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| Lu'ah Al-Skaven in the Ansilvund Burial Chambers |
Quick Walkthrough[edit]
- Enter Ansilvund.
- Make your way through the ruin.
- Kill Lu'ah Al-Skaven.
Detailed Walkthrough[edit]
Fjori and Holgeir[edit]
During your adventures, you may come across the rare book Of Fjori and Holgeir, the tragic tale of a huntress and a warlord who fell in love fighting each other during a battle between forest clans. They fought to a standstill until her sword broke his axe and his shield dulled her blade, and their love was so obvious that the battle instantly ended and brought peace to the forest. When winter came, a snake bit Holgeir, and Fjori obtained an elixir from Akavir to cure the poison. While she was giving the healing elixir to her loved one, instantly curing him, the snake bit her as well, and Holgeir couldn't save her. Out of grief, he built an ancient tomb and took his own life, hoping to rejoin Fjori in Sovngarde.
The Nordic ruin of Ansilvund is hidden in the Velothi Mountains, far north of Riften, and can be reached by following an unmarked path east of Cragslane Cavern. Near the entrance you will find the book about Fjori and Holgeir on a table, protected by a hostile conjurer, hinting at unsolved mysteries inside.
The Excavation Site[edit]
Enslaved Draugr
The first area of Ansilvund is an excavation site, complete with mining equipment, wooden structures, and narrow tunnels. Unfortunately, the site is guarded by hordes of hostile conjurers, necromancers, and mages accompanied by a huge number of leveled draugr enemies, so be prepared for a long trek. Through the cobwebbed room, if you are undetected, you will witness the unusual sight of two draugr mining the blocked path with a seated warlock overseeing their efforts. Obviously enslaved by the warlock, the two draugr will keep hammering on the wall, for reasons unknown. You can either sneak past them or use the oil on the floor to your advantage, even if it will alert all enemies lurking in the surrounding areas. Regardless of your choice, proceed forward through the door. In the third room, a disembodied voice will echo trough the tunnels with a warning:
'I am Lu'ah Al-Skaven. Who are you to disrupt my work? Begone, or I will add you to my army of the dead!'
At the top of the planks, there is another patrolling warlock, and after that is a room with three seated warlocks having a discussion beside a cooking pot and an arcane enchanter. Their conversation provides a bit of explanation on the hard-working draugr enemies you encountered in the previous room:
Female: 'I think it's sweet Lu'ah is so worked up over her dead soldier..'
Male: 'Yeah, but raising Draugr to take on both the Imperials and the Stormcloaks? That's just crazy.'
Female: 'True, but I'm not going to be the one to try to oppose her..'
Male: 'Yeah, but raising Draugr to take on both the Imperials and the Stormcloaks? That's just crazy.'
Female: 'True, but I'm not going to be the one to try to oppose her..'
If the three warlocks detect you, you will have no choice but to battle them. Proceed forward to the third room, where a beam of blue light will shine down at the corpses, immediately reanimating them. The voice will once again be heard, saying, 'Rise from your graves to defeat this worm!' Defeat the four draugr enemies and proceed to the next room, but beware the ceiling spike trap. Head to the upper level and take the western path through more narrow tunnels until you reach a room with a conjurer and a flame atronach. Defeat the foes and examine the area to the north where you will find four rotating pillars and a handle. For a bit of investigation, search the table below the pillars for the unique book Lu-ah's Journal.
Lu'ah and Saeel[edit]
The journal tells the story of yet another tragic love affair, this time between a conjurer named Lu'ah Al-Skaven and her husband Saeel. According to the journal, Saeel died fighting for the Empire against the Thalmor twenty-five years ago. During her grieving period, Lu'ah learned the story of Fjori and Holgeir, which led her to Ansilvund, hoping to transfer Saeel's soul to Holgeir's body. In order to reach the burial chamber, she started reanimating the dead, using them as vessels to clear the way.
The puzzle in front of you can be solved in two ways, as it is based on the story of Fjori and Holgeir. The book is conveniently placed next to Lu'ah's Journal and, when examined closely, will reveal the following sentences related to the puzzle:
As the Eagle finds its mates, so too did Fjori find hers in Holgeir, and a time of peace came to the clans of the forest.
But the Snake came and bit Holgeir, its venom seeping deep into the wound.
A Whale greeted Fjori's view as she came over the snow-covered mountains to the coast.
But the Snake bit Fjori as she poured the last drop into Holgeir's mouth, and fatigued from her journey, she joined the ancestors immediately.
But the Snake came and bit Holgeir, its venom seeping deep into the wound.
A Whale greeted Fjori's view as she came over the snow-covered mountains to the coast.
But the Snake bit Fjori as she poured the last drop into Holgeir's mouth, and fatigued from her journey, she joined the ancestors immediately.
From left to right, turn the pillars to match the words in the book. Alternatively, an easier solution is available. as the correct symbols can be found behind the table, mostly overgrown but still visible. With the pillars in place, pull the handle and the door to Ansilvund Burial Chambers will be accessible.
Burial Chambers[edit]
'Rise from your graves to defeat this worm!'
The Chambers area starts off with a crypt filled to the brink with traps, all triggered by pressure plates, so navigate your way to the intersection. Behind the locked gate sits a locked boss-leveled chest and a chain that controls all traps in the area, including the swinging blades you may encounter in the southern tunnel. The next room is large and is divided into two levels. Make sure to read the Ilusion skill book 2920, Sun's Dawn, v2 found on a booby-trapped pedestal across the room from the entrance, then locate the four sarcophagi in the southeastern area and claim the Ansilvund Key from the pedestal. As soon as you take the key, a dart trap will trigger, and five draugr enemies will burst out of their coffins while Lu'ah Al-Skaven speaks once again: 'I shall have vengeance for the death of my husband. Rise!' Defeat the enemies, then head upstairs and use the key to unlock several gates until you reach a wooden door. The next area sees another enslaved draugr hacking away on a wall, overseen by another warlock. Make your way up and through a door until you end up on a narrow bridge with more pressure plates, designed purely to push you off the ledge. Beware of the attacking draugr and make your way into a crypt where another ray of blue light will reanimate another wave of undead enemies while Lu'ah will speak once again:
'I could not raise him, but I will raise an army to avenge his defilement!'
Proceed forward and beware of even more traps until you reach a large iron door, the very entrance to the main burial hall, the location sought out by Lu'ah, and the place where she hoped to reanimate her husband through the body of Holgeir. Apparently, she failed.
Showdown[edit]
Fjori and Holgeir
'Thank you for releasing us from her spell.'
The burial chamber is large and has a dead draugr lying on an altar, right in front of two closed sarcophagi, as well as a dead skeleton on the floor and several oil lanterns hanging from the ceiling. As you approach the altar, Lu'ah Al-Skaven will appear from the shadows, saying:
'They burned his body before I could raise him.. it should have been returned to me.. You will not stop me from killing those who wage this pointless war!'
With these words the two sarcophagi will burst open and the mummified remains of Fjori and Holgeir will come rushing out, now slaves for the residing, vengeful conjurer. At the same time, Lu'ah Al-Skaven will re-animate the skeleton on the floor, so you will face four enemies at once. Fjori and Holgeir are both strong draugr enemies, and Lu'ah will shower you with a wide array of spells, including Ice Storm and Ice Spike along with the expected conjurer spells and a Grand Healing spell for restoration. If you kill either Fjori and Holgeir, Lu'ah will immediately revive them, so go directly after Lu'ah. When she is dead, Fjori and Holgeir will fall to the ground, and blue rays of light will emerge from their bodies. With the curse finally broken, the ghosts of the two lovers will emerge behind the altar, and they will wholeheartedly thank you:
Fjori: 'Thank you for releasing us from her spell.'
Holgeir: 'Now we can rest in peace once again. Come Fjori, my love..'
Fjori: 'Take this with our gratitude.'
Holgeir: 'Now we can rest in peace once again. Come Fjori, my love..'
Fjori: 'Take this with our gratitude.'
They will both disappear and your reward will be ready on the table behind them: the unique sword Ghostblade. Make sure to pick up the Unusual Gem, then loot Lu'ah Al-Skaven for her key and unlock the northern door. Inside you'll find a boss-leveled chest, the spell tome Transmute Mineral Ore, and a hefty amount of soul gems. Lastly, find the Imperial Condolences letter on the table for a final explanation on what drove Lu'ah Al-Skaven into insanity and why she formed her army of undead allies.
Quest Stages[edit]
Ansilvund (dunAnsilvundQST) | ||
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Stage | Finishes Quest | Journal Entry |
1 | ||
6 | Objective 5: Kill Lu'ah Al-Skaven in Ansilvund | |
100 |
- The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 5, 10, 19, 20, 30, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 80, 90, 95.
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Skyrim is going to go down as one of the most culturally important video games of all time. Diehard fans of The Elder Scrolls series will scoff and disagree, claiming that Morrowind or Oblivion make for better games. And while this is certainly up for debate and there's some truth to their claims, Skyrim remains the most popular, most played, and most sold. Since 11/11/11, gamers have been putting hundreds, if not thousands, of hours into their characters, with some making multiple characters to play through the stories all over again. Dragons have been slain, sides have been chosen, and many, many alchemical ingredients have been collected. Like a lot. Like why can't we stop collecting ingredients? Those flowers really aren't that important..
After nearly six years of dragon-slaying and flower-picking, players may find themselves at a loss for things to do. With the major quests completed and pretty much all radiant quests out of the way, the days of vanilla Skyrim are coming to an end (and then it's mod town all the way). So unless gamers want to create a new character to play through the game anew, the quest train has pretty much reached the last station and the journey has come to an end.
Or has it?
The devs at Bethesda had years and years to create this fantastic game, and they made sure to fill it full of random things to do. As such, there are tons of quests that remain unmarked and even unfinished. If you've found yourself at the end of the line, read through these quests to see if you've missed any on this list. Who knows? You may find yourself picking up Skyrim again and traversing all across the land of the Nords.
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15 Forgotten Names
In this unmarked quest, you have to solve the mystery of the lost College of Winterhold students who once attended the higher learning institution of magic. To do this, you'll go underneath the college itself and find their rings. The rings have to go on the fingers of a strange hand with the Oblivion sign. Place the rings in the right order and you'll summon the Dremora pirate Velehk Sain, who was bound by magic until your arrival.
Upon his return, he begins to bargain with you - release him entirely, and he'll give you access to his treasure that he'd amassed in life. Try to kill him, and you're in for a fairly easy fight that unfortunately won't yield a treasure map. If you let him live, his treasure can be found in an unmarked location called the Sea of Ghosts, found just Southwest of Ysgramor's Tomb. Kill him and his treasure won't appear (but you'll have rid the world of a dremora pirate once and for all). Choose wisely!
14 Bugs In Jars
Now here's something about Skyrim that poses more questions than answers. The only thing confirmed about this 'quest' is that Bethesda (perhaps unintentionally) created one of the most mysterious pieces of the game still debated over to this day. On the surface, the bugs in a jar don't mean anything - collect all five (Butterfly, Dartwing, Moth, Bee, and Torchbug) and you'll have..five bugs in jars. Dig a little deeper and you'll see strange markings on the lids. Aside from that, that's about all you can glean from these mysterious items, and most players leave it at that.
But that's where the fun truly begins. Some players have mapped out their locations and have found that they draw a pentagram. Others have tried deciphering the markings and find that they say things like 'NEED - HORSE - LAKE' which some have construed to refer to Shadowmere. Even others find meaning in the positioning of the five dead alchemists around Skyrim. What does it all mean? Well, if you've run out of quests to do, try your hand at a Bugs in a Jar conspiracy theory. Who knows, maybe you'll be the one to solve it!
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13 Collect All Unique Items
Skyrim has tons of weapons, armor, and random items for you to loot to your heart's content. For those that like smithing and enchanting, you know you have fun creating all those items yourselves. Taking it to the next level where you decorate your many houses with your treasures becomes a joy and soon you find you're prioritizing your best items and putting those out on display while hiding others in wardrobes and closets.
But which items do you prioritize? Why not go out into the world and collect all the unique items? The ones that there are only one (or in the case of the Notched Pickaxe, two) of? Find all the uniquely named weapons, armor, jewelry, and items and place them on display all over your home. That alone should take you a few weeks, so sit back and enjoy!
12 Great Skyrim Treasure Hunt
Skyrim is not hurting for treasure - not by a long shot. Every cave has its chests and every dungeon has enemies to loot. Sometimes you'll come across a word wall, while other times you get a dragon priest mask. There are just plenty of places to find treasure, so you won't ever find yourself without it.
But there is one treasure hunt that you may not have been in on - probably because you forgot all about it. The Great Skyrim Treasure Hunt is a series of treasure maps that you receive randomly throughout the game. There are eleven treasure maps scattered across Skyrim and they lead to some small caches of treasure. You won't be a millionaire or anything after finding them, but you'll at least have another unmarked miscellaneous quest finished and isn't that the greatest treasure of all?
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11 Ebony Warrior
Okay okay, it's not like the Ebony Warrior is a total unknown, especially after nearly six years. But not many people that play Skyrim will ever encounter him, believe it or not, because they don't usually meet the crazy requirements to even begin the quest. So it's not like we're totally out of line for including him and, if you've already beat him, then you're one step closer to completing all the quests on this list! Yay you!
In order to meet the Ebony Warrior, you must be level 80 and have the Dragonborn DLC installed - two things that the casual Skyrim gamer may not have achieved. The Ebony Warrior will challenge you to a fight, wherein he hopes he will draw his last breath. You see, his goal is to be sent to Sovngarde by a worthy opponent, so fulfill his wish and defeat him in battle. It's definitely a challenging quest, so don't feel bad if you die once..or twice..or a lot.
10 Ironbind Barrow
Nestled between Dawnstar and Winterhold seemingly near the edge of the world lies Ironbind Barrow, a draugr-filled dungeon with a uniquely named boss called Warlord Gathrik. If you haven't played this dungeon yet, you're in for a treat, as it's very fun and pretty rewarding to play through. Don't worry if you haven't heard about it before or haven't gotten there yet - it's pretty out of the way and lower level characters will want to steer clear at first since it's surrounded by dragons and other enemies fairly often. But do make your way up there, as it's definitely worth the trip.
Upon arrival, you'll come across Salma and Beem-Ja at the entrance, arguing about whether or not they should go in. When you show up, they decide three is a great number for spelunking and they make their way in. We won't spoil the rest, but crazy stuff goes down and it's totally worth the trouble. Enjoy!
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9 Abandoned Prison
What is it about Skyrim and its quest system? So many quests are unfinished and unmarked, which doesn't make too much sense since there's a perfectly good journal that keeps track of miscellaneous quests for you; on the other hand, stumbling across random unmarked quests is so much fun and gives you a lot of cred for discovering and beating new ones.
The Abandoned Prison is one such quest located in Eastmarch. The prison is filled with ghosts and a good mystery that Scooby and the gang would be proud of. As the story goes, the guards were to evacuate the prison due to an imminent snowstorm. The prisoners were also planning to escape and use the storm to their advantage. Unravel what went down as you quickly explore the ruins of the abandoned prison, (re)killing ghosts along the way.
8 Darklight Tower
Now here's an interesting location - Darklight Tower. This place is fairly unique and has a unique storyline behind it. Just like Ironwind Barrow, it's different and totally worth the time it takes to complete this quest; also just like Ironwind Barrow, it's really, really fun.
Upon entering Darklight Tower, you'll notice Illia taking on a witch in another room. After its defeat, she'll turn to you and ask for your assistance. It would seem that her mother is going to be turned into a Hagraven and it's up to you two to stop her from completing her transformation. If you're up to the challenge and you accept, you'll find this short little dungeon to have a lot of interesting things about it. For one thing, if you're looking for scaly pholiota, you've hit the jackpot, as the largest concentration of the fungus can be found here. For another, it's one of the few locations that is basically all Hagraven. Crazy, right?
So can you stop Illia's mother from completing the ritual? Play and find out!
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7 (More) Forgotten Names
So it's likely that you had at least heard about the Forgotten Names quest before - that you had already heard about the College of Winterhold's disappearing students. But wouldn't you know it, the college had another set of four apprentices that had also disappeared. What in the world is going on at the college and why aren't they keeping tabs on their students? At any rate, this unfinished, unmarked quest is 'given' to you by Phinis Gestor. He'll mention four missing students to you but no quest will be given to you, so it's easy to miss. But Rundi, Borvir, Ilas-Tei, and Yisra, are mentioned and are found in-game.
So where are they? Hard to explain, as only one of them, Borvir, can be found at a marked location (Journeyman's Nook). But Ilas-Tei (between Ysgramor's Tomb and Septimus Signus's Outpost, next to a shrine of Talos), Rundi (east-southeast of Winterhold), and Yisra (East of Dawnstar, along the shore immediately south of Yngvild) can still be found and their bodies looted for their signature rings. Bring these rings back to Phinis Gestor to give him closure and hear a little bit more about what they had hoped they'd become.
6 Hidden Cave Near Dragon Bridge
It's interesting how much seems to go down near Dragon Bridge. If you're leaving Dragon Bridge and headed towards Whiterun, try not fast-travelling; chose to stick to the road instead. As you travel, you'll come across a cart that has been ransacked. Upon further inspection, you'll find a dead horse carcass, a dead Redguard woman, and a dead Nord man, presumably the woman's husband. There should also be a couple of tents nearby with a journal that explains the grisly scene straight outta CSI. Read the journal to gain some understanding of what you've just witnessed, then take its advice and enter the cave it mentions.
This quest is completely unmarked, so completing it won't result in anything finishing up in your journal. But honestly, these are the best kinds of quests and provide hours of entertainment and bragging rights. So avenge their deaths and discover what happens in that cave - Skyrim depends on you!
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5 Frostflow Lighthouse
Okay, so this one is a complete tragedy. How to apply mods to sims 4 mac. A family of four bought a lighthouse and decided to move into it. The parents had just retired and they wanted to spend their last few years together as a family in this place that they had fallen in love with during their travels across Skyrim. They had figured their retirement years would be peaceful and uneventful. Little did they know what horrors awaited them in their newfound home.
When you enter the lighthouse, you immediately know something is wrong. Maybe the house's contents being in disarray tipped you off. Maybe it was the blood on the walls and floor. Whatever it was, you choose to venture down into the depths of the lighthouse to unravel the mystery of this family's disappearance. You soon find that the Falmer have kidnapped and killed the unsuspecting family, and it's up to you to set things right again and restore the lighthouse to its former glory - the lighthouse the family had come to know and love. It's terribly sad, but at least through this quest you can find some closure in their incredible loss.
4 Kagrenzel
If the name didn't tip you off already, Kagrenzel is an ancient Dwemer ruin chock full of Falmer. And while Falmer can make some people's skin crawl, this location is a lot of fun and definitely worth it.
The location only has one area, so no loading screens once you enter. You'll notice that the place you've entered is circular and that there's a place for you to stand in the very middle. Do so, and you'll soon find yourself in a predicament as the floor gives way and you're suddenly free-falling down the longest tunnel in existence. After playing Skyrim for hundreds of hours, these are the kinds of dungeons you live for, as that is really unique and interesting. After falling for some time, you'll land in a lake. You'll be able to get out after that, but the free-fall had to have been fun, right? Right.
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3 Angi's Camp
High up in the mountains, secluded from society, lies a small camp that looks really unassuming. You wouldn't know that anything special or anyone interesting lived there - it's just a little camp up in the mountains, like so many you've seen before. What could possibly be awaiting?
Angi's Camp is waiting, and it's actually a great little find if you're close to maxing out your archery. Angi will tell you her sad story about her life and then ask if you're any good with a bow. If you ask for training, she'll take you to an archery course she's built herself. Listen to her tips and hit the targets correctly to gain six more archery points. If your archery is currently at 94 or higher, you can max our your archery within a matter of minutes, and anyone this close to 100 knows how hard it is. After you've completed this, she gives you a uniquely named bow, so you can fulfill the 'collect all unique items' quest as well. Not bad!
2 Arcwind Point
One thing we've all come to know and love about Skyrim is just how vast it is. There's a lot of diversity in the locations and there are some really unique and interesting places to go and discover throughout the game. Many would say that Arcwind Point is one of them and the reasons are readily apparent - for one, the location is completely outside, but there are enemies that spawn to protect it. Skeletons patrol the area and, depending on your level, a Draugr Deathlord or Dragon Priest will awaken from an outside tomb upon your arrival.
Another thing of note is that the Drain Vitality Word Wall has been added here through the Dawnguard DLC, so if you're on a mission to collect all the dragon shouts, you're gonna want to make a pit stop over here. If you wait until you're level 78 to do it, a Legendary Dragon will appear here, perched on the ruins and overlooking the frozen wasteland below. It's really a beautiful sight to behold and makes the trip out there worthwhile!
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1 Marriage Speedrun
So let's just say for argument's sake, you've done all of the above. First, we're impressed. Second, are you sure, you're not lying? Third, we understand you might be feeling like you have nothing left to do. That's how plenty of other players felt as well, so they decided to get a little creative. And I'm not talking about modding or whatever - I'm talking about speedruns.
While the typical speedrun goal is to beat the game within a set amount of time, everyone that's played Skyrim knows that that really isn't all that possible (in fact, the opposite is true - people brag about how LONG they've been playing). But a new speedrun challenge has appeared and it's actually pretty fun - see how fast you can get to marriage. According to Kotaku:
'Right now, the fastest anyone has ever gotten married in Skyrim is in 3:37, and the title is held by Twitch streamer 5exual_Tyrannosaurus. The lucky spouse is none other than Marcurio of Riften.'
Hilarious..and FAST!!! Think you can beat that time? Try it!
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It can be a tough job finding the best Skyrim mods. This is because there’s a lot of them: more than 28,000 Skyrim mods to download on the Steam Workshop, and countless more on Skyrim Nexus. They’re the work of a thriving and diverse scene; an army of fans and bedroom coders determined to make the game a photorealistic fantasy. Or they’re just out to transform farmyard animals into deadly explosives. Whatever floats. But when you’re looking for Skyrim mods, where do you start?
Here, actually. We’ve put together a comprehensive list of the 100 mods we think are essential to improving Skyrim above and beyond the out-the-box experience. They’ll make the vanilla 2011-released game look better than even the 2016 Special Edition version. And, best of all, every one of these Skyrim mods is free! No wonder there’s been over one billion mod downloads between Skyrim and Fallout.
If you’ve never modded before, there’s nothing to worry about when it comes to modding Skyrim. The Steam Workshop makes it easy to install and activate mods, and the more advanced ones are simply added to a special folder. Not sure where to start? Keep reading and we’ll show you the way, young adventurer!
The best Skyrim mods are:
How do I install Skyrim mods?
Skyrim is one of the easiest games on PC to mod thanks to its integration with the Steam Workshop. All you need to do is follow the links we’ve provided to the Workshop pages and ‘Subscribe’ to the mod. This will download and apply the mod to your game with no fuss at all.
Some mods are not on the Steam Workshop. For those, we’ve linked to the Skyrim Nexus. Each mod will have slightly different instructions for installing, so be sure to follow the steps the creator has provided carefully. You’ll likely be adding to the Skyrim ‘Data’ file, which can typically be found at:
C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsCommonSkyrimData
Windows will alert you that you’re overwriting files, so press ‘OK’ to accept the changes. It’s best to make a backup of your Data folder before you start modding in case you need to return Skyrim to its original form.
Essential Skyrim Mods
Ultimate Skyrim
This chonking great mod is the sum of 16 other mods which come together to make Skyrim a more hardcore and unforgiving experience. Ultimate Skyrim aims to do this by adding a greater focuses on roleplaying, with additions of temperature and hunger mechanics, and overhauled combat system.
This chonking great mod is the sum of 16 other mods which come together to make Skyrim a more hardcore and unforgiving experience. Ultimate Skyrim aims to do this by adding a greater focuses on roleplaying, with additions of temperature and hunger mechanics, and overhauled combat system.
Don’t worry about having to install multiple mods, though. This mega mod comes with a nice feature called Automation, which automates the creation and installation of modpacks.
Skyrim Script Extender
As the years have gone on, mods for Skyrim have become ever more ambitious and complicated. In order for some mods to run correctly, the scripting capabilities of Skyrim have to be increased to allow the game to handle more complicated commands. It’s advised that you have Skyrim Script Extender installed when modding just in case it’s needed by any mods that catch your eye.
As the years have gone on, mods for Skyrim have become ever more ambitious and complicated. In order for some mods to run correctly, the scripting capabilities of Skyrim have to be increased to allow the game to handle more complicated commands. It’s advised that you have Skyrim Script Extender installed when modding just in case it’s needed by any mods that catch your eye.
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Like every one of Bethesda’s games Skyrim is a bit on the buggy side. Despite heavy patching, the official development team never quite smoothed everything out. The Unofficial Skyrim Patch is a regularly updated mod that aims to fix hundreds of gameplay, quest, NPC, object, item, text, and placement bugs. For basic performance this mod is essential.
Like every one of Bethesda’s games Skyrim is a bit on the buggy side. Despite heavy patching, the official development team never quite smoothed everything out. The Unofficial Skyrim Patch is a regularly updated mod that aims to fix hundreds of gameplay, quest, NPC, object, item, text, and placement bugs. For basic performance this mod is essential.
Relighting Skyrim
Have you ever looked at where the light shines from in Skyrim? All too frequently it’s from an illogical source (doors that shine – really, Bethesda?). Relighting Skyrim entirely reprograms the game’s light sources, ensuring light beams come out from fires and stars only, and not from planks of wood.
Have you ever looked at where the light shines from in Skyrim? All too frequently it’s from an illogical source (doors that shine – really, Bethesda?). Relighting Skyrim entirely reprograms the game’s light sources, ensuring light beams come out from fires and stars only, and not from planks of wood.
Static Mesh Improvement
A massive mod comprised of numerous Workshop files, Static Mesh Improvement works absolute wonders in removing all those horrible niggles from the objects of the world. Edges have their angles worked away so stones are finally smooth and bowls made round. Textures now run smoothly and those unsightly seams when two textures meet are eradicated. The extra polygons will affect performance slightly, but this really should be at the top of your priorities when it comes to making Skyrim beautiful.
A massive mod comprised of numerous Workshop files, Static Mesh Improvement works absolute wonders in removing all those horrible niggles from the objects of the world. Edges have their angles worked away so stones are finally smooth and bowls made round. Textures now run smoothly and those unsightly seams when two textures meet are eradicated. The extra polygons will affect performance slightly, but this really should be at the top of your priorities when it comes to making Skyrim beautiful.
FXAA Injector
The tool of choice for videogame photographer Dead End Thrills, FXAA Injector pumps a variety of anti-aliasing techniques into your Skyrim system to help create a much more sharp and vibrant image. Post-processing effects like bloom, technicolor, sharpen, and tonemap can be cranked up or down on a slider system to alter the visual quality to your own personal preference.
The tool of choice for videogame photographer Dead End Thrills, FXAA Injector pumps a variety of anti-aliasing techniques into your Skyrim system to help create a much more sharp and vibrant image. Post-processing effects like bloom, technicolor, sharpen, and tonemap can be cranked up or down on a slider system to alter the visual quality to your own personal preference.
2K Textures
2K Textures actually provides textures up to 4K in resolution, a whopping eight times the resolution of vanilla Skyrim, and four times that of the official HD patch. The mod applies new textures to almost everything in Skyrim, from the floors to the skies, and everything inbetween. The effect is understandably astonishing, as is the system requirements (4 GB RAM and 1 GB video memory). A ‘lite’ version can be used on less powerful systems, or even a mix of full and lite elements for a good balance.
2K Textures actually provides textures up to 4K in resolution, a whopping eight times the resolution of vanilla Skyrim, and four times that of the official HD patch. The mod applies new textures to almost everything in Skyrim, from the floors to the skies, and everything inbetween. The effect is understandably astonishing, as is the system requirements (4 GB RAM and 1 GB video memory). A ‘lite’ version can be used on less powerful systems, or even a mix of full and lite elements for a good balance.
SkyUI
Skyrim is a very solid PC game, but there are telltale signs that it wasn’t solely designed to be played on a computer. The user interface is the leading clue; wholly built to be navigated with a controller. SkyUI completely rebuilds the HUD and interface of Skyrim, making it much more friendly for keyboard and mouse users.
Skyrim is a very solid PC game, but there are telltale signs that it wasn’t solely designed to be played on a computer. The user interface is the leading clue; wholly built to be navigated with a controller. SkyUI completely rebuilds the HUD and interface of Skyrim, making it much more friendly for keyboard and mouse users.
Sounds of Skyrim
A massive mod made up of three packages, Sounds of Skyrim adds 450 new sound effects to create a realistically noisy world. It eliminates moments of unnatural silence with birdsong and wind out in the wilderness, and the hustle and bustle of human life in cities. Walk by doors and windows to overhear what’s going on inside. Approach cave entrances to listen to the drip and echoes within. Effects change depending on the time of day too, with nocturnal animals sounding out at night, and children shrieking during the day.
A massive mod made up of three packages, Sounds of Skyrim adds 450 new sound effects to create a realistically noisy world. It eliminates moments of unnatural silence with birdsong and wind out in the wilderness, and the hustle and bustle of human life in cities. Walk by doors and windows to overhear what’s going on inside. Approach cave entrances to listen to the drip and echoes within. Effects change depending on the time of day too, with nocturnal animals sounding out at night, and children shrieking during the day.
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Travel to Elsweyr, a tropical region inhabited by a great variety of new creatures. Hunt hyenas in the desert and stalk raptors in the jungle as you complete the six quests of this storyline revealing wonders of the area. The jungle areas are particularly impressive, and there’s a notable amount of care taken with creating the characters of Elsweyr, who are all voice acted for a little extra immersion. It’s worth grabbing the HD Texture Pack too as it boosts the mod’s visuals to 2K quality.
Travel to Elsweyr, a tropical region inhabited by a great variety of new creatures. Hunt hyenas in the desert and stalk raptors in the jungle as you complete the six quests of this storyline revealing wonders of the area. The jungle areas are particularly impressive, and there’s a notable amount of care taken with creating the characters of Elsweyr, who are all voice acted for a little extra immersion. It’s worth grabbing the HD Texture Pack too as it boosts the mod’s visuals to 2K quality.
Dwemertech
The Dwemer left Tamriel years ago, but a small council of scientists stayed behind and are now planning to bring the Dwemer back to the world. A powerful mage is required to help them, and the rewards will be plentiful if they succeed. You’ll need a character with a skill level of 40 in Destruction, Alteration, or Restoration to start this quest, which will take you to an elaborate Dwemer base on Masser. 42 new spells make up part of the mix, but rather than being traditional magic these are Dwemer ‘bionics’, allowing you to tap into the technology of the dwarves. There’s an unusual sci-fi feel to the environments and props, making Dwemertech a exceptionally fresh experience within Skyrim.
The Dwemer left Tamriel years ago, but a small council of scientists stayed behind and are now planning to bring the Dwemer back to the world. A powerful mage is required to help them, and the rewards will be plentiful if they succeed. You’ll need a character with a skill level of 40 in Destruction, Alteration, or Restoration to start this quest, which will take you to an elaborate Dwemer base on Masser. 42 new spells make up part of the mix, but rather than being traditional magic these are Dwemer ‘bionics’, allowing you to tap into the technology of the dwarves. There’s an unusual sci-fi feel to the environments and props, making Dwemertech a exceptionally fresh experience within Skyrim.
Bear Musician
The most gallant heroes always have a minstrel in tow to sing of their noble deeds and tremendous victories. Make your minstrel something the townsfolk will never forget with this lute-playing bear.
The most gallant heroes always have a minstrel in tow to sing of their noble deeds and tremendous victories. Make your minstrel something the townsfolk will never forget with this lute-playing bear.
Skyrim graphics mods
Skyrim is a gorgeous game, but it’s by no means at the top of its game. Take a quick look at Dead End Thrills and you’ll see that, with a bit of tweaking, the land of the Nords can look nothing short of ‘next-gen’. It’s not difficult to achieve either; even the most novice PC gamer can enhance their Skyrim experience by clicking the ‘Subscribe’ button in the Steam Workshop on these mods, and hey presto, we’re playing a Skyrim HD remake.
A Quality World Map
One of the most popular mods, Quality World Map boosts the visuals on Skyrim’s world map, adding plenty of details like clearly defined roads and much more texture in the mountains and plains of grass. It also includes the Solstheim map for anyone with the Dragonborn DLC.
One of the most popular mods, Quality World Map boosts the visuals on Skyrim’s world map, adding plenty of details like clearly defined roads and much more texture in the mountains and plains of grass. It also includes the Solstheim map for anyone with the Dragonborn DLC.
Pure Waters
Water effects are notoriously challenging to pull off, and while Skyrim’s rivers look tantalising at a distance, up close they’re murky, stiff, jelly-like gunge pools. Turn them into refreshing, cool, clean dreams with Pure Waters. This mod thins down the appearance of water to acceptably fluid levels, adds some wonderful wave and flow effects, and gets those reflections just right.
Water effects are notoriously challenging to pull off, and while Skyrim’s rivers look tantalising at a distance, up close they’re murky, stiff, jelly-like gunge pools. Turn them into refreshing, cool, clean dreams with Pure Waters. This mod thins down the appearance of water to acceptably fluid levels, adds some wonderful wave and flow effects, and gets those reflections just right.
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Pure Weather
Combining well with Pure Waters is Pure Weather, which affects rivers with better shores, but also brings some phenomenal rain, snow, and fog effects into Skyrim’s skies. Mountains look especially beautiful when shrouded in Pure Weather’s astonishing fog clouds.
Combining well with Pure Waters is Pure Weather, which affects rivers with better shores, but also brings some phenomenal rain, snow, and fog effects into Skyrim’s skies. Mountains look especially beautiful when shrouded in Pure Weather’s astonishing fog clouds.
Better Embers
If water is considered difficult to replicate in games then fire must be written off as impossible. While Skyrim’s fire effects continue to be that awkward gif-style flicker, Better Embers introduces some warm-looking fire residue to the world’s hearths. These pinpricks of glowing heat replace the default chunky slabs of light to create some truly mesmerising fire pits.
If water is considered difficult to replicate in games then fire must be written off as impossible. While Skyrim’s fire effects continue to be that awkward gif-style flicker, Better Embers introduces some warm-looking fire residue to the world’s hearths. These pinpricks of glowing heat replace the default chunky slabs of light to create some truly mesmerising fire pits.
Deeper Snow
In certain areas of Skyrim snow is dynamic and builds up over time. While technically impressive, these gradually growing snow piles are rendered in an ugly pure-white texture that makes it look like a bucket of paint was tipped over the landscape. Turn these regions into blankets of crisp-looking fluffy snow with this great texture replacement.
In certain areas of Skyrim snow is dynamic and builds up over time. While technically impressive, these gradually growing snow piles are rendered in an ugly pure-white texture that makes it look like a bucket of paint was tipped over the landscape. Turn these regions into blankets of crisp-looking fluffy snow with this great texture replacement.
Logical Grass
When trekking through Skyrim’s wilderness, its natural carpet can feel a little like weeds pushing through concrete rather than dense undergrowth. Logical Grass improves grassy regions, populating them with multiple times more blades and wild foliage elements for a believably natural look.
When trekking through Skyrim’s wilderness, its natural carpet can feel a little like weeds pushing through concrete rather than dense undergrowth. Logical Grass improves grassy regions, populating them with multiple times more blades and wild foliage elements for a believably natural look.
Enhanced Blood
Has someone been bleeding around here or did they just drop a jar of strawberry syrup? That’s frequently the question posed by Skyrim’s forensic investigators when visiting crime scenes because the default blood textures appear more like globs of strawberry puree than human plasma. Enhanced blood does away with splats and replaces them with high-resolution spatter patterns with just the right viscosity.
Has someone been bleeding around here or did they just drop a jar of strawberry syrup? That’s frequently the question posed by Skyrim’s forensic investigators when visiting crime scenes because the default blood textures appear more like globs of strawberry puree than human plasma. Enhanced blood does away with splats and replaces them with high-resolution spatter patterns with just the right viscosity.
Wet and Cold
Skyrim is a chilly place. There are so many opportunities to get wet-through or frosted by snow, yet the effect is never seen. Enter Wet and Cold, a mod that adds numerous weather effects to characters. Snow gets caught in hair and sticks to clothes, water drips from armour, breath steams on cold air, and NPCs run home during storms.
Skyrim is a chilly place. There are so many opportunities to get wet-through or frosted by snow, yet the effect is never seen. Enter Wet and Cold, a mod that adds numerous weather effects to characters. Snow gets caught in hair and sticks to clothes, water drips from armour, breath steams on cold air, and NPCs run home during storms.
Eyes of Beauty
There’s no bigger culprit than the dreaded ‘dead eyes’ when it comes to breaking immersion. Eyes of Beauty adds a stunning collection of realistic eyes to Skyrim’s characters, making NPCs’ soul windows something you’ll want to gaze into like a besotted schoolgirl.
There’s no bigger culprit than the dreaded ‘dead eyes’ when it comes to breaking immersion. Eyes of Beauty adds a stunning collection of realistic eyes to Skyrim’s characters, making NPCs’ soul windows something you’ll want to gaze into like a besotted schoolgirl.
Real Glaciers
The northern regions of Skyrim are filled with vast ice formations. Real Glaciers makes them an unmissable attraction, recolouring them from a frosted window effect to a much more realistic ice finish, complete with crack lines and a glassy reflective surface.
The northern regions of Skyrim are filled with vast ice formations. Real Glaciers makes them an unmissable attraction, recolouring them from a frosted window effect to a much more realistic ice finish, complete with crack lines and a glassy reflective surface.
Lanterns of Skyrim
Lanterns of Skyrim adds a variety of new lamps to the world in a selection of logical places. The new light sources certainly help navigation in the dark, but it’s the feeling of life that they add that’s the true value. Skyrim feels lived in, populated, and functioning, all thanks to a few extra candles.
Lanterns of Skyrim adds a variety of new lamps to the world in a selection of logical places. The new light sources certainly help navigation in the dark, but it’s the feeling of life that they add that’s the true value. Skyrim feels lived in, populated, and functioning, all thanks to a few extra candles.
Towns and Villages Enhanced
A pack of enhancements for every town and outlying village in Skyrim, the Enhanced collection adds numerous extra details to the world’s populated areas. The most notable is trees; there are trees in every garden, roadside, and grass patch. For some people this will be a little too much, but it does radically transform the feel of each town, and those extra leaves banishes the harshness of bare stone.
A pack of enhancements for every town and outlying village in Skyrim, the Enhanced collection adds numerous extra details to the world’s populated areas. The most notable is trees; there are trees in every garden, roadside, and grass patch. For some people this will be a little too much, but it does radically transform the feel of each town, and those extra leaves banishes the harshness of bare stone.
Enhanced also throws in a boatload of chickens into towns, just in case things weren’t Fable-like enough for you.
Immersive Saturation Boost
As strong as Skyrim’s art is, there’s no denying that its colours are a bit washed out. In the chilly mountainous areas this is fine, but take a walk in a forest on a sunny day and it just won’t feel as lush as you wish it did. Immersive Saturation Boost injects the world with a pack of melted crayons, strengthening those autumn oranges and boosting the fresh greens. The effect may be a little bold for those who prefer the Winterfell look, but for those tired of the drab, this mod is the miracle cure.
As strong as Skyrim’s art is, there’s no denying that its colours are a bit washed out. In the chilly mountainous areas this is fine, but take a walk in a forest on a sunny day and it just won’t feel as lush as you wish it did. Immersive Saturation Boost injects the world with a pack of melted crayons, strengthening those autumn oranges and boosting the fresh greens. The effect may be a little bold for those who prefer the Winterfell look, but for those tired of the drab, this mod is the miracle cure.
Relighting Skyrim
Have you ever looked at where the light shines from in Skyrim? All too frequently it’s from an illogical source (doors that shine – really, Bethesda?). Relighting Skyrim entirely reprograms the game’s light sources, ensuring light beams come out from fires and stars only, and not from planks of wood.
Have you ever looked at where the light shines from in Skyrim? All too frequently it’s from an illogical source (doors that shine – really, Bethesda?). Relighting Skyrim entirely reprograms the game’s light sources, ensuring light beams come out from fires and stars only, and not from planks of wood.
Detailed Cities
If the astonishing influx of trees in the Towns and Villages Enhanced mod drives you crackers, but vanilla Skyrim feels too bare, then a subscription to Detailed Cities should keep you happy. A healthy middle ground, Detailed Cities plants some trees and adds some decor without completely reinventing the look of Skyrim’s settlements.
If the astonishing influx of trees in the Towns and Villages Enhanced mod drives you crackers, but vanilla Skyrim feels too bare, then a subscription to Detailed Cities should keep you happy. A healthy middle ground, Detailed Cities plants some trees and adds some decor without completely reinventing the look of Skyrim’s settlements.
Vurt Flora
Bring the varieties of flora up to uncountable levels with Vurt Flora. This mod makes forested areas absolutely stunning, peppering the undergrowth with a plethora of colourful blooms and grasses.
Bring the varieties of flora up to uncountable levels with Vurt Flora. This mod makes forested areas absolutely stunning, peppering the undergrowth with a plethora of colourful blooms and grasses.
HD Plants & Herbs
Skyrim’s flora suffers significantly at the hands of the resolution gods, their low pixel-count turning them into splodges rather than petalled beauties. HD Plants & Herbs sharpens them up and makes them bloom with sharp, defined leaves.
Skyrim’s flora suffers significantly at the hands of the resolution gods, their low pixel-count turning them into splodges rather than petalled beauties. HD Plants & Herbs sharpens them up and makes them bloom with sharp, defined leaves.
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Static Mesh Improvement
A massive mod comprised of numerous Workshop files, Static Mesh Improvement works absolute wonders in removing all those horrible niggles from the objects of the world. Edges have their angles worked away so stones are finally smooth and bowls made round. Textures now run smoothly and those unsightly seams when two textures meet are eradicated. The extra polygons will impact performance slightly, but this really should be at the top of your priorities when it comes to making Skyrim beautiful.
A massive mod comprised of numerous Workshop files, Static Mesh Improvement works absolute wonders in removing all those horrible niggles from the objects of the world. Edges have their angles worked away so stones are finally smooth and bowls made round. Textures now run smoothly and those unsightly seams when two textures meet are eradicated. The extra polygons will impact performance slightly, but this really should be at the top of your priorities when it comes to making Skyrim beautiful.
Advanced Skyrim graphics mods
For the more savvy PC user, the following visual enhancements require a little more tinkering. But for the price of some file adjustments and faffing around, you can transform Skyrim into an absolutely awe-inspiring work of art.
FXAA Injector
The tool of choice for Dead End Thrills, FXAA Injector pumps a variety of anti-aliasing techniques into your Skyrim system to help create a much more sharp and vibrant image. Post-processing effects like bloom, technicolor, sharpen, and tonemap can be cranked up or down on a slider system to alter the visual quality to your own personal preference.
The tool of choice for Dead End Thrills, FXAA Injector pumps a variety of anti-aliasing techniques into your Skyrim system to help create a much more sharp and vibrant image. Post-processing effects like bloom, technicolor, sharpen, and tonemap can be cranked up or down on a slider system to alter the visual quality to your own personal preference.
Real Vision ENB
Among the most famous graphical mods for Skyrim are the ENBseries. Real Vision produces some absolutely tremendous photorealistic effects, especially when combined with a number of other mods available from either the Steam Workshop or Skyrim Nexus. Take a look at the video above to see the mod in action. Just remember to draw breath every once in a while.
Among the most famous graphical mods for Skyrim are the ENBseries. Real Vision produces some absolutely tremendous photorealistic effects, especially when combined with a number of other mods available from either the Steam Workshop or Skyrim Nexus. Take a look at the video above to see the mod in action. Just remember to draw breath every once in a while.
Real Vision ENB is designed to work in conjunction with Climates of Tamriel, so make sure you have that installed, too.
Climates of Tamriel
A weather and atmosphere modification, Climates of Tamriel entirely recalibrates the weather and lighting of Skyrim for a much more realistic and picturesque world. Clouds, sunsets, storms, rain, and mists are just some of the thousands of effects that it adds, with everything created from scratch. The entire lighting system is handcrafted for more realistic sun and starlight. The impact to the game’s atmosphere in indisputable. It’ll hammer your system, but if your PC has the muscle this is a must-have.
A weather and atmosphere modification, Climates of Tamriel entirely recalibrates the weather and lighting of Skyrim for a much more realistic and picturesque world. Clouds, sunsets, storms, rain, and mists are just some of the thousands of effects that it adds, with everything created from scratch. The entire lighting system is handcrafted for more realistic sun and starlight. The impact to the game’s atmosphere in indisputable. It’ll hammer your system, but if your PC has the muscle this is a must-have.
2K Textures
2K Textures actually provides textures up to 4K in resolution, a whopping eight times the resolution of vanilla Skyrim, and four times that of the official HD patch. The mod applies new textures to almost everything in Skyrim, from the floors to the skies, and everything inbetween. The effect is understandably astonishing, as is the requirement (4 GB RAM and 1 GB video memory). A ‘lite’ version can be used on less powerful systems, or even a mix of full and lite elements for a good balance.
2K Textures actually provides textures up to 4K in resolution, a whopping eight times the resolution of vanilla Skyrim, and four times that of the official HD patch. The mod applies new textures to almost everything in Skyrim, from the floors to the skies, and everything inbetween. The effect is understandably astonishing, as is the requirement (4 GB RAM and 1 GB video memory). A ‘lite’ version can be used on less powerful systems, or even a mix of full and lite elements for a good balance.
HD Fire Effects
We’ve already fixed the embers in fireplaces with Better Embers, but there’s nothing in the Workshop to fix those tissue-paper flames. HD Fire Effects does a fantastic job of animating some truly hypnotic, realistic flames. The effect is applied to not only smouldering hearths but fiery magic attacks, too.
We’ve already fixed the embers in fireplaces with Better Embers, but there’s nothing in the Workshop to fix those tissue-paper flames. HD Fire Effects does a fantastic job of animating some truly hypnotic, realistic flames. The effect is applied to not only smouldering hearths but fiery magic attacks, too.
Skyrim gameplay mods
Mods are much more than mere visual enhancers as they can fundamentally change the way the game operates. These mods change the way you play Skyrim, from adding new methods of attacking, through different ways to traverse the world, and altering the way the user interface works.
Cutting Room Floor
Skyrim comes with a lot of content: we’re talking hundreds of hours of things to do before you even start messing with mods. But did you know there’s even more than that in vanilla Skyrim? The game is full of content that never made the final cut, hidden away from view. This mod restores NPCs, quests, items, and other miscellaneous doodads that were denied a place in the final build.
Skyrim comes with a lot of content: we’re talking hundreds of hours of things to do before you even start messing with mods. But did you know there’s even more than that in vanilla Skyrim? The game is full of content that never made the final cut, hidden away from view. This mod restores NPCs, quests, items, and other miscellaneous doodads that were denied a place in the final build.
Lightweight potions
Skyrim can be quite the challenge when the difficulty is cranked up. With bigger beasts comes bigger wounds, and you’ll need to be chugging potions to keep yourself healthy. At 0.5 weight per potions, these curatives are pretty light, but if they were nothing more than feathers you could certainly have more at hand for when the going gets tough. This mod reduces potions to 0.1 weight so you’re able to carry more than enough for the journey.
Skyrim can be quite the challenge when the difficulty is cranked up. With bigger beasts comes bigger wounds, and you’ll need to be chugging potions to keep yourself healthy. At 0.5 weight per potions, these curatives are pretty light, but if they were nothing more than feathers you could certainly have more at hand for when the going gets tough. This mod reduces potions to 0.1 weight so you’re able to carry more than enough for the journey.
Potion of Ultimate Levelling
Skyrim is the kind of game you’ll happily put hours into, but when you roll a new character, sometimes the last thing you want to do is spend days levelling them up. For a quick jump to the fun stuff with a new character, simply brew this Potion of Ultimate Levelling, guzzle it down, and increase every skill by 85.
Skyrim is the kind of game you’ll happily put hours into, but when you roll a new character, sometimes the last thing you want to do is spend days levelling them up. For a quick jump to the fun stuff with a new character, simply brew this Potion of Ultimate Levelling, guzzle it down, and increase every skill by 85.
Hazard Gambling
Modern RPGs always have a minigame or two to distract you (see The Witcher 3’s Gwent card game), but Skyrim is lacking in any fun pastimes. This Gambling mod adds the dice game Hazard to Skyrim’s taverns. It’s an old English game, which was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, based on betting on dice rolled in a cup.
Modern RPGs always have a minigame or two to distract you (see The Witcher 3’s Gwent card game), but Skyrim is lacking in any fun pastimes. This Gambling mod adds the dice game Hazard to Skyrim’s taverns. It’s an old English game, which was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, based on betting on dice rolled in a cup.
Become High King of Skyrim
When you complete everything there is to do in Skyrim, those randomised quests asking to to find swords lost down wells just don’t cut it. So use this mod to become High King of Skyrim and start bossing lesser souls about. Have people jailed, executed, or enslaved, order anyone to yield their possessions to you, demand anyone in the world becomes your follower, and command an army.
When you complete everything there is to do in Skyrim, those randomised quests asking to to find swords lost down wells just don’t cut it. So use this mod to become High King of Skyrim and start bossing lesser souls about. Have people jailed, executed, or enslaved, order anyone to yield their possessions to you, demand anyone in the world becomes your follower, and command an army.
You’ll need to complete a quest to prove yourself worthy, though – just downloading a mod doesn’t make you king by default!
Interesting NPCs
Skyrim has hundreds of people in its world, but so many of them are just bland character cutouts like ‘old man’ or ‘farmer’. Add some realism to the world with Interesting NPCs. Now everyone you meet will have huge dialogue trees that let you learn about them and roleplay conversation. Voiced by a cast of over 80 voice actors, this mod really brings the citizens of Skyrim to life.
Skyrim has hundreds of people in its world, but so many of them are just bland character cutouts like ‘old man’ or ‘farmer’. Add some realism to the world with Interesting NPCs. Now everyone you meet will have huge dialogue trees that let you learn about them and roleplay conversation. Voiced by a cast of over 80 voice actors, this mod really brings the citizens of Skyrim to life.
Dwemer Dogs companions
Dogs, as the entire internet will tell you, are great. So great that they need to be in at least your peripheral vision at every moment of the day. That’s where this Dwemer Dogs mod can help out. You can use a spell to summon a robotic dog to stand by your side for a whole hour. Sure, they can’t actually do anything other than bark and be astonishingly cute, but who needs function when the form is so good?
Dogs, as the entire internet will tell you, are great. So great that they need to be in at least your peripheral vision at every moment of the day. That’s where this Dwemer Dogs mod can help out. You can use a spell to summon a robotic dog to stand by your side for a whole hour. Sure, they can’t actually do anything other than bark and be astonishingly cute, but who needs function when the form is so good?
Sneak Tools
By and large, Skyrim doesn’t do sneaking all that well. To make a stealth playthrough more compelling, use this mod to add a variety of new sneaky tools to your arsenal. Now you can slit throats, knock people unconscious, conceal your identity with a mask, extinguish lights, and use Thief-like special arrows, including the rope arrows!
By and large, Skyrim doesn’t do sneaking all that well. To make a stealth playthrough more compelling, use this mod to add a variety of new sneaky tools to your arsenal. Now you can slit throats, knock people unconscious, conceal your identity with a mask, extinguish lights, and use Thief-like special arrows, including the rope arrows!
Invested Magic
Magic may be a tempting route to take in Skyrim, but the way sorcery functions in the game can make it very off-putting. Invested Magic addresses Skyrim’s poor buff systems by making them an ‘investment’; casting them only costs ten mana points, but those points are deducted from your total mana pool for as long as the spell lasts. Buffs last for much longer now – removing the need to constantly re-cast – but the trade-off is a smaller mana reserve for other spells. A much more logical way of handling armour spells, we’re sure you’ll agree.
Magic may be a tempting route to take in Skyrim, but the way sorcery functions in the game can make it very off-putting. Invested Magic addresses Skyrim’s poor buff systems by making them an ‘investment’; casting them only costs ten mana points, but those points are deducted from your total mana pool for as long as the spell lasts. Buffs last for much longer now – removing the need to constantly re-cast – but the trade-off is a smaller mana reserve for other spells. A much more logical way of handling armour spells, we’re sure you’ll agree.
Midas Magic Evolved
Midas Magic is an excellent mod that adds a whole library’s worth of spells to the discerning caster’s arsenal, and it certainly makes being a wizard much more appealing than in the vanilla game. Midas Magic Evolved only strengthens that mod by adding a further 250 spells. Wonderfully, these include a variety of ‘beam’ spells, adding a little Magicka chaos to your wizarding adventures.
Midas Magic is an excellent mod that adds a whole library’s worth of spells to the discerning caster’s arsenal, and it certainly makes being a wizard much more appealing than in the vanilla game. Midas Magic Evolved only strengthens that mod by adding a further 250 spells. Wonderfully, these include a variety of ‘beam’ spells, adding a little Magicka chaos to your wizarding adventures.
Realistic Needs and Diseases
With survival sims like DayZ and Rust booming with increased popularity at the moment, it’s no wonder modders have been inspired to add a level of hardcore survivalism to Skyrim. After all, its snowy expanses are the perfect lands to test your mettle in. Realistic Needs and Diseases forces you to eat, drink, and sleep regularly to stay functional, making a stop at the tavern a fun but necessary part of your daily routine. Diseases are much more damaging to your health, and require adequate treatment before you can continue your adventure.
With survival sims like DayZ and Rust booming with increased popularity at the moment, it’s no wonder modders have been inspired to add a level of hardcore survivalism to Skyrim. After all, its snowy expanses are the perfect lands to test your mettle in. Realistic Needs and Diseases forces you to eat, drink, and sleep regularly to stay functional, making a stop at the tavern a fun but necessary part of your daily routine. Diseases are much more damaging to your health, and require adequate treatment before you can continue your adventure.
Become a Bard
Warriors and rangers are ten-a-penny on the streets of Skyrim. Gain true respect by adopting an artful profession: being a bard. Sing your way from tavern to tavern and earn yourself a pretty penny from ale-guzzling patrons the world over. Your bard will be able to play any instrument in Skyrim, and a simple tap of the Z key will cause them to erupt into song. Your companions will even join in should harmonies be required. A skill tree will help you improve your vocals and bag you Christmas No. 1.
Warriors and rangers are ten-a-penny on the streets of Skyrim. Gain true respect by adopting an artful profession: being a bard. Sing your way from tavern to tavern and earn yourself a pretty penny from ale-guzzling patrons the world over. Your bard will be able to play any instrument in Skyrim, and a simple tap of the Z key will cause them to erupt into song. Your companions will even join in should harmonies be required. A skill tree will help you improve your vocals and bag you Christmas No. 1.
Dragon Knowledge
With the number of dragons burning down Skyrim’s towns these days, a likely scenario for a mighty Dragonborn like yourself is having a massive stockpile of dragon souls with nothing to spend them on. Dragon Knowledge takes a few liberties with Skyrim’s lore and suggests that absorbing the soul of the great winged ones would grant the Dragonborn new insights into the ways of the world. In other words, you can spend dragon souls on perks in the skill tree.
With the number of dragons burning down Skyrim’s towns these days, a likely scenario for a mighty Dragonborn like yourself is having a massive stockpile of dragon souls with nothing to spend them on. Dragon Knowledge takes a few liberties with Skyrim’s lore and suggests that absorbing the soul of the great winged ones would grant the Dragonborn new insights into the ways of the world. In other words, you can spend dragon souls on perks in the skill tree.
Craftable Clothing
If you’re more comfortable in threads than you are a great mound of bulky armour, you’ve been cut quite the raw deal in Skyrim. While armour users can merrily skip away to the forge and hammer themselves out a new helmet or breastplate, you’re stuck with tacky store-bought jumpers or the robes you’ve pulled off the back of a corpse.
If you’re more comfortable in threads than you are a great mound of bulky armour, you’ve been cut quite the raw deal in Skyrim. While armour users can merrily skip away to the forge and hammer themselves out a new helmet or breastplate, you’re stuck with tacky store-bought jumpers or the robes you’ve pulled off the back of a corpse.
Craftable Clothing remedies this injustice by making the tanning rack a key to all kinds of fashionable garments, from hard-wearing trousers to stylish mage robes. No longer will men and women of the cloth be second-class citizens in the war of Skyrim’s catwalk.
Fishing
The MMO-favourite hobby of fishing finally makes it into Skyrim by way of this mod. Fishing adds rods, nets, and dwarven boomfishing to the game. Rods and nets can be set up by riversides while bait must be attached to lure in your prey. Dwarven fishing methods prove a little more military-inspired, with explosives thrown into the water to kill fish en-masse and provide a haul to sell for profit.
The MMO-favourite hobby of fishing finally makes it into Skyrim by way of this mod. Fishing adds rods, nets, and dwarven boomfishing to the game. Rods and nets can be set up by riversides while bait must be attached to lure in your prey. Dwarven fishing methods prove a little more military-inspired, with explosives thrown into the water to kill fish en-masse and provide a haul to sell for profit.
Faction: Pit Fighters
Pit Fighters is a new guild for Skyrim, offering up a great questline as you battle for glory in the gladiatorial pits. The quest’s NPCs are fully voiced and the mod comes with a variety of arenas to do battle in. There’s even money to be made from the book keepers who conduct betting on each fight.
Pit Fighters is a new guild for Skyrim, offering up a great questline as you battle for glory in the gladiatorial pits. The quest’s NPCs are fully voiced and the mod comes with a variety of arenas to do battle in. There’s even money to be made from the book keepers who conduct betting on each fight.
Monsters Reborn
Tired of fighting the same old Draugr and Mud Crabs? Monsters Reborn introduces a massive new range of enemies and creatures into Skyrim, across a vast range of levels to offer a stiff challenge. From lowly Werewolf Behemoths to brutally powerful Blizzard Dragons, Monsters Reborn adds a welcome level of variety to the beasts on the end of your sword, and scales enemies to pose the right level of difficulty to your character.
Tired of fighting the same old Draugr and Mud Crabs? Monsters Reborn introduces a massive new range of enemies and creatures into Skyrim, across a vast range of levels to offer a stiff challenge. From lowly Werewolf Behemoths to brutally powerful Blizzard Dragons, Monsters Reborn adds a welcome level of variety to the beasts on the end of your sword, and scales enemies to pose the right level of difficulty to your character.
The Dance of Death
Adding a significant collection of new finishing moves, The Dance of Death makes Skyrim’s combat that little bit more brutal. Each new move is attached to a perk, so as you gradually work your way through a melee weapon’s skill tree, you’ll unlock new and more excessive kill animations.
Adding a significant collection of new finishing moves, The Dance of Death makes Skyrim’s combat that little bit more brutal. Each new move is attached to a perk, so as you gradually work your way through a melee weapon’s skill tree, you’ll unlock new and more excessive kill animations.
SkyUI
Skyrim is a very solid PC game, but there are telltale signs that the game wasn’t solely designed to be played on a computer. The user interface is the leading clue as it’s wholly built to be navigated with a controller. SkyUI completely rebuilds the HUD and interface of Skyrim, making it much more friendly for keyboard and mouse users.
Skyrim is a very solid PC game, but there are telltale signs that the game wasn’t solely designed to be played on a computer. The user interface is the leading clue as it’s wholly built to be navigated with a controller. SkyUI completely rebuilds the HUD and interface of Skyrim, making it much more friendly for keyboard and mouse users.
Apocalypse Magic
Another magic overhaul mod that adds 140 new spells to Skyrim, Apocalypse Magic’s most notable point is putting emphasis on magic schools that are not Destruction or Conjuration. The goal is to make Alteration or Illusion magic a viable spellcaster path, without having to dabble in Destruction to be effective.
Another magic overhaul mod that adds 140 new spells to Skyrim, Apocalypse Magic’s most notable point is putting emphasis on magic schools that are not Destruction or Conjuration. The goal is to make Alteration or Illusion magic a viable spellcaster path, without having to dabble in Destruction to be effective.
Multiple Followers
The classic days of RPGs allowed you to gallivant across the land with a party of loyal companions ready to bash in heads and drink taverns dry. Skyrim, unfortunately, limits you to just a single companion, destroying any hopes of putting together a Fellowship of the Dragonborn. Multiple Followers fixes this by allowing you to recruit up to seven companions for your journey.
The classic days of RPGs allowed you to gallivant across the land with a party of loyal companions ready to bash in heads and drink taverns dry. Skyrim, unfortunately, limits you to just a single companion, destroying any hopes of putting together a Fellowship of the Dragonborn. Multiple Followers fixes this by allowing you to recruit up to seven companions for your journey.
Better Combat AI
While Better Combat AI can’t stop the clunky nature of Skyrim’s sword swinging it does make the whole affair much more tactical. Enemies will adopt better strategies for fighting, such as attempting to cripple you, or using power attacks to break your defence. The mod also adjusts the intelligence of your enemies depending on type – bandits are much more ferocious than angry farmers.
While Better Combat AI can’t stop the clunky nature of Skyrim’s sword swinging it does make the whole affair much more tactical. Enemies will adopt better strategies for fighting, such as attempting to cripple you, or using power attacks to break your defence. The mod also adjusts the intelligence of your enemies depending on type – bandits are much more ferocious than angry farmers.
GreyLight Soul Summoning
For those looking to bring a little extra muscle to battle without messing around with conjuration magic, GreyLight adds an interesting new ‘soul summoning’ mechanic. Killing enemies in the world allows you to add their soul to a register, which you can then call upon at any time in battle. Almost every enemy type is accounted for: from bears and wolves through Falmer and even dragons. It’s basically a really macabre version of Pokémon.
For those looking to bring a little extra muscle to battle without messing around with conjuration magic, GreyLight adds an interesting new ‘soul summoning’ mechanic. Killing enemies in the world allows you to add their soul to a register, which you can then call upon at any time in battle. Almost every enemy type is accounted for: from bears and wolves through Falmer and even dragons. It’s basically a really macabre version of Pokémon.
Camping Kit
The true Dragonborn does not fast-travel between locations, they walk to their destination on foot. When night falls, they set up camp using this fantastic camping kit mod. Craft a tent at a tanning rack and then set it up out on the road. It provides shelter from the elements and enemies, and even has a ‘DarkFire’ which gives off heat but not light to prevent bandits seeking you out in the dark.
The true Dragonborn does not fast-travel between locations, they walk to their destination on foot. When night falls, they set up camp using this fantastic camping kit mod. Craft a tent at a tanning rack and then set it up out on the road. It provides shelter from the elements and enemies, and even has a ‘DarkFire’ which gives off heat but not light to prevent bandits seeking you out in the dark.
Duel Combat Realism
Duel retools Skyrim’s combat to offer a more realistic and logical battle system. Blocking attacks becomes vital, and a good shield no longer simply dampens the damage of an enemy’s blow, but can negate it entirely. The stamina bar becomes exceptionally important as it represents your ‘balance’ in combat – the more stamina you have, the better you’ll be in close combat. Duel also puts an emphasis on what armour you’re wearing and how it affects your defence, as well as retooling the stealth system to make hidden strikes much more rewarding.
Duel retools Skyrim’s combat to offer a more realistic and logical battle system. Blocking attacks becomes vital, and a good shield no longer simply dampens the damage of an enemy’s blow, but can negate it entirely. The stamina bar becomes exceptionally important as it represents your ‘balance’ in combat – the more stamina you have, the better you’ll be in close combat. Duel also puts an emphasis on what armour you’re wearing and how it affects your defence, as well as retooling the stealth system to make hidden strikes much more rewarding.
Better Hunting
This is a small mod that simply changes the values of animal pelts, meat, and parts. The idea of Better Hunting is not to make the act of taking down animals better, but improve the rewards for selling your catches, thus making hunting a viable pursuit. Furs and meats traditionally demand high prices, and with this mod you’ll be able to finance your other world-saving pursuits with the animals you bring back to town.
This is a small mod that simply changes the values of animal pelts, meat, and parts. The idea of Better Hunting is not to make the act of taking down animals better, but improve the rewards for selling your catches, thus making hunting a viable pursuit. Furs and meats traditionally demand high prices, and with this mod you’ll be able to finance your other world-saving pursuits with the animals you bring back to town.
Engineering
The dwarves may be gone for good in Skyrim’s lore but that doesn’t mean their technology has to be lost to the winds of time. Engineering allows you to craft a variety of Dwemer machines to help you in battle. Finally, a use for all those Dwarven Gears cluttering your inventory!
The dwarves may be gone for good in Skyrim’s lore but that doesn’t mean their technology has to be lost to the winds of time. Engineering allows you to craft a variety of Dwemer machines to help you in battle. Finally, a use for all those Dwarven Gears cluttering your inventory!
Reverse Crafting
That sword you found may be pretty useless in its current form, but the steelwork surely has value. If only you could melt it down and reforge it into some cool armour or a nice new helmet. Vanilla Skyrim refuses to allow such sacrilege, but Reverse Crafting adds the simple but exceptionally useful ability to break down items into their base components, allowing you to recycle waste rather than simply throwing it away. Keep Skyrim green, please!
That sword you found may be pretty useless in its current form, but the steelwork surely has value. If only you could melt it down and reforge it into some cool armour or a nice new helmet. Vanilla Skyrim refuses to allow such sacrilege, but Reverse Crafting adds the simple but exceptionally useful ability to break down items into their base components, allowing you to recycle waste rather than simply throwing it away. Keep Skyrim green, please!
Tame the Beasts of Skyrim
Take a pet with you on your journey through Skyrim – it’s a rewarding pursuit that also helps you out in battle! This mod allows you to tame any beast in the wild using a special shout. Once a beast is tamed you’ll be able to assign it a role (DPS, Tank, or Magical) and have it assist you out on the open road. Pets do require looking after, though, so please remember to feed and water them. You can also spirit bond with your pet, merging your souls together so you can directly control them.
Take a pet with you on your journey through Skyrim – it’s a rewarding pursuit that also helps you out in battle! This mod allows you to tame any beast in the wild using a special shout. Once a beast is tamed you’ll be able to assign it a role (DPS, Tank, or Magical) and have it assist you out on the open road. Pets do require looking after, though, so please remember to feed and water them. You can also spirit bond with your pet, merging your souls together so you can directly control them.
Glowing Ore Lines
A mod that simply causes ore lines in rocks to glow brightly, making spotting mining opportunities much easier.
A mod that simply causes ore lines in rocks to glow brightly, making spotting mining opportunities much easier.
To Have and To Hold Marriage
The aim of this mod is supposedly to strengthen the bond between you and your husband/wife in Skyrim, but, quite honestly, it sounds more like a homewrecker’s paradise. You can now divorce your partner should you become bored or them. Should polygamy be more your style, the mod will allow you to take on up to 11 spouses, which is sure to impress your original spouse. You can ask your partner to play ‘Dress Up’ with a variety of new outfits as well as take part in three small quests to bring you closer together.
The aim of this mod is supposedly to strengthen the bond between you and your husband/wife in Skyrim, but, quite honestly, it sounds more like a homewrecker’s paradise. You can now divorce your partner should you become bored or them. Should polygamy be more your style, the mod will allow you to take on up to 11 spouses, which is sure to impress your original spouse. You can ask your partner to play ‘Dress Up’ with a variety of new outfits as well as take part in three small quests to bring you closer together.
Dynamic Fires
Dynamic Fires allows you to light and extinguish flames in logical ways. Blast wood with your fireball spells to ignite and hose it down with frost to put it out. Torches can be used to light campfires with the bash attack, too. A small mod, but one that adds some excellent immersion.
Dynamic Fires allows you to light and extinguish flames in logical ways. Blast wood with your fireball spells to ignite and hose it down with frost to put it out. Torches can be used to light campfires with the bash attack, too. A small mod, but one that adds some excellent immersion.
Monster Mounts
Horses are so pedestrian. Why gallop around on a steed when you could skitter on a giant spider, bound on a massive kitten, or balance on the shoulders of a troll. Monster Mounts allows you to ride on the back of 87 different, wonderful monsters, all inflated to perfectly mountable sizes. You’ve never looked heroic until you’ve ridden into battle on the back of an oversized puppy.
Horses are so pedestrian. Why gallop around on a steed when you could skitter on a giant spider, bound on a massive kitten, or balance on the shoulders of a troll. Monster Mounts allows you to ride on the back of 87 different, wonderful monsters, all inflated to perfectly mountable sizes. You’ve never looked heroic until you’ve ridden into battle on the back of an oversized puppy.
Skyrim weapons and armour mods
When it comes to equipping yourself for battle looking badass should be near the top of your priority list. You want the coolest weapons and the most stylish armour plating around. Sometimes, Skyrim’s vendors just don’t have what you need, but thankfully these mods bring a great variety of new fashions and weapons to Skyrim’s lands.
Bandolier bags and pouches
Skyrim is a world with a lot of items to pick up and you’ll want to leave behind few of them. But even the Dragonborn is not Superman – they cannot haul everything. Should you be running out of inventory space all too often, try these handy bags and pouches. Crafted from the tanning rack, they add a good chunk of extra carry weight to your character, meaning you’ll never have to leave anything behind again.
Skyrim is a world with a lot of items to pick up and you’ll want to leave behind few of them. But even the Dragonborn is not Superman – they cannot haul everything. Should you be running out of inventory space all too often, try these handy bags and pouches. Crafted from the tanning rack, they add a good chunk of extra carry weight to your character, meaning you’ll never have to leave anything behind again.
Throwing Weapons
There’s more to ranged combat than spells and bows, which is why this mod adds a wonderful collection of sharpened throwing weapons to the Skyrim armoury. Javelins, axes, knives, and even grenades can be equipped and hurled at enemies, and your skill with them improved via a skill tree.
There’s more to ranged combat than spells and bows, which is why this mod adds a wonderful collection of sharpened throwing weapons to the Skyrim armoury. Javelins, axes, knives, and even grenades can be equipped and hurled at enemies, and your skill with them improved via a skill tree.
Daedra Hunter Armour
This mod adds a suit of ornate armour to the game, but finding it requires you to embark on a little quest first. Follow the diaries of a Daedra Hunter through numerous dungeons in order to discover the prize, along with a great collection of new one and two-handed blades. Start the quest by finding the Buried Tower southwest of Riften.
This mod adds a suit of ornate armour to the game, but finding it requires you to embark on a little quest first. Follow the diaries of a Daedra Hunter through numerous dungeons in order to discover the prize, along with a great collection of new one and two-handed blades. Start the quest by finding the Buried Tower southwest of Riften.
Staves of Skyrim
Staves of Skyrim is a staff overhaul mod that adjusts the way staffs work in Skyrim, as well as adding some beautifully detailed new staves to the game. Staves now come in heavy and light variants, as well as magic and defensive. With a defensive stave you can block incoming attacks in a similar manner to a shield. This allows mages to defend with a weapon that suits their class, rather than having to use a warrior’s shield.
Staves of Skyrim is a staff overhaul mod that adjusts the way staffs work in Skyrim, as well as adding some beautifully detailed new staves to the game. Staves now come in heavy and light variants, as well as magic and defensive. With a defensive stave you can block incoming attacks in a similar manner to a shield. This allows mages to defend with a weapon that suits their class, rather than having to use a warrior’s shield.
Dragon Bone Weapons
It takes a long time to reach the crafting level requirements to work with dragon bone, and it’s rather devastating to discover you can only forge light or heavy plate armour from the skeletons of slain wyrms. Dragon Bone Weapons finally adds a full variety of weapons to the crafting system, allowing you to strike fear into the hearts of dragons everywhere by stabbing them with their brothers.
It takes a long time to reach the crafting level requirements to work with dragon bone, and it’s rather devastating to discover you can only forge light or heavy plate armour from the skeletons of slain wyrms. Dragon Bone Weapons finally adds a full variety of weapons to the crafting system, allowing you to strike fear into the hearts of dragons everywhere by stabbing them with their brothers.
Talos Armoury
If Daedric fashion isn’t for you then perhaps you need to go to the opposite end of the spectrum and wear a style that’s godly in nature. Talos Armoury adds the armour of hero-god Talos himself to the game, and can be crafted only at the Forge of Talos. You can also recruit the Avatar of Talos as an NPC follower.
If Daedric fashion isn’t for you then perhaps you need to go to the opposite end of the spectrum and wear a style that’s godly in nature. Talos Armoury adds the armour of hero-god Talos himself to the game, and can be crafted only at the Forge of Talos. You can also recruit the Avatar of Talos as an NPC follower.
Royal Elven Armour
Some stunning armour as worn by the Elven Royal Guard, now available for the common folk to craft at all good forges.
Some stunning armour as worn by the Elven Royal Guard, now available for the common folk to craft at all good forges.
Immersive Armours
While adding an impressive 55 new sets of armour to the game is what it’s all about, Immersive Armour’s secondary aim is avoid disrupting the natural feeling of Skyrim. The armour is all lore-friendly and feels suitably ‘Bethesda Official’, and is integrated in such a way that it feels like genuine elements of the world. Find them on bandits, in chests, at vendors – these are not ‘craft-only’ pieces.
While adding an impressive 55 new sets of armour to the game is what it’s all about, Immersive Armour’s secondary aim is avoid disrupting the natural feeling of Skyrim. The armour is all lore-friendly and feels suitably ‘Bethesda Official’, and is integrated in such a way that it feels like genuine elements of the world. Find them on bandits, in chests, at vendors – these are not ‘craft-only’ pieces.
Immersive Weapons
Working in exactly the same way as Immersive Armours, the Weapons version of the mod seamlessly adds 224 new weapons to Skyrim.
Working in exactly the same way as Immersive Armours, the Weapons version of the mod seamlessly adds 224 new weapons to Skyrim.
Cloaks of Skyrim
For a fantasy game, Skyrim is severely lacking in cloaks. Everyone loves a swooshy cloak, and Cloaks of Skyrim adds 100 wonderfully detailed cloaks to the game. Worn by player characters and NPCs alike, they’re both stylish and can be worn over any existing armour set. Cloaks can be crafted at the tanning rack, but be sure to read up on how to stitch them together in Fryssa the Wide’s Nordic Tailoring, an in-game book you’ll need to find before you can craft.
For a fantasy game, Skyrim is severely lacking in cloaks. Everyone loves a swooshy cloak, and Cloaks of Skyrim adds 100 wonderfully detailed cloaks to the game. Worn by player characters and NPCs alike, they’re both stylish and can be worn over any existing armour set. Cloaks can be crafted at the tanning rack, but be sure to read up on how to stitch them together in Fryssa the Wide’s Nordic Tailoring, an in-game book you’ll need to find before you can craft.
Skyrim world mods
Skyrim is densely populated with areas to discover and explore. But if you’ve already spent a hundred or so hours with the game, chances are you’ve seen it all. It’s time to add new areas to the world with a great set of mods.
Open Cities – Legendary Edition
More detailed environments bring with them a notable curse: loading screens. Skyrim has them everywhere; it feels like you can’t open a door without going through a loading screen. Open Cities banishes loading between outside and inside cities, allowing you to pass through their gates and into the streets in one seamless movement. Now you can gallop through Riften on horseback, or coax a dragon into a city centre to fight the local guardsmen.
More detailed environments bring with them a notable curse: loading screens. Skyrim has them everywhere; it feels like you can’t open a door without going through a loading screen. Open Cities banishes loading between outside and inside cities, allowing you to pass through their gates and into the streets in one seamless movement. Now you can gallop through Riften on horseback, or coax a dragon into a city centre to fight the local guardsmen.
Hermit Tree House
If you’d rather live a more humble existence out in the beauty of Skyrim’s forests, this Tree House mod is tailor made for you. It’s not made up of cells, meaning you don’t need to load to get inside, so you can still admire those beautiful, serene vistas from the windows. And thanks to its height it’s a great vantage platform for hunters, too.
If you’d rather live a more humble existence out in the beauty of Skyrim’s forests, this Tree House mod is tailor made for you. It’s not made up of cells, meaning you don’t need to load to get inside, so you can still admire those beautiful, serene vistas from the windows. And thanks to its height it’s a great vantage platform for hunters, too.
Build Your Own Town – Becoming a Lord
The Hearthfire DLC introduced the ability to build houses in Skyrim but this mod takes it several steps further. Becoming a Lord grants you a plot of land as a blank canvas for building an entire city. It’s SimCity-meets-Skyrim, and you don’t even need to own Hearthfire for the mod to work, either. It’s very much a work in progress at the moment, so only wooden constructs can be created, but this is certainly a project to watch and test as new features are added.
The Hearthfire DLC introduced the ability to build houses in Skyrim but this mod takes it several steps further. Becoming a Lord grants you a plot of land as a blank canvas for building an entire city. It’s SimCity-meets-Skyrim, and you don’t even need to own Hearthfire for the mod to work, either. It’s very much a work in progress at the moment, so only wooden constructs can be created, but this is certainly a project to watch and test as new features are added.
Castle Volkihar
If you prefer your fortresses pre-built then Castle Volkihar is about as grand as they come. A colossal vampire castle filled with winding corridors, turrets, and dungeons, it also comes bundled with its own questline. Set after the events of Dawnguard (you’ll need that DLC, by the way), you’ll need to take Auriel’s Bow with you to defeat Harkon’s occupying army in order to free his brother and coven who have been locked away in the castle crypt.
If you prefer your fortresses pre-built then Castle Volkihar is about as grand as they come. A colossal vampire castle filled with winding corridors, turrets, and dungeons, it also comes bundled with its own questline. Set after the events of Dawnguard (you’ll need that DLC, by the way), you’ll need to take Auriel’s Bow with you to defeat Harkon’s occupying army in order to free his brother and coven who have been locked away in the castle crypt.
Tundra Defence
Tundra Defence grants Skyrim a minigame in the vein of tower defence and horde mode. Build your own outpost in the wilderness of Skyrim and then defend it from waves of attackers. Guards can be hired to help defend your land and citizens can live in your boundaries in exchange for taxes. Enemy raids can be triggered manually for instant action, or set to random intervals so attackers can strike at any time. This adds an interesting element of responsibility to the game, as ignoring attacks can leave your camp in ruins.
Tundra Defence grants Skyrim a minigame in the vein of tower defence and horde mode. Build your own outpost in the wilderness of Skyrim and then defend it from waves of attackers. Guards can be hired to help defend your land and citizens can live in your boundaries in exchange for taxes. Enemy raids can be triggered manually for instant action, or set to random intervals so attackers can strike at any time. This adds an interesting element of responsibility to the game, as ignoring attacks can leave your camp in ruins.
Community College
Located east of Whiterun, the Skyrim Community College is home to 18 trainers and 18 merchants who will aid you in becoming a master in the many arts of adventuring. Finally, you won’t need to waste your time trekking across the land in search of the trainer you need; simply attend the community college for a course in sword swinging and gain all the knowledge you need in one convenient campus location.
Located east of Whiterun, the Skyrim Community College is home to 18 trainers and 18 merchants who will aid you in becoming a master in the many arts of adventuring. Finally, you won’t need to waste your time trekking across the land in search of the trainer you need; simply attend the community college for a course in sword swinging and gain all the knowledge you need in one convenient campus location.
Greystone Castle
An exceptionally grand player house located on a cliff northeast of Ivarstead, Greystone Castle is an elaborate bespoke build containing chambers for every kind of crafting imaginable. There’s no questline associated with it, but there’s no denying that it’s an impressive creation that no Dragonborn should live without.
An exceptionally grand player house located on a cliff northeast of Ivarstead, Greystone Castle is an elaborate bespoke build containing chambers for every kind of crafting imaginable. There’s no questline associated with it, but there’s no denying that it’s an impressive creation that no Dragonborn should live without.
Into the Deep – Atlantis
As the name suggests, Into the Deep recreates the sunken city of Atlantis within Elder Scrolls lore. A huge sunken dungeon accessed by a boat from the Dawnstar Sanctuary, Atlantis is teeming with mermen, goblins, traps, whirlpools, and even the agents of Hades. The journey to the end of the dungeon’s ten chambers is a good four hours, and you’ll have to defeat a challenging boss before the sunken city reveals its treasures to you.
As the name suggests, Into the Deep recreates the sunken city of Atlantis within Elder Scrolls lore. A huge sunken dungeon accessed by a boat from the Dawnstar Sanctuary, Atlantis is teeming with mermen, goblins, traps, whirlpools, and even the agents of Hades. The journey to the end of the dungeon’s ten chambers is a good four hours, and you’ll have to defeat a challenging boss before the sunken city reveals its treasures to you.
Val Lyrea
Val Lyrea is a vast dwarven citadel located in the field of Whiterun, made up of cavernous halls with gilded monuments and great hissing clockwork machines. Populated by merchants and new characters, you’ll also find a great set of enchanted Dwemer armour in the halls.
Val Lyrea is a vast dwarven citadel located in the field of Whiterun, made up of cavernous halls with gilded monuments and great hissing clockwork machines. Populated by merchants and new characters, you’ll also find a great set of enchanted Dwemer armour in the halls.
Wyvern Rock Castle
A beautifully designed castle, and your new home, the fun in Wyvern Rock comes from its multiple secret rooms. A labyrinth of secret passages behind hidden doors will lead you to chambers containing the previous owner’s treasures.
A beautifully designed castle, and your new home, the fun in Wyvern Rock comes from its multiple secret rooms. A labyrinth of secret passages behind hidden doors will lead you to chambers containing the previous owner’s treasures.
The Asteria Dwemer Airship
If one of the modding community’s vast castles and mansions isn’t quite flashy enough for you, perhaps a flying boat will be something worthy of your tastes. The Dwemer were well known for their ingenuity and, surprisingly, airships are actually part of The Elder Scrolls lore. The Asteria is inspired by the Morrowind quest Bloodmoon, and not only looks fantastic, but has decks kitted out with all the forges, enchanting tables, and tanning racks you could possibly need to lead a life of luxury in Skyrim.
If one of the modding community’s vast castles and mansions isn’t quite flashy enough for you, perhaps a flying boat will be something worthy of your tastes. The Dwemer were well known for their ingenuity and, surprisingly, airships are actually part of The Elder Scrolls lore. The Asteria is inspired by the Morrowind quest Bloodmoon, and not only looks fantastic, but has decks kitted out with all the forges, enchanting tables, and tanning racks you could possibly need to lead a life of luxury in Skyrim.
Sounds of Skyrim
A massive mod made up of three packages, Sounds of Skyrim adds 450 new sound effects to create a realistically noisy world. It eliminates moments of unnatural silence with birdsong and wind out in the wilderness, and the hussle of human life in cities. Walk by doors and windows to overhear what’s going on inside, approach cave entrances to listen to the drip and echoes within. Effects change depending on the time of day too, with nocturnal animals sounding out at night and children shrieking during the day.
A massive mod made up of three packages, Sounds of Skyrim adds 450 new sound effects to create a realistically noisy world. It eliminates moments of unnatural silence with birdsong and wind out in the wilderness, and the hussle of human life in cities. Walk by doors and windows to overhear what’s going on inside, approach cave entrances to listen to the drip and echoes within. Effects change depending on the time of day too, with nocturnal animals sounding out at night and children shrieking during the day.
The Elder Scrolls Places
Places is an intriguing mod that recreates a variety of locales from the very first Elder Scrolls game and places them into Skyrim’s landscape. To keep it lore friendly, the places have been reimagined as they would be 200 years on – the time difference between Arena and Skyrim. For long-term players, this a true piece of fan-service.
Places is an intriguing mod that recreates a variety of locales from the very first Elder Scrolls game and places them into Skyrim’s landscape. To keep it lore friendly, the places have been reimagined as they would be 200 years on – the time difference between Arena and Skyrim. For long-term players, this a true piece of fan-service.
Falskaar
Falskaar is a particularly famous mod. More expansion pack than a simple questline, the mod adds 25 hours of campaign content and a whole new continent. 2,000 hours in the making, creator Alexander J. Velicky created it to gain the attention of Bethesda. He now works at Bungie on Destiny, which should shout about the quality of his work. An absolute necessity and the most ambitious mod on this list.
Falskaar is a particularly famous mod. More expansion pack than a simple questline, the mod adds 25 hours of campaign content and a whole new continent. 2,000 hours in the making, creator Alexander J. Velicky created it to gain the attention of Bethesda. He now works at Bungie on Destiny, which should shout about the quality of his work. An absolute necessity and the most ambitious mod on this list.
Skyrim quest mods
You’ve proven yourself the saviour of Skyrim, you’ve risen through the ranks of every guild in the land, and you’ve found the missing swords of a thousand wandering adventurers. Your quest log is empty and you’re without purpose. These are the mods you need to keep you journeying for that extra mile.
Voyage to the Dreamborne Isles
If there’s a more exciting mod to look at out there we don’t know about it. Voyage to the Dreamborne Isles is the most beautiful world created for Skyrim; all saturated colours and neon fauna. Its quest is laden with puzzles rather than packed with combat, although there’s certainly still plenty of danger posed by a trio of ferocious dragons.
If there’s a more exciting mod to look at out there we don’t know about it. Voyage to the Dreamborne Isles is the most beautiful world created for Skyrim; all saturated colours and neon fauna. Its quest is laden with puzzles rather than packed with combat, although there’s certainly still plenty of danger posed by a trio of ferocious dragons.
The Rabbit Hole Dungeon
Just north of Falkreath is the Rabbit Hole Dungeon. As the name suggests, it burrows down 50 levels deep. Each floor contains enemies, and defeating them unlocks the door to the next cavern. An arena-style combat challenge, this dungeon also randomly changes on every visit to encourage multiple replays.
Just north of Falkreath is the Rabbit Hole Dungeon. As the name suggests, it burrows down 50 levels deep. Each floor contains enemies, and defeating them unlocks the door to the next cavern. An arena-style combat challenge, this dungeon also randomly changes on every visit to encourage multiple replays.
ThirteenOranges’ Quests
ThirteenOranges’ quest mods are amongst the most highly rated on the Steam Workshop, and it’s easy to understand why. Lore friendly and prioritising exploration and story, each one of the five quests in the collection adds new areas to discover, all littered with a vast collection of heavily researched texts. You’ll visit Daedric realms, infiltrate the tower of a sorcerer, slay a giant, and sail dangerous waters, as well as clock up an impressive amount of game time in the process.
ThirteenOranges’ quest mods are amongst the most highly rated on the Steam Workshop, and it’s easy to understand why. Lore friendly and prioritising exploration and story, each one of the five quests in the collection adds new areas to discover, all littered with a vast collection of heavily researched texts. You’ll visit Daedric realms, infiltrate the tower of a sorcerer, slay a giant, and sail dangerous waters, as well as clock up an impressive amount of game time in the process.
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Travel to Elsweyr, a tropical region inhabited by a great variety of new creatures. Hunt hyenas in the desert and stalk raptors in the jungle as you complete the six quests of this storyline revealing wonders of the area. The jungle areas are particularly impressive, and there’s a notable amount of care taken with creating the characters of Elsweyr, who are all voice acted for a little extra immersion. It’s worth grabbing the HD Texture Pack too as it boosts the mods visuals to 2K quality.
Travel to Elsweyr, a tropical region inhabited by a great variety of new creatures. Hunt hyenas in the desert and stalk raptors in the jungle as you complete the six quests of this storyline revealing wonders of the area. The jungle areas are particularly impressive, and there’s a notable amount of care taken with creating the characters of Elsweyr, who are all voice acted for a little extra immersion. It’s worth grabbing the HD Texture Pack too as it boosts the mods visuals to 2K quality.
Fight against the Thalmor
More a campaign than a questline, Fight against the Thalmor is comprised of four Workshop files each containing a chapter of the prolonged struggle against a bunch of racist elves. Rather than offering up standard quests to the log, the mod provides the locations within the game and allows the story to play out naturally through the use of letters and journals, NPCs, and a few side-quests. While not as narrative heavy as most quest mods, Fight against the Thalmor offers some stunning locations to spill blood in.
More a campaign than a questline, Fight against the Thalmor is comprised of four Workshop files each containing a chapter of the prolonged struggle against a bunch of racist elves. Rather than offering up standard quests to the log, the mod provides the locations within the game and allows the story to play out naturally through the use of letters and journals, NPCs, and a few side-quests. While not as narrative heavy as most quest mods, Fight against the Thalmor offers some stunning locations to spill blood in.
The Evil Mansion
A worthy adventurer shouldn’t find a haunted house any trouble at all. But as you approach this one you’ll start to notice that this dwelling feels a little familiar. The Evil Mansion is a recreation of Resident Evil’s zombie-infested house and, as such, requires cleansing of its hideous undead inhabitants. Expect the classic moments – including those dreaded dogs – all made over with a Skyrim-friendly feel. And with the mansion cleared you can settle in and make it your home.
A worthy adventurer shouldn’t find a haunted house any trouble at all. But as you approach this one you’ll start to notice that this dwelling feels a little familiar. The Evil Mansion is a recreation of Resident Evil’s zombie-infested house and, as such, requires cleansing of its hideous undead inhabitants. Expect the classic moments – including those dreaded dogs – all made over with a Skyrim-friendly feel. And with the mansion cleared you can settle in and make it your home.
Wrath of Nature: Path of the Druid
Take on the four trials of this questline and you’ll be rewarded with the classic druid ability of transforming into animals. Wolf, Tiger, Bear, and Tree forms will be at your disposal after proving your worth in the druid trials, each offering indefinite periods of animal form and a selection of special abilities.
Take on the four trials of this questline and you’ll be rewarded with the classic druid ability of transforming into animals. Wolf, Tiger, Bear, and Tree forms will be at your disposal after proving your worth in the druid trials, each offering indefinite periods of animal form and a selection of special abilities.
Arissa
A mere two quests long, this is certainly the shortest adventure on our list, but the reward is quite special: Arissa herself. A new companion for Skyrim, Arissa is one of the most well-crafted NPCs from the modding community. Fully voiced with 450 lines of dialogue, and fleshed out with a substantial backstory, Arissa is a well-travelled Imperial rogue looking to help out the Dragonborn. She doesn’t run on normal follower code, so you can bring her along as a second companion even if you don’t have the multiple followers mod installed.
A mere two quests long, this is certainly the shortest adventure on our list, but the reward is quite special: Arissa herself. A new companion for Skyrim, Arissa is one of the most well-crafted NPCs from the modding community. Fully voiced with 450 lines of dialogue, and fleshed out with a substantial backstory, Arissa is a well-travelled Imperial rogue looking to help out the Dragonborn. She doesn’t run on normal follower code, so you can bring her along as a second companion even if you don’t have the multiple followers mod installed.
The Dark Brotherhood Resurrection
An extension to the Dark Brotherhood questline, Resurrection adds 22 new quests and contracts to murder the six most powerful men in Skyrim. You’ll be aided by Averna and Stabby, two new fully-voiced assassin followers, and your final reward is promised to be “the Biggest, Most Ridiculously massive hoard of treasure you’ve ever seen.” You can also feed people poisoned apples, which is probably the best reason we can provide for downloading this mod.
An extension to the Dark Brotherhood questline, Resurrection adds 22 new quests and contracts to murder the six most powerful men in Skyrim. You’ll be aided by Averna and Stabby, two new fully-voiced assassin followers, and your final reward is promised to be “the Biggest, Most Ridiculously massive hoard of treasure you’ve ever seen.” You can also feed people poisoned apples, which is probably the best reason we can provide for downloading this mod.
Dwemertech
The Dwemer left Tamriel years ago, but a small council of scientists stayed behind and are now planning to bring the Dwemer back to the world. A powerful mage is required to help them, and the rewards will be plentiful if they succeed. You’ll need a character with a skill level of 40 in Destruction, Alteration, or Restoration to start this quest, which will take you to an elaborate Dwemer base on Masser. 42 new spells make up part of the mix, but rather than being traditional magic these are Dwemer ‘bionics’, allowing you to tap into the technology of the dwarves. There’s an unusual sci-fi feel to the environments and props, making Dwemertech an exceptionally fresh experience within Skyrim.
The Dwemer left Tamriel years ago, but a small council of scientists stayed behind and are now planning to bring the Dwemer back to the world. A powerful mage is required to help them, and the rewards will be plentiful if they succeed. You’ll need a character with a skill level of 40 in Destruction, Alteration, or Restoration to start this quest, which will take you to an elaborate Dwemer base on Masser. 42 new spells make up part of the mix, but rather than being traditional magic these are Dwemer ‘bionics’, allowing you to tap into the technology of the dwarves. There’s an unusual sci-fi feel to the environments and props, making Dwemertech an exceptionally fresh experience within Skyrim.
Skyrim funny mods
With its washed-out colours and constant threat of death by dragon fire, Skyrim is quite a grim game. Take a break from the weight of saving the world by being a bit silly. These mods will help insert a sense of humour into Tamriel’s coldest regions.
Jedi of Skyrim
If you can mod a game that involves swords you can guarantee there’s a Star Wars mod out there for it somewhere. Skyrim is no exception, and lightsabers are fore and centre in the Jedi of Skyrim mod. It’s deeper than just humming blades though, with skill trees for the Jedi classes that grant classic Force abilities like Mind Trick, Grip, and Lightning.
If you can mod a game that involves swords you can guarantee there’s a Star Wars mod out there for it somewhere. Skyrim is no exception, and lightsabers are fore and centre in the Jedi of Skyrim mod. It’s deeper than just humming blades though, with skill trees for the Jedi classes that grant classic Force abilities like Mind Trick, Grip, and Lightning.
Storrm Troopers
If the robes in the Jedi of Skyrim pack don’t shout Star Wars loud enough for you, why not dress up in this Storm Trooper armour? It’s not even plate armour with a Storm Trooper theme – this is a 100% accurate, white-and-black plastic Storm Trooper costume. And it’s not only the classic designs either – the mod packs in Snow Trooper, Death Star Trooper, and Clone Trooper variations too.
If the robes in the Jedi of Skyrim pack don’t shout Star Wars loud enough for you, why not dress up in this Storm Trooper armour? It’s not even plate armour with a Storm Trooper theme – this is a 100% accurate, white-and-black plastic Storm Trooper costume. And it’s not only the classic designs either – the mod packs in Snow Trooper, Death Star Trooper, and Clone Trooper variations too.
Iron Man
If Star Wars is a bit too 1970s for you, inject Skyrim with one of cinema’s biggest phenomenons with this Iron Man armour mod. Containing the classic Mark VI, embodiment of freedom Iron Patriot, and the Stealth suit, the Iron Man mod also provides Pepper Potts as a companion, and a unique piece of Dwemer technology in place of cheerful AI J.A.R.V.I.S. The suit doesn’t fly but it does look pretty flash in hotrod red.
If Star Wars is a bit too 1970s for you, inject Skyrim with one of cinema’s biggest phenomenons with this Iron Man armour mod. Containing the classic Mark VI, embodiment of freedom Iron Patriot, and the Stealth suit, the Iron Man mod also provides Pepper Potts as a companion, and a unique piece of Dwemer technology in place of cheerful AI J.A.R.V.I.S. The suit doesn’t fly but it does look pretty flash in hotrod red.
Bear Musician
The most gallant heroes always have a minstrel in tow to sing of their noble deeds and tremendous victories. Make your minstrel something the townsfolk will never forget with this lute-playing bear.
The most gallant heroes always have a minstrel in tow to sing of their noble deeds and tremendous victories. Make your minstrel something the townsfolk will never forget with this lute-playing bear.
Squeaky Toys
There’s no denying the joy of smacking people around the chops with the big purple… things… in Saints Row. Squeaky Toys brings that same joy to Skyrim without the need to be uncouth. Massive inflatable hammers and bats with just the right squeak pitch on every impact.
There’s no denying the joy of smacking people around the chops with the big purple… things… in Saints Row. Squeaky Toys brings that same joy to Skyrim without the need to be uncouth. Massive inflatable hammers and bats with just the right squeak pitch on every impact.
Call of Trainwiz
Nothing demonstrates the power of the one true Dragonborn like an airstrike. But don’t settle for anything less than Grade-A, high-explosive locomotion munitions. Call the contents of London Euston down upon your foes with this most deadly of shouts.
Nothing demonstrates the power of the one true Dragonborn like an airstrike. But don’t settle for anything less than Grade-A, high-explosive locomotion munitions. Call the contents of London Euston down upon your foes with this most deadly of shouts.
The Minecraft Mod
Skyrim has crafting, and Minecraft is a game all about crafting, so they’re a natural pairing. This is still a mod-in-progress but subscribe to it now and you’ll be granted the classic Diamond Sword and Pickaxe, the Ender Sword, a Diamond Shield, and Diamond Ingots. Naturally, Diamond Ingots are used to forge the weapons at the smithy station, keeping the ‘craft’ in ‘Minecraft’ very much alive in Skyrim. You can also make arrows for your bow in the Minecraft style. On the way are Creepers, Ender Dragons, Skeletons, and craftable armours.
Skyrim has crafting, and Minecraft is a game all about crafting, so they’re a natural pairing. This is still a mod-in-progress but subscribe to it now and you’ll be granted the classic Diamond Sword and Pickaxe, the Ender Sword, a Diamond Shield, and Diamond Ingots. Naturally, Diamond Ingots are used to forge the weapons at the smithy station, keeping the ‘craft’ in ‘Minecraft’ very much alive in Skyrim. You can also make arrows for your bow in the Minecraft style. On the way are Creepers, Ender Dragons, Skeletons, and craftable armours.
Pokémon in Skyrim
Team Rocket has invaded Skyrim! That means it’s time to kiss your mother goodbye and set out on your journey from Whiterun to become a Pokémon master and defeat the nefarious animal-cruelty gang! Catching a wild Pokémon is easy: just beat it to death with your favourite weapon until it’s dead. This will add the beast’s name to the book of Pokémon, which can then be used to summon them in battle. You’ll start your journey with a Pikachu (or, at least, a garishly-coloured rat), but 12 other pocket monsters are hiding out there in the world in need of a slave master. Gotta slay ‘em all!
Team Rocket has invaded Skyrim! That means it’s time to kiss your mother goodbye and set out on your journey from Whiterun to become a Pokémon master and defeat the nefarious animal-cruelty gang! Catching a wild Pokémon is easy: just beat it to death with your favourite weapon until it’s dead. This will add the beast’s name to the book of Pokémon, which can then be used to summon them in battle. You’ll start your journey with a Pikachu (or, at least, a garishly-coloured rat), but 12 other pocket monsters are hiding out there in the world in need of a slave master. Gotta slay ‘em all!
Explosive Chickens
Turn bwark bwark into boom boom with these highly volatile poultry explosives. Simply fire projectiles at them from a safe distance for instant fire, burst eardrums, and chargrilled wings.
Turn bwark bwark into boom boom with these highly volatile poultry explosives. Simply fire projectiles at them from a safe distance for instant fire, burst eardrums, and chargrilled wings.
And that’s all 100 of our favourite Skyrim mods, all guaranteed to make your little section of Tamriel even more fascinating and fun. Who needs Skyrim: Special Edition, eh?
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So, I've recently started playing skyrim and when deciding which to play I saw 'special edition' and thought I'll grab that one. So I did. But now I'm seeing http://www.pcgamer.c..kyrim-mods-2/4/ and loads of other pages with a s*** ton of mods that seem to only work for Skyrim the original. Are there any way I can play what seem to be sick user made mods and 'DLCs' on the special edition one? Or is it strictly only for Skyrim the original version?
If not, if I were to go back to skyrim (the original), would I be able to port my progress from SEE so that I don't have to start all over again? I never played the original, I went straight to the special edition :s
Thanks.
Edited by yozi95, 09 May 2017 - 01:37 AM.