Skyrim's gaไmeplay was already p💧retty solid when it came out, but modding took it to a whole new level. It changed everything from character creation and content to ragdoll physics, perks and everything in between.

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In this Skyrim modding guide we take a look at the top 10 gameplay mods that you can install right now for your next Skyrim playthrough.ꦏ Here they are, in no particular order.

10 ALTERNATE START - LIVE ANOTHER𓂃 LIFE

Many Skyrim players moaned about the lengthy intro sequence detailing your botched execution and the first arrival of the dreaded Alduin at Helgen. Never mi♔nd the long horse and carriage ride to the chopping block. You also had to cꦛontend with an escape through the town's underbelly that served as a tutorial sequence.

The mod changes this by starting you off in a dank dungeon🧸 and giving you the opportunity to craft your character immediately. Once finished, you can choose how your new life will begin. You can start the game at different spots throughout the Skyrim province, from camping in the wilderness to arrival by ship at Solitude. It's perfect for those who love playing through the game repeatedly.

9 💖 CHARACTER CREATION OVERHAUL

This particular mod does away with the one-size-fits-all character creation approach of vanilla Skyrim in favor of a more robust customization system. Instead of creating characters that can excel in any skill at ꦏany time, focuses more on the perks your character gets during the creation process.

It relies on your choice of birth signs, classes, specializations, and race-based skills to craft a wholly unique character out of a possible 229,320 combinations. The best part? It's compatible with practically every known Skyrim mod.

8 𝔍 ෴ IMPROVED TRAPS

Traps are designed to maim or kill. In Skyrim, you can breeze through them with little more than a scratch at all but the lowest experience levels. brings back the lethal realism of Skyrim's traps by making them far more detrimental.

The mod alerts nearby enemy NPCs if you happen to trigger a trap, greatly aiding in realism. You can also increase the damage output of traps, add an optional module to let NPCs hear when you're mining ore veins, and (the coolest of all) perform Raiders Of The Lost Ark-style object sw🐠apping for traps with ౠtreasures on them.

7 CONVENIENT HORSES 🎐

Chances are, you'll spend a great deal of time in the saddle as you explore Skyrim, so it's important to have the right horse mod to make the experience even better. Vanilla Skyrim's horse system is lacking, to 💖say the least. changes the mechanic from the ground up, making horses an integral part of your playthrough.

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Upon getting your first horse, you'll have to learn how to train it, saddle it and set up the excellent customization options. You can set how many taps of the Use key are needed to call the horse, talk to it, or access its inventory. You can even ﷺlevel up the horse simply by riding around Skyrim, and can also apply points t🍌o speed or stamina. This is one of the best gameplay mods available.

6 SKYUI

It's a fact that Skyrim's PC interface was built with console ꦰgamers in mind. It isn't very intuitive or enjoyable to use. solves this problem by overhauling the entire user interface from the ground up.

The inventory management system has been streamlined for total convenience and user-friendliness, including the excellent sorting system and multiple data columns. It's one of the most integral Skyrim mods the community has ever churned out.

5 CUTTIN✱G ROOM FLOOR ♕

Skyrim lost a lot of content when it originally shipped, but it's still buried 🅺deep down in the code. brings this content to the surface in the form of NPCs, 🅠items, quests, locations, and scenes that were initially given the boot.

This mod expands on Skyrim's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:bountiful content with even more goodies, making it great for those who want to give the ☂game another go.

4 ✤ ꧋ SNEAK TOOLS

Many a Skyrim meme took inspiration from the game's hilariously bad sneaking mechanics. remedies that by overhaulꦏing the sneaking system entirely. This mod combines new play mechanics and builds on the vanilla playstyle with a few nice surprises.

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Sneak up behind opponents and slit their throats for a stealth kill, knock them unconscious, or take them out in their sleep. You can even craft wa🌜ter arrows to knock out light sources, or hide your identity using a mask.

3 QUICK LOOT ♈

We highly recommend this one. brings Fallout 4-style looting functionality to Skyrim by allowing you to po🌳int your cursor over a dead enemy and quickly snatch only🔯 what you want from the corpse.

Scroll through the list of available items with the mouse wheel and snag indཧividual items with the Use key, or take all with the F key. It's a simple, robust system that works hand-in-hand with SkyUI to eliminate tedious full-menu loo🎀ting.

2 CRIME OVERHAUL EXPANDED ꦆ

If you plan on tossing your moral compass into the garbage during your next Skyrim playthrough, you'll probably want to maximize realism in the🧸 crime departm♍ent.  eliminates the ridiculous vanilla system in favor of a far more realistic one.

Animal NPCs no longer trigger crime reports, crime distance radius is reduced, and paying off your bounty allows you to go free, immediately. That's just for starters. Felons and charlatans, rejo🃏ice.

1 RELIGION

Godless heathens, take note. There are many deities in Skyrim, and they all have somet♚hing unique to offer. capitalizes 💟on this principle by crafting a prayer and worship experience that is directly influenced by your life choices.

Your positive and negative actions will affect how the Gods view yܫou, and whether they'll back your play. They may decide not to cleanse you of disease, or they may choose to revitalize you in combat if you're near death. It all depends on you.

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