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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Mods

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Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 39 downloads

Skyrim SE is pretty great looking. At least, the major points of the game are. Unfortunately, the 3D models for all of the lesser seen or perhaps just neglected parts of the game seem to have received quite a bit less attention in the transition. This mod aims to fix that. It goes in and replaces over 900+ models in nearly 30,000 placements in the game with better static meshes to give them an overall better quality look.

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Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 31 downloads

If you're looking for a mod to bring a new level of visual depth to the grasslands of Skyrim, you've come to the right mod. This one not only revamps the grass textures in the game to make them quite a bit more high quality, but also introduces new grass textures into the game to create unique ground cover across the land. The plains foliage of Skyrim will never look better.

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The Paarthurnax Dilemma

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 14 downloads

This is a simple mod, but a very cool one. For the sake of not spoiling the game, let's just say that at the end, there's a part involving the dragon Paarthurnax that you can't change. It's really lame, but with this you can! It supplies a little post-main quest addition that allows you to make the choice you should have as practically the most powerful living being in the land of Tamriel. Take matters into your hands and regardless of what you decide, don't let anyone stop you!

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Total Character Makeover

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 14 downloads

If you're looking for a comprehensive character makeover kit that aims to take the the best of the best from numerous creative sets in the modding community and bring it together to create an awesome, yet consistent look, then this mod is exactly what you need. It brings new and improved character textures to the game for characters hands, feet, faces, and numerous other texture updates for all races and types.

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Immersive Sounds - Compendium

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 14 downloads

Immersive Sounds is much more than just a few new audio samples added to the game. It's meant to make sound in Skyrim immensely more realistic. Different creatures will have different footsteps on different flooring. The type of armor you wear will jingle as you move in a matter appropriate to it. Thousands of new sounds have been created and implemented in specific settings to give the aural world of Skyrim far more life.

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Breezehome

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 12 downloads

You'll go to it over and over and it will serve you well, but maybe the first likely first player home that becomes available to you deserves a little tender loving care? This mod revamps Breezehome for Skyrim Special Edition to make it a home base truly worthy of a Dragonborn. You'll get all crafting stations, new and unique storage, and a mirror to change appearance to name a few alongside revamped interior that will suit all your practical and visual desires.

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A Quality World Map

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 12 downloads

Now we're not saying the world map in Skyrim is the worst, but it could certainly always be better. With this mod, the world map of Skyrim gets a redesign in both its original 3D style and a new cloth map that offers a immersive and rustic approach to navigation in Skyrim. The original 3D map gets a sharper look that details the textures, elevations, and features of the map far better while the paper map offers a painstakingly crafted re-imagining of the entire world's elements in a cool and accurate design.

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Immersive Armors

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 10 downloads

Tired of seeing the exact same armor pieces scattered around Skyrim at every turn? Want some new styles to gird yourself with without breaking immersion of the game? No problem. This mod adds over 60 new armor variants good for levels from 1 to over 50 that are lore friendly and unique to the game. Arm yourself with any number of new looks and discover new styles spread thoughtfully throughout the land that will spice up the defensive variety of your Skyrim experience.

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Vivid Landscapes - All in One

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 9 downloads

Now this is built towards making every little piece of ground in the Skyrim world pop more than it ever will in the vanilla version. If you're searching for one of the greatest of landscape redesigning mods, this is the one to get. It retextures nearly every from mountains and creek beds, to grass land and dungeons, to farmhouses and tundra and everything in between with high quality textures that bring greater life and feel to the entire visual aesthetic of Skyrim.

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Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul SE

  • [Mod]
  • Posted over 7 years ago
  • 9 downloads

Get ready for NPCs that react exactly the way they should in most situations, not to mention just make more realistic decisions in their every day interactions. This mod features hours upon hours put into upping the realism of NPC interaction throughout the world. From guards, to bandits, to regular citizens, this mod builds towards a Skyrim populace that isn't dumb as rocks when it comes to any given scenario.