6 Best Skyrim Mods For Beginners

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is one of the best games of the last 20 years, and arguably, the most popular title Bethesda has ever released. With some interesting quests that players can access early on and others that require a bit of progress, there’s always fun to be had.

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Being a game so versatile, Skyrim also accommodates several mods that can make the experience much more interesting and common. Some romance mods make wooing companions harder, whereas those related to combat can increase the difficulty of a challenge or give the Dragonborn the ultimate power. Here are some of the best Skyrim mods for beginners.

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SkyUI

Useful To Improve The UI Experience

For players who take organization seriously, Skyrim‘s SkyUI mod will be a godsend. This mod completely overhauls the often clumsy and hard to navigate UI that’s present in the base game, while retaining the original appearance everyone loves.

By using this mod, players will be able to access their items and weapons much more easily and overall have a much easier time finding what they’re looking for. This mod is available in both Nexus and the Skyrim Steam Workshop. As opposed to more graphically demanding mods, SkyUI can be used on almost any PC. Using this mod along with some of the most helpful glitches in the game can go a long way in making the experience more interesting.

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Static Mesh Improvement Mod (SMIM)

Improves The Appearance Of Many Static 3D Models

For its time, Skyrim‘s graphics were very good. However, as time has passed and better hardware has become available for developers and players, graphics have improved significantly, making Bethesda’s magnum opus look outdated.

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By using the Static Mesh Mmprovement Mod, abbreviated “SMIM”, players can enjoy improved static object textures that can make the game look a lot more modern and give it an overall smoother appearance. The one downside to this mod, is that it can increase the graphical requirements of Skyrim, which can be a disadvantage for low-end PC owners.

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Realistic Water Two

Water Looks A Lot Better, Making Everything More Immersive

Water physics are extremely important when it comes to making a game as immersive and realistic as possible. And while Skyrim has a ton of great things about it, the quality of the water animation and appearance isn’t the best. Granted, the game was released in 2011, so it’s understandable that it doesn’t have the most realistic water movement.

However, if players want to max this out, the Realistic Water Two mod can go a long way in making that happen. Like any other mod that improves graphics, Realistic Water Two might raise the requirements to run Skyrim properly, changing it from a PC game with low system requirements nowadays, to a title that demands a bit more horsepower.

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A Quality World Map

Map Textures Are Improved, Making Navigation Easier

While the map in Skyrim isn’t the largest one in an open-world title, there’s no denying that it can be pretty big. On top of this, there are so many icons and mountains that navigating can often be confusing and cause players to get lost.

Luckily, mods like A Quality World Map considerably enhance the appearance of the map within the game, giving it more texture and detail and allowing players to read and interpret it more easily. By using this mod, players can explore Skyrim’s terrain more comfortably and join as many factions as they want while they travel across the land.

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Convenient Horses

Horses Recieve A Major Overhaul

Horses in Skyrim can be quite useful to travel across the land and get from point A to point B in less time than it would take on foot. However, like other games released in the early 2010s, the horse mechanics are a bit lacking and sometimes have clunky movement that can affect immersion.

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By using Convenient Horses, players can get a whole new horseback riding experience, while also being able to activate and deactivate different mechanics on the go. With Convenient Horse and some of the best heavy armor sets in the game, players can attain an intimidating appearance that both works and looks great.

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Immersive Armors

Drastically Enhances The Variety Of Armors In The Game

Although Skyrim has no shortage of armor sets, weapons, or NPCs, the more, the better. Thanks to the Immersive Armors mod, players can gain access to 49 new armors created by the mod’s developer, hothtrooper44.

This mod also includes a wide variety of different Shields and Bucklers, which can be used in combat to get decent protection, while remaining mobile. All in all, the Immersive Armors mod is a complete overhaul of the standard armor inventory in Skyrim, giving players even more choices regarding what they want to wear. Pairing the right armor set with some of the most powerful spells in Skyrim can be a deadly combination that will have the Dragonborn’s enemies cowering in fear.

Skyrim

Released

November 11, 2011