J3w3ls' Essential Mod List - TheOneAndOnlyJ3w3ls/Skyrim-Modding-Tutorials GitHub Wiki
Ultra essential modlist
Essentials:
- USSEP
- USMP (NOTE: DO NOT FOLLOW THE ADVICE TO USE AI FOR CRASH LOGS)
- Navigator
- SSE Engine Fixes
- SSE Display Tweaks
- powerofthree's Tweaks
- Bug Fixes SSE
- Scrambled Bugs
- Address Library
- More Informative Console AE
- Crash Logger SSE AE VR
- Mfg Fix + Mfg Fix NG
- Ultimate Optimized Scripts Compilation (Note: have the mod overwrite USMP if needed)
- Scripts Carefully Reworked Optimized and Tactfully Enhanced (SCROTE) - Simply Optimized Scripts AIO (Note: load SimplyOptimizedScripts.esl from this mod after UOSC.esl)
- CritterSpawn - Script Call Reduction
Essential bugfixes:
- Actor Limit Fix
- Fast Travel Crash Fix
- LOD Unloading Bug Fix
- Combat Music Fix NG Updated
- Quest Journal Limit Bug Fixer
- RemoveAllItems Freeze Fix
- High Gate Ruins Puzzle Reset Fix
- Dwemer Gates Don't Reset - Base Object Swapper
- NPC Stuck in Bleedout fix
- Zero Bounty Hostility Fix
- Barter Limit Fix
- Volkihar hostility fix
- Alchemy XP Fix
Essential Quest Fixes
- College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes
- Neloth's Experimental Subject Quest (DLC2TTR4a) Fix
- Beneath Bronze Waters Start Fix
- Delphine Skyhaven Bugfix MQ203
Essential Mesh Fixes:
These mods should be loaded early in your list, so that other mods may overwrite them if needed
- Assorted Mesh Fixes
- Unofficial Material Fix
- Blackreach Tentacle Mesh Fix
- Labyrinthian Shalidor's Maze Fixes
- No More Blinding Fog
Additional Nice-to-Have Mods
Nice to have:
- Save Unbaker
- Auto Input Switch
- Auto Audio Switch
- XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - XPMSSE Note: choose the minimal version during installation. When using Pandora Behaviour Engine, DO NOT TICK the "XPMSE Patch for Pandora" (it is only for Basic or Extended versions)
Nice to have bugfixes:
- Floating Ash Pile Fix
- Grain Mill Animation Fix
- Esbern Voice Consistency Fix
- Horse Save Load Fix
- Bash Bug Fix
- Hunters Not Bandits
- Animation Queue Fix
- Equip Enchantment Fix
- Sprint Sneak Movement Speed Fix
- Aurora Fix
- Camera Persistence Fixes
- NPC Infinite Block Fix - SkyPatcher
- Stamina of Steeds
- Whirlwind Sprint Delayed Voice Fix - SSE
- Buy and Sell Torches - Bug Fix
- World Encounter Noble Riding Horse Fix - WERoad02
- Riften Temple Sconce Fix
- Animated Static Reload Fix - NG
- Naked Dead NPC Fix
- Slaughterfish Fast Travel And Submersion Fix
- Unaggressive Dragon Priests Fix
- Stuck on Screen Load Door Prompt Fix
Other recommendations
- A "death alternative" mod such as Soul Resurrection is beneficial, due to the potential of save breaking bugs upon reloading a save without exiting the game. Avoid death alternative mods that teleport you somewhere else, due to the risk of breaking quests that lock you in a certain area.