About this mod
Vanilla playable character walks too slowly, and jog unproportionately fast, and sprints like Usain Bolt across gender.
This mod refines the actor movement speed to a realistic rate. The speeds have been fine-tuned many times before this release.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits

This is basically not a mod. THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
The speeds have been FINE-TUNED MANY TIMES before this current release just to get it right. I use it. I hope you enjoy it, if you can't find one that satisfies you.
MOD FEATURE
- Movement speed has been configured to a much more fluid and realistic rate.
- No more walking like a turtle!
- No more jogging like a gazelle!
- No more sprinting like Usain Bolt!
- No more skating when sneak running!
------------Specifically-----------------
- Walk: 80 to 125 (+56%)
- Run: 370 to 305 (-17.5%)
- Sprint: 500 to 450 (-10%)
- Sneak walk: 47 to 55 (+16.5%)
- Sneak run: 222 to 122 (-45%) (No more skating at non-human speed)
And also Horses (Optional, in another file)
- Horse Walk speed (+20%) (No longer jog like you've retired, but walk at reasonable speed)
- Horse Run (no change)
- Horse Sprint (+8.3%) (Just A little faster, just so the horse doesn't feel tied down to gravity)
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
INSTALLATION
Using NMM:
1. Simply load it into NMM.
2. Install.
Manual:
1. Unzip content.
2. Put RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed.esp into [Game root folder]/Data
3. Open SkyrimLauncher.exe, go to "Data Files", tick "RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed"
UNINSTALLATION
Using NMM:
1. Simply uninstall.
Manual:
1. Delete RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed.esp in [Game root folder]/Data
LOAD ORDER
- Preferably put NEAR THE BOTTOM of your load order.
- But either way, whichever is loaded later overwrites the earlier ones. No problem whatsoever.
COMPATIBILITY
- No matter what, there won't be, and can't be any major problem. Mods editing the same variable is simply overwritten by another mod at a later load order (closer to bottom).
1. Fully compatible with SkyRe
- The general speed is modified here, and the addition modifiers to each race and gender are added by SkyRe. No conflict between the two.
- e.g. With this mod on, Altmer female will still walk faster than Bosmer male in SkyRe.
2. Fully compatible with Convenient Horse (Could load this BEFORE Convenient Horse)
- Whichever is loaded later, dictates the modifiers to Horse speed.
3. Fully compatible with FrostFall
- Temporary speed modifiers by FrostFall will be added on top of the modified speed and be removed correctly.
QUEST COMPATIBILITY
1. Helgen execution scene: Tested. Basically no problem.
2. Main quest: One of the quest consists of passing through something (spoiler) that relies on speed. Can be passed through with this mod on.
VERSION HISTORY
1.03:
Walk: 128.5 (+60.5%) to 125 (+56%) (Shouldn't feel like power walking now)
1.02:
Walk: 132 (+65%) to 128.5 (+60.5%)
Fast Sneak: 120 (-46%) to 122 (-45%)
Made Horse modifiers optional.
Also see my other mods:
A truly beautiful character - Imperial Female