#skyrim flora overhaul

[soupwife]

celebrating my annual christmas tradition of installing one thousand skyrim mods and then just walking around with my new guy for a few hours and then immediately creating a new character

#ignore my reticle #im not some fancy professional screenshot taker #also honestly im not sold on this flora overhaul #idk theres something not quite right about the grass #skyrim #also omg im just checking out the new(ish) super anniversary edition mod content or whatever #and wow can you tell when a book or note you come across is fan written lmaoooo #no offense peace and love of course

[wastelandwhisperer]

Oh my god your Skyrim landscape posts are sooo pretty! I normally just use the basic improved environment mods you can find on nexus, but yours looks even more vibrant to me. Is there anything special you did or any specific mods you used to get that?

Ahhh thank you so much!! So I use a rather large combo which is NOT performance friendly in the least. I also use Cathedral Weathers and the ENB that goes with it!

My base is Folkvangr, Cathedral Plants, Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Skyrim 3D Plants and Trees, and then these patches to replace the plants from 3D plants and trees w/ cathedral plants!!!

#wcif #this is just gonna go with the sims shit cause it's technically wcif LMFAO #I hope this helps!!!

[dynamite124]

Can I ask what graphic/visual mods you're using in your Taliesin screenshots and video? Looks really well done btw, the voice acting seems really high quality and the sass in the vid is glorious lol looking forward to it!

hoo boy! So I have roughly up to 115 mods downloaded, most of them to improve the graphics, lol! XD

In the video showcasing Taliesin, he has the "BnP - Male skin" by Swefrida, - a very beefy skin texture, but worth it if you're looking for that particular look for males in your skyrim experience.

In the screenshots, he's using the "Vitruvia - Skin texture overhaul" by Mandragorasprouts.

His clothes use the classic "Rustic Clothing" by Gamwich.

And his hair is also the "Apachii Sky Hair"

The environment in both videos and screenshots are the following;

Mari's Flora - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/45952

Realistic Water Two - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2182

Skyrim Flora Overhaul SE - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2154

SSE Texture Pack - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1782

Tamrielic Grass - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/46217

Static Mesh Improvement - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/659

Obsidian Weathers and Seasons - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12125

All of which I highly recommend!

#Skyrim #Skyrim Mods #the elder scrolls #skyrim special edition #Skyrim Taliesin

[retro-plasma]

skyrim visual mods.

requested by @finnvasionthefeydin, i threw them in a seperate post in case someone else wanted them too :)

enhanced lights and fx. note: this has an optional weather module as well that i decided not to use!

skyrim flora overhaul se.

better roads.

better dynamic snow. (not pictured)

moss shaders restored. (not pictured)

immersive fallen trees. (not pictured)

#wcif #skyrim se #non sims #other games

[mutantenfisch]

eyyyyyyyy Skyrim modding community! Anyone having an idea what causes holes in the environment, especially in caves? I recently played A Daedra’s Best Friend and delved in that cave where you gotta free a dunmer necromancer who’s been cursed by her coven (Southfringe Sanctum) and whole chunks of the caves where entirely missing and instead, the bandits had fallen to their deaths in said holes. Afaicr i didn’t install any mods that are supposed to alter vanilla caves, except for the Skyrim Flora Overhaul and JK’s Skyrim. And i used to have both mods before reinstalling everything on my new harddrive and the caves were just fine :/

#shooting in the dark in hopes someone is smarter than me #skyrim #skyrim modding #mutantenfisch rambles #i am a bit at a loss #and i'd hate to do a clean re-install AGAIN

[mellowscrolls]

Tally Mellowscrolls' Official Mod List

This is a list of the mods I play with as of February 2023!

Going to put it under the read more because it's A Lot, my essentials are bolded, I'm not going to go find the links because that would kill me

2k Nordic Murals

Achievement Enabler

SKSE Address Library

Aetherius Race Overhaul

Alternate Start - Live Another Life

Really spices up your start with a variety of options!

Apachii's Divine Elegance

Argonian Hatchlings

Armor and Clothing Extension

Battle Mage Armor +Tweaks

Become a Bard

Lets you learn and play instruments!

Beyond Skyrim: Bruma

Blindfolds of Skyrim

Bodyslide and Outfit Studio

CBBE + Outfit Bodyslides

Cats Kingdom SE

Chitin Goggles

CleverCharff's Apocrypha 2k

Colovian Noble Clothes

Common Clothes and Armors 1k Textures

Cuyi's Bosmeri Antlers

Essential if you want to play a more lore-friendly Bosmer

Diverse Dragons Collection SE

Hehehe dragon go brrr

Dwemer Goggles and Scouter

Enhanced Lighting for ENB (ELE) SE +Bruma Patch

ELFX

FalmerSmith

FISSES

Friendly Falmer

Gladys the Corgi

Too cute to not be essential, plus she has a little set of armor!

HIMBO +Outfit Bodyslides/Refits

House Cats- Mihail Monsters and Animals

Immersive Armors SSE +CBBE/HIMBO bodyslide

Immersive Citizens -AI Overhaul

Makes them more interesting!

Immersive Equipping Animations

Immersive Fort Dawnguard

Immersive Jewelry +IJ- Earrings for male characters

Immersive Patrols

I mostly avoid them, but it starts faction fights you can wander upon!

Improved Dragon Priest Masks

Inigo

I'm lomve the him

Interesting NPCs (just downloaded, haven't played it yet)

JK's Skyrim All in One

Makes everywhere prettier with set-dressing!

Kaidan 2

He's cool and marriable!

KS Hairdos Lite SE

Lost Races of Aetherius

Lucien +Bruma/SS Patches

Lucien is a fun background commentary and generally cool guy!

Magical College of Winterhold

Multiple Rings

That shit stacks so powerfully, honestly it's a bit broken but I love it

Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine

Race Compatibility Dialogue SSE

Realistic Lighting Overhaul

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul

Reliquary of Myth - Artifact Overhaul

It makes Dawnbreaker better and adds all sorts of cool lore-friendly tweaks for all the relics!

Rich Skyrim Merchants

Self-explanatory, I have shit to sell and I don't want to wait!

Rustic Clothing SE 2k-1k

Sacrilege- Minimalistic Vampires of Skyrim +Wintersun Patch

Sky Haven Temple- Gardens

Skyrim Extended Cut- Saints and Seducers

Adds a fun side quest, I won't spoil it!

Skyrim Flora Overhaul SE

Makes the plants pretty!

SKSE64

Makes everything run smoothly

SkyUI

Thathrin's Common Clothes

The Dibellan Baths

Total Character Makeover

Unessential Rolff

Kill him! Doesn't get rid of the consequences though...

Unique Armor Crafting

Unique Character

Unofficial SSE Patch

I don't know about you but I like a functioning game that doesn't drop mammoths on my head for no reason

Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes

Wearable Spellbooks Scrolls and Staves SE

Wilderness Witch +CBBE Bodyslide

Wintersun

Adds lore-friendly religion with praying and fun little boosts depending on your deity!

Witch Hut- HYDDA

#skyrim #mods #skyrim mods #tally's modlist #mellowscrolls' modlist #modlist #skyrim modlist #i typed this all out by hand and it hurt ow

[amphoraeus]

can i ask what mod(s) you use for flowers and grass and stuff?? on skyrim :)

Hi!

Apologies for this somewhat late response. Work has kept me busy and tired so I only really have the gumption to be here on tumblr during the weekends or days off. ANYWAY, on to answering your question!

I use a combination of a TON of mods, actually. I'm constantly experimenting until I get a combination that I really like so it's always changing lol. The base you can start with would be Tamrielic Grass. I adore the flowers and the lush greenery with that particular grass mod so I have stuck with it. Next I use Cathedral Lavendar (choose the tallest option when installing), Cathedral 3D Pine Grass, Cathedral 3D Clover, Windy Grass for a swaying effect as your walking through the plains, Flora Overhaul (hard requirement, tbh), Obsidian Mountain Fogs, Ducks and Swans (I like hearing the quacking ducks ahah), Origins of Forest, and Unique Flowers and Plants.

To top it all off I use Mythical Ages lighting and weather overhaul.

This is a lot, not gonna lie, but I'm a huge plant junkie and love seeing plantey prettiness in my games. The load order depends on what type of flora you want more dominant in your gameplay so you'll have to experiment with that yourself. I also use a combination of parallax textures and rock textures but that would make this post much longer than it already is D:

#skyrim #nonsims #asks

[tacticalhimbo]

okay last modlist posting for the night:

downloaded everything i wanted to on my skyrim modlist (minus the werewolf overhaul bc i didn't have room for that and the vampire one; i tend to alternate them anyway, depending on if i play my dragonborn or my companions character)

i have a few new mods on it. mostly cosmetics/outfits, but also a mod that changes the font to the god of war font... because i like it and i have brain rot.

the fallout modlist has been updated on my site... mostly? apparently i forgot a few still. oops. i haven't been sleeping well-

i noticed a duplicate listing of the cutting room floor on the skyrim list. i am aware. i will fix it as i update the actual list.

i will not be play testing the skyrim list soon. i got too fed up with the way bethesda changed everything (it took me over 2 hours; mostly bc of the aforementioned saving your load order to bethesda's website issue). i will, however, test it... soon. ish.

edit: in my fallout 4 testing, i noticed boston is... laggy. real laggy. i don't know why, because there are less enemy spawns and the overhauls i use (textures, flora, etc) don't create strain anywhere else. just in the city. i will try to diagnose this, but honestly fallout 4 is notorious for this area being a culprit of poor performance, so i'm not gonna hold my breath

so yeah! enjoy what is there and i'll answer any questions abt it ♡

#txt #modlist tag

[pixelinagaming]

Skyrim Special Edition modit, joita käytän osa 1:

Huom! Jos lataat jonkun alla olevista modeista, lue huolellisesti modien kuvaukset ja ohjeet, jotta asennat ne oikein. Modien lataus ja käyttö omalla vastuulla!

Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch

Skyrim Flora Overhaul

Climates of Tamriel

Total Character Makeover

Improved Eyes Skyrim

Race Menu

SKSE64

No Snow Under The Roof

Lanterns Of Skyrim

Footprints

Mors Feminine Females

Enchanced Blood Texture

Immersive Amazing Follower Tweak

Stunning Statues Of Skyrim

Tempered Skins For Males

Shiva's Beautification Of Unique Characters

Shiva's Vanilla Hair Replacer

The Lily - Armour Mushup

Realistic Ragdolls And Force

Blowing In The Wind

Armor And Clothing Extension

Campfire

Dovahkiin Relaxes Too

Dual Wield Blocking For Idiots

Enhanced Lights And FX

Face Discoloration Fix

Furarmor Set SE

HD Road Signs

Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions

Immersive Jewelry

#modded skyrim #skyrim anniversary edition #list of mods i use #text post #suomi

[nebula-x]

Hi! Do you use enb or reshade for your skyrim? Thank you!

Hi! I do not use enbs or reshade. My main focus is performance and playing the game so I don't like to overcomplicate things with reshade and I take too big of a performance hit with enbs.

That being said, I do use vivid weathers and a lot of texture replacers for my game. I use the flora + fauna overhaul and also the bigger trees mod.

I also slightly edit some of my screenshots by upping the contrast or saturation a little bit to make things a bit more dramatic.

Hope this helps 😊you're welcome!

#ask

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15 Best Skyrim Graphics Mods (All Free) – FandomSpot

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 The exciting moment delivered by games is undeniable. They offer soothing and hypnotic moments, that make you forget about your pains. One of these games is Skyrim. As an incredible game, using graphic mods can bring it to another level. The essence of Skyrim graphics mods gives your game a makeover with a next-gen touch. It provides one of the great joys in life, knowing your games are top-notch and captivating. There are many cool and awesome graphics mods you can choose, and download that will enhance the base game to a work of art. Skyrim mods have been evolving over the years, as the community keeps dishing out impressive graphics mods. As time passes, each generation of graphics mods gets better and better. Getting newly improved graphics mods will make Skyrim look brand new and effective. Based on user endorsements, and other criteria, we bring the list of the top 10 Skyrim graphics mods. This list will help gamers who want the world to be a work of art. Static Mesh Improvement Mod is popularly accepted as one of the base graphics mods for Skyrim. As an integral graphics mod, it has good is compatibility patches that can work effectively with other mods. It functions by overhauling many textures issues and models with an array of fixes, and also offers several options for discerning players to decide their preference. To get the best out of Static Mesh Improvement Mod, it is recommended to install it first which serves as your primary graphics mods before installing secondary mods. This is one of the best Skyrim graphics mods that can also serve as primary graphics mods before installing secondary mods on it. It has great features that improve mountains, cliffs, dungeons, ruins, and more with top-shelf textures and parallax meshes. Vivid Landscapes is in one Skyrim graphics mod that offers exclusive power that can make your Skyrim look pretty, which helps to redress without any effort. If you are looking for the perfect graphics mods that can relinquish an advanced level of realism into Skyrim that blow you away is Skyrim flora overhaul. It is selected as one of the top 10 Skyrim graphics mods, because of its popularity, and widely acceptable environmental mods for the game. It can transform overhauling trees, flowers, and tundra to create an immersive landscape that can blow you away. Tamriel Reloaded HD is another top 10 Skyrim graphics mod that is unique in its functionality. It is equipped to enhance the entirety of the game by completely changing most of the outside world including cliffs, the landscape, city textures, and roads. You get beautiful visuals of up to 4K quality when it is properly used. Using this graphics mod will provide a definite masterpiece for you to enjoy. Realistic water two is another top Skyrim graphics mod that can deliver the best when it comes to beautifying the environment. If you are looking for an important mod to beautify the environment, Realistic Water Two is the one to use. Apart from changing the water textures in lakes, ponds, and interior cells, it can also deliver exceptionally by tweaking waterfalls, river movement, sound effects, and bobbing icebergs and rowboats. When using these game mods, you may not notice its effect until it is removed from your load order. This graphics mod is indispensable. Forgotten Retex Project is suitable for overhauling some of the smaller objects in the game and bring back to life. Forgotten Retex Project is a mod that can help transform items like baskets, tools, books, torches, food, and many more and give them elegant looks that go far beyond vanilla textures and models. It works seamlessly when paired with other mods on this list. Ruins Clutter Improved is suitable for overhauling a truckload of textures and models including candles, walls, levers, pots, chairs, and many more. This graphics mod is capable of improving one of the most atmospheric and immersive parts of Skyrim. This proves to be a must, especially for dungeon spelunkers. If you want your game to be lighted with mesmerizing scenes, enhanced lights and FX can help. Enhanced lights and FX is one of the top Skyrim graphics mods suitable specifically for crafting atmospheric lighting through the use of volumetric lights, smoke, and contrast. It delivers unique effects that enhance the level of immersion as you play. It can combine all the effects, balances out overexposed areas, and enhance the richness of lighting and color for a more realistic look. However, when combined with some mods, it may deliver poor work due to its elaborate nature. Be sure to read the instructions on the mod page to avoid conflicts. If you need a mod capable of transforming the entirety of games surrounding it, a total character makeover can help. It can mod the surroundings in Skyrim perfectly. They would look out of place and take you out of the immersion. Total Character Makeover can change the entire look and offer brand new texture sets for every race in the game. Also, the teeth, eyes, and facial hair textures are all greatly improved. It provides a complete enhancement to everything, even warpaint, and makeup textures. This mod helps to place all the new objects like gates, carts, barrels, and storehouses at key points through each town and city to bring out the character of each, boosting immersion. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Top 10 Skyrim Graphics Mods. Top 10 Skyrim graphics mods 1. Static Mesh Improvement Mod 2. Vivid Landscapes — All In One 3. Skyrim Flora Overhaul 4. Tamriel Reloaded HD 5. Realistic Water Two 6. Forgotten Retex Project 7. Ruins Clutter Improved 8. Enhanced Lights and FX 9. 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[skyrim-se-most-popular-mov0]

Best Skyrim Special Edition Mods: From New Dungeons to a Full Survival Mode - IGN

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Bethesda might not have the most stellar reputation right now — given their track record in modern times — but there's no denying the fact that they still have a bunch of brilliant and imaginative titles under their belt to this day. One need only look at the sheer enduring popularity of Skyrim to understand why this is the case. The fifth entry in the popular Elder Scrolls series is still going strong to this day as one of the most-played games around, mainly due to its incredible modding support. The game might've released in , but the sheer amount of mods that tweak — if not completely improve — the overall experience are so immense that most people will never notice the age of this game. For players who want to try out Skyrim on PC, here are ten of the best mods that are a must-have for this title. Updated on July 25th, by Ritwik Mitra: Skyrim is a legendary game that needs no introduction. The fact that Bethesda's decade-old game is still making waves in the industry to this day is a testament to just how amazing and revolutionary this game really is. Of course, it would be impossible to talk about Skyrim without mentioning its amazing modding community that is still releasing stellar mods for the title to this day. Keeping this in mind, here are some of the best mods for Skyrim. The customization options present in Skyrim are plentiful enough for most players. That being said, there are still some players who would want these options to be more varied and numerous, especially when it comes to hairstyles. To mitigate this issue, players can download the ApachiiSkyHair mod. It adds numerous hairstyles for both men and women in Skyrim by ingeniously importing assets from The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Character creation is an integral part of Skyrim. So, it's only a given that players would want this system to be as robust and impressive as possible. Players who aren't satisfied with the vanilla character creation system of Skyrim can opt for the RaceMenu mod instead. It completely overhauls the vanilla character creation menu of Skyrim while allowing players to add war paint to the various body parts of their character as well. Skyrim 's collection of armors is truly impressive to behold, allowing players to look like a warrior of legend indeed. That being said, some people would've appreciated new and more diverse armor sets in the world of Skyrim. This can be achieved with the Immersive Armors mod. It's a great mod that adds more varied armor sets in the world of Skyrim without any of their designs clashing with pre-existing armor sets! The feeling of getting a powerful weapon in an RPG is infinitely satisfying. Skyrim definitely elicits the same response when players end up laying their hands on incredibly rare and powerful weapons. However, these weapons feel rather rare and hard to obtain at times, with players getting bored of the vanilla selection of weapons after a point as well. Thankfully, the Immersive Weapons mod sees to it that players get more weapon variety in their copy of Skyrim that feel right at home too! For people who keep on starting a new game with Skyrim and end up having to bear through the intro time and time again, the Alternate Start mod is perhaps the perfect fit for them. With this mod, players can choose the background of their choice without having to be a prisoner over and over again. The manner in which these alternate lifestyles are integrated into the main game is pretty deft, making for a rather unique and enjoyable experience for fans who wish to start yet another life in Skyrim. Players will spend a ton of time surrounded by the vegetation of Skyrim as they roam around this vast and packed world. So, it's only fair to assume that the vanilla flora textures will seem rather boring and dated after a point. To avoid this issue from becoming too prominent, players can opt for the Skyrim Flora Overhaul mod. It's one of the best mods of Skyrim which sees to it that the greenery of the game feels incredible to behold no matter what. While there's no denying the fact that the land of Skyrim is a beautiful one, there are times when the vast expanse can become somewhat boring to explore at times due to the lack of any unique weather. With the Climates of Tamriel mod , players can enjoy new weather effects that can spice up one's exploration while simultaneously making for a ton of picturesque moments as well. Skyrim 's magic might be the most robust magic system in the series , but there are players who would inevitably be unsatisfied with the limitations of these skill trees. Thankfully, with the Apocalypse mod , around new spells and incantations are introduced into the main game, allowing players to role-play exactly like the kind of character they wish to be. The map of Skyrim in the base game is fairly serviceable, but one can't help but imagine what it would be like if the map of this game was more detailed, accessible, and just conveyed more useful information at a single glance. This mod realizes the various minor issues that people might face with Skyrim's overworld map, and ends up redesigning it so that the routes are clearer and the landmarks are more defined. Bethesda games have consistently been problematic when it comes to the UI in their games, which ends up being a burden to cycle through due to their rather unintuitive design. Thankfully, this can be mitigated by installing one of the best mods for Skyrim. With the SkyUI mod , the interface is way more optimized for PC gamers, allowing them to navigate the menus using their mouse and keyboard with the greatest of ease. Skyrim might be one of the most beautiful open-world games to have ever been designed, but there's no denying the fact that the game hasn't really aged all that well. People who end up playing the release will notice that most of the textures are notably muddy and don't really hold up all that well in modern times. Thankfully, this problem can easily be mitigated with the Skyrim HD mod , which ends up adding 2K textures that significantly improve the visual quality of the title and allow players to experience the beauty of Skyrim with the freshest coat of paint that's available. It's easily one of the best mods for Skyrim that has remained reliable to this day. There are various fan-made mods of Skyrim that add new and unique followers to spice up one's experience with the game. However, out of all these followers, one has to admit that Sofia is easily the most popular and well-developed one of the lot. Featuring excellent voice acting and some truly well-written dialogue — almost overshadowing Bethesda's character writing in many aspects — Sofia is a great companion mod to add in the game if the base game's companions end up being rather boring and one-note. Skyrim 's modding community has definitely gone above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to integrating a ton of total conversion mods that allow for a fresh and unique experience, with Falskaar being one such mod that easily stands in a class of its own as an excellent fully-voice conversion mod for fans of Skyrim. Any player who's tired of making the same old trek through the land of Skyrim over and over again would definitely enjoy playing through a new world with more than 20 hours of gameplay, supplemented by voiced dialogue and great level design. However, it would be impossible to talk about total conversion mods and not mention what is easily one of the most notable mods for the game by a country mile. Enderal is the product of a ton of hard work and love for Skyrim , culminating in what is easily one of the most expansive conversion mods made for a video game. The fact that players can enjoy another hours of gameplay with this mod alone — to say nothing of the DLC that was released for this mod as well in the form of Enderal: Forgotten Stories — is a testament to how many people absolutely adore Skyrim in all its forms. If there's one thing that's synonymous with most Bethesda games, it's that the majority of these games are full to the brim with a ton of bugs that have become less and less endearing over time, with people being less forgiving of the broken states in which most of these games are released. So, for people who want the smoothest possible experience with Skyrim without having to deal with a slew of bugs that can range from annoying glitches to game-breaking events, the Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition patch is the first and best Skyrim mod that should be installed for this otherwise brilliant game.

[best-skyrim-special-editi9y]

Best Skyrim SE Graphics Mods - Gamerstips

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Skyrim hit its tenth birthday recently, and a list of the best Skyrim mods remains as useful as ever. More useful, even, given that hundreds of new mods are still being released for the fantasy RPG every week. If you're planning on starting the game fresh, or just looking for something new to add to your existing mod mountain, you should find something worth your time below. Almost every mod we've chosen will work with either the regular or Skyrim Special Edition, and we've provided links to both versions - or similar alternatives - where necessary. There's also undoubtedly many, many great mods that we've not included. If you think your favourite Skyrim mod is an essential install, then take to the comments and make your case. We love discovering new mods, too, and may include your suggestion in a future revision. Watch on YouTube. What I like to do is create a new, unmodified game, get somewhere like Riverwood and then create a save that I can use for testing. We've only picked the very best Skyrim mods, but there are so many available that we've had to break them down by category. You can hop directly to the kind of mod you want via the links below. There are several good ones, but Nexus Mod Manager is your best bet. Download Nexus Mod Manager. Before you test anything in-game, run LOOT. It takes seconds. You can launch it directly from the. Download Achievements Mods Enabler. Basically, it spruces up a huge pile of 3D models, making all of Skyrim look nicer in hundreds of tiny ways. Skyrim HD is a long-running texture mod that replaces over textures. Everything from the sky and mountains to the interiors of ramshackle hovels has been done up. Optionally, you can download just the cities, landscapes, dungeons or miscelleanous packs. This is specifically for old Skyrim, but there are plenty of great alternatives for the Special Edition. Another huge, broad texture mod, this time specifically for the Special Edition. The latest version of the mod only comes with one complete file, but the version is more modular. You can pick what you want retextured, whether it's just the roads, only mountains or all of Riften. Download Skyrim Textures. More than most other mods, the lighting, post-processing and colour tweaks made by ENBs and Reshade mods are down to personal preference. In OG Skyrim, I was rather partial to RealVision ENB, and it still makes the seven-year-old game look absolutely gorgeous, though it does come at the cost of performance. When the Special Edition first launched, flashy post-processing options were limited while we waited for ENB to be updated. ELFX wants to make Skyrim pretty, not just realistically lit. Both mods are great, so it really depends on what kind of atmosphere you want to generate. You could always mix and match, and even throw in an ENB for good measure. Since Skyrim is full of forests, Skyrim Flora Overhaul has a pretty dramatic effect. It includes lots of new, high-quality tree models, even more grasses and plants, and loads of visual tweaks that generally make forests look deeper and more imposing. There are so many tiny touches that make this mod brilliant, like curated sound effects and animated icebergs. The Special Edition introduced a new water flow system, which is nice and all, but it was applied to all bodies of water indiscriminately, which made less sense. Realistic Water also fixes that. Download Better Roads or the Special Edition version. Download Climates of Tamriel or the Special Edition version. Interesting NPCs is packed with new characters scattered all over Skyrim, each with their own background, schedule and branching dialogue. With these tweaks, NPCs respond in more realistic and diverse ways to things like weather, attacks and their day-to-day schedules, depending on who they are. Most important is the survival instinct feature, letting NPCs evaluate threats and act accordingly. Download Immersive Citizens or the Special Edition version. This throws in everything from warring goblin tribes to considerably more exotic and indescribable nightmares. The world a bit more deadly. Download Immersive Creatures or the Special Edition version. It creates patrols for not just the factions of the civil war, the Stormcloaks and Imperials, but also the Dawnguard and Thalmor. There are even some raider patrols, too. These warbands clash in specific areas, with forts and territory changing hands depending on the outcome of the battle. Download Immersive Patrols or the Special Edition version. Ever wanted to traipse around Skyrim with your very own supernatural band? Amazing Follower Tweaks is an extremely helpful follower management tool that lets you have multiple followers, organise their equipment and give them orders, but the best bit is being able to turn them into vampires and werewolves. Speaking of deadly, magical monsters with a thirst for blood and flesh, this mod makes NPCs run away when one of them attacks. Dragons and vampires will scare off NPCs, making them run to their home or the nearest inn until the area is safe again. Not with Convenient Horses, however. Download Convenient Horses or the Special Edition version. Relationship Dialogue Overhaul makes Skyrim a chattier place. NPCs get a whopping 5, lines of new, reactive dialogue, all voiced. NPCs react more realistically, letting you know what they think of you, while followers will take into account their relationship with you. Simply Better Movement Speed tweaks how fast you move while walking, running and sneaking. Walking speed has been significantly boosted, while running is slower. The pace feels more natural, making it necessary to get a horse for long journeys, but making wandering around towns and villages much quicker. It also makes players the same speed as NPCs, so following people around is no longer a chore where you have to make constant adjustments. Getting lycanthropy is a great way to shake things up, but as much fun as it is to stomp around Skyrim as a massive wolf, the system is pretty underdeveloped. Moonlight Tales, then, is essential if you plan on tearing people apart during a full moon. It completely overhauls werewolves, replacing the perk tree, introducing new abilities, forcing lunar transformations and, best of all, letting you become a werebear. Download Moonlight Tales or the Special Edition version. There is a seemingly endless supply of user-created weapons on the Skyrim Nexus, but Immersive Weapons should always be at the top of your list. The benefit of using this instead of adding all your weapons piecemeal is that these weapons have been designed to co-exist, keeping balance and lore in mind. Unlike lightsabers. Download Immersive Weapons or the Special Edition version. Like the weapon mod, it introduces hundreds of new pieces of lore-appropriate armour and shields, allowing you to finally live out your dream of wearing a saber-toothed cat on your head. There are some nifty accessories, too, including eye patches and scarves. Download Immersive Armors or the Special Edition version. It adds new item slots to your body and then provides a vast number of pouches, bags and bandoliers that you can strap onto yourself. Download Bandoliers or the Special Edition version. It summons a bounty of cloaks into the world, nearly styles in all, ranging from faction-specific clobber to tattered, monstrous garments that only a Daedra would wear. NPCs will wear them, too, and they actually make guards look more authoritative. A nice cloak commands respect. Download Cloaks of Skyrim or the Special Edition version. Only mugs hold their own lanterns. You can attach the lantern to your belt, or you can just give it to one of your followers; they can hold or wear it for you. Even handier! Honestly, is there any need for the sun now that we've got this sorted? Download Wearable Lanterns or the Special Edition version. Download Deadly Cabbages or the Special Edition version. You can expand your arcane arsenal with blood magic, druidic spells and all sorts of new stuff that can then be combined to create even more powerful results. Cast some lightning magic on someone you just soaked with water magic, for instance, and you're going to do a bit more harm. You can even clone enemies, turn them into chickens or break the laws of time and space. Apocalypse has fewer spells, but boy are they fun. And flashy! You can summon tornadoes and volcanoes, rip ghosts out of corpses and send them towards enemies or trap people in mystical prisons. The handiest, however, are often the more mundane spells, like being able to find gold veins or conjuring up spectral bridges that transport you across large gaps. OK, that's not mundane at all. The mod neatly slots into the game and feels like a natural extension of the existing magic system, but a lot more creative. There are some differences between the versions, but both improve combat AI and introduce attacks of opportunity and timed blocking. Generally, combat is faster and more deadly, with weapons dealing more damage. VioLens lets you customise your killmoves, both melee and ranged, letting you decide how often they appear and what move each weapon triggers. If you want to give your fights some extra cinematic flair, this is a good way to go about it. Swap out the boring vanilla idle weapon animations for something a bit fancier. Pretty Combat Animations lets you pick from full animation sets that change what your character looks like when they run, walk and sneak while armed or unarmed, if you're just using your fists. You'll look dangerous even when you're just standing around. There are maybe a few too many trees, though I am a fan of the overgrown look. The should still work with Special Edition anyway, but there might be some unforeseen issues. Download Towns and Villages Enhanced. They're not quite the dramatic visual overhaul that Towns and Villages Enhanced is, but together these two mods replace the vanilla textures with high-quality versions and add new bits and pieces. The textures are much improved, but they otherwise maintain the original aesthetic, while the towns that have been expanded so far Darkwater Crossing, Dawnstar and Riverwood are familiar but busier. Skyrim hides all of its cities behind gates and loading screens; Open Cities Skyrim smashes them down. This beefy mod moves the cities into the main Skyrim map, rather than the pocket dimension in which they existed, so you can seamlessly move between city and wilderness. Poor Helgen. It only got a few minutes of screentime before it got roasted, along with most of its inhabitants. Helgen Reborn, then, is a lovely mod that gives the town a second life. Download Helgen Reborn or the Special Edition version. Similar to Helgen Reborn, this mod revitalises the gloomy town of Winterhold as you work through a quest. Those merchants, I should add, are very wealthy, so it's a great place to offload your inventory. Everyone wins! Download Winterhold Rebuilt or the Special Edition version. Alternate Start is the best way to start a new game of Skyrim. Falskaar is a total conversion mod created by Alexander Velicky to prove to Bethesda he could make something that rivalled their DLC, but with a fraction of their resources. Adding approximately 20 hours to the base game, Falskaar is an impressive mod that adds a whole new land independent of Tamriel, accessible by portal and later by boat. It boasts new items and shouts, and adds 26 new quests - which includes nine main story ventures and 17 side quests. Download Falskaar or the Special Edition version. Think Poirot, but with magic and ethical conundrums. It feels like a professional production that just happens to also be a mod for Skyrim. A standalone game based on the mod is also in the works. Sick of chilly Skyrim? Hop on a wagon and take a trip to distant Elsweyr, the home of the fluffy Khajiit. The rainforest and desert makes a nice change of scene, and the Khajiit are far more interesting than the moody Nords. As well as a change in setting, there are plenty of entertaining quests, NPCs and, above all else, an airship of your very own. Moonpath to Elsweyr is almost as old as Skyrim and was a bit creaky as a result, but it started getting updated again last year. With a main storyline alone that amounts to 30 hours of questing, Enderal is a titanic mod set in an entirely new land made up of tropical costs, frosty mountains and dense forests. There are countless new assets, running the gamut from photo-scanned rocks to new monsters. And a great one, to boot. Total Character Makeover takes the best appearances from Skyrim Nexus, spruces them up even more and collects them in one convenient package. Worried your greasy hair is holding you back? Keep finding twigs in your mane right after a job interview? The mod offers up a ridiculous number of new styles. Download Apachii's Skyhair or the Special Edition version. It turns each perk tree into a cohesive class, though of course the perks are still all designed to be mixed and matched. Take Alchemy, for instance. The vanilla tree just gives you some resistances and lets you make more powerful potions. The Ordinator version, however, transforms you into a mad scientist, dripping horrible pools of magical and explosive oil and figuring out new ways to hurt people with poisons. Building your own unique class is infinitely more rewarding with all these exotic perks. There are search fields, you can make lists of favourites and everything is displayed clearly. It cuts out so much mucking around. It also includes the Mod Configuration Menu, an extremely handy tool that makes it easy to customise mods. A Quality World Map - With Roads is considerably more detailed, clear and, importantly, shows you where all the roads are. Frostfall turns Skyrim into a survival game. Trekking through Winterhold wearing the wrong gear or taking a dip in an ice water lake can prove fatal — be sure to wrap up. Download Frostfall or the Special Edition version. Campfire takes the camping system from Frostfall and spins it into an even more developed standalone mod. You can craft camping gear, make roaring hearths that give you bonuses and even become a tracker. Nobody really needs to eat in Skyrim, which explains the abundance of food. Imagine how miserable all the chefs must be, preparing food that nobody is remotely interested in. The best they can hope for is that an adventurer will scoff some as a last resort. Realistic Needs and Diseases returns food to its lofty status. Drinking is similarly necessary. There are other negative effects before death, but also lots of positive ones for eating well. It mostly adds visual effects that complement the foul weather, but it also changes NPC behaviours. During bad weather, NPCs will have different reactions depending on their race, age and job. Download Wet and Cold or the Special Edition version. Lonely Mountains: Downhill goes murderously fast but appreciates stopping for a good view. What's better: Cameras which actually take pictures, or running into a wall so fast you hurt yourself? This visual novel takes you on a lovely little cycling tour. Two Point Campus review: a relaxed management sim bursting with silliness and seminars. I am not good at The Final Earth 2. Why are there no games about running? If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Lonely Mountains: Downhill goes murderously fast but appreciates stopping for a good view A series of lovely mountain biking adventures. Alice O'Connor an hour ago 7. Help us decide the single best thing, one face-off at a time. Alice O'Connor 1 day ago Chris Wallace 1 day ago 2. Alice O'Connor 2 days ago Two Point Campus review: a relaxed management sim bursting with silliness and seminars I predict a strong turnout on Open Day. Ed Thorn 25 minutes ago 1. CJ Wheeler 2 hours ago 4. CJ Wheeler 3 hours ago 4. R Suffering for your artifacts. Sin Vega 5 days ago I am not good at The Final Earth 2 Stackable cube things. Sin Vega 1 week ago 4. What I talk about when I talk about running. Ed Thorn 1 week ago Alice Bell 1 week ago. We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here.

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Top 5 Wabbajack modlists for Skyrim

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Bethesda might not have the most stellar reputation right now — given their track record in modern times — but there's no denying the fact that they still have a bunch of brilliant and imaginative titles under their belt to this day. One need only look at the sheer enduring popularity of Skyrim to understand why this is the case. The fifth entry in the popular Elder Scrolls series is still going strong to this day as one of the most-played games around, mainly due to its incredible modding support. The game might've released in , but the sheer amount of mods that tweak — if not completely improve — the overall experience are so immense that most people will never notice the age of this game. For players who want to try out Skyrim on PC, here are ten of the best mods that are a must-have for this title. Updated on July 25th, by Ritwik Mitra: Skyrim is a legendary game that needs no introduction. The fact that Bethesda's decade-old game is still making waves in the industry to this day is a testament to just how amazing and revolutionary this game really is. Of course, it would be impossible to talk about Skyrim without mentioning its amazing modding community that is still releasing stellar mods for the title to this day. Keeping this in mind, here are some of the best mods for Skyrim. The customization options present in Skyrim are plentiful enough for most players. That being said, there are still some players who would want these options to be more varied and numerous, especially when it comes to hairstyles. To mitigate this issue, players can download the ApachiiSkyHair mod. It adds numerous hairstyles for both men and women in Skyrim by ingeniously importing assets from The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Character creation is an integral part of Skyrim. So, it's only a given that players would want this system to be as robust and impressive as possible. Players who aren't satisfied with the vanilla character creation system of Skyrim can opt for the RaceMenu mod instead. It completely overhauls the vanilla character creation menu of Skyrim while allowing players to add war paint to the various body parts of their character as well. Skyrim 's collection of armors is truly impressive to behold, allowing players to look like a warrior of legend indeed. That being said, some people would've appreciated new and more diverse armor sets in the world of Skyrim. This can be achieved with the Immersive Armors mod. It's a great mod that adds more varied armor sets in the world of Skyrim without any of their designs clashing with pre-existing armor sets! The feeling of getting a powerful weapon in an RPG is infinitely satisfying. Skyrim definitely elicits the same response when players end up laying their hands on incredibly rare and powerful weapons. However, these weapons feel rather rare and hard to obtain at times, with players getting bored of the vanilla selection of weapons after a point as well. Thankfully, the Immersive Weapons mod sees to it that players get more weapon variety in their copy of Skyrim that feel right at home too! For people who keep on starting a new game with Skyrim and end up having to bear through the intro time and time again, the Alternate Start mod is perhaps the perfect fit for them. With this mod, players can choose the background of their choice without having to be a prisoner over and over again. The manner in which these alternate lifestyles are integrated into the main game is pretty deft, making for a rather unique and enjoyable experience for fans who wish to start yet another life in Skyrim. Players will spend a ton of time surrounded by the vegetation of Skyrim as they roam around this vast and packed world. So, it's only fair to assume that the vanilla flora textures will seem rather boring and dated after a point. To avoid this issue from becoming too prominent, players can opt for the Skyrim Flora Overhaul mod. It's one of the best mods of Skyrim which sees to it that the greenery of the game feels incredible to behold no matter what. While there's no denying the fact that the land of Skyrim is a beautiful one, there are times when the vast expanse can become somewhat boring to explore at times due to the lack of any unique weather. With the Climates of Tamriel mod , players can enjoy new weather effects that can spice up one's exploration while simultaneously making for a ton of picturesque moments as well. Skyrim 's magic might be the most robust magic system in the series , but there are players who would inevitably be unsatisfied with the limitations of these skill trees. Thankfully, with the Apocalypse mod , around new spells and incantations are introduced into the main game, allowing players to role-play exactly like the kind of character they wish to be. The map of Skyrim in the base game is fairly serviceable, but one can't help but imagine what it would be like if the map of this game was more detailed, accessible, and just conveyed more useful information at a single glance. This mod realizes the various minor issues that people might face with Skyrim's overworld map, and ends up redesigning it so that the routes are clearer and the landmarks are more defined. Bethesda games have consistently been problematic when it comes to the UI in their games, which ends up being a burden to cycle through due to their rather unintuitive design. Thankfully, this can be mitigated by installing one of the best mods for Skyrim. With the SkyUI mod , the interface is way more optimized for PC gamers, allowing them to navigate the menus using their mouse and keyboard with the greatest of ease. Skyrim might be one of the most beautiful open-world games to have ever been designed, but there's no denying the fact that the game hasn't really aged all that well. People who end up playing the release will notice that most of the textures are notably muddy and don't really hold up all that well in modern times. Thankfully, this problem can easily be mitigated with the Skyrim HD mod , which ends up adding 2K textures that significantly improve the visual quality of the title and allow players to experience the beauty of Skyrim with the freshest coat of paint that's available. It's easily one of the best mods for Skyrim that has remained reliable to this day. There are various fan-made mods of Skyrim that add new and unique followers to spice up one's experience with the game. However, out of all these followers, one has to admit that Sofia is easily the most popular and well-developed one of the lot. Featuring excellent voice acting and some truly well-written dialogue — almost overshadowing Bethesda's character writing in many aspects — Sofia is a great companion mod to add in the game if the base game's companions end up being rather boring and one-note. Skyrim 's modding community has definitely gone above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to integrating a ton of total conversion mods that allow for a fresh and unique experience, with Falskaar being one such mod that easily stands in a class of its own as an excellent fully-voice conversion mod for fans of Skyrim. Any player who's tired of making the same old trek through the land of Skyrim over and over again would definitely enjoy playing through a new world with more than 20 hours of gameplay, supplemented by voiced dialogue and great level design. However, it would be impossible to talk about total conversion mods and not mention what is easily one of the most notable mods for the game by a country mile. Enderal is the product of a ton of hard work and love for Skyrim , culminating in what is easily one of the most expansive conversion mods made for a video game. The fact that players can enjoy another hours of gameplay with this mod alone — to say nothing of the DLC that was released for this mod as well in the form of Enderal: Forgotten Stories — is a testament to how many people absolutely adore Skyrim in all its forms. If there's one thing that's synonymous with most Bethesda games, it's that the majority of these games are full to the brim with a ton of bugs that have become less and less endearing over time, with people being less forgiving of the broken states in which most of these games are released. So, for people who want the smoothest possible experience with Skyrim without having to deal with a slew of bugs that can range from annoying glitches to game-breaking events, the Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition patch is the first and best Skyrim mod that should be installed for this otherwise brilliant game.

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Skyrim: The 10 Best Graphics Mods To Build A Beautiful Game

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Skyrim hit its tenth birthday recently, and a list of the best Skyrim mods remains as useful as ever. More useful, even, given that hundreds of new mods are still being released for the fantasy RPG every week. If you're planning on starting the game fresh, or just looking for something new to add to your existing mod mountain, you should find something worth your time below. Almost every mod we've chosen will work with either the regular or Skyrim Special Edition, and we've provided links to both versions - or similar alternatives - where necessary. There's also undoubtedly many, many great mods that we've not included. If you think your favourite Skyrim mod is an essential install, then take to the comments and make your case. We love discovering new mods, too, and may include your suggestion in a future revision. Watch on YouTube. What I like to do is create a new, unmodified game, get somewhere like Riverwood and then create a save that I can use for testing. We've only picked the very best Skyrim mods, but there are so many available that we've had to break them down by category. You can hop directly to the kind of mod you want via the links below. There are several good ones, but Nexus Mod Manager is your best bet. Download Nexus Mod Manager. Before you test anything in-game, run LOOT. It takes seconds. You can launch it directly from the. Download Achievements Mods Enabler. Basically, it spruces up a huge pile of 3D models, making all of Skyrim look nicer in hundreds of tiny ways. Skyrim HD is a long-running texture mod that replaces over textures. Everything from the sky and mountains to the interiors of ramshackle hovels has been done up. Optionally, you can download just the cities, landscapes, dungeons or miscelleanous packs. This is specifically for old Skyrim, but there are plenty of great alternatives for the Special Edition. Another huge, broad texture mod, this time specifically for the Special Edition. The latest version of the mod only comes with one complete file, but the version is more modular. You can pick what you want retextured, whether it's just the roads, only mountains or all of Riften. Download Skyrim Textures. More than most other mods, the lighting, post-processing and colour tweaks made by ENBs and Reshade mods are down to personal preference. In OG Skyrim, I was rather partial to RealVision ENB, and it still makes the seven-year-old game look absolutely gorgeous, though it does come at the cost of performance. When the Special Edition first launched, flashy post-processing options were limited while we waited for ENB to be updated. ELFX wants to make Skyrim pretty, not just realistically lit. Both mods are great, so it really depends on what kind of atmosphere you want to generate. You could always mix and match, and even throw in an ENB for good measure. Since Skyrim is full of forests, Skyrim Flora Overhaul has a pretty dramatic effect. It includes lots of new, high-quality tree models, even more grasses and plants, and loads of visual tweaks that generally make forests look deeper and more imposing. There are so many tiny touches that make this mod brilliant, like curated sound effects and animated icebergs. The Special Edition introduced a new water flow system, which is nice and all, but it was applied to all bodies of water indiscriminately, which made less sense. Realistic Water also fixes that. Download Better Roads or the Special Edition version. Download Climates of Tamriel or the Special Edition version. Interesting NPCs is packed with new characters scattered all over Skyrim, each with their own background, schedule and branching dialogue. With these tweaks, NPCs respond in more realistic and diverse ways to things like weather, attacks and their day-to-day schedules, depending on who they are. Most important is the survival instinct feature, letting NPCs evaluate threats and act accordingly. Download Immersive Citizens or the Special Edition version. This throws in everything from warring goblin tribes to considerably more exotic and indescribable nightmares. The world a bit more deadly. Download Immersive Creatures or the Special Edition version. It creates patrols for not just the factions of the civil war, the Stormcloaks and Imperials, but also the Dawnguard and Thalmor. There are even some raider patrols, too. These warbands clash in specific areas, with forts and territory changing hands depending on the outcome of the battle. Download Immersive Patrols or the Special Edition version. Ever wanted to traipse around Skyrim with your very own supernatural band? Amazing Follower Tweaks is an extremely helpful follower management tool that lets you have multiple followers, organise their equipment and give them orders, but the best bit is being able to turn them into vampires and werewolves. Speaking of deadly, magical monsters with a thirst for blood and flesh, this mod makes NPCs run away when one of them attacks. Dragons and vampires will scare off NPCs, making them run to their home or the nearest inn until the area is safe again. Not with Convenient Horses, however. Download Convenient Horses or the Special Edition version. Relationship Dialogue Overhaul makes Skyrim a chattier place. NPCs get a whopping 5, lines of new, reactive dialogue, all voiced. NPCs react more realistically, letting you know what they think of you, while followers will take into account their relationship with you. Simply Better Movement Speed tweaks how fast you move while walking, running and sneaking. Walking speed has been significantly boosted, while running is slower. The pace feels more natural, making it necessary to get a horse for long journeys, but making wandering around towns and villages much quicker. It also makes players the same speed as NPCs, so following people around is no longer a chore where you have to make constant adjustments. Getting lycanthropy is a great way to shake things up, but as much fun as it is to stomp around Skyrim as a massive wolf, the system is pretty underdeveloped. Moonlight Tales, then, is essential if you plan on tearing people apart during a full moon. It completely overhauls werewolves, replacing the perk tree, introducing new abilities, forcing lunar transformations and, best of all, letting you become a werebear. Download Moonlight Tales or the Special Edition version. There is a seemingly endless supply of user-created weapons on the Skyrim Nexus, but Immersive Weapons should always be at the top of your list. The benefit of using this instead of adding all your weapons piecemeal is that these weapons have been designed to co-exist, keeping balance and lore in mind. Unlike lightsabers. Download Immersive Weapons or the Special Edition version. Like the weapon mod, it introduces hundreds of new pieces of lore-appropriate armour and shields, allowing you to finally live out your dream of wearing a saber-toothed cat on your head. There are some nifty accessories, too, including eye patches and scarves. Download Immersive Armors or the Special Edition version. It adds new item slots to your body and then provides a vast number of pouches, bags and bandoliers that you can strap onto yourself. Download Bandoliers or the Special Edition version. It summons a bounty of cloaks into the world, nearly styles in all, ranging from faction-specific clobber to tattered, monstrous garments that only a Daedra would wear. NPCs will wear them, too, and they actually make guards look more authoritative. A nice cloak commands respect. Download Cloaks of Skyrim or the Special Edition version. Only mugs hold their own lanterns. You can attach the lantern to your belt, or you can just give it to one of your followers; they can hold or wear it for you. Even handier! Honestly, is there any need for the sun now that we've got this sorted? Download Wearable Lanterns or the Special Edition version. Download Deadly Cabbages or the Special Edition version. You can expand your arcane arsenal with blood magic, druidic spells and all sorts of new stuff that can then be combined to create even more powerful results. Cast some lightning magic on someone you just soaked with water magic, for instance, and you're going to do a bit more harm. You can even clone enemies, turn them into chickens or break the laws of time and space. Apocalypse has fewer spells, but boy are they fun. And flashy! You can summon tornadoes and volcanoes, rip ghosts out of corpses and send them towards enemies or trap people in mystical prisons. The handiest, however, are often the more mundane spells, like being able to find gold veins or conjuring up spectral bridges that transport you across large gaps. OK, that's not mundane at all. The mod neatly slots into the game and feels like a natural extension of the existing magic system, but a lot more creative. There are some differences between the versions, but both improve combat AI and introduce attacks of opportunity and timed blocking. Generally, combat is faster and more deadly, with weapons dealing more damage. VioLens lets you customise your killmoves, both melee and ranged, letting you decide how often they appear and what move each weapon triggers. If you want to give your fights some extra cinematic flair, this is a good way to go about it. Swap out the boring vanilla idle weapon animations for something a bit fancier. Pretty Combat Animations lets you pick from full animation sets that change what your character looks like when they run, walk and sneak while armed or unarmed, if you're just using your fists. You'll look dangerous even when you're just standing around. There are maybe a few too many trees, though I am a fan of the overgrown look. The should still work with Special Edition anyway, but there might be some unforeseen issues. Download Towns and Villages Enhanced. They're not quite the dramatic visual overhaul that Towns and Villages Enhanced is, but together these two mods replace the vanilla textures with high-quality versions and add new bits and pieces. The textures are much improved, but they otherwise maintain the original aesthetic, while the towns that have been expanded so far Darkwater Crossing, Dawnstar and Riverwood are familiar but busier. Skyrim hides all of its cities behind gates and loading screens; Open Cities Skyrim smashes them down. This beefy mod moves the cities into the main Skyrim map, rather than the pocket dimension in which they existed, so you can seamlessly move between city and wilderness. Poor Helgen. It only got a few minutes of screentime before it got roasted, along with most of its inhabitants. Helgen Reborn, then, is a lovely mod that gives the town a second life. Download Helgen Reborn or the Special Edition version. Similar to Helgen Reborn, this mod revitalises the gloomy town of Winterhold as you work through a quest. Those merchants, I should add, are very wealthy, so it's a great place to offload your inventory. Everyone wins! Download Winterhold Rebuilt or the Special Edition version. Alternate Start is the best way to start a new game of Skyrim. Falskaar is a total conversion mod created by Alexander Velicky to prove to Bethesda he could make something that rivalled their DLC, but with a fraction of their resources. Adding approximately 20 hours to the base game, Falskaar is an impressive mod that adds a whole new land independent of Tamriel, accessible by portal and later by boat. It boasts new items and shouts, and adds 26 new quests - which includes nine main story ventures and 17 side quests. Download Falskaar or the Special Edition version. Think Poirot, but with magic and ethical conundrums. It feels like a professional production that just happens to also be a mod for Skyrim. A standalone game based on the mod is also in the works. Sick of chilly Skyrim? Hop on a wagon and take a trip to distant Elsweyr, the home of the fluffy Khajiit. The rainforest and desert makes a nice change of scene, and the Khajiit are far more interesting than the moody Nords. As well as a change in setting, there are plenty of entertaining quests, NPCs and, above all else, an airship of your very own. Moonpath to Elsweyr is almost as old as Skyrim and was a bit creaky as a result, but it started getting updated again last year. With a main storyline alone that amounts to 30 hours of questing, Enderal is a titanic mod set in an entirely new land made up of tropical costs, frosty mountains and dense forests. There are countless new assets, running the gamut from photo-scanned rocks to new monsters. And a great one, to boot. Total Character Makeover takes the best appearances from Skyrim Nexus, spruces them up even more and collects them in one convenient package. Worried your greasy hair is holding you back? Keep finding twigs in your mane right after a job interview? The mod offers up a ridiculous number of new styles. Download Apachii's Skyhair or the Special Edition version. It turns each perk tree into a cohesive class, though of course the perks are still all designed to be mixed and matched. Take Alchemy, for instance. The vanilla tree just gives you some resistances and lets you make more powerful potions. The Ordinator version, however, transforms you into a mad scientist, dripping horrible pools of magical and explosive oil and figuring out new ways to hurt people with poisons. Building your own unique class is infinitely more rewarding with all these exotic perks. There are search fields, you can make lists of favourites and everything is displayed clearly. It cuts out so much mucking around. It also includes the Mod Configuration Menu, an extremely handy tool that makes it easy to customise mods. A Quality World Map - With Roads is considerably more detailed, clear and, importantly, shows you where all the roads are. Frostfall turns Skyrim into a survival game. Trekking through Winterhold wearing the wrong gear or taking a dip in an ice water lake can prove fatal — be sure to wrap up. Download Frostfall or the Special Edition version. Campfire takes the camping system from Frostfall and spins it into an even more developed standalone mod. You can craft camping gear, make roaring hearths that give you bonuses and even become a tracker. Nobody really needs to eat in Skyrim, which explains the abundance of food. Imagine how miserable all the chefs must be, preparing food that nobody is remotely interested in. The best they can hope for is that an adventurer will scoff some as a last resort. Realistic Needs and Diseases returns food to its lofty status. Drinking is similarly necessary. There are other negative effects before death, but also lots of positive ones for eating well. It mostly adds visual effects that complement the foul weather, but it also changes NPC behaviours. During bad weather, NPCs will have different reactions depending on their race, age and job. Download Wet and Cold or the Special Edition version. Lonely Mountains: Downhill goes murderously fast but appreciates stopping for a good view. What's better: Cameras which actually take pictures, or running into a wall so fast you hurt yourself? This visual novel takes you on a lovely little cycling tour. Two Point Campus review: a relaxed management sim bursting with silliness and seminars. I am not good at The Final Earth 2. Why are there no games about running? If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Lonely Mountains: Downhill goes murderously fast but appreciates stopping for a good view A series of lovely mountain biking adventures. Alice O'Connor an hour ago 7. Help us decide the single best thing, one face-off at a time. Alice O'Connor 1 day ago Chris Wallace 1 day ago 2. Alice O'Connor 2 days ago Two Point Campus review: a relaxed management sim bursting with silliness and seminars I predict a strong turnout on Open Day. Ed Thorn 24 minutes ago. CJ Wheeler 2 hours ago 3. CJ Wheeler 3 hours ago 4. R Suffering for your artifacts. Sin Vega 5 days ago I am not good at The Final Earth 2 Stackable cube things. Sin Vega 1 week ago 4. What I talk about when I talk about running. Ed Thorn 1 week ago Alice Bell 1 week ago. We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here.