Prayer - Adds a parting gift from Thane
LE3 Storm Improvements - Improves sprinting with various options to choose from
Leviathan-Be-Gone - Removes the Leviathan quest line but leaves its other content intact
Allers-Be-Gone - Removes Allers from the Normandy Docking Bay on the Citadel
Garrus with No Visor - Removes Garrus’ visor
Morning's DressesSkirts PT2 - Millionth FemShep casual outfit mod
Morning's Hairstyles for MaleShep PT2 - Collection of new Hairstyles for Male Shepards
Kaidan Alenko Overhaul - An overhaul of Kaiden’s full model along with outfit settings
Reduced Plot Armor - Adds chance that Shepard’s plot armor fails and causes him to die in certain cutscenes
Banshee Leviathan Spawn Edits - Fight different enemies if you haven’t been to the Asari monastery yet
Proper Phalanx - Restores the Phalanx to how it was in the second game, including the laser sight
Emily Returns - Replaces Diana Allers with Emily Wong
One Click Geth Shield Boost - Turns the Geth Shield Boost into a permanent effect, rather than a temporary one
Clear Mnemonic Visor - Turns the Mnemonic Visor transparent
Super Extra Party Time - Lets you experience all phases of the Citadel Party in a single playthrough
Remove Enemy Smoke Grenades - Prevents Cerberus from deploying smoke grenades
A Spectre's Gift - Adds the ability to receive a model of an Andromeda Initiative Ark for your Cabin
Zaeed's Shore Leave - Allows Zaeed to take part in the Shore Leave Storyline before the Party
Omega Hub - An early version of the second game’s Omega Hub in the third game after taking back Omega
Reegar Lives - Replaces the email that informs you of Reegar’s fate with one where he survives
Javik's New Armor - Adds a new armor outfit for Javik based on official concept art
Shirtless James - James is shirtless in non-combat areas
Choose Your Outfit - Lets you to choose an outfit for the Citadel Casino
Mother of Krogan - Facial retexture of Eve
Padme's Dresses - Set of new casual outfits for female Shepard
Easy Arcade Games LE3 - Significantly reduces difficulty for the arcade games in the Citadel DLC
FemShep v BroShep Duel of the Shepards - Genderswaps the Citadel DLC Clone to the opposite gender
Character Consistency Project - Makes some characters look like their ME1/2 versions for consistency
Allow Extra Talent Points - Removes power reset when loading a save after cheating in more talent points
Vendor Pricing Overhaul - Adjusts store prices for single playthroughs and unlocks all store items from the start
No Weapon Weight - Removes weight penalty on power recharge speeds
The Illusive Woman - Adds Illusive Man's suit as a casual outfit for female Shepards
Morning's Pants Outfits for Men - Adds various new buyable casual outfits for male Shepards
Morning's Pants Outfits and Stuff - Adds various new buyable casual outfits for female Shepards
Zeb's Casual Outfits - Adds 3 new female casual outfits based on concept art
Planet Scanner Mouse Speed Increase - Increases the movement speed of the planet scanning reticle
N8 Weapons Remix - A rework of weapons gameplay
Ashley's Date Fixed - Fixes various visual issues with the Ashley Date on the Citadel and restores some dialog
Audemus' Happy Ending Mod - An ending mod that cuts out the Catalyst, the choices and lets Shepard survive
Choose Your Friend - Change which ME3 squadmate will come to the rescue during the Citadel DLC
ME2 Heavy N7 Armour Parts - Ports asymmetric armor pieces from ME2
Shepard Can Agree With Anderson - Adds dialog option to agree on asking the Council for help during prologue
Zen Reaper Mod - Changes Catalyst conversation area based upon official concept art
Improved Power Grid Mod - Makes the Improved Power Grid side mission visually more impactful
Shut Up Leng - Changes Kai Leng into a more generic enemy by making him mute and masked
Reworked Kai Leng - A slightly different approach to changing Kai Leng compared to Shut Up Leng
Nobody Cheated - Lets you confront a “cheated on” Kaiden as FemShep
Miranda's Alternative Outfit - New armor and casino dress for Miranda
Matching Fatigues - Makes James’ casual outfit and N7 Hoodie’s pants be in line with other Alliance fatigue pants
ME1 Ash for ME3 - Ports Ashley’s head from the first game
Unique Kahlee Sanders - Gives Sanders a unique head mesh
Fleet Admiral Steven Hackett Restored - Restores and improves Hacketts dress blues
Kasumi inspired Armour for Tali - Adds a Kasumi inspired outfit for Tali
Kaidanhaul - Overhaul to Kaiden’s casual appearance featuring several outfits, fully modeled hair and more
Jokerhaul - Overhauls Jokers body and adds several new outfits to choose from
Ashley Consistency Project - Makes Ashley look like she did in the first game
N7 Ashley and Kaidan Armor for Shepard - Adds N7 variants of Ashley and Kaidan’s armors for Shepard
Journal Enhanced - Adds more information and differentiators to the quests in the Journal
Project Variety - Major content overhauling mod with high levels of customizability
Halcyon Hairpack - Adds a wide range of male and female hairs
Transparent Breather Helmet for Shepard - Gives Miranda a fully sealed helmet
Miranda Mod - Reintroduces Miranda after Horizon to the Normandy with new content
Shorter Hairstyles for Femshep - A set of various new short hairstyles for female Shepards
Weapon Class Upgrades - Upgrade weapons based on the weapon class and not each individual weapon
Virmire Savior Mod - Allows you to have both Kaiden and Ashley around during the third game’s events
Some Armors for Shepard I - A collection of female armors for Shepard
New Undergarment Sets for Shepard - Adds several new underwear and bra options
Useable Hot Tub - Enjoy the Bathtub in Anderson’s Apartment at your own leisure
Liara Full Helmet - Gives Liara a fully sealed helmet
Zaeed Armour for Shepard - Wear Zaeed’s armor with different color options
Practical Bodies for Shepard's Armors - Remodels female Shepard’s armors to be more modest
Silent War Room Guards - Makes the guards by the War Room entrance not talk whenever you walk by
LE3 Diversification Project - ALPHA - Aims to bring more racial and outfit diversity to various NPCs
N7 Operative Jumpsuit - Three new casual jumpsuits for FemShep
Poly-Romance Mod - Have multiple full romances going at the same time
Armax Expansion Mod - Adds CAT6 and Thorian Creepers as new enemy types for the Armax Arena
Custom Powers - Adds several spin-off powers that are based on existing ones
Squadmate Outfits - Collection of various new outfits for squadmates
Thane Can Live - Makes it possible for Thane to survive his encounter with Kai Leng
Tali's Casual Outfits - Adds various casual outfits for Tali
Assorted Bed Sheets - Adds various sheet options for Shepards bed
New Alternative Squadscreen Angle - Mirrors the camera position in the squad menu
Shoot With Your Mouth Closed - Removes Shepard’s strained facial expression when shooting
No more News Audio in the Citadel - Mutes ambient news and advertisements on the Citadel
Kai Leng Unmasked - Removes Kai Leng’s mask
Priority Rannoch Medcrate Consistency - Removes Medigel crates on Rannoch
Zeb's Space Jumpsuit - Adds several jumpsuits and coveralls for both genders
Customizable EDI-Shep Armor - Adds EDI’s standard outfit as customizable armor for Shepard
Subtle Faces for Quarians - Gives Tali and other Quarians fully animated faces behind the visor
Casual Shirt for Javik - Casual outfit for Javik
Tali Remastered - Adds the iconic modded face to Tali
Tali Zorah Overhaul - Adds a fully animated visible face to Tali
Unique Quarians - Adds unique and fully animated visible faces to all Quarians
BETA Appearance Modification Menu - Adds a menu to customize your Shepard at any point
Heterochromia mod - Choose different eye colors per eye via the Appearance Modification Menu
Cat Suits for Female Shepard - Adds several catsuits as armors or casual outfits for female Shepards
Diana Allers Overhaul - A rework of Diana Allers with a new head mesh and several outfit options
Bakara Visible Face - Removes Bakara’s facial cover
Fate of Emily Wong - Discloses Emily Wong’s fate in the game
No Movement Penalty During Rannoch Boss Fight - Removes the slowing down of the laser when moving
No Requisition Markup - Removes 10% markup at requisition terminals on the Normandy and at the Armax Arena
More Dress Blues for Shepard - Adds several options of differently colored and ranked Dress Blues’
Stock Weapon Appearance - Disable weapon coloration based on mods and disable attachments
Smaller Interface Mod - Reduces ME3’s gameplay UI to original ME3 at 1080p size
Emily Returns - Replaces Diana Allers with Emily Wong
Jack's Shore Leave - Introduces Jack into the plotline of the Citadel Shore Leave
IFF Dialogue Tweak - Makes an obscure conversation between EDI and Adams available in all circumstances
Jane's Pajamas - New underwear for female Shepard
Turtlenecks for Male Shepard - Adds a turtleneck outfit for male Shepard
Jane's Alliance Casual Outfit - Adds a new Alliance themed casual outfit for female Shepard
Alliance Dress Blues Redesigned - Redesign and expansion of the Alliance Dress Blues
N7 Nillin Outfit for FemShep - Adds Nillin’s Combat Skin from the game Remember Me
Assorted Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional female hairstyles
Morning's Accessories for Shepard - A set of wearable accessories for both male and female Shepards
Leviathan Retrofits - Overhauls Leviathan DLC, making you fight a blended force of Collectors and Reapers
CAT6 Retrofits - Overhauls Citadel DLC so that CAT6 is more diverse in loadout, appearance and enemy types
Apartment Additions - Adds additional activities in the Citadel Apartment and ability to hang out with friends
More Vanilla-like Femshep Hairstyles - Collection of various additional vanilla-like female hairstyles
Tali Consistency Mod - Ports Tali’s look from the first game into the third game
Virmire Survivor Respect - Removes negative quips about Virmire Survivor post Citadel Coup if they rejoin you
Bakara's Gift - Adds Bakara’s gift to Shepard as a customizable item that can be displayed in the Captain's Cabin
Citadel Epilogue Mod - Turns the Shore Leave Plotline and Party into an epilogue after a happy ending
Pinnacle Station Apartment - Reintroduces Shepard’s planet-side apartment that they win at Pinnacle Station
HUD Enhancements - Various Enhancements to the HUD and better support for mixed input
Voice Actor Model Project - Models the characters after their actual voice actors
Cinematic Zaeed Conversation - Turns Zaeeds ambient dialog in the refugee camp into a full conversation
Expanded Universe - Mod Menu - Used by some mods to alter content based out of external lore
Combined Ammo Mod - A rework to the ammo system combining classic heatsinks and thermal clips
Allers Goodbye Restored - Restores the ability to call Allers at the FOB on Earth
Morning's More Armor Light Options - Adds more color options for armor lights
Morning's More Color Options for Tints and Patterns - Adds more color options for armor tints and patterns
EDI's Hunter Armory - Adds a few hunter armors from Destiny 2 for EDI
Sovereign Reaper Sound Consistency - Replaces most of the reaper horns with Sovereign's sound from LE1
Shepard's Archived Profile - Changes the Shepard hologram in the Citadel Archives depending on class
Morning's Combat Outfits for Miranda - 3 new combat outfit options for Miranda to be used with Miranda Mod
Morning's Combat Outfits for Javik - Adds 5 new Combat outfits for Javik
Morning's Combat Outfits for Liara - Adds 10 new Combat outfits for Liara
Morning's Combat Outfits for Garrus - Adds 6 New combat outfits for Garrus
Spacer Fashion for Male Shepard - Variety of purchasable casual and formal outfits from The Outer Worlds
Smoother GUI - Increases fps rate in the menus and other GUI animations
Ashley Williams's Andromeda Armory - Adds a few armors from Mass Effect: Andromeda
Ashley Williams's Guardian Armory - Adds a variety of Warlock, Hunter, and Titan Armors from Destiny 2
Ashley's Outfit for Male Shepard - Adds Ashley’s default armor as armor & casual outfit for male Shepard
Kaidan Alenko's Catsuits - Adds Ashley’s default armor as armor & casual outfit for Kaiden
Kaidan Alenko's Guardian Armory - Adds a variety of Hunter & Titan armors from Destiny 2 for Kaidan
Turian Fireteam - Recruit and customize deployable Turian Fireteams to assist you during combat
Thane Lives - Allows Thane to live and rejoin the Normandy as a fully voiced non combat crew member
Morning's Tintable Armors for Maleshep - Makes vanilla armors tintable and adds new ones
Emily Lives - Allows Emily to survive the events of ME3 and replace Diana Allers
Ashley Williams' Hospital Stay - A retexture of Ashley's face and alternative shirt while she's in the hospital
Reegar Returns - Allows for Kal Reegar to participate in and survive the events of ME3
Cleric's Layered Outfits for Male Shepard - Adds outfits with a layered theme for Male Shepard to purchase
Skip Geth Consensus - Adds the ability to immediately leave the Geth consensus and end the mission
More Weapon Mods - Expands the amount of weapon mods with previously restricted and new weapon mods
Crouch Mod - Adds the ability to crouch
Kelly Returns - Allows Kelly to return to the Normandy as a full time crew member
Call Your Mom - Allows Spacer Shepards to call their mother with the Normandy QEC after Rannoch
Pistols Remade - Pistols are resized and the SMGs are equipped like rifles
New Armors for MaleShep - A host of new armors for male Shepard from across the Mass Effect trilogy
Autodetonating Tech Armor - Restores Tech Armor's auto-detonation and shield restoration behavior from ME2
Altered Assassin - Replaces Kai Leng with either Miranda or Jacob while also involving the other
Mods for multiple games
EGM Armors (2&3) - Adds armors from Mass Effect: Andromeda and the original ME3’s Multiplayer
Vignette Remover (All) - Removes the Vignette effect from the screen
A Lot of Videos (All) - Pre-Rendered Cutscenes in 4K@60FPS
A Lot of Videos (ALOV) - Ultrawide Edition (All) - A version of ALOV for 21:9 Ultrawide Monitors
Customizable Default Femshep Headmorph (1&2) - Customizable Default FemShep
Skip Splash Screen (All) - Removes the Splash Screen that's shown when launching a game
Tactical Camera Mode (2&3) - Lets you freefly your camera while in Tactical Mode ala Dragon Age Style
Body Diversity for Mshep - Slimmer body for MaleShep as in ME1
More Gay Romances (2&3) - Adds the ability to romance Jack and Miranda as female Shepard
Quiet Interrupts (2&3) - Removes the sounds associated with the appearance of interrupts
Classic Armors (2&3) - Ports ME1’s light, medium and heavy armors into ME2 and ME3
Shepard Movement Animation Replacer (2&3) - Swaps the non-combat movement of both Shepards
Remove Letterboxing on Ultrawide Resolutions (All) - Removes Letter/Pillarboxing on Ultrawide Screens
Omni-Key Separator (All) - Separates the Use, Cover/Roll and Sprint buttons in the Keybindings Menu
Unlimited Sprint and Boost Duration (All) - Removes sprint fatigue and Mako boost cooldown
Additional Breather Masks (2&3) - Select from a variety of Helmet Breather attachments
Remove Time Dilation (2&3) - Removes slow down effect when scoping, sprinting or when losing shields
Remove Ammo Power Icons (2&3) - Removes the ammo power icons and/or holograms on weapons
Powers Penetrate Shields (2&3) - Powers aren’t blocked by shields
Myriad Pro Begone (All) - Replaces Legendary Edition’s secondary font with the one in the original first game
Renegade Scars for All (2&3) - Adds the renegade scars to Paragons
No Sexual Harassment (1&2) - Removes Harkin’s female-specific lines and Sha’ira’s hugging and touching
Classic Critical Mission Failure Music (2&3) - Changes the death track to the one from the first game
Ironman (All) - Disables manual saving and therefore makes you own the choices you make
Permanent CIC Holograms (2&3) - Always displays both the galaxy map and Normandy holos in the CIC
Blue Hanar (All) - Changes the color of the Hanar to blue
Remove Hitmarkers (All) - Removes the indicators that appear in the center when you hit an enemy
Garrus' LE3 Visor Backport (2&3) - Backports Garrus’ ME3 style Visor
Liara's New Armor (2&3) - Gives Liara a new Asari Style armor
No Shared Power Cooldowns (2&3) - Separate cooldowns per power rather than all of them
Damage Numbers (2&3) - Displays floating damage numbers around the enemy for every hit
Alternate Controller Icons (All) - Support for Playstation and Nintendo Controller Glyphs
Opaque Visors (All) - Turns all types of helmet visors for all characters opaque
Colors for EGM Armors (2&3) - Customize the colors on the armors and helmets added by EGM Armors
Remove Low Health Screen Effect (All) - Removes low health screen overlay effects
Remove Biotic Screen Effects (2&3) - Removes the screen overlay effects when using biotic powers
Real-Time Squad Command (All) - Squad command, power wheel, and weapon wheel won't pause the game
Tech Armor in Cutscenes and Conversations (2&3) - Keeps Tech Armor on during cutscenes and convos
If you want to edit your saves, use the Mass Effect Trilogy Save Editor.
All Mass Effect Trilogy Mods are available on NexusMods, feel free to explore the place.
Once you have downloaded the content mods you want, proceed to section 4. below for installation instructions and texture mods below that.
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4. Installing Content Mods with M3
Installation is mostly straightforward, just follow the steps:
- Drag&Drop the mods (.7z) individually into the Manager and click Import to store them, do not extract mods
- You can also directly download mods into the manager after setting up NexusMods integration explained in section 2 and then pressing on the Vortex or Download with Mod Manager buttons on the mod pages
- Make sure you imported all the mods you want and then proceed with installing them
- You can use the blue filter buttons at the top of the mod list to hide mods for a specific game and the Legendary Edition / Original Trilogy buttons at the top right to filter by trilogy version
- You don’t have to install all mods for all three games right away, you can do so on a per game basis too
- Some mods may say on their mod page that they are no longer supported. This only means that they are no longer going to receive any further updates but are completely safe to install.
- Select a mod and press the “Apply Mod” button at the bottom right of the Manager
- Some mods require additional steps for correct installation, always read all instructions!
- Shepard Cosmetic/Hair Mods require using Trilogy Save Editor to apply their content
- LE2 Liara Squadmate may require using its auto patcher program for other mods
- If you are prompted with a list of install options after pressing “Apply Mod”:
- Make sure that you select compatibility patch options for all mods that you’ll install
- If you can't select a patch for a mod you're also going to install, install that other mod first and the patch should then be automatically selected
- Pick your desired customizations
- If options are unclear, check the Mod Pages for possible further information
- If you installed Expanded Galaxy Mod or FemShep v. BroShep, you can always access their settings windows in the Manager’s Tools Tab
- Once you are satisfied with your selection, press the “Install” button
- You can check what mods you already installed by clicking on "Manage Target"
- Some mods install into the basegame and are found in the “Modified basegame files” tab
- Installing texture mods will prevent that information from being shown but the mods will still be working
Ensure that you have installed all the mods you want, applied the necessary compatibility patches and customized the mods to your liking.
When you’re 100% done with content mods, you can move on to installing any texture mods with the instructions in section 5.
Uninstalling Content Mods
To uninstall content mods, simply click on Manage Target at the top right of the Mod Manager, select the game you want to remove content mods from, go to the installed DLC mods tab and press on the delete button next to the content mods you want to delete.
Some content mods add their changes directly into the basegame files. To remove those changes, switch to the modified basegame files tab in the same menu and press on the restore button next to the modified files.
Restoring basegame files requires game backups made with Mod Manager.
Note that the mods listed on the left of the main Mod Manager window is not a list of installed mods but is the list of mods that were imported into the Manager’s storage.
5. Texture Mods and Mass Effect Modder (MEM) Tools Tab in Mod Manager or [STANDALONE APP]
Mass Effect Modder or MEM is the texture modding tool for the Legendary Edition.
Before installing texture mods, ensure that you installed all the content mods you want because once you install texture mods, you cannot install/update further content mods. Only further texture mods, which will overwrite existing texture mods can be installed at that point. Installing/Updating content mods after installing texture mods requires completely deleting and/or restoring the modified files or full game from a backup or by redownloading the game (Repairs sometimes leave extra files or skip modified files).
Installing Texture Mods
First, click on Mods Manager for the game that you want to mod and then click on Mods Installer. It will bring up a new menu where you can add one or several texture mods to a temporary install list.
Note that the order of installation matters with textures. Install wide-scale texture mods (like ALOT) first. Any smaller mods have to come after. If the order is reversed, the smaller texture mods will be overwritten.
After adding the desired texture mods to the list, just press on one of the install buttons.
Uninstalling Texture Mods
Removing small texture mods is possible by clicking on the Manage Target button in Mod Manager’s top right corner, selecting the texture modded game, going to the modified basegame files tab and clicking on restore on any modified files that do not have a mod name tied to them. Requires backup made with Mod Manager.
Some texture mods offer “vanilla” mod files as a restoration method on their download page. However these aren’t truly vanilla, as you are still installing a texture mod and these can lead to issues when installing content mods afterwards. Only if the file name ends with .pcc is the file truly vanilla. Otherwise, it’s just another modded file.
Removing large texture mods like ALOT is only possible by restoring the entire game from a backup or completely deleting and then reinstalling the game. Repairs don’t always completely clean the game!
6. Recommended Texture Mods
Mass Effect 1
Asari face shine tweak - Reduces the shine coming from lights on Asari skin
Custom Makos - Collection of various alternate colorations for the Mako
LEUITM - Lore Friendly HD Textures for LE2 that fix many texture level vanilla bugs, with variant options
Sol Textures 2024 - Replaces textures of Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune with newer imagery from NASA
Mass Effect 2
Better Visor for Grunt - Reduces bloom on lights of Grunts alternate DLC armor and transparency of the visor
Better Visor for Miranda - Reduces transparency of Miranda’s alternate DLC armor
Better Visors For Tali - Alternate and transparent versions of Tali’s alternate DLC armor’s holographic visor
Asari face shine tweak - Reduces the shine coming from lights on Asari skin
Transparent Tech Armor - Removes the holographic plating of Tech Armor and only leaves the body glow
No Low Health Veins - Removes the on-screen effects when at low health
Blue Scars for Garrus - Changes the color of Garrus’ scar to blue to match his blood
Urdnot Grunt - Changes Grunt’s loyalty armor to have the signature red color of Wrex’s armor
Jenya's Kasumi complexion - Set of several complexions for Kasumi’s face
Goodbye Lens Flares - Only removes the most extreme lens flares and keeps the subtle ones
Rounded selector - Replaces the square Point of Interest Selector with a blue round one
LEUITM2 - Lore Friendly HD Textures for LE2 that fix many texture level vanilla bugs, with variant options
Mass Effect 3
Teeth Fix For New Hairstyles - Fixes bugged teeth textures with the new Legendary Edition exclusive hairstyles
LE3 Main Menu Screen Reaplacer - Replaces the Main Menu background with an in-game version
Blue Shine Removal - Removes the blue shine on Miranda’s outfit
Reduced interaction circle HUD - More minimal POI icon that doesn’t obscure NPCs
Disavowed - A retexture of Miranda’s outfit with Alliance markings instead of Cerberus when using Miranda Mod
Reduced Muzzle Flash - Options to lower or completely remove the muzzle flash on weapons
EDI's Eyes - Provides five replacement eyes for EDI
EDI's replacement visors - Replacement translucent visors for EDI
Multiple Games
A Lot of Textures (All) - Improves various textures and increases the resolution on static lights and shadows
Transparent Lens Flares (All) - Removes all Lens Flares
Cleaner Visor (2&3) - Reduces clutter and transparency of the Sentry Interface
Subtle Eyelashes for Custom Femshep (1&2) - Shortens the eyelashes for custom female Shepards
New Outfits And Eyes For Samara (2&3) - Various recolored versions of Samara’s base armor
Father of Krogan (All) - Enhances Wrex’s wartorn look (LE2&3 VERSIONS ARE CONTENT MODS!)
Cyber Shep 2 - New Scars and Cybernetics For Shepard (2&3) - Adds wide variety of facial cybernetics/scars
Tenth Street Reds Tattoo (2&3) - Gives both female and male Shepards a tattoo representing their Earthborn past
All Mass Effect Texture Mods are available on NexusMods, visit at your own risk in terms of spoilers.
Please consider endorsing the mods you like on NexusMods.
ONCE YOU INSTALL BIG TEXTURE MODS LIKE “A LOT OF TEXTURES/ IMPROVED STATIC LIGHTING”, YOU CANNOT UPDATE/INSTALL MORE CONTENT MODS BECAUSE IT WILL BREAK THE GAME.
ONLY PROCEED WITH INSTALLATION IF YOU ARE 100% SURE THAT YOU INSTALLED AND CONFIGURED EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANTED.
That's it!
You have successfully modded the Legendary Edition!
Support Sources
For questions, bug reports and feedback on specific mods, please refer to their respective mod pages.
If you’re interested in creating your own mods, have questions, have ideas for potential mods, have issues or want to talk about modding in general, join us on the Mass Effect Modding Community Discord.
If you are having issues with Mass Effect Modder, you can ask on the ALOT Discord in the #support chat. (Pirated copies are not supported)
For problems with Mod Manager, ask on the ME3Tweaks Discord in the #enduser-support channel. Make sure to provide a link to a diagnostic of your game or/and Mod Manager, which you can get by going to the Help Tab in Mod Manager, clicking Mod Manager Logs & Diagnostics, selecting the game you have issues with or/and selecting the latest Mod Manager Log and clicking on “Upload to Log Viewer''. Once it's done, provide the link with a description of the issue on the Discord Server. (Pirated Copies are not supported)
If you encounter general issues with the games that are not caused by mods, refer to the PCGamingWiki.
If you enjoyed a mod or a tool, consider Endorsing it on its NexusMods Page or through Mod Manager if you have linked your NexusMods account with it.
Endorsing is free and helps the authors!
If you want to be notified about updates for your favorite mods, enable tracking on their NexusMods Page.
You can also Donate Money or a Premium Subscription through NexusMods to some of your favorite mod authors.
The ME3Tweaks Team also accepts donations via the Help Tab in Mod Manager.
Contact Info for Questions and Feedback
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