Mods you can’t live without – Post

Missing

✅Konahrik’s Accoutrements
Fortune’s Tradehouse
Luminosity Light Overhaul
Aela Dialogue expansion
Serana Dialogue expansion
Karurawasabi replacers
BOS
Complex Material/Parallax
TGC
D&DG (Dead and Daedric Guardians)
Immersive Equipment Displays
Weapon Styles – Draw-Sheathe Animations for IED.
Missile’s IED Preset – Repositions weapons when you equip a backpack or hiding your unequipped weapons for Go To Bed or Campfire.
No to Nocturnal
Quests/New Lands
- Sirenroot – Deluge of Deceit
- Heart of the Reach
- Chain of Time
- Hel Rising
- Maelstrom
Khajiit Will Follow: 4 fully custom voice acted followers with quests and reactive dialogue. they each have different fighting styles too
Wetness Effects for Community Shaders.
Serana Dialog addon
Follower: 3DNPC
Combat: Floating Sword MCO
Armor: Moon Monk Robes
Enemies: Attacko Daedra Collection 1 & 2
Boss: Shadow of Mereth
Master the Summit – revised
Condui, best spell sword mod i found
Bard Instrumentals Mostly – Sing Rarely
RAID Weathers
Immersive Shadowmarks
Candlehearth
❌Cathedral Armory
Renthal’s Workbench
Ultimate Deadly Encounters and Spawns
Genuinely Intelligent Soul Trap – When you have a grand soul gem with a petty soul in it, if you capture a grand soul it kicks the petty one out into the smallest gem it can and replaces it.
Tomato’s Slate Mountains
Riton’s Solitude
Freak’s Floral Fields
Edmond’s More Dragon Aspect
John Skyrim’s retextures

Pretty much all of Verolevi’s combat animations, pick and choose what you like (I personally have all of them except the MCO/Skysa specific mods due to not using MOC or Skysa, and a couple of the magic related ones), these are in my opinion great combat animations for more grounded and realistic combat, and fit better if you want a more vanilla+ combat set up as opposed to the souls-like combat set ups some people prefer.”

Bijin series (NPCs)
Serana Reimagined
Pandorable’s NPCs
Sothasimp‘s bed cover series.
Nimwraith original quest mods
TheLootist original quest mods
Realistic Ragdoll
(don’t know name) Mod to remove spin death animations
✅Alternate Start

Gameplay Overhauls

✅Legacy of the Dragonborn: Adds a museum to display unique items and expands game content .
Proteus: Allows you to alter characters, swap between them, and modify the game world dynamically.
❌Requiem: A roleplaying overhaul that makes the game more challenging and immersive. (Too difficult)
SimonRim Collection: Modular gameplay overhauls aiming for balance and compatibility.
❌Alternate Perspective: Provides a new way to begin your adventure with an alternate start.
Morrowloot Ultimate: Slows down the discovery of unique items for better immersion.

Audio

✅Audio Overhaul – More immersive, clear, and impactful soundscape.
✅Immersive Sounds – Compendium – Total overhaul of sounds.

City Overhaul Mods

The Great Cities (TGC): Improves several of Skyrim’s minor cities and towns.
JK’s Skyrim: Overhauls the major cities to be more detailed and realistic.
Cities of the North (COTN): Reimagines the architecture of Skyrim’s smaller towns.
Skyshards: Places collectible skyshards throughout Skyrim; collecting them grants skill points, encouraging exploration.
Ultimate College of Winterhold: Adds extra rooms in that extra tower
Ultimate College of Winterhold: ICOW and OCW Patch: For Immersive COW and Obscure’s CoW

Combat Mods

Valhalla Combat: Enhances combat with parrying and poise mechanics.
✅Precision – Accurate Melee Collisions: Fixes melee hitboxes, making dodging/positioning crucial.
Mortal Enemies: Adjusts enemy AI for fairer combat.
MCO | ADXP: Framework for custom combat animations.
For Honor in Skyrim: Adds combat animations inspired by For Honor.
Wildcat – Combat of Skyrim: Makes combat more deadly and tactical.
Combat Gameplay Overhaul (CGO): Introduces dodge rolls, grip changes, and animated movement including leaning
Weapon Reach Fix (Synthesis Patch): Adjusts weapon reach for accurate melee combat when used with mods like Precision.
Spellsiphon: Expands the magic combat system.
TK Dodge: Introduces a dodge mechanic.
SkyValor – Make enemies less spongy.
First Person Dodge Animations: Adds first-person dodge animations compatible with TK Dodge.
Animated Armory: Adds new weapon types with unique animations.
VioLens – A Killmove Mod: Customizes killmoves.
Dynamic Things – Base Object Swapper: Enhances environmental interactions in combat.

Perk Overhauls

Vokrii
Ordinator – Perks of Skyrim: Overhauls the perk system with 400+ new perks. (Enai)
Vokriinator – Black: Combines Vokrii and Ordinator perk overhauls. Collection here.

Magic Mods

Apocalypse – Magic of Skyrim: Adds 155 new spells.
Odin – Skyrim Magic Overhaul: Overhauls the magic system.
Triumvirate – Mage Archetypes: Adds spells for mage archetypes.
Kittytail’s Magic Mods: Unique spells like Sonic Magic, Wizard Traversal and Ancient Blood Magic.
Better Vampires 9.0: Enhances vampire gameplay.
Sacrosanct – Vampires of Skyrim: Overhauls vampire mechanics.
Thrallmaker: Allows creation of vampire thralls.
Useful Alteration: Adds practical Alteration spells.
Magic Utility: Offers utility spells for convenience.
Blink – Teleportation Spell: Adds a teleportation spell.

UI Mods

✅Compass Navigation Overhaul: Enhances the compass and map.
✅Quick Loot RE: Adds a Fallout 4-style loot menu.
No NPC Greetings: Reduces NPC greeting distance.
✅TrueHUD: Customizable HUD replacement.
✅Better Third Person Selection: Improves third-person interaction.

Visual and Graphics Mods

Lux: Overhauls interior lighting.
✅Happy Little Trees: Performance-friendly tree replacer.
Aspens Ablaze: Enhances aspen trees in the Rift.
❌Mythical Ages: Weather and lighting overhaul.
Northern Grass: Adds lush grass landscapes.
✅Static Mesh Improvement Mod – SMIM: Improves 3D models.
Skyland AIO: Landscape texture overhaul.
❌Dolomite Weathers: Enhances weather and lighting. (Using NAT III)
Relighting Skyrim: Fixes lighting placement.
Luminosity Lighting Overhaul: Adjusts interior lighting.
Realistic Water Two: Enhances water visuals.
Spaghetti’s AIO: Collection of visual overhauls to cities. High compatibility.
❌Enhanced Lights and FX (ELFX): Improves lighting effects. (Using Lux)
Bijin NPCs: Enhances female NPC appearances.
Serana Re-Imagined: Overhauls Serana’s look.
Pandorable’s NPCs: Improves NPC appearances.
Xavbio’s Armor Retextures: High-quality armor textures.
Gamwich’s Rustic Clothing: Clothing retextures.
Use Those Blankets: Adds visible blankets to sleeping NPCs.
Sothasimp’s Bed Covers: Bed cover textures.
Trees of Iduna: Tree overhaul based on spring foliage

Follower Mods

Nether’s Follower Framework (NFF): Comprehensive follower management.
Simple Outfit System: Manages follower outfits.
Amazing Follower Tweaks: Overhauls follower mechanics.
Inigo: Fully voiced Khajiit follower.
Xelzaz: Custom-voiced Argonian follower.
Gore
Auri
Remi
Lucien
Val Serano
Kaidan
Dialogue Expansions for Aela and Serana: Search Nexus for specific mods.

Quest Mods

✅The Tools of Kagrenac: Expands Arniel Gane’s quest at the College.
College of Winterhold Quest Expansion: Adds new College quests.
Paarthurnax Quest Expansion: Expands options in the Paarthurnax quest.
JaySerpa’s Quest Expansions: Adds roleplay options.
Missives: Mission boards in towns.
Wyrmstooth: New lands and quests.
❌Beyond Skyrim – Bruma: Explore Bruma region.
Vigilant: Dark fantasy quest mod.
Nimwraith’s Mods: Original quest content.
TheLootist’s Mods: Adds new quests.
Ascend – Add 10 hidden peaks to climb.

Immersion Mods

Lawbringer: Control who rules bandit camps.
Sleep Tight SE: NPCs sleep at night.
Go To Bed: Animates the player when sleeping.
OBIS SE – Organized Bandits In Skyrim: Overhauls bandit encounters.
Hunterborn: Overhauls hunting mechanics.
SkyClimb: Adds climbing mechanics.
Blood and Dirt: Enhances characters with realistic blood and dirt effects.
Skyshards: Adds collectible skyshards that grant skill points upon collection.
Tamrielic Culture: Enriches the game world with new items and locations like the Tree of Iduna.
Convenient Horses: Improves horse mechanics.
Enhanced World Encounters: Adds more encounters.
Extended Encounters: Enhances random encounters.
Radiant: Adds dynamic NPC interactions.
✅Security Overhaul SKSE – Lock Variations: Adds lock variety.

Weapon and Armor Mods

Nord Steelheart Armor: New Nordic armor set.
Nibenean Armors and Outfits: Imperial-themed armors.
Immersive Weapons: Adds new weapons.
Immersive Armors: Adds new armor sets.
Sons of Skyrim: Overhauls Stormcloak armors.
New Legion: Overhauls Imperial armors.

Quality of Life Mods

✅Better Jumping SE: Jump while sprinting.
✅Simple Dual Sheath: Displays both weapons when dual-wielding.
Point The Way: Adds more road signs.
SkyTweak: Adjust various game settings.
Pick Up Radius: Increases item pickup radius.
Enhanced Invisibility: Fixes invisibility effects.
Missile’s IED Preset: Preset for Immersive Equipment Displays.
Better Grabbing: Makes it easier to grab and rotate.

Environment Mods

Northern Scenery Series: Enhances landscapes with new structures.
Unmarked Locations Series AIO: Adds 140 new locations.
Depths of Skyrim – Underwater Overhaul: Improves underwater environments.
Northern Roads: Overhauls all roadsto make them more interesting and worth traveling on.
Skyrim Water and Landscape Fixes: Fixes landscape and water glitches.
Lightened Skyrim: Improves performance. Also a Base Object Swapper edition here.
Navigator – Navmesh Fixes: Fixes navmesh issues.

Animation Mods

Attack – ADXP | MCO: No more ice skating during attacks (in 3rd person)
Attack Behavior Overhaul: Introduces dynamic attack moves and behaviors
MCO | ADXP Animations: Custom combat animations.
Verolevi’s Combat Animations: Realistic combat animations.
First Person Dodge Animations for TK Dodge: First-person dodge animations.

Map Mods

A Quality World Map: Detailed maps with roads.
A Clear Map of Skyrim: Simplifies the world map.