This lighting overhaul redoes interiors and exteriors all over Skyrim. This works perfectly well with ENBs, minor tweaks notwithstanding. Sliders give numeric values for more precision, you can adjust a character's hair color to your heart's content, and you can finally save and load presets through a menu! You can even adjust a character's skeleton in-game with the right setup, giving them unique (or simply monstrous) proportions.Īlso Consider: Enhanced Character Edit SE (ECE), various body/face mods With the right setup, you can even have your spells emit light when you wield them in Realistic Lighting Overhaul. You can customize much more when it comes to character. RaceMenu is a nifty upgrade to your character creation. There is quite a bit of scripting for this mod, but it considerably expands the amount of explorable terrain.Īlso Consider: Beyond Reach Best Skyrim Special Edition Visual Mods RaceMenu The Ayleid Ruins return from their Oblivion incarnation, their eerie lighting bringing a fresh new type of dungeon to Skyrim. Explore a wide area of Cyrodiil and encounter all sorts of NPCs. If you were a fan of Bruma in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, you can now visit it in Skyrim. NPCs, especially followers and rivals, treat the Dragonborn like a friend (or enemy) and have more to talk about in general.Īlso Consider: Immersive Citizens, Cutting Room Floor. Lines spliced from existing voice talent greatly enhance the experience. Cut lines are restored, making NPCs feel fresh and new. Over 5,000 lines are added to Skyrim thanks to Relationship Dialogue Overhaul. "I am, regretfully, still sworn to carry your burdens." Relationship Dialogue Overhaul (RDO SE) Though it's a very large size, Falskaar doesn't rely on anything external for scripting, making it lightweight and relatively easy to install and uninstall. Falskaar does its best to remain lore friendly and scales to player level, just like standard Skyrim content. A patch allows it to work with Ordinator, too.Īlso Consider: Phenderix Magic World (PC, Xbox One), Phenderix Magic Reloaded (PS4) Best Skyrim Special Edition NPC & Content Mods Falskaarįeaturing over 20 hours of gameplay, this ambitious (and completed) project adds quests, items, a soundtrack, and even new voice acting to a large new area to explore. Most spells are lore friendly and well balanced, integrating seamlessly into Skyrim's current spell lineup. You can even invert its healing and channel its power into deadly plagues and curses. Alteration becomes much better thanks to Longstride (a concentration movement speed buff), Ocato's Recital (store spells and drop buffs for free on entering combat), and other utility spells. Restoration also gets more tools to help demolish undead. With over 150 new spells distributed among the schools, Apocalypse gives your mages much more depth.