Skyrim Creation Kit Tutorials - Episode 2: Creating And Adding Weapons/Armour

[@cloudfan228]

2 years later (almost 3) im going to have such fun modding. all thanks to you

[@Dakota.Davidson]

5 years later, I'm going to like this comment

[@DonJuanTF2]

9 years now lmao

[@dariusvalkorian2446]

@@DonJuanTF2 Now 10.

[@mrjokkeee]

@@dariusvalkorian2446Now… Fu*k, hang on… Edit: 11… 11 years…

[@VaporSynth]

9 years

[@kevgmei]

Is it possible to turn misc items into weapons? I want to weaponize Ysgramor's Soup Spoon.

[@theawesomeleprechaun]

Kevin Meisenbacher just use its texture to create your own

[@kevgmei]

***** That would be awesome! Human heart? Been there, done that. Wooden bowl? Woodn't want to let that go to waste. Key to Belethor's shop? Sure! Daedric sword? Don't mind if I do.

[@MrDamsco58]

Kevin Meisenbacher Master of Weapons - All in One 1-20 by Daren is what you need.

[@clichecarl1696]

Kevin Meisenbacher I suppose if you used the mesh in place of a weapon it should work fine.

[@PolishGigaChad180]

DO IT JUST DO IT xD

[@orsoncarte7574]

This video is now 10 years old but still relevant and I have learned a great deal here. I am now going to have a go at creating a weapon. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.

[@DrunkScout]

Just now finding this series of yours and I just keep hoping to see a other video on board to the right. I'm hoping we go all the way through and make the dungeon and boss /quest! Thanks for all the work on these mate!

[@JusticeSilfies]

Sir, I'd just like to say that these videos have been extremely helpful! I love being able to create, re-create and redefine the total gameplay of Skyrim. These are great tutorials. Very detailed and easy to understand:) Thank you!

[@Axeloy]

you gotta show how custom swords are made, like your own not a default sword modded

[@Saucevxl]

Axeloy That’s with External programs

[@valwilson2996]

well im no expert but i would assume you would atlest have to know how to create your own textures (blender is pretty good) and then you probably just have to swap out the stats of a sword in game , give it a custom id , name ect and change its stats - oh yeah this comment is more just for people who have the same question , i know that a 6 year old comment is probably way to late to respond to

[@saintdoot]

If the all doesn't seem to load just type something in the filter

[@chrissybhoy0017]

Thanks

[@sonny7589]

Cheers

[@InzaneMode]

"Im gonna look around my bedroom for inspiration.... I see nothing." Man, that's one empty bedroom :D

[@NylePudding]

I've modded many times before in other games, I could just dive in, or read the wiki but I just love watching tutorials. x]

[@NothingToSeeHere-po5ci]

thank you for making this and leaving it up for people who are late to the party. hope you're doing well.

[@daugbret]

Sorry to answer your question indirectly, but there is a heavy armor perk that gives heavy gauntlets extra punching damage based on their armor rating. So if you modify a set of gauntlets to be heavy (if they're not already), and get their armor rating where you want, that will serve the same purpose :) Hope this helps

[@matthewfulk3681]

Clicking "Yes" to "Create New Form" is only necessary if you haven't duplicated already.... you instructed to click "Yes" after making duplicates leaving extra unused item/temper/recipe in the mod.

[@Multiguns31]

I was wondering this myself. Thanks for confirming.

[@momashi69]

Funny, I stumbled on this series looking for tips on editing Skyrim meshes but instead picked up a whole bunch of really usefull stuff from this video that I never thought of which I'm going to use in the same project. :)

[@SimpleGunner]

this was awesome i watched this and was able to create my own craft-able weapon (which worked perfectly) but it seems i need to troubleshoot the 'upgrade at grind stone' bit. i will most surely look to your vids when i need help.

[@chybisek]

There is a small glitch in the tutorial. Each time you duplicate object (being it swords itself, its recipe or its tempering recipe), edit it and save it, you are making one more copy. It can be seen in object list. There is *COPY0001 and *SPECIAL. Second copy is created when you answer "Yes" to the question "Create New Object?". You should answer "No" to updates your copy, instead making new copy of your copy). Or you can edit base object and answer Yes when saving.

[@bosozoku_biker5788]

Internet kept cutting off while watching this video, so learned my lines for my play tomorrow while waiting for it to come back on :D

[@alpharius3045]

I'm now going to make a deadric sword out of a potato, a thistle branch, and a bucket.

[@DNAslaggit]

Go to 'Actors' then 'Actor' and find the character, then simply go to the inventory tab and right click the box labeled 'inventory' and click 'new'. A new item will appear in the inventory, highlight the item by clicking it and then click the object ID in the 'object' entry. Change this ID to whatever you used for the weapon.

[@irisgribbin4583]

i am enjoying these videos. probably not many people are doing this but i would like to thank you. these videos have been extremely helpful for a wannabe coder like me

[@SephirothAngelOfDark]

@railstoot To your first Question: No its not, you have to use Blender or something for 3D designing and Photoshop (for example) for the Textures. The CK is just a Window to get everything together, not a 3D creation tool :3

[@Magwalfc2011]

The best name i ever came up with for a weapon was Volcanic Soul Blade for Daedric Heavy Sword with a fire enchantment.

[@AsceticCommando]

This guy is going to make our life so much easier! OMG!!!!!

[@ianmcu]

Thanks! This was exactly what I needed to know in order to make my custom equipment craftable and upgrade-able.

[@leshreddur]

I just created a Elven Greatsword with a speed of 6 instead of 0.7, and made it do blizzard on crit, yeah that is literally injecting a drug of pure pleasure and laughs with just the click of the mouse, Thank You. It is so unspeakably fast I had to slow it down to a 2, and even that is still super quick, oh and I changed the range from 1.3 to 1.9, and it works, I am hitting people from a little bit further away than what looks proper lol.

[@hrubster066]

You can check if its loading on the bottom bar of the main window, it would say similar to "loading..." Make sure you double click on what you want to open as well.

[@xoyondaimeox]

Awesome as always,hope you are gonna do one to show us how to add houses and dungeons in to the game!

[@WowzaGG]

Directions -Items -Armor (Click on it) -Go to whatever armor you whatever armor you want (click on it) -There is a box that determines what armor type -Change to desired armor type

[@MarreOfficial]

chill out dude he's just uploading for fun, he doesent mean any harm -.-

[@junehanabi1756]

Skyrim Special Edition Update 2018 1. Clicking "*All" will just pull up an empty white list, with nothing on it immediately and you may think something went wrong and it never loaded anything but it's actually all loaded in the background and just waiting on you to type a search parameter in, for me the search speed was quite fast but that's where it deviates a bit from this video. 2. No need to re-search for the "glasssword", the duplicate automatically shows up beneath it. It's also called "GlassSwordDUPLICATE001" instead of "GlassSwordCOPY0000"

[@gamemaster676]

@railstoot and to your second question, you can save your files offline as you can see in the video. And then if you want upload it to skyrimnexus for example. But it doesn't immediately appear on the workshop ;) also you can use thecreation kit as much as you want without an internet connection. Uou only need that to download it ofcourse

[@Ben-ly6pe]

GUYS don't forget before you begin click on Open in the top left then data and check Skyrim.esp, otherwise you won't have any items. Thumbs up!

[@regpett3730]

Congratulations on joining the thieves guild!

[@Theorchero]

You have to have the weapon model made, put it in the models folder, and navigate the in-game model selected to your new model.

[@Zetaeta1618]

@SFUManiac If you mean open it again to continue modding it, in the Data selection screen load your plugin aswell as Skyrim.esm and click "set active file" button on it.

[@Maravic0513]

Nice,thanks man i already made a guard for my caravan and now i made the DRAGONSLAYER! Ty a lot it helped so much!

[@stunningjam1]

@TheAlatreonHunter To add items/armor then look at the first tutorial about making a new NPC, he goes over the inventory your armor etc. Really helpful

[@abi21891]

It's not "shitty;" I first played on the Xbox and LOVED it. Of course, I did eventually upgrade my PC to be able to handle Skyrim and repurchased it, but I wouldn't call my experience on console any less fun.

[@Quaxl]

I just found this. I think I'm gonna start doing this now, this is hella cool

[@pceninja13]

i made a weapon called risaad's tootpick (khajiit caravan leader cat guy) and its texture is a knife and it does 9001 damage its so cool thank for uploading this!!!!

[@alexandergaddis2422]

Grate Tutorials! Im modding like crazy now.

[@Foxsura]

Watching these videos makes me wanna buy skyrim for the pc

[@BicycleOwnage]

@railstoot You can download a free 3D program called Blender (Optional if you already have a 3D program) and edit the 3D model there. For the texture you could use any painting, photo, or drawing program, and then apply it to the model in blender, and then import it back into the creation kit. Just make sure the files are correct!

[@Kappacino]

open up the cell for bleak falls barrow, locate the chest you want to put it in, add item, and search for the item you've created. simple as that.

[@Seraphyx]

@railstoot As far as I know you can't create the 3d model IN the creation kit but you can create it with another program (3ds max, blender, etc...) and import it in the creation kit and assign it to whatever weapon.

[@ThatGuyNamedBender]

Any preferred 3d modeling tool (Maya, AutoDest, etc...) there is literally a video on the video list to the right titled "Skyrim Modding Tutorial - Weapon [Model+Textures+Import] part 1" try there

[@tedmeomers6831]

I cant find my weapon in the crafting forge!! Help!

[@ff-kz1rt]

Type in Blender into Google! Its official website has a .org extension, you won't miss it. Blender's a free program and while it's not as professional as Cinema 3DS it still offers a large range of options and whatnot. I suggest you give it a try, it's a great program!

[@InzaneMode]

@railstoot. No. As he said in the video, all texturing (and modelling) is done outside the the creation kit using 3D programs.. You can however change the model to something the game already has (for example make a glass sword look like an iron mace) But im not sure how to do that. (:

[@Goldd93]

Thank you for posting this, I really want to put Umbra into the game and with this and the NPC tutorial now i can :D

[@meeeps11]

Keep pumpin them out. Way to go!

[@Olaxan4]

Changing the formID in any item will automatically create a duplicate if you click "yes" when it prompts you. You're creating unnecessary versions of all items by first duplicating it.

[@projectsekai3128]

To everyone saying there is nothing popping up when you click all, make sure you have selected Skyrim.esm in File>Data

[@platzu8061]

PROJECT SEKAI thank you , I just started with the creation kit. I was sitting on that for at least 15 minutes

[@niktza89]

many thanks friend! helped me with the smithing/tempering problem i had.... endorsed!

[@HotspotX]

@railstoot Well, I am not the creator of this video but I try to answer your questions anyway. As I know, you are able to create your own weapons with blender and other programs and IMPORT them into your creation kit, but you cant really make yourself by just using the kit. Also you are able to "distribute" mods without the steam workshop (send them per skype, upload them on other sides), but as far as I know you need to have steam to run the kit, although you dont need to be online.

[@jacobkelly850]

In order to insert a custom armor and/or weapon into the game, would you have to, say maybe, "custom ebony dagger" instead of glass sword like you did and continue the process from here? Like importing a custom armor/ weapon straight from a 3d modeling program?

[@Maddo03]

Very cool tutorial. Exactly what I've been looking for. Subscribed.

[@metalelf2000]

Ok, while listening to this I got four Idea's of Mods to be created, and I have no means of access on how to make them :( So Many Good Ideas!)

[@Snorlaxasaurus]

Go to file, hit Data, double click on Skyrim.esm to check it, then hit okay. Then click on "*all" and type in what you want in the filter.

[@Rl_vick]

Thank you. Your vid tutorial helped me create a nice End Game weapon.

[@donjr22]

Awesome series, you've helped me alot Thanks... How do I go about changing each city guards armor to a custom downloaded armor. I found one mod on Skyrim Nexus that changes the city guards of Markarth to a different armor.

[@ACupOfKerba]

How does one model their own armors weapons and npc/followers? if someone can give me a link i will appreciate it loads

[@brockdavidson6299]

ACupOfKerba he does it in later episodes

[@brockdavidson6299]

yes but he does do it i believe

[@ACupOfKerba]

Teachings of Jesus thanks

[@loptseldr]

thank you for this! i was so happy to make this., i wanna make custome stuff for my new character cos i intend to tell a story. im gunna look into making it look custom and try the same with armour.

[@mrjokkeee]

Idk if you mentioned it in thid episode… And feel like you wont see this… Some weapons, have enchants that *don’t* require to be filled with soul gems… Like the silver swords… Or the blades sword that you can find in sky haven temple… How could i make something like that?

[@DrFreeman23]

especially when you have no case with it. I don't have a case so every week i clean it and maintain it and runs extraordinary good.

[@paulcrist1762]

Thanks for making the tutorial. I have a Noob question that doesn't seem to be covered in tutorials and I've watched a few dozen already. I made 5 NPCs and somehow I keep saving NPCs into other NPC's plugins. I'm guessing it's because there doesn't seem to be a way to close an NPC after you modify & save it, so when you go to modify the next NPC is also saves the last NPC. I'm not sure though. So to try to fix this problem I'm attempting to put all 5 NPCs into one plugin. I opened all 5 NPCs without making any the active file and I'm placing them into the Skryrim World. The first question is if this is going to cause problems down the road or if it's the way to go? If this is the way to go then I have a follow up question. After I put all the NPCs into this new plugin and save it, can I thing delete the original NPC Plugins physically from the folder, or will that make the NPCs disappear or create problems in the new "all in 1" plugin that I'm creating. Thanks in advance.

[@notSmashed]

@lordowrath and @ims1111, I think he's implying he torrented skyrim and then bought the game just to use the creation kit, despite available torrents. Supporting the game creators, +1 sir.

[@nicksu01]

Right click Creation Kit, Run as administrator, do your mod all over again, save it, and it will fix the problem... I guarantee it. I had the same problem and I fixed it.

[@TheJLAMAR23]

If I wanted to overhaul the werewolf gameplay, what would I need to do? I'm looking at doing the perks, a "days as a werewolf" passive system, skin system similar to the blood moon rising mod, as well as size upgrades for the wolf model and editing the howls. Learning how to do this as a project. And I want to port it over for Xbox :D

[@hreodbeort7947]

Lol the YT subtitles obviously don't get Northern English accents. You were apparently talking about Alaska or something. (I'm a Northerner).

[@Troublesome2008]

Another nice tutorial! Keep them coming!

[@NerdyComputerDood]

Actually... You can import your own weapon models by using a program called NifSkope, Search for tutorials, then you can align it to the character skeletons, (Which is more advanced) Good Luck ;)

[@Quanijuana]

you need to go press the button that looks like an open folder (beside the save button), and put a check mark in skyrim.esm. That loads all the objects from skyrim.

[@DefunctNipple]

These tutorials are so useful, thanks!

[@sargondp69]

You do a rally good job on your tutoruals. I ish you or someonme would do a good detailed tutorial on making STANDALONE ARMOR. There are tons of replacement armors on nexus and steam so many moders do not even know how to make stand alone items with custom textures.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

So, why didn't you load your previous mod here with Godzilla, just to demonstrate how you can load and work with existing mods? I've been trying to work with a new mod that I saved, but it's not showing in the "Data..." window for loading, and there's no "Import" OR "Load" options in the file menu either. OK, I figured out what was happening, I made the mistake of putting the file in a subfolder in the data folder, when what you need to do is put the file bare in the data folder.

[@ReneIsSoCool101Yes]

Sadly you cannot do that in the creation kit. If you want to create your own unique armors or mash multiple sets of armor into one armor set, you need to do that in other programs. A great channel that shows you all the programs you need and how to do it is "NightasyTutorials" here on youtube ;)

[@erickgurtler5551]

Awesome tutorial!!! Subscribed

[@frankmcfly82]

Hi, ive got a question about creating Armors. I made a Mod with which you could craft the diffrent Hold Guard Armors `s and Shild`s. My problem is now, the Shild`s are under the Iron Section, the Guard Armor`s under the Others Section. How could i out them all into the Iron Section or create a new Section for this Armor Types?

[@DanM154]

It works :D so cool,ty man..i tried following the creation kit tutorial but i failed..your vid really helped me out :D

[@moorouto]

If you havent already make sure your skyrim esm box is checked and wait a bit

[@zombieman222]

@railstoot You do that kind of thing outside of the Creation Kit. In a texture editor, or in a model editor.

[@ncshuriken]

Hey man, have you made a tutorial that covers how to add your OWN weapon models into the game, putting it in a shop or chest, fully upgradable/enchantable etc? I'm pretty handy with 3DS Max and I want to start releasing some TRUELY custom weapons. Thanks

[@clairdren]

Would it be possible to show how to change what type of rune the Dawnguard Rune Hammer puts down via bashing?

[@jessemclean930]

Can you make a tutorial on how to add your mod to the mcm menu? Nobody on youtube has a tutorial for this and everything on the internet is too confusing, please I've literally looked everywhere

[@baush84]

can you make your weapons look different than the normal weapon?

[@SwitchaGaming]

i wanna know how to do that aswel..

[@NewEnglandboy453]

He said he won't show that, you have to go elsewhere to find out how.

[@lolzomgz1337]

@tryinglockout I think it's Bethesdagamestudio....if you type in Skyrim creation kit tut its the top few.

[@icantfindanotusednam]

you will have to create a 3D model first. You would use Modeling-Programms like Autodesk Maya and or Zbrush, just this kinda stuff. After that, u need to texture it with Photoshop or whatever u prefer. But at the start it takes really long to get comfy with the programms ;)

[@tastychunks]

How would you add a created weapon to the level list so it will drop from enemies, merchants, etc?

[@EvilChad23]

@ForAdventure Do you know a video or program that can teach me how to retexture weapons? Btw great video

[@wolfbeast277]

Omg thank you! I checked on a website but it said dont make a new form id. I now know what i was doing wrong!

[@Stratoriffer]

How would you give weapons magical abilities, not enchantments, but like actual magic, like shooting out lighting or fire.

[@Tulanir1]

Skyrim seems pointless on console without the creation kit or mods, I'm so happy I have this on PC :D

[@ashannahensley3288]

I can never find any tutorials on Armor Addon section. Do you think you can do one of those? Or tell me how they work? Or is it something that has no use InGame?

[@JaronOdele]

What exactly does deleting that 'EPTemperingItemIsEnchanted' bit do? >.> I'm not following your guide exactly, and rather making my own thing, but I don't know if I should get rid of that and if so, what's being changed?

[@kevinbacon8248]

how did you have the second line of enchancement (the paralyze) ??? did you choose it or was it random ??? can you create an item with 3 lines of enchancement ???

[@IlDeimos]

What about creating a custom Armor set from scratch? Does the armor need to created with 3D Modeling Software such as Blender? Because I don't want to just edit armor that is already in the game, I want to create my own armor set. And I have been getting pretty good with Blender, I made a few mods for Kerbal Space Program for my own personal use. But to create a custom armor set from scratch, does it need to be created in a 3d modeling program such as blender?

[@SoulDragonWithFlow]

I am brand new to modding and need some help. I use the Midas Magic Evolved mod (love it) and there is a spell in this call "Bound Armor". However, I assume because I also have Skyrim Enhanced Camera installed, the flaming effects on said armor are extremely OP in 1st person and result in very limited view because the flames from the gauntlets block most of your view. After googling around for a patch I found nothing and decided to change it myself thinking "changing an effect cant be that hard right?" Can this be done with the creation kit? I amuse so but how? Thanks in advance for any help. :)

[@polygrind]

how about adding a new mesh, for example a clothing item done from scratch in a 3d program?

[@sonpacho]

This isn't working for me. I'm trying to make a non-enchanted version of Linwe's armor that is craftable/temperable. I duplicate/use the Recipe/Temper for the Leather Cuirass to make the changes. Once I start the game the armor is there but I can no longer craft a Leather Cuirass. There are two versions of the new armor the difference being the ingredients needed. One difference I noticed was I am asked if I want to make a 'new Form ID' after duplicating Linwe's armor initially. You weren't. Regardless, I've tried it both ways and the results are the same - two armors.

[@nickkersbergen]

Making brisingr and lots of other inheritance based stuff ill add to steam thanks!