The Best Skyrim Immersion Mods - 2017

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

one of the most immersion breaking things I've come across while playing skyrim, is argonians heavily breathing if they get out of water... wtf bethesda

[@bee_irl]

And literally every other race too, even with Volsung/Deathbrand armor equipped, after drinking waterbreathing potions, etc.

[@rosenrot234]

There's thankfully a mod for that

[@callumunga5253]

You could justify this as them needing to empty the water out of their lungs. Certainly with Waterbreathing as alteration, it does not allow you to live without breath, but merely to breath water as though it were air.

[@rot4277]

It irked me a whole lot too, though someone did say you could look at it as them switching from their gills to their lungs and filtering the water out of them so they could breathe. It at least makes the inhaling less intolerable.

[@talos2384]

IkkezzUsedEmber argonians are reptiles so how can they survive in the cold tundra of shyrim?

[@ryanhernandez8883]

Why would you ever tell people to turn off the background music to increase immersion? Skyrim has one of the most beautifully composed soundtracks in the history of gaming, and many of my most memorable and atmospheric experiences were tied to the music of this game. Its a shame to tell anyone they should turn it off.

[@lorf8282]

Exactly. Oblivion music is great, too.

[@DraiksDracula]

Ryan Hernandez, i Don't Remember Any Game i played, that i haven't turned off its music, music breaks immersion, from a point of view, people who want A Real Immersion turn it off, since music is something that is not in the game world and you want to Hear Nature, and believe me, Skyrim Nature is FULL of Sounds, Foot Steps Birds Waterfalls Mills Goats Chickens Bees Shovel Sounds People Working in the Farms and too many sounds, you don't even NEED an immersive sounds mod to hear it but still it adds to it, besides i like to listen to bards, no matter how ancient the music sounds, it wont make the game more immersive, unless your talking about the fact that you focus on the music? but if you do that you wont hear sounds from the Surroundings so better to turn it off if you want real immersion.

[@biscottone3357]

After 200 h of gaming...

[@majorrawne690]

Skyrim has one of the best soundtracks of all time, and it's appropriate to the game. The last thing I would do is play in hours of silence, or have modern dubstep breaking immersion.

[@JozseffirstGamingchannel]

It has good sountrack but its far from the most beautiful soundstracks i've heard. I like using mods that alter the music

[@janetlapham3919]

Open cites still causes problems with many mods, just a heads up.

[@Fevir]

It has incompatibilities.. as do most mods. It has more than most since it effects a lot more than most.

[@janetlapham3919]

Fevir yep. i was just warning people, who might be new to modding.

[@R4V3NFTW]

A good alternative is Radioactive and/or Holds. I prefer Holds Modular because the full version doesn't work with VIGILANT. Even with the patch.

[@R4ifu]

This mod sacrifices a lot of fps!

[@WR3ND]

It's just mod conflicts for things positioned in cities really. It's not going to break your game, most likely, just make your other mods not work quite right. For example, a mod that adds foliage to a city or fixes light sources won't with Open Cities, unless it's made to be specifically compatible with it. For these reasons, I don't actually use Open Cities, but I'd still recommend it unless you know that it would conflict with other mods you have and want to use.

[@VideoFanatic13]

immerse citizens ai overhaul? it's such a quality mod. well I guess it's a good thing you didn't include it here, it's deserving of a solo spotlight. check it out

[@AshbeeGaming]

I know right, It's one of my favorite mods

[@TheRiptideRaptor]

VideoFanatic13 unless something has changed in the last couple months it has memory bloat, major incompatibility issues and an interesting author so that's probably why, he would have to put a warning in the video so someone doesn't just go and install it without reading up on it

[@TheMightyMuch]

I agree with Riptide. Immersive AI overhaul imo touches too many things in the game for me to be comfortable installing it alongside NPC overhauls, City overhauls and other mods that edit AI.

[@MicrowavedRamen]

The creator is an asshole and the mod has a big chance to be incompatible with anything that touches cities.

[@snark567]

Does it really have memory bloat? I already had issues with other mods bloating my saves and I don't want to abandon another save half way trough because of immersive citizens. I checked online but there seems to be no information.

[@minimax8509]

Thanks for moving the channel in this direction Fevir

[@Fevir]

It's a pretty large shift.. but I could talk about mods forever and lose interest in MMOs too quickly. Thanks for the love

[@louisdellalucca4166]

Fevir I wish there was a way to add a Dark Souls type of HUD and item management to the XB1. I think it would be cool accessing favorited items with having to pause midbattle and look at a menu.

[@CruzifixioOG]

There's one for PC, dunno is the SE has it.

[@louisdellalucca4166]

Cruz Rodriguez I heard about that. I doubt it could be ported, but it would be nice.

[@BANANA-vz7vl]

name of the soundtrack please ?

[@arminosas]

0:30 I actually was suprised when you nailed that bird xD

[@mikes899999]

link to open cities goes to footprints, just wanted to give you a heads up.

[@dillonhowells8007]

IMMERSIVE AS FUCK, MXR 2016.

[@acceptmyfriendrequest6480]

more like a pervert

[@ichigokurosaki8661]

+Dillon Howells MXR is pretty cool and showcases sweat sexy ass Mods like weapons and armor mods as well as florel and other cool mods and hey I LIKE GIRLS so I'm not complaining sex is natrule I mean how do you think any of us got here..also he can't be a complete pervert he has a beautiful Asian girlfriend who is just as wierd as him from time to time.

[@mostevilcoral6568]

HatlessMann How is it an "unfair" advantage? Anybody can make a character in Skyrim that's similarly sexualized. I don't understand why you're acting like the guy is committing some sort of terrible crime, no need to be so dramatic.

[@Hirovard]

i don't see the problem, alot of people cover regular mods, and he covers the mods that others won't do. Nothing wrong with that and its a niche he is doing well

[@st6ined190]

HatlessMann how

[@Hazed64]

The no Nov greetings is amazing I've had an argonian in solitude from half way across the room just say "my wife died , I miss her" like just imagine in real life your just walking through the shop you pick up some cereal and someone just said "my daughter loved cereal then she died of stage four terminal cancer" and then just walked away

[@TheDaxter11]

that made me laugh more than it should have

[@gainsandgames5200]

The issue these days with open cities isn't that the mod breaks your game, its that it makes a lot of OTHER mods incompatible, and if you try to uninstall open cities, it WILL break your game.

[@Fevir]

Yeah. With large mods you usually need to finalize your mod list before starting the game.. as removing anything big is usually going to cause problems.

[@beardedskyrim8652]

I totally agree with iHud, its a brilliant, simple mod that totally hides the terriby intrusive HUD Bethesda made. Please bring it back, Gopher...

[@beardedskyrim8652]

Opstanak il8 can't find it on nexus.. Do you have a link?

[@beardedskyrim8652]

***** thanks! I'll check it out ☺️

[@Muldaak]

iHud requires SKSE to work, that's why he hasn't made it yet. Hopefully soon brother, because that is a must have mod.

[@beardedskyrim8652]

I ended up with using Small Hud ft Dot Crosshair. It makes the hud a lot smaller and more elegant, it´s not bad actually :)

[@Muldaak]

***** Rove Hud? What's that?

[@xXFaltZ0N3Xx]

I'd also recommend player head tracking. Super immersive mod that allows your character to actually make eye contact and look at an NPC when they talk to you.

[@zacgardner6926]

"A nod to the undead among us." That made my cold dead heart...nothing, but I liked it

[@snoodge27]

That shot on the bird thou....nicely done!

[@jamesgordley5000]

I think the original use of the word "immersive" was to describe a mod that made it less obvious that you're playing a game. Not trying to be pedantic, here. Of course the word has many different uses now.

[@Fevir]

Yeah.. that's kind of what I try to get at when I say things that take you out of the game

[@BANANA-vz7vl]

NAME OF THE SOUNDTRACK PLEASE

[@joshbradford7331]

Love this list, it's amazing how many subtle mods can make the game feel so much more atmospheric. Great video and a sub :D

[@saintultra2737]

I truly enjoy your mod videos. No bullshit, you get to the point, and your presentation is excellent. I look forward to your updates.

[@Galimeer5]

I find realistic needs mods more immersion-breaking than the HUD. "Oh, what's this? A notification in the upper corner of my screen that says I'm tired? Thanks for telling me!"

[@tobiahslivka7061]

someone should make a mod that makes people wear gloves when cutting wood i mean ya don't wanna get a splinter do you???

[@Boons___1]

I can't really say I've ever gotten' splinters from chopping wood lmao. How would that work?

[@tobiahslivka7061]

grabbing the wood to place it down on the chopping board idk i was more or less joking

[@kamelwurm3453]

nords don't wear gloves to chop wood

[@urielacosta2329]

The vibration of the axe wood when chopping can cause blisters in the hands so either a leather handle, or glove.

[@Hydrott]

Watching this makes me wanna return to Skyrim again. I recently started a heavily modded playthrough of Oblivion but im not really enjoying it all that much, and there arent all that many cool mods available for it to spice up the old mechanics.

[@Fevir]

I remember the Oblivion "Super Pack" being pretty massive.. I think it mixed some of the big overhauls like Francesca and OOO in a neat way- but Oblivion is just really dated. At this point I'd rather play a modded Morrowind over Oblivion

[@BathBuddies]

Immersion mods are by far my favourite! Thanks for the great mod list!

[@dagoelius]

Never turn off Jeremy Soule's epic music when you play. EVER.

[@cireer]

Okay, I can't remember if I've watched any of your videos before, but this was excellent, and you have a really good narrator's voice. Instant subscribe. I'll be checking out more of your stuff.

[@Cainyadigit]

You are the first source to dispel the stigma of open cities for me, thank you for saying that I thought it was still game-breaking.

[@B4554D]

Regarding Open Cities; its not that the Mod itself (mostly at least) is broken or destroys save games, its because it has little to no (kinda overdramatic here, I know there are patches etc) compatibility to other mods. Mods are (if not made specific for another mod) made for the vanilla game and we dont have open cities in the vanilla game - I may be a little bit confusing here, but you should get the point.

[@Alkerae]

I ADORE subtle touches like that thing you did with muting the music. Not even 10 seconds before you did that I thought to myself "that music is a little loud, he needs to work on his levels...". Were you slowly raising the volumr the whole video? I freaking love you sometimes.

[@Fevir]

;)

[@Cataclysimz]

This is literally my favorite channel

[@Axehell6394]

Thanks for uploading another stunning video Fevir!

[@Klespyrian]

Just found your channel, and I enjoy the way you layout the video as well as the information provided. +1 sub

[@rkenshin0922]

just ran into ur channel and loving it. keep up the great work sir

[@Mythic2827]

Brilliant overview! Seriously loving the content man! :DDD

[@Fevir]

Thanks bud

[@jan050375]

opening a gate for the first time with open cities installed was just magical.

[@mr.ravioli2243]

Open cities makes the game loading screens slower and it's kind o unnecessary. How many times do you actually walk through a city gate? You normally fast travel to all of them.

[@MrFwufyClipsHD]

Mr. Ravioli they're all unnecesary.

[@ChaotiX1]

It's only slow if you're stuck with an HDD. Upgrade, skrub.

[@mr.ravioli2243]

+ChaotiX M9 I can't upgrade me fokin xbox

[@ChaotiX1]

Mr. Ravioli Then why are you arguing about skyrim mods when you have yet to experience real modding?

[@chunkz1187]

Upgrade your potatobox to a pc

[@sacredxgeometry]

I am convinced that the NO NPC GREETINGS mod is the best mod ever. You forgot the Immersive NPC Overhaul though, it adds in adventurers, mercenaries, travellers etc to cities, towns, roads and other areas- and it makes places feel more crowded and understandably lifelike.

[@Aether792]

Huh, pretty cool to see one of my shots used as the thumbnail!

[@SimonLausch]

Thank you. This was exactly what I was searching for.

[@VikalHimanshu]

I think Frostfall does make you believe the Skyrim world is real. Its like making the winter kind of come alive. So I think it does add to the immersion rather than just being a separate mini-game inside of Skyrim.

[@tso7546]

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul has an option to turn off or set the distance an npc will greet you, making the No NPC Greetings mod not needed

[@ahkisidoesstuff6958]

Open cities is no doubt one of the greatest immersion mods, but keep in mind that you won't be able to use some custom house mods. I've encountered this with Elianoras Breezehome version, which was the basic breezehome from the outside and the buffed up version from outside, which also caused CTDs when using the tower trap door.

[@Lilpad_y]

My definition of immersion is if it makes the game for realistic.

[@Fevir]

Yeah, that's a common one

[@redwind18o]

Mine usually involves naked men I mean women

[@Azugon]

my understanding of immersion is modifications or new implementation to the game that fit into the skyrim scene. An Illuminaty armour for example does not any pelt and skull (of in game creatures) custom made armour does fit in. Another example would be armours that covers only tiny bits of the body to make it look sexy does not fit in as well. Now i do not know much about skyrim lore outside of the skyrim game itself, So even with that definition stuff appearing to be immersive for me would not be immersive for others since they might know the lore better or for other reasons. I am confused when i search the nexus mods page with show only immersive mods option on and i see those sexy armours which would fit into mmorpgs style games but not into skyrim. (sorry for using so many armour examples, but since i only look for immersive mods i have not encountered different types of mods that would be immersion breaking by my understanding of it)

[@travaa54]

You stab a dude in the back and he says: "don't do that". Complete immersion killer. Does the immersive citizens fix something like that if anyone can tell me please?

[@Anti-HyperLink]

No shit.

[@styxxrivers7576]

Totally missed they SPECIAL EDITION part and was totally baffled by my mod organizer just puking when I tried to download these mods. Great Suggestions. BTW Thanks

[@lysanderllaneta8230]

You know what i want, is to have full control on the dragon riding mechanics while traveling to different places

[@renangoncalvesflores]

My favorite immersions mods are Campfire along with Frostfall, Wet & Cold, Realistic Need & Diseases, Hunterborn, Convenient Horses, Immersive Citizens and Immersive Patrols, Lanterns of Skyrim, Wearable Lanterns and any cloak mod (actually using Winter is Coming). I also use Climates of Tamriel, Realistic Lightning Overhaul (or Enhanced Lightning Effects), Better Roads, Flora Overhaul, Immersive Sounds and Ethereal Cosmos.

[@kaijū317]

FYI, you might wanna update your link for the Open Cities mod, it leads to the Footprints mod ^^

[@Fevir]

Never!

[@TheStigma]

For HUD, I use Immersive HUD (hide as much HUD as possible when not needed) combined wiht moreHUD (adds tasteful and useful info you choose) and Less intrusive HUD (let's you do all sorts of custimizing size, position, opacity ect.) Oh, and "a matter of time" added in for that little extra touch. The end result is you get lots of useful HUD info, only as much as you WANT to have, and only WHEN you want it - so despite my HUD technically containing much more info than vanilla, most o hte time playing I have no HUD on screen at all. Other immersion recommendations: - Enchanced vanilla trees. Large lush custom trees not only blow SFO out of the water but also are more performace friendly. The key for immersion is the added SIZE and DENSITY. Riverwood now actually looks like it is inside an actual forest, and wooded areas feel enclosed and athmospheric. Vanilla sized trees (even with SFO) just aren't nearly dense enough. Alternatively you can look into "simply bigger trees" for use standalone or with SFO. - A closer look: Let's you add a key to zoom simply put. very customizable. Take a closer look at items, faces, or just focus in on something in the distance. Really let's a high-end custom Skyrim with lots of details come to life while you can run around an do combat wiht a high FOV.

[@Fevir]

I agree.. need that script extender for SE to get the good stuff.

[@miguelk7336]

i was playing such a "not good" game without even knowing it~ fixing my ini's made my game feel so much smoother! Thanks for the last mod. true life saver!

[@frydenx]

Thank you so much my friend. I started to use the RDO and this is amazing.. I can't find these great mods in nexus.com.. the page is really a mess, but in your channel its make very fun to watch the news about mods.. if you play others games you should do it to them too. you work is awesome! thanks

[@RibbonThe]

I once did a run without my hud. I used Improved Information Overhaul to know my status. Pretty fun playthrough.

[@R4V3NFTW]

Heads up, Wet and Cold, Footprints, and Open cities are script heavy. Get snowy is a good alternative to Wet and Cold.

[@AndyBakos82]

Nice! Im getting the special edition soon, I will try it with your mod list

[@aldog3292]

This video was really great!! You just got another subsriber (:

[@Robert-dl6fq]

Completely disagree with disabling music for immersion. What you said sounds right in theory, we don't always spend real life with music in the background but it does something different for games, especially RPGs. When you're playing a game you don't always feel immersed emotionally, like you're detached (obviously) feelings wise from the situation and world in which you're existing... be it a battle, a walk through a town or mysterious and beautiful nature. What music does is it helps encourage and bridge real life feelings with the game creating a bond between player and character, immersing you in that situation in game in a way your emotions might not naturally. It's there to help you personally fill the role which I assume is why producers started including music in the first place. Just my 2 cents, ofc some will think differently

[@LisaSimpson2]

As someone who is new to modding (but not new to Skyrim) I found this incredibly useful and a huge help so thank you so much! Before this video I didn't even know where to start with mods but now I have a huge list of mods I want to get and I'm so excited! Liked, commented and subscribed as a small thanks for all the help! :-)

[@Zodam777]

i did not even know about some of these. you are going to make my skyrim even more iaf. open cities really did have a bad rap but they did fix everything. its cool when your character can fly and just take off out of the city, or just land into it. or when you need to sneak past guards and jump the walls.

[@daniiiba2633]

Woah, I have none of these. Will definitely be installing, thanks man!!

[@yazzyk1]

This is the 1 game that I've continued to play even if it's only every now and then. It's become compulsory to have this installed on every new desktop / laptop I buy. Now that's a big deal!

[@Mmx-di9xv]

I just discovered you today and your awesome!!! You deserve a lot more subs

[@CujoHyer]

My problem with mods like Open Cities is keeping track of all the compatibility mods you have to pile ontop of it.

[@f0rgotten_]

Just saying Open cities link goes to footprints page

[@Fevir]

I suck

[@f0rgotten_]

Fevir Just gotta git gud fam XD, good vid tho keep it up

[@jackmaney4276]

I've become a big fan of Immersive Patrols. It gives a feeling that things are going on in the world that don't necessarily need to involve you, and it's not that much of a performance hog (much less so than, eg, Immersive Citizens: AI Overhaul).

[@Cyriakx]

that moment with the music just broke me XD

[@Pond721]

I used open cities with JK's cities overhaul, which there was a separate version for. I was also using a very heavy ENB. I crashed trying to get to windhelm. Open cities is apparently very intensive, and I have an EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3...

[@Shubdooba]

wet and cold is called rain and snow on the ps4! or they may be different but work exactly the same.

[@erueer]

thank you very good list. just wanted to mention Immersive Citizens AI overhaul

[@apocalypseplague67]

Skyrim special edition definitely should've just put a fully realized version of open cities into the game

[@piperhart1423]

i like that i can hear you in this video

[@AXLplosion]

The Open Cities link in the description goes to the footprints mod.

[@TMAXgames]

Great list and editing!

[@TheAddictsNotebook]

Really great content. I just subbed :)

[@andreimorari9919]

I just want to say I like this video for not having the number of mods in the title. I'm so sick of all the videos with "10 things that do something" or "14 most something things" and so on. It's nice to take a break from numbers now and then. Ok this was quite off-topic. Nice video. :)

[@Leto85]

I like it how you didn't show the most overused immersion mods that everyone already know about. What is the mod called that changed your font?

[@Fevir]

I think it's just called Font Overhaul

[@XxBeastWTFxX]

The only mod I wish for, is a mod that will make npc's tell you the way to locations. It's literally impossible to find quest locations without quest markers. The only time Skyrim got it right is when Hadvar's Uncle (forgot his name idk why) or Hod tells you how to get to Whiterun at the beginning of the game.

[@zainmohamed9114]

The New Engine Looks Amazing

[@migueldelgado6652]

Great video Fevir I think just like you. After this video I subscribed as fast as I could. 😊

[@Fevir]

Thanks buddy

[@Mabra51]

I like using Ihud to hide compass and enemies and make stats bar more transparent. The only problem i have with it is when you're riding dragons you can't know who you're targeting.

[@ulyssesw6504]

Good to see another mod vidder, but could you please do some mods that aren't hot files. I like to see how the mod goes before downloading one, but every mod vidder and their grandmothers do the top files already. Not saying you haven't done some, just keep doing those ones :D Liked your vid. If I see more unknown mods, I'll sub

[@RoxasReaper]

Wish there was a simple ENB that made my Skyrim look like Skyrim Special Edition. Nothing crazy. Literally just slight improvements.

[@Fevir]

Just use a lightweight ENB and it will probably look better

[@Fevir]

Shit.. you asked more specifically.. Clarity works, Natural Performance, MinimalENB - add in a lighting mod (usually no real performance hit here) and you're good to go

[@RoxasReaper]

After looking at all of them Natural Performance seems to be exactly what I'm looking for :) Thanks very much for the help and quick reply. I really appreciate it.

[@birdflocked]

Automatic Variants is the most immersive mod for me.

[@uk1988tb303]

omg ESV:Skyrim, because of the mod community, and the sheer power of good PC's these days, has created the best game experience in the world :)

[@TheDaxter11]

immersion is good and all but the music is half the battle when it comes to dragon fights, and skyrim just has great music in general

[@duhokstar1441]

cant wait to see youre reach 100k sub dude

[@duhokstar1441]

sorry for my bad english :p

[@theulfheinn1997]

duhok star You have better English then most native speakers.

[@timd7]

Michael Adams *than

[@codyv308]

One year later, still no SSE script extender...

[@tbonesquad9986]

Open cities is a broken near the companions house there’s an invisible door that’s lets you out of white run lol

[@s.e.n3264]

the thing about open cities, is it will cause crashes. just be careful with it. and very VERY carefully watch your mod order

[@Fevir]

The problem doesn't lie in the mod itself but in incompatibilities.. which is to be expected in a mod of it's scope and scale. Luckily the mod has a high enough profile that usually any issues are reported on either directly on a mods page or easily found in the comments/report tab

[@skepticmonkey6923]

thanks for only giving links to the special edition versions

[@spikespiegel8162]

If you had seen the description you may have figured that out, take the time to search for ones that are similar yourself.

[@skepticmonkey6923]

wtf this is 3 months old

[@spikespiegel8162]

Sporebubu what's that suppose to mean? I've only just watched it today. It's still an active video getting more views everyday.

[@assassinmir222]

There is nobody different in the mod community on youtube. They always do immersive, armor, weapons, and follower mods.

[@korpen3770]

4:37 "when you have social anxiety even in Skyrim"

[@Mrjackcool2]

how did you create that thumbmail? it looks epic

[@Bill_Dipperly]

Friendly observation: Your link for open cities is the same as footprints.

[@ossama3375]

Wow honestly this is the perfect example of immersion imo,and tottly agree frostfall and ineed dont give me the sme immersive feel.

[@user-fv9xx8wb3w]

Is there a mod that will make the npcs recognize things that happen like the civil war campaign? Cuz the jarl of whiterun still thinks the war is on and it's been over for a while.

[@seanstamper1459]

I really like your vids man keep it up bruh

[@kirakoraawesome]

Music in my opinion helps with immersion (besides combat music) It helps me feel the emotion my character might be feeling. Like a sense of calmness in a city, or curiosity while exploring. Even though people don't have a soundtrack irl I feel like it adds alot more elements to immersion than it takes away. Without it Skyrim just feels... Empty.

[@Teddy_Bear312]

Open Cities still breaks a few quests. Nothing major though. So far the one quest i had the most problems with was the "shadow gulum-ei" quest.

[@axelthemango8050]

Single handedly the best picker and reviewer of immersion mods...

[@Fevir]

Thanks for the kind words

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Surprised you didn't include 'enhanced camera' or 'immersive first person' in this video. Still though, excellent list!

[@Fevir]

dont exist yet for the special edition

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Fevir Ah I getcha. Thanks for clarifying.

[@Mikeztarp]

The hearts and pumpkins would totally break the immersion for me.

[@Ninjagamer101]

For open cities, wouldn't your fps take a big hit since the cities aren't in there own cell?

[@brandyn7396]

i said "awww" when the video said you can make custom holidays to celebrate your birthday

[@davidwhanford3645]

I'm happy they made the "remaster", but I kinda feel like Bethesda could have done a bunch of stuff better it. And that your storage space for mods is so little. And that I'm on PS4.