Review of the best, in my opinion, mods for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.
Quite a long time ago I had the intention of making a similar review/selection and now, after almost a week of testing and watching various thematic videos on TyTube, the time has come.
A small clarification before getting down to business - in this review you will not find mods with trains falling from the sky, the appearance of Santa Claus in Skyrim, guns and other non-lore-friendly content (although everything described above is on the nexus), there will be no cheating mods either . Also, I don’t see the point in including numerous mods with armor, bras and tights in the review; in this material you will find only two armor mods and only because I really liked them.
There will be no reference material here for those who do not know how to install ENB or how to install mods, it is possible that this kind of material will appear in the future, it all depends on the responses to this review.
First there will be musthave mods, towards the end - the best of the optional ones, without which you can play comfortably.
SkyUI
In first place is the most popular mod that everyone should have. This mod makes the “items” menu interface really convenient and you will never want to go back to the vanilla version after installing it. Almost two million downloads speak for themselves.
Categorized Favorites Menu
Another mega-useful mod that significantly improves the vanilla interface of the “favorites” window. As a rule, after just a few hours of play, your “favorites” are already filled with weapons, shouts, attacks, magic spells, and so on. It was completely impossible to navigate all this using a scanty screen sorted alphabetically. If you, like me, after clearing your instances and collecting loot, noted what cannot be sold by placing it in your “favorites”, then you will understand me even more.
« Categorized Favorites Menu» enlarges the “favorites” window and divides everything into categories, so you can always quickly select what you need without tedious scrolling. Even the potions are divided into categories.
Important - if you install the English version of this mod, then everything added to your favorites will be moved to the “other” category, because The mod identifies things and stuff by their name.
Detailed Mine Map Markers
“Oh, damn, damn mines!”, I’m sure you said this to yourself when you found not a malachite vein in a mine, but an iron one. Indeed, it is very difficult to remember which veins are in which mine. Therefore, for all crafters (you're not a crafter? oh, then forget about most armor mods!) this mod is a must.
He adds a note in parentheses to the names of the mines on the map, indicating what material can be extracted from them. Cheaters cry and quibble, because the mod does not open all the mines on the map, but only adds a note to those already found.
No bethesda Intro
For those who have forgotten who this great game is from, you can pass by. For the rest who are tired of the Arbor logo and “there-tatadam!” at the beginning - I recommend this mod, which disables the splash screen.
Also, if you find yourself restarting Skyrim frequently to test mods (and you will), then this is a must-have mod for you, it will save you a ton of time.
I sat down to play in the evening and got out late at night. Is this a familiar story? Well, yes, when is there a time to look at the clock when there are so many quests, and I still need to hunt wolves and clear out a nearby cave!!! And it would be nice to examine that ship on the shore!!!
With this mod you will be less likely to lose track of time, because now you will see a clock on every loading screen.
We left Instagram, looked at the time and went to bed!!! No, really, who are we kidding??? But now at least we’ll know what time we crawled to the bed and fell asleep -___-
Rich Merchants
Ever wondered why there are such poor merchants in the game? Only 750 gold cash!!! Sometimes, in order to sell all the loot obtained during a campaign, it was necessary to wander around cities and sell everything to different merchants, watching endless loading screens. At some point in the game I had so much unsold loot that I said “enough of this!!!” and went looking for a mod that would make my life easier.
And I found it. With installed (manually) "Rich Merchants" Merchants will have either 10,000 or 2,000 in cash (it all depends on which version of the mod you install). In my opinion, everything is realistic and fair, because Belethor cannot have money just to buy one enchanted staff >_<
Leather Backpack
A mod for everyone who is tired of the Horse Sign (for those in a tank - this sign increases the carried weight by 100) and walking at a snail's speed. The longer you play Skyrim, the more you suffer from lack of inventory space. The problem can be solved in several ways - take the above-mentioned Horse Sign and neigh, run back and forth between houses, putting loot in chests, or find cheats to increase space.
If none of the above suits you, then this mod is for you. It adds a craftable backpack to the game, and its capacity can be adjusted when installing the mod (maximum capacity 300). It does not spoil the view at all and can be removed at any time.
Bandolier - Bags and Pouches
Are you missing the backpack from the previous mod? Oh, it’s true, Skyrim is full of different loot that you just want to appropriate for further sale or crafting, how can you not pick up something? Yes, and why only a backpack, where is the craft of a purse, daragoy, uh?
If you're still short on space or don't like backpacks, give this a try. "Bandolier - Bags and Pouches". It adds crafting of different handbags and bandoliers to the game. You can wear bags in the front, back, on the sides, over the shoulder, or make a belt with handbags or caps. Just a great mod that doesn't ruin the atmosphere of the game.
There is also a Russian translation of this mod, but personally it was buggy for me - all the bags were invisible.
Skyrim Monster Mod
Every wolf is black, every cave is with draugs. And they all look the same. Boredom. Where are the mutations and abortion victims, I want more monsters!!!
Want to? Get it!!!
The mod adds a ton of new types of enemies to the game, all of them in the Russian version will have English names, but I’m telling you quite seriously - you will regret not installing this mod just for this reason.
The mod does not add aliens or gnomes with bazookas - all new mobs fit very well into the environment. The mod only replaces models, that is, in the place where you would meet a wolf, you will meet... a wolf, only with a different model. All loot from monsters corresponds to the loot of the vanilla version. Be sure to try this mod, I highly recommend it.
Update: unfortunately the mod was removed from Nexus, Workshop and even more so, so I’m adding download links: and
UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul
If you are used to traveling with a companion or husband/wife (I know, many people don’t like and play forever alone style), then you must install this mod. It adds new lines to the dialogue menu, thanks to which you can:
- completely change the companion's clothes,
- make him immortal
- force you to learn a spell from a book previously placed in your inventory
- make sure your partner doesn’t pay attention to your attacks on him
— see the characteristics of the companion
- increase its level and much more.
In addition, the mod adds horse management - you can put anything in your inventory, make the horse wait in the place where you left it, etc.
This mod has one competitor, but I can’t say anything about its performance, because I haven’t tested it - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524
Battle fatigue and injuries
The first mod on the list that affects gameplay.
It always seemed strange to me that in battles the character does not receive any serious injuries, and everything is healed by magic, food or blows. If you broke your arm or sprained your leg, you heroically ate and all the bones healed.
Having installed "Battle fatigue and injuries" in battles, your character will receive various types of injuries - legs, arms, head and body. Each injury affects your stats - you can get so beat up that you lose speed, damage, or even carry weight. All effects are displayed in the buffs tab in the “magic” menu. Everything is treated through healthy sleep (usually 8 hours is enough to heal minor injuries). Yes, I know, sleep therapy was canceled back in... the Mesozoic, but this is already some kind of progress compared to the vanilla version. In addition, if you were seriously “dropped” and you broke something very badly, then you will have to seek treatment in the churches of Skyrim (which are available in almost every city).
Oh yes, I almost forgot - for this mod to work you need Skyrim Script Extender, You can download it. Drop the files into the game folder and launch Skyrim through the skse_loader.exe file, it will automatically connect to Steam, you can even shortcut it to your slave. add table.
Attention!!! When I was writing the material for the mod, I didn’t test it to the best of my ability. Critical flaws were discovered, so after six hours of gameplay with this mod I had to abandon it.
Realistic Needs and Diseases
The second, and my most favorite mod for changing the gameplay is "Realistic Needs and Diseases". I've always dreamed of this kind of mod for Skyrim since I started playing Fallout: NV on hardcore mode. Unfortunately, other mods did not fully suit me and I'm glad that someone finally made an easy and understandable mod.
In short, the mod adds to the game the need to eat, drink, sleep and the ability to gorge on ale in a tavern or outdoors with a saber-tooth kebab. To enable the mod, use the sugar ball in your inventory in the “food” tab. Each need has several states - overeating, undereating, mild malnutrition, hunger, thirst, mild thirst, dehydration, and so on. Overeating is a speed debuff. Didn’t eat/didn’t finish/didn’t get enough sleep—a debuff for the regeneration of everything. Spam, eat, drink - get a buff for regen of everything. If you get drunk on alcohol, the screen will blur and you will fall like a real drunk at a random time.
In addition, the longer you run or the more often you attack, you will get tired faster and get hungry/want to sleep/drink faster. Everything is just like in real life.
Therefore, you will have to look into taverns (now they are not useless, thank God!) and buy food, collect water from the river and boil it (this feature was added with the installation of this mod). Also, now it makes sense to cook hot food - if you drink water straight from the river or eat anything, you can get sick and get a non-acidic debuff.
Do you think that's all? You are wrong. The mod also allows you to craft sleeping bags and tents to relax on the road, a portable fireplace with a fire for cooking on the go (you will need a log to light it). So, do you want to try all this already?
One of the strengths of this mod is that everything is customizable. You can adjust how quickly the feeling of hunger or thirst will come, how much all the parameters will affect the character when moving quickly (I recommend setting it to 200-300%, otherwise after teleports you will be squeezed like a lemon, or even turn off the needs when moving quickly).
In general, this is one of the best mods for roleplaying. We went hunting, shot wolves and crabs in the river, got hungry, lit a fire, fried meat, ate from our stomachs, collected water from the river, boiled it and put extra supplies in our backpack. To go to bed we drank wine, fell a couple of times while intoxicated, then set up a tent and collapsed on the side. What are you waiting for - download and install!!!
Divorce
Do you want to get a divorce and don’t know how?
You may think this day will never come, but it will come, I know it will. With this mod, divorce has become a reality. What you need to do and where to apply is shown in the screenshot.
The second useful mod for married people. Allows you to choose any house in Skyrim as your home and adds a new item to the dialogue with your wife about moving. We arrive at the desired house, use the spell, talk to my wife and voila, the other half is already packing her things. This is a must-have mod for those who prefer to live in houses added to the game by mods.
Helmet Toggle - Show Hide
We spent so much time selecting noses/eyebrows and lips in the character customization menu, but in the end all the beauty was hidden by the helmet!!!
I hasten to please you - the mod will help you "Helmet Toggle - Show Hide." He adds a spell, using which your helmet disappears... but not from your inventory, but only visually. For those who are especially curious, there is a spell that removes the helmet from the target. If you have always dreamed of looking at the hitherto hidden faces of the guards, then what are you waiting for? Download -__-
Update: Unfortunately, this mod is not compatible with most backpack mods.
Placeable Statics - Move Anything
From the moment I settled with a virtual wife (a beautiful nexus-modified elf) in Riften, I was tormented by the question - why can’t I take some chair from home and put it on an island in the middle of the lake, organizing a place there for secret nightly meetings with... well, you know with whom.
My dreams came true with this mod. In the menu, select a special shout, shout at the stool and put almost any (the furniture must not have an owner or you must own it) piece of furniture into the buffer and then place it with another shout where it is convenient for you. You can move the table from home to the street and make a cafe, arrange chairs and tables, even remove shelves. The mod works great with the Heartfire addon. Yeah baby, my dream of a bed in a field has come true!!!
Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel - Weather - Lighting
The first mod in the review improves graphics.
This is the most popular weather-light (so to speak) mod on the Nexus. It improves many weather effects, lighting, fog, sunsets and more. Also optionally changes the lighting in instances and houses, optionally making the night brighter.
It’s useless to tell you how good everything is - it’s better to watch the videos on the mod’s page. A must-have for lovers of beautiful and realistic graphics.
Supreme Storms
What kind of snow is this? Yes, here in Siberia we have blizzards, so blizzards...
For those who think the weather conditions in Skyrim are not extreme enough, I recommend this mod.
WATER — Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux
If you thought the water in original vanilla Skyrim was amazing, then give this mod a try to improve it. I guarantee you will get a lot of positive emotions. And you don’t have to look for better water mods - this one is the best.
Reapers The Dark Tower
From graphics and gameplay, let's move on to houses for living.
One of the popular player homes mods "Reapers The Dark Tower" I recommend it to all those who play mages. This is a great home for an occultist, with unique gear and companions inside, as well as a torture room, several buff tools, gear, weapons, and finally, a chest that multiplies by 2 everything you can’t put in it. Oh, come on, this is not a cheat, this is a magic chest!!! Magic!!! In order to open the turret you need to complete a simple quest.
Riverside Lodge with Sauna
For me personally, when choosing a house in Skyrim, there are two criteria - convenience and realism. I don’t like houses that are too spacious and easy to get lost in. They serve more like museums, from which you leave with your mouth wide open. From a realism point of view, I don’t understand how a player can get a house the size of a fortress when he has a measly 15,000 gold in his pocket.
If you agree with me, then pay attention to this player home mod. The house is very cozy, you can choose options with an improved weapons room or with an expanded number of bookshelves. It has two bedrooms (for those who have quarreled with their wife or live with companions), everything for crafting, a kitchen and an office. Among other things, there are several chests in the house that automatically store what you choose - small soul stones, all herbs except three of each type, etc. It is very comfortable.
And what makes this mod close to Russian people is that next to the house there is... a bathhouse (aka sauna). Next to the bathhouse there is almost a Jacuzzi and a veranda with tables. Just don’t accidentally fall into the waterfall nearby, the view is stunning. In addition to the above advantages, it is worth noting that this house is very well located between Riverwood and Whiterun. Be sure to install and watch.
Temptress Race
The only mod with companions and race in the review. Adds to the game a new race, Temptress, and five new companions, which can be found in the temples of Skyrim (read the description). Each companion can be married.
What else to add here - look at the screenshot. These are the sexiest companions in all of Tamriel.
Better Females by Bella
“God, what a face!!!”
I am sure that most fans of female beauty have uttered this phrase more than once, peering into the wrinkled and crooked faces of the inhabitants of Skyrim.
This mod undertakes to improve the situation by improving all female faces in the game. A must-have for those who play sober.
ApachiiSkyHair
Same story as with faces in the vanilla game.
If you want a really great hairstyle for your character (there are both women's and men's haircuts), download and install this mod.
You do not want? Well, run with an unwashed head!
Cazy hairs and demoness hairs conversion by zzjay
The second mod is with hairstyles, there are fewer of them, but they are all very high quality. A not Lore-friendly hairstyle with a beret has also crept in (hello to artists and France).
The Eyes Of Beauty
A mod for those who have not found the eyes of their dreams in the options offered by the original game. Adds a decent amount of new colors and shades of eyes to the game with excellent depiction of the iris.
Crimson Tide - Blood
It seems to me that in the vanilla version of the game the blood was not… bloody enough. There was too little of it for the brutal atmosphere of the game.
Maud "Crimson Tide - Blood" will improve the blood in the game and add splashes to the screen ala Mortal Kombat. More good and different blood!
UNP Replacer Configuration Package
This is a must-have mod configurator (consists of several mods) for those who play as a female character and don't want to go through the hassle of installing multiple mods separately. Are you tired of playing as a clumsy, bow-legged... Khajiit woman?
I will give an explanation on my own behalf - in the world of body mods for female characters, there are two competing mods, these are UNP (and its variations) and CBBE (and its variations). Both of them make the figures of Skyrim women ideal, each in a slightly different way, but if you are determined to install armor mods for yourself in the future, then you need to decide on the choice of figure model... well, or endlessly rearrange mods to change models.
This mod will make it easy to choose which body type you like and install it without any problems. Unfortunately, you will have to pay a certain price for the ease of installation - the compilation contains outdated versions of mods and therefore some glitches are possible, such as textures overlapping each other in... the crotch. If you are not interested in such details, then install this compilation.
Immersive Armors
"Immersive Armors" this is a compilation of different types of armor and weapons, everything can be crafted in a forge, all things are lore-friendly and you won’t look like a black sheep in the world of Skyrim. I recommend it because of the ease of searching in the forge and the high quality of workmanship. Plus, you can meet NPCs and monsters wearing this armor, which is pretty cool.
TERA Armors Collection for Skyrim - UNP
And finally, the armor is a bit not quite lore-friendly, although I don’t find anything extreme in this mod that would destroy the atmosphere and lore of the vanilla version.
This is a compilation of armor sets from the MMORPG Tera Online. Everything can still be crafted in the forge in a separate section “Tera”, there are all options from leather to Daedric. The mod was included in the review because of the highest level of performance, beauty and originality of the vast majority of types of armor. And a necessary addition - all armor is only for female characters.
That's all, I sincerely hope this review was helpful. So far I have no plans to cover other mods, but if the reaction to this material is positive and it gets a lot of redirects, then...
The Elder Scrolls Skyrim is the fifth part of the legendary RPG series, which was released in 2011. As with any other game in this series, global mods for Skyrim are no exception to the rule. In this article you will learn about the largest additions for the fifth part of the game.
Game history
Each part of The Elder Scrolls acquired many mods and additions. Some of them were cosmetic in nature - they changed the graphics for the better, improved textures, and so on. The other part was aimed at changing the optimization. The third is different content. In the latter case, the modifications even took on an absurd character. For example, some add-ons added cars to the game instead of horses, and so on. Mods were produced both amateur and professional. Add-ons for Skyrim are still being created to this day, even though more than 5 years have passed since the game was released. But what can I say, addons are still being released even for Morrowind and Oblivion.
Global mods for Skyrim are quite diverse. The most popular of them will be discussed below. Let's start with the largest package of modifications to improve the graphics and atmosphere of the game.
Retexturing
Most mods are texture packs or effects that improve the appearance of the game. Like, for example, Skyrim HD 2k. This modification is a complete overhaul of all textures in the game. Thanks to the program you can enjoy high-resolution textures. This add-on eliminates the problem associated with texture blur. This problem occurs when a low-resolution game is played on a large monitor or TV. With this mod it became possible to play in resolutions up to 4k. In this situation, Skyrim begins to look completely new.
Holds
Following high-resolution textures, it is recommended to install city processing. The modification does not affect textures, but it works very well with effects in game cities. If you remember the original, you can note the rather gray and monotonous settlements. It seems that the creators paid very little attention to the development of cities, putting all their efforts into dungeons and open spaces with dragons.
Each city now looks different: the creators built each settlement from scratch. New buildings with detailed textures, roads, residents. In addition, you will definitely notice the redesigned effects. Now the game looks beautiful at dawn and dusk, during fog and in snow and rain. Everything is like in life.
Reality Climates of Tamriel
Since we're on the topic of weather conditions, we can't help but mention Reality Climates of Tamriel. The global collection of Skyrim mods involves improving all weather effects in the game. Mesmerizing skies at sunrise and sunset, oppressive atmosphere during night rain and thunderstorms, soothing midday snowfall, and so on.
Enhanced Lights
The final touch to transforming the appearance of the game will be Enhanced Lights. Global mods for Skyrim can be installed endlessly. However, you need to ensure optimization and that all add-ons do not interfere with each other. Therefore, we will focus on the selection described above. Enhanced Lights changes all lighting in the game. More realistic reflections, glare on water, light through windows, and so on. Together with high-resolution textures and modified weather effects, this addition gives an incredible result: in the appearance of the game you will not find anything in common with the original.
Gameplay changes
Mods for game content and process are the most famous part of Skyrim. Global Companion Upgrade mods are also included in this list.
Ultimate Follower Overhaul is a build to improve the behavior and control of followers. Anyone who played the original can complain about the weak artificial intelligence of the companions. Your friends always disappear at the most inopportune moments.
This problem has now been resolved. In addition to the fact that the developers tried to bring the behavior of the satellites closer to reality, they created a new system for monitoring and managing computer partners. For example, each companion is now awarded his own horse and moves around the world of Skyrim with you on horseback. The full list of changes can hardly fit on one A4 page. All described add-ons with full descriptions and installation instructions can be found on the Skyrim Nexus website. There you will also find global mods for Skyrim, which are not presented in this article. You may be able to find a better combination in terms of improving your favorite game and performance.
Wyrmstooth
Finally, we can give an example of a good plot addition to the game. Wyrmstooth offers the player a new island with a new storyline. The passage will only take a couple of hours, but it will greatly diversify the gameplay, because plot additions have not been released for the game for a very long time. Global mod "Skyrim" 5 Wyrmstooth is a small island with new characters and a simple storyline. Each character received voice acting, which is not often found in amateur add-ons. A great reason to return to an old game that will soon become a classic.
Skyrim Special Edition doesn't yet have as many mods as the original, but here's a list of the most notable ones.
Skyrim Special Edition has undergone a large number of global changes compared to the base version of the game, but it is still open to modding, like the original, which was released back in 2011. Given that mods and saved games from standard Skyrim are not compatible with the enhanced edition, modders have done their best to adapt their creations to the upcoming changes.
They did it in a fairly short time, and most popular mods are already compatible with the Special Edition. And, most likely, we should soon expect the appearance of new mods developed specifically for the expanded edition.
However, Sky UI and Skyrim Script Extender will not be updated to support the Special Edition and most of the community's favorite modifications are still only partially functional. However, this did not stop me from compiling a list of the best mods currently compatible with Skyrim Special Edition. Many of them can be found on the official Bethesda website or downloaded in the game settings menu, but the description of each mod will include a download link from the Nexus Mods repository.
Since Bethesda did not bother to introduce fixes into Skyrim Special Edition that had long been required to be included in the official version of the game, limiting itself to only improving graphics and performance, all the problems characteristic of the original five years ago remained. In that light, this mod is essential for an optimal gaming experience: this comprehensive collection of hundreds of fixes for bugs, dialogue, items, objects, quests and gameplay elements was compiled by the highly prolific modder Arthmoor.
The patch has been reworked in such a way as to ensure the stability of the expanded edition, while being as compatible as possible with other mods. If you have a couple of extra hours of free time, then this is just enough to read the list of changes made from beginning to end.
This mod, created by elderscrolliangamer, modifies and expands Skyrim's opening sequences, restoring dialogue that Bethesda decided to cut but leave in the game files. Thanks to this restoration, you will learn more about the game's environment, listen to and watch all additional conversations in full sequence that were skipped before the game's release. Additionally, if you decide to join the Stormcloaks, you will have the opportunity to escape Helgen with Ulfric at your side.
With this mod, you will be even more immersed in the world of Skyrim, and not just watch the loading screen and monotonously enter through the gate. Open cities developed by Arthmoor will allow you to feel the atmosphere of Morrowind, they will become part of a huge world. You will have the opportunity to enter them and take a walk - either on foot or on horseback, without interrupting the main process of the game. These cities will look not like ordinary heaps on the map, but like real living places
This impressive magic mod adds new locations: the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the magical city of Manantis, and even a new magical dimension to explore. In addition, it adds hundreds of new spells from all schools of magic, many magical weapons, more than a dozen new companions and a starting quest.
If you play the Special Edition, you're starting from scratch, whether you're new to Skyrim or a Skyrim veteran. Why not start a new game with someone other than the Dragonborn? Alternative Start - again developed by Arthmoor - is a role-playing mod that allows you to independently choose your next playthrough.
Perhaps you are a visitor to a hotel? Or a guest arriving by boat? Or maybe a prisoner in a prison cell? Or even a guild member? You can start the game as a soldier, robber, hunter, or even a vampire. This is a wonderful way to experience all the delights of Skyrim from a different point of view.
This mod, developed by cloudedtruth, adds thousands of voiced lines of dialogue from non-player characters and allows you to experience more intimate and personal relationships with your companions and friends in the game. Your spouse, if you have one, will no longer sound like casual companions, but will address you in a more personal manner, and those you annoy will have a variety of new insults shouted after you.
Even though the Special Edition has improved graphics, its dragons are still quite boring. This mod, developed by many modders, adds 28 new and unique dragons with different models and textures, more than a dozen new exciting attacks and other abilities. Dragons come in different ranks, so dealing with them will not be so easy, no matter how high your level is.
Installing mods never (or almost never) implies cheating or an attempt to deceive the game. In that case, for what reason does SSE disable the ability to earn achievements when detecting any working mods? This little plugin from xSHADOWMANx allows you to get around this ridiculous limitation. The only thing is that you will have to install it manually, without using Nexus Mod Manager. So please check the installation instructions carefully.
SSE has noticeably improved the picture quality, but the low-poly meshes from the original game have not gone away. This mod affects hundreds of 3D models in thousands of different locations, giving many objects in the game a more realistic and pleasing look - from furniture and utensils to elements of architecture and landscape.
Skyrim's character models looked outdated even when the game was released, and the situation has only gotten worse since then. However, SSE completely ignored the population of its fictional world, paying more attention to their surroundings, making Scaria's mod a must-install. It tightens up the textures of all the inhabitants of Skyrim (including the main character), without affecting the frame rate per second and without violating the integrity of the visual component of the game.
This plugin adds full 3D audio to Skyrim Special Edition, using head-to-head audio to simulate binaural hearing when using regular stereo headphones. This way, you can accurately determine the direction in which the source of the sound heard in the game is located.” If you don’t go into detail about the meaning of the content of the first sentence, the second clearly and concisely describes the essence of the mod from CptYouaredead, which allows you to make the sound environment of SSE more believable and immersive.
The Immersive Sounds mod, which is similar in functionality, also deserves attention.
The perfect combination of mods for those who would like to add a survival element to SSE. With them, the cold and unfriendly climate of Skyrim will become more dangerous, but at the same time more realistic and tangible. The survival system provides many ways to stay warm in permafrost conditions.
Hypothermia will become a serious problem, especially when entering icy water, so the player will have to dress warmly and take time to set up the camp, handcrafting tents, torches and other devices to combat natural forces. For this purpose, the mod even introduced its own unique crafting system.
Another mod from the same developer called Wet and Cold adds a lot of weather visual and sound effects.
The expanded expansion files contain a large amount of content that, for some reason, has not yet been introduced into the game - new characters, dialogues, quests that add depth and variety to the gameplay. And another fundamental mod from Arthmoor allows you to unlock this encrypted data.
The vastness of Skyrim is teeming with endless opportunities for adventure, but 10 hours of game content from writer and developer Nick Pearce are one of the crown jewels of the game's quest variety. You will have to take on the role of a detective and solve a mysterious murder while exploring the ruins of a Cyclopean ancient city.
Superbly written dialogues, a non-linear plot, professional voice acting, a pleasant original soundtrack and a bit of time travel - all this makes The Forgotten City a contender for the title of a full-fledged work of art.
Ars Metallica – Smithing Enhancement
At the moment, blacksmithing in the game can only be useful for tanks dressed in heavy armor, who prefer to swing a huge two-handed weapon. Archers, thieves, and other nimble characters rarely have trouble purchasing or finding light armor, so this skill has always been almost completely useless for them.
But with a mod from Arthmoor, these slippery types will have the opportunity to create arrows, lockpicks and handmade uniforms, as well as melt bulky armor that is not of interest to them, obtaining metal ingots from it.
It is recommended to use Nexus Mod Manager to download, install and manage mods. Moreover, this multifunctional utility works not only with Skyrim, but also with Fallout 3 and 4, XCOM 2, all games from The Witcher series, and many other titles.
Skyrim is considered one of the most popular open-world games (mods for Skyrim played an important role). As in previous parts of the Elder Scrolls series, in Skyrim the player can postpone completing the main quests and freely travel around the vast world, exploring various ruins, objects, dungeons, completing quests, finding unique items and much more. Throughout the game you will need to develop your character and improve your skills (blacksmithing, witchcraft, hacking, alchemy, shooting, etc.) The events take place on the mainland of Tamriel and are associated with the appearance of the most powerful dragon Alduin in Skyrim. The Dragonborn will have to fight Alduin, thereby preventing the return of the dragons.
The best mods for Skyrim 5
The popularity of Skyrim was brought not only by the storyline, but also by mods without which players cannot imagine the game. Frankly speaking, Skyrim has many shortcomings, the graphics are very old, the textures look terrible and there are many other shortcomings that the developers have not corrected for various reasons. There are many different modifications for Skyrim that change the game beyond recognition. Mods for Skyrim add unique sets of armor, detailed to the smallest detail, new housing, spells, change the appearance of the character, etc.
Top five best mods for Skyrim
The list is compiled based on player preferences, which includes various mods for Skyrim graphics, new armor and weapons.
- Immersive Armors is a mod for Skyrim for a unique collection of equipment, which includes several dozen lore armor with highly detailed textures.
- Skyrim HD 2K - global improvement of landscape textures, caves, cities, objects, water, etc. Made in 2k resolution.
- Immersive Weapons (immersive weapons) - more than two hundred new types of weapons (various swords, katanas, axes, axes), which can be bought from merchants, found or created in a forge.
- Enhanced Lights and FX - improving Skyrim lighting, visual effects from the sun's rays, shadows, and reflections of room interiors.
- Skyrim Flora Overhaul - processing of flora using high-quality textures for trees, flowers, roots, grass.
The most popular mods for Skyrim in 2019
- Retexture of imperial armor and weapons- visual improvements to imperial equipment and weapons, made in 2-4k resolution and corrected meshes.
- Redeemer's Armor- based on the armor from For Honor for female characters with any body type. Every part is detailed.
- Beautiful woman's skin- complete reworking of vanilla skin textures for girls with the UNP or CBBE replayer. The humidity effect, face, makeup can be adjusted.
- Livia Salvian- a beautiful companion with her own voice acting and well-developed dialogues. She is an interesting conversationalist, she will always keep up the conversation and tell you about Shezarrin’s quest.
- Noble Skyrim- improvement of standard architecture, landscape and dungeons (caves, ruins, mines). Author's textures.
This is just a small part of the cool mods; the list can be expanded almost endlessly. Downloading mods for Skyrim is not difficult; most are translated into Russian and installed very easily.
Skyrim mods and plugins exist in huge numbers.Almost six months have passed since the game was released, and devoted fans of the series have written and posted thousands of mods and plugins on the Internet. Some of them are quite good and transform Skyrim beyond recognition! Graphics in Skyrimlooked quite lackluster and unimpressive from the start, but with new high-resolution textures and improved post-processing, it becomes truly stunning. Not to mention new items, expanded crafting capabilities and a complete redesign of the game interface.
With so many mods available, it can be easy to get confused, as the choice is really difficult. Therefore we have collected only best Skyrim mods for you. See below for the full list.
1. Sky UI
Ask any gamer “what is the main drawback of Skyrim?” and they will answer you “interface”! Yes, indeed, the game interface is a weak point; by default it is tasteless and inconvenient. This Skyrim interface mod will allow you to customize everything at your discretion, it will not just fix problems with the Bethesda interface, but also improve it at all levels! You can see the capabilities of this plugin in the video below.
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2. Midas Magic
The mod adds new abilities to the magic spell system. Honestly, the author of the mod created something incredible! Watch the video and install the mod quickly.
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3.ENBSeries
The mod improves the quality of the game graphics several times, improves the quality of shadows and lighting effects. Recommended for use on powerful computers.
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4. Skyride HD
Texture mod in HD quality weighing almost 1.3GB, significantly improves the picture in the game
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5. FXAA Post Process Injector
Adds to the settings the adjustment of parameters such as saturation, sharpness, sepia, technical colors. This way you can customize Skyrim completely to your taste!
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6. Xenius Character Enhancement
Updates npc models, making them clearer and nicer
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7. Val's Crafting Meltdown
This plugin allows you to smelt trash and debris knocked out from mobs into steel or iron crafting materials.
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8. Tytanis
The mod adds a whole bunch of crazy new items, actions and spells. Gives you the ability to ride a bear, summon undead dragons, carry two two-handed weapons and much more!
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9. Millenia Weapon Retexture Project
This patch improves weapon textures, making them more beautiful and clearer.
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10. Deadly dragons
The mod adds new flying dragons to the game, and also makes them much stronger! If you are a real dragon slayer, then this mod is definitely for you!
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11. Quality World Map with Roads
If you have trouble with orientation in the game and you constantly get lost, then this plugin improves the map in Skyrim, showing all the roads. With it you will never get lost!
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12. Weapons of the Third Era
A weapon mod that adds over 50 weapons from TES 3: Morrowind to Skyrim. This will definitely please old school players!
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13. Jaysus Swords
Adds about 40 new types of swords to the game, fans of miles of weapons will be delighted! You can download it from here.
14. Bellyache's Animal Pack
Improves textures and models of living creatures (mobs), making them clearer and more saturated. Despite this, you still have to kill them)))
You can download the patch for Skyrim for free
15. Proudspire Manor – Dragonborn Edition
Expands and upgrades your property by adding a forge, as well as additional mannequins and weapon storage, turning your abode into a solid mansion.
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16. Skyrim Online
The mod is still being finalized, but is already very intriguing. He can turn Skyrim in MMORPG, allowing players to connect to a server where they can see and interact with each other. If everything goes according to the developers' plan, the result may be a full-fledged MMO Skyrim. You can download it for free and without SMS.
17. Realistic Smoke and Embers
Another small patch that improves the effects of smoke and fire, making them more realistic. If you play a fire mage, you must install it.
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18. Realistic Water Textures
Although the water in Skyrim already looks pretty nice, this patch will make it look amazing by adding foam and bubble effects!
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19. Skyrim Sunglare
If you like beautiful sunlight effects, this tes 5 skyrim mod is for you.
To make the game less dull, you can download the mod
20. Vurt's Skyrim Flora Overhaul
The patch improves the textures of vegetation, grass and trees. It also offers several different color schemes to allow you to choose the type of foliage to suit your personal taste.
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21. Map in 3D
The plugin allows you to view the map in 3D mode as in Google Street View.
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If you have any difficulties and don’t know, we recommend reading the guide. Thus, we presented you with our high-quality collection of mods, plugins and patches for Skyrim.
