

If you’re bored of Skyrim, take a trip down to the jungles and deserts of Enderal and see why one of the greatest ever Skyrim mods is completely worth your time. Fully voice-acted, with dozens of quests and new locations to explore, it’s almost as good as the original Skyrim – and it’s completely free. Welcome to Enderal, a brand-new world (roughly the size of Skyrim itself) that offers gamers up to 100 hours of extra playtime. Hats off the modding team here because what they’ve created is something truly special. Take that, team who spent hundreds of hours tweaking the lighting for a weather mod, we have Mudcrabs that can call you a m-fer and drop every swear word under the sun down on top of you. Sure, it’s a bit sillier compared to some of the Skyrim mods on this list but it’s really, really funny.

Improving group AI, enhancing stealth and archery and even implementing different attack patterns depending on what armor and weapons you’re using – Skyrim is a whole new beast when you’re going mano-a-mano and relying on your trusty sword to get you out of a jam.īecause Mudcrabs dropping the f-bomb as you punch them to death will never, ever get old. The Combat Realism mod strips away all of the haphazard slashing of the vanilla system and, in its place, comes a battle of wits and timing. Gone are the dimly lit streets of Dawnstar, Whiterun and Windhelm and, in its place, you’ll be getting a far more (if you’ll excuse the pun) illuminating experience.īeen playing Kingdom Come Deliverance and thought, hey, Skyrim needs to follow suit? Well, you’re in luck. This Pure Weather mod for Skyrim might give you a better understanding of cloud patterns and climates, mostly because it is too beautiful to look away from Bringing a much more vibrant set of weather scenarios to Skyrim not only heightens the immersion, it gives much more characters to the lands and locales you’ll be visiting during your time in the snowy climes of Tamriel.Ī major thing the mod fixes is the use of lighting. With over 3 million downloads (as well as being available on Xbox too), it’s clear that, before you do anything else, this is the patch you need to make sure your game is running as smoothly as the wintry slopes making their way up to the Throat of the World.ĭon’t know your nimbostratuses from your cirrocumuluses? Worry not. This patch, though, does away with hundreds of annoying bugs and quirks that plague Skyrim, from quest NPCs not being where they should, to squashing larger, more irksome bugs (and I’m not talking about Charus Reapers here).

Bethesda are known for creating sprawling worlds with more than their fair share of glitches. This may not carry the glitz and glamor of other Skyrim mods on this list, but it’s downright essential.
