r/skyrimmods • • 25d ago

[October 2026] Simple Questions, Simple Answers

13 Upvotes

If you're not sure your topic deserves an entire thread, it likely belongs here. Questions that can be answered with a Google search or a read of the mod's content page will be redirected here. Any question not requiring a full modlist should also go here. Finally, any questions you think could be answered in under 25 words should go here.

Questions that belong in this thread might include:

  • Any good Ulfric replacers?
  • Is MO2 better than Vortex?
  • What is a crash log?
  • My faces are all potato colored in game. What's that about?
  • What mods (or modlists) are essential for a new player?

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r/skyrimmods • • Aug 23 '26

Meta/News Consider joining our moderation team!

13 Upvotes

Hey community!

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r/skyrimmods • • 11h ago

PC SSE - Request Is there a mod where you can make Delphine refund you for "the attic room" you never use?

121 Upvotes

I tried searching Nexus but didn't find anything.

I think I'm gonna make this myself, but want to make sure it's not, like, already part of a popular quest expansion or dialogue overhaul somewhere


r/skyrimmods • • 8h ago

PC SSE - Help Limitations to the amount of SKSE DLLs?

24 Upvotes

running into an issue where if there are more than 706 SKSE DLLs, the game will crash before the main menu. my mod build currently has 723 SKSE DLLs. a google search suggested setting bMaxStdio to 8192 (er "true" with latest engine fixes) or disable memory manager. Disabling memory manager had no affect. Recommendations?


r/skyrimmods • • 13h ago

PC SSE - Request Beautifull androgynous male or fem-male cosmetics?

36 Upvotes

We all know about al the mods aimed towards female characters and how you can create beautifull female characters in thousands of ways. But how about men? There have been several male comsetic mods but nearly all of them are for masculine men and femenine women, I havent found the propper male mods for what I want.

I want to create male characters that look like Sephiroth, like Leone Abbacchio or Narciso Anasui, I want my male characters to be fabulous. A pretty elven prince, a femenine male goth...

What are the best mods or presets for that look?


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Discussion How realistic would be to have LOTD, Owlc0da, Sirenroot Beyond Reach and Beyond Bruma in the same save?

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,
I'm planning a long-term playthrough with the quest mods mentioned in the title, plus all vanilla guilds and main quest lines. I also have big follower mods like Val Serano, Remiel and Serana Dialogue Add-on, but most of my load order consists of graphic improvements and other minor tweaks.
I have a concern regarding stability and long-term degradation. I'm really worried about my game starting bloat or crash before I manage to complete it.
Has anyone here completed a full playthrough with a similar setup? Is it realistically possible to complete all in the same playthrough?


r/skyrimmods • • 12h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Is Open Shaders very demanding or am I missing a performance mod?

19 Upvotes

Nothing gamebreaking or anything, but since installing Skylands AIO, Skylands Bits and Bobs, and Open Shaders, I have found that on occasion I get choppy framerates, dropping from 60 to mid-40s at worst. Considering I have a fairly new PC (RTX 5060 GPU), I'm curious if this issue is more on my side (i.e., my hardware is insufficient) or on Skyrim's side (i.e., engine / game issues).

I do have SSE Engine Fixes installed, but perhaps there's something else?

In terms of other hardware, I have an Intel Core 5 120 and 32GB ram. If it's on my end, I'd say its a GPU issue, since when I look in task manager I can see that GPU usage is in the 95%+ range when framerates fluctuate.


r/skyrimmods • • 13h ago

PC SSE - Help ENBs with Effects 11 looks off

15 Upvotes

I'm trying to get Bottled Shaders to look good but all the ENB's look kinda off. I tried many like Cabbage, Berserkyr, Rudy, Pi-cho but they, specially Cabbage, don't look nearly as good to what they looked like when I was using ENB by itself. Is Effects 11 not there yet or am I doing something wrong?


r/skyrimmods • • 6h ago

PC SSE - Help Nolvus or constellation?

3 Upvotes

I’m currently playing with GTS, but I’m already planning on trying one of these bigger boys since I finally have a PC that might be able to withstand such girth.

Thoughts?


r/skyrimmods • • 3h ago

PC SSE - Request Any Neloth follower/spouse mods?

2 Upvotes

I've only been able to find this one: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/124580

But I'd really like to marry him in my current save, which I'm not able to do through this mod since "YOU MUST USE THIS ON A NEW GAME. SAVED GAMES WILL NOT WORK.

You MUST dismiss him BEFORE you meet the cultists after finding out that you are Dragonborn or he will break as a follower. I usually leave him alone between leaving Ustengrav until after finish Nchardak with him. "

That wont work for me since I've already completed the dragonborn dlc and have already done all of neloths sidequests. Is there any other mod that allows a follower/spouse neloth? Maybe on another site I dont know about? Or can I somehow get this mod to work on my current save?


r/skyrimmods • • 19m left

PC SSE - Help First Skyrim Load Order.

• Upvotes

Hello everyone! I just finished building my first giant mod load order for Skyrim after completing my first playthrough and was hoping to get some advice on what I have so far (example) placement of mods and such. I appreciate any help that’s given in advance!

https://pastebin.com/u2kgVzSS


r/skyrimmods • • 10h ago

PC SSE - Discussion What religion mods are you guys using these days?

8 Upvotes

I know Wintersun is still the tried and true and Pilgrim has perks of being Simonrim and thus good, but I want to hear what everyone is running around with these days.

Still using Wintersun? Pilgrim have enough for you? Can you sell me on Gods and Worship?


r/skyrimmods • • 13h ago

PC SSE - Request Creation kit setup

11 Upvotes

Hello, i want to start moding skyrim again with cration kit. Right now i'am following GamerPoets video "Creation kit so many fixes" but the video is 4 years old. My question is, should i add something to setup? any fixes? any additional mods for CK for better work etc?


r/skyrimmods • • 6h ago

PC SSE - Mod Mods for FPS Boosters

4 Upvotes

Any mods that Boosts the FPS that are acutally usable?


r/skyrimmods • • 1h ago

PC SSE - Help Helmet see-through hair bug at distance, anyone else? [Bug/Help]

• Upvotes

Hey everyone, I’ve run into a weird bug and want to know if it’s just me.

When an NPC wearing a helmet is far away, the hair shows through the helmet and the helmet looks see-through. When I walk up close, everything looks normal again. I’ve attached a screenshot where you can see it on the NPC in the distance.

Setup:

  • Skyrim version 1.6.1179 (GOG)
  • Happened on vanilla, no mods installed

Questions:

  1. Does everyone get this, or is it just my game?
  2. Is there a fix, either a mod or an ini tweak?

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/eonwjU3

Thanks in advance!


r/skyrimmods • • 1h ago

PC SSE - Help My standalone follower won't leave me

• Upvotes

I have 3 standalone follower mods, and they keep following me, even though I haven't enabled the dialogue option to ask them to follow me.


r/skyrimmods • • 9h ago

PC SSE - Help natural and atmospheric tamriel III hidden or deleted

3 Upvotes

As it happents, I was planning to install Nat III today to try out Cabbage enb, but it seems nexus has either hidden or deleted the mod´s page, so i have no way to install it. I´ve searched and asked around in discord servers for solutions or alternative ways to install it, but it appears no one knows yet. Does anyone happen to have the file? If so, could you please upload it here? pls


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Help Error Pop-Up, PLEASE HELP

1 Upvotes

I recently downloaded the Gate to Sovngarde collection for SE via Vortex and apart from having to manually install a few mods (don't know why it wasn't automatic like the rest so I just manually clicked "install", otherwise the collection stalled) I haven't touched anything. I run the game and the error message: "Open Animation Replacer Major issue detected! Open the Open Animation Replacer menu by pressing Shift + O and click the bar at the battom for more information" pops-up and stays there, even when I launch the game. I'd post a pic but I don't think i can here... I'm not at all skilled when it comes to these things; I tried everything I know but i' at my wits end...please, does anybody have any idea how i can fix this? 🙏


r/skyrimmods • • 3h ago

PC SSE - Help Animated Armory and Hand to hand

1 Upvotes

Does anybody know a patch that changes animated armories claws to be considered unarmed weapons for hand-to-hand adamant add on?


r/skyrimmods • • 21h ago

PC SSE - Mod The Great Castle in the Sea of Ghosts - Castle Volkihar Rebuild Style mod (Proof of concept/Opinion Poll)

25 Upvotes

I am restarting today the project listed above, I would appreciate any kind of help and just so you know it is the first big project of mine, but I have a collection of minor projects and a degree in coding (but I am a beginner in papyrus, as said before, help is appreciated lol) as well as a scientific initiation project in math I did some years ago.

I have some projects published here: https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/ElisdrielPrince

and I have already helped some modders to understand some things I Hiperfocused on lol (I have both Autism and ADHD, and my special interest, belive it or not, is skyrim lol) like in here were I helped with the patch for undeath: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/36375

If you are more of a visual person: Here some help on the layout of the castle Volkihar

I plan the project to be divided in chapters:

Chapter 1 - The secret in the garden quest: You discover a key in Valerica's Tower after her return and a room in the garden leading to a destroyed shrine of Molag Bal where you discover an ancient skeleton of an unnamed servant to Harkon. Inquire her on what to do and start to rebuild the castle (Heartfire style of rebuilding). - In the first chapter you will rebuild the garden using the help of the great alchemist that Valerica is and will acquire temporary asylum in the room at the garden (that will become the base of operations), it sort of is the base plugin and the most simple chapter, the next ones require it but do not require each other, but I plan on making them interact by using the Chapter one as a Framework.

Chapter 2 - From North to East in the Sea of Ghosts quest: You send a letter to East empire company and a group of merchants is sent to make home at the catacombs and port of the castle, selling to you materials to rebuild the castle, and making smalltalk with you in the vacant hours. - In the second chapter you will rebuild the port and catacombs into habitable spaces for the east empire company, but beware you can attract unwanted attention.

Chapter 3 - The one and The Nine quest: The west tower will be rebuilt into a city, and the chapel of Molag Bal of the lord Harkon will be in the way, so you reform and desecrate the Molag Bal shrine in a temple of the nine for the people you lure in the city (in case you are with the Volkihar and not the Dawnguard) do not suspect you want their blood, or you're just a good guy (Dawnguard side lol), BUT daedra worshiper fear not, you will find other locations for your dark cult to take place. - You will rebuild the chapel of Molag Bal from Harkon into the West Tower of the castle and attract unwanted attention from someone in the Thalmor.

Chapter 4 - To keep and to go quest: The keep will become better looking and you will have a private library, a Throne room, a Guest room and a room for Serana to stay (Optional quest - The Dawn and the Ghosts: bring Serana and some Dawnguard to the castle if you sided with them). - You will rebuild the Keep and the vicinities of it, and more Thalmor conflict.

Chapter 5 - Ghosts of the past quest: Discover more of the past of the Volkihar family and build yourself a home in the castle (I hope that with native Hearthfire support lol). - Rebuild the South tower into a home, no unwanted attention lol, just a filler

Chapter 6 - The let go of the east quest: The Valerica/east tower into a Hall for the mages and fighters guild and a conflict with the Thalmor agent that was shadowing you causing you to hire the east empire agents in the castle for the Volkihar Trading company and breaking up with the empire (</3).

Chapter 7 - The Royal Archive quest: just a place full of mannequins, weapon plaques and, hopefully dynamic displays for you to show your collection of artifacts, another filler.

Chapter 8 - The Sewage quest: final battle with the thalmor agent and a brand new place/dungeon for the castle, because, why not make things more complicated lol

Thanks for your attention, leave a suggestion and follow me here or in Xuitter I will be posting the progress here and there.


r/skyrimmods • • 8h ago

PC SSE - Help Random CTD

2 Upvotes

I am using Skyrim Unbound - Reborn (an alternate start mod) and I'm in the beginning cell (I mention this only because a lot of initializations and features only activate after leaving this cell, e.g. Frostfall, Wintersun, etc). While in this cell, I periodically CTD without a direct visible cause as far as I can tell. Sometimes it's while I'm in a menu and sometimes it's while I'm just running around. I'm thinking it might be an issue with Skyrim Souls RE - Unpaused Menus but it's hard to pin down. crash log: https://pastebin.com/N9txwpnJ mod list: https://www.nexusmods.com/games/skyrimspecialedition/collections/yrm3w9/revisions/1/mods

I'm on Linux using the Amethyst mod manager, if it means anything


r/skyrimmods • • 9h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Proudspire Manor

2 Upvotes

I put off becoming Thane until after I felt accomplished in the game beyond completing the "help my citizens" quests. Now that I'm level 50+, I want homes in each of the holds reflective of my more experienced status and which feel "fit for a Thane." What are your favorite Proudspire Manor mods and why? Thanks.


r/skyrimmods • • 9h ago

PC SSE - Help Cbbe issue?

2 Upvotes

Hey, I think cbbe is causing this issue, or idk which mod does, when I deactivate cbbe the body shows normally. When I have it activated there's a big triangle and only head and hands show. I'm seeing that you need to "build" body slide, but when I open the tool in vortex it only shows arms


r/skyrimmods • • 7h ago

PlayStation - Request [PS5] Has anyone uploaded a mod to adjust shadow fade-in distance

1 Upvotes

By default on the console version the fade-in for shadows is obnoxiously close and distracting, I was wondering if anyones uploaded a mod to fix that, or is capable of doing so, to the PS5 console mod creations?

I've taken a look at a few ini changes already up but in some cases they change too much or are so old I don't trust them. Figured i'd ask here.


r/skyrimmods • • 1d ago

PC SSE - Discussion Just a stupid useless fast appreciating post about vanilla exterior lighting.

31 Upvotes

While developing my mod i switched back to vanilla skyrim with just a bunch of qol mods so i can develop it faster and without any exterior problems and I started to realize that I appreciate the vanilla lighting of skyrim again. I've realized i've played so much skyrim with mods that I forgot that... well the vanilla work is better than i remebered. Is stupid to say that after i played skyrim for 15 years, but just gives the unique vibe... that in my personal modlist probably i will decide to rid some stuff to empower that aesthetic instead of trying to hide it behind tons of other mods.

That's all, just a useless post about apreciating the vanilla work after 15 years. (Also looking on textures, the enviroment is way better now with AE than i remembered.)