Skyrim Special Edition

Some people would like to make my followers have the same body shape as their own default type, so I decide to share a method to do that, simple and useful.

  • Step 1 - Make sure if your default body type is of UNP or CBBE series

For example, if it's a custom improved edition of UN7BO, you have to download UUNP-UNPB version of my followers, because body files of UNPB version are from BIjin Skjin UNP which fits all UNP body series.
CBBE is similar to the above.


  • Step 2 - Go to the folder of my follower's body parts
Generally its relative path is 'meshes\actors\character\Aesthetics NPCs\body' :





  • Step 3 - Delete all files in this body folder ,except 'skeleton_female.nif'
Remember this folder, later we'll go back here.





  • Step 4 - Find your default body files
For me the folder in which my default body is 'BodySlide and Outfit Studio\meshes\actors\character\character assets', because I'm using Bodyslide.





  • Step 5 - Copy all files selected in the pic below an paste them into my follower's body folder (mentioned in Step 3)




After pasting:






  • Step 6 - In my follower's body folder, delete 'femalebody_0.nif' , 'femalefeet_0.nif' and 'femalehands_0.nif'.




  • Step 7 - In my follower's body folder, duplicate 'femalebody_1.nif' , 'femalefeet_1.nif' and 'femalehands_1.nif' and rename all the duplication.

Make duplication



Rename copies as 'femalebody_0.nif' , 'femalefeet_0.nif' and 'femalehands_0.nif'.



  • Step 8 - Run you game.
 Thanks for your reading!

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7 comments

  1. nabliab
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    I found this works okay but I had to update the Meshes as well as the Texture path.  
  2. Shereena99
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    hi there <3 and how do i change it with male NPCs ? i would like that one have more muscles - how do i do that ?

    Thnx a lot for that post <3

    Shereena
    1. devil77329
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      take a look into the files of some
      here
      https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2136

      or here
      https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37485

      or
      [I prefer] Dizona skin + body (male - non nude) of an russion author (best I know)
      external from the nexus here
      https://github.com/Tooneyman/Dizona-Forte-Bodyslide

      and the nude from here
      https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11106

      + Racemenu / Bodyslide
  3. WorldBreaker440
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    I need help... not necessarily changing your characters but other characters in general. I have a cbbe core standalone follower and I need to change her to unp. I tried your instructions and it worked but then there was a seem/gap at her neck because I didn't change her head. how do I fix this but keep the same character head?
  4. kawesh
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    Hi. I can't find Aesthetics NPCs folder. It doesn't exist under meshes/actors/character...
    Any idea why?
    1. Veltiel
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      This was just an example. You actually have to find your chosen NPC Follower in that folder, the one whose body you want to change. 

      By the way, this is just my issue but... one Follower I downloaded doesn't have quite the same folder structure as my other followers, so I dunno if in my case, this will work XD
    2. Jekyll98
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      XD