Enhancing the innate weather and seasons in Skyrim, this mod ensures realistic looking rain and snow and beautiful sunrises and sunsets, to name a few. Obsidian Weathers & Seasons does precisely what its name implies. From dungeons and homes to taverns and the outdoor lightings, this mod makes everything much more realistic and at a higher overall quality, especially when compared to the standard vanilla version. The grass is lore-friendly to their specific area while being very dense overall.Īn immersive mod that works well with pretty much every mod on this list, Blended Roads is excellent while maintaining much of the intended lore and presentation of the worn, bumpy roads of Skyrim.īoth large in scope and detailed in design, the ELFX mod significantly improves all of Skryim’s lighting quality. Northern Grass is an excellent choice as it pulls from several other beautiful grass mods and fits them for the SE version of the game. That said, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any gems available. That is just inescapable because Skyrim SE does not have a huge number of grass mods like the original or the Legendary Edition. That said, of them all, only EVT effectively balances true realism and beauty while also keeping true to the immersive original look found in the vanilla game.Ī great way to consider it is that this mod “enhances” the standard vanilla trees rather than overhauls them. Similar to the RWT mod, Enhanced Vanilla Trees (EVT) has plenty of worthy competition in the modding world. Compared to the standard vanilla version of the game (and even some of the other better-looking water mods out there), Realistic Water Two (RWT) amazingly stunning and makes water look like… well, water. Now, when you look at a door or a pillar or a rock on the ground, it won’t appear as if it’s part of something on the ground but something that exists in the real Skyrim world.Īrguably one of the best, if not best, mods for water in all of the Skryim modding community, Realistic Water Two looks gorgeous.

Arguably the foundation for which all these other mods will work, these three mods (USSEP, SMIM, and RCI) are realistically the first ones you should be getting, acting as the core basics for which all these other mods will build upon.Īn outstanding balance between photo imagery and realism, the Pfuscher Texture Mods significantly improves Skyrim’s minor day-to-day items throughout the world.

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