The 25 Best Stellaris Mods You Can’t Play Without

Planetary Rally Points – This mod allows you to set rally points for newly constructed military ships. You can also set up to three planets as rally points, and send your built ships there. You can check out this mod here.

Auto-Improve Buildings – Your buildings will automatically improve, as long as you have enough resources. You can check out this mod here.

Synthwave Stellaris Music – No version of Stellaris should be considered complete without this. This mod adds music from artists like Perturbator and Lazerhawk. You can check out this mod here.

ZBeautiful Battles – This mod improves the aesthetics of the battles by spacing out the ships and preventing clipping. you can check out this mod here.

Playable Robots – You will now be able to play as the violent and lovable robots of Stellaris. You can check out this mod here.

Fallen Empire Ship Types – When creating a new species, you’ll be able to pick the awesome-looking Fallen Empire Ship type. You can check out this mod here.

Ringworld Start – Get even more ringworld system starts to choose from when creating your empire. You can check out this mod here.

Extended Traits – Choose from a wider selection of species traits, along with six additional ruler and governor traits you can spawn with. You can check out this mod here.

Sol System Expanded – Play in an even larger galaxy with the additional of planetary bodies like Pluto, Charon, and Eris. You can check out this mod here.

Remove Aura Graphics – Have a cleaner playing experience by removing the aura graphics caused by items like shield dampeners. You can check out this mod here.

No Clustered Starts – If you ever wished you could spawn without neighbors, this mod takes care of that problem for you. Empires will be more spread out and unclustered. You can check out this mod here.

Sol+ – Ever wanted to colonize Mars and the Moon? Now you can. You can check out this mod here.

Faster Ship Upgrade – If you’re too impatient, this mod will reduce the waiting time for ship upgrades. You can check out this mod here.

Ship Designer Compacter – This reduces the space taken up by each ship in the Designer, and you can now view eight ships instead of five. You can check out this mod here.

Galaxy Centers – This mod allows stars to be generated in the core, and it also reduces the brightness of the center of the galaxy, lessening the strain on your eyes. You can check out this mod here.

No Mining Station Maintenance – This mod removes maintenance from your mining stations, making your life that much easier. You can check out this mod here.

Civilian Trade – Civilians will now travel from colony to colony delivering goods, and even provide additional bonuses. You can check out this mod here.

Expanded War Demands – Players can now fulfil their dreams of being a space imperialist. This mod takes Fallen Empire-only War Demands and allows them to be used by players and the AI. You can check out this mod here.

Alien Suns – Enjoy Stellaris with the addition of eleven new races that are uniquely designed, but fit perfectly with the game’s aesthetic. You can check out this mod here.

More Events Mod – If you’re bored of the mid to late game events, this mod will add a few more crises and anomalies to keep you busy. You can check out this mod here.

Playable Invaders – Similar to the Playable Robots mod, this will add four playable invader races to your game. You can check out this mod here.

Flags: Emblems and Backgrounds – If you want to add a bit more spice to Stellaris, consider downloading this pack, which gives you cool flags from Blade Runner and even the Vatican. You can check out this mod here.

2D Galaxy – This makes the galaxy entirely 2D, which might help you clearly see the systems and their borders. You can check out this mod here.

The Trump Race – If you ever wanted to fulfil your fantasies of ruling the galaxy as Donald Trump, this one’s for you. You can check out this mod here.

Totalitarian Human Portraits – This one’s for the Stellaris players who think their human portraits don’t look sinister enough. Portraits will remain animated. You can check out this mod here.