Mod Lists for Skyrim Special Edition
Updated as of February 3, 2019
This article is an update to the ModList article that I wrote in June 2018.
Of the seven guides shown in theoriginal article, three of them have been withdrawn or abandoned.These three are:
- A Total Overhaul Project – hidden by author on Nexus -
SkyVerseGuide
- hidden by author on Nexus -
Tech’sSkyrim Special Edition
- abandoned until S.T.E.P. 3.0 is completed -
- abandoned until S.T.E.P. 3.0 is completed -
As far as I could find, the following fivemod guides are the only complete mod guides for Skyrim SSE that are currentlyup-to-date and being maintained.Thereare other SSE mod guides and lists for Skyrim SSE.However, these guides are primarilygraphics/texture guides and are not what I would consider a complete mod guidewith proper installation instructions.
Dark Lady Lexy’s Legacy of theDragonborn – last updated February 3, 2019
https://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/User:Darkladylexy/Lexys_LOTD_SE
https://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/User:Darkladylexy/Lexys_LOTD_SE
Mod List 2018 – last updated August 18,2018
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17334
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17334
Nordic Skyrim – last updated January 18,2019
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12562
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12562
ThePhoenix Flavour – January 24, 2019
https://thephoenixflavour.com/
or
https://thephoenixflavour.com/
or
TUCO – lastupdated January 25, 2019
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10694
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10694
The Phoenix Flavour
This guide has been under constructionfor over a year now.It has its ownDiscord site https://discordapp.com/invite/SV5N6n7/.The Discord link is onfirst page of The Phoenix Flavour website.There you can read the history of the Guide or you can askquestions.The Guide has 132 requiredmods and 176 optional mods.In additionto these you have your choice of:
Rudy ENB
Skyrim Re-Engaged ENB
Surreal ENB
Intrigued ENB
Mythical ENB - for Mythical Ages
Imaginarium ENB - for Obsidian Weathers or NAT +ELFX
Cinematic Film Looks ENB - CFL II ENB
- 5 different Weather Systems, all lowimpact – Vanilla (0 required mods, 6 optional), Obsidian (2 required mods, 5optional), Natural & Atmospheric (1 required mod, 5 optional), Aequinoctium(1 required mod, 5 optional), and Mythical Ages (1 required mod, 5 optional)
- 2 different Lighting Systems – Warm noimpact (1 required mod, 2 optional), Cinematic low impact (2 required mods, 2optional)
- 2 different Tree Overhauls – Nordicmedium impact (2 required mods, 4 optional), Lush high impact (2 required mods,2 optional)
- 3 different Grass Overhauls – Rustic lowimpact (2 required mods), Wild medium impact (2 required mods), Lite low impact(2 required mods).Option 2 requiresVeydosebrom as its base grass mod.Veydosebrom is currently hidden on Nexus.I substituted Verdant and the grass lookedfine.
- 2 different Water Overhauls – Lite zeroimpact (No required mods, 2 optional), Smooth low impact (1 required mod, 2optional)
- 2 LOD Generation Methods – Lite xLODGenlow impact and easy to use, DynDOLOD impact can range from low to very highdepending on options selected, more difficult to use
The Guide comes with conflict resolutionpatches.These are both a blessing and acurse.It is a blessing if you use allof the mods included in the conflict resolution patch.It is a curse if you don’t use one or moremods that are contained in the patch since the patch is then missing one ormore master files.
If you don’t use allof the mods covered in the patch you have five choices:
1) use the requiredmods even if you do not want to
2) do not use the patch and suffer theconsequences,
3) use Mator Smash to try to remove the conflicts (not alwayssuccessful)
4) use Wrye Bash to create dummy master(s) which allows the conflictresolution patch to run, but may or may not cause other problems, and
5) usexEdit to remove the missing master mods from the patch.This is the best solution but requiresknowledge of xEdit.There are tutorialson YouTube that cover this exact subject.The procedure is tedious but totally safe and 100% effective.
If you don’t use allof the mods covered in the patch you have five choices:
1) use the requiredmods even if you do not want to
2) do not use the patch and suffer theconsequences,
3) use Mator Smash to try to remove the conflicts (not alwayssuccessful)
4) use Wrye Bash to create dummy master(s) which allows the conflictresolution patch to run, but may or may not cause other problems, and
5) usexEdit to remove the missing master mods from the patch.This is the best solution but requiresknowledge of xEdit.There are tutorialson YouTube that cover this exact subject.The procedure is tedious but totally safe and 100% effective.
I have created twobuilds using this guide.The first wasseveral months ago before it was not quite ready for release.The second build I just finishedcreating.After selecting the optionalmods that I wanted I ended up with 279 mods with 177 .esp files.Twenty-two of those .esp files were FE fileswhich do not count against the 255 Skyrim mod limit.An additional 41 mods could be merged intoone mod using Wrye Bash.This leaves 115.esp files remaining in Mod Organizer 2’s right pane. You can safely addanother 140 mods of your choice before exceeding the 255 mod limit.
Myimpression of the Guide is that it is well thought out.It is not an all-inclusive Guide in that itignores survival, new lands, major quests, etc.It is organized and arranged in a logicalmanner.There are well written explanationsof all of the required mods and optional mods.The initial setup instructions are thorough and written for people newto Skyrim modding.Due to usersreporting problems and/or errors over many months I did not note any obviouserrors or inconsistencies in the Guide.Having scores of people proofread your work is really helpful.
Idid run into several frustrations though.The mods are laid out for installation in logical sections and theauthor even provides colored separators to separate the different sections (Iused 34 of the separators).After theend of installing all the mods you are then required to rearrange the mods inthe left pane of Mod Organizer 2 in accordance with the provided Mod ListOrder.It took me about 2 hours torearrange the mod load order in MO 2’s left pane.With the TUCO Guide you install the mods inthe left pane in load order so no rearranging is necessary.Another frustration was that some of thenames used in the Mod Order List were similar to the names used when the modthat was installed, but not close enough to avoid confusion with other mods.Thus, time was spent trying to figure outwhich of the installed mods was really supposed to be in that position.
Thegame looks very good and was completely stable through 5 hours of gameplay.At that point I added 119 of mycan-not-live-without mods and have played another 3 hours.Again, the game is stable.
SUMMARY
Dark Lady Lexy’s Legend of theDragonborn – This Guide is a work of art.It is intended solely for advanced modders.I have no interest in playing it.But building it is always an education incurrent modding tools and techniques.You should at least read through it to see how far Skyrim modding hasadvanced.
Mod List 2018 – This Guide had 394 modsand few options as of June 2018 version.The Guide emphasizes graphics and gameplay.There are no instructions for installing thegame or modding tools.Thus, the Guideis not for people new to modding Skyrim.
Nordic Skyrim – As of June 2018, thisGuide had 967 mods listed in 45 sections.The Guide is well organized and well written.Nordic Skyrim is a comprehensive Guide inthat it covers survival, advanced combat, other lands (Bruma, et al), quests,etc.With a guide this comprehensive,there is little room for your own favorite mods.Still, if you want an all-inclusive Guidethis is where you should start looking.
The Phoenix Flavour - This Guide hasonly 132 required mods with roughly 200 optional mods.It is not intended to be an all-inclusiveGuide in that it ignores classes of mods such as survival, new lands, andquests.This is not necessarily a badthing since it leaves room for adding lots of your own favorite mods.The Guide is organized and arranged in alogical manner.There are well writtenexplanations of all of the required mods and optional mods.Examples of correct mod and load order aregiven.The initial setup instructionsare thorough and written for people new to Skyrim modding.
TUCO’s Guide - This is the shortest andsimplest of the five guides with 135 mods listed as of June 2018.I use this Guide when I want a short, quick,and easy build base onto which I can add my favorite 300+ mods.
If you're looking to improve your experience in Bethesda's epic adventure, then adding some of the best Skyrim mods can certainly help with that. Skyrim is starting to look a bit tired these days, but that isn't really surprising as the remastered edition came out back in 2016 and the vanilla original has been around for almost eight years. The good news though is that by installing a selection of the best Skyrim mods we've picked out here, you can take on massive new quests and battle against improved enemies, while enjoying graphical improvements and gameplay tweaks to make your life easier.
In our list of the best Skyrim mods below, we've listed what platform each mod is available on, along with a respective link to either the NexusMods page for PC or the Bethesda mod site for consoles.
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Falskaar
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Those of you who have finished Skyrim should head immediately to Falskaar. Considering it's the size of a DLC and that it landed its creator a job at Bungie, the fact that it's on this list shouldn't be that surprising. As the harbinger of an ancient prophecy (minus any special powers), you have to bring peace back to Falskaar - but nothing is ever as simple as it seems..
Forgotten City
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
This is the best story mod out there, in my honest opinion. Stuck in an underground town overseen by old automated Dwemer moral police system, you just have to find a way out. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Oh, just you wait..
Clockwork
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
The Dwemer don't really get enough time dedicated to them in Skyrim, despite being the most enigmatic race to ever grace Nirn. Yet this strange mansion you stumble upon is run by two of their contraptions..and their master is missing. Guess you'd better find out what's gone on!
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Available on:Xbox One,PC
Available on:Xbox One,PC
Moonpath to Elsweyr connects Skyrim to the vast deserts of the feline Khajiit. Here, you can bask under azure skies and hunt ferocious raptors in wild tangles of bush and jungle. This was actually one of the first quest mods ever made for Skyrim, but has recently started receiving regular updates again, making it one of the best mods around at the moment.
Beyond Bruma
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Do you remember the days you spent wandering around Bruma back when Mehrunes Dagon threatened to destroy Tamriel in Oblivion? Well, now you can go back to Bruma from Skyrim. With over 70 residents, Bruma looks better and feels more alive than ever before.
Markers: No more wandering aimlessly
Stones of Barenziah Markers
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
The bloody Stones of Barenziah. This quest sat in my tray for the time it took me to complete all the major quests and a chunk of the sidequests, and I had only found about six. This mod is essential if you want to get all of the stones and find out what mysterious item they make in the end.
Impatience of a Saint Markers
Available on: PS4,Xbox One, PC (not on Nexus, so it's on Bethesda's mod website)
Available on: PS4,Xbox One, PC (not on Nexus, so it's on Bethesda's mod website)
I was running around the hellish Soul Cairn in circles for a good hour trying to find all of the pages to Jiub’s opus, and this mod cut that time down to about ten minutes. Completely worth it.
Travelling around Skyrim
A Quality World map and Solstheim map
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
My god, I cannot emphasise enough how much better this mod made Skyrim. If you’re like me and you don’t like to fast-travel the vanilla map, whilst pretty, is almost useless when you’re trying to find a road which will take you from Riften to Solitude. This mod overhauls the map so it’s easy to find routes between cities and picks out most of the paths you could easily miss otherwise.
Diverse Dragons Collection
Available on: Xbox One, PC, and try Splendor: Dragon Variants on PS4
Available on: Xbox One, PC, and try Splendor: Dragon Variants on PS4
As soon as you unlock your dragonborn blood, appearances of these winged reptiles will start becoming as regular as rain. So why not spice up the sight of them appearing on the horizon with this mod, which introduces 28 news dragons, each with a different model and texture. As well as the typical frost and fire breath, some even have a drain vitality attack, and thanks to their unmistakable appearances you'll be able to tell which one is swooping towards you on the horizon. Gnarly.
Rain and Snow FX
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
A small addition but one that makes a bucketload of difference: makes you look wet in rain, and frost tints you body when you’re walking through a blizzard.
Note: The PC link leads to the 'Wet and Cold' mod, which has a very similar effect.
Note: The PC link leads to the 'Wet and Cold' mod, which has a very similar effect.
Better Horses
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Among other things, this equine mod has a new horse AI so your mount will flee combat, more stamina (so more galloping), invulnerability (especially useful for me as I tend to Leeroy Jenkins in every fight), plus they’re faster.
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website, as the NexusMods file is no longer supported.
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website, as the NexusMods file is no longer supported.
Open Cities Skyrim
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
This means that you don’t have to endure loading screens when you enter cities, which makes for a beautifully seamless transition between shooting deer in the wilds and selling your haul from raiding dungeons to merchants.
Castle Volkihar Redux
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
For those bloodsuckers amongst you this mod is sure to be a favourite, as it turns Castle Volkihar into a small town, finally making it feel like you’re really part of the night-walking, bat-loving elite.
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website.
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website.
Really Useful Dragons
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
Have you ever gotten bored of dragons? Although the diverse dragons mod makes the colossal beasts far more interesting, they’re still the same serpentine monsters you’ve been slaying since 2011. Cue really useful dragons, which changes all the dragons in Skyrim into Thomas the Tank Engine trains. You’re welcome.
Improving gameplay
Skyrim Special Edition Unofficial Patch
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
I’ll keep this brief: download it. It fixes a ton of bugs and is compatible with the vast majority of mods. Win-win.
The Choice is Yours
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Have you ever been seriously annoyed about the fact that unfinished quests just sit in your journal forever? Well, thanks to The Choice is Yours, you can just straight up reject quests. Sorry, I’m the Dragonborn. I haven’t got time to fetch you a mammoth’s tusk.
Static Mesh Improvement
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
This mod adds vast, very visible improvements to the 3D models for most objects in Skyrim. It replaces the low-polygon meshes for most banal objects in the game, and trust me - you'll notice the difference. If you're still unconvinced, head over to their page on Bethesda or Nexus and see the screenshots for yourself.
Skyrim Graphic Overhaul
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
It’s simple: this mod makes Skyrim look a ton better. It adds textures to objects in-game such as more plants and grasses, fur looks like fur and not sheets of grey, as well as smoke. Expect in-game immersion to shoot up after installing this mod.
Note: The PC link leads to Osmodius' SSE Texture pack, which livens up the textures to the same degree as the mod on Bethesda's site.
Note: The PC link leads to Osmodius' SSE Texture pack, which livens up the textures to the same degree as the mod on Bethesda's site.
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Fed up with being the Dragonborn? I don’t blame you, and this mod lets you start as almost anything from a necromancer’s assistant to a shipwrecked sailor. For those of you who love to replay Skyrim, it lets you roleplay to your heart’s content.
Become a Bard
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
As if the title wasn’t self-explanatory enough, I’ll spell it out for you: this mod lets you become a proper bard, not just a travelling Dragonborn who occasionally helps out the Bard College in Solitude. You can pick your preferred instrument, decide which songbooks you want to specialise in, choose bard followers, and play songs anywhere including in taverns where you’ll earn tips for your musical endeavours. Become a Bard gives the Bard’s College a purpose, letting it stand tall alongside the Thieves’ Guild, the Companions and the College of Winterhold.
Dragon Souls to Perks
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
By the time you’ve sunken about 50 hours into Skyrim, you’ve probably got a heap of dragon souls sitting beside your Thu’ums, useless. If you don’t use shouts particularly often, this mod makes sure the souls don’t go to waste. They let you ‘buy’ perks, with the ones higher up the skill trees costing more souls to purchase. Get out there and slay some dragons!
Ordinator - Perks Of Skyrim
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
An almighty overhaul of Skyrim's perk tree, this adds 400 new perks, bulking out each basic skill to give a ton more options to spend your precious perk points on. From 'Fog of War' in the stealth tree to 'Flee Fool' in the two-handed tree, there's plenty of new abilities to master!
Left Hand Rings
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Pretty simple, but somehow overlooked by Bethesda - after all, rings aren’t restricted to your right hand in real life, so why should they be in Skyrim?
Cloaks & Capes
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
If you want to look good while exploring Tamriel then these craftable Fur Cloaks and Linen Capes are particularly stylish - you can also get them emblazoned with hold insignia by obtaining them from the appropriate locations.
Sounds of Skyrim: Civilisation; Dungeons; The Wilds
Available on:PC
Available on:PC
The immersion will jump once you install this mod, as it means that dungeons, towns, and the countryside will sound different each time you venture out. That means no more hearing the same birdsong no matter where you are, no more repetitive dripping from Ancient Norse obelisks, or certainly a rediction in that dratted clanging sound of the blacksmith’s hammer in every city you go to.
Unread Books Glow
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
The completionist in me loves this mod. Make sure to make this one of the first mods you download though, as if you download it mid-game all the books you’ve read to that point will be marked as unread. The feeling of reading the last glowing book before you add it to your collection is so satisfying.
Newmiller’s Spell Books Retextures 2
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
To build on that last mod, you can actually download a texture pack that turns Skyrim’s ordinary spell books into leather-bound tomes that look as if they’d smell musty. These are arcane texts, after all — they’ve probably been around for hundreds of years!
Useful Alteration
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Available on:Xbox One, PC
This mod will change your life. Although Alteration is often seen as the ugly duckling of the arcane arts, installing Useful Alteration will provide the College of Winterhold’s Tolfdir with a whole new range of Alteration tomes. Described by the modder as “annoyance removal” spells, these are generally used to make playing Skyrim less mundane. “Solve” solves a nearby pillar puzzle immediately, while “Unlock” automatically unlocks a locked chest or door. Who knew that Alteration was the best magic school?
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Fixing NPCs
Realistic Conversation Overhaul
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Ever been walking through one of Skyrim's cities when five citizens are suddenly simultaneously clamouring for your attention? Of course you have. The people roaming through Windhelm, Riften, and Falkreath just love to chat and this mod lets them do it to their heart's content. Just, to other NPCs - not you. This means strolling through a village is suddenly much more immersive with its inhabitants having a chat outside the Inn or as a break from harvesting wheat. Small change, but a big difference.
Immersive Citizens AI Overhaul
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
NPCs in Skyrim are interesting beings to say the least, as they’ll try to pick a fight with any dragons swooping around their village. This mod means that they won’t try to fight you (or any other overpowered creature) if you’re a higher level than them; instead they’ll run and hide in a hideout, which will be assigned randomly and could be a home, temple, Jarl’s stronghold, or anything similar.
Immersive Patrols
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
If the sight of golden skin of the Thalmor looming over the horizon, or the sound of the self-righteous Stormcloaks as they tramp by deafens you, this mod is what you're looking for. No longer do just the two civil war factions patrol round Skyrim: Immersive Patrols adds scheduled Dawnguard, caravan, and guard patrols to Skyrim and Reaver, Skaal, Redoran, and Riekling patrols to Solstheim, as well as making existing patrols regular. It also adds moderately-sized civil war fort battles so you can sink your axe, arrow, or destruction magic of choice into even more heads.
Seriously Overstocked And Rich Merchants
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
If you're a serious hoarder of trinkets and treasure from your quests, then one issue you may run into is merchants and/or fences running out of gold to buy your many wares. This mod helps solve that by giving them five times the regular amount of gold to trade with, as well as three times as much merchandise to sell to you. Cashback!
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website.
Note: The PC link leads to the Bethesda.net website.
Run For Your Lives
Available on:PC
Available on:PC
NPCs in Skyrim are surprisingly ballsy. They’ll take on bandits and even dragons. That’s fun to watch, but it will sometimes result in quest-givers getting roasted a bit too badly, and expiring before your very eyes. This mod changes that, and makes NPCs run for cover when enemies approach, which saves you the trouble of running around trying to save the brave, valiant idiots.
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
No more hearing about arrows in knees. NPCs get more dialogue options with this mod, and they even address you with over 50 different voice times. There’s nothing like the thousandth hearing of not-Schwarzenegger’s ‘Let me guess. Somebody stole your sweetroll?’ for breaking immersion.
The Paarthurnax Dilemma
Available on:Xbox One, PC
Available on:Xbox One, PC
I got quite irritated at the quest Delphine gives you to kill Paarthurnax, as there’s no option to quite simply say no. If you decline, the quest has to litter your journal for eternity. That’s all changed in this mod, so you can spare your scaly friend and let him fly free.
Combat: make things more deader
Phenderix: Magic Evolved
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
For those who love the sight of lightning crackling from their fingertips, you’re spoilt for choice with this mod as it adds over 400 new spells. There are new spell archetypes, including bombs, growth, and plus you can summon any creature in Skyrim!
Better Combat AI
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on: PS4, Xbox One, PC
With this mod NPCs fighting styles drastically change. Now they’ll try to block, bash, and stagger, as well as disengage from melee combat when they get too far away from ranged characters. Genius!
Note: the PC link leads to 'Combat Evolved' mod, which does a very similar thing.
Note: the PC link leads to 'Combat Evolved' mod, which does a very similar thing.
Enhanced Blood Textures
Available on: Xbox One, PC, and try Increase Blood Amount on PS4
It’s simple and the title says it all. Gore never looked better.
Available on: Xbox One, PC, and try Increase Blood Amount on PS4
It’s simple and the title says it all. Gore never looked better.
VioLens: A Killmove mod
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
Available on:PS4, Xbox One, PC
I love seeing my character execute a badass kill-move to take down enemies, and this mod makes fighting a joy. Flourishes when you’re about to kill somewhen while dual-wielding, brutal finishers, executions for dragons - it really has it all.
Wounds
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
So you’ve been absolutely wrecked by a Draugr Deathlord, barely escaping with your life. However, all you have to do is down a health potion or two before you’re back to normal. With Wounds, you can actually pick up debilitating injuries that take days, weeks, or even months to heal properly. Smashed femur? That’s going to be an issue for two whole months.
Voice of Madness: A Wabbajack Shout
Available on: PS4
Available on: PS4
Unfortunately, this mod is only on PS4 at the moment. However, if you’re lucky enough to own a copy of Skyrim on PS4, and unlucky enough to have yet to experience the wonder of this mod, you should download it immediately. Everybody knows Sheogorath is the Daedric Prince of Madness, but what happens when you harness his chaotic energy and channel it into your Thu’um? Prepare to Wabbajack enemies into Oblivion and rain explosive cheese from darkened skies!
Cross and Jab
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
In some games, hand-to-hand combat is a joy. Just think of all the Fists of Fury quests in The Witcher 3! However, it’s pretty mundane in Skyrim. Cross and Jab changes that by adding in faster, more diverse punching animations, to the extent that you’ll likely start taking on dungeons as a bare-knuckle boxer just because of how satisfying it feels. It’s time to become Skyrim’s world heavyweight champion.
Bonus Companion
Dovahbit of Caerbannog
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Dovahbit is a rabbit who carries your stuff, comes with its own little saddlebags, and can wear helmets. You haven’t enjoyed Skyrim at its fullest until you’ve looked behind you and seen a small brown bunny wearing a horned helmet hopping after you.
Note: The PC link takes you to Bethesda's mod page where you can find the fluffy, loyal companion. Aww.
Note: The PC link takes you to Bethesda's mod page where you can find the fluffy, loyal companion. Aww.
Dwemer Dogs companions
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Available on: Xbox One, PC
Although the Dwemer ruins of Skyrim are mostly abandoned, this mod adds three Dwemer doggos to Salvius Farm. They won’t actually fight for you, but they’ll follow you around and bark, which is incredibly wholesome and makes Skyrim about fifty times more enjoyable. You can also conjure these dwarven doggos if you buy the spell tome from Farengar in Whiterun. It’s amazing.
Vilja
Available on:PC
Available on:PC
Vilja is a Nord alchemist that’s been helping players fulfil their destinies since way back in the days of Oblivion. Now she’s made her way to Skyrim to help the Dragonborn on their quest to prevent the apocalypse at the hands of Alduin, the World-Eater. However, perhaps the most interesting thing about Vilja is that Sir Terry Pratchett himself helped to develop her character. Now all we need is a full-blown Discworld mod!
Bear Musician
Available on: PC
Available on: PC
This mod can only be downloaded directly from Steam. It’s pretty self-explanatory - it allows you to travel with a lute-bearing bear minstrel. Bring it to the Bard’s College so that it can fulfil its wildest dreams.
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Skyrim Special Edition: The Best PS4 Mods You Can Get
After a bit of back and forth and lots of deliberation, Sony and Bethesda finally agreed to the implementation of mods on PS4 releases. While we all know that Skyrim offers hours of adventure, you can expand your journey with a handful of amazing mods. Here are the best Skyrim: Special Edition mods available right now.
Ys Spell Tweaks
This mod is perfect for all of you mages out there. Thanks to a few tweaks to spell mechanics, you’ll be able to cast faster, have stronger abilities, and it removes any unnecessarily annoying animations from the casting experience.
Even Better Quest Objectives
This is a pretty straightforward mod that is actually very useful, especially for players journeying into Skyrim for the first time. Instead of just having to rely on the map, you’ll be given detailed descriptions of what to do so you don’t get lost following floating arrows.
Point the Way in Skyrim
Want to travel through Skyrim but don’t want to keep bringing up your map for fear of breaking the immersion? Sometimes that can be difficult since it’s very easy to get lost while walking around, thanks to the lack of signs. Point the Way fixes that by placing hundreds of road signs and even having them pointed in the right directions. No more pause menus for you.
God Gear
So you just want to run through cities killing everything and fearing nobody? Then you might want to throw on some God Gear which is just a set of armor and weapons that have some ridiculously powerful enchantments.
Mortal Wounds: No Health Regeneration & Hardcore Difficulty
If you’re the opposite of the players who want God Gear and want nothing more than a brutal, soul-crushing world, then you may want to check out the Mortal Wounds mod. All combat becomes fast and deadly, and the lack of health regen means you’ll have to be careful how you approach danger and keep a healthy supply of potions.
Disable Cinematic Kills
Cinematic Kills are jaw dropping when you first encounter them, but can start to weigh down on you as you start to pile on the hours. Eventually, they’ll just be an obstacle slowing you down as you carve your way through Skyrim leaving death in your wake, so this mod that disables them will certainly prove to be handy.
Go Away Map Clouds!
Looking at Skyrim’s map will become a constant activity, so it would be great if it was always clear and easy to see. Unfortunately, we have to deal with a thick swarm of clouds that likes to appear over the map making it impossible to discern certain roads and locations. This mod removes those pesky clouds so you can see clearly once more.
Dovahkiin Keep
This is a simple mod that grants you a huge manor full of mannequins and storage for all of your armor and weapons.
Scroll Crafting
The Scroll Crafting mod allows you to craft every scroll in the game giving you access to tons of spells without the need to grind for hours to get your magic up to snuff in Skyrim.
Get Seriously Overstocked And Rich Merchants
Despite all the gold and magical equipment being sold by the merchants of The Elder Scrolls, they always manage to be broke. This mod gives the merchants fives times the gold they usually stock and three times as many items to sell.
150% Jumping & Sprinting
Contrary to the name, this mod allows you to jump 50% higher and run for 50% longer. Wrc fia world rally championship download completo pc. Just for the amazing hops you’ll now have alone, this download is definitely worth it.
HUNT: Dragon Skulls, A Hunters Of Unusual And New Trophies
HUNT: Dragon Skulls, A Hunters Of Unusual And New Trophies is a mouthful, but it’s worth it. It gives you something to do with all the dragon trinkets and items that you’ll find lots of throughout your adventures in Skyrim. It adds more drops from dragons, and let’s you keep things like skulls as trophies and uses other materials as crafting items.
Legendary Creatures
Think of this as a fan-made expansion that adds eight horrifying monsters for you to battle. Each challenging foe guards brand new armor, spells, and weapons for you to collect.
Stay Arrow Stay
Stay Arrow Stay for PS4 is a great mod for career archers as it makes your world, well, more archer friendly. With this mod, you’ll have an increased chance of picking up arrows from bodies, plus, it lets more arrows appear on screen at once, adding to Skyrim’s immersion and realism.
The Ring of God Mode
You can probably tell by the name of the mod that this is going to make you very powerful. It adds a ring you can find in Whiterun that increases Health, Magicka, Carry, and other stats to 99,999, making you an unstoppable killing machine.
Cauldian Race
Perhaps you don’t think there are enough races to choose from in Skyrim. If that’s the case this mod adds the Cauldians, complete with resistances to Fire and Spark damage, as well as new followers found in the world.
Nicer Children
Let’s be honest really quick, the children in Skyrim are downright rude. This mod makes them all a bit nicer by removing some of their less welcome dialogue.
Resurrect Everything
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While the ability to resurrect defeated enemies already exists in Skyrim, you were very limited. This mod allows you to resurrect all of your foes, excluding dragons.
Skill Up Cheat Items
This is one of those mods for players who just want to do as they please in Skyrim, as it will remove the immersion that comes through challenge. You’ll find a set of books in Riverwood that will help you instantly max out your abilities and even go beyond Legendary. You’ll also get a ring to help you level up faster.
Think of EasierRider’s Dungeon Pack as a small, free DLC expansion that just adds a handful of cool dungeons. There’s a total of five dungeons that range from small to very long.
Unlimited Werewolf Transformations
You, my friend, are a powerful beast who shouldn’t be confined by the sun and moon, allowed to transform only once per day. Unlimited Werewolf Transformations lets you turn into a beast as often as you please.
Unlimited Shouts
One of the most fun actions in Skyrim is shouting people off of high ledges. This mod allows you to do it without waiting for a cooldown. Unlimited Fus Ro Dahs for the world.
The Gardens of Whiterun
The Gardens of Whiterun is exactly what it sounds like. It adds a lot of plants, insect life, fish, and just greenery all around Whiterun making it a much more beautiful city. You can download it for PS4 here.
Slow and Freeze Time Spells
As its simple name suggests, this mod will add time-freezing and slowing spells to the game, purchasable from a special spell vendor in Markarth.
Immersive Patrols
A lot of mods based around immersion sadly aren’t available on the PS4, but Immersive Patrols for PS4 luckily is. This mod makes all the various factions in Skyrim patrol around in groups together, making these factions in Skyrim feel more lifelike and impactful.
Necromany Overhaul
This mod makes raising the dead a little more fun, removing the level cap and allowing you to summon a permanent undead companion, among other tweaks to the spell school.
Easy Weather Change
Cause over a dozen weather types, including Nightmare Fog, using the spellbooks added by this mod.
Phenderix Magic World DLC
This massive mod goes all out, adding new areas, 400 new spells, tons of new items and more. Not everything will work on PS4, but it’s still a very comprehensive addition.
Easy Lockpicking for the PS4
Lockpicking loses its luster after you’ve done it for the 10 millionth time for some people. If you count yourself among those tired of having to pick locks, Easy Lockpicking for the PS4 makes it dramatically easier to pick any locks you come across.
Dark Water Home
Dark Water Home is a mod for the PS4 that adds a beautiful new livable home by Darkwater Pass. As the modder puts it: “The first time I came out of Darkwater Pass I knew I had to build my home there. A large secluded grounds surrounded by waterfalls centrally located between Windhelm, Whiterun, Ivars, and Riften the Darkwater Home has all the amenities you need without being absurdly large and empty.”
STAR: Triple Gold! A Superior Treasure and Rewards Mod
Get three times the gold from quests, bodies, pockets, chests, and more with this mod.
Believable Crime Radius
Believable Crime Radius for PS4 does exactly what the title hints it. It reduces the vanilla version’s insanely large crime report radius and turns it into something far more realistic. If you’re a career thief, this is one you’ll want to pick up.
Birds and Flocks
This mod is another one that focuses more on making Skyrim prettier, and more immersive. Birds and Flocks, adds detailed flocks of avian creatures all throughout the game.
Multiple Followers System
Keep five followers and five pet followers with you at all times thanks to this mod. Just remember to make a backup save file.
Bridges of Skyrim
Bridges of Skyrim is yet another mod that does exactly as described. It makes the bridges in Skyrim prettier, and reflect the region in which they were built.
Skyrim Restored
Skyrim Restored adds a bunch of cut content back into the game including some caves, weapons, a prison, camps and more.
Faster Leveling
If you’re having trouble raising those stats, this Faster Leveling mod will help you get all of those better perks for your character.
Immersive Citizens
This Immersive Citizens mod aims to revamp how the townspeople work by giving them better schedules, interactions, and even a new “survival instinct” feature.
All Map Locations Discovered
Sometimes you just want to see the complete map without having to travel to each and every location. This mod uncovers everything you need to see, so you can plan your trip ahead.
Marry Almost Anyone
Skyrim is one of those games where you can actually marry someone and start a family, although not with every NPC. This mod expands you marriage options and lets you pick more NPCs that were previously non-romanceable.
Ys Spell Tweaks
This mod is perfect for all of you mages out there. Thanks to a few tweaks to spell mechanics, you’ll be able to cast faster, have stronger abilities, and it removes any unnecessarily annoying animations from the casting experience.
Even Better Quest Objectives
This is a pretty straightforward mod that is actually very useful, especially for players journeying into Skyrim for the first time. Instead of just having to rely on the map, you’ll be given detailed descriptions of what to do so you don’t get lost following floating arrows.
Point the Way
Want to travel through Skyrim but don’t want to keep bringing up your map for fear of breaking the immersion? Sometimes that can be difficult since it’s very easy to get lost while walking around, thanks to the lack of signs. Point the Way fixes that by placing hundreds of road signs and even having them pointed in the right directions. No more pause menus for you.
God Gear
So you just want to run through cities killing everything and fearing nobody? Then you might want to throw on some God Gear which is just a set of armor and weapons that have some ridiculously powerful enchantments.
Mortal Wounds: No Health Regeneration & Hardcore Difficulty
If you’re the opposite of the players who want God Gear and want nothing more than a brutal, soul-crushing world, then you may want to check out the Mortal Wounds mod. All combat becomes fast and deadly, and the lack of health regen means you’ll have to be careful how you approach danger and keep a healthy supply of potions.
Disable Cinematic Kills
Cinematic Kills are jaw dropping when you first encounter them, but can start to weigh down on you as you start to pile on the hours. Eventually, they’ll just be an obstacle slowing you down as you carve your way through Skyrim leaving death in your wake, so this mod that disables them will certainly prove to be handy.
Go Away Map Clouds!
Looking at Skyrim’s map will become a constant activity, so it would be great if it was always clear and easy to see. Unfortunately, we have to deal with a thick swarm of clouds that likes to appear over the map making it impossible to discern certain roads and locations. This mod removes those pesky clouds so you can see clearly once more.
Dovahkiin Keep
This is a simple mod that grants you a huge manor full of mannequins and storage for all of your armor and weapons.
Scroll Crafting
The Scroll Crafting mod allows you to craft every scroll in the game giving you access to tons of spells without the need to grind for hours to get your magic up to snuff in Skyrim.
Get Seriously Overstocked and Rich Merchants
Despite all the gold and magical equipment being sold by the merchants of The Elder Scrolls, they always manage to be broke. This mod gives the merchants fives times the gold they usually stock and three times as many items to sell.
150% Jumping & Sprinting
Contrary to the name, this mod allows you to jump 50% higher and run for 50% longer. Just for the amazing hops you’ll now have alone, this download is definitely worth it.
HUNT: Dragon Skulls Mod
HUNT: Dragon Skulls, A Hunters Of Unusual And New Trophies is a mouthful, but it's worth it. It gives you something to do with all the dragon trinkets and items that you'll find lots of throughout your adventures in Skyrim. It adds more drops from dragons, and let's you keep things like skulls as trophies and uses other materials as crafting items.
Legendary Creatures
Think of this as a fan-made expansion that adds eight horrifying monsters for you to battle. Each challenging foe guards brand new armor, spells, and weapons for you to collect.
Stay Arrow Stay
Stay Arrow Stay for PS4 is a great mod for career archers as it makes your world, well, more archer friendly. With this mod, you'll have an increased chance of picking up arrows from bodies, plus, it lets more arrows appear on screen at once, adding to Skyrim's immersion and realism.
The Ring of God Mode
You can probably tell by the name of the mod that this is going to make you very powerful. It adds a ring you can find in Whiterun that increases Health, Magicka, Carry, and other stats to 99,999, making you an unstoppable killing machine.
Cauldian Race
Perhaps you don’t think there are enough races to choose from in Skyrim. If that’s the case this mod adds the Cauldians, complete with resistances to Fire and Spark damage, as well as new followers found in the world.
Nicer Children
Let’s be honest really quick, the children in Skyrim are downright rude. This mod makes them all a bit nicer by removing some of their less welcome dialogue.
Resurrect Everything
While the ability to resurrect defeated enemies already exists in Skyrim, you were very limited. This mod allows you ressurect all of your foes, excluding dragons.
Skill Up Cheat Items
This is one of those mods for players who just want to do as they please in Skyrim, as it will remove the immersion that comes through challenge. You’ll find a set of books in Riverwood that will help you instantly max out your abilities and even go beyond Legendary. You’ll also get a ring to help you level up faster.
EasierRider's Dungeon Pack
Think of EasierRider's Dungeon Pack as a small, free DLC expansion that just adds a handful of cool dungeons. There's a total of five dungeons that range from small to very long.
Unlimited Werewolf Transformations
You, my friend, are a powerful beast who shouldn’t be confined by the sun and moon, allowed to transform only once per day. Unlimited Werewolf Transformations lets you turn into a beast as often as you please.
Unlimited Shouts
One of the most fun actions in Skyrim is shouting people off of high ledges. This mod allows you to do it without waiting for a cooldown. Unlimited Fus Ro Dahs for the world.
Gardens of Whiterun
The Gardens of Whiterun is exactly what it sounds like. It adds a lot of plant, insect life, fish, and just greenery all around Whiterun making it a much more beautiful city. You can download it for PS4 here.
Slow and Freeze Time Spells
As its simple name suggests, this mod will add time-freezing and slowing spells to the game, purchasable from a special spell vendor in Markarth.
Immersive Patrols
A lot of mods based around immersion sadly aren't available on the PS4, but Immersive Patrols for PS4 luckily is. This mod makes all the various factions in Skyrim patrol around in groups together, making these factions in Skyrim feel more life like and impactful.
Necromancy Overhaul
This mod makes raising the dead a little more fun, removing the level cap and allowing you to summon a permanent undead companion, among other tweaks to the spell school.
Easy Weather Change
Cause over a dozen weather types, including Nightmare Fog, using the spellbooks added by this mod.
Phenderix Magic World DLC
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This massive mod goes all out, adding new areas, 400 new spells, tons of new items and more. Not everything will work on PS4, but it's still a very comprehensive addition.
Easy Lockpicking
Lockpicking loses its luster after you've done it for the 10 millionth time for some people. If you count yourself among those tired of having to pick locks, Easy Lockpicking for the PS4 makes it dramatically easier to pick any locks you come across.
Dark Water Home
Dark Water Home is a mod for the PS4 that adds a beautiful new livable home by Darkwater Pass. As the modder puts it: 'The first time I came out of Darkwater Pass I knew I had to build my home there. A large secluded grounds surrounded by waterfalls centrally located between Windhelm, Whiterun, Ivarstead and Riften the Darkwater Home has all the amenities you need without being absurdly large and empty.'
STAR: Triple Gold! A Superior Treasure and Rewards Mod
Get three times the gold from quests, bodies, pockets, chests, and more with this mod.
Believable Crime Report Radius
Believable Crime Radius for PS4 does exactly what the title hints it. It reduces the vanilla version's insanely large crime report radius and turns it into something far more realistic. If you're a career thief, this is one you'll want to pick up.
Birds and Flocks
This mod is another one that focuses more on making Skyrim prettier, and more immersive. Birds and Flocks, adds detailed flocks of avian creatures all throughout the game.
Multiple Followers System
Keep five followers and five pet followers with you at all times thanks to this mod. Just remember to make a backup save file.
Bridges of Skyrim
Bridges of Skyrim is yet another mod that does exactly as described. It makes the bridges in Skyrim prettier, and reflect the region in which they were built.
Skyrim Restored
Skyrim Restored adds a bunch of cut content back into the game including some caves, weapons, a prison, camps and more.
Faster Leveling
If you're having trouble raising those stats, this Faster Leveling mod will help you get all of those better perks for your character.
Immersive Citizens
This Immersive Citizens mod aims to revamp how the townspeople work by giving them better schedules, interactions, and even a new 'survival instinct' feature.
All Map Locations Discovered
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Sometimes you just want to see the complete map without having to travel to each and every location. This mod uncovers everything you need to see, so you can plan your trip ahead.
Marry Almost Anyone
Skyrim is one of those games where you can actually marry someone and start a family, although not with every NPC. This mod expands you marriage options and lets you pick more NPCs that were previously non-romanceable.
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