Essential Skyrim Mods

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Published on November 1st, 2012 04:00 PM Number of Views: 63462

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GND-Tech Presents: Essential Skyrim Mods!

Okay. With this guide we'll be showing you what mods to get in order to make Skyrim a much more beautiful and enjoyable experience! We'll go over mods that will make Skyrim look better than real life....mods that will enhance the gameplay...and mods that aren't really needed, but just fun or cool to have. Remember that the Creation Kit has only just come out so there is still much to come.

Installing mods is easy! Most of them are just dragged and dropped into your Skyrim\Data folder, but always read the README file included with the mod. It has that name for a reason.

For some gameplay videos using these mods, look here.

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48 Comments

Jester - February 11th, 2012
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Really cool story bro! I was working on this guide, and then I took an arrow in the knee. Good mods here and even I picked up a new one.

Joe - February 12th, 2012
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Awesome work guys! I gotta get me a load of those graphics mods, they look awesome!

Boombear - February 13th, 2012
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Great write up, these are all superb mods! There are also sooo many good ones on the Steam Workshop, and they're definitely worth a look!

strudinox - February 13th, 2012
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Epic guide you two. Should be a helpful place for someone new to modding to start.

Kew - February 16th, 2012
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Gotta get the realistic colours mod

Jester - March 1st, 2012
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Updated with new mods! New RCRN version, new Dragonbone weapon pack, enhanced view distance textures, replacement for Dark Brotherhood shrouded armor, Dragon Falls Manor, both Sounds of Skyrim parts, and maybe some others I don't remember.

Enad - June 18th, 2012
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Check it out, we've updated it with a bunch of new awesome mods!!

Lhotse - June 19th, 2012
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i noticed your follower mods and remembered seeing this horse mod recently that's been getting 5 stars. i don't like followers and the last thing i want to do is babysit their horses too but maybe someone else might like it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...53&searchtext=

also, i found this Diamond Weapon Smithing mod that looks realy nice, although i'm gonna get the Chrysamere mod tonight.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...44&searchtext=

* although i've had the Dragonbone Weapon mod for a while and made a few things, i never really cared for the aesthetics of the weapons or the armor. it's just ugly to me and Daedric is just so must better in every way.

Jester - June 19th, 2012
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Originally Posted by Lhotse

* although i've had the Dragonbone Weapon mod for a while and made a few things, i never really cared for the aesthetics of the weapons or the armor. it's just ugly to me and Daedric is just so must better in every way.

Yeah Daedric armor and weapons are slightly better than Dragonbone weapons, except for the few dragonbone weapons added by Jaysus swords. Those are better than Daedric weapons. Chrysamere is the best two handed weapon in the game by far, it has the best perks and most power when upgraded, while weighing less than most two handed weapons (16 weight, mine has 670 damage).

Jester - June 19th, 2012
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- Added note about system requirements, for use with all of the listed graphics mods at 1920 x 1080 or larger. You need a video card with at least 2GB VRAM. Any less will cause the frame rate to drop to a single digit after a while. This FPS drop won't be immediate, but it will happen. It can be delayed by using the command pcb every few minutes, but it can only be delayed for so long.

Jester needs a new video card.

Enad - June 20th, 2012
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Yes, it seems to be a problem only with the 2k Texture mod, but in my opinion it's worth the little bit of hassle. Use the console command pcb as often as you can and it can be delayed quite a bit. But if you have 2GB of VRAM or more, you're fine.

Jester - June 20th, 2012
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Yeah when using pcb, you can delay the lag for hours! The 2k texture mod recommends a card with at least 1.2GB, so I'm thinking it's a combination of all of these graphics mods causing the really high VRAM usage.

Enad - July 21st, 2012
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Updated it with a few more mods, swapped out Hypothermia for Frostfall.

Added new info about Ambient Occlusion and tips on Anistropic Filtering.

Lhotse - July 30th, 2012
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it's not a mod but i saw no sense in starting another thread just for this...

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/07/30/s...l-steam-users/

Jester - July 30th, 2012
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Yeah, hopefully this means Dawnguard is soon to follow.

Enad - July 30th, 2012
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Originally Posted by Lhotse

it's not a mod but i saw no sense in starting another thread just for this...

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/07/30/s...l-steam-users/

Lol could of just posted it in the Dawnguard thread..?

But yeah, 1.7 is out, so Dawnguard is probably soon to follow.

Lhotse - August 6th, 2012
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i'm thinking of getting rid of my High Res Texture Packs 1 & 2 DLC and Enhanced Distant Terrain mods from the Steam Workshop for this...

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11/

and this...

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9163

after seeing this..

and a the few other screenshots from this person. the realism of the characters, as well as the water and landscape/lighting seem so much nicer than what i have now, which isn't much but could be better.
i would keep the High Res 1& 2 DLC but i'm afraid they might conflict w/ the new mods.

Jester - August 6th, 2012
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The ENB mod would conflict with RCRN if you use it. Judging by the pics on that ENB config, it looks terrible compared to RCRN so definitely don't bother. Look at those, and look at some of Enad's newer pics in the screenshot thread and you'll see how obvious it is. As for STEP, it's hard to find any info on what it changes. You can try installing it manually and see if it conflicts (if Windows asks if you want to overwrite anything).

Enad - August 6th, 2012
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Yeah ENB is gross, use RCRN. Just check out my most recent screenshots in the Screenshot Thread if you want some examples.

Step does too much stuff for me. It's not very good.

High Res Texture pack really does nothing, and ENB doesnt effect any textures. If you want enhanced textures get Skyrim 2k, your 3GB VRAM will have no problem with it. Also for better water look for WATER. It's all in this exact modding guide, just look for it.

We also recently added a stability mod that automatically does PCB-Purge Cell Buffer, this clears the memory cache, and no matter what your VRAM is, if you use mods this will fill up and cause stutter and crashes.