Mass Effect Legendary Edition Modding Guide: ME3Tweaks & MEM

Introduction and Preparation
Content Mods and the ME3Tweaks Mod Manager
Content Mods - First Playthrough Friendly, Spoiler Free
Content Mods - Spoilers and Heavy Content Changing Mods
Installing Content Mods with M3
Texture Mods and Mass Effect Modder (MEM) Tools Tab
Recommended Texture Mods
Support Sources

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Introduction and Preparation

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.

Last Updated: November 7th, 2024 – Final update

After 4 years of Legendary Edition modding and 2000+ mods, this guide is no longer being

kept up to date. Thank you all who stuck with this guide for so long!

Please check out Aly’s modding guide, which is currently the biggest active guide available.

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.

Happy N7 Day 2025!

Below you will find the featured showcase videos for N7 Day 2025:

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Content Mods and the ME3Tweaks Mod Manager

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

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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 a 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
… (Content continues with many entries as listed in the original document, including thousands of lines of mod entries for ME1, ME2, ME3, and cross-game mods)

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.

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
… (continuation with many other ME1 mods list as in the original document)

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
… (and so on with many more ME2 mod entries)

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 ME2’s Abominations and Praetorians into several Reaper-centric 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
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 - 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
Kaidanha ul - 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 Kaidan 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 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 Zaeed's 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 MEA
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 LE’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.

Please consider endorsing the mods you like on NexusMods.

Installing Content Mods with M3

Installation is mostly straightforward, just follow the steps:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

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!

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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

Discord: Herobrine24#9182 (213740673818558465)

Reddit: u/Herobrine24

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