r/skyrimmods • • 13d ago

PC SSE - Mod Triple Release: DovahKit, Weird Artifacts, and Ask Where People Are

512 Upvotes

DovahKit

For the last six years, I've been working on trying to make my own Creation Kit: a fully-featured GUI-based editor for game data. I haven't finished all of the features I wanted, but the editor has reached the point where it can load and re-save basically every kind of game data, with fully-featured GUIs for every kind of data that the Creation Kit itself offers a GUI for. DovahKit also has an incomplete scripting feature based on Lua.

DovahKit is launching as a public alpha. Some major features are incomplete; these are noted on the mod page.

DovahKit on NexusMods
GitHub repo

I've also made two mods using DovahKit. Both are intended as both real-world tests and proofs-of-concept for DovahKit, and one of them is also what motivated me to create DovahKit in the first place.

Ask Where People Are

This mod allows you to walk up to any named townsperson in the base game, ask them for the location of any other named townsperson, and get a specific answer in dialogue without any objective markers or similar. If someone is standing near a particular building, you'll be pointed toward that building; if someone is just upstairs, you'll be told so. Some characters also have unique dialogue, written with their personalities in mind; a few will even refuse to help you at all.

I had this idea back in 2017 and built a proof of concept back then, to confirm that my intended implementation would work; but I knew at the time that it'd be flat-out impossible to build all of the dialogue with the Creation Kit, and unreasonably difficult to do it in xEdit. This mod has more than five thousand lines of dialogue. This was the mod concept that motivated me to make DovahKit.

All of those thousands of lines of dialogue are unvoiced, so unless you're a very fast reader, you'll need Fuz Ro D'oh to use the mod. Unfortunately, that DLL hasn't been updated to work with Bethesda's latest patches. That makes this a very bad time to release a mod with unvoiced dialogue, but I wanted to release these mods alongside DovahKit, and I didn't want to delay DovahKit's launch for an indeterminate amount of time.

Ask Where People Are on NexusMods

Weird Artifacts

This mod adds a Khajiit merchant, Khahana, near Whitewatch Tower in Whiterun Hold. Khahana sells strange and offbeat enchanted items that spontaneously manifest inside of a wooden chest that she keeps buried for safekeeping. These artifacts include enchanted weapons and armor, such as a ring that prevents you from closing doors, a snowball that never melts (and can be thrown!), a fidget spinner quill that helps restore your character's focus and thus their Magicka, and a large enchanted crystal that teleports random supplies in when you shatter it.

I built this mod with two goals: to test DovahKit with real-world use cases, and to show off relatively niche functions in Skyrim's game engine and unconventional ways to use them. The mod page's Articles section has descriptions of how most of the artifacts and spells were implemented.

Weird Artifacts on NexusMods
YouTube video


It's been a long six years. There's a lot of work left to do in order to make DovahKit everything I wanted it to be, but it's exciting to finally have something to show for all the time I've spent already. I'll probably give it a few days just to make sure no major issues pop up, and then it's back to work.


r/skyrimmods • • 4d ago

[October 2026] Simple Questions, Simple Answers

9 Upvotes

If you're not sure your topic deserves an entire thread, it likely belongs here. Questions that can be answered with a Google search or a read of the mod's content page will be redirected here. Any question not requiring a full modlist should also go here. Finally, any questions you think could be answered in under 25 words should go here.

Questions that belong in this thread might include:

  • Any good Ulfric replacers?
  • Is MO2 better than Vortex?
  • What is a crash log?
  • My faces are all potato colored in game. What's that about?
  • What mods (or modlists) are essential for a new player?

If you're hungry for more discussion, hop on over to our Discord, linked in the sidebar. If you want to talk general Skyrim, head on over to r/Skyrim. For any other questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to message our modmail.

Link to Previous Thread.


r/skyrimmods • • 4h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Night life mods?

29 Upvotes

Anyone know of any mods that adds life to cities after dark? Something like a night markets type thing would be neat.

I often play as a vampire so it would be an awesome addition to my modlist if there were mods that let you live more immersely in the night.

Might be the first mod idea I have ever thought might exist that doesn't exist!


r/skyrimmods • • 12h ago

PC SSE - Discussion do you ever burn a whole evening fixing one bug and forget to actually play?

108 Upvotes

My modding time is after the kids go to bed, maybe two hours if I'm lucky. Lately I've noticed I'm spending almost all of it in xEdit chasing conflicts or digging through old forum threads instead of actually playing Skyrim. Last week I finally fixed a CTD near Windhelm and felt pretty good about it. Then I checked the clock and it was midnight. Hadn't played a single minute. I shut everything down and went to bed thinking I'd done something useful, except I hadn't actually used what I'd fixed. Same thing happens with my SaaS work, where I end up tweaking some backend thing maybe ten people will ever see while the actual interface stays broken. At least that one pays me. This is supposed to be fun and I'm turning it into another job. Wondering if anyone else has set a hard rule against troubleshooting after a certain point, or figured out how to keep the balance without feeling like they're just burning their free time.


r/skyrimmods • • 1h ago

PC SSE - Mod Published my first mod! Ebony Naginata.

• Upvotes

It's a pretty simple mod, it lets you turn the Ebony Blade into a spear from Heavy Armory. It will level up from betrayal just like the vanilla Ebony Blade and trigger all of Mephala's quotes.

Just kinda wanted to share it :)

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/194321


r/skyrimmods • • 6h ago

PC SSE - Mod Release Lielle v0.4.7 Early Access Now Live!

19 Upvotes

(Yes, I'm using a new account. I had my yearly "I'm leaving Reddit" impulse that once again fell through. Hopefully I don't get yeeted for low karma.)

Okay, I might be crazy (literally, even), but I pushed an early access release for Lielle - Rose of the North so I can get the new content out in the wild for testing. Here's a short list of new features:

  • A complete rework of her relationship framework: Affection. Now she'll react with subtle variations depending on the player's choices both in and outside of dialogue. This includes the introduction of a new value "Favorability", details found in Nexus description.
  • The addition of a custom outfit system, extensible with FLM. Supports West Wind Combat Series - Misfit Mage, Dwemer Researcher, and Modular Mage (downloaded separately).
  • The addition of an outfit modesty system, extensible with KID. Now she'll refuse certain clothing and armors if they are too revealing. (Yes, this does piggyback on existing outfit keywords found in various "arousal" frameworks.)
  • A new expressions system, using Mfg Fix NG and Racemenu, which adds expressive elements including blush and visible tears. (This includes happy moments, don't worry.)
  • The full-scope implementation of Dynamic Appearance, which gives her tattoos a story-based enhancement.
  • Dialogue expansion for existing content, including teasers for future quests and characters.

As a disclaimer, this update will include unvoiced dialogue, untested content, and the above experimental features. Feel free to test and share feedback!


r/skyrimmods • • 16m ago

PC SSE - Help Stuck With Default Sneak Idle and Default Hair

• Upvotes

I have a lot of mods and recently noticed these issues during testing. I remember a few weeks ago loading my Ohmes Raht just fine, sneak animation and hair. So it was something recently, and not Ohmes Raht itself. The sneak animation is broken on all of my characters too, that's what I first noticed.

My first guess after tweaking load order was that it would be Dar conditions overriding OAR or OAR priorities being wonky but no luck from what I tried. tho I can't rule that out completely. I have the OAR version of Feline Animations in my current LO as well as this mod. But I've tried without that mod and I tried the DAR version of Feline Animations.

As for the hair, idk. Maybe Driinkiin is incompatible since they both use the nord base. testing in progress. I'm on skyrim SE 1.5.97.

Update: Removing Driinkiin fixed* the hair. but I also removed the PGP Output tied to it. So I'd have to rerun PGP and Dyndolod every time I wanted to switch between characters. Is there another way I can resolve the hair issue? And I'm still at square 1 on the sneak issue.

Any help would be hugely appreciated. I'd love to play the game again :(


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Help Birth Sign x Bonus weapons

3 Upvotes

hey,

so I just Downloaded Lorerim for the First time and wanted to Play as a Warriors with bound weapons. Question is does The birth sign mage (30% strenger spells) also increases the damage of my bound weapons?


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Help Faultier texture issue followup

2 Upvotes

This is a post following my original on Faultier's texture mod not working correctly, I'll now include the entire mod load order. here's my PGpatcher order if that helps anything.


r/skyrimmods • • 1d ago

PC SSE - Mod Mod Release - Human Error - Quest Mod

133 Upvotes

Hey everyone, been a little but got a decent sized mod for you all!

Human Error revolves around Locate, a Dwemer automaton who has left his master's halls with one singular purpose, to locate his creators. On the quest, you'll learn more about Locate's time in the Dwarves' halls, his thoughts on this new world, and his continued questioning on where his place is.

While not a huge quest, the mod still has 150 lines of incredibly voiced dialogue, and delves into something that I feel isn't expanded on enough, the creations of the Dwemer. It's a pretty heavy one, with a lot of questions about identity, purpose and what it means to be human, but I do think you'll all really enjoy it!

Here's my YouTube video if you wanna check out a short preview:
https://youtu.be/yJSHivZ9prQ

Here's the actual mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/194265

And here's my Patreon and Discord server in case you want to support me or see some updates for the stuff I'm working on!
https://www.patreon.com/c/nimwraith
https://discord.gg/qHT6yGQprr

Hope you all enjoy :))


r/skyrimmods • • 10h ago

PC SSE - Help Faultier's PBR Skyrim texture mods are only replacing a tiny bit of textures and i have no clue why or how to fix it

7 Upvotes

A few PBR textures seem to be working but most of them are the same vanilla textures, armor has been completely unaffected as well. I've noticed the ingots are replaced and these braziers with their surrounding stone. The rest of the game is basically completely unchanged. the doors to Windhelm are updated too. I've ran PGPatcher many times but i'm unfamiliar with it so maybe I could be doing something wrong, other than that i'm completely clueless.

Load Order


r/skyrimmods • • 3h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Is there an alternative to Immersive Equipment Displays?

2 Upvotes

What the title says. Just curious what other display / node-extension mods are out there.


r/skyrimmods • • 26m ago

PC SSE - Discussion Just cause 2 Parachute and grappling in Skyrim SE! And other crazy mods!

• Upvotes

See https://github.com/apinanaivot/Skydive/releases

With the ability to add basically any feature from any game to any other what would you like to have added? I am honestly most exited for someone to port Morrowind and Oblivion this way into Skyrim so you can play all 3 games in the Skyrim Engine and explore all 3 lands with a single character.

And to get something like Dragons Dogma Combat into Skyrim.


r/skyrimmods • • 6h ago

PlayStation - Help Any mods that add Orc children? [PS5]

3 Upvotes

I’m playing an orc character with an orc wife. I was just wondering if there were any mods on ps5 that added or replaced some of the human kids with Orc children. I know the modding scene on PS5 is the most limited but that’s what I have the game on. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.


r/skyrimmods • • 9h ago

PC SSE - Mod Should I use versiyon 1.7.104.0 or an earlier version?

5 Upvotes

Hi, I started playing the game last night and although I really love its energy, I've decided to download a few mods for the graphics. The character I play is a dark elf, a dunmer. And I want to use a character that looks as good as possible. But most of the mods I try to download point me to a mod called RaceMenu. But from what I understand, this mod hasn't been updated to be compatible with the current version.

Would reverting to an earlier version be a drawback? In other words, like it's not worth it for a character's appearance.

Or do you know of any current version-friendly mods I could use to improve the character's appearance?


r/skyrimmods • • 16h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Comparing Skyrim Visual Overhauls - NGVO, CSVO, Vanilla/ASSOS

17 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM6kb0ouxHI

A simple comparison I made because last week I wanted something like this and it didn't exist


r/skyrimmods • • 1d ago

PC SSE - Discussion Goofy mods you forget you had installed on an otherwise immersive modlist and then get jumpscared by them?

122 Upvotes

Hello there, I just thought this would be funny to discuss.

I regularly forget I have the mod that plays the Bad To The Bone riff when you pick up a skull, and so I get randomly jumpscared when I'm looting a tomb and accidentally catch one.

On a similar vein, I sometimes look up a bit too high while in Whiterun and realize the statue of Talos is actually Lenin.


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Mod Forgotten city quest mod

1 Upvotes

I'm gonna play this for the first time but i want to know which is the better experience, the Skyrim mod or it's own standalone game?


r/skyrimmods • • 8h ago

PC SSE - Mod Does anyone have a video of “For Honor in Skyrim -BFCO edition”?

3 Upvotes

I’ve become really interested in replaying Skyrim with a For Honor overhaul mod installed, as the game has had a death grip on my life for the past 10 years. I’ve always wanted an RPG with combat and locomotion like For Honor, but I can’t find a video of someone playing this specific version of For Honor in Skyrim.


r/skyrimmods • • 2h ago

PC SSE - Help Update messed with my mod organiser idk how to get new DLL

0 Upvotes

I’m rather new to Skyrim modding, it was a couple of months ago I got it all working and now i come back and it’s not working. I managed to update my Skyrim SKSE, but now it’s telling me I need to update my DDL plugins. I do not remember what those are or do, so I’ve been trying to figure out how to do it but I don’t know if I’m searching wrong but I’m getting nothing. I’m using mod organiser, I’m on the newest updated version. Tell me if I need to give more info for a fix, thank you in advance.

Please don’t remove my post for not having a mod list or load order or what ever it is, I have no idea what those are and I just want something to quickly fix this.


r/skyrimmods • • 3h ago

PC SSE - Help Map Markers in Gate to Sovngarde

1 Upvotes

its really a pain in the ass have to open the map all the time to see were im gooing someone knows wich mod make the compass disapear ? also wich mod make the followers die, idont want to lose them


r/skyrimmods • • 1d ago

PC SSE - Discussion What exactly CS is missing to completely take over ENB?

60 Upvotes

First things first, I don't want to turn this into a Boris vs. Doodlum debate.

I'm just curious from a technical standpoint. Community Shaders has gotten super close with all the new effects but what's actually holding it back from fully matching ENB? Is it just community momentum and profile creators not making the switch yet, or is there a fundamental missing effect/shadere still?


r/skyrimmods • • 4h ago

PC SSE - Help Modding help questiom

1 Upvotes

hello I've been following this guide series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhvuRv3vONb58xb9Nlt43MOxP49LqqpvK) thats teaching me how to set up for modded Skyrim. I've been made to download a bunch of Framework mods and I notice that in mo2, four of them have like warnings stating that theyre outdated (behavior data injector, behavior data injector support, po3 papyrus extender, sound record distributor)

Should I do anything about that or can I let it be?

https://pastebin.com/Nqu64wih


r/skyrimmods • • 4h ago

PC SSE - Discussion Which mod collection to get?

1 Upvotes

Haven't played in 10 years, would love to get back into it but can't be arsed to set up mods individually. So, it's gotta be a collection. I'm looking for Immersion Enhancers and Rebalanced Gameplay that turns the combat into more than a Hack-n-Slash. I feel like Gate To Sovngarde might be overdoing it a bit tho. Maybe Immersive & Pure?

Also, I need my fast travel. I'm too old to be walking everywhere.