Skyrim mods 1. The best mods for Skyrim. Review of the best, in my opinion, mods for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

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Year of issue: 2012
Edition type: Modifications
Genre: RPG, st Person, 3rd Person
Platform: PC
Author / Developer: Mod-makers - fans from all over the world
System requirements: At least 4 Gb of RAM, the rest is the same as in the game
Required game version: 1.6.89.0
Interface language: Russian
Required game language: Russian

This pack is an assembly that contains all the best, top-end modifications, programs, plugins for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game. Now you can completely change the world of Skyrim, make it a truly fabulous place. All mods are fully compatible with each other. You can install them either selectively or all together.

[!] Attention!

Mandatory presence of the game version 1.6.89.0
- Some mods contain elements of eroticism, excessive cruelty! 18+
- Each readme contains the version of the mod and a link to the original page of the mod.
- Run the game via skse_loader.exe.
- Mods can be put all together or selectively.
- Use Boss after installing new mods.
- Some mods require configuration lines to be written to the Skyrim.ini file. Read the readme carefully.
(After all actions, it is advisable to set the Read Only attribute to the Skyrim.ini file, otherwise - crashes, squares instead of letters, etc.).
- All files are in zip archives, with a prescribed path. No need to move anything anywhere! Just unzip them to your game folder.

[!] We kindly ask you to read the instructions and readme carefully - perhaps many questions will be removed without appearing.

List of programs and plugins:

Programs:
BOSS Archive is a one-click user program that quickly optimizes, sorts installed plugins and avoids harmful conflicts between them.
Skyrim Extender is a scripting language extender for Skyrim.
Wrye Bash is a mod manager that improves the compatibility of mods with each other by importing information from different mods into the "Bashed Patch".
Skyrim Comprehensive Mod Optimizer - Texture and mod optimizer.
Armor
Apophysis Dragon Priest Masks - replayer, changes the appearance of 6 dragon priest masks.
Armor Compilation - Adds a lot of bright lore armor to Skyrim.
Daedric Reborn - Daedric armor retexture.
Cloaks of Skyrim - mod adds cloaks. You can find them all over Skyrim, mainly on someone.
Evening star - an amulet known to everyone in the LOTR universe!
Expanded Jewelry Crafting - mod adds the ability to forge new precious jewelry in the forge.
Knight Of Thorns Armor And Spear of Thorns - armor of the order of the thorn, very high quality, with a list included.
Lore Friendly Armor Pack - a pack of new armor.
Masters of Death - adds the Armor of the Master of Death to the game.
Mongol Armor - Mongolian armor.
Mystic Spellbracker - "Spellbracker" shield retexture.
Nightingale Phoenix - Phoenix armor in a separate set. Not retexture.
Raven armor - armor of the Witcher.
Runic archmage robe - retexture of the archmage's armor in black with runes.
TkRingFirefly - adds to the Forge, in the "Jewelry" section, the recipe "Ring of Firefly" when put on, a firefly appears, creating a constant source of light.
Tyarel armor - the armor of Tyarel in Skyrim!
Armor of Eternal Radiance is an original beautiful armor from a domestic author.
Gameplay
3rd Person Dual fix - fixes "jerking" during movements with weapons in both hands.
Archery Pro is a comprehensive overhaul of the shooting system in Skyrim.
Arrow Stick - some changes to the arrow plan.
Artifact Effect Perk is a new perk that allows triple enchanting.
Better Hunting Prices - now you can earn more money by hunting.
Better skillbook rus - now you will know which book gives a bonus and which one.
Big Fish - Adds several giant killer fish.
Blood x10 - the blood on the weapon stays 10 times longer.
Cowardly horses - horses will no longer rush into battle.
Craftable Arrows - mod allows you to craft arrows in the forge.
Deadly Dragons - turns dragons into more terrible creatures that already pose a real danger to the player. There are dragons' retextures and some items for crafting.
Death Dealer Story - a mod with armor and a mini quest has turned into a real story about the Death Dealer.
Eld-combinePotions - mod allows you to combine potions.
Fall of the Space Core is a project by Valve and Bethesda that adds a robot to the game.
Faster Vanilla Horses - Mount speed increased by 30% while walking and sprinting.
Freyja Special Effect Gems - adds special gems to the game that add visual effects to your armor.
Gandalf NPC Follower is a new companion from The Lord of the Rings.
Get Arrows Back - The chance to draw an arrow from the body is now 80%.
Horse Armors with Horse Inventory - adds a lot of new armor for horses + horses have their own inventory.
Imperial Soldiers - adds combat mages to the ranks of the imperial guard, and also makes all legates and commanders mortal.
Increase Weight - increases the amount of transferred weight, when investing talents and raising the level, by 10 units (was 5).
Killable children - makes all children in the game mortal.
Leather Weight - changes the weight of the leather (from 2 to 0.5).
Lost Art of the Blacksmith - with the help of this mod you can continue to sharpen legendary weapons and armor, plus some recipes for crafting from the author have been added.
Marader Mod - now you can remove all things from any enemy.
Monster Mod Additions - New Items - More loot from monsters added by the Skyrim Monster Mod.
Moonpath to Elsweyr is a colorful new location with quests.
Mounted Followers - Automatically adds a horse to your companion when you mount a horse yourself.
Multimarriage - now you don't have to be limited to one wife
New Sounds Fire John Kelly - New sounds of fire from John Kelly.
New Sounds Water John Kelly - New sounds of water from John Kelly.
No Fast Travel - disables the ability to travel quickly across locations.
No more females are walking like maschines - the ladies' team of Skyrim no longer goes to the "wreck"
Racial Skill Boost - instead of a racial bonus - the acceleration of the development of skills (respectively +5 - 5%).
Rangers Story - a story about the rangers guild of Skyrim. New quests.
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings - Reduced the distance "greetings" from NPCs.
Skyrim Community Uncapper - allows you to develop skill level over 100.
Skyrim Monster Mod - Adds 100 well-crafted new creatures.
Skyrim pistol - adds a pistol to Skyrim!
Sounds of Skyrim - new, awesome sounds of Skyrim.
Tales of Lycanthropy - Werewolf Overhaul is a mod that changes a large number of game aspects related to werewolves.
The Dance of Death - A Killmove Mod - Lots of changes regarding finishing moves.
The Paarthurnax Fix - Paarthurnax can no longer be killed.
Unlimited Bookshelves - You can now put an unlimited number of items on bookshelves.
Unlimited Rings And Amulets - now you can wear an unlimited number of rings and amulets.
Usable Lantern - Lamps are now usable.
Vampire Overhaul is a mod that changes a large number of game aspects related to vampires.
WARZONES Civil Unrest - now you will not forget the battle for Skyrim soon. Adds new, bloody battles.
Bars is a new companion.
Moira's Ring is the Ring of the Time Lord.
My Lovely Bards Part 1 - changes the songs that bards play. Only the instrumental has been changed.
Revitalizing Skyrim - adds new NPCs to some interiors.
Improvement of cities and settlements - a mod that improves the atmosphere of 6 cities of Skyrim, decorating these settlements with various objects and new npc.
Improvement of shouts - 7 shouts have been improved, some of them have reduced cooldowns.
Feara - Maiden of Ashes HIRO - Atronach-style companion from Hiro.
Graphics
RCRN v3 HDR - Realistic Colors and Real Nights - dynamic lighting and new shaders, fine tuned for indoor and outdoor scenes.
Shadow Striping Fix - removes and corrects shadow artifacts in the form of stripes or meshes.
Skyrim Enchanced Shaders FX - ENB - Changes to the graphic component in Skyrim using ENB effects.
Houses
Breezehome Addition - Bathing Area - Adds a bathroom to your wind house in Whiterun.
Crystal Rock Home - the plugin adds an original and very beautiful home that is perfect for magicians.
Crystalis is a semblance of your little Daedric plane.
Deus Mons is a very cool fortified house located on the way to the Greybeards' residence.
Dovahkin HideOut - mod adds an entrance to the basement in the houses purchased by the hero. Read the readme if you are updating!
DragonsReach Hideout is an original compact thief hideout near Whiterun.
Lakewood - Adds a house near Riverwood, next to three guardian stones on the other side of the river.
Ranger Ridge is probably the best mod for today - the house for the dovahkin. Very cozy and atmospheric.
Spells
Enchanced Dead Thrall Spell - This mod changes the "Dead Thrall" spell.
Magic Duel is an interesting mod that adds a magic duel to the game.
Magic Scaling - now the power of your spells directly depends on your knowledge of the school of magic to which this spell belongs.
Midas Magic - Spells in Skyrim is a global "magic" mod widely known from TES IV Oblivion. Many new spells.
Necromancy and Conjuration extended - powerful unique spells of conjoinedness.
PJ "s Spell Compendium for Skyrim - Adds 21 new spells to the game.
Projectile Soul Trap with Visible Impact Effect - with this mod you can clearly see the effect of casting the "Soul Trap" spell.
Summon Ball Lightning - Summons ball lightning.
Weather Master - with the help of the mod you can control the weather in Skyrim.
Interface
Quality World Map - improves the texture of the map and adds roads to it.
SkyUI + Celtic Icons - this modification changes the game interface, making it much more convenient.
Weapon
Dagger Of Shades - the plugin adds a beautiful dark dagger decorated with patterns to the game.
Dagger Pack from Faxivcm - this mod will add 5 daggers to Skyrim, which are forged in the forge.
Darksiders Weapons - a pack of weapons and armor from the game Darksiders.
Elk Bone Blade - Demon Slayer dagger.
The Executor is an impressive two-handed ax.
Extended Daedric Weapons is a new high-quality Daedric weapon that perfectly complements the original.
Frostmourne - plugin adds the famous sword "Frostmourne" and the Lich King Set from the Warcraft universe.
Hadhafang Sword - mod adds the sword Idril "Hadhafang".
JaySuS Swords is a high-quality pack of excellent weapons that can be crafted at the forge.
JNmods - adds a hammer to the game in the forge menu in the Ebony weapon section. There is a little animation and a glow effect.
Katana Replacer - mod replaces the vanilla katana of blades with a real, detailed analogue.
LOTR Weapons Collection is a collection of weapons from The Lord of the Rings.
ScimitarSword - black scimitar retexture with runes. These blades will now match all black robes, from robes to ebony armor.
Sword of the Seeker is a beautiful sword that can be crafted in the forge.
Tamrielic Lore Chrysamere - adds the legendary Paladin's sword - Chrysamer to the game.
Warglaive of Azzinoth - the legendary blades of Azzinoth in Skyrim!
Weapons Of Third Era - This plugin adds over 50 types of weapons made in the spirit of the game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Weapons have been added to leveled sheets, but are less common than standard weapons.
Textures
2K Real Ice V2 Parallax - Improves the quality of the ice, making it more detailed and natural.
ApachiiSkyHair - the most popular hairstyles have finally been ported to Skyrim!
Better Dynamic Snow - snow retexture in the direction of dynamism.
Better Females by Bella with No Blocky Faces - retexture of female faces and fix for faces of all npc in the game.
Better Males - Bodies Nudes - retexture of the entire male body. Two versions.
Burn Freeze Shock Effects - adds effects after casting spells (effect of burnt skin, frozen skin, etc.)
Cover Eyes is a mod that changes almost all of the characters' eyes.
Crimson Tide - Blood - Blood retexture, new blood behavior, streaks, cuts and more.
Deadly Spell Impacts - this mod aims to make the texture of traces from the effects of magic on surfaces more pleasing to the eye.
Detailed dragonborn armor - retexture of the dragonborn helmet. Makes it look like the one in the trailer.
DIMONIZED UNP female body - new retexture of female bodies.
Enhanced Night Skyrim - replaces the textures of the sky and stars with better ones.
Glowing Ore Veins - Adds a slight glow to the ore.
HD Better Reflections For Armor and Weapons - "reflection" effect for armor.
HD Food and Clutter - retexture of consumer goods.
HD Weaponry - weapon retexture. The weapon is now much better than the vanilla original.
Hiro Ash - ash retexture.
HQ 4k milky way galaxy - adds the Milky Way galaxy to the night sky of Skyrim.
Immersive Thunder is a mod that makes storms in the game much more natural by replacing the sounds of rain and thunder.
Intricate Spider Webs - web retexture.
Izolda Retexture - retexture, changes its appearance and changes into Isolde's dress.
Lush Grass and Trees - the grass is thicker and the trees are lush.
Masser and secunda - moon and satellite retexture.
More Rain and More Snow - more rainfall, with a wind effect for everyone.
Nicer Snowflakes (Whimsical) - snowflake retexture. Now each snowflake has its own unique pattern.
Nightmother and coffine retexture - retexture of the mother of the night and the accompanying coffin.
Realistic Smoke and Embers High Res - changing the textures of smoke, fire and embers to more realistic ones.
Rus Signs Textures - Russifies signs and some other textures.
Scabbards - plugin adds a scabbard for some two-handed swords.
Serious HD Retexture Landscape Skyrim - retexture about 80% of the landscape.
Skyrim HD Full - the world of Skyrim with HD resolution textures. Replaced about three hundred textures of the game world.
Skyrim Sunglare - Changes the sun glare to be more realistic.
Torch of Everlasting - Increases the lighting radius of torches by 2 times. The lighting is now warmer.
Visible Windows - window retexture.
Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul - global retexture of all vegetation.
Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux - water retexture, more realistic behavior, splashes and other effects.
WItcher Eyes - added to the selection on the character creation page.
Enchanted Weapon Radiance - adds a radiance effect to an enchanted weapon.

Installation:
1) Copy the contents of the archives to the folder with the installed game "D: Program files (x86) The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim"
2) Launch Wrye Bash, select the mods you want to use.
3) Run Boss to order mods (preferably).
4) Start the game with skse_loader.exe
5) Play
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An overview of the best, in my opinion, mods for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

Quite a long time ago I had the intention to make a similar review / selection, and now, after almost a week of testing and watching various thematic videos on TyTruba, the time has come.

A little clarification before getting down to business - in this review you will not find mods with trains falling from the sky, the appearance of Santa Claus in Skyrim, guns and other non-lore-friendly content (although all of the above is on the nexus), there will be no cheating mods either ... Also, I see no reason to include in the review numerous mods with armor, bras and tights, in this material you will find only two armor-mods and only because I really liked them.

There will be no reference material here for those who do not know how to install ENB or how to install mods, such materials may appear in the future, it all depends on the responses to this review.

Musthave mods will go first, closer to the end - the best of the optional ones, without which it is quite possible to play comfortably.

SkyUI

In the first place is the most popular mod that everyone should have. This mod makes the items menu interface really user-friendly and you never want to go back to vanilla after installing it. Almost two million downloads speak for themselves.

Categorized Favorites Menu

Another mega-useful mod that significantly improves the vanilla interface of the "favorites" window. As a rule, after several hours of playing your "favorites" are already overflowing with weapons, shouts, food, magic spells and others. It was absolutely impossible to navigate in all this by the scanty screen sorted by alphabet. If you, like me, after clearing the instances and collecting loot, noted that you cannot sell by placing it in your “favorites”, then you will understand me even more.

« Categorized Favorites Menu " enlarges the "favorites" window and separates everything into categories, so you can always quickly select what you need without tedious scrolling. Even the potions are categorized here.

Important - if you install the English version of this mod, then everything added to the favorites will be moved to the "other" category, because the mod identifies things and stuff by their name.

Detailed mine map markers

“Oh, damn it, fucking mines!”, I'm sure you said this to yourself when you found in the mine not a malachite vein, but an iron one. Indeed, it is very difficult to remember which veins in which mine. Therefore, for all crafters (you are not a crafter? Oh, then forget about most armor-mods!) This mod is a must.

He adds a postscript in brackets to the names of the mines on the map, indicating what kind of material can be mined in them. Cheaters cry and prick, because the mod does not open all the mines on the map, but only adds an attribution to the ones already found.

No bethesda Intro

For those who have forgotten who this great game is from, you can pass by. The rest who are tired of the Gazebo logo and "tam-tatadam!" in the beginning - I recommend this mod, which disables the splash screen.

In addition, if you will often restart Skyrim to check mods (and you will), then this is a must mod for you, it saves a lot of time.

He sat down to play in the evening, got out in the middle of the night. Sound familiar? Well, yes, when there is to look at the clock, when there are so many quests, and I still have to hunt wolves and clear a nearby cave !!! Yes, and that ship on the shore would be nice to examine !!!

With this mod, you will be less likely to lose track of time, because now you will see a clock on every loading screen.

We left the insta, looked at the time and went to sleep !!! No, really, who are we kidding ??? But now at least we will know what time we crawled to bed and collapsed to sleep -___-

Rich merchants

Ever wondered why there are such rogue merchants in the game? Only 750 gold cash !!! Sometimes, in order to sell all the loot obtained on the campaign, you had to wander around the cities and sell everything to different merchants, watching endless loading screens. At some point in the game, I had so much unsold loot that I said "stop putting up with it !!!" and went to look for a mod that would make my life easier.

And I found it. With installed (manually) "Rich Merchants" merchants will have either 10,000 or 2,000 in cash (it all depends on which version of the mod you install). In my opinion, everything is realistic and fair, because Belethor cannot have money just to buy one enchanted staff> _<

Leather Backpack

Mod for everyone who is sick of the Horse Sign (for those in the tank - this sign increases the weight to be carried by 100) and walking at the speed of a turtle. The longer you play Skyrim, the more you suffer from a lack of space in your inventory. The problem can be solved in several ways - take the aforementioned Sign of the Horse and laugh, wander back and forth between houses, laying out the loot in the chests, or cheats to increase the space.

If none of the above suits you, then this mod is for you. He adds a backpack to the game, which can be crafted, and its capacity can be adjusted when installing the mod (maximum volume 300). It does not spoil the view at all and can be removed at any time.

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches

Are you missing a backpack from the past mod? Oh, really, Skyrim is full of different loot, which you just want to appropriate for further sale or crafting, how can you not pick up something? And why only a backpack, where is the craft of handbags, daragoy, uh?

If you still don't have enough space or don't like backpacks, then try Bandolier - Bags and Pouches. He adds to the game the craft of different handbags and bandoliers. You can carry bags on the front, back, sides, over your shoulder, or make a belt with handbags or cones. Just a gorgeous mod that does not destroy the atmosphere of the game.

There is also a Russian translation of this mod, but personally it was buggy for me - all the bags were invisible.

Skyrim monster mod

Every wolf is black, every cave is with draugs. And they all look the same. Boredom. Where are the mutations and abortion victims, I want more monsters !!!

Want to? Get it !!!

The mod adds a ton of new types of opponents to the game, all of them in the Russian version will have English names, but I am telling you quite seriously - you will regret not having installed this mod just for this reason.
The mod does not add aliens or gnomes with bazookas - all new mobs fit very well into the environment. Mod replaces only models, that is, in the place where you would meet a wolf, you will meet ... a wolf, only with a different model. All loot from monsters corresponds to the loot of the vanilla version. Be sure to try this mod, I highly recommend it.

Update: unfortunately, the mod was removed from the Nexus, in the Workshop, and even more so, so I add download links: and

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul

If you are used to traveling with a companion or husband / wife (I know, many do not like and play forever alone style), then you must install this mod. He adds new lines to the dialogue menu, thanks to which you can:

- completely change your companion's clothes,

- make it immortal

- make you learn a spell from a book previously put in your inventory

- make it so that your partner does not pay attention to your hits on him

- see the characteristics of the companion

- increase its level and much more.

In addition, the mod adds horse control - you can put anything in your inventory, make a horse wait at the place where it was left, etc.

This mod has one competitor, but I can't say anything about its performance, because I haven't tested it - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524

Battle fatigue and injuries

The first mod on the list to affect gameplay.

It always seemed strange to me that in battles a character does not receive any serious injuries, and everything is healed with magic, food or food. If you broke your arm or dislocated your leg, you ate heroically and all your bones healed.

By setting "Battle fatigue and injuries" in battles, your character will receive various kinds of injuries - legs, arms, head and body. Each injury affects the characteristics - you can be beaten so that you lose in speed, damage, or even carry weight. All effects are displayed in the buffs tab in the "magic" menu. Everything is healed through healthy sleep (as a rule, 8 hours is enough to heal minor injuries). Yes, I know, sleep treatment was canceled back in the ... Mesozoic, but this is already some progress compared to the vanilla version. In addition, if you were heavily "dropped" and you broke something very badly, then you will have to seek treatment in the churches of Skyrim (which are available in almost every city).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot - this mod needs to work Skyrim Script Extender, you can download it Throw the files into the game folder and run Skyrim through the skse_loader.exe file, it will automatically connect to the stim, you can even have a shortcut to the slave. add table.

Attention!!! When the material of the mod was written, it was not tested by me for the most tomatoes. Critical flaws were found, so after six hours of gameplay with this mod, I had to abandon it.

Realistic Needs and Diseases

The second and my favorite mod for changing gameplay is "Realistic Needs and Diseases". I've always dreamed of this kind of mod for Skyrim ever since I started playing Fallout: NV in hardcore mode. Unfortunately, other mods did not fully suit me and I am glad that someone finally made an easy and understandable mod.

In short - the mod adds to the game the need to eat, drink, sleep and the ability to eat ale in a tavern or outdoors with a saber-toothed kebab. To enable the mod, use the sugar ball in your inventory in the "food" tab. Each need has several states - overeating, malnutrition, mild malnutrition, hunger, thirst, mild thirst, dehydration, and so on. Overeat - speed debuff. Not finished / not finished / not slept - debuff on the regeneration of everything. Spam, eat, drink - get a buff on the regen of everything. Get drunk - the screen blurs and you will fall like a real drunk at random time.

In addition, the longer you run or the more you attack, the more tired you get, the faster you get hungry / sleepy / thirsty. Everything is like in real life.

Therefore, you will have to look into taverns (now they are not useless, thank God!) And buy food, collect water in the river and boil it (this possibility was added with the installation of this mod). Also, now it makes sense to cook hot food - if you drink water directly from the river or eat anything, you can get sick and get a non-acidic debuff.

Do you think that's all? You are wrong. The mod also allows you to craft sleeping bags and tents in order to relax on the road, a portable hearth with a fire for cooking food on the way (you need a log to light it). Do you want to try it all already?

One of the strengths of this mod is that everything is customizable. You can adjust how quickly the feeling of hunger or thirst will come, how much all the parameters will affect the character when moving fast (I recommend setting 200-300%, otherwise after teleports you will be squeezed out like a lemon, or even turn off needs when moving fast).

In general, this is one of the best mods for wagering. We went hunting, shot wolves and crabs on the river, got hungry, made a fire, fried meat, ate from the belly, took water from the river, boiled it and put the reserve in a backpack. We drank wine for the coming sleep, fell down a couple of times in a state of alcoholic intoxication, then set up a tent and tumbled down on the side. What are you waiting for - download and bet !!!

Divorce

Do you want to get a divorce and do not know how?

You may think that this day will never come, but it will come, I know. With this mod, divorce became a reality. What you need to do and where to apply is shown in the screenshot.

The second useful mod for married people. Allows you to choose any house in Skyrim as your home and adds a new item to the dialogue with your wife about moving. We come to the right house, use a spell, talk to his wife and voila, the other half is already collecting things. This is a must-have mod for those who prefer to live in houses added to the game by mods.

Helmet Toggle - Show Hide

It took so long to choose noses / eyebrows and lips in the character customization menu, and in the end, all the beauty was covered with a helmet !!!

I hasten to please you - mod will help you "Helmet Toggle - Show Hide". He adds a spell, using which your helmet disappears ... but not from the inventory, but only visually. For those who are especially curious, there is a spell that removes the helmet from the target. If you have always dreamed of looking at the hitherto hidden faces of the guards, then what are you waiting for? Download -__-

Update: Unfortunately this mod is not compatible with most backpack mods.

Placeable Statics - Move Anything

From the moment I settled with my virtual wife (a beautiful nexus-modified elf) in Riften, I was tormented by the question - why can't I take some chair from home and put it on an island in the middle of the lake, having organized there a place for secret night meetings with ... well, you know with whom.

My dreams come true with this mod. In the menu, select a special shout, yell at the stool and put almost any (furniture should not have an owner or you should own it) piece of furniture in the buffer and then put another shout where it is convenient for you. You can move the table from home to the street and make a cafe, arrange chairs and tables, even remove shelves. The mod goes well with the Heartfire addon. Yeah, baby, my dream of a bed in the field has come true !!!

Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel - Weather - Lighting

The first mod in the review that improves the graphics.

This is the most popular weather / light mod on the Nexus, so to speak. It improves many weather effects, lighting, fog, sunsets and more. It also optionally changes the lighting in instances and houses, optionally makes the night brighter.

It is useless to tell how good everything is - it is better to watch the videos on the mod's page. A must-have for lovers of beautiful and realistic graphics.

Supreme storms

What is this snow? Why, we have blizzards in Siberia, so blizzards ...

For those who think the weather conditions in Skyrim are not extreme enough, I recommend this mod.

WATER - Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux

If you thought the water in the original vanilla Skyrim was amazing, then put this mod on improving it. I guarantee you will get a lot of positive emotions. And you can not look for mods for water better - this one is the best.

Reapers the dark tower

From graphics and gameplay, let's move on to houses for housing.

One of the popular player homes mods Reapers The Dark Tower I recommend to all those who play as mages. This is a great home for an occultist, with unique gear and companions inside, as well as a torture chamber, several buff-tools, gear, weapons, and finally, with a chest that multiplies by 2 everything that cannot be put into it. Oh, come on, this is not a cheat, this is at !!! Magic!!! In order to open the turret, you need to complete a simple quest.

Riverside Lodge with Sauna

For me personally, when choosing a house in Skyrim, there are two criteria - convenience and realism. I do not like houses that are too spacious, in which it is easy to get lost. They serve rather like museums, from which you leave with your mouth open in speed. In terms of realism, I don't understand how a player can get a house the size of a fortress when they have a measly 15,000 gold in their pocket.

If you agree with me, then pay attention to this player home-mod. The house is very cozy, you can choose options with an improved armory or with an expanded number of bookshelves. It has two bedrooms (for those who quarreled with their wife or live with companions), everything for crafting, a kitchen and an office. Among other things, there are several chests in the house that automatically store whatever you choose - small soul stones, all herbs, except three of each type, etc. It is very convenient.

And what makes this mod close to a Russian person is that next to the house there is ... a bathhouse (aka a sauna). Near the bathhouse there is almost a jacuzzi and a veranda with tables. Just don't accidentally fall into the nearby waterfall, the view is stunning. In addition to the above advantages, it is worth noting that this house is very well located between Riverwood and Whiterun. Be sure to install and see.

Temptress race

The only mod with companions and race in the review. Adds to the game a new race Temptress (Temptresses) and five new companions, which can be found in the temples of Skyrim (read the description). Each companion can be married.

What else to add - look at the screenshot. They are the sexiest companions in all of Tamriel.

Better Females by Bella

"God, what a face !!!"

I'm sure most fans of female beauty have said this phrase more than once, peering into the wrinkled and crooked faces of the inhabitants of Skyrim.

This mod undertakes to correct the situation by improving all the female faces in the game. A must-have for playing sober.

ApachiiSkyHair

The same story as with the faces in the vanilla game.

If you want a really great hairstyle for your character (there are both female and male haircuts) - download and install this mod.

You do not want? Well, run with an unwashed head!

Cazy hairs and demoness hairs conversion by zzjay

The second mod with hairstyles, there are fewer of them, but they are all very high quality. The not Lore-friendly hairstyle with a beret also crept in (hello to artists and France).

The Eyes Of Beauty

A mod for those who have not yet found the eyes of their dreams in the versions of the original game. Adds a decent amount of new eye colors and tints to the game with excellent iris rendering.

Crimson Tide - Blood

It seems to me that in the vanilla version of the game the blood was not enough ... bloody. It was too little for the brutal atmosphere of the game.

Maud "Crimson Tide - Blood" will correct the blood in the game and add splashes to the screen ala Mortal Kombat. More blood, good and different!

UNP Replacer Configuration Package

This is a must-have mod configurator (consists of several mods) for those who play as a female character and do not want to bother too much installing several mods separately. After all, you are tired of playing for the awkward bow-legged ... Khajiit?

I will give an explanation on my own - in the world of body mods for female characters, there are two competing mods, these are UNP (and its variations) and CBBE (and its variations). Both of them make the figures of Skyrim women ideal, each in a slightly different way, but if in the future you are determined to set yourself armor-mods, then you need to decide on the choice of the figure model ... well, or endlessly rearrange the mods for changing models.

This mod will make it easy to choose which type of body you like and install it without any problems. Unfortunately, for the ease of installation you will have to pay a certain price - there are outdated versions of mods in the compilation and therefore some glitches are possible, such as overlaying textures on top of each other in the ... crotch. If you are not interested in such details, then install this compilation.

Immersive armors

Immersive Armors this is a compilation of different types of armor and weapons, everything can be crafted in the forge, all things are lore-friendly and you will not look like a black sheep in the world of Skyrim. I recommend it because of the ease of searching in the smithy and the high quality of workmanship. In addition, you can meet NPCs and monsters in this armor, which is very cool.

TERA Armors Collection for Skyrim - UNP

And finally, a little not quite lore-friendly armor, although I do not find anything extreme in this mod, destroying the atmosphere and lore of the vanilla version.

This is a compilation of armor sets from the MMORPG Tera Online. Everything is still crafted in the forge in a separate section "Tera", there are all options from leather to Daedric. I got into the review of the mod because of the highest level of performance, beauty and originality of the vast majority of types of armor. And a necessary addition - all armor is for female characters only.

That's all, I sincerely hope this review was helpful. So far I have no plans to cover other mods, but if the reaction to this material is positive and it gets a lot of redirects, then ...

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the best RPGs in the genre.
By modern standards, Skyrim is not a technological game, the engine, to put it mildly, was relevant 5 years ago, it was tightened several times, the name was changed, but the essence of this has not changed, the graphic component is at a low level. And yet, with all this, Skyrim looks very picturesque, delight from the surrounding landscapes is guaranteed: mountains covered with snow, forests, ancient tombs and burials. So, let's start our Top best mods for Skyrim.

Skyrim HD 2k and RealVisions ENB

This mod for Skyrim completely reworks almost all game textures and shaders, giving you the opportunity to enjoy HD resolution and the absence of soapy images, even using this mod alone, your game can change visually beyond recognition. Reworked textures and shaders, underground locations, the world around us: cities, water and other nuances of the game. This mod must absolutely be the first one installed before the start of the game, if you want to see the highest quality picture on your screen, and not the "soap" of the previous generation.

We also placed the RealVision ENB mod here. Many gamers have probably heard of such a person as Boris Vorontsov, a programmer and author of graphic mods called ENB, made for more than a dozen games. Just a couple of esp files will transform any of these games from head to toe and add visuals. We offer you such a modification for playing on Skyrim PC. At first glance, the mod is the best custom add-on for this product. An incredible set of beautiful effects: imitation of global illumination of the world of the new generation, improved and also adjustable depth of field of the picture on the screen, redesigned shadows and a bunch of other things.

The graphic component of the game is undoubtedly one of the most important for the modern gamer. Long gone are the days when 8-bit games were the standard and people only played them because of the storyline. Yes, with an eye-pleasing picture in front of you and the mods recommended in the rating, it is many times more pleasant to play. But (!) Do not forget that a pack of mods delivered simultaneously to one game will require a lot of power from your personal computer. Nevertheless, competent optimization will give a good picture and save you from strong drawdowns in FPS.

Climates of Tamriel

The advantage of the graphic part of Skyrim with this mod is the weather effects that give the game an atmosphere: magnificent sunsets and sunrises, snow storms and much more. The mod looks incredibly cool, sometimes you even forget that you are in the game, and not in real life, every landscape literally attracts you. But what was listed above is still not enough, and therefore, in conjunction with this modification, the next addition from our rating of the best mods on Skyrim will come in handy.

Enhanced Lights & FX

The main goal of this mod is to radically change the lighting mechanics both in the vastness of the province of Skyrim and in all houses and dungeons. In some places, in the original game without a single mod, it looks very ridiculous and unrealistic, spoiling the experience of the game, and sometimes it was completely absent, somewhere it would be better without it - in general, the picture does not correspond to reality. This modification will really change the entire atmosphere around you in any game location, be it an ancient Nordic tomb or a tavern.

SkyUI

Almost everyone who played Skyrim complained about the game primarily because of the unprepossessing interface, more like an antediluvian console, everything was inconvenient to the point of impossibility, slow, awkward, too minimalistic menu navigation killed, in a compartment all this "nature" it looked just awful, there was no intelligible sorting of trophies and equipment, no hotkeys (hot keys). This modification, albeit not entirely related to the gameplay itself, literally saved gamers from these torments and seriously simplified the gameplay, making your backpack intuitively comfortable, and also customizable. There is also a competent sorting, and a division of all artifacts according to specifications, icons specially created for convenience, a simple, but at the same time, having everything you need at hand, a menu of selected items, in the end!

We strongly recommend this modification for installation to everyone who is just starting to play Skyrim in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, and for those who are not playing the game for the first time and hated it for the default backpack, we recommend this mod even more urgently. Once you install this little mod, you will never return to that awful console menu. Do not forget to set everything up thoroughly in the way that suits you best.

Wyrmstooth

As a bonus, in the selection of the best mods for Skyrim, we will present you 2 of the most interesting independent mods, according to most of the players, with their own locations and missions, some of which can even compete with tasks from the "Gazebo" itself. After all, one of the disadvantages of the original game, which was not mentioned above, and which is probably the most significant after passing at least half of the main storyline, is repeating, the same type, sometimes uninteresting quests, the so-called radiant quests, repeating one script (algorithm) countless times. The creators of mods fix this oversight of developers by creating new giant locations and adding new storylines, and, I must say, they do it really amazing.

One of these plot mods for Skyrim is Wyrmstooth, or in Russian - Dragon Tooth - a modification with a completely new main quest and a new location specially made for it - an immense island surrounded by the sea from all sides. Everything is done at a very high level. All NPCs (non-player characters), opponents, even merchants are professionally voiced here, you will get a lot of pleasure from the passage of the main plot, which will take you more than one weekend. Although the plot is rather banal, it is worked out to the smallest detail.

Helgen reborn

At the beginning of the game, as you remember, you are mistakenly captured along with the rebels and their leader, Ulfric Stormcloak, because, ironically, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. You are brought to a small settlement called Helgen, located on the border of two provinces. Further, after the standard roll call, you are taken to the block, but then a huge dragon flies in from nowhere and burns everything down, accidentally saving some, including you, along the way.

It's funny that almost none of the players ever returned here, and those who got there found only heaps of ash and a gang of robbers, marauders or thugs. This mod for Skyrim gives you the opportunity to fix it. Rebuild this place from scratch, recruit a new garrison, explore previously hidden secret places, breathe life into this place.

This quest is done very well. Yes, it may not be that great, because it affects only one settlement and small neighborhoods, but everything is so detailed that you simply cannot distinguish it from the original Helgen created by the "Gazebo". Rebuild the destroyed Helgen, learn many interesting stories and at the same time defeat the enemies of the Empire - the powerful Thalmor.

Two months have passed since the game was released. During this time, craftsmen have made about a thousand mods, found dozens of bugs and various errors. Some of the development of users is aimed at fixing a number of shortcomings of Bethesda Softworks. PC Gamer decided to select the top 20.

SkyUI

The user interface is by definition gaudy, slow, cumbersome, and extremely awkward. The appearance of such a mod as SkyUI is a completely logical and expected move. This mod not only fixes problems with Bethesda's interface, but also improves it at all levels. Icons will now be used to easily distinguish between item types. Additional information will be clearly displayed. Inventory possible: items are now easy to sort by value and weight.

Magic of Midas

ENBSeries

Our compatriot Boris Vorontsov created a mod that improves the graphics in Skyrim several times. This person has done a great job for many games. Now his hands have reached the Bethesda Softworks project.

Skyrim hd

Mod adds updated textures to the game in HD quality. The result makes itself felt.

FXAA Post Process Injector

Xenius Character Enhancement

Val "s Crafting Meltdown

Tytanis

Tytanis creator CrosshairNY considers it the Ultimate mod. In fact, there is a huge variety of different bells and whistles in fashion that can be talked about for a long time. CrosshairNY's plans for the future are even more ambitious: the introduction of agriculture, fishing and the work of a carpenter.

Millenia weapon retexture project

Deadly dragons

If you think killing dragons is so easy, then this mod will ruin your life. Not only will several new types of winged creatures appear, but they will also become stronger. And this means that you will have to stock up on arrows, swords, armor, mana, spells and other bells and whistles in order to defeat at least one fire-breathing asshole.

Quality World Map with Roads

It is immediately evident that the creator of the mod is not only smart, but also a rational person. And all because I made one of the most convenient updates. I think many in Skyrim strayed, could not find their way. Now all this is in this mod, which can be downloaded.

Weapons of the Third Era

Jaysus swords

You can read Jaysus Swords, but this is far from the case. The creator of the mod did a great job and created about 38 very beautiful and incredible swords that can be downloaded from here.

Bellyache "s Animal Pack

Proudspire Manor - Dragonborn Edition

Skyrim online

Realistic Smoke and Embers

Realistic Water Textures

Skyrim is considered one of the most popular open-world games (Skyrim mods played an important role). As in the previous parts of The Elder Scrolls series, in Skyrim the player can postpone the main tasks and freely travel around the huge world, exploring various ruins, objects, dungeons, completing tasks, finding unique items and much more. Throughout the game, you will need to develop your character and improve skills (blacksmithing, witchcraft, hacking, alchemy, shooting, etc.) Events take place on the mainland of Tamriel and are associated with the appearance of the most powerful dragon Alduin in Skyrim. The dragonborn will have to fight Alduin, thereby preventing the return of the dragons.

The best mods for Skyrim 5

The popularity of Skyrim was brought not only by the storyline, but also by the mods without which players cannot imagine the game. Frankly, Skyrim has many flaws, the graphics are very old, the textures look terrible and there are many other flaws that the developers, for various reasons, did not fix. For Skyrim, there are many different modifications that change the game beyond recognition. Mods for Skyrim add unique sets of armor, worked out to the smallest detail, a new home, spells, change the character's appearance, etc.

Top five best mods for Skyrim

The list is compiled based on player preference, which includes a variety of Skyrim mods for graphics, new armor and weapons.

1. Immersive Armors is a mod for Skyrim for a unique collection of equipment, which includes several dozen lore armor with high texture details.
2. Skyrim HD 2K - a global improvement in the textures of terrain, caves, cities, objects, water, etc. Made in 2k resolution.
3. Immersive Weapons (grasping weapon) - more than two hundred brand new weapons (various swords, katanas, axes, axes) that can be bought from merchants, found or created in the forge.
4. Enhanced Lights and FX - improvement of Skyrim lighting, visual effects from the rays of the sun, shadows, reflections of interiors.
5. Skyrim Flora Overhaul - processing flora using high-quality textures for trees, flowers, roots, grass.

The most popular Skyrim mods in 2019

• Retexture of imperial armor and weapons- visual improvement of imperial equipment and weapons, done in 2-4k resolution and fixed meshes.
• Redeemer's Armor- created on the basis of the armor from For Honor for female characters with any body type. Each part is detailed.
• Beautiful female skin- complete reworking of vanilla skin textures for girls with UNP or CBBE replayer. Adjusts the effect of moisture, face, makeup.
• Libya Salvian- a beautiful companion with its own voice acting and elaborate dialogues. She is an interesting conversationalist, she will always keep up the conversation and talk about Shezarrin's quest.
• Noble Skyrim- improvement of standard architecture, terrain and dungeons (caves, ruins, mines). Author's textures.

This is just a small part of the cool mods, the list can be expanded almost indefinitely. Downloading mods for Skyrim is not difficult, most are translated into Russian and installed very easily.