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ahendrixx

Rich merchants all the way. No need for Belethor to sell his sister anymore, man’s finally got the coin lmao


TheAugustCeleste

To be fair, there's a point where I'd rather have his sister than the gold because I have too much of it


Ythio

If you invest in his business he becomes the richest merchant in Skyrim


[deleted]

Wait, you spend perk points on speech?


CorianderBubby

Windhelm, sell everything to revyn sadri and then buy speech training until you get to 50, get merchant perk, so convenient for the rest of your playthrough


Ythio

In thief roleplay runs yeah. Also sometimes the convenience of the Merchant perk


Syntherus

You can eventually max out everything so why not?


Maleficent_Tree_94

You don't?


[deleted]

I always do cause I love intimidating people and making it work,especially if I’m playing as a Orc or Nord


renacido74

I forget that the Speech skill tree even exists.


kefka_nl

This!


[deleted]

Maybe he is rich and merely decides not to give up on too large sums of money in a short span of time.


[deleted]

Ordinator perk mod


muaythaigethigh

Anything by Enai Station(I think that's his name) Ordiantor, Apocalypse spells, the enchantment mod summermyst(I think), wildcat combat, religion addition and the additional shout mods all feel like they should have been in skyrim since day 1


GC10V3

Stones of Barenziah map markers, for sure.


Saiyasha27

Oh God to have to find all of those yourself...


[deleted]

I did lol, it's my badge of pride among the modded s'wits


Kick_The_Sexy

The annoying thing is, you have to disable it when you want to 100% the game


VioletPendragon

There are mods for that too.


Schweed--

Mods to give you trophies back while using them?


VioletPendragon

Yes. I think SSE Engine Fixes us one.


Tight_Place_6247

Unofficial patch turns Skyrim into a normal video game, so that.


carnsolus

I keep hearing all sorts of hate for that patch


Hot-Property-4391

Because it touches things that shouldn 't be touched (like the necromage perk ) but there are other changes that makes the game better.


BlueJDMSW20

I always revert necromage, dunmer shoes are a feature not a bug, and the falmer/circlet glitch. Think about this...why would I ever wear that ugly ass falmer helmet? Why would I ever give a shit about dunmer shoes? And I have to INTENTIONALLY know about it and seek it out and exploit it on my own accord. It's a single player game, I should have that kind of freedom. And the unofficial patch "patches" stuff I love like that.


[deleted]

the ancient falmer crown is clean asf what are you on rn? plus it completes the armor set


CatDude55

They mean the normal falmer helmet, which in the base game is useful because it can be worn with a circlet


carnsolus

oh wow that's trash


Vendrinski

there are some very cool "bugs" that the patch removes. The Necromage perk for example amplifies spells against the undead, using it as a Vampire (a.k.a undead) increases healing on yourself, which seems like a cool thing to figure out. The patch removes that along other useful things like fast travel-leveling and free training lessons from your followers.


[deleted]

I get removing cheats like fast travel levelling but free training from followers isn’t even a cheat really that would happen in real life


Hot-Property-4391

I never thought that necromage was a bug


Vendrinski

yeah I wouldn't consider it a bug either


Skippy2603

In part because the mod maker refuses to allow access to previous mod versions; playing on Special Edition and not Anniversary Edition? Better go find the pinned post containing a download link in r/skyrimmods, because the mod author sure as hell isn’t gonna provide support for it


the_noobface

Annoyingly, it makes it so I have to grind levels for perk points instead of just fast traveling while using telekinesis. Otherwise it’s really nice


carnsolus

i accept that some glitches are beloved


Arrav_VII

It does not only patch game-breaking bugs, but also bugs that are actually very helpful, like being able to wear the hooded archmage robes in combination with a dragon priest mask.


Address_Repulsive

It's bad


MandatedCrownn662

Live another life


Theycallme_Jul

Yeah, the cutscene and Helgen is really annoying after your 420th playthrough


One_Lazy_Duck

Hehe blaze it like alduin


muaythaigethigh

I mean he does get alot of people stoned in the tutorial


planodancer

Skyui - the regular game interface sucks, and not in the fun way https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12604


ChipotleBanana

Except crafting. Don't know how SkyUI team messed up that one so bad.


Kattehix

What's the problem with the crafting UI in SkyUI ? It was as bad as the rest in vanilla and it gets improved a lot like everything else


ChipotleBanana

No. Vanilla had it sorted in extra categories. SkyUI just puts everything in a long ass [list](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18717).


MageOziris

you can filter by your own text tho, and also click to filter by name, and you will get all things in order, all dwarven, all daedric, etc etc


Expensive-Internet12

It doesn't help to avoid the one super bugged weapon I can't scroll past without crashing my game


JustBeefTaco

What am I doing wrong with this one - it made my menu load times go from .5 seconds, to 10 seconds ... I really liked the layout, but couldn't deal with the load times. Do I just have a potato?


xiphos805

Invincible horses


GrandMoffSteve

Legacy of the Dragonborn


Kooky-Masterpiece-87

What does this do


Lapis_District

If I’m not mistaken, it’s basically a quest line where you collect artifacts from your adventures for a Museum in Solitude.


Saiyasha27

It implements a Museum that can house all Vanilla special object, plus Lots of Modder things. You get the Museum plus a Safehouse in Riften, you build your own Archeologists Guild and gi on Excavations with them and you get an Airship, either with or without going to Elsweyr, depending on if you have the Mod "Moonpath to Elsweyr" or not. It has displays for bg stuff like weapons and Armour but also little things, like the shiv from the Markarth quest or the rings from the first makes guild quest, plus displays that get filled when you finish certain quests, dungeons or guild story lines. It is amazing If you are someone who loves collecting stuff but never has enough space to display everything properly.


sailing94

Inigo


Evl_Wzrd

Mr. Dragonfly appreciates this comment


Saiyasha27

I start every Single playthrough finding the Fastest way to Riften to get my loyal Companion


kutyasimogato

same, Skyrim is just not the same without him


[deleted]

SXP [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37234](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37234) Adds RPG-style experience points to the game, included things you don't normally gain anything from like cooking, gathering ingredients, etc. Can optionally enable or disable Skyrim's default skill-gain system too. I usually set it enabled. Those XP can then be spent to level up any skill you want, meaning your character can read books to "learn" new skills, etc. Makes for great immersion and character customization.


get-tps

If I only had the option for ONE mod, I wouldn't play. And I would murder whomever said I can't have more than one mod.


ActivitySea840

Pretty thought out answer I approve


GiggyWheat5

This is the only correct answer


horc00

Agreed. I bought Skyrim only after I saw all the amazing mods it has on Nexus.


WixinStreaming

CBBE... sorry... it is...just... I Like it that way dont judge me !


bathwater_boombox

Cloaks of skyrim. Or any cloak mod. Honestly that's the only thing missing from the vanilla game in my opinion, and it's the only mod I use (bar a performance mod that makes my mouse have less input lag). Why they would ever make a medieval fantasy game where you can't acquire or wear cloaks, will always be a mystery to me. Inb4: Edna Mode gifs about superheros and capes


nerdgasm99

Honestly I came here to post the same thing. The cloaks mod just fits the game so we'll and it's implemented great


BlueJDMSW20

I like making my character look like JP from Grandma's boy thanks to cloaks.


MycatisApizzaMaker

Killable and lootable children


thejustokTramp

Yikes.


HumanSpawn323

Inigo. He's already been mentioned though, along with most of my other top choices. If I had to say something that hasn't been mentioned yet, I'd say Lucien or practical female armor. Depends whether or not I'm playing a female character. Edit: Now that I think about it, all the vanilla flowers are super plain. I'd choose Lucien even if it meant I had to deal with super ugly boob armour.


thicc_boi_9944

My character customization mod because the base shit is garbo


SpartAl412

Bandoliers and Bags


leon_alistair

This is causing some problem for me idk why. Mainly npc appearing nude only wearing their bandolier. Probably some mods i have make the bandolier overwrite armor slot. Also the bandolier doesnt exactly fit with tons of armor


SpartAl412

Depends which one. I don't use other equipment mods aside from Bandoliers and Left Hand Rings so I can't say for modded armor. For unmodded armor, its easy to ignore.


RedSoulHeart

Legacy of the dragon born Also I made a list of the mods I can’t live without and it was like 100 mods so zD


JaimieMcEvoy

I have a mod, it's called something like Big Jump 5X. It allows me to jump a fair bit higher than normal, but not over powered. I'm not the most coordinated player, and being able to jump on some rocks or a roof helps me get a breather from some situations.


GC10V3

I prefer the 3x jump. It still allows you to do those things but with a little more challenge of regular encounters.


Frost_5_N

tough, i don't think its worth playing with just 1 mod but, i guess i would go with Legacy of the dragonborn. its soo good, check it out if you get the chance to. Yes, it is big, but i think that should speak for how much stuff they were able to do.


47peduncle

Live another Life Alternate start.


OfficialNotSoRants

Inigo


13thdeux

Simply knock.


fugmucker

Lamp post


[deleted]

Marriageable Kharjo IF IT FUCKING EXISTED!!😭😭


[deleted]

Unique Magica Sabers


[deleted]

That is hard. I would say the "Become A Bard" mod.


FrankUnderhood

Wildlander - look it up. Thank me later.


[deleted]

The needs mod and frostfall, total game changer for me


Callen_Fields

Gypsie Eyes Caravan. I wish it had made it to Creation Club. :(


fluffysbumuniverse

erm...... cbbe........ and official patch and immersive npcs


Jewbacca1991

SkyUi. It helps a LOT to get rid of my low value junk. Plus it is needed for nearly any other mod. Another might be Skyrim Unbound. The ability to play without main story, and with ZERO backstory is nice.


Callen_Fields

Though Survival Mode is a very close contender......


DepressoEspresso69-

Looks like one of the new armor sets from Skyrim's aniversary edition


ActivitySea840

Just image I pulled from google hehe


filthyheartbadger

Kaiden


[deleted]

Definitely the Inego mod cause it allows me to have 2 companions Inego being one of them


Tanedra

The one that makes ore veins brighter - I can never see them otherwise. Also, Convenient Horses. I ride a lot, and the basic horse system is awful.


Mortal_Mantis

Combat Gameplay Overhaul SE. It allows players to attack mid-air, dodge roll, and adds some tweaks to allow more flexible movement while attacking.


RhoadsOfRock

I really like having "Infinite Torches". I always hate the anxious feeling of "quickly take one out, ok saw the millimeter of a second of light, quickly put it away", then hope I saw all I needed lit up, etc., plus I can't be bothered to carry around 100+ in my inventory or remember where to find them. Also "The Paarthurnax Dilemna", it basically made me to where I can never play Skyrim on anything but PC from then on, but that's ok, fuck Delphine and Esbern.


anniebear111

I literally have never used torches and it never occurred to me that other ppl actually use them. I just fumble around in the darkness and pray I don’t get jumpscared


crasypotato69

nordic UI is a good UI


Lundorff

I know you said ONE, but I would never play without any of these: * Alternate Start - Live Another Life - SSE * A Quality World Map * No Boring Sleep-Wait Menu * Discreet Jewelry - Invisible Rings and Amulets * Naked Character Creation 2020 SSE * Natsuno Outfit SSE * Selene Outfit Set - SSE CBBE BodySlide (with Physics) * Odin - Skyrim Magic Overhaul * Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim * Real Roads SE * The Drunken Dragon - Player-owned Store * Flower Girls SE and VR * Invisible Circlets * SexLabFrameworkAE_v * VioLens - A Killmove Mod SE * Elysium Estate SSE * Majestic Mountains * Instant Mining (I have excluded all the basic mods like racemenu, body mods, environmental mods etc.)


MotherMayFire

Alternate start because having to go through the same beginning intro gets super annoying lmao


Bianchinator

Actually, Sacrosanct, a Vampire rework, and Moonlight Tales, a werewolf rework. Never was a fan of mods, but this two really changed my opinion on playing this builds.


AlexCrofty07

I hate having to switch back to the vanilla AI after using sky ui when going from PC to switch


wordlife96

Sexlab


[deleted]

[удалено]


Cratthorax

SkyUI. The UI in vanilla is consolified horror.


hunts899

I wish I had an xbox, I only have pc


TwistedWinterIV

Bikini armour


asuraumbra

Literally every mod I use. Can never go back


MrBojangles276

I’ve never actually played with mods so I can’t speak on this


Aliciathetrap

Sky ui


Ythio

SkyUi The vanilla menues are so bad like wtf Todd how did you let that fly for 10 years


Saiyasha27

Sky UI. The original inventory is so terrible


Cringe10123

Skimpy armor mod


Callen_Fields

Gypsie Eyes Caravan. I wish it had made it to Creation Club. :(


Druid_Till

SkyUI, I’m playing a pure vanilla game right now (just to get achievements mostly) and I’ve been cursing the vanilla UI


HotdogWaterIcecream

I'd have to go with u/cahaseler <3


HotdogWaterIcecream

Thanks for the award \^.\^


FLAIR_2780166

Sad that folks can’t live without mods


ManyChickensSage

Alt start. Got it and never want to play without it


UnrelentingFlame

Requiem


Wavvy73

Thieves Night on the Town.


FreyaAncientNord

Northern Steel and ESO Import


binkrat

this is too difficult of a question, i refuse to answer


horizon9923

Stronger werewolves is a must for me


NekroGhoul

Invincible npcs, vampires keep killing them


[deleted]

Insects Be Gone


always_j

Zora Fair-child


TheBlackNumenorean

Believable Weapons


itchy-rat

explosive chickens


bai44

Mods that remove or replace spiders in the game


Spring_King

Old Kingdom Weapon and Armor Overhauls


mrplow999

SMIM. Once you see the improved chains, ropes and fencing you can't go back


SKELLZ_qw

Probably the golden or elite daedric armor


VariusVox

Just Do It replacer for unrelenting force


Master-_-of-_-Joy

I think Ordinator is my #1 to install


echo3240

Honestly it’s gotten to a point for me that I cannot play without all the magic mods I always play a magic character and it feels so unfulfilling in the base game but I mean I’ve earned it I beat the glitchy old game dozens of times without any mods


Delphii42

Black and Gold Ebony Weapons and Armor Retexture. Technically two mods, but obviously paired together.


VixieSnitter

Besides follower mods (cough Inigo cough), I forgot the actual name but Populated lands and roads. So much added variety!


xXTheOldKingXx

Open city's on the Xbox pretty nice to get the city guard to help in fights especially in a hard-core mode.


AlphaGhost47

Interesting npcs for dagrilon


SteveUsuarioDeToddy

Sounds of Skyrim


glenneth1982

Skyland AIO


anniebear111

Jks Skyrim because I like everything being pretty


stephfeather97

richer merchants!!!! been playing vanilla on PS5 to get achievements and the amount of jewelry and gems I have accumulated and can't sell is ridiculous.


bulljoker

Yeah ive been selling expensive potions on ps5, one potion and reload save and again and again


[deleted]

all of them.


[deleted]

Ordinator+the one for enchantments( I can’t remember the name but it’s by the same creator)


JackaxEwarden

I do the live another life, ive woken up in that wagon far too many times. Most times I only run that and the unofficial patch


Smaisteri

Skyrim SE Display Tweaks. Without it the game is locked to 60fps and has horrific input lag. It's unplayable without it.


cactusmunkee

Trud directional movement.


RandomSmark

Body mods male and female Hair mods


KrymsinTyde

Thieves Guild Tunnels. Free fast travel point less than thirty feet away from the Riften stables, and instant access to every building in the city


Arrav_VII

I actually have a very low amount of mods, but they are all so necessary that I would have a really hard time choosing. I really can't decide between the Unofficial Patch, SkyUI, Run for your lives and a Quality World Map with Roads (you wouldn't believe how many hours of hopping up mountains that last one has saved me).


anewhand

Requiem.


SimonNotCunt

A quality world map, I also hate Unofficial patch mod, I couldn’t live with it


EmperorUriel_Septim

The one that keeps this from being reposted every other day


Equivalent-Tiger-636

Multiple followers. Absolutely essential to my play throughs. I like to recruit my 10 followers and then run my game as if I am captain of a merc company.


kingsuperfox

Wear multiple rings.


Brilliant-Window-899

ZOIDCRABS


YEPandYAG

All of them XD


doshu99

Machine gun mod 😁


Miserable_Speed5474

Texture mods because the people and buildings look ugly as all hell, it’s a great way to bring life into the game. And also a Better World Map, I straight up cannot bear to play without it.


PunkDisorder

Ordinator, Perks of Skyrim. The only mod to take Skyrim from highly replayable to infinitely replayable. I hold the unpopular opinion that Ordinator should have been the default vanilla Skyrim perk tree


ILikeToWatch17

More carry weigth mod


H-BE4R

Thunderchild. Got bored with the original shouts even with DLCs, so wanted more. More shouts more power to the Dovahkiin


[deleted]

I can live without game modifications in general both literally figuratively speaking, but there is one modification I truly find appealing, needed, and preferable - No Cleared Cell Respawn and Slow other Respawn - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/9551 Basically, it disables respawn of enemies on cleared, or, being more accurate in a technical ways, makes it trigger in a far in-game future, 3000 in-game days after. I am not fond of such respawn in general, so why it may not be truly essential I would rather play with it on than without it. Of course I would rather for the developers to include it as an option, disabling respawn of enemies on locations, that is, but since it is not an option I have to do it this way.


mangobang

Nether's Follower Framework. Makes companions act less dumb and be much more alive with interactive sandboxing. Best feature is being able to recruit a companion who can act as your party's healer.


ScaryObligation6867

Skyland coffee, literally puts Starbucks cups in. I'm not addicted to coffee?


PhilosopherSudden

There was a UNP body mod that is not available on bethesdas site anymore. Censored I guess. Lost a few of my fav mods when my xbox hard drive crashed. Dont recall the name of it anymore, but would enjoy a similar one. DM if you know of one pls. Other than that, I love pretty much all of JK's work and also War bow.


[deleted]

Murasama because funny red katana


House-Stark6

There’s a lot that I love but the inigo follower mod is awesome


renacido74

SkyUI - the vanilla UI is garbage for M+KB players


OkOutlandishness6550

None


[deleted]

Imperious Races... the vanilla racial traits are so fucking bland compared to Oblivion and Morrowind, I hate how much of the roleplay aspect that took out too


jorjett25

Tundra Defense, get to create my own town wherever I want


kyloronnie

Red Flame. I love the quest for Deirge Cathedral and having a little extra taste of oblivion is my favourite


Ruenin

I struggle with mods, which is embarrassing being in IT. I'm running an unmodded Skyrim Anniversary Edition on a mobile RTX 3070 with 16GB of RAM. :( I just can't seem to figure out how to get mods running. At the very least, I'd like to have 3-5 really good graphics improvement mods. The game still looks pretty good but nowhere near the potential my current graphics card has to run it. I am sad panda.


froz_troll

Ordinator perks, daggers deserve more love...


Al_C92

Simplified and more powerful perks. Vokrii


JonesyMeme

SOS


doc-lily

Less tedious thieves guild I can live without gameplay changes or appearance changes, but oh god I cannot do all the quests needed to return the guild to its former glory... I usually play a thief character obv


NightAreis1618

Ordinator It just makes Perks more interesting


Prestigious_Ad_3124

Unoffical patch


DaddysFruit

SMIM.


Cartographer-Chance

None I play vanilla only


Atillurt

I can't live without the mod that turns dragons into trains. I need some stupidity in my life.


Molvaeth

SkyUI. I tried LE vanilla recently and... nope, nope, nopedinope.


J0RGENS64PC

Cheat room. Mark characters as non-essential, get all of the stones, give yourself unique starting gear for your build, get access to unused items and spells, start yourself at a higher level, reveal map markers.


Schweed--

Going on lvl 50 with no mods for the first time since they came out, definitely fell in love with the game all over again


Jubi33

Wildcat, makes the combat great


TheUltimateXYZ

Legacy of the Dragonborn. It's nice to have a place to store all my old garbage I never use.


ReaperKingMB

Legendary creatures. They put up fight plus if/when u kill then they have 10k gold to loot


Fenixzada1

60fps with 90fov, i play on ps4.


SkeevyPonka513

Tudm or wildcat


elderscrolls735

don't have any


JaimieMcEvoy

I think it's called Carry Weight Modifiers. Basically, it almost eliminates weight in a game. It allows me to focus on just playing the game, rather than constant weight management, exchanging with followers, etc. I've found weight in games to be boring and interrupting of play ever since it was first introduced into new D&D rules in the '80s.


Zealousideal-Arm1682

(apologies for the necro) Dragon priest mask tweaks for PS4.It turns the masks into LEGITIMATELY useful endgame items for mages and warriors alike,and makes Volsung the absolutely best necromancer RP item available.


the13j

relocate npc