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📖 Tomes of Talos (TOT) – Modlist Overview
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Tomes of Talos (TOT) is a fully automated Wabbajack modlist for Skyrim Special Edition that transforms the game into a stunning and lore-rich adventure across Tamriel.
Featuring complete visual overhauls, quest expansions, refined combat, and curated follower enhancements, TOT delivers an immersive and replayable experience focused on intensity, exploration, and narrative — all without adult content.
Built on the foundations of Journals of Jyggalag, TOT is Skyrim reimagined for players who want something epic, balanced, and clean.
🛡️ Choose Your Profile
TOT includes two profiles tailored to your system’s capabilities and gameplay preferences:
- Lord’s Vision – Cabbage ENB, full graphics, and all features enabled
- Performance – Community Shaders, reduced visuals for smoother play on mid-tier PCs
🔮 Quests, Lore & Exploration
Explore ancient ruins, Daedric planes, and forgotten corners of Tamriel. TOT includes dozens of fully integrated quests that enrich the game’s narrative and world design:
- Legacy of the Dragonborn
- The Forgotten City
- VIGILANT
- Project AHO
- Wyrmstooth
- Glenmoril
- Unslaad
- Carved Brink
- The Tools of Kagrenac
- The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal
- Sirenroot
- Olenveld
- DAc0da
- Moon and Star
- Legends of Aetherium
- Heart of the Reach
- Ascend
- Sleepwalking into a Nightmare
- ... and more
Each quest is patched and rebalanced to blend seamlessly into Skyrim’s world.
⚔️ Combat, Animations & Gameplay
- Elden Rim movesets via BFCO
- Optional Wolong movesets via in-game ring
- True directional movement, dodge rolling, and full stamina system
- Pandora animation framework for smooth, modern character motion
- Balanced for every playstyle: mage, rogue, battlemage, dual-wield, and more
🌄 Visuals, Atmosphere & World Overhaul
- Full city and world overhauls via JK’s Skyrim, Cities of the North, and The Great Cities
- Enhanced lighting and weather using Lux, Embers XD, Obsidian Weathers
- High-res textures, handpicked ENBs, dense forests, and region-specific terrain
🧙♂️ Armors, Magic & Loot
- A wide variety of armors and clothing — entirely SFW and lore-friendly
- All equipment is 3BA/HIMBO-compatible and dynamically distributed via SPID
- Expanded weapon selection: spears, halberds, katanas, javelins, and more
- Magic overhauls including: Triumvirate, Odin, Mysticism, Apocalypse, Conduit, and Lost Grimoire
🧑🤝🧑 NPC & Follower Overhauls
- All named NPCs and followers have been visually enhanced with a custom EasyNPC merge
- Seamless integration with AI Overhaul, Follower Dialogue Expansion, and 3DNPC
- Balanced outfits, consistent visual tone, and no NSFW content
- Includes fully-voiced followers such as:
Remiel, Auri, Xelzaz, Lucien, Inigo, Hoth, Jesper, Taliesin, Gore, Caesia, Lyssia, M'rissi, Katana, Redcap, Thogra, Merlin, Khajiit Will Follow — and many more.
📘 For full details, see the JOJ Follower Guide
💻 Performance & Requirements
TOT has strict requirements to ensure smooth performance and visual fidelity.
Required Software
- Skyrim Anniversary Edition (AE) – full version with all Creation Club content
- Skyrim Special Edition Creation Kit – must be installed via Steam on the same drive as Skyrim
- SSD required (HDDs will cause freezing/crashes)
- Pagefile must be set to at least 40GB
System Dependencies
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
- .NET Framework
- .NET SDK – both .NET 8 and .NET 9
💾 Storage Required:
237GB download • 451GB installed • ~688GB total
🗣️ Language Note: Skyrim and Windows must be set to English
🛡️ Lord’s Vision Profile – Full Graphics / ENB
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | i5 10th Gen / Ryzen 5 3000 | i7 12th Gen / Ryzen 7 5000 |
| GPU | RTX 3060 Ti / RX 6600 XT | RTX 4070 Ti / RX 7800 XT |
| RAM | 16GB | 32GB |
🛡️ Performance Profile – Optimized / Shader-Based
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | i5-6500 / Ryzen 5 1st Gen | i5 10th Gen / Ryzen 5 3000 |
| GPU | RTX 2060 / RX 5600 XT | RTX 3060 Ti / RX 6600 XT |
| RAM | 16GB | 16–32GB |
🛠️ Installation via Wabbajack
TOT installs using Wabbajack, the automated modlist installer.
No prior modding experience required — just follow the TOT Installation Guide.
🤝 Join the Community
Need help? Want to show off your build? Curious about upcoming patches or future forks?
Join the Scrolls of Schtevie Discord — feedback, memes, and chaos always welcome.