Your Essential Skyrim Mods
Posted: January 23rd, 2013
This is my complete load order at the time of writing. There are too many essentials to choose a Top 10, but things like armours and weapons do get changed around a bit, not often though. I do have some interesting looking quest mods I want to try at some point.
The mods I use are probably very boring compared to most as I'm one of those dreaded Lore Friendly types that many people hate so much. For the most part I try to keep the mods in my game fitting the world as it's originally presented as much as possible, except for a few things like Apachii hair and armours from games like The Witcher2 etc. I don't even use body mods, though I did in Oblivion. I feel the vanilla Skyrim bodies are actually pretty good and in general most of the armour conversions for them don't appeal to me. But, that's me.
I don't have any of the currently released DLC's. The Dawnguard story doesn't enthrall me at all and I'm not interested in Hearthfire, adopting kids or building houses and all that stuff. The only reason I would get them is for the mods that rely on them which is restricting me a bit with things like Deadly Dragons and SkyRe but at least I can still use the older versions even with the current game patch. I'll wait for the Game of the Year Edition whenever that comes out and hope the budget stretches a bit by then. Not likely, but at least I have the base game and a TON of mods to try.
I didn't see a point in Spoiler tags since it's not like there are lots of people who will post their load orders.
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
JSwords.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
SkyMoMod.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-VanillaNights-Lvl-2.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
Armored Skeleton.esp
Birdsofskyrim.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-2.esp
Lost Art of the Blacksmith.esp
MissingTotemPuzzlePillars.esp
Pupetteer Master.esp
Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons v2.0 non glow.esp
SabreFurBag.esp
skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
SkyMoMod Lore-Friendly Standard v10.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Unique BOOZE Bottles.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Potions.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Soul Gems.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Smithing Smelter Categories.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Books.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
1nivPantsArmor.esp
Andragorn_Weapons.esp
Archer's.esp
Cloaks.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
DreamBurrowsRegalAssassin.esp
Earrings Set1.esp
GDRangerDress.esp
GDRangerArmor.esp
VBMailArmors.esp
HBetterBows.esp
iorvethlightarmor_v_1_3.esp
JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
LadyKdCirclets.esp
LFArmors.esp
Nicos Raven Swords.esp
nordicrangerarmor.esp
SabreCat_Gear.esp
SabrecatGear_AncientArmorVs_wFix.esp
TrissArmorRetextured.esp
VikingArmor.esp
duhranger.esp
warchiefarmor.esp
GoT_Sigils.esp
Winterscale Armor.esp
DeadlyDragons.esp
Forgotten Windmill.esp
BetterQuestObjectives.esp
HorsesGoneWild.esp
Merchants Reply Only With Take A Look.esp
OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp
SPTUnlimitedAmulets.esp
SPTUnlimitedRings.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
Princess Riverwood Cottage.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
dovahkiinrelax.esp
Mighty Magick - Alteration.esp
Mighty Magick - Alteration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Conjuration.esp
Mighty Magick - Conjuration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Destruction.esp
Mighty Magick - Dual Casting.esp
Mighty Magick - Fortify Magic School Enchantment and Alchemy Reversed.esp
Mighty Magick - Illusion.esp
Mighty Magick - Illusion Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Restoration.esp
Mighty Magick - Restoration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Scaling.esp
SkyRe_Main_NoDawnguard.esp
SkyRe_Combat.esp
SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp
SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp
SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp
Fh hairs-by zzjay.esp
Improved Eyes Skyrim.esp
Essential followers - all followers.esp
multifollowerlite.esp
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
Summon Behemot Dragon.esp
DogSpotsFollower.esp
Odvar.esp
FollowerWander2.esp
ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
PlayerHomeMapMarkers.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
The mods I use are probably very boring compared to most as I'm one of those dreaded Lore Friendly types that many people hate so much. For the most part I try to keep the mods in my game fitting the world as it's originally presented as much as possible, except for a few things like Apachii hair and armours from games like The Witcher2 etc. I don't even use body mods, though I did in Oblivion. I feel the vanilla Skyrim bodies are actually pretty good and in general most of the armour conversions for them don't appeal to me. But, that's me.
I don't have any of the currently released DLC's. The Dawnguard story doesn't enthrall me at all and I'm not interested in Hearthfire, adopting kids or building houses and all that stuff. The only reason I would get them is for the mods that rely on them which is restricting me a bit with things like Deadly Dragons and SkyRe but at least I can still use the older versions even with the current game patch. I'll wait for the Game of the Year Edition whenever that comes out and hope the budget stretches a bit by then. Not likely, but at least I have the base game and a TON of mods to try.
I didn't see a point in Spoiler tags since it's not like there are lots of people who will post their load orders.
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
JSwords.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
SkyMoMod.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-VanillaNights-Lvl-2.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
Armored Skeleton.esp
Birdsofskyrim.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-2.esp
Lost Art of the Blacksmith.esp
MissingTotemPuzzlePillars.esp
Pupetteer Master.esp
Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons v2.0 non glow.esp
SabreFurBag.esp
skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
SkyMoMod Lore-Friendly Standard v10.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Unique BOOZE Bottles.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Potions.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Soul Gems.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Smithing Smelter Categories.esp
Valdacil's Item Sorting - Books.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
1nivPantsArmor.esp
Andragorn_Weapons.esp
Archer's.esp
Cloaks.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
DreamBurrowsRegalAssassin.esp
Earrings Set1.esp
GDRangerDress.esp
GDRangerArmor.esp
VBMailArmors.esp
HBetterBows.esp
iorvethlightarmor_v_1_3.esp
JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
LadyKdCirclets.esp
LFArmors.esp
Nicos Raven Swords.esp
nordicrangerarmor.esp
SabreCat_Gear.esp
SabrecatGear_AncientArmorVs_wFix.esp
TrissArmorRetextured.esp
VikingArmor.esp
duhranger.esp
warchiefarmor.esp
GoT_Sigils.esp
Winterscale Armor.esp
DeadlyDragons.esp
Forgotten Windmill.esp
BetterQuestObjectives.esp
HorsesGoneWild.esp
Merchants Reply Only With Take A Look.esp
OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp
SPTUnlimitedAmulets.esp
SPTUnlimitedRings.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
Princess Riverwood Cottage.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
dovahkiinrelax.esp
Mighty Magick - Alteration.esp
Mighty Magick - Alteration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Conjuration.esp
Mighty Magick - Conjuration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Destruction.esp
Mighty Magick - Dual Casting.esp
Mighty Magick - Fortify Magic School Enchantment and Alchemy Reversed.esp
Mighty Magick - Illusion.esp
Mighty Magick - Illusion Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Restoration.esp
Mighty Magick - Restoration Extras.esp
Mighty Magick - Scaling.esp
SkyRe_Main_NoDawnguard.esp
SkyRe_Combat.esp
SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp
SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp
SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp
Fh hairs-by zzjay.esp
Improved Eyes Skyrim.esp
Essential followers - all followers.esp
multifollowerlite.esp
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
Summon Behemot Dragon.esp
DogSpotsFollower.esp
Odvar.esp
FollowerWander2.esp
ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
PlayerHomeMapMarkers.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp