The Best Skyrim Mods As of the End of 2019
Mandatory Mods
There are some mods that would basically destroy the game if they weren't installed. You have no reason to not install them, or the changes/additions to them are simply so monumental to the base game that you're essentially brain dead if you do not use them while playing SSE on the PC.
Most of these are so obvious I won't bother to say anything.
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
SkyUI
SSE Engine Fixes
Graphical
Static Mesh Improvement Mod (SMIM)
Enhanced Texture Detail
Not as well known as the previous mods, I feel like this is a great mod to stick to the vanilla artstyle of Skyrim. It's also relatively small, which is a huge pointer for me.
Vivid Weathers
My preferred weathers mod. I feel it is the most optimal.
Immersion
Immersive World Encounters
Depths of Skyrim
Animated Armoury
Adds more types of weapons, and has a patch for the following mod.
Immersive Weapon Integration
Adds more weapons than "Immersive Weapons", it also has animations to go with new weapon types. Unfortunately, not compatible with Immersive Weapons.
Guards Armor Replacer
The quality of this mod cannot be understated.
Dawnguard Sentries Plus
Small mod that adds Dawnguard sentries at every major location. Very minor change, but nevertheless makes sense in the context of Dawnguard's story.
Glorious Fort Dawnguard
There are supposed to be a lot of people at Fort Dawnguard. This makes the location further accommodate the actual story.
Run For Your Lives
Bring Out Your Dead
Diverse Skyrim
The Falkreath Hauntings
Civil War Aftermath
The Great City Series
Specifically the entries for
Winterhold,
Falkreath and
Morthal.
Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes
No Spinning Death Animation
Additions
Underwater Treasure
Skyrim Immersive Creatures
SkyTEST
Beasts of Tamriel
Faction - Pit Fighter
Diverse Dragons Collection
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim
Castle Volkihar Rebuilt
Legacy of the Dragonborn
Cloaks of Skyrim
Fossil Mining
Skyrim Unique Treasures
Summermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim
Gameplay Changes
Sacrosanct - Vampires of Skyrim
Immersive College of Winterhold
Build Your Noble House
Zartar's Character Behviors Enhanced
Display Enemy Level
Alternate Start - Live Another Life (+ New Beginnings)
Skyrim Skill Uncapper
Complete Crafting, Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul
New Lands
Specifically the ones I think will stand up to the test of time.
The Forgotten City
The Wheels of Lull
Clockwork
Honorable Mentions
Helgen Reborn
Outdated and imbalanced (at least with the modloader), I feel much of the praise is aimed at how old it is, not how well it stands up.
Organized Bandits in Skyrim (OBIS)
A pretty good mod, but I feel it makes pretty much every single place absolutely flooded with bandits. Though it gets easier when you level up, I feel it creates more problems than it fixes them. Plus with Immersive Weapon Integration + Animated Armoury, I feel more of the problems OBIS creates are fixed with this combination.
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Absolutely mindblowing that this was made before Creation Engine toolkit was released, but I feel like it still has tons of issues that could have been fixed. Maybe if they remake it in Beyond Skyrim: Elsweyr it'll be bumped onto the main list.
Beyond Skyrim: Bruma
I absolutely adore this mod, but it's incomplete as of now. It's still worth a download and playthrough, but Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil at the time of writing is relatively close to being released. I say just wait for the full mod instead of downloading this.
Audiobooks of Skyrim
Honestly, the only reason this isn't on the mainlist is because it doesn't have an option to turn off the popup window. It gets annoying when you're trying to just pick up a bunch of books, but it keeps being like "Do you want to listen to this book?" For now, I just want to draw attention to its existence.
A Quality World Map
A great mod, but I wouldn't consider an essential download.
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