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Animate Dead++
Changes Animate Dead, Create Undead, Undead Thralls, and other necromancy stuff to allow for fixed, smoother, and expanded gameplay.
Valkrana's Spellbook — 11 new signature necromancy spells, plus more undead options.
Valkrana's Skeleton Crew — Get your very own random skeletal pal at the start of combat.
Valkrana's Limited Edition Bone — Fantastic necromancer item! Highly-reviewed by those inured to undeath!
Valkrana's Skeleton Emporium — Over 40 new Animate Dead creatures.
Valkrana's Skeletal Challenge — Difficulty mod that adds random undead enemies.
Fix: Denotes fixes strictly in the context of BG3.
5e: Changes that follow D&D Fifth Edition, upon which BG3 is built.
Toggle: Optional passives that can be turned off and on. Default on.
The Rest: Mainly quality of life or optional extensions.
Animate Dead
Create Undead
Reanimation Spells
Reanimated Undead
Undead Thralls
Other
Warning: Due to the passive toggles added with this mod, you may run into trouble removing it from your save.
Necromancy Broken?
If a necromancy-related mechanic in BG3 isn't working as intended, you can report it in the comments.
Optional Changes
Compatibility
This was made to (hopefully) work well with other mods, but may conflict with any that make changes to Animate Dead, Undead Thralls, Create Undead, or the creatures these reanimate.
Will automatically mostly support mods that add spells to reanimate undead provided those mods have
The exception lies chiefly in removing the reanimation creature limit, which this mod needs to do manually, and which has currently been done for Valkrana's Spellbook, Hexblade Invocation, and WoW Death Knight.
Other mods that add to your toggleable passives (the same area as non-lethal attacks, such as Companions AI or Lone Wolf) will overwrite this mod's automation and corpse passives, and vice versa. If you're using Script Extender with console enabled, you can enter the following two lines after your game has loaded to add AD++'s passives to your host character, or you can try the experimental "Passives" add-on.
Installation
Probably needs BG3 Mod Fixer. Install with BG3MM. Ez pz bones over easy.
Load Order
Load after other necromancy mods and mods that add to your toggleable passives (see "Compatibility" above).
Or manual installation:
1. Extract to AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods
2. If you have no other mods: Open AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Player Profiles\Public\modsettings.lsx in a text editor and overwrite with the block below. Save. Skip step 3.
3. If you have other mods: Open AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Player Profiles\Public\modsettings.lsx in a text editor. Place the following block below the last "Module" block in the section under "<node id="ModOrder">.
Place the following block below the last "ModuleShortDesc" block in the section under "<node id="Mods">. Save.
Thanks and Credits
Thanks to those like LaughingLeader and Norbyte whose contributions to BG3 modding have been invaluable. Also, thanks to Nox Phantom for their work on the AI Friends mod, which was used as an initial reference for this mod's automation, and to isamuchu for insight into unlocking weapon skills for skeletons.
Necromancers are never short on friends. They have them in spades.
Changes Animate Dead, Create Undead, Undead Thralls, and other necromancy stuff to allow for fixed, smoother, and expanded gameplay.
Valkrana's Spellbook — 11 new signature necromancy spells, plus more undead options.
Valkrana's Skeleton Crew — Get your very own random skeletal pal at the start of combat.
Valkrana's Limited Edition Bone — Fantastic necromancer item! Highly-reviewed by those inured to undeath!
Valkrana's Skeleton Emporium — Over 40 new Animate Dead creatures.
Valkrana's Skeletal Challenge — Difficulty mod that adds random undead enemies.
Fix: Denotes fixes strictly in the context of BG3.
5e: Changes that follow D&D Fifth Edition, upon which BG3 is built.
Toggle: Optional passives that can be turned off and on. Default on.
The Rest: Mainly quality of life or optional extensions.
Animate Dead
- 5e: Supports 5th- and 6th-level upcasting of skeletons and zombies. Two additional undead per slot.
- Can now animate melee skeletons. These have denser bones.
- Added Skeletal Wizard as an alternative to the Ghoul and Flying Ghoul when upcasting at 5th-level and higher.
- Added an arcane glyph effect to each undead's point of origin at the time of casting for better transition.
Create Undead
- Added Death Knight and Shadow as alternative options to the usual Mummy.
- Can be cast during combat like Animate Dead.
Reanimation Spells
- Fix: Adds info missing from some spells, such as 4th-level Animate Dead, that would break them in free reanimation areas.
- 5e: Removed limit. Can reanimate as many undead as your spell slots allow.
- Toggle: No corpses required! Instead, the spells target anywhere on the ground within range.
- 5e: Upcasting support for mods that add spell slots of 7th level and higher.
Reanimated Undead
- Toggle: Controlled by AI during combat.
- 5e: Benefit from short rests.
- 5e: Bipedal undead can now interact with doors and certain other objects.
- Fix: Ghoul's Devour recovers HP.
- Fix: Ranged skeleton now has a base AC of 10.
- Ranged skeletons' clothing appearance changed to leather armor.
- Skeletons' equipped weapon skills are no longer disabled.
Undead Thralls
- Wizards with the School of Necromancy subclass will receive their free Animate Dead spell at level 5 instead of 6 (when any red-blooded necromancer would normally take it).
- 5e: HP and damage bonuses now apply to all Necromancer undead, not just those from Animate Dead.
- Fix: Undead Thralls damage bonus now properly uses necromancer's proficiency bonus.
- Fix: Undead Thralls bonus will no longer be removed from undead when removing the spell from your list of prepared spells.
Other
- Fix: Danse Macabre is no longer broken for necromancers. Also removed its summon limit. Preserves pre-nerf version of the spell.
- Fix: Staff of Cherished Necromancy now actually uses life essence, doesn't work on objects.
- Fix: Aura of Hate now properly applies to the unarmed attacks of nearby undead and fiends.
- Aura of Hate will only apply to allied creatures.
- Some undead, like the ranged skeletons from Animate Dead, have been given better AI archetypes.
- Added Fungal Infestation support per request.
- Circle of Bones: Removed Undead Ward combat log spam.
- Fix: Tiny fixes I forgot to record when added.
Warning: Due to the passive toggles added with this mod, you may run into trouble removing it from your save.
Necromancy Broken?
If a necromancy-related mechanic in BG3 isn't working as intended, you can report it in the comments.
Optional Changes
- Disable combat automation: Press K to open your spellbook. Click the "Common" tab and scroll to the bottom. Drag the green skull icon to your hotbar. Click to toggle automation. Turn off and on if it stops working after a long rest.
- Require corpses for reanimation: Same as above, except the "Toggle Corpse Requirements" button.
- Druid, Sorcerer, and Warlock spell lists: Re-spec casters before updating Spell Add-on to 1.03! Adds Animate Dead and Create Undead to sorcerer & warlock spell lists. Includes druid and some modded warlock subclasses with Script Extender.
- School of Necromancy subclass capstone: Command Undead
- Full-fledged Control Undead: Control Undead Complete
- More reanimation options available with the Tombstone Undead and Demilich mods.
- Grab the MyPetsAreSafe mod to stop NPCs acting loony around your undead.
- Baldur's Gate 2 — Add Valkrana to your BG2 party!
Compatibility
This was made to (hopefully) work well with other mods, but may conflict with any that make changes to Animate Dead, Undead Thralls, Create Undead, or the creatures these reanimate.
Will automatically mostly support mods that add spells to reanimate undead provided those mods have
- Added "or HasStatus('ANIMATEDEAD_ZONE',context.Source)" to their spells' TargetConditions.
- Not added BlockRegainHP() to their creatures' boosts. (This is largely unnecessary, since healing spells check for the UNDEAD tag.)
The exception lies chiefly in removing the reanimation creature limit, which this mod needs to do manually, and which has currently been done for Valkrana's Spellbook, Hexblade Invocation, and WoW Death Knight.
Other mods that add to your toggleable passives (the same area as non-lethal attacks, such as Companions AI or Lone Wolf) will overwrite this mod's automation and corpse passives, and vice versa. If you're using Script Extender with console enabled, you can enter the following two lines after your game has loaded to add AD++'s passives to your host character, or you can try the experimental "Passives" add-on.
Osi.AddPassive(GetHostCharacter(), "NegativeEnergyZone_Toggler");
Osi.AddPassive(GetHostCharacter(), "Undead_Auto_Toggler");
Installation
Probably needs BG3 Mod Fixer. Install with BG3MM. Ez pz bones over easy.
Load Order
Load after other necromancy mods and mods that add to your toggleable passives (see "Compatibility" above).
Or manual installation:
1. Extract to AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods
2. If you have no other mods: Open AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Player Profiles\Public\modsettings.lsx in a text editor and overwrite with the block below. Save. Skip step 3.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<save>
<version major="4" minor="0" revision="9" build="331" />
<region id="ModuleSettings">
<node id="root">
<children>
<node id="ModOrder">
<children>
<node id="Module">
<attribute id="UUID" value="28ac9ce2-2aba-8cda-b3b5-6e922f71b6b8" type="FixedString" />
</node>
<node id="Module">
<attribute id="UUID" value="f323b958-b845-4c79-b139-d39570658fbb" type="FixedString" />
</node>
</children>
</node>
<node id="Mods">
<children>
<node id="ModuleShortDesc">
<attribute id="Folder" value="GustavDev" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="MD5" value="a83da744ba037af348dba78e1208ccdf" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="Name" value="GustavDev" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="UUID" value="28ac9ce2-2aba-8cda-b3b5-6e922f71b6b8" type="FixedString" />
<attribute id="Version64" value="144115402827843889" type="int64" />
</node>
<node id="ModuleShortDesc">
<attribute id="Folder" value="Animate Dead++" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="MD5" value="" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="Name" value="Animate Dead++" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="UUID" value="f323b958-b845-4c79-b139-d39570658fbb" type="FixedString" />
<attribute id="Version64" value="36028797018963968" type="int64" />
</node>
</children>
</node>
</children>
</node>
</region>
</save>
3. If you have other mods: Open AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Player Profiles\Public\modsettings.lsx in a text editor. Place the following block below the last "Module" block in the section under "<node id="ModOrder">.
<node id="Module">
<attribute id="UUID" value="f323b958-b845-4c79-b139-d39570658fbb" type="FixedString" />
</node>
Place the following block below the last "ModuleShortDesc" block in the section under "<node id="Mods">. Save.
<node id="ModuleShortDesc">
<attribute id="Folder" value="Animate Dead++" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="MD5" value="" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="Name" value="Animate Dead++" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="UUID" value="f323b958-b845-4c79-b139-d39570658fbb" type="FixedString" />
<attribute id="Version64" value="36028797018963968" type="int64" />
</node>
Thanks and Credits
Thanks to those like LaughingLeader and Norbyte whose contributions to BG3 modding have been invaluable. Also, thanks to Nox Phantom for their work on the AI Friends mod, which was used as an initial reference for this mod's automation, and to isamuchu for insight into unlocking weapon skills for skeletons.
Necromancers are never short on friends. They have them in spades.