Total War: Pharaoh is the latest game within the Total War franchise, depicting the gruesome reality of Ancient Egypt, ridden with Civil Wars and other parties intending to capitalize on the chaotic situations back then. This article will highlight some of the best Total War: Pharaoh mods you can use for your campaigns.
From Egyptians to Canaanites and Hittites, Total War: Pharaoh has plenty to offer regarding the factions the players can play as. I always feel that the base game’s numerous options are great enough to sate my thirst for different unique mechanics that come with each faction. However, even with that, I still feel many things are missing from the base game, be that a certain gameplay mechanic or limited unique units for a certain faction.
And that’s where the community comes in. They always work hard in making mods that upgrade and make our playthrough experience far more immersive. The number of mods in Steam Workshop is abundant, ranging from overhaul mods like the Agony Overhaul, or something niche but useful mods such as Better Camera Mod, the mod options are endless.
However, you might feel overwhelmed by the amounts of mods you need to look out for. And so, to help you pick out some of the best Total War: Pharaoh mods you can use for your campaigns, I will list down some of them that you can use during your playthroughs, gaining victories and asserting dominance over Ancient Egypt. Let’s begin.
Agony Overhaul
To start this list, we will look at the largest overhaul mod for Total War: Pharaoh as of now, the Agony Overhaul mod. While the base game itself offers plenty of content and gameplay mechanics to sift through, the Agony Overhaul will bring tons of additional mechanics that add the game’s strategic depth to a greater height.
There are several main focuses within the Agony Overhaul mod, which include but are not limited to: the Population + Migration Mechanic, StrategAI Module, and Battle Overhaul.
The Population + Migration Mechanic adds three population tiers (Slaves, Commoners, and Nobles) to the existing workforce mechanic, while also changing some bonuses and production values in your provinces, adding several layers of intrigue and tactical components to this part of Total War: Pharaoh‘s gameplay element.
Meanwhile, the StrategAI Module helps improve the game’s AI for diplomacy decisions, including cooperation with other AI factions if your power or any other AI power gets too big in their respective regions, as well as improve the Peace negotiations, which activate only after a few turns of starting a war.
Overall, Agony Overhaul is a great all-in-one mod that grants many benefits and improvements to the base game, and you should try this mod to elevate your Total War: Pharaoh experience.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
Nobles in Agony Overhaul Mod.
Major Factions Renamed
In Total War: Pharaoh, the factions’ names that are in the game follows their respective leaders’ name, not their respective regions’ name. Interestingly, this only happens to the major and playable factions (For example: Ramesses leads the faction of ‘Ramesses’, while Jalaba leads the faction of ‘Megiddo’).
This mod simply renames each major faction to correspond to their geographic location or city name just like the rest of them to be more consistent and in line with history. For example: Amenmesse will lead the Kush faction, as historically, he was the Viceroy of Kush.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
Ramesses’ Faction, Sinai.
Better Camera Mod
Up next, there’s a Better Camera Mod for improved POV when commanding an army, giving the players more power over the camera during battles. And don’t worry, this mod is practically compatible with every other mod, so Better Camera Mod is super safe when you’re using it for your Total War: Pharaoh campaigns.
As per the mod maker‘s statement: This simple mod allows both closer and further camera heights, which is more suitable for better screenshots and a nicer view of the battlefield. To control the camera, press “K” to turn off the UI for a more cinematic view, press “N” to zoom in without the unit disappearing, and finally, press Alt + K to get an even more cinematic view of the battle.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
Chariots Charging Through.
Hecleas AI Overhaul
Up next on this Total War: Pharaoh best mods list, we have the Hecleas AI Overhaul. Per the mod maker’s statement, this mod aims to make players feel like they are playing against other human players instead of AI.
This mod will emulate that feeling by employing a multitude of changes to the AI’s behavior, some of them include but are not limited to: The AI is no longer inactive, each turn it will make sure to play intelligently and be efficient, to move strategically, like a game of chess where each piece moved is important; The AI will always have as a priority to defend its threatened or conquered lands rather than focusing on conquering by leaving its lands conquered by another AI; and lastly, the AI now knows from its analysis when it is necessary to retreat or attack.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
Colored Building Icons
Moving on, we have the Colored Building Icons mod, which, like its name, adds respective colors to the buildings in the province panels, allowing us to grasp which building belongs to which building category at a glance. Simple, yet elegant and impactful.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
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- North Sinai Province.
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- Production Buildings in North Sinai Province.
More Realistic Sacking and Razing of Outposts
As for the next best mod for your Total War: Pharaoh‘s campaigns, we have the More Realistic Sacking and Razing of Outposts mod. This mod aims to rectify the base game’s rather annoying mechanic, where the enemy armies can sack or raze an Outpost, enter the march stance, go to the next Outpost, sack/raze again, enter the march again, go to the next Outpost, and so on in a singular turn.
Per the mod maker‘s statement, this mod aims to improve the issue by doing the following things:
- Movement action points are set to 10% after razing an outpost.
- Movement action points are set to 20% after sacking an outpost.
- Now requires a minimum of 25% action points to enter a forced March stance.
- To maintain balance, the above changes impact the AI and the players.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
More Realistic Sacking and Razing of Outposts.
Hecleas Animation Overhaul
And for the last mod in this Total War: Pharaoh best mods list, we have the Hecleas Animation Overhaul mod. This mod aims to make your campaign battles and fights, quite simply, more epic and realistic.
The mod does so by employing numerous enhancements to the base game’s fighting mechanics, including animation and matched combat increase, allowing the units to attack several men at once in a unit, and setting the percentage of minimum hitpoints required to start a matched fight to a minimum, allowing you to have more matched combat throughout the battles you fight in Total War: Pharaoh.
You can visit and download the mod through Steam Workshop.
Hecleas Animation Overhaul.
