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
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.