If you ever see a mod description refer to something called the 'MCM,' it's SkyUI's 'Mod Configuration Menu.' There are a lot of mods that will require SkyUI to be installed before they'll work, and that's because one of the new menus offered lets you customize your mods while in-game. There's a good chance that you'll find a compatible version.Ī comparison between Skyrim's 'vanilla' menus (left) and the upgraded menus with SkyUI (right). But if you're playing the Special Edition and find a mod here that you're interested in, try searching for it on Nexus Mods' Skyrim Special Edition page.

Important: This guide focuses exclusively on the original PC version of Skyrim - also sometimes called Classic, 'Oldrim,' or Legendary Edition - not the newer Special Edition. Each one comes with a link to the page that you can download it from, and a short primer on what it offers.

We've gathered up 23 of the best, most fun, and most useful mods for any Skyrim fan. And like with most games, you can download all of these mods for free and start playing right away.īut with so many mods out there, it can be difficult to figure out which ones are worth your time and which are just filler. It's been more than a decade since the game's original release, giving fans more than enough time to design thousands of unique mods.

There are few PC games out there with more mods than The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

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