Best Fallout New Vegas Total Conversion Mods (2024)

There are many Fallout games in the main series that are truly incredible in their own right, but it's a non-numbered entry that most people consider to be the best of the bunch. Fallout: New Vegas combines the best of both old-school Fallout and the newer Bethesda entries to make for a magical role-playing experience. The game launched with its fair share of bugs, but both official and fan-made patches have made the game way more bearable for most fans.

Fallout: New Vegas is a game that players can revisit time and time again. The deep role-playing mechanics mean that each and every playthrough feels unique because of the numerous branching paths. However, after a point, players will have explored everything this game has to offer. That's why total conversion mods can be a boon for players who need something different from this title.

Updated May 17, 2024 by Ritwik Mitra: Fallout: New Vegas is hailed by many as one of the greatest Fallout games ever made. Fans of the Fallout TV show will find this game to be the perfect jumping-in point if they have yet to experience what makes this RPG series so magical. That said, a lot of people have already witnessed the magic of this game and its stellar expansion packs many times. After so many hours, it can be hard to replay this game again for players who know all the tricks it has up its sleeve. This is where total conversion mods come into the picture. These mods let players completely change New Vegas in interesting ways that make it worth checking out for the hundredth time.

Special Mention: The Viva New Vegas Modlist

This one is technically more of a modding guide than anything else. However, the sheer wealth of changes brought about by Viva New Vegas is so broad and all-encompassing that players won't be faulted for feeling like they're booting up a brand-new game after following this guide to a T. Modding a game on an old Bethesda game requires kid gloves, making it clear why Viva New Vegas feels like a total conversion.

For players who want to see New Vegas in its most optimal state, this modding guide is the way to go. It may take a while to integrate the wealth of changes in this guide, but the end result is worthwhile. Fallout: New Vegas will feel more modern, lived-in, and engaging to play than ever before.

8 Salt Lake Stories

Downloads: 54,626

• Creator: Yossarian22 and Radioactivman
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While not a complete overhaul mod per se, the new additions in Salt Lake Stories are genuinely impressive and let players explore a completely new region. The mod is a breath of fresh air for any Fallout: New Vegas player who is bored of exploring the same regions over and over again.

The mod serves as a homage to the older Fallout titles and lets players uncover the story of the areas around the Great Salt Lake. There are many unique locations to explore that players can get lost in for hours on end.

7 After War Nevada

Downloads: 94,882

• Creator: jodwig
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Fallout: New Vegas is a lot of things, but one thing that players can't call this game is challenging. This is the case with most titles that use the Gamebyro engine, but there are bound to be some players who'd want the difficulty to be enhanced in a manner that isn't superficial. With the After War Nevada mod, players can enjoy a higher level of challenge in the game along with many overhauled mechanics that force players to learn the mechanics once again.

Pretty much everything has been tweaked significantly or revamped entirely, making for a new experience that players will find fascinating to uncover firsthand. The mod may be old, but it can still work on modern copies of the game as long as players don't pair this overhaul with too many additional mods. Just the basics should be enough to make for a fun experience.

6 Tale Of Two Wastelands

Downloads: 100.1K

• Creator: Tale of Two Wastelands team
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Tale of Two Wastelands is one of the most popular mods for Fallout: New Vegas, allowing players to combine this title with Fallout 3 and allowing players to check out both worlds at the same time in a simple and cohesive manner. While it does take some mental gymnastics when it comes to the main character and their presence in the story, it's a small price to pay for a game that will provide hours upon hours of playtime.

This mod is a technical achievement of the highest level and allows players to enjoy the best of both worlds without too many problems. Players who want to spend a lot of time in two of the best Fallout games of all time will find ToTW to be right up their alley.

5 Autumn Leaves

Downloads: 345,609

• Creator: BaronVonChateau
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The love that people have for New Vegas means that certain modders have gone all out. Some user-made content rivals even the length and scope of the game's official expansion packs. Such is the case with Autumn Leaves, which features a huge questline that players can get lost in early in the game.

Players will find a new location called Hypatia near the town of Novac, a town that players will reach organically during their adventures if they take the intended route toward New Vegas. This area is massive and features a mystery that players will find tantalizing to explore. The mod is structured to appeal to both low and high-level couriers.

4 DUST Survival Simulator

Downloads: 388,157

• Creator: naugrim04
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Players who want the survival elements of Fallout: New Vegas to be cranked up to a thousand will love what DUST brings to the table. It's a simple yet great mod that does a great job of changing the way players approach this game, forcing them to manage everything from their hunger to their mental health as well.

The game becomes extremely hardcore with this mod, and players will die over and over again as they come to grips with the mechanics featured in this mod. Players who love this mod should check out its successor in Fallout 4, called Frost. This unique overhaul is highly rated in the community. The creator has become something of a legend because of the exciting nature of the mechanics featured in the game.

3 Fallout - The Frontier

Downloads: 732,150

• Creator: The Frontier team
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There's no denying that The Frontier is one of the most controversial mods in the community, despite the technical achievements on display here. The story is all over the place, doesn't conform to the lore of the series, and some of the content is questionable when players consider the developers and the controversies they've been exposed to.

However, from a purely technical standpoint, The Frontier is an excellent overhaul that players should check out. In many ways, this mod is a must-play for people who want to experience a crucial part of Fallout's modding history... as controversial as it may be.

2 Fallout: New California

Downloads: 891,747

• Creator: Radian-Helix Media
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Fallout: New California offers immense technical excellence and lore-friendly storytelling, making this overhaul mod absolutely exemplary. The mod structures itself as a prequel to New Vegas and embraces the weirdness of the franchise in the best way possible.

The high-budget nature of this mod makes it brilliant in every way and worth exploring for fans of the Fallout series. New California may have some rough edges, but the passion behind this mod is evident for everyone to see and makes it one of the best overhaul mods for any game, which is hefty praise indeed.

1 JAM - Just Assorted Mods

Downloads: 1,038,793

• Creator: yvileapsis and others
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Sometimes, the best overhaul mods are the ones that change the title's gameplay. Given what players expect from modern action-adventure games, it's easy to see why a collection of mods that serves as a modern overhaul of the title's mechanics would be beloved by the masses.

Such is the case with the Just Assorted Mods collection. These mods add a wealth of modern gameplay adjustments that seem minor on their own, but combine to completely change the way players approach this game. From hit markers to bullet time, the sheer wealth of changes brought to the table are extensive. They help this title stand toe-to-toe with most modern shooting games, which is saying something.

Fallout: New Vegas

Platform(s)

PS3 , Xbox 360 , PC

Released

October 19, 2010

Developer(s)

Obsidian Entertainment

Genre(s)

RPG