BestSkyrim Special Edition Mods for PCWindows Central2020
For female body meshes, CBBE wins for me and the reason is very simple: Bodyslide. With Bodyslide I can create a personalized body shape, and the conversion sliders (which have come a long way!) allow converting outfits from any of the popular shapes to my custom body or to one of the CBBE presets. SkyUI is an excellent mod that overhauls the game’s original cumbersome inventory. It makes the UI much easier to navigate and is much more appropriate for the many, many, many items, weapons and random objects you’ll be picking up. It may also be a good introduction to the Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE), a tool that expands the capabilities of mods and allows you to make more dramatic.
Skyrim Special Edition brought advanced support for modding with 64-bit on PC, meaning players can load up heavier mods with fewer issues and instability. For all the mods listed in this round-up, we'll be using the Nexus platform and the Vortex mod manager to install them. Here are the best mods you should install for your next Skyrim playthrough.
See Where You're Going: A Quality World Map
The map isn't necessarily bad in Skyrim, but there are a few improvements that A Quality World Map by IcePenguin brings to the table. The mod includes a set of highly-detailed world map textures, complete with roads. This is a must-have for anyone who enjoys walking (or riding) everywhere without the use of fast travel. This mod also adds a detailed Solsteim map. And there's even a paper-style map!
Free at Mod NexusStart A New Life: Alternate Start
When modding Skyrim, some bad things can happen, especially during the opening scene. This is a heavily scripted part of the game and one that can cause problems if you have mods that interfere with Bethesda's code. Alternate Start provides the option to skip the start of the game altogether, protecting against crashes, and can even allow for some exciting roleplaying adventures.
Free at Mod NexusCall Down The Heavens: Apocalypse
This is an essential mod for anyone looking to do a mage build. You get 155 new spells, all of which are added to existing vendors and loot lists, no script bloat for enhanced performance, compatibility with many other spell-related mods, and the ability for unique mage builds that do not focus on destruction or conjuration. You will need ASIS (Automatic Spells, Increased Spawns) for NPCs to be given new items and spells.
Free at Mod NexusBeautiful Ambience: Audio Overhaul
Skyrim sounds pretty good already, but this mod makes your adventures that little bit more immersive. With Audio Overhaul installed, you'll feel the need to wonder between locations on foot rather than quick travel. Every part of Skyrim has been improved, from footsteps and ambiance to creatures and combat.
Free at Mod NexusAggressive Engagements: Combat Evolved
The AI and combat in Skyrim aren't brilliant. It's fine, but with a few mods, including Combat Evolved, you can transform it into an engaging and rewarding system. This mod is a light script-free combat and difficulty enhancement. Combat Evolved makes combat more dangerous and unforgiving, changing nearly every aspect of combat, including improved enemy AI.
Free at Mod NexusRestored Content: Cutting Room Floor
Modders have not only fixed bugs in Skyrim, added new content and worked magic with the game engine, but also restored some content that Bethesda cut from release. This mod restores several NPCs, some quests, and other miscellaneous content which was created but never implemented in the game. Villages that are supposed to exist have been spawned in, quests that were partially implemented have been completed, and numerous items have been added.
Free at Mod NexusMake Torches Useful: Darker Nights
As the name suggests, this mod makes the nights in Skyrim darker, depending on personal preference. For many, the evenings in Skyrim were far too bright, and Darker Nights provide the option of 6 different levels that can be set to create a more atmospheric experience during the late and early hours of each day.
Free at Mod NexusSkryim Never Looked So Good: Enhanced Lights and FX
Enhanced Lights and FX is a sizeable mod that creates a more dynamic and realistic mood to the Skyrim landscape by adding actual lighting to all light sources and removing any light without a cause, as well as the addition of numerous effects including smoke, volumic lights, and more. If you want dungeons, interiors, and Skyrim in general, to look better, you need to install ELFX. Just don't install the weather part of the mod if you plan to use True Storms.
Free at Mod NexusWalk-in Wardrobe: Immersive Armors
Skyrim has a bunch of armors already available, but Immersive Amors is a mod that takes kitting out your characters (and NPCs) to the next level. Fifty-five new sets are included, alongside 396 shields and various other miscellaneous apparel items. That's a lot of new items to play around with. Different sets and items have specific stats that are integrated into the game through quest rewards, placement in dungeons, and given to certain people.
Free at Mod NexusReal People: Immersive Citizens
Immersive Citizens is a mod you should install if you want to wander around a world that feels lived in. NPCs, by default, aren't the most realistic of folk, which is exactly what this mod addresses. The AI has been revamped, better reacting to its surroundings, engaging in more complex schedules, occasional outings, respond to weather, and interactions with nearby objects in the environment.
Free at Mod NexusCountless Decapitation: Immersive Weapons
Much like the Immersive Armors mod, Skyrim has several weapons already available for you to use, but Immersive Weapons adds around 230 more, not to mention new weapon sets to make various new melee builds viable. Not only is it great to see and use the new weapons, but hothtrooper44 made sure that the mod doesn't harm the lore, just in case you wish to play as close to vanilla as possible.
Free at Mod NexusMore Souls: Interesting NPCs
Interesting NPCs is huge. I'm talking more than 250 fully voiced NPCs (atop all the characters already in-game) with at least 25 of them being recruitable as followers, more than 15 NPCs you can wed, and over 50 new quests. That's a massive amount of content that works well with other restoration and content mods to bring Skyrim to life.
Free at Mod NexusChoose Your Starsign: Ordinator
The perk tree could do with some improvements to make each playthrough and build feel more interesting and unique. This is where Ordinator comes in, adding more than 400 perks to the game, completely overhauling each skill tree. You'll need to visit the Nexus page to see all the perks added, but it's a comprehensive list, and Ordinator is a mod I cannot play without.
Free at Mod NexusFus-Ro-Dah: Realistic Ragdolls and Force
The ragdoll effect in Skyrim can lead to some hilarious situations, including those moments when a giant will send you to outer space with a whack of its club. That's no good for role-playing and immersion, which is where Realistic Ragdolls and Force can lend a hand. Bodies now react to gravity and force more realistically. It's a small but useful mod.
Free at Mod NexusShimmering Splendar: Realistic Water Two
With the updated water flow system and more included in Skyrim Special Edition, mods that affect the natural liquid are now more critical when the aim is to create a more realistic-looking environment. Realistic Water Two takes Bethesda's improved system and takes everything to the next level with higher quality effects and textures, not to mention more accurate water body movement depending on the location (sea, river, pond, etc.).
Free at Mod NexusSeriously. Run.: Run for your lives
Run for your lives is a package of two handy mods, developed and uploaded by the same author. Run for your lives and When vampires attack affects the way NPCs react to dragon and vampire attacks, namely those who are unable to fight back. Instead of witnessing absolute carnage due to citizens of Skyrim not fleeing to the safe indoors, installing these mods lets you fight off deadly beasts with guards by your side.
Free at Mod NexusMust-have Tool: Skyrim Script Extender 64-bit
Finally, the incredibly talented modders behind the exceptional Skyrim Script Extender has released a version in beta that works wonderfully with Skryim SE. What this tool allows you to do is install mods that require additional functionality that the base game engine cannot offer. I'm talking a better UI experience that wasn't designed for consoles, more feature-packed mods, and more.
Just make sure you download and install the version for SE and not the old Skyrim. Afterward, you need to launch the SKSE64 .exe and not the Skyrim executable through Steam.
Free at SKSEBetter UI: SkyUI
This is currently an early testing build of the excellent SkyUI mods, but it's well worth checking out now. What it does is revamps the entire UI, allowing you to more easily navigate your inventory and such, seeing more information at a glance.
Free at Mod NexusHilarious Companion: Sofia
The fully-voiced delight that is Sofia is a lore-friendly (depending on opinion and play style) follower who accompanies the Dragonborn on his (or her) adventures. Voiced by Christine Slagman, the dialog is not only witty and humorous but also reacts to surroundings, other NPCs, and select quest lines.
Free at Mod NexusPretty Ropes: Static Mesh Improvement Mod
SMIM is a huge mod. And by huge we mean massive in both scale and size of the download. Totaling nearly 1GB, this package contains a bunch of improved 3D models for various things like robs, chains, lanterns, and other objects. It's particularly effective if you're one to notice when things look slightly out of place or aren't high-quality assets.
Free at Mod NexusUncover Hidden Secrets: The Forgotten City
How does an expansion sound? The Forgotten City has you covered with an award-winning unofficial experience, backed by superb writing, original orchestral score, and voiced dialog that offers around eight hours of gameplay. You're tasked with entering an underground Dwarven city and uncover a mystery, and it's non-linear, too, with multiple endings.
If you've finished the main plot numerous times and are soon running out of things to do, give The Forgotten City a go.
Free at Mod NexusMake Skyrim Feel More Alive: True Storms
The weather effects in Skyrim are pretty good, but since everything was compiled way back in 2011, there's room for improvement. Cue True Storms. This is a must-have mod for anyone looking to create a more immersive Skyrim experience with the weather adding to every outing. It brings fog, variable weather, high-quality sound effects, new textures, dust storms, and more.
Free at Mod NexusFixes Bethesda Never Made: Unofficial Skyrim: SE Patch
This is a must-have download for anyone, even if you do not wish to get into modding your Skyrim install. As the name suggests, it's a compiled package of fixes, improvements, and additions to the title. Hundreds of gameplay, quest, NPC, object, item, text, and placement bugs have been fixed. Seriously, there's no reason as to why you shouldn't install this patch.
Free at Mod NexusOH HELL YES: VioLens
VioLens is a must-have for those who enjoy seeing a death cam view for kills. Whether you're into magic, bows, or cold steel, this mod allows you to configure everything around death cams and comes rocking some killer effects that leave you smiling after a heated battle.
Free at Mod NexusChoosing the best mods
The absolute must-have mods for Skyrim include SKSE, SkyUI, and Alternate Start. The rest depends on your system specifications, your desired playstyle, and what type of content you want to add to the world of Skyrim.
I'd also like to thank modders for their continued support in extending the enjoyment of games, particularly Skyrim. You guys are incredible.
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If you play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimon the PC, then you already know of the massive number of NSFW (Not Safe for Work) game modifications that are present on various websites. The role-playing game, from developer Bethesda, is ripe for this type of change, though many people aren't exactly thrilled about it. However, there is another community out there that absolutely loves to make their game a bit more, ahem, realistic and busty.
Most of these mods do work with Skyrim Remastered, so click away!
FNIS Sexy Move (Link)
This is the mod that is available for anyone who is sick of seeing female NPCs move in a stiff manner. Now, after downloading this, the women in the world of Skyrim will flaunt their stuff and show off the goods a bit more. Hips will swing with this animation replacer.
Sweet and Sexy Lingerie Shop CBBE (Link)
When your character isn't wearing any armor, they need to wear something else, right? The new Lingerie Shop will give you over 40 pieces of lingerie that offer a very specific push up effect exactly where you'd expect on female character models. Character's with a bigger chest will have something a bit more noticeable up front.
TBBP Animation w/Butt Bounce (Link)
When playing in third-person the entire backside of the character is present and accounted for. With this new mod, the player can easily gain a little bounce in their bottom. The 'jiggling' butt should give you something to look at.
Lust Design - Sovngarde Steel Armor (Link)
Everyone knows the old joke: the less armor a female character is wearing within a role-playing game, the higher her defense. This mod keeps that simple principle by offering a very skimpy form of the steel armor within the game. Nothing will be left to the imagination here.
Dark Lilth Sexy Armor (Link)
Much like the Lust Design, this armor gets rid of almost everything that would actually protect someone, say a human being, and enables a larger chest, bigger thighs, and a bouncier booty to enjoy. The clothing is nearly falling off the player models.
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Sexy Swimsuit and Bikinis (Link)
CBBE is one of the most popular modifications for the NSFW crowd in Skyrim. This particular mod suite offers new clothing to ensure your female NPC has an increased breast size and the pushup effect to make them look even bigger. Butts look bigger and better, too.
UNP Minidress Collection (Link)
For some, less is more, but for others, a scantily clad woman in a minidress is the epitome of sexy. The UNP collection offers a variety of styles to get your character looking sexier.
Seductress Serana (Link)
Even the creator acknowledges how purely sexual this Serana character appears to be. With 10 hair options, 5 eyes, 3 hair colors, and 4 body types, you can truly get anything you want from this particular mod. It will definitely be sexy.
Project Sekirei Sexy Japanese Clothes (Link)
There are millions of people out there who find the Japanese to be incredibly exotic and sexy. So, it makes sense this modification would appear on Nexus. These clothes are all styled after old-school Japanese dresses and lingerie, but they generally offer the same pushup modification we've seen before.
Sexy Mannequins (Link)
Perhaps living, breathing, moving NPCs are not your thing? Perhaps you'd prefer to play around with a sexy mannequin instead? These body types will allow you to connect various pieces of armor and leave them standing around your house in a creepy fashion.
Latex Corset (Link)
Steel armor is fine and all, but a latex corset just screams 'dragon-slayer'. This black corset is stylish, laced up the middle, and features matching stockings, too. It comes in more than just black, though, so choose any color to get your loins moving.
Sexy Loadscreens (Link)
The loading screens within Skyrim were already pretty great, but this mod makes them a little more enticing. With this variety of pack of sexy screens, you can check out scantily clad humans, elves, and more as you wait for the game to be ready.
Nude Females (Link)
Obviously, the biggest NSFW mod for Skyrim is one that removes the clothing of every single female character within the role-playing game. That is exactly what Nude Females does. These aren't dolls, though. The mod also adds what goes underneath the clothing, too.
Chainmail Bikini (Link)
Again, less is more. Apparently. This chainmail bikini covers the important parts with the thick, metallic fiber, but leaves the rest open to the world. There is very little left to the imagination here.
Hairless and Dirtless Nude Males (Link)
Of course, women NPCs aren't the only ones people want to look at within Skyrim. This particular mod ensures every single male NPC in the game removes their clothing and sheds the dirt that covers their body.
Sexy Robes (Link)
There are two main files to download here, and both of them are very NSFW. The nocturnal robes and archmage robes both show off enough of the female form to ensure everyone can get a peek underneath.
Female Cool Underwear (Link)
Star wars rebel assault download. The general underwear option within Skyrim when the character is not wearing any form of armor looks rather like a diaper. This mod replaces that with something a little sexier. Imagine a bit of lace and soft cotton.
Lady of Death Set (Link)
When you want to look exquisite with a brand new set of apparel that is more revealing than anything else, then the Lady of Death set could be your best choice. The armor lacks the material one would think normal in protective clothing, leaving the chest wide open.
Sexy Apparel Replacer (Link)
This replaces almost every single clothing option within the game with something a bit different. You can choose what your character will wear - or will barely wear, for that matter. The armor shows off plenty of cleavage and thongs.
Smooth Male Body (Link)
Instead of having a rough male character, this mod gives every male NPC in the game the chance to have silky smooth skin. If you think the abs and chest of a warrior should shine and glisten, now they can.
Sporty Sexy Sweat (Link)
Being a warrior is tiring work, so it is completely normal to sweat more than normal. Now, with this modification, your character can sweat, allowing their body to glisten and appear sexier than normal.
Female Textures Renewal (Link)
When you want your female to actually look more realistically feminine, this is the mod you download. It improves the textures to 2K, enhancing almost every inch of the female body in Skyrim.
Caliente's Beautiful Body Edition (CBBE) (Link)
Of course, not a single NSFW mod would be possible without CBBE, which adds in the perfect foundation for NPC and character animations and looks. Almost every single mod is compatible, too, so you can enjoy the sleek, slender look of your characters with any armor.
Dimonized UNP Female Body (Link)
When you're looking for a petite, sexy figure for your character, then UNP is the mod to download. You can even choose from smaller or larger breast sizes. It is not realistic eye candy, and may not even by human-like, but it certainly looks good.
Temptress Race (Link)
The Temptress race will allow the player to select a custom race at the beginning of the game. It has a few pre-requisites to download, but those are easy enough to acquire. You can even have a Temptress as your companion.
Maids II: Deception (Link)
Upon downloading this mod, the player will be notified of a maid cleaning their player home. This maid, obviously being NSFW, can be dressed in a variety of skimpy clothing while she goes about her business. More maids can be unlocked over time.
Better Males (Link)
This is similar to the previous male body enhancement mod, but less well known. Better Males offers:
'Nudes for males. New meshes, feet and hands improved (Beast races supported). Skin cleaned and realistic (Hairy Options). Better and younger faces. Long and beautiful hairs for males.'
Blood and Gore Mods
Enhanced Blood (Link)
When it comes to NSFW mods, not everything has to do with sex - though the vast majority does. EBT ensures Skyrim is a bloodier, messier game overall. When you slay an enemy, the spray of red fluid actually looks realistic now!
Deadly Mutilation (Link)
For everyone wanting to take the Enhanced Blood mod a step further, Deadly Mutilation will allow the removal of body parts from NPCs during combat. Feel like chopping off an arm or head? Well, not you can do just that.
Killable/Lootable Children (Link)
By now, anyone who has played Skyrim for a lengthy period of time probably knows how annoying the small children within the game truly are. Thankfully, this game modification will allow you to cut down those pestering little brats and take whatever they have in their tiny pockets.
If you got a kick out of these mods, check out our other Skyrim mod lists.