EDIT - 11/27/23 - I am no longer supporting this mod and offer everything as is. I am simply not a good enough modder to really do anything else here. If anyone is interested in making a newer, updated Thematic Loot, with tools like CID or SPID, please reach out to me and I will be happy to assist. Thank you.

Thematic Loot is one of the most overlooked loot mods for Legendary Edition. I converted it over to SE and tweaked it a bit for my personal use. I reached out to Tiny Lampe and they gave me permission to port it over to SE. I've uploaded both my version and the original, untouched LE version at their request. Both have had meshes and textures optimized using the Cathedral Assets Optimizer and have had the plugins converted to Form 44 using the CK.

My version simply removes all instances of Dwemer Coins and Nordic Coins so it is compatible with Skyrim Coin Replacer Redux, another LE mod that does an awesome job addressing what type of coins you find in Dwemer and Ancient Nordic ruins. Both mods add Dwarven and Nordic coins, but I like what SCRR does better so I removed the coins from my version of TL. I have not yet asked for permission to port that mod, so you'd have to download and convert that yourself. Use my version on its own and you won't see any sort of new coins added to your world, or, use the untouched LE version for Dwemer and Nordic coins added to the level lists.

This mod only changes the leveled items found in specific chests, but it can become a compatibility headache depending on your level list mod set up, so I will not be taking any requests for individual patches. I simply ran a Smashed Patch with TL and my other loot mods and the automatic output from the Smashed Patch was perfect as is. You can do that, use TL on its own, or create your own patches. I highly recommend using this with a Smashed Patch and double checking in SSEEdit afterwards to see if it did what you want.

Check out this video by Artic Scrolls Mods for a highlight:


As for what TL does, here is the original description from Tiny Lampe:

1. Motivation behind this mod
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Once I opened a dwemer chest. I was expecting to find something representative of the dwemer and its culture. Like, I don't know...dwemer weapons and armor? dwemer coins? Potions from millenia ago? Instead I got an iron sword, some gold coins and a freshly-baked potion like those you can find at Belathor's. WHAT THE...?!

Once I opened a falmer chest. I was expecting to find something representative of the falmer and its culture. Like, I don't know...poisonous ingredients? human remains? pieces of their tribal armors? Instead I got some gold coins, a health potion and a lockpick. A lockpick! WHAT THE...?!

Once I opened a mage chest. I was expecting to find something useful for rougue spellcasters. Like, I don't know...jewelry enchanted with fortify destruction or conjuration? scrolls? alchemy recipes? Instead I got some gold coins, a health potion, and an iron warhammer. An iron warhammer! What the...?!

I could continue but I'm sure you get the picture. In Skyrim, the loot you find in chests is very generic. It doesn't matter if you loot a dwemer chest or a draugr chest; you are very likely to find the exact same things. This bothered me. Shouldn't chests better represent the people that presumably filled them with items? I think so, and this is precisely what this mod attempts to do.


2. Short Description
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This mod changes the loot that can be found in certain chests. Chests owned by the Dwemer, the Falmer, mages, draugrs, vampires and giants are affected. The purpose behind the changes is to make each chest more representative of the individuals who filled it with items.


3. Exhaustive list of the changes
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See readme tab.


4. And what about the probabilities?
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In the readme I described the items that can spawn in chests but, how likely are they to spawn? Will I receive so much loot after opening a couple of chests that I will need a carryig capacity of over 9000?

Answer: on average, you should receive less loot than in vanilla Skyrim. Also, loot should also be more varied even though my chests have clearly defined themes. This is because each chest includes many different leveled lists (the ones described above) but with very high probabilities of spawning no item (75-85%).


5. Installation and uninstallation
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No scripts so it's save to install and uninstall at any point. Do consider that if you install it midgame only the dungeons you have not visited yet will receive my changes. The others will eventually receive them too, but only after the cell resets (31 game days).

To install copy the meshes and texture folders together with the .esp file inside your data folder. Then active the mod. Remove the files to uninstall.


6. Credits
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Insanity Sorrow for granting me permission to use their excellent models. Dwemer and draugr chests would be so much more bland without them. List of Insanity's mod that were used in this project:

'Lore Weapon Expansion' http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44179/?
'Insanitys Dwemer Coin' http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33812/?
'Insanitys Celtic Coin' http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15513/?
'Insanitys Morrowind Potions' http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/1400-insanitys-morrowind-potions/