There’s no shortage of excellent Space Marine 2 mods, but the Astartes Overhaul mod remains a fan-favorite among diehards who want a more brutal and customizable PvE experience even as developer Saber Interactive tries to answer such demands. If you want more spice than what the vanilla Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 experience can provide, you’ll want to check it out.
Here we’ve collected everything you need to know about the Astartes Overhaul mod, the links you need to download and set it up, and what the latest version available has added. For the Emperor!
Space Marine 2: Astartes Overhaul download & key features
The Astartes Overhaul mod for Space Marine 2 rebalances PvE gameplay and “enhances” the game with many more customization options, new weapons, reworked perks, and lore-accurate difficulty.
The mod can be download from Nexus Mods here. It doesn’t require content other than the game, but other mods use it for even more substantial overhauls, which has added to its huge popularity. As always, keep in mind user-made modifications can lead to unexpected game behavior. Though the developers are encouraging the use of mods, make sure to follow the instructions on the mod’s page.
Following many substantial content updates, the mod now also features three new classes (Terminator, Chaplain, and Apothecary) and supports modded PvP lobbies. It currently can be used with the 10.3 patch of the vanilla game.
Space Marine 2: Astartes Overhaul 10.3.1 content
Following Patch 10.0, Astartes Overhaul includes three new classes and supports modded PvP matches, but its additions and changes extend beyond that. This is the latest changelog:
3 New Custom Classes
- Terminator
- Chaplain
- Apothecary
Modded PvP
- Create private lobbies to play PvP while enjoying cosmetic aspects of the mod and custom mutators!
Combat Upgrades
- Primary Weapons: Now available for Assault and Bladeguards (Bulwark).
- Melee Weapons: Now available for Devastator (Heavy).
- New Weapons: Assault Bolter, Artifex Bolt Pistol, Artifex Bolt Rifle, Upgradable Unarmed for Devastator (Heavy).
- New Versions: See the mod page for details.
- Power Fist, Power Axe, Combat Shield, Ground Pound, and Shield Bash upgrades: See the mod page for details.
Customisation Overhaul
- Cross-class full customisation: Bots now use your visual loadouts (but champion skins won’t work), new metallic paint colors, new decals, hoods for added flair.
- Weapon skins packs: Deathwatch, Chaos, Iron Hands.
- New models: Metaurus’s combat Axe (Power Sword & Thunder hammer), Heresy Era Double-edged Axe (Power Sword & Thunder hammer), Heresy Era Mace (Thunder hammer), Hate mace (Thunder hammer), Crozius Arcanum (Thunder hammer), Heresy Era Axe (Power Sword), Black Blade (Power sword), Storm Bolter (Assault bolter).
Enemy Enhancements
- Increased enemy waves for a more challenging experience.
- Rebalanced enemy stats: Reduced health but increased damage.
- Improved enemy placements to avoid repetitive encounters (e.g., fewer double Zoanthropes).
Gameplay Additions
- Mid-operation checkpoints for smoother progression.
- Improved AI allies wielding a greater variety of weapons.
General Enhancements
- Reworked Barrier and Camouflage abilities with activation costs and flexibility at any percentage.
- Dynamic allied units: Fight alongside Space Marines, Dreadnoughts, and Imperial Guard.
- Weapons balancing: General buffs and tweaks for fairer combat.
- New allies: Malum Caedo and Captain Acheran join as dynamic AI companions.
- New weapons and additional versions cost reduced down to 1 requisition point only (Armoury data no longer needed).
- Research center cost reduced from 9 to 6 (you can now unlock everything without playing PVP).
- Enhanced perks, weapons, difficulty and Librarium descriptions, including accurate in-game values and coloured keywords.
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