A new Skyrim update has overhauled the Creation Club, replacing it with a new menu simply called "Creations". These Creations will cost money, just like Creation Club content, but the way they have been implemented has seen them labelled as Bethesda's attempt to expand paid mods.
Since these Creations, which range from new followers to full-blown quests, are not part of the Creation Club, they will not be free for anyone who purchased Skyrim: Anniversary Edition. Since one of the main appeals of the Anniversary Edition was getting everything in 🔴the 🌸Creation Club for free, the decision to put new content behind a paywall is unpopular with fans.
"For over a dozen years, community-made content has expanded The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with hours upon hours of fresh experiences," , announcing the update. "In continuing to evolve with the Skyrim community, we are excited to announce Bethesda Game Studios Creations, an updated way for players to discover, download and play commun🐷ity-made content."
It continues: "Creations combines Skyrim’s existing Mods, C𓄧reation Club items and all-new💫 Creations under a single Creations menu available for players to browse today in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition."
Unlike Creation Club, which saw Bethesda pay a fixed amount to fans to create a specific in-game item or mechanic, Creations will have an active verification and revenue share system. While this means modders can apply to make money from their work, it also means that some may cease supporting the mods they've made for free, leading to incompatibility issues down the line.
In fact, players are already reporting that the update has ruined their modded playthroughs, meaning they may need to re-download their mods or wait for them to be updated until they can continue playing. Users on and are largely against the move so far, with many particularly against the pricing of the Creations. In fact, it isn't immediately clear how much items cost, as they are bought using in-game credits, which in turn, cost real-world money to purchase.
Bethesda's first attempt at rolling out paid mods in 2015 proved so unpopular that it scrapped its plans, making the mods it officially supported and highlighted available for free instead. This made some mods available on console too, also at no extra cost. It was still an embarrassing PR move from Bethesda and Valve though, the latter of which hosted the paid mods. Before rolling back the plans, the first mod had to be taken down due to it using stolen content (as reported by at the time).
Instead, Bethesda introduced Creation Club in 2017. This included items made by the community, and which cost money to use, but on a much smaller scale. It also didn't interfere with mods being available for free, although it still attracted criticism for being so similar to paid mods.
So, it's no surprise that Creations are facing the same backlash, since this takes the idea of Creation Club even further. It also seems to want to bring more modders on board, with a verification system now open. It remains to be seen how this affects the Skyrim modding community going forward, but many fans are already fearful for its future.
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