Looking to enhance your Star Wars: Empire at War experience? These are some of the best mods for Star Wars Empire at War. Mods like these greatly expand upon the original game and bring it new life. These mods will give you the best experience, whether you are looking for enhanced gameplay, improved graphics, or new factions, units, or heroes.
Best Mods for Star Wars Empire at War:
Awakening of the Rebellion
Awakening of the Rebellion mod is one of the most well-rounded mods on this list. It offers improvements and additions across many aspects of the game. This includes graphical and performance improvements. The mod replaces the Zann Consortium with the Black Sun Pirates as one of the three main playable factions but also features three minor non-playable factions that will interact with the player. These minor factions include the Hutt Cartel, the Hapes Consortium, and the Corporate Sector Authority. With these additional factions come many new units and heroes as well. Of course, the Rebellion and the Empire receive additional content as well, enhancing the player’s experience when playing as them. Additionally, Awakening of the Rebellion is considered to have some of the best improvements to ground combat, which is a weak spot in the base game.
What really makes Awakening of the Rebellion one of the best mods for Star Wars Empire at War is its multitude of galactic conquest campaigns. Some of which feature all three major factions and all three minor factions. The main galactic conquest campaigns are even story-driven, allowing you to dive into Star Wars legends and lore. Their difficulties can vary from campaign to campaign and depend on which faction you select. This can allow you to ease into the mod or give you a challenge once you have mastered the new content. For a complete list of the campaigns check out the mods fandom page.
Steam Workshop Page for Awakening of the Rebellion
Thrawn’s Revenge
Thrawn’s Revenge mod takes place after the death of Emperor Palatine, allowing you to fight it out in the power vacuum left by the fall of the empire. The mod has a whole nine playable factions that the player can use to establish control of the galaxy. With these factions comes loads of story-driven content for those wishing to dive into non-canon Star Wars legends about the fall of the Empire. In Addition to the story content, the mod adds many new units, heroes, and planets. These are some of the features that make many people name Thrawn’s Revenge among the best mods for Star Wars Empire at War.
While Thrawn’s Revenge brings a lot of new content to the game, it also introduces many gameplay changes. The tech system from the original game is replaced with an era system that dictates what units and heroes are available during a certain time period. This is key to much of the story-driven content and even allows for galactic conquest campaigns that take place during particular eras in the Star Wars Legends timeline. The mod also overhauls the weapon/combat system for better balance and canonical accuracy. These are just a small handful of the changes that Thrawn’s Revenge uses to improve upon the gameplay of the original. Many find these changes greatly improve their experience and make the game better.
Steam Workshop Page for Thrawn’s Revenge
Fall of the Republic
The Fall of the Republic mod is widely considered the best Clone Wars mod for Empire at War. The same mod team that made Thrawn’s Revenge made Fall of the Republic. As a result, they have many similarities. However, Fall of the Republic takes place during the Clone Wars and allows the player to play as either the Republic or the Separatists. The mod makes the same gameplay changes to the original that are made in Thrawn’s Revenge. The technology system is replaced with an era-based system and the weapon/combat system receives the same overhaul. Just as in Thrawn’s Revenge, the galactic conquest campaigns deliver plenty of story-driven content. If you are looking to immerse yourself in the battles and lore of the Clone Wars, Fall of Republic should be your first choice.
Steam Workshop Page for Fall of the Republic
Empire at War Remake
The Empire at War Remake mod is exactly as it sounds, a remake of the original game. The goal of the mod is to rework the game to improve gameplay, graphics, and audio quality. Essentially, the mod helps bring the game out of the early 2000s era of RTS games. Empire at War Remake brings the greatest improvements to graphics and sound quality out of any of the other mods available. It’s these improvements that put it on this list of best mods for Star Wars Empire at War. If you are looking for something close to the base game experience but want to give the game a good facelift, then this is the mod you’re looking for.
Empire at War remake has three playable factions like the base expansion game. However, the criminal underworld faction replaces the Zann Consortium. There are many general improvements and changes to both space and ground combat to improve gameplay and make it less clunky. In addition to the general improvements to the game, galactic conquest receives a big boost as well. A new mechanic called the sector systems is added. New sectors, which are collections of planets, are added to the conquest map and shown as one controllable place. These sectors are key points of control and bring many economic and production benefits to the faction that controls them. The campaigns are centered around controlling these systems and they bring new life to the galactic conquest game mode.
Steam Workshop Page for Empire at War Remake
Rise of the Mandalorians
The Rise of the Mandalorians is another post-death of the emperor mod. It is frequently mentioned as one of the lesser-known but best mods for Star Wars Empire at War. You will get to play as either the New Republic, the Imperial Remnants, or the Mandalorians. Therefore, if you’ve been watching the new Mandalorian TV show and want to dive into the faction more this mod is perfect for you. It is also extremely close to the base game in regards to gameplay, so it is a great mod to try out if you have not experienced one yet and want to start small. It even brings a solid graphics and artwork boost that will make the game feel newer. Overall, the mod is a solid improvement on the original game and allows you to play as one of the most exciting factions in Star Wars.
Steam Workshop Page for Rise of the Mandalorians
Age of Legends
The Age of Legends mod for Star Wars Empire at War is a huge content dump. Featuring dozens of playable factions and galactic conquest campaigns, there is a lot to sink your teeth into. This mod is great if you really want to dive deep into the fringes of Star Wars legends and lore. You will get to play as factions that are sometimes in the background of Star Wars. With all these new factions come hundreds of new units and heroes. Not to mention there is even a handful of non-playable minor factions you will have to contend with during your galactic conquest campaigns. There really is just so much that this mod adds to the game. You can consider this among the best mods for Star Wars Empire at War if you are looking to add a lot of variety and new content to your experience.
Steam Workshop Page for Age of Legends