Skyrim Mods to make Exploring Fun Again

[@redshift1]

Thanks for watching - leave any and all feedback you may have

[@Erwintauler]

redshift, can you please just make a no comment video where you just showcase combat. Despite your combat being vanilla-ish, I just want to see it Btw thanks for a video

[@bajsamedvargar]

Found your channel a week ago and I really like the mods you showcase because they mostly are not dependent on other mods, like some combat mods and other with heavy scripts. So it is easy to ad these mods to my current modlist. I also like that you get into it quickly, not a very long intro. And I also like that you focus on mods that compliments vanilla skyrim, sometimes next gen graphic mods is a bit much next gen so it feels out of place. And can you tell what mod you have for the steel sword in the intro? 0:13 Is it a reskin of steel weapons or standalone?

[@Necronioum]

Soooo diablo town portal mechanic. Love it. Im a person who uses fast travel a lot becuse i hate trying to scale mountains in my way of getting to my objective when im trying to complete a quest i keep getting destracted from and i don't wanna be distracted any more ........... so i need a mod that takes that away if the town portal one does not.

[@jarneltaviusdavid87]

I think SkyClimb should've been an item on here, honestly one of the coolest exploration/gameplay mods ever, makes it so you can climb pretty much anywhere throughout skyrim. +its animated.

[@yohef4537]

Fun fact: Laintar Dale works perfectly with Wintersun as the settlement is adjacent to the shrine of Shor like it was built with it in mind specifically.

[@OverlordMalarkey]

Horse whistle lite seems like a great alternative to convenient horses and I'll be using it from now on. Thanks for showcasing it

[@grapeguymc]

Why are you switching? Convenient horses has a lot more features right?

[@randonologic4684]

@@grapeguymc I use "Press H to Horse" personally, it's about the same thing as Horse Whistle. Just a lighter weight horse overhaul without feature bloat.

[@zonegum]

i just want to say thank you. having recently been able to move to PC skyrim modding i struggled to actually find the mods i wanted to start with, i came across your load order and used it as a template and i've been watching your videos since grabbing mods here and there and have managed to build a load order (297 mods at the time of writing this lol). your showcases of mods while not crazy complex are rather satisfying and entertaining. i'm shocked to see you aren't bigger and wish nothing but the best :)

[@Gesidius]

I really like the style of your videos and the fact that there is great amount of unknown/nishe mods, which sets you apart from most of mod showcase youtubers. Love your vids and keep them coming!

[@HansWurst1569]

nishe

[@tokekaiser6300]

This is such a great explanation of the mods, and a great review! Short, precise and understandable cometary! Great job

[@boostedaminal4205]

Just found your channel and I find it criminal you haven't crossed the 10k subs. High quality and nicely made without the annoying aspects. Nicely done Red! New fan here.

[@Kaoson]

Hey dude, awesome video! Those village mods look awesome, I'm definitely going to try them out haha :)

[@subsonicyouth288]

your mod list looks so good

[@natoreyes7308]

In terms of exploring, I think The People of Skyrim is pretty great. It just makes the world more lively. There's also a modpack on vortex for that so that you wouldn't need to worry about compatibility. But there's also The People of Skyrim 2 which is more compatible with other mods. Both mods aren't fully the same with added locations so it really refreshes the exploration.

[@cynic5581]

Those fast travel options should have been included with survival mode. Walking from Whiterun to High Hrothgar repeatedly, or from Winterhold College to anywhere repeatedly is obnoxious. Seriously, the closest carriage to the dark brotherhood sanctuary is Whiterun. I’m 105 hours into a master difficulty survival play through and I haven’t met up with the “friend” (Delphine) at the inn in Riverwood because I know she’ll eventually want me to go back to High Hrothgar. A trip I just don’t feel like doing.

[@DracoVanReign]

Avarti needs to see this 😁

[@HansWurst1569]

Hi, who is that

[@reynard4823]

@@HansWurst1569 another good Skyrim youtuber, just uploaded a doomer outlook on skyrim modding.

[@TitanSubZero15]

@@reynard4823 I feel like he only returned to the vanilla Skyrim, which he described as outdated by todays standards. With mods however, one can turn Skyrim into basically a modern RPG. Not Witcher or RDR2 levels of quality, but pretty up there. And with Startfield around the corner, we'll see how it holds up.

[@e.l.2734]

Lol I love Avarti, but that video was bait af. No modder ever said there is no merit to the vanilla game. It's normal to miss it after modding too much.

[@e.l.2734]

​@@TitanSubZero15 modded Skyrim has been my favourite through all those and now BG3 (sadly tbh, expected too much from the latter).

[@yhurebrito]

Thanks again for still making Skyrim videos!

[@nefarioussorcery]

great work as always! i'm excited to check these out

[@UchihaGaming313]

Thanks for this I been modding Skyrim on my steam deck and I didn’t wanna watch a bunch of videos…now on to new enemies…thanks again

[@222MovieMan]

This is one of your ebst videos, I think I will be downloading all of these mods for the weekend! :)

[@Kaan-Yaprak]

I never usually comment, but these videos man. Theyre amazing. Keep up the great work! I love these modding videos. Also, this format that you have would be great for other topics and im sure you could find success that way too! Good luck!

[@stewiegriffin2685]

This is such a good showcase boutta download all of them

[@Luigi_Gambino]

These mods are blowing my mind away ❤🎉 10+ to you for sharing them with us! Outlaw

[@ravenbelote1801]

Thank you! Love this vid, and mods. ❤

[@yohef4537]

Yes! I am a huge fan of nearly all of these.

[@finix7419]

for horse I recommend press H for horse. I have not found anything better than this mod for horse management

[@viniciusvyller9458]

Boy, does Skyrim need a lore friendly revamp in exploration and questing. There are way too many mods on animation, QoL , graphical improvements and all kinds of things that doesnt build on the gameplay. We need new dungeons and and new questlines, snow elven ruins and dungeons, Grey Host vampire dungeons like Dimhollow (now that ESO opened up that piece of lore on Western Blackreach), hidden akaviri temples ruins like Sky Haven Temple, ghastly haunted castles that somehow did not make into vanilla, lost dunmeri crypts in Solstheim, new kinds of lore friendly enemies to fight, and NPCs giving quests with these new features, new spells, new quests for the guilds, a lore-friendly Vigillant of Stendarr questline... It seems all modders interested in this kind of lore-friendly vanilla-blending work are all already occupied with Beyond Skyrim and Skyblivion though.

[@deadpaxred]

Modders community are really genius

[@garryame4008]

I just wanted to say that your videos rule and I really appreciate your style

[@nex4613]

Awesome collection.. I'm almost at the point of modding skyrim again 💀

[@Swamp_Thing_4487]

We need a mod that we can use if we take a boat or carriage ride, we can actually sit back and see the ride or float to the destination instead of it going black screen

[@redshift1]

there is one but its rather buggy : www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/15948

[@deotte3191]

There's also "Nordic Carriage Company" it's not that buggy but if the carriage gets attacked by a wolf or bandit it starts flipping out which can get pretty funny. If it gets too bad you can just click skip to destination :)

[@robfus]

i wonder there is a mod to travel on a cart without the inta teleport? it could be nice a mod that let you jump on it and then the cart ride you there. You would be virtually invisible so that dangerouse random encounters see you as friendly so they don't stop the ride or bug your game. And maybe more travelers can join you on the cart and you can listen to their stories. Also maybe i would be able to ear a full carriage speech of the driver as he always get interrupted half way

[@redshift1]

there was on the old skyrim but it was rather buggy: www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/15948

[@remote24]

You whish for this mod until you experienced it yourself 😂

[@karpai5427]

Damn dude, where do you find all of these awesome mods. Deffinatelly will watch all of your other reviews.

[@erikh122]

Love these mods!

[@Klayz5]

Your shock spells look gorgeous at 5:12 ! Would you mind sharing which mod you’re using for that?

[@redshift1]

I’m fairly sure it’s vanilla with ENB making it look cool

[@presidentialsystemenjoyer]

Perfect list

[@eduardon.p5182]

Thank you for the video

[@peacefusion]

The most important thing for me is more carriages. It's bad enough most villages dont have vendors, but not even a carriage to get there.

[@apolloisnotashirt]

I mean one of the easiest ways to find stuff you havent seen before is to never fast travel. I believed that I had found everything until I decided to do this and while travelling I found a new Nord tomb, its part of the nightingales questline though unfortunately and I haven't gotten that far.

[@ladyfox6705]

I don't even own a PC, but love the look of your Skyrim (keeping it Lore-friendly & canon.) Plus, you included the glorious character creation music from my beloved Dark Souls, so a big tick in my book! 🙂

[@DerakosZrux]

Great video as always! For the record though.... going around mountains and through passes (of which Skyrim has many and they are cool) is what 99.99999% of humans have done. Building a bunch of hard to maintain wooden skybridges so you can have a much more perilous and difficult journey is not immersive haha. I have noted that Skyclimb allows you to climb slanted rock faces so you can immersively climb... and fall to your death lol.

[@redshift1]

yeah I suppose that's true - they're cool though

[@kjdrpricee7673]

you should do your animations next for combat, walking, horses, etc etc. I love the animations for them

[@PresidentFotis]

Can anyone tell me what the armor at 2:22 and the katana at 4:38 are called?

[@thorjohannisson6234]

You should make a nexus collection!

[@fitpulsenetwork]

Can you make a video about all thee graphics mod you use and their load order

[@samuelhunter4631]

Damn, this makes me want to go back to Skyrim even thtim sure that it'll crash eventually with all the mods

[@LexJMorgan]

How do you find all these amazing mods? Regardless, another stellar video. Thank you!

[@doormaiden1134]

what is the animation style and other mods he uses? to make skyrim so beatyfull

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

What is the mod for red glowing effect at 4:47?

[@redshift1]

www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31612?tab=images - this mod, it's the ebony blade

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

​@@redshift1thank you very much!!

[@piotrdudziak2520]

Doesn't Laintar Dale block Windhelm's port influx?

[@redshift1]

It has a little bridge that can be raised, but for larger vessels you may be right 🤷‍♂️ Still looks awesome though

[@CharlieTooHuman]

Norther Roads is soooo good… Shame it’s so incompatible with so many mods out there. It’s really meant for a vanilla / low modded playthrough. But damn does the mod look good.

[@redshift1]

Very true

[@WillHopkinson]

haveing problems i camt find some of these mods xbox one just cant locate them

[@DranemDerhen]

nice vide, what is the mod mod four you weapon enchantement visual ?

[@redshift1]

Visual Animated Enchantmnets

[@Mikah-xe1sb]

What mod do you use to show the name of the place you are entering on the door? (If you don't mind me asking.)

[@samhan5151]

The town portal spell bothers me because there literally exists a Mark and Recall spell in Morrowind that was ditched and its so much better and exists in the lore already without borrowing from diablo.

[@redshift1]

Mysticism has a mark and recall spell

[@samhan5151]

@@redshift1 oh i didnt know that. thats cool

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

Nice video!! What is your map mod?

[@redshift1]

This 1: www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/53624

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

@@redshift1 many thanks!!

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

​@@redshift1 One more thing, what is the map maker mod that you are using with paper map?

[@redshift1]

@@bunnguyenchannel3154 I think it's Nordic UI's though I'm not 100% sure

[@Flora_of_the_Moon]

ive been using voidgate since i saw your video featuring it months ago. It seems like town portal does the same thing? Do you have a preference between the two?

[@redshift1]

They do similar things - I just use both - Voidgate I think better suits mage characters whereas town portal comes in a more convenient scroll for less magical characters

[@joshuavidad6025]

What mod is that in the weapon at 5:20 ??

[@redshift1]

ebony blade with reliquary of myth

[@joshuavidad6025]

@@redshift1 THANK YOU OMG

[@joshuavidad6025]

@@redshift1 Wait, but how did you have that red aura on your sword?

[@elnoroii]

​​@@joshuavidad6025the red aura is from "animated enchantments overhaul se" from the title you should know what it does, as for the enchant on the sword it is absorb blood

[@ButterDog42069]

I know people might have already asked you this, but I just have to know, what are the UI mods you use? The inventory looks especially great and I would like to have my game look the same

[@redshift1]

It’s Nordic Ui combined with Animated Celtic Icons

[@lharchmage6908]

I only fast travel using carriages and boats. I use carriages and boat over haul

[@doncameron9367]

What horse animations are those?

[@excalligator5529]

Does anyone know of a mod that retextures the bows? I’m looking for something similar to “Believable Weapons” by jg1

[@campiinz]

I am not able to fix the bugs in Northern Roads combined with Lux, Lux Via, Lux Orbis and JKs Skyrim. Tried everything.

[@redshift1]

I couldn't see why it wouldn't be compatible with CGO honestly

[@Masked_Official]

Hey Redshift, did you make dragon reskins back in the day? Curious.

[@redshift1]

No - there’s someone else called redshift on the nexus who makes like falmer and dwemer race mods

[@Masked_Official]

@@redshift1 yeh I remember that guy, he made skins for dragons and I think helped on rcrn lighting mod.

[@ARQP000]

Which one is better between Carriage & Ferry Travel Overhaul (CFTO) and Convenient Carriages (CC)? Why do you choose to use CFTO?

[@redshift1]

They’re both good - I chose CTFO because it includes the ferries

[@ARQP000]

@@redshift1 Afaik, CC also included ferry, no?

[@redshift1]

Yeah you’re right I misremembered - go with whatever you feel is better

[@alexbloomvhs9741]

what weapons mod do you have on? i love that red flaming sword

[@redshift1]

It's from this: www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31612?tab=images !

[@alexbloomvhs9741]

@@redshift1 thanks boss

[@djmeridian4569]

Are these for just PC, or console as well ?

[@xheriss3079]

Are those only for pc right ?

[@weenig1387]

Do you use northern roads with your own collection? I find that it messes up the road textures

[@redshift1]

Not with the collection no

[@weenig1387]

@@redshift1 do you think it would be possible to integrate without too much issue?

[@redshift1]

You could integrate it but there defintely would be compability issues, The Northern road patches would fix the majority of them though

[@weenig1387]

@@redshift1 yea i managed to get it working with the patch collection and so on. Thanks for always being there to help your community mate .

[@LiDZze]

What mod is the animated UI? tried looking for animated SkyUI mods but none of them seem to be the one seen in the video

[@redshift1]

Celtic animated icons - www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/22938

[@eugeneduplessis55]

HI there, Which horse saddle textures do you use?

[@redshift1]

Hmm I’m not entirely sure, perhaps zzjay’s

[@eugeneduplessis55]

Soo you have a hefty mod list seems? Thanks!@@redshift1

[@asaiira]

Master the summit hasnt been available anymore for quite some time. IT is not supported it says so on the Nexus site. Why did you choose to include it in this video>

[@redshift1]

click the link in the description

[@asaiira]

@@redshift1 scroll down a bit it says [NO LONGER SUPPORTED] in red.

[@redshift1]

@@asaiira That just means the author is done with it - you can still use it

[@dans5662]

How are these additional towns on performance

[@redshift1]

Don't really impact anything

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

What is your UI mod?

[@redshift1]

Nordic UI

[@ethan6437]

Is anyone able to tell me what kind of pc I would need to run Skyrim like this? I’m wanting to buy a PC solely for this but honestly have no idea what to look for

[@redshift1]

You'll need quite a beefy one. For reference I would get about 45-70 fps on a 1060 with upscaler mod. On my 4070 now I get about 100-200

[@kristjan830]

If Skyrim SE could handle 2k or more plugins, then i would get lots of awesome mods. But im happy with my 250 plugins.

[@redshift1]

It can handle 2K or more! The 250 thing is the esp limit

[@Abrakadabro666]

Laintar Dale has a huge number of texture problems. If youre going for immersion, be cautious

[@EbrSha]

You are the best

[@zlostnypopolnik]

Why does every youtuber use that ugly unrealistic grass bending effect? It doesn't matter what video I watch and what is presented in it, this still cracks my eyes. I'm not criticizing the video, I'm just curious why this ugly effect is so popular. The video is good, informative and mentions exactly what I am interested in.

[@redshift1]

i like it, thanks for watching

[@jacquestaljaard6644]

"prisoner" 🤣

[@redshift1]

that’s what my mother named me - I think it’s a nice name

[@tygrahof9268]

Now on to MMO2....

[@Erwintauler]

redshift, can you please just make a no comment video where you just showcase combat. Despite your combat being vanilla-ish, I just want to see it

[@redshift1]

I can and will in the future but what do you mean by “no comment?”

[@Erwintauler]

@@redshift1 By no comment I mean videos where dudes just show modded combat without commenting, just raw footage of combat

[@Greenskeletonmane2113]

Too bad skyrims so unstable whenever I mod it

[@e.l.2734]

The guides by AI Cave have helped me a lot with that, but modding is a bit of work.

[@HekiBoss]

Someone just downloaded a bunch of mods from a certain someone

[@redshift1]

TrueHUD and Nordic UI

[@VaporSynth]

you sound lile nazir

[@FijiCola]

whats the ui mod that you use for ur inventory?

[@redshift1]

Nordic UI

[@FijiCola]

@@redshift1 thx also are u ever gonna put out your actual modlist instead of just the graphics overhaul?

[@crowealtiuss]

what's the red flame sword mod at 4:39?

[@elnoroii]

hey i might be late and you may have already found it but the mod is "animated enchantments overhaul se" and the enchant on the sword is absorb blood, i hope you already found it, but if you haven't for 9 months then there it is

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

What is the mod for the draug's glowing eyes at 0:04?

[@skyrim6152]

JS emmisive eyes likely

[@bunnguyenchannel3154]

@@skyrim6152 i've got it, thank you verymuch!