These are new Heroes, Monsters, quirks, ect.

Mods that add stuff: If these mods are done correctly, they won't edit any of the base files and thus will never coflict with other files. Rebalance mods: Mods that change existing heroes, monsters, or effects. These tend to focus on a smaller area then a larger one (like more stacking of items). Small Gameplay changes: These mods change systems but not to the extent of the larger mods above. Large Gameplay Overhauls: These mods do wide sweaping changes to the games systems. Patches: Any patches you made for your other mods should be highest on the list, so their adjusted files can be loaded in. So, In general, a load order should look like this.

So with this, you generally want to keep Mods that effect whole systems near the top, and then mods that stuff (like monsters, heroes, skins) near the bottom. What it means is any mods that both change the same files, the one higher in the list will be loaded and not the second one. which does top to bottom and bottom top), so mods that are higher in the list take priority for loading. Mods generally load top to bottom (except for FO4. Mod Piroity and load order is important to any game that has official modding support.

Darkest dungeons activating mods