Transform Skyrim’s Forgotten Cities with The Best Mods In 2024

[@grundierungtaglich6241]

The more I see skyrim overhauls, the less hope I have for tes 6

[@NarivaTV]

No way it will live up to modded Skyrim standards

[@grundierungtaglich6241]

@@NarivaTV indeed, this why the new tes hype is not worth it... perhaps the modding community fixes it but is sad that the fans gotta fix Bethesda's slop, like what's happening with Starfield rn

[@timberwolf4242]

Preemptive TES6 dooming detected, opinion rejected

[@grundierungtaglich6241]

@@timberwolf4242 I think you've a chemical imbalance in your brain that makes you be this way.

[@marconihimself]

Modded skyrim will be superior for decades, but the way I see new beth releases is the benchmark they stablish for modders going forward, which may make our lives easier in the long run. So, for example, in starfield theres no need to create complex mods to change hitboxes, prevent skating on the ground during melee attacks, or even create a survival mode, difficulty multipliers, economy systems etc. These things may be tackled individually but wont be super hard to iterate on top of whatever is offered in vanilla, while skyrim really needed over a decade of community work to achieve the state its in.

[@majonezreborn8332]

I saving this video for next time I mod Skyrim. Thanks for the list!

[@Yory_101]

Literally just came across your account through the big cities overhaul video today and was disappointed that there wasn't a small cities overhaul from you... except an hour later there was! Thanks a lot, i was really struggling with the compatibility of the city mods, and have also been looking for some additions to my modlist, so overall awesome guide to upgrading your skyrim experience :>

[@NarivaTV]

Good thing the timing was right! Happy to help! :D

[@mystechry]

"Do not combine Cities of the North and The Great Cities" The Great Cities of JK's North exists. I run it and love it.

[@gabrieldennis1093]

You mind telling me how you got it to work? I have been trying and it is not working too well for me

[@mystechry]

@@gabrieldennis1093 I just followed the instructions and Load Order given on the mod page. I made custom LOOT rules, so that the esp files will be sorted properly

[@Abrakadabro666]

Please share your mod order on that.

[@mystechry]

@ Check out the mod description. It contains a detailed load order

[@thomaskelley6521]

I still think the great city of winterhold is the best winterhold one, it was the capital of Skyrim at one point and was made from stone like the college. It’d be cool if there was an add on to keep great city of winterhold and the jarls keep in cotn

[@alessiodaniotti264]

there is a patch to have COTN keep over TGC base Winterhold. i've tried to wrote the link but i was not able. Search for "Great cities - COTN Winterhold patch" (not the one in either "patch collection" pages, is a standalone page on nexus)

[@romko4496]

There is a patch for that fyi and it's absolutely gorgeous 😍

[@qifaysniduay]

Would be cool if you cover the lesser towns like Riverwood and Ivarstead. Definitely would love to see em as fully fleshed out as the other cities and there are a few mods that does that

[@MatthewJohnson-vy6vh]

I would definitely watch a small villages video like this one. This video was great!

[@WiccanMaximoff1]

Would love a riverwood video, especially with that being the first village you come across, unless you use mods to avoid the vanilla start.

[@ddragomania]

I can recommend Schlitzohrs Riverwood Expansion.

[@thedude882]

I'd love to see a video on the other towns/villages!

[@LongLiveTheKingMusic]

Amazing as always, broooo :)

[@NarivaTV]

Thank you! :D

[@Cwronaga216]

Really surprised you didn't use the new fortified Morthal as it seems to do the best job of making Morthal feel as it should in the lore

[@NarivaTV]

Really great mod actually! I actually remember adding a part about fortified Morthal to the script before recording but forgot to save so it got removed. But I guess it's just me wanting to keep it consistent with COTN.

[@igavinwood]

@@NarivaTV It's compatible with CotN and JK's Skyrim. You'll find them in the Patch Collection. New patches are coming out for other mods too. Fabled Forest, Spaghetti's Cities and Lanterns of Skyrim II are out

[@emo_grinch_440]

I would love a smaller towns video!!!

[@DStrormer]

I for one am definitely interested in seeing one of these for the tiny villages like Rorikstead and Shor's Stone.

[@Fuegoaries]

I was just watching your vid & you uploaded 😂😭

[@filkertom]

Glad you're back! I'll have to see if I can afford your Patreon. (Mine has new songs every month. 😁) Yes, please, another vid about Riverwood, Ivarstead, etc. And take your time, it's all good.

[@TheNerdyGuy84]

Love a mod list for small towns

[@Spuggky45]

Nariva made a new Skyrim video!!!! Yay!!!!!

[@NarivaTV]

Finally, am I right

[@igavinwood]

Nice overview. Keep going. Let's see your take on all the smaller settlements in vanilla. I'd say that RedBag's Falkreath has a major pro - Way fewer landscape seam issues and patching. It also has a con - It's darker due to fewer light sources at night. Ultimate College of Winterhold (UCoW) is great. Be careful if you're using TGCo Winterhold as the latest version (4) isn't patched to work with UCoW afaik. It's also patched to work with The Midden Expanded and Stunning Statues of Skyrim for that sweet Mage Statue with the glowing balls 🙄😎

[@styinax]

Ayooooo 😳 what is Kafka from Honkai star rail doing in Skyrim 💀💀💀

[@danielcoira4250]

Hilarious how i was thinking of writting in the big city videos that you released 6 months ago that its been way too long since you said this one was coming 😂

[@NarivaTV]

@@danielcoira4250 It has indeed been way too long, I am 100% guilty lol

[@alfiereimperiale7697]

I did not know I needed a Nazeem Villager Mod

[@NarivaTV]

Huuuh

[@macro123orsmthidk]

Love the videos

[@chrismills2439]

there is also Dawnstar Renovated by rpgrobot , Nightgate village( adds a village around Nightgate inn) by daltoneb

[@Tearblayd]

''these buildings all look the same, that's why it's bad'' *Uses City's of the North for everything*

[@titanics.o.s2101]

If you experince missing buildings and projects be sure to put them on the bottom of the load order

[@alessiodaniotti264]

I agree with others comments. For Winterhold the best mod is "The Great Cities". In the lore the old Winterhold was able to match the glory of Solitude and Windhelm, and was also Capital ofSkyrim for some time. So even after the destruction of Great Collapse (that destroyed more or less half of the city, not 90%) plus some degradation by the time, there should be more than 4-5 houses. It should be at least the size of vanilla Morthal (as TGC do), not smaller than Riverwood and Rorikstead (like in COTN). Plus the architecture of TGC, with stone building, is more fitting in lore (it was a city magically created from the coast and mountains around), environment (lot of stones aviable, not as much wood) and it matches the College style (that used to be more integrated in the city). And finally, while being bigger in population and interiors and more fitting in desing, with signs of the old glory, it is also better in showing the disaster (with more building ruins). I agree 100% on Falkreath COTN being the best (but i play with that and TGC combined, mostly to have the cemetery, internal burial site and back walls of the second, that fits too). Morthal COTN again the best, but Redbag one deserve a try. Dawnstar COTN too, but i think that TGC vibes are similar. For morthal and dawnstar a good combo COTN+ETAC (to have more buildings and NPCs). Another alternative, especially for Falkreath and Dawnstar, that is worth a mention is "Holds - The City Overhault" (with those 2 cities having thier own cell instead of being on the exterior world)

[@skull7877]

The great city of winterhold is better than COTN and more lore friendly

[@RubenLodewijkMusic]

I love these kind of mods. Big downside is that I'll have to find hundreds of patches to make them compatible with other mods (quests, followers, clutter etc.)

[@papamuller]

And the huge fps loss

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

2:39 Everything evolves into crabs..

[@johnsey2625]

What beast of a build do you have to put out that beautiful display of 4k?

[@NarivaTV]

Lol it's 1080p, and it's actually quite outdated But I have an i7 8700 with an RTX 2080

[@MAGICALJACKSON420]

can we please get that smaller towns video

[@Mr.Agateophile.]

1:30 Most real cities have more dead people than living, so it's not that weird when you think about it.

[@NarivaTV]

@@Mr.Agateophile. I see someone is paying attention to my sloppy writing

[@unnateural]

Bro!! HOW did you get COTN Morthal and the Greqt City of Morthal working together?! The compatibility mods won’t work in the patch collection for COTN! I gave up!

[@555-v7g6o]

Would be great to have more detail in how to install these together. I managed to do all big cities, and all cities mentioned in this video... Except for winterhold. CTD when I load there, not sure what is causing it.

[@555-v7g6o]

Just found a fix for anyone using JKs for winterhold: "Fix for modded Trees and plants for JK's Skyrim - Winterhold" on nexus

[@Brift287]

can it be mixed with the mods of the big cities?

[@danielcoira4250]

The mod you showed for the collegue of winterhold is from 2021, it didn't come out recently like you stated. There is a mod thou that came out in april that also brings those 2 overhauls together but now im not sure if i should download the old one in your video or the new one, why did you say it was new??

[@plqbob]

I hope tes6 cities will be like this...

[@kingkaz12]

Want to point out real quick as someone that plays ESO and has for a long time, Falkreath isn't in ESO. It's too far south from the areas of Skyrim that are in ESO which include the Reach (Markarth), Western Skyrim (Solitude, and Morthal), Eastmarch (Windhelm) and the Rift. As well as the small towns that reside in those holds.

[@NarivaTV]

@@kingkaz12 I thought there was a raid set in Falkreath? Idk if I misunderstood something

[@kingkaz12]

@@NarivaTV Nope, nothing as of now. Maybe in the future as they like adding nostalgia dlcs so I'd be it'd come with a Whiterun dlc.

[@alessiodaniotti264]

@@kingkaz12 Bro, there is a quest about stopping the assault at the city: "Horns of the Reach DLC and Update 15 Preview The second dungeon is Falkreath Hold, a township under siege that will soon fall to the marauding hordes of Domihaus the Bloody-Horned. You and your companions must break the siege, move into the town and Jarl's Hall, and defeat the monstrous warlord himself. Update 15 Patch Notes Falkreath is under attack by the combined forces of the fearsome Minotaur Domihaus the Bloody Horned and his Reachman marauder allies. This army of "beastmen" have adopted his visage when launching their attacks to inspire fear and terror, with much success. You must enter Falkreath and defend the hold as enemies pour through its broken walls set on its destruction." Any Elder Scrolls wiki is full of Falkreath ESO images (like the one @NarivaTV shows in the video)

[@HambaAllah-yl5pn]

hi nariva, i watched all your videos but i forget what the named mod that's rebuild the destroy city? like helgen but they rebuild the city overtime. can you share what it's the mod name please. thank you.

[@NarivaTV]

Hey, could it be Helger Reborn? I don't think I ever showcased it, but its pretty popular

[@HambaAllah-yl5pn]

@@NarivaTV tahnkyouuu! :)

[@davidclingerman7668]

Festive modded inns is a great addition to these. It adds a lot of idle markers to great cities and cities of the North inns so people don't just stand around aimlessly The midden expanded esm version is also amazing and adds a bunch of stuff to the midden and even a short quest related to the great collapse

[@NarivaTV]

Oh interesting, I haven't heard of that one before!

[@davidclingerman7668]

@@NarivaTV yeah it's definitely a really great small mod. It covers cities of the North and smaller locations like the great town of karthwasten and I believe ivarstead. If you look into the dragon born can rest mod it's called something like that it allows you to also use all of the idle markers in the game which is a small but immersive touch. Great for screenshots and videos too. Wink wink

[@the.harem.scrolls]

🎉🎉🎉

[@mizarddo]

How is it I literally never manage to make COTN work after a decade of modding skyrim. Even with JK patch, objects are missing and pop in and out of existence.

[@marconihimself]

I think its unfortunate falkreath is known for having a big cemetery, but the best overhauls dont address this. I love cotn falkreath but I ended up going for arthmoor's boring falkreath mod because it gives a house to all named npcs and is compatible with the mod "falkreath graveyard". Its still not a impressive graveyard for real life standards but at least it can sell the illusion. EDIT: just saw you mentioned this lol. Gotta see if this one's available on nexus

[@marconihimself]

Unfortunately it hasnt been ported to Creations :( Hopefully some good soul will see this and help a brother out. Dawnstar burial site graveyard would be nice as well, we still havent got that.

[@MrClementk]

No fortified Morthal ? 😢

[@therealjamespickering]

Your character is very... um... bouncy. I wonder if there is there a lore-friendly under-wire mod for Skyrim?

[@riczz4641]

to me city overhauls are a no go, they are just a compatibillity nightmare and break so many follower's and NPCs Navmesh data

[@StrangerHaha76]

Like he said in the video, only use one city overhaul like cotn or the great city/town for smaller town and do the same thing for big town. COTN and TGC have their own patch collection in the nexus

[@NarivaTV]

They are for sure hard to manage, but keeping it rather simple shouldn't cause many issues

[@sandris717]

Once I year?

[@alexis.dmz1289]

FR COTN looks fantastic but are a pain in the A*ss to make work properly even with installing a millions patch for them. This is a shame that after all of your work, you will still find floating objects everywhere and so ...

[@Alroofador]

No links no subscribe.

[@NarivaTV]

@@Alroofador Links are all here: www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-overhaul-110850286

[@BruceLee-kf7rl]

Ausitm

[@StinkinLinkin]

😂

[@NarivaTV]

@@StinkinLinkin oh look who decided to show up...

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

viking is an occupation, not a style, period design or people. stop it

[@kananana9903]

Such a lazy showcase

[@BobGump-vq2jp]

Why would you say that? Are you brain-dead? It's VERY clear that he puts effort into his videos. Next time, if you're going to say something rude and stupid, think for a moment and don't. Dicweed