The BEST Skyrim Mods of 2023!

My collection of the best Skyrim mods from 2023 from several different categories and my favorite mod of the year :)
Happy new year everyone!
Links:
Armors
Colovian Prince Set www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Highlander Armor / highlander-armor-79874952
Mythic Dawn armor SE www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Traveler's Armor Pack www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Landscape
Skoglendi - A Grass Mod www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Fabled Forests www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
The Omnibus - Terrain Complex Parallax AiO www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Complex Parallax Texture for Northern Roads www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Visual
Community Shaders www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
ENB Dynamic Cubemaps www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
ElSopa - Shields Redone www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Immersion
SkyClimb www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Exhaustion - Incremental Fatigue www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Exercise - Incremental Growth www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Skyrim on Skooma www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Creatures
The Restless Dead www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Spriggans SE www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
THICCEN - thiccer 'n' thiccer www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Combat
Dynamic Impact - Slash Effects X www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Ashes of War Weapon Art Via Additional Attack www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Eivor - ADXP I MCO Sprint Attacks www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Animation
Open Animation Replacer www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Comprehensive First Person Animation Overhaul www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Dynamic Sprint www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
ENB: www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
MODLIST: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
DISCORD: / discord
PATREON: / softgaming
Specs:
GPU - RTX 3070
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800x
vRAM - 8gb
RAM - 16gb
Thanks for watching :)
#skyrim #skyrimmods #bestskyrimmods
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Armor
01:43 Landscape
03:15 Visual
04:40 Immersion
07:02 Creature & Enemy
08:29 Combat
10:03 Animation
11:51 Best of 2023
Skyrim SE
Skyrim AE

[@RyanStrainMusic]

My PC can barely run this video

[@qwibqwibmods7324]

Thank you for the kind words on my Traveler's Armor Pack. I'm glad you liked the mod! :)

[@blainehendrix8389]

Nice modding dude! Wish I could mod 😆

[@denniswade4998]

Happy Holidays! And thank you for a wonderful year full of good videos. I look forward to many more in the new year!

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Happy holidays!

[@ImMorphi]

100% agree with the exhaustion and exercise mods, such a nice addition to immersion. Also mixing it with Geometric Growth (same author) and some sort of sleep to level up mod (or survival mode) makes the game a lot more immersive and an actual reason to sleep 😂

[@marconihimself]

I like these as concepts, but I wonder if "exercise" and "gsg" could (a) get exploited by things such as swimming, specially if you use a combat mod that drains your stamina for every action (wildcat, vigor, valravn) and (b) unbalance games with deleved enemies (morrowloot, arena etc). As for exhaustion, it pairs nicely with combat mods in my experience and keeps things interesting.

[@ImMorphi]

@@marconihimself Oh it 100% can be exploited especially with the combat mods you’ve listed. Simple fix would be to simply reduce the amount exercise gives. GSG is great especially combined with a mod like experience which also slows down the road to god hood imo or even pumping iron (or alternatives), you can start your game off as a puny orc, and then 40lvls later look back and now you’re massive. Personally, I love unlevelled Skyrim with all those mods combined, early game you get absolutely trounced.

[@user-mahaka2002]

Yes, these mods are amazing! I don't know if it would be doable... but it would be nice if there was a mod that affected the character's appearance over time, of course, within the limits of the game. But I mean, if you eat a lot you gain weight, if you fight you gain muscle, if you run or eat less you become thin. Imagine starting out as a skinny archer, then you decide to become a warrior... after many levels (and many battles) your character becomes muscular.

[@chrisanders713]

Great list! I will have to check out Exhaustion and Exercise for sure. Hoppy Holidays and most importantly Merry Christmas!!

[@CorvoFG]

Love that Mythic Dawn armour!

[@cheetoi.e.r708]

Right it looks so bad ass. I like the clothes you can craft but it looks a bit to fancy IMO. I feel like the citizens of Skyrim especially nords would not dress like that. It looks more like an outfit from a rich city like the legion capitol or something

[@blainehendrix8389]

Holy crap good vid bro. My Skyrim looks amazing 🤩

[@Archangelgamer1997]

Great video showing the best of 2023 . You missed out Quest mods. I think the best one to checkout this year is Sirenroot

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Indeed that was a great mod

[@DefaultGatewayable]

This is why Todd and the boys keep updating this 12 year old game, because of modders, they will probably re-release it again to keep milking it.

[@francescobaruzzi16annifa99]

GTA 6 will break the gaming industry. Bethesda needs a comeback, if they’ve actually been working on the game they could announce TES 6 in a few months

[@Cydreeze]

Them updating the game hurts modding. You dont know the pain of random mediocre bethesda update ruining your modlist and diving the community which version to play

[@THE_WHITE_WOLF1995]

They break are mods

[@xdexclopzyt4868]

@@francescobaruzzi16annifa99 who cares about GTA VI were literally watching a skyrim video......

[@francescobaruzzi16annifa99]

@@xdexclopzyt4868 we’re literally talking about the future of a franchise, of course we could talk about the competition

[@SilentProt]

happy holidays soft!

[@aspero_yt411]

2023 year has been th e pinnacle of development in Skyrim Modding. Completely changed Skyrim to fit with 2023 standards. From the setback caused by the Anniversary update, Modders did an amazing job to bring new mods and update the existing mods to work with AE.

[@LuizFelipe-df3lm]

Amazing mods.

[@KoKMovies]

My modded Skyrim has completely broken since the update and won't load and I have no idea which mod is causing the issue despite updating them all. So looking at a complete reinstall and these mods look great so will be using some of them. Thank you for the video!

[@GeoffyGaming]

Lw

[@CaptainEffort]

Sorry if this has been asked, but what hair mod is your guy’s hair from? Either way, loved the video! I’ve been away from Skyrim modding for a few months now so I’m excited to use a few of these on my next playthrough.

[@demonletsplays]

Hunterborn, Campfire, Carry your Carcass, Simple hunting experience, immersive death cycle, real bows, complete archery overhaul, Convenient Horses, Fantastic Beast of Tameriel, Cloaks of Skyrim w/ Survival Patch, wet and cold, dirt and blood, enhanced blood textures. So all of these combined together gives you the most badass survival experience you'll ever face😅 and I'm having the most funnest time ever with it 😊😁😁

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

That sounds great, might try it out!

[@cosmicat320]

Hopped onto here because I got it on ps5 and wanted to check out the mods. I was disappointed to not find any of these on the ps5

[@ghostly8008]

Playstation has strict modding rules unfortunately

[@90snetworkproductions79]

Excellent video! I've really been struggling with getting the perks from MCO weapon arts to work correctly, as I can't even access the perk tree itself. I made sure I installed the riight versions, and even get main menu info on the items the mod adds too. I go to the custom skill option, it pulls up the little quote and image, and then when I click on it, it kicks me back into the world, every time. Didn't really see much on the posts tab in Nexus about this, so any help would be appreciated!

[@lambshank8743]

Definitely downloading that thick chicken mod 😂😂😂

[@LuizFelipe-df3lm]

The original spriggan design is unbeatable, it only needs a high quality retexture.

[@yunietpiloto4425]

Nice selection. How do you get the hand models and hand animations in 5:40?. Thanks for sharing!

[@dylannn6434]

the magic animations are apart of this mod 10:45

[@spuma96]

Could you please check out Fantasia Landscape? It just came out a few days ago from Skyking2020 (the same guy who made Skyland). Personally I think its one of the better ones of this year.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Will do but it came out too late haha video was already made

[@beedykh2235]

@@SoftGamingOfficial think about it when you make the list for next year. May we all be healthy and well the next year.

[@milesgordy6389]

fabled forests is never leaving my load order.

[@eternaldoot4843]

Hey, what armor are you wearing in the Immersion second when talking about exhaustion and exercise mod? It looks very very good

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

thats the spell knight armor from the CC content

[@snorklax4964]

great video as always! i heard you were making a wabbajack list, do you have any updates?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

I will soon :)

[@corujabiruta3732]

which textures, meshes and enb are you using? your skyrim looks astonishing

[@GamingXPOfficial]

Idk

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

main textures are Skyland AIO and skurkbro retexture project. The ENB is NAT.ENB III with the summer patch

[@Bucaneiro_]

It's been a great year for Skyrim modding... despite Bethesda.

[@MarcoAntonioMesa-sq1iu]

Is there any palce where this modlist is just point and click download (like one of Nexus Collections), or with clear install instructions and links to the mods and thier requeriments?

[@Haladoonmods]

5:23 Curious if you know what nordic ruins textures these are. I love the look. Thanks.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Its skurkbro retexture project the dungeons section

[@Haladoonmods]

@@SoftGamingOfficial Thanks a ton!

[@Illustria]

There's another mod for the spirggans to make them them an addition rather than a replacer

[@Chemike21]

why did your riverwood look so much better?

[@crazyguy7755]

Whats the armor set at 3:30? And whats the combat mod your using? I see it alot but noone ever says what it is

[@Tichoni]

After countless adventures, completing all the sidequests and playing through all the addons, I think I'm going to look into Skyrim again after all these years. I now have a reason to finally get to the end of the main story. I can't believe I never got round to doing it. But as a Stormcloak I was just too busy because the Imperial Scum distracted me 🙂

[@Bubba1025]

I would love to mod Skyrim like this but I always get confused and end up breaking something

[@jawefi]

if i install all of these mods listed in the video, will my laptop, 16gb ram Intel Core i5-12450H and RTX 4050 be able to run it?

[@Justanobody8472]

This is where I'd put my pc, IF I HAD ONE

[@ColdLegend9]

Thanks for sharing. Can I ask what reshade you're using? I tried the NAT enb alone but it doesn't look nearly this good.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

I just use NAT.ENB III with the summer patch

[@ColdLegend9]

@SoftGamingOfficial Huh, maybe something's wrong with my monitor. I'll have to do some tinkering and try the summer patch.

[@user-pv2ur8zz7h]

Open Animation Replacer is better than Dynamic Animation Replacer? Or two plagins can work together perfectly?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

OAR is better and all mods that require DAR are compatible with OAR

[@Sabini13]

I really like the man's hairstyle in the first seconds of the video. Please tell me what kind of mod it is.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Its from valkyr hairstyles

[@Sabini13]

@@SoftGamingOfficial thanks!

[@thecaptain4630]

Do these work on the latest update?

[@megneedsfriends]

Which dualweild sword thing are you using? I keep seeing it in your videos and I'm in love but I can never find it!

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Its the twinblades mod

[@megneedsfriends]

thank you!!@@SoftGamingOfficial

[@NinesIng]

what is the hair mod that is featured in this video? For 0:08, 6:07 and 7:59? Edit. Nevermind found it. These are from pack 1 and 2 made by Fuse00 on nexus

[@MatheusAmorimCE]

5:38 What mod is that you can open the body inventory in this way?

[@Drachenhalle]

Hello there, what armor mod is in 05:21 please? It looks great.

[@ukko7761]

May i ask if Ashes of War would be compatible with all the other current attack animations such as Leviathan, Vanargand and Rapid Bow Combo?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

should be, it has its own hotkey separate from other attacks etc.

[@mrboobiesrider9212]

I remember playing this game because of videos like that only to give up on completing anything other than the main story.. even so I broke two controllers fishing alone 😂😂.. you don't feel your are playing a game

[@kanonkhan6003]

How many gb all those mods?

[@Antoshka_GR]

Why didn't you mention quest mods? This year, in my opinion, the best mod came out Sirenroot!!

[@ReverbRising]

this looks awesome! i sure wish we had a wabbajack so we can enjoy with you... 👀

[@donovanromanski]

Learn to mod yourself and you can create whatever you want. It's actually pretty simple once you get the hang of it.

[@ReverbRising]

@@donovanromanski why would i, wabbajack is there for a reason, not everyone has the time to commit to something like that

[@xDaeWolf]

@SoftGaming what's the combat roll/dodge mod displayed around @12:09

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Dynamic dodge animation

[@SpookyxSausage]

I'm properly playing Skyrim this time around, and cant wait to play with Mods afterwards, however I'm confused as to what are the mods you use to make the game look like you're playing Dark Souls? Also the weapons used seems to be from a mod aswell, and lastly; what is the mod for the HUD for enemy health?

[@arlenebernardino1734]

8:55 what is that weapon Animation mod?

[@wizardlyTKO]

Open Cities, are they all compatable with it. If not this is not a great list. Open cities is so much more immersive than youd imagine.

[@b.s.7693]

4:54 it's always a click of a button 😁 unless you play Skyrim VR, with I really enjoy []-)

[@seamuswbiggerarmalite3379]

what weapon is that?

[@nojuansbusiness8923]

Why did I hear “twinky twinky 3” at the beginning lmao

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

lol 2023? probs my accent

[@nojuansbusiness8923]

@@SoftGamingOfficial ya the 2023 lol it was the accent. Great video by the way!

[@constantinsamuel8119]

What was the armor used in the creatures section ??

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

It's the spell knight armor from the CC content

[@cyber-demon6847]

WHAT SWORD ARE YOU USING AT 7:45 I wanna make a black swordsmen build

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

It's ultraswords

[@Empoweredgaming]

i dont know how im gonna run this

[@mikecenter15]

I rlly wanted to play with these combats mods but I cant cuz it do errors when I put them all

[@Lilyofthevalley1888]

Im new to modding so are all of these mods 100% safe and should i be aware of some things when modding? Sorry if thats a dumb question

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Safe yea but you should use a mod manager and get everything setup before installing any of these

[@Lilyofthevalley1888]

@@SoftGamingOfficial okayy thanks

[@jaredmacintyre6970]

Am i able to put these mods on steam deck. Might be too much

[@aspirewot8408]

How do i install these mods?? And do they have malware or virus

[@ellisgriffin8845]

modlist?

[@DragonDzNot]

Please Help. Im looking for an item/object mod that i got/downloaded last year but i cant find it anymore. It looks like a golden snitch from harry potter but it looks dwemer/dwarven, also the wings are lights then it just flies around the character. Edit: Found it just some while after I commented. I went to ALL my previous downloads in Nexus. Its called DWEMER FAIRIES

[@theenglishscotsman8873]

What mod is it for the enemy name and health bars

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

TrueHUD

[@user-si5jv8wg8d]

could i get your full mod list pleaseee

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

There's a link in the description

[@jonathongamez69]

I’d be willing to pay someone to vc on discord for a few hours and teach me how to make this mod list on my computer

[@phnoxie8312]

Anybody knows what adds that fog on 3:25? 🙏

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

It's just from the ENB

[@astarothander8332]

7:22 ahahahha wtf

[@Slickjeff]

Must be nice to use all these mods...can't figure out why my game keeps crashing when I use mods and launch Skyrim through MO2 or Vortex....

[@zefiroske]

What hairmod is that it looks so different?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

its from Fuse00 on their patreon (free)

[@zefiroske]

@@SoftGamingOfficial Thank you so much for the quick response

[@demonicchaosoverlord1334]

what mod adds those slash lines at 5:54?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Separated slash effects

[@demonicchaosoverlord1334]

thx@@SoftGamingOfficial

[@cameroncowen5011]

What hair mod are you using?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

By Fuse00 on their patreon its free

[@cameroncowen5011]

@@SoftGamingOfficial 😊

[@Pxinkill]

What is the armor at 5:19?

[@eternaldoot4843]

I am also wondering it if you have figured it out

[@Pxinkill]

It's the spell knight armor. It's in the creation club and comes with anniversary edition. There is also a hdt patch on nexus for the armor. @@eternaldoot4843

[@WarPoodle-pc5wu]

Such a shame that Bethesdas latest update made nearly every mod stop working. Been modding this game for years and never had it break so badly. I think i might finally be done with this game.

[@ajharmiah2692]

I came back to this game after a long time, what happened? I just checked the creaction club, looks different, looks more professional. What did they update?

[@WarPoodle-pc5wu]

@@ajharmiah2692 they changed how modding even works. Broke everything that worked before. Even the most basic most reliable and easiest to use mods have stopped working. And they are putting mods that do work behind a pay wall! Also they got rid of achievements for some reason which broke the base mods needed for most other great mods. RIP Skyrim

[@niftyape3826]

I can’t find any of these mods

[@ramboturkey1926]

what's the female armour when he's talking about the climbing mod

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

It's the fleet knight set

[@nightmaremaster7731]

That sword on there is too big I don’t know how he carries it around. That’s the word is just as big as his body. I’m glad the game doesn’t have big great swords like that just feel too clunky

[@jonathongamez69]

Is there any wabbajack link or auto installer for this amazing modlist?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

I am making one but it will be a while

[@jonathongamez69]

@@SoftGamingOfficial hopefully not too long ! This looks amazing but I don’t have enough brain cells to pull this off myself haha.

[@LuizFelipe-df3lm]

@@SoftGamingOfficial That's cool, looking forward to it.

[@chasewilltin8567]

Are these even his videos because the visuals just change too much, and some look even better than the mods he's suggesting

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Yes they are all mine, some clips are from earlier in the year so they look different to my current build :)

[@chasewilltin8567]

@@SoftGamingOfficial ahhh that explains it. Well I guess it saves time on editing and re-downloading the mods.

[@edhodges7002]

my game crashes all the time i come to charakter design...

[@Kendrin9]

What the FUCK this game got hard to mod. "Download this. But first, download the other 30 things. Also, mod issues, click which loads first." Why can't there just be a big ass download that makes the game look and run exactly like yours? 😢😭

[@EricaFiore]

Skating mod, dance immersion drinking drunk brings life other than the same style mods coming from Creations. Movement walking styles male female . Body attribute's instead of the stiff Dragonborn or NPC's. Creation got no imagination. So I disagree with with you.