Skyrim Enhanced is relatively lightweight and meant for gameplay. Screenarchery can be achieved with tweaks to the guide but no instructions will be included for doing so. Any modern hardware is capable of playing the full install with stability, but keep in mind that Skyrim is finicky and we have optimized the settings for this guide specifically. Results may vary if used with mod lists other than the one provided.

Feather's Specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300HF CPU @ 2.40GHzRAM 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 VRAM 4GB

Trev’s specs:
HP OMEN 17tIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.2/4.2GHz (max)RAM 32 GB DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 VRAM 8GB

- Are all mods required? Can I add or remove mods?
Answer: If followed to the letter, you won’t need to patch anything yourself, nor worry about load order. In addition, me and Trev are able to offer support in the Discord channel or the posts page. However, if used as a base upon which to build, limited support is available and your due diligence is a must in regards to compatibility. Each mod required by the Custom Patch will be labeled for your reference.

- Will Wabbajack be in the future?
Answer: Neither of us have the time to maintain any such modpack, but we welcome anyone to the team who is willing.

- Why are you using [x mod] instead of [y mod]?
Answer: This comes down to personal preference, but suggestions are accepted via our Discord channel and posts.

- I noticed that practices and tools like LOOT, Mator Smash, zMerge,and ESL-ifying are not included in the guide… Why?
Answer: Both the Custom Patch and load order were curated by meticulously checking errors and overwrites in xEdit. This negates the need for LOOT, with or without rules. There is also no need to merge, smash, or ESL-ify since most mods now are made with ESP-FE plugin options. With the guide’s plugin count growing, anyone who plans to add their own mods should do so only with extensive knowledge in these fields of modding.

- I’m using the Custom Patch but I’m still having issues with something.
Answer: First check the changelog, then tell us in the posts or on our Discord channel.  

Cleaned Skyrim SE Plugins - Move the mod that was created during the preliminary setup below “Unofficial Patch”.

Unofficial High Definition Audio Project -  A high-definition restoration of Skyrim's original voices and music
Instructions:
All three main files

Unofficial Skyrim Modder's Patch -

Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch - A comprehensive bugfixing mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Cleaned Skyrim SE Textures - All Skyrim SE textures cleaned of compression artifacts, removed bad bicubic upscaling, and other random fixes. Improves performance too
Instructions: 
Second main file (overwrite)

Project Clarity AIO - Skyrim Textures Redone - 
Instructions:
- Second main file (half res loose) + update  half res (merge)

SKSE & SKSE64 ini pre-download for lazy users - if you've followed the instructions above, these two should be already installed.

Address Library for SKSE Plugins - Contains header file and a database to make SKSE DLL plugins version independent easily
Instructions: download and install the main file ("All in one")

.Net Script Framework - Framework for memory editing, native code hooking and writing DLL plugins in any .NET language
NB: before downloading, it'll tell you it requires DLL Plugin Loader. It does not, as the description will confirm the Engine Fixes already do the job

Bug Fixes SSE - Fixes some bugs with game code

SSE Display Tweaks - All-in-one solution for playing at higher framerates. OSD compatible physics fix, borderless fullscreen performance improvement, refresh rate control, highly configurable frame rate limiting plus a few bugfixes and optimizations.
Instructions: 
Open INI file and set as follows:
Fullscreen=false (enables windowed borderless mode)
BorderlessUpscale=true (enables game window scaling to fit bigger native resolution, if window resolution is lower)
SwapEffect=flip_discard (makes performance of windowed borderless mode equal to fullscreen exclusive mode!)
MaximumRefreshRate=x (x=whatever your monitor is)
FramerateLimit=60 (only needed if not set in enblocal.ini)
UIFrameLimit=60 (only needed if not set in enblocal.ini)
MaximumFramerate=60

SSE Engine Fixes - skse64 plugin to fix various issues with the Skyrim Special Edition engine 
Instructions: 
Installation
- Install Part 1 normally by MO2
- Download Part 2 manually and extract the three dll files into your main Skyrim SE Folder. Allow it to replace existing files when asked.
Configuration 
open it in Explorer and navigate SKSE -> plugins. Open the EngineFixes TOML file and adjust your setting as follows: 
  * RegularQuicksaves = false  ->  RegularQuicksaves = true (to have quicksaves as regular saves)
  * SleepWaitTime = false  ->  SleepWaitTime = true (to speed up the sleep/wait time)
NB: older versions had an ini file you could tweak, so if you're used to that don't be surprised you find it empty. It's replaced by the TOML now. If it's not already associated, you can choose to open and edit the TOML with your regular Notepad.

SSE Gameplay Tweaks -

Alternate Start - Live Another Life + New Beginnings -  Alternate Start allows you to bypass the carriage scene and choose a different background. It also allows you to start the Main Quest later without skipping any part of it. New Beginnings is an extention that adds even more starts you can pick from.
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Skyrim Particle Patch  - Skyrim has quite a few object meshes that have their shaders or blending properties set incorrectly. As a result, when using ENB many of these objects look buggy or react to an incorrect category in enbseries.ini. This mod is meant to fix that.
Instructions:
Download the version for Skyrim Special Edition and install it manually
Open in Explored and delete the plugin

Assorted Mesh Fixes -

Blacksmith Forge Water Fix - Fixes the look of the forge's water
Instructions:
- Main file USSEP version

+ Blacksmith Forge Water Fix xEdit Script 
Instructions:
- Water through mesh
- You do NOT need the script since there's a pre-made patch later 
NB - the pre-made patch relies on you having all relevant location mods, if you skip any you should run the script yourself

Dlizzio's Mesh Fixes - Corrects mesh and material errors not covered by any other mods
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file 
- HD LODs (rename "HD LOD Textures - Dlizzio’s Mesh Fixes Patch")
- Noble Skyrim Material Fix (rename "Noble Skyrim HD - Dlizzio’s Mesh Fixes Patch")

Fixed Dragon Stalking Fix - Dragon corpses will no longer follow you or fall out of the sky

Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods - Reduce grass clipping with grass mods.
Instructions:
- Main file 
- Arthmoor's Towns patch (rename)
- zVanilla Military Camps (merge with main file)
- zNo Riverbededge Grass Coast or the Rift (merge with main file)
FOMOD Instructions for Arthmoor's Towns patch:
- Everything

Quest Conflict Fixes - 

Raven Rock - Fixed Exit on Horseback - When using horse mods in Solstheim, you might have issues exiting Raven Rock through the small shaft. This small tweak aims to fix that

Small Environmental Fixes -  

Lights Out - Solitude Lighthouse Quest Fix - Automatically relights the solitude lighthouse during the quest Lights Out!

Wiseman303's Flora Fixes - Revamped - Fixes bugs relating to harvestable objects in Skyrim, including the Flora Respawn Bug, in a performance friendly manner.
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- SMIM Patch
Do NOT merge the patch. Later you'll have to move it below SMIM on the left panel of MO2

Weapon Speed Effect Fix - Effects that change your weapon speed are bugged if two are active at the same time. This mod fixes that

Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes - Fixes bugs and inconsistencies for Skyrim's weapons, armors, clothing, jewelry, and clutter items (NB: it also edits a few perks, but those changes will be reverted by a patch that you'll find later)
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main File
- WACCF 2K-1K Textures (merge)
Remove the WACCF_BashedPatchlvlList.esp plugin. If you use the Custom patch you don't need to make a bashed one as everything is already included.

Windhelm Bridge Seam Fix - 

360 Walk and Run Plus and YY Animations - better animations walking and running
FOMOD Instructions:
- Male: 360 + Cloak
- Male: Face towards the direction of movement
- Female: 360 + Cloak
- Female: Face towards the direction of movement
- 360 Run Backwards Speed Patch
- 360 Swimming

Ash Pile Expiration  - Removes ash piles after a designated amount of game time
FOMOD Instructions:
- whatever duration you like better
- bsa

Assorted Tiny Tweaks - tweaks to Fallion's dialogue and Roggvir's amulet
Instructions:
First and third file (the second is already addressed by other mods)

Better Jumping - Now you can jump while sprinting

Calcelmo Has Standards - increases the value of Dwemer items that Calcelmo will contact you to buy

Dawnguard Don't Hunt Cured Vampires - Does what it says on the tin

Dwemer Gates Don't Reset - Gates, passages, portcullises, bridges, barred doors and whatnots no longer reset when the cell does.
FOMOD Instructions:
Dwemer only - ESM

Freed Prisoner Uses Items - Prisoners you free from the Thalmor will actually use the weapons you hand them, instead of fighting barehanded and helplessly dying

Mannequin Management - Prevents mannequins from running around

Move it Damnit - It makes  followers and almost any NPC move back farther than in the vanilla game
Instructions:
First main file
FOMOD Instructions:
Move it Damnit - Less Wait Time

Mum's the Word - remove the stolen tag from worthless objects you stole while unnoticed (it's not like an apple has its owner's name on it)
Instructions:
- open .json file through the information window in MO2
- change the value “costThreshold”: 500} to 250.

NARC Remade - No Animal Report Crime - No bounty if the only witness was an animal
FOMOD Instructions:
- core file: NARC
- Patch for Immersive Horses

Nilheim - fixes the bounty quest in Nilheim

No Grass in Objects - Stops grass from growing out of rocks, floorboards, bedrolls, crates, roads and other objects. Also allows drawing grass outside of loaded cells

No Heavy Muscular Walk and Idles - so the guys don't walk around with their arms weirdly apart

No More Radial Blur -

Only Dead Lovers Cause Letter of Inheritance - It does what it says on the tin

Save the Shellbugs - No more mining/killing Shellbugs for their chitin! Just activate instead! 
Instructions:
First main file

Skyrim Skill Uncapper - A dll plugin that allows you to uncap skills beyond 100 and to customize almost all aspects of levelling and experience to your liking. I just use it to keep on levelling for longer, in a way more immersive than legendarizing Alchemy over and again.
Instructions:
Download main file (ignore the "required" loader, SKSE up to date is enough) and install like normal
Load SKSE and close it (no need to start a game)
In your Overwrite, now you should see: SKSE - Plugins - Skyrim Uncapper ini. Move it into the mod (you can drag the folder or you can open in Explorer and use Cut and Paste)
Now you can open the ini and configure it to your liking. I just raise all SkillCaps to 199 while leaving formulas untouched.

Thalmor do not Report Crime - Now the Thalmor (the ones you encounter during your travel) don´t add bounty to the Hold you´re in. Everyone hates them after all.
Instructions:
Download esp version

Thugs not Assassins -  Hired Thugs won't straightout murder you for petty theft
Instructions:
Download main files and patches for:
- Timing is Everything
- Book Covers Skyrim

Uninterrupted Invisibility and Uninterrupted Ethereal Form - these allow you to activate items (e.g. doors, containers) without breaking your invisibility; feel free to skip if you think it's too cheaty

SkyUI - improved menu interface, also necessary to access MCM
Instructions:
- Load both SkyUI_SE.esp and Skyrim.esm in xEdit
- Right-click on SkyUI_SE.esp -> Add Masters...
- Add Skyrim.esm as a master

Flashing Savegame Fix - 

Wider MCM Menu - 
Instructions:
Opt. 2

ElSopa HD - SkyUI Colorful Active Effects Icons -

ElSopa HD - Colorful SkyUI Category Icons - 

SkyHUD - 
Instructions:
- Main File and Update
FOMOD Instructions:
- ESP package
- None
- Don't select anything

Lyrae's SkyHUD Preset - 
Detailed Instructions:
- Edit bHideStealthMeter=1 -> 0 to have the stealth meter like in vanilla

Stay at the System Page - 

FZmx - Colorful Map Markers - Fixed - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- SkyUI + SkyHUD

SSE Skill interface Retexture - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Background - Irradiant Stars - HDR Nebula
- Perk Lines - Option 6
- Perk Line Colour - Blue
- Constellations - None
- Perk Stars - Option 3
- HD Masser and Secunda and More Stars
- HDR Nebula

ElSopa HD - Constellations Retextured - 
FOMOD Instructions:
-Nebulous

ElSopa HD - Constellations for the DLC Retextured - 
FOMOD Instructions:-Wolf Nebulous-Vamp Nebulous

Sanguis - An Oblivion Font - 

Smaller Vanilla Cursors - 
FOMOD Instructions:
-Right

The Cleanest Main Menu -

Sovngarde - HQ Main Menu Music Replacer - 

Dramatic Main Menu - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Embers
- Less 
- High
- 3D
- Center

Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem - 

Gilded Spinning Main Menu Emblem  - 
Instructions:
- Real gold version

Lore-Based Loading Screens - 

RaceMenu - character creation overhaul
Instructions:
Delete the RaceMenuPlugin.esp

Player Rotation in ShowRaceMenu - This mod makes it possible to rotate the player character using right-clicking and mouse dragging in ShowRaceMenu.

Whose Quest is It Anyway - Swaps the "Quest items cannot be removed..." message for a more descriptive message informing you which quest the item belongs to

Yes I'm Sure - Disables annoying message prompts asking you if you're sure you'd like to craft/improve/exit menus

More Informative Console - selecting anything with the console opened will reveal a larger amount of information

Better Dialogue Controls - A fix for the annoying issue where you select the worng dialogue option because the mouse got in the way

Better MessageBox Controls - 

More HUD - 
Instructions:
- first main file

More HUD Inventory Edition - 
Instructions:
- loose files

Undiscover Skyrim -
Instructions:
- Undiscover Skyrim SE 

Alternate Conversation Camera Plus - Makes you focus on someone's face while you're talking to them
Instructions:
Open the ini and set:
fCameraSpeed=1000 (to reduce the lag when focusing on NPCs)
bForceFirstPerson=0
bForceThirdPerson=0 (ACC+ will use whichever perspective you are currently playing in)
bSwitchTarget=0 (so the camera doesn’t switch back and forth on every line)
bLetterBox=0 (to disable the letterbox/black bars in conversation)

Fuz Ro D-oh - Silent Voice - some mods in the list have small amounts of unvoiced dialogue; this makes it readable
Instructions:
Load SKSE and close it 
In your Overwrite, now you should see: SKSE - Plugins - Fuz Ro D-oh ini. Move it into the mod 

A Quality World Map - Provides a new set of highly-detailed 3D or paper world map textures, complete with roads! Also adds a detailed Solsteim map.
Instructions:
Download Vivid with stone roads 
Plugin is in 43 format so it needs resaving. Do as follows:
- Run Creation Kit through MO2
- in file - data, set IcePenguinWorldMap.esp as the ‘active file’ and enable ALL masters, then select ok
- File -> Save
- Close CK

Dynamic Snow for Map -  better snow for the map (compatible with Quality World Map)
Instructions:
Type 1

DynDOLOD Resources SSE -
Instructions:
- resource file version 2.88 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Whiterun Exterior
- Solitude Exterior
- High Hrothgard Window Glow
- DLC2 Vvardenfell 3D Plume
- Desync Birds of Prey
FOR POTATO PCs: pick the Low Res option and skip the next one

HD LODs Textures - better looking LODs

Now go back to where you installed Dlizzio's Mesh Fixes; drag HD LODs Textures - Dlizzio's Patch here

Cathedral - Improved Mountain LOD and zFight Patch - 
Instructions:
Mountain Z Fight Patch Compressed ESL

Static Mesh Improvement Mod - A massive project to greatly improve the appearance of countless static 3D models in Skyrim
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
Full version

Go back to Wiseman's Flora Fix. Drag the the WS Flora Fixes - SMIM patch down here.

Misc SMIM Fixes - 

Blended Roads - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- REALly Blended Roads
- REALly Blended Roads

Noble Skyrim - The aim of this mod is to give all of Skyrim's architecture a complete new look by changing its textures to custom ones. Beside the architecture, several other things, such as landscape, dungeons (ruins, mines, caves etc.), clutter stuff etc. have been re-textured as well, to match the rest of the mod
Instructions:
- Main file Full Pack
- SMIM Patch (merge with the main file)

SMIM - Noble Skyrim HD Patch - 

Once again, go back to where you installed Dlizzio's Mesh Fixes; drag Noble Skyrim Material Fix here.

Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes - This mod corrects numerous graphic glitches around Tamriel worldspace
FOMOD Instructions:
- Walkway Wall Fix SMIM
- Missing Lights Fix
- Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods patch

Better Dynamic Snow - Replaces the default snow shader with a dynamic shader
Instructions: 
Main file (v3.3)
FOMOD Instructions:
- Brighter Snow Materials
- None

Better Dynamic Ash - improved Solstheim ash

Ashbound - Solstheim's cities, buildings and clutter should be covered in ash. Now they are.
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions: 
- Main File
- Better Tel Mithryn
- Simple Raven Rock Expansion
- Load main file (ashbound.esp) in CK and resave

Cathedral Landscapes - A dense grass mod that outperforms vanilla Skyrim
FOMOD Instructions:
- Grass Only

Tamrielic Textures - 
Instructions: 
- 1K-2K Main file
Fomod Instructions:
- Gray Beach
- Projected Snow Maps
Detailed instructions for improved compatibility with BDS3:
- From your textures/landscape, copy snow01.dds and snow01_n.dds to your textures/effects folder.
- In the /effects folder, rename projecteddiffuse.dds to projecteddiffuse.dds_backup
- In the /effects folder, rename projectednormal.dds to projectednormal.dds_backup
- Rename snow01.dds to to projecteddiffuse.dds
- Rename snow01_n.dds to projectednormal.dds.

Rally's Solstheim Landscapes - Texture replacer for Solstheim Landscapes.
Instructions:  
- 2k

Soul Cairn HD - Visual overhaul of the Soul Cairn
Instructions:  
- 2k

Sovngarde HD - Visual overhaul of Sovngarde
Instructions:  
- 2k

Realistic Water Two - creek, lake, marsh, pond, river, and ocean water
Instructions:  
- Main File
- Update (rename, do NOT merge)
FOMOD Instructions:
- Core Files
- Do not select anything on the second page
Detailed Instructions:
Delete the following files (we only want some resources from this mod): 
- RealisticWaterTwo - Textures.bsa
- RealisticWaterTwo - Resources.esm
- RealisticWaterTwo.esp
- Source\Scripts\RealisticWaterTwoMCM.psc
- Scripts\RealisticWaterTwoMCM.pex
- Sound folder

Blended Shorelines - No More Jagged Water Edges -

Cathedral - Water Overhaul and Bug Fixes - New and improved HD water textures in addition to a water-edge bug fix.

Now move RWT's Update down here

Bright Waterfall fix for ENB - Fixes the overblown waterfalls when using ENB
Instructions:  
- Bright Waterfall fix for Realistic Water Two

Splashes of Skyrim - 

Skyrim 3D Icefloes - 

Luminosity - An ultra-lightweight mod that simply recolors and enhances vanilla lighting

Luminosity - A Quality World Map Patch - This small patch changes A Quality Worldmap to use a clone of Skyrim's default imagespace, which Luminosity changes. This should fix issues with the world map appearing too bright

Cathedral Weathers and Seasons - A natural-fantasy weather mod

Cathedral Weathers MCM - This adds an MCM menu to the Cathedral Weathers mod

Improved Rain and Fog for Cathedral Weathers - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- No darker nights

Lucid Rain - for Cathedral Weathers - 

Northern Lights Weather Addon for Cathedral Weathers  - 

Improved Atmosphere Meshes - 
Instructions: 
Cathedral Weathers version

Improved Cloud Mesh -
Instructions: 
Improved Cloud Mesh for Improved Atmosphere Meshes

Skyrim Textures Redone - Enhanced Night Sky - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- 2K
- 2K big and small stars
- 2K Moons
- 2K Nebula
- 2K Aurora
- 2K Constellations

Cathedral Night Skies - 
Instructions: 
First main file

No Sunlight Through Mountains - 

SSE - Skyrim Sun Enhanced -
Instructions: 
Second main file

Obsidian Mountain Fog - Increases the volumetric mountain clouds providing both depth and mystery to the mountain ranges of Skyrim

ENB Helper - Adds necessary functions to support extra features in ENB for Skyrim Special Edition
Instructions: 
- Download and install the Main file
- Also download the optional file; install it and rename it ENB Shader

Cathedral Plants - Cathedral Landscapes ignores the flowers, which end up looking even worse by comparison; this completes it.

EEK's Renthal Flora Collection - 
Instructions: 
- Main file + update
- Desaturated optional file

Cathedral - 3D Mountain Flowers - Replaces the ultra low quality vanilla mountain flowers with 3D flowers created from photographs
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Sufficiently Optimized Snowberries - 
FOMOD Instructions: 
- darker berries

Ivy by Mari - Ivy retexture
Instructions: 
- 2k green

Nirnroot by Mari - 
Instructions: 
- 2k

Swamp Fungal Pod by Mari - 
FOMOD Instructions: 
- 2k

Enhanced Vanilla Trees - Better trees
Instructions: 
- First main file (you can try others if you have FPS to spare but I won't)
FOMOD Instructions:
- Enhanced Dark Meshes
- Enhanced Tree Clutter
- Firewood Textures
- Billboards
- Enhanced Vanilla Trees SE - Alternative Branch Textures v2.1.1
FOMOD Instructions
- No
- SFO Branch Texture Version 2
- SFO Snowy Branch Textures
- SFO Light Snowy Branch Textures
- RENAME, DO NOT MERGE
- Enhanced Vanilla Trees SE - Alternative Trees v2.1.0
FOMOD INSTRUCTIONS
- Realistic Aspen Trees
- Small
- RENAME, DO NOT MERGE

Tree Bark in High Definition - 
Instructions: 
- Tree Bark in High Definition
- Vanilla Aspen Bark Redone (don’t merge, rename)

Cut Treepine Retexture - 
Instructions: 
- Main file

Organic Riften Leaves - 
Instructions: 
- 2k

Rally's Solstheim Plants - Texture replacer for 6 different plants in Solstheim
Instructions: 
- 2k
- Creep Cluster for Skyrim 2k
- LOD

Morgenstern's Mushroom Circle - Updated - better mushrom circles

Less Ugly Tundragrass - 
Instructions: 
- First main file

High Poly Project - 
FOMOD Instructions: 
- Install everything 
- Nothing
Detailed Instructions:
- Delete meshes/architecture/farmhouse
- Delete meshes/architecture/riften

Ruins Clutter Improved - This mod does improve textures and meshes and also corrects UV errors of many clutter objects, which can mostly be found in the dungeons of Skyrim
Instructions: 
- Main File
- All three updates

+Ruins Clutter Improved Fixes

Underground - Dungeon retexture
Instructions: 
- Main file
- Whiterun Tower Fix
FOMOD Instructions:
- Install everything default color

HD Stone Quarry and Clay Deposit - 
Instructions: 
- 2K

CC's Enhanced Ore Veins - 
Instructions: 
- Main file + Update (merge)
FOMOD Instructions:
- Brown
- Brighter 
- Install New Textures
- Brow
- Install New Textures
- Heartfire
- ESP

CC's HQ Alduin Wall - 

CC's HQ Caves - 
Instructions: 
- 2K
FOMOD Instructions:
- Brown

CC's HQ Mines - 
FOMOD Instructions: 
- 2K

Skyland Nordic Ruins - 

Ancient Dwemer Metal - A handpainted retexture of all the Dwemer metal and stonework. Oldrim textures, work on SSE.
Instructions: 
- Ancient Dwemer Metal 2k
- Ancient Automaton 2k

Ancient Dwemer Metal - My Fixes for SMIM Dawnguard Dragonborn - A patch some Dwemer textures to fit the color palette of the Ancient Dwemer Metal mod
Instructions: 
Main + Update
Main needs to be installed manually  

Skyland Imperial Forts and Dungeons - 

Azura's Star Dungeon Retexture - Retexture, mesh, and lighting tweak of the interior of Azura's Star with an emphasis on the 'twilight' nature of Azura.
FOMOD Instructions: 
- Option 2
- 2K
- Lightning Tweak

Cathedral Player and NPC Overhaul - A lore friendly and compatible NPC overhaul that aims to preserve the rugged aesthetic of people in Skyrim.
Instructions: 
- Main file
- Vanilla body with UNP texture

Expressive Facegen Morphs - This mod replaces the morphs for the vanilla human and elf character creations and adds a morph for Racemenu.

Hallgarth's Additional (Vanilla) Hair - Adds a lot of vanilla-style hair to the game that should fit in with what already exists. No hairspray hair here and all hair uses vanilla textures, so any mod that changes vanilla hair textures will also affect these

More Realistic Hair - 

Salt and Wind Vanilla Hair - 

Beards - The most popular (and only?) beard retexture mod for Skyrim, Beards - from Hvergelmir's Aesthetic series. Beards also enables previously unavailable beard styles Bethesda left out of the game
FOMOD Instructions: 
- full install
- low res

Brows - 
FOMOD Instructions: 
- full install
- 512

Northborn Scars - 

FAR - Forgotten Argonian Roots - This mod is a retexture of argonian skin which makes it more real-looking and close to real members of reptile family
Instructions: 
Download 2k version and install manually.
MO will tell you there is no data on top level. 
Expand Female -> default body -> main texture -> textures; drag and drop onto <data> above; do the same with Male -> Better Male Bodies -> Textures; No Glow Skin -> Female-> Textures; and No Glow Skin -> Male -> Textures. Untick FAR - Forgotten Argonian Roots and click OK.

More (Vanilla) Hairs for Khajiit -
Instructions: 
- first main file

Grimoas Vampire Lord - 
Instructions: 
Grimoas Vampire Lord Vanilla Armour

Simply Bigger Vampire Lord Wings - 
Instructions: 
VANILLA Bigger VL Wings - 50 percent bigger

Vampire Lord Retexture - 

Rustic Children - 
Instructions: 
Body 2k 1k

SD 's Farmhouse Fences - better fences
Instructions:  2k Version 2

Rustic Windows - Retextures the Skyrim and Dragonborn windows
Instructions:  1k

WiZkiD Parallax Farmhouses - 
Instructions: 
- 2k NO PARALLAX
Open folder: meshes/architecture/farmhouse - delete farmwell.nif

Rally's Tel Mithryn - Texture replacer for Tel Mithryn
Instructions:  
- 2k
- LOD

Rally's Raven Rock - Texture overhaul for Raven Rock in Solstheim
FOMOD Instructions: 
- 2k
- LOD

Rally's Riekling Outposts - 
Instructions: 
- 2k

Spice of Life - Orc Strongholds SE - a retexture of Orcish architeture
FOMOD Instructions:  
- 2k
- LODs 512

CC Castle Volkihar Reborn - retexture of Volkihar Castle
Instructions:  2k

CC Fort Dawnguard Reborn - retexture of Fort Dawnguard
Instructions:  2k

Stunning Statues of Skyrim - 
FOMOD Instructions:  
Select all options except Spicy Skyforge
Bella Dibella HD meshe + 2k
Neat Nocturnal HD Meshe + 2k
Astonich Azura HD Meshe + 2k
Terrific Talos - NONE - Talos 2k (= texture ONLY) + 2k
Ysterical Ysgramor HD Meshe + 2k
Melancholic Meridia HD Meshe + 2k white
Madness Malacath HD MesheNo Glow (for stone texture) + 2k stone
Wakened Winterhold ENB HD Meshe (reduce glow) + 2k
Clever Clavicus HD Meshe + 2k
Bucolic Boethiah HD Meshe + 2k
Necrotic Namira HD Meshe + 2k
Magnetic Mara HD Meshe + 2k 
Malefic Mehrunes HD Meshe + 2k black
Vehement Vaermina HD Meshe + 2k
Fancy Falmer HD Meshe + 2k
Sweet Sovngarde HD Meshe + 2k

LeanWolf Better-Shaped Talos Statue with Greatsword - A simple mesh replacer that gives the statue of Talos a Greatsword rather than that toothpick he was holding - for a more warrior-like Talos statue.
FOMOD Instructions:
- High Poly Statue
- Nord Hero Greatsword

The Streets of Whiterun in HD - 

2K SMIM Whiterun Bench - 

3D Whiterun Trellis - 
Instructions:
- Main file
- Optional wood texture (merge)

Skyland Solitude - 

Solitude Sidestone Retex by Pfuscher -

Solitude Mesh Fixes - 

Solitude 3D Market Trellis - 

Less Ugly Solitude Catacomb Stone - 

Solitude Building Lighting Fix - 
Instructions:
- download the 10th file from Amon's page

Riften in High Definition - 
Instructions:
- Main file 2K
- Optional cobblestone (merge)

Riften Clay Plaza Tiles - 

Riften City Grass Remover FPS Fix - 

Frankly HD Markarth - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Exterior Markarth
- Interiors and Dwemer Ruins

Markarth - A Reflective Experience - 

Markarth Rock Alpha Fix - 

Glorious Doors of Skyrim - All-In-One pack of all my doors including a handy Fomod installer and a new Dwemer door!
Instructions: 
- Main file + Update
FOMOD Instructions:
- 2K
- Rotation Fix
- 2K
- 2K
- 2K
- 2K
- 2K
- 2k Dark Non Reflective
- 2k Dark Non Reflective
- 2K
- 2K
- 2K
- 2K

Skyland Ships and Shacks - 

Skyrim 3D Docks and Boardwalks - 
Instructions: 
- Main file
- Riften Weathered Textures (merge)

Skyrim 3D High Hrothgar Steps - 

Rustic Furniture -  A high-resolution retexture of the noble furniture and high chest for Skyrim
Instructions: 
SMIM 2k

Noble Furniture Improved - 
Instructions: 
Replacer

Vanilla Table Replacer - 
Instructions: 
- 2K-1K Main file
- 2k Common Table replacer optional (No Ropes) (merge)

Nordic Beds SE - A better looking redesign of common beds 

Thrones of Skyrim - no more generic thrones

Rustic Cooking - A "rustic" retexture of the main cooking stations, the spit, stewpot, and oven. Includes retextures for the stew, cooked beef, cooked venison, and cooked goat
Instructions:  
2k

Rustic Alchemy and Enchanting Tables -A rustic overhaul of the alchemy and enchanting tables of Skyrim - Oldrim, texture works on SSE 
Instructions: 
2k

Rustic Maps - Hi-res retexture of the two battle maps in Skyrim
Instructions: 
2k

Rugnarock - This mod is an overhaul and expansion of the rugs of Skyrim. Now every rug has a matching normal map, and every rug mesh has a different rug texture set
Instructions: 2k-1k

Peltapalooza This mod expands from the 3 default pelt used in farmhouses and inns to have as many as 9 different pelts in the game at one time. There are different sets for the floors, walls, and beds
Instructions: 
- Full version

Renthal's Tanning Rack - 

Renthal's Workbench - 

Renthal's Water Wheel - 

Awesome Apiaries - Apiaries retexture

HD Embers
FOMOD Instructions:
- Embers HD 2k
- Forges Addon
- Lava Crater Addon
- Campfire patch
NOTE - I am aware that Embers XD is a more advanced alternative that is gaining more and more popularity. It has, however, some serious and very visible incompatibility in interiors, since it doesn't work as a texture/mesh change. Patching would be possible but it'd require a very lenghty work for an otherwise minor detail.

Ultimate HD Fire Effects - 
Instructions: 
- Main file (medium)
- optional file (merge)
Detailed Instructions:
-Open /meshes/effects/ and delete the file named fxfirewithembers01_cheap.nif

Rally's Lava -

Ennead - Banners - Texture replacers for every banner in Skyrim, Dawnguard & Dragonborn
Instructions: 
2k

Ennead - Shadowmarks - Shadowmarks inexorably seared into earth and timber by those that haunt the darkness. This retexture features new symbols and a burned aesthetic
Instructions:  
1k

WiZkiD Signs -
FOMOD Instructions:
- WiZkiD Signs for Lanterns of Skyrim II Users
- No patches

Fhaarkas Softer Animal Fur - 

AMidianBorn Book of Silence - Creatures -  Hi-Res retextures for various creatures
FOMOD Instructions:
- Custom
- Skeleton
- Dragon Priest 
- Draugr
- Falmer

Bellyaches Animals and Creatures Pack - new and modified textures for wildlife, domesticated animals, and creatures in the game
FOMOD Instructions:
Bellyache's Choice (or pick your own options if you like it better)

Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack - Remastered high-definition textures for the ten dragon types of vanilla Skyrim, Dragonborn, and Dawnguard

MM - Real Elks - 
Instructions:  
2k

MM - Real Spriggans - 
Instructions:  
2k

Rally's ShaggyCows of Skyrim - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Standalone
- 2K-2K

Rustic Spriggans - A hi-res retexture of the four types of Spriggans found in Skyrim
Instructions:  
Optional effect file ONLY

Rustic Daedra - A high resolution retexture of Skyrim's daedra. This includes the elemental daedra (the flame, frost, and storm atronachs), as well as the Dragonborn daedra, the lurker and seeker. Also included are the Dawnguard ancient frost atronach, and the Dragonborn ash guardian
Instructions:  
2k

Rustic Deadhound and Gargoyle - High resolution retextures of the Death Hound and Gargoyles from Dawnguard 
Instructions:  
2k

Rustic Dragon Corspe - A mod that adds differentiation between freshly killed dragons and old dragon remains  
Instructions:  
2k

AMidianBorn Book of Silence Unique Items - HD retexture for various unique items
FOMOD Instructions:
Install everything

Reliquiary of Myth - Improved unique items
FOMOD Instructions:
- Reliquiary of Myth Artifact Overhaul
- ROM Dragon Priest Masks Pack
- ROM CRF patch
- ICH Pathces: NONE
(NB since it auto-detects the patches and doesn't let you instal the one for CRF right now, take note and reinstall it afterwards)

Rustic Elderscroll - A rustic retexture of the Elderscroll  
Instructions:  
- 2K
- optional 2K file (merge)

Rustic Azura's Star - A hi-res retexture of the daedric artifact, Azura's Star  
Instructions:  
2K

ElSopa HD - Meridias Beacon - Retexture of Meridia's Beacon  
Instructions:  
1K

JS Dragon Claws - Adds NEW models and textures for vanilla Dragon Claws
Instructions:  
2K

+ JS Dragon Claws patches 
Instructions:
- JS Dragon Claws - Amethyst patch

JS Barenziah SE - A complete remake of the Stones and Crown of Barenziah
Instructions:  2k

Rustic Reliefs - Textures for RUSTIC MONUMENTS & TOMBSTONES, RUSTIC NORDIC MURALS, RUSTIC STANDING STONES, and RUSTIC WORD WALLS

ElSopa Carved Gildergreen - The Artisans Of Whiterun Carved Some Nice Ornaments On Gildergreen
FOMOD Instructions:
- Carved

JS Shrines of the Divines - Replaces vanilla divine shrines with completely remade, higher resolution versions  
Instructions:   2k

Rustic Clutter Collection  -The mod includes RUSTIC DINNERWARE, RUSTIC POTTERY, and RUSTIC SILVERWARE. There are also a few other clutter items like mead bottles, wine bottles, the satchel, knapsack, coin purse, strongbox, safe, prisoner cage, and the dwemer lexicon cubes 
Instructions:  
2k-1K

2K Nordic Tents Retexture - 
Instructions: 
- Last main file (ver 2 desaturated) 
- when installing, select the 2K option -> data -> textures and drag it on <data>

Falmer Texture Overhaul  - Retexture Falmer architecture and clutter 
Instructions: 
2K

Rustic Soul Gems - Hi-res textures and modified meshes for the soulgems
Instructions:  
Last main file
FOMOD Instructions:
- 1K 
- unsorted + ESL

Remiro's Dragonborn Alcohol HD - a retexture of Solstheim booze
Instructions: 
2K

Unique Stros M'Kai Rum - gives it a unique bottle
Instructions: 
- 1K
- levelled list patch

Book Cover Skyrim - Book Covers Skyrim is a retexture of all the readable books, journals, and notes in Skyrim. It gives each book and journal its own unique cover and adds many additional paper styles to the notes
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:  
- Desaturated
- Update (select English in FOMOD)

Rustic Animated Potions and Poisons  - This mod adds subtle, colorful animations to Gamwich's RUSTIC POTIONS and POISONS.
Instructions:  
- 2K-1K Main file
- Update (merge) 

WiZkiD Carriages - 
Instructions:  
- Optional file - 2K
- Convenient Carriages patch (merge)

Better Handcarts -

ElSopa HD - Small Compilation Pack - Compilation pack of ElSopa's lesser known textures in one FOMOD installer
FOMOD Instructions:
Everything except the two amulets, the coin bags, the work bench and Whiterun Streets

Rally's All the Things - A collection of smaller standalone texture replacers
FOMOD Instructions:
- Rally's Ants
- Dirty broom
- Root version
- Rally's farming tools
- Default - ENV
- New vanilla
- Blank version 2K
- No Cobblestone
- New vanilla
- Quill and inkwell
- Copper Skeleton key 1K
- None
- Werewolf totems 2K-1K
- Water foam 2K
- Brown wooden
- Nightingale Clutter
- Default & none
- Blackreach and glowing mushrooms 2k-2k
- Dark Brotherhood Door, Window, and Banners 2K
- Jurgen Windcaller Tomb 2k
- Road Signs + CRF, Keld-Nar, Oakwood, Point the Way, Whistling Mine - 2k
- Dark Elf furniture 2k
- None
- Fishing pole
- None
- None
- None

Better Cage and Prisonersstuff - 
Instructions:
- Main file
- Optional (merge)

Enahnced Blood Textures - 
Instructions:
First Main file
FOMOD Instructions: 
- Long
- Reduce splatter size
- Reduce wound size
- High Res/Default color

Sam HD Dark Brotherhood Tenets -

Comprehensive Sleeve Pack- Skyrim is cold, I'd rather not see too many people in armored tank tops. 
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Rustic Clothing  - High resolution rustic clothing texture overhaul for Skyrim Special Edition
Instructions:  2k-1k

Rustic Amulets - Retexture of Skyrim's amulets, including those found in Dawnguard and Dragonborn. Now with rings of Hircine and Namira.

Rustic Armors and Weapons - RUSTIC ARMOR & WEAPONS Special Edition is a hi-res retexture of select armors and weapons of Skyrim SE.
Instructions:  2k

AMidianBorn Book of Silence - HD retextures of most weapons and armors
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Armors (FOMOD Instructions: Cabal's Cut)
- Weapons (FOMOD Instructions: Install all weapons)
- Dragonborn (FOMOD Instructions: Cabal's Cut)

AMidianBorn Stormcloak Officer - high quality textures replacement for stormcloak officer armor set - Oldrim textures, work on SSE

Frankly HD Thieves Guild Armor - High resolution retexture of Thieves Guild's armors. 
FOMOD Instructions:
2k

Frakly HD Nightingale Armor and Weapons - High resolution scratch-made retexture of Nightingale weapons and armor with heavily enhanced normal maps. Improved sword model with higher polycount and better proportions as well as a custom unique scabbard
FOMOD Instructions:
2K

Frankly HD Dawnguard Armor and Weapons - High resolution scratch-made retexture of Nightingale weapons and armor with heavily enhanced normal maps. Improved sword model with higher polycount and better proportions as well as a custom unique scabbard
FOMOD Instructions:
2K

Frankly HD Dragonbone and Dragonscale - High resolution retexture of Dragonbone and Dragonscale sets including: Dragonbone armor set; Dragonscale armor set; All dragonbone weapons (Dawnguard DLC) and Jagged Crown
FOMOD Instructions:
- 2K
- Update (merge)

Frankly HD Miraak - High quality retexture of Miraak's gear 
Instructions:
- Main File
- Hotfix
FOMOD INSTRUCTIONS:
- 2K

Frankly HD Imperial Armor and Weapons  -  Visual overhaul of Imperial armor and weapons
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:   
- 2K
- optional file (sleeves and pants edition) (merge)

Frankly HD Stormcloaks and City Guards - Hi resolution retexture of stormcloak/guards armor from scratch - Oldrim textures, work on SSE
Instructions:  
- 2K
- Fix by SpriterSan for 2k version (merge)
- Falkreath matched color fix (merge)

Remiro's Ancient Falmer Armor HD - Replaces the textures of the Ancient Falmer Armor with new, high quality ones

Remiro's Chitin Armor HD - Replaces the textures of the Chitin Armor introduced with the Dragonborn DLC with new high quality ones 
Instructions:   2k

Practical Female Armor
FOMOD Instructions:
Skyrim, Dawnguard and Dragonborn: everything
Patches: aMidianBord Glass Variant and aMidianBorn Different Ebony

Cutting Room Floor - restores lots of original content that was scrapped from the game
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Now go back to Reliquary of Myth and reinstall it to detect the CRF patch.

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - Adds over 5,000 lines of completely voiced dialogue for NPCs using the original voices. Friends, followers, spouses, rivals, and others have much more to say. All default voices now have follower dialogue. Also fixes dialogue bugs and restores cut dialogue that has never been heard before
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- CRF and USSEP patch
NB - The patch has two reduntant plugins. Once installed, open in Explorer and delete the one called RDO - USSEP. Close and restart MO.

+ Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - Update and MCM
Instructions:
- Main File
- Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - UHDAP Patch

Hunters Not Bandits - NPC's will not use taunts or insults when fighting animals. Especially hunters will behave in a more realistic manner, as well as fixing the odd behavior where enemies could start using greetings and other unfitting dialogues right after they killed you.
Instructions:
- RDO version

Respect for the Arch-Mage - College vendors no longer tell you "So, you wish to master the arcane arts..." when you're the Arch-Mage. The Arch-Mage is not greeted with "May I help you, Arch-Mage?" and "Greetings, Arch-Mage." by NPCs who don't have the proper voice files for those dialogue lines.
FOMOD Instructions:
- RDO

Respect for the Legate - You've been promoted to Legate, the Imperials should know who you are by now. The imperial patrols will no longer harass you

Misc Dialogue Edits - This mod improves dialogue that other mods don't, contributing to make conversations in Skyrim as plausible and immersive as possible
Instructions:
- First main file
- Save the Icerunner patch

More Dialogue Option - This mod adds dialogue options in a simple and immersive way to improve various conversations in the vanilla game. The responses are all voiced by using the original voice files of the game. The new options are meant to feel like they should have been in the game all along
Instructions:
- Version for Misc Dialogue Edits
- Taking Care of Business Patch

More to Say - repurposes vanilla lines to expand NPC dialogue, adding depth without breaking character
Instructions:
Main file (not merged)
FOMOD Instructions:
Everything

Dawn of Skyrim - A city overhaul for each of the five major holds
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Alternate older version (plugin name must be "Blues Skyrim" as it's required by patches)
- Update
- Storefront Patch

Settlements Expanded - Expands various settlement locations around Skyrim by adding buildings, NPCs and structures
Instructions:
- Main file
- Soljunds Sinkhole Patch
- Whistling Mine Patch

Unique Border Gates - Unique Border Gates redesigns the border crossings of Cyrodill, Hammerfell and Morrowind by adding new, unique and immersive gates.
Instructions:
- Main file
- Point the Way Patch

Falkreath - A minor expansion for the city of Falkreath. Provides additional housing for 2 NPCs
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Dawnstar - An expansion for the town of Dawnstar

Dragon Bridge - A small village expansion for Dragon Bridge
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Ivarstead - A simple village expansion for Ivarstead

Darkwater Crossing - A simple village expansion for Darkwater Crossing
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Karthwasten - A simple village expansion for Karthwasten

Kynesgrove - A simple village expansion for Kynesgrove
 
Solijund Sinkhole - A simple village expansion for Soljund's Sinkhole

Whistling Mine - A simple village expansion for Whistling Mine
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Rorikstead - An expansion for the village of Rorikstead. New NPCs, buildings, guard patrols, etc.
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Shor's Stone - An expansion for the village of Shor's Stone
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Simple Raven Rock Expansion - A simple expansion of the town of Raven Rock
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Raven Rock Enhanced - Adds more detail and life to Raven Rock without over-cluttering. 100% Compatible with Simple Raven Rock Expansion
Instructions:
Pick the cleaned and fixed version in the file section; original mod by ImmortalIce is HERE 

Better Tel Mithryn - An expansion of the settlement of Tel Mithryn. Includes docks, a main gate, new merchants, guards, and more
Instructions:
- Main file
- Update

Solitude Dome Painting - It adds some paintings to the Blue Palace
Instructions:
- Main file
- Waterhouse Replacer

+ Solitude Dome New Meshes

Solitude and Temple Frescoes 2019 - It adds painted frescoes to the Temple of the Divines in Solitude and other Temples and Halls of the Dead
Instructions:
- Complete version

+ Solitude Frescoes Mesh and Cubemap Fix -

Grey Quarter Shop Displays Re-Done - A small, consistency-themed mod to add Morrowind type items from Dragonborn dlc to shops in the Grey Quarter

Obscure's College of Winterhold - This mod is an expansion and overhaul for the College of Winterhold, including two new towers, a re-imagined Arcanaeum and Hall of the Elements, revised set dressing and clutter in many areas, changes that appear over time, door signs to assist with navigation, support for many other mods, and not a trace of hay
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:
- Immersive College NPC Integration
- Recommended Interiors
- New Music Only
- Hall of Diligence FPS Help
- Book Covers Skyrim
- Book Covers The Lost Library
- Blacksmith Forge Water Fix
- Cutting Room Floor
- Mysticism
- WACCF - Armor and Clothing Extension
- Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes
- Solitude Temple Frescos 2019
NB: Skip the Better Dynamic Snow patch since it requires an outdated master

Obscure's College of Winterhold Addons -
 Instructions:
- Magelight Addon
- OCW Arcanaeum Floating Books Addon

Perseids Inns and Taverns - A complete overhaul of the inns that makes them more expensive (prices are customizable), allows you to book for several days, and also makes smaller inns much more unique and useful
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:
- Enhanced
- Alternate Start
*You do NOT need my extra patches since they're included in the Custom Patch

The Drunken Huntsman Inn - now you can rent a bed at The Drunken Huntsman
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Telengard - A hunting and fishing village on an island in the Sea of Ghosts

Keld-Nar - Keld-Nar is a village in Eastmarch, near the Dwemer ruin of Mzulft.

Oakwood - A new village reviving an old town from TES:Arena
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ WiZkiD's Oakwood LOD Fix

Badersee - A new town in the Winterhold area that started not so long ago round an Ebony mine
The original mod is here - but you can pick my fixed version from this page's file tab

Solitude Exterior Addon - Small addition near Katla's farm. Pick the fixed version from the Skyrim Reborn file tab

NB - the fixed version is hosted on Skyrim Reborn's page. If that one's down you can still use the old file here. If that's the case, load in CK and resave

Solitude Docks Updated - It expands the docks adding a lively seaside neighborhood, as befits what's supposed to be Skyrim's largest trading hub
Instructions:
- Main file
- Hearthfire Extended patch

Riften Docks Overhaul - A fish market and better walkways outside Riften
Instructions:
- Main file + Update (merge the update and ignore MO2's warning)
- Lanterns II Patch
- SMIM Patch
- Song of the Green Patch

Provincial Courier Service - This mod is a simple immersion/realism mod that provides a small shack outside of Whiterun along the main road, next to Honningbrew Meadery

Dark's Whiterun Market - 
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- CRF patch
- Provincial Courier Service patch

Point the Way - A mod to provide more road signs at various road intersections so you don't need to refer to your map so often

Bee Hives - Adds bee hives in front of Honningbrew Meadery

Morthal Where's Wares - Adds a general shop to Morthal 

Farmhouse Chimneys  - Adds chimneys to farmhouses that have fireplaces
FOMOD Instructions:
Nothing 

Bring Out Your Dead - Adds proper burial sites for various unique NPCs found throughout Skyrim

Lanterns of Skyrim II - Lanterns of Skyrim II is a completely redesigned version of the old MannyGT LoS. This new edition includes many improvements and additions, more compatibility, improved light sources, snow-covered lighposts and lanterns in snowy areas for a more immersive experience, all lanterns are moved by the wind and much much more.....
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:
- SMIM
- Cutting Room Floor Patch
- Settlements Expanded
- Solitude Docks
- Darkwater Crossing
- Dragon Bridge
- Falkreath
- Ivarstead
- Karthwasten
- Kynesgrove Patch
- Shor's Stone
- Oakwood
- Provincial Courier Service
- Soljund's Sinkhole
- Telengard
- Whistling Mine
Detailed Instructions:
- Open the mod in xEdit
- Go to Load Screen - xx048F86 (the one entry under Load Screen)
- In the right panel, go to DESC - Description and remove the extra spaces before "Lantern"

Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions - Allows adoption of up to 6 kids, instead of just 2 - Move your family into suitable custom homes  - Gives children a last name

True Homecooked Meals - Tired of getting stale apple pies that were probably found on the sidewalk and told they're "homecooked meals"? This mod replaces the "Homecooked Meal" with a meal based off of a real nordic dish and allows you to cook your own

Hearthfire Extended - New content for the Hearthfire DLC, integrated seamlessly with Hearthfire's construction system. Build any furniture in any room. Build additional wings off your cellar. Also includes bugfixes and enhancements to vanilla apiaries, butter churns and mead barrels
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- Bee Hives patch
- Cutting Room Floor patch

Simple Hearthfire Attics SSE - Adds a same-cell attic to HF homesteads
Instructions:
All in one

Storefront - A mod to provide your spouse with a proper physical storefront to sell goods from

Bedroom Doors and Privacy - Adds lockable bedroom doors to the Hearthfire player homes and changes the exterior doors to need a key.
Note - if you use ASLAL to start as the owner of one of HF homesteads, you'll be locked in your room and you'll need to console your way to freedom - either by unlocking the door or giving yourself a key (to find the key code: help "Lakeview Manor Key" (or "Heljarchen Key" etc), then player.additem [insert number you got above] 1).

Additions to Lakeview Heljarchen and Windstad- This mod adds enhancements to the interior of the three Hearthfires buildable homes, Lakeview, Heljarchen and Windstad, specifically, unique displays for all your loot. It also allows you to configure the main bedroom for up to 6 children in each house.
Instructions:
Install the main file, then pick the Addition to HF Homes Fixed Plugins from this page, install it and let it overwrite. It fixes some errors to custom displays in the original file (modified version shared after getting permission from the author).

Windstad Manor - Solitude Row Boat - Adds a row boat near to Windstad manor and Solitude docks to travel between the two locations. Compatible with Convenient Carriages Ferry Addon (CC's ferry, which crosses the river but doesn't bring you back, is in a different spot)

Simple Player Homes Improvements - a minimalistic overhaul of all vanilla homes (by yours truly), with integration patches that add the functionalities introduced by Hearthfire Extended and Perseides Inns
Instructions:
- Main file (which version is up to you)
- Patch for HF Extended (pick the one that matches your version)
- Bath Tubs
- Bath Tubs for HF Homes

Hidden Hideouts of Skyrim - A collection of small hideouts scattered across Skyrim
Instructions:
- Merged NavMeshed

Hunter Island Player Base - small open world shack in the Falkreath Hold

Live Anywhere - Constructible Shacks - 

Lucien - Lucien is a fully voiced Imperial follower with around 3000 lines of immersive, lore-friendly dialogue. Though he arrives in Skyrim as a cowardly scholar, he'll gradually gain strength and confidence by your side until he grows into a hero in his own right

Inigo - Inigo is a fully voiced khajiit adventuring companion with over 7000 lines of unique dialogue - much of it about you. He'll level alongside you and avoid most traps. If you're sneaking he won't chatter and he'll whisper if you talk to him. He can run out of arrows. He's highly skilled in archery, one-handed, and sneak

Song of the Green (Auri Follower) - custom voiced Bosmer follower who chats with both Lucien and Inigo
Instructions:
- Song of the Green 1.2 sfts fix
- Inigo Banter Patch

+ Auri RaceMenu Crash Fix - 

Khajiit Will Follow - Adds 4 fully-voiced, marriageble khajiit followers (3 male, 1 female) to the world, each with their own unique quests, backstories, personalities, and playstyles.
Instructions:
- Install the mod from the page above
- Add the KWF-Adamant patch and the KWF-USSEP-AIO patch from this page
There are also a couple of things worth fixing. Load the mod in ssedit and do as follows:
- Under Quests, find RelationshipMarriageFin; delete the second Property (KWFMarriageAlias)
- Under Dialog View, delete entry xx00DAF5 (it's the one without a name so it's easy to single out. xx of course will be replaced by two digits depending on your current load order).
These are leftovers of old edits that are supposed to be cleaned up in next update. 
Additional note: the mod adds a "memorial to lost companions" that contains messages from real-life people talking about their pets... while the sentiment behind it is adorable, I'd rather tone down the 4th-wall-breaking and I guess someone else might like to do the same. You can either go under Books, look at anything starting with KWFShrine and tweak out unimmerisive text (such as removing modern dates), or under Worldspace - Tamriel - Block -1,0 - Sub Block -4, 1, find whatever you'd like to remove and flag it as Initially Disabled. I'll leave it to your discretion since admittedly this is me being fussy.

Khash the Argonian (a Fully Custom Voiced Follower) - 
Instructions:
- Main file
- Patches AIO
FOMOD Instructions (for patches):
- Cutting Room Floor (with USSEP)
- WACCF

Lucifer - Argonian Custom Voiced Follower - 
Instructions:
- Main file
- Khash Interactions

Serana Dialogue Edit - An Overhaul of the Dialogue for Serana. This includes: Bug fixes, Custom Dialogue Branches, More Radiant Dialogue and Expansion into Hearthfire and Dragonborn. 

Tedlryn Sero Dialogue Expansion - More unique dialogue for Teldryn Sero -- Adds conditional commentary and some player dialogue options.

Denizens of Morthal - Uses carefully spliced and re-purposed dialogue to allow the citizens of Morthal to interact with each another. Along with giving more immersive schedules to the inhabitants, it also expands the skills and backstories of Benor, Eisa Blackthorn, Valdimar and Erandur
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- Finding Helgi patch

Travellers of Skyrim - Travellers of Skyrim adds 50 new NPCs that travel between over 30 locations in Skyrim. Including Alchemists, Apothecaries, Mercenaries and Merchants
Instructions:
- Travellers of Skyrim LITE version (the main one has a buggy mercernary that's not included in this)
- Dragonborn Addon

Immersive World Encounters - Immersive World Encounters aims to enhance your game-play experience to be more diverse and engaging by adding more than 70 new random events as well as modifying some of the vanilla events
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
FOMOD Instructions:
no patches

+ Immersive World Encounters - Cutting Room Floor Patch - 

Diverse Imperial Soldiers - Makes the imperial legion more diverse

Immersive College NPCs - Adds students and guards to the College of Winterhold for added immersion
Instructions:
Before installing uncheck HMB TCC plugin (otherwise the FOMOD will auto-select an outdated patch that causes blackfaces)
FOMOD Instructions:
Standard FaceGens
Afterwards you can re-enable HMB TCC plugin

WACCF Armor and Clothing Extension - Adds more diversity and lore-friendly clothing options and gives NPCs more appropriate attire
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- ACE_WACCF 2K-1K (merge)

Common Clothes and Armor - Adds over 130 new clothes and armors to the common people of Skyrim
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Common Clothes and Armor Patches -
FOMOD Instructions:
- Cutting Room Floor
- Armor and Clothing Extension

The Alchemists's Vestments - 

Colovian Noble Clothes - A set of fine clothes for the lords and ladies of Skyrim
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Colovian Noble Clothes Replacer for Quest Outfits - Replaces Party Clothes and Radiant Raiment fine clothes with more unique outfits
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Cloaks of Skyrim - Adds almost 100 new styles of cloak to the world of Skyrim, via crafting, levelled-lists, and static loot
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:
Main Version

+ Cloaks of Skyrim Retextured
Instructions:  
2K

Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library - Adds 295 books from earlier TES games into Skyrim and re-covers them in the style of Book Covers Skyrim. New books will be found on a broad range of Merchants and relevant Loot Lists
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
Desaturated version

Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul - Mysticism is a complete magic overhaul that brings bug fixes and balance adjustments to nearly every Vanilla spell while adding over 200 new spells that fit seamlessly into the world of Skyrim
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
ESP version
Mystic Addons

+ Mysticism Cutting Room Floor Patch
Instructions:
- Second optional file

Ars Metallica - Adds the ability to forge arrows, gain skill for smelting and mining, melt down unwanted armor and weapons, and more
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Adamant - A Perk Overhaul - Adamant is a streamlined perk overhaul designed to enhance every aspect of your Skyrim experience
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main File
- Adamant Addons

+ Adamant WACCF Patch

Aetherius - Race overhaul

Mundus - Standing Stones overhaul

Blade and Blunt - Combat overhaul

Scion - A Vampire Overhaul - Scion is a streamlined overhaul designed to improve the gameplay of Vampires and Vampire Lords

Manbeast - A Werewolf Overhaul - Manbeast is a streamlined overhaul designed to improve Werewolf gameplay.

Realistic AI Detection - This is a script-free total recalibration of Skyrim's detection formula, which improves the balanced and realism of sneaking. Enemies will have enhanced sight and hearing abilities, and will search longer when alerted. This mod represents over 300 hours of meticulous research and optimization work
Instructions:
Lite

Pickpocket 5Ever - never run out of stuff to steal

Train and Study - You can now use training dummys, archery targets, and skill books to train and advance your skills
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Train and Study Patch Compendium
FOMOD Instructions:
- fix for Train and Study
- USSEP
- Alternate Start

The Eloquent Reader 
Instructions:
- Main file
- Less XP

Immersive Horses - horse management overhaul
Instructions:
- Main file
- 2K textures
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Miscellaneous Patches: patches for Immersive Horses, Book Covers and RDO

Convenient Carriages
FOMOD Instructions:
- no optional mods installed
- extra baggage: default
- travel time correction: none
- cross river patch
- none
- better dynamic snow v3
- noisy horse
- landscape fixes for grass mods
- Dawnstar by Arthmoor
- Falkreath by Arthmoor and Landscape fixes for grass mods
- Ivarstead by Arthmoor
- Rorikstead by Arthmoor and Landscape fixes for grass mods
- Storefront
- Cutting Room Floor and Landscape fixes for grass mods

AI Overhaul - Changes many of the Vanilla NPCs AI to act more realistic and immersive
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ AI Overhaul Official Patch Hub
Instructions:
Patches for:
- Cutting Room Floor
- Ivarstead
- Kynesgrove
- Relationship Dialogue Overhaul

+ AI Overhaul - Obscure's College of Winterhold Patch from this page's files

+ AI Overhaul Perseids Inns Patch 

+ Dawn of Skyrim AI Overhaul Patch -  [page's temporarily hidden; until it's back you can skip this, conflicts weren't major in the first place]

Run for Your Lives - A small mod that makes citizens in a village or city run indoors during a dragon attack. NB: still relevant with AI Overhaul; AIO makes NPCs more cautious, this mod takes it a step further and makes them run inside homes.

Nether's Follower Framework - A multi-follower system that is light on game resources and allows for up to 10 companions at one time. It provides a wealth of additional features, including immersion and quality-of-life functions to allow you to adventure with a small team of characters
NB - the mod is currently hidden on nexus; unless it comes back you can download it from here.
FOMOD Instructions:
- Skyrim Special Edition
- Core Mod Options: Followers avoit traps, Follower Levelling BAT file, Follower Class BAT file
- Core Mods Support: RDO, RDO Comments


My Home is Your Home 2 Plus - NFF has its own setting to assign home bases but this is less clunky for individual followers
Instructions:
- Main file
- Player Bed Ownership Patch

The Choice is Yours - Stop quests from starting automatically. Pursue the quests you want, ignore the ones you don't. Make your choices matter
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions:
- Main file
- you can skip the Book Covers patch since we're getting Kyrptopyr's later

Timing is Everything - Allows you to customize the starting conditions for various quests. You can choose to delay the start of Dragonborn, Dawnguard, or Hearthfire quests, as well as other quest events. You can also reduce the level requirements to allow a quest to begin earlier than it normally would
Instructions:
FISSES version

Not So Fast - Main Quest - Introduces pauses in the otherwise hectic pace of the main quest and alters a few other plot points along the way. The actual time delays and whether the Season Unending negotiations are skipped can be configured

+ Patch for Book Covers Skyrim 

Not So Fast - Mage Guild - Introduces two pauses in the rather short mage guild quest line at the College of Winterhold and allows for customizing the start of the three apprentices' quests. The actual time delays can be configured.

Improved Companions - Questline Tweaks - Actually back out of becoming a werewolf without leaving Skjor and Aela stuck in the Underforge forever, and various other tweaks for the Companions

More Radiant Quests for the Companions - No more becoming Harbinger over night! Now you actually have to work for the honour
FOMOD Instructions:
Option 2 (or whatever you like better actually)

Don't be a Milk Drinker - Restores honor to The Companions by removing the option to be a bully
Instructions:
Main version

Paarthurnax Quest Expansion - 

Saadia Time of Need - Small addition to Saadia's quest for those who want to know they've done the right thing (or the wrong one for what matters)
Instructions:
Just a Note version 

Innocence Lost Alternative - "Good Guys" mod - try to have Grelod arrested, she'll end up dead anyway 

A Lovely Letter Alternate Routes - Tell Sven and Faendal that you won't get involved in their quarrel, or expose both of them and gain Camilla's favor for yourself

Blood on Ice Redux - Ever wanted to catch the Butcher before he kills again? Then this is your mod
Instructions:
- Main file
- Patch
- BOTIxtra (optional file to buy the House of Curiosities after the quest)

Hjerim after Blood on Ice - This mod allows the player to buy Hjerim and have the option to become Thane of Eastmarch after the quest "Blood on the Ice"

College of Winterhold the Missing Apprentices Quest Fix - "The Missing Apprentices" quest just makes no sense even after Cutting Room Floor restored some content. This fix makes the quest much more interesting and coherent.

Finding Susanna Alive - This mod changes how Blood on the Ice is triggered to ensure that you'll be able to meet Susanna the Wicked alive and well in Candlehearth Hall before the butcher strikes 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Finding Susanna Alive BOTI Redux

Finding Helgi... and Lalette - A home in Morthal burned down under mysterious circumstances; some say it was the murder of a wife and daughter. A woman leaves home without saying goodbye to her husband and son, ostensibly to join the war. Are these events connected? This is an overhaul of "Laid to Rest" and the third mod in the "Finding" series
FOMOD Instructions:
- no patch

Finding Derkeethus - Fixes some issues with the quest to find Derkeethus
FOMOD Instructions:
- no patch
Detailed Instructions:
- load in CK and resave

Finding Velehk Sain - This mod creates additional content surrounding the strange gauntlet in the Midden Dark, as well as the four missing Apprentices from the College of Winterhold
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:
- Missing Apprentices Quest Fix

Jiub's Opus - Simple mod that adds quest markers for the Side quest Impatience of a Saint

Stackable Stones of Barenziah with Optional Quest Markers - Fixes Stones of Barenziah to stack properly in the player's inventory. Also adds optional quest markers to Stones of Barenziah

Plenty of Pendants - Completable Pain in the Necklace - 

Crimson Nirnroot Markers - This mod will all quest markers to the Crimson Nirnroot in Blackreach for the quest A Return To Your Roots

The Karthspire Giant - Restores the reviving of the dead giant at Karthspire camp
FOMOD Instructions:
- Proper

Gildergreen Regrown - A mod to make the Gildergreen in Whiterun grow from the sapling back into a full tree over time. Takes approximately 6 months in-game time to grow from a sapling into a full adult

Kyne's Temple Consequences - Increases the impact of the choice in The Blessings of Nature through 4 unique voiced NPCs and adaptive changes to Whiterun's Temple of Kynareth

Whiterun Battle Brothers - Makes the guards who survive Dragon Rising into unique NPCs who recognize the player and continue to guard Whiterun.

New Embershard Miners - Adds a pair of miners who set up camp, visit Riverwood, and work in Embershard Mine after you clear it
Instructions:
- Voiced dialogue option

Bard College Excavation - Adds a bard excavation to Dead Men's Respite after completing Tending the Flames, with 2 unique bard NPCs, fully voiced dialogue, and a repeatable quest

Renounce the Daedra - Based on Epic Restoration by Haptly, this mod lets you get out of Daedric quests and even provide an alternate way to complete the Dragonborn DLC without selling out the Skaal. By yours truly.

Save the Icerunner - Jaree-Ra in Solitude has a plan to set up a shipwreck. The ship is said to be full of weapons and riches, ripe for the taking. What will you do?

Mistwatch Ending - More Options - A tweak to Mistwatch ending, that preserves your ability to lie even if you killed Fjola. By yours truly.

Play Dawnguard as Vampire Undetected - Dawnguard won't recognize you're a vamprie unless you look like one
Instructions: 
Esl-flagged file

Path to Volkihar - get invited to join Lord Harkon's court without joining Dawnguard if you're already a vampire. NB - you must be a vampire when the Dawngaurd quest starts. Use Timing is Everything to have it start to your convenience.

Improved College Entry - Choose your school and more improvements for the College of Winterhold.

Misc College of Winterhold Tweaks - This is a collection of tweaks, additions, fixes, and adjustments to College of Winterhold, offered "à la carte" in the esp-fe format.
Instructions:
ESP version
FOMOD Instructions:
- Arniel's Appeals
- the Augur's Admonishment: none
- a College Coup
- Obscure's College of Winterhold Add-on
- Immersive College NPCs Add-on
- Dead Dunmer Delivery
- Magelight Maintenance
- Governable Gatekeeper
- Expedite the Expirate
- Unflappable Faculty
- Erratum Etc.: none
- the Early Elementalist: Obscure's College of Winterhold version
- Inescapable Insights: Inescapable Insights

Choose Your Own Archmage - Why should the Psijic Order decide who should become the new Arch-Mage? It should be the choice of the current Arch-Mage. Unfortunately for Winterhold, that's you.

No Thieves Guild Grind - Lowers the Thieves Guild radiant grind quests requirements for their rewards.

Thieves Guild Alternate Routes - Taking Care of Business - Less evil paths for some TG quests; even if you don't care about the "good guys" option, you could still enjoy the ability to focus radiant quests in a city. The custom patch takes care of the potential load order bug that many have reported, the mod itself is good.
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

NB - Taking Care of Business is sometimes referred as "buggy" because "the radiants don't work". The mod itself is fine, what happens is that it adds a custom keyword to Locations, which can be overwritten by other mods thus causing the radiants not to start. If you follow my LO you should be fine. If you use another combo, check in ssedit what other mods make edits to the main cities under Locations, and either load it afterwards or make a patch (if other mods make their own edits you definitely need a patch, but many like NFF just make a call back to the vanilla record).

No to Nocturnal - If you want to complete the TG quest without selling your soul

The Notice Board - This mod adds new and alternative radiant (and side) quests
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ The Notice Board Better Solstheim Quests
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Notice Board - More Broad Inverstigation Quest - download the Mod_Backup archive, extract, find the Notice Board - More Broad Investigation file, and install it manually

The Notice Board Refined - 2k 

Missives - Adds a large number of localized radiant quests found at Missive Boards of varying difficulty and with varying rewards
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Missives - Worldspace Additions -
Instructions: 
Solstheim patch
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

How to make Missives boards look like the improved Notice Board:
- Open The Notice Board Refined in Explorer
- Inside meshes/manny/up, find manny_up_noticeboardmesh.nif; 
- copy and paste into your Modding folder (or anywhere outside of MO2) and rename it MissiveBoard.nif
- make another copy and rename it MissiveBoardSolstheim.nif
- open Missives in Explorer
- move your new MissiveBoard.nif into Meshes -> Clutter -> Missives and let it replace the existing file
- open Missives - Worldspace Additions in Explorer
- move your new MissiveBoardSolstheim.nif into Meshes -> Clutter -> Missives and let it replace the existing file

If you do NOT want to do this and would rather keep Missives' distinct appearance, you may like to use Missives - Dawn of Skyrim Patch (it fixes a minor clip in Solitude)

Headhunter - Bounties Redone - 
FOMOD Instructions:
- Missives General Patch
- Missives Solstheim
- The Notice Board

Campfire - Complete Camping System - A complete, feature-rich camping mod

+ Campfire - HD Packed Bedroll -

+ ElSopa - Campfire HD - 

+ Give Me Shelter - Give Me Shelter allows vampire characters to shelter from the sun's light in tents powered by Chesko's Campfire
Instructions: 
Scion version

+ Enhanced Knapsack -

Hunterborn - Changes animal looting into a process of dressing, skinning, harvesting, and butchering. Adds hunting knives, many new alchemy ingredients, animal meat, recipes, and foraging
FOMOD Instructions:  
Campfire, Soups and Stews
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Hunterborn SE MCM -
FOMOD Instructions:  
Campfire, Soups and Stews

Hunterborn - Animal Blood Potions - 

SunHelm - state of the art survival and needs mod
FOMOD Instructions:  
- Campfire Skill Tree
- Platform: Skyrim SE
- Patches: Hunterborn Soups and Stews, Cathedral Water, ROM, OCW, Bibliophile's Arcaenum

+ SunHelm Patches - 
Instructions: 
Dawn of Skyrim patch
Riften Docks Overhaul patch
Inigo patch

+ More Wells for Sunhelm - it adds the Well Bucket to smaller wells, and also to wells added by mods in the guide 
Instructions: 
Pick it from the miscellaneous section of this page

+ Survival Control Panel - 

Dirt and Blood - Your character will accumulate dirt and blood dynamically, which you can clean by swimming, standing in the rain or taking a bath. The effects are mostly visual only and do not affect gameplay. NPCs will also get bloody as a result of battles. Mod is designed to be simple and lightweight

+ Dirt and Blood Retexture - 
FOMOD Instructions:  
- 2K
- Default
- No plugin

+ Dirt and Blood - Hunterborn patch - 
Instructions: 
ESP-FE

+ Dirt and Blood - Perseids Inns Patch - it adds the washing spell to Perseids' tubs (which are also used elsewhere in this guide); just a small tweak with consistency in mind
Instructions: 
Pick it from the miscellaneous section of this page

+ Widget Addon - Dirt and Blood -
FOMOD Instructions:  
None of the above

Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux - mixing flowers does not produce glass, right?
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

+ Empty Bottle Patch for Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux - 

Hunterborn - Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux Patch - 

Become a Bard (MCM Restored) - 

Orlando's Bardic Bits - 

BA Bard Songs - more bard songs for your bards
FOMOD Instructions:  
- Flutes
- Lutes
- Drums

Windhelm Segregation - Elda Early-Dawn hates the Dark Elves. She will now decline to rent a room to them. However, the innkeepers at the New Gnisis Cornerclub are willing to help out their fellow Dunmer in need of a bed

DLC Integration - This mod adds content from Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn to the world through leveled lists, merchants, and manual placement of objects. Its purpose is to incorporate the DLC into the base game in ways that make sense, but were left out for various reasons
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
Instructions: 
First main file

Fjori and Holgeir in Sovngarde - Adds Fjori and Holgeir to Sovngarde as rightful Nord heroes after freeing them in Ansilvund

Miners and Farmers Sell Supplies - Now farmers and miners across Skyrim are more than happy to sell you their stocks as you travel
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

After the Civil War - Siege Damage Repairs - An immersive way of repairing the damage left by the Civil War without using the console. Twenty days after the final battle the cities will be back to normal, but a generous donation will speed-up the reconstruction. Repair crews will be at work fixing the damage
FOMOD Instructions:  
No patch

Bibliophile's Arcaneum - This mod is for role-players and book lovers. It allows you to peruse the collection in the Arcanaeum, select books to borrow, curl up by the hearth, and be harassed by the college guard for forgetting to return them before the due date. If you wish, you may also study to add temporary buffs to your skill increase rate
FOMOD Instructions:  
- Obscure's College
- Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library
- Book Covers Skyrim Sorting
- Lost Library Sorting

The Stumbling Sabercat - The Stumbling Sabrecat reopens
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**
FOMOD Instructions:  
No patch

Niyya's New Clothes - If she's freed (better install the mod before she reaches Raven Rock), she dons a less pitiful outfit and starts working at the inn. Geldis took a liking to her, I guess

Jenassa in Chitin - This mod puts Jenassa, the mercenary found in the Drunken Huntsman, in chitin armor
Instructions:  
Outfit version

Aranea of the Temple
Instructions:  
WACCF extension version

Imperial Knowldege Vanilla Beverages - This mod adds several beverages to the store inventories of the innkeepers around the world of Skyrim which are normally quest exclusive
**REQUIRED BY CUSTOM PATCH**

Immersion and Lore Continuity - A collection of tweaks to add in flavorful elements from lore and the game world and its stories for more immersion. 
FOMOD Instructions:  
- Custom
- Everything except n. 4

I'm Glad you're Here - 

PrivateProfileRedirector SE  - Speeds up game start by storing INI files in memory instead of opening, parsing and closing the file each time some value from it is needed

Scaleform Translation Plus Plus - This plugin enables native translation nesting present within SkyUI, as well as English fallbacks

PapyrusUtil SE - An SKSE plugin adding several new scripts with native functions that provide various conveniences related to data storage and other misc functions to the scripter/modde

Powerofthree's Papyrus Extender - A SKSE64 plugin that extends Papyrus script functionality, with over 220 new Papyrus functions, and 24 events

Dylbill's Positioner - 

FISSES - 

This section is optional; if you want to use Interesting NPCs, follow the instructions in this section to make it work with the guide; otherwise just skip this entire section.

Interesting NPCs - 
Instructions:  
- Main file - loose files (NB this is important, the BSA has some issue that cause bugs in-game)
- Hotfix
- Alternate Locations
- Don't Call Me Dragonborn
- Rumarin Solstheim Commentary
- AI Overhaul patch
- CRF patch
- Karthwasten patch
- Kynesgrove patch
- Blacksmith forge water patch

Reinstall the following mods; in FOMOD pick the same options as above, plus the specific patch for 3DNPCs:

- WiZkiD signs
- Perseids Inns and Taverns 
- Obscure's College of Winterhold 
- Nether's Follower Framework
- Misc College Quest Tweaks
- Sunhelm Patches

Remove:

- Shor's Stone

Reinstall without Shor's Stone patch:

- Lanterns of Skyrim II
- Ladscape Fixes for Grass Mods - Arthmoor's Villages

(You can also just delete the relevant plugins)

Also add: 

Zora Farichild's Voice Booster - 

3DNPC - Art and Sacrifice Aggression Fix - 

Improved 3DNPC patch for Perseids Inns - 

Interesting NPCs and WACCF Outfit patch -

Interesting Weapons for Interesting NPCs -

3DNPC Talkative Followers - you find it in the same backup archive you downloaded for Notice Board - More Broad Investigation; find the 3DNPC Talkativa Followers and install manually.

Remember to pick the correct Custom Patch and Load Order (see below)

Kryptopyr's Patch Hub 
FOMOD Instructions:  
- WACCF
- ACE
- TCIY
- Book Covers Skyrim
- Cutting Room Floor
After hitting Install you should end up with two plugins: TCIY_BCS and TCIY_CRF

Aosana's Assorted Patches - 
Instructions: 
- RDO - Windhelm Segregation patch (8th file)
NB you do NOT need the patches for Dwemer Gates and Inigo and/or 3DNPCs because the few conflicts they deal with have been already addressed in the CP

Load Order - Download the load order  (either the regular one or the one for 3DNPC - do not use both) and extract the txt file. Drop it into your MO2 profile folder (Mod Organzier 2 -> profiles ->Skyrim Enhanced)
Custom Patches - Download and install the  Blacksmith Forge Fixes Patch, the Whiterun Seam Fix and the Custom Patch (either the regular one or the one for 3DNPC - do not use both) from this page's files
NB: the Whiterun Seam Fix is a separate file because someone might like to use it even if they're not following the entire guide.

Installing the ENB:
- Get the latest ENBinaries from here. Download manually and extract. Move following files from the folder called Wrapper Version in your main SSE folder : d3d11.dll, d3dcompiler_46e.dll, enblocal.ini
- Get iiENB - the version for Cathedral Weathers. Download manually and extract. Open the folder called Silent Horizons 7.1 Cathedral Weathers and move all content to your main SSE folder. 
NB1 - you can choose a different ENB if you like; just check that it works well with Cathedral Weather and that it does not have additional requisites.
NB2 - If, after adding the ENBinaries, you get the bug where some elven hairdos are floating in the air, you have to DISABLE the FixBlackHair feature

xLODGen & DynDOLOD - Installation and use

In the LEFT PANEL, move A Quality World Map at the very bottom (otherwise streets may not be visible).

When you make a new character, you may want to customize a few options in the MCM. I won't give too many instructions here as for most mods, MCM is either fine in its default state, or 100% highly subjective. I'll just mentions a few things you should/may like configuring:

Farmhouse Chimneys - Under Mod Support, check everything except Aurora Village, Helarchen Creek, Inns and Taverns, Expanded Towns and Cities

Follower Framework - it's ultimately your choice, but I advise: 
- under Activity, disabling Teleport (or they'll come to you to Sovngard and whatnot
- under Activity, check Wait Forever 
- under Gameplay, uncheck Allow Gift Giving (you end up full of all sorts of clutter)
- under Mounts, select Ride only (for compatibility with Immersive Horses)

Immersive World Encounters: 
Under New Encounters, I suggest unchecking:
- Enable Tavern Brawl (it's fun once, but it ends up happening everywhere all the time)
- Custom Voice WI Events (to get rid of the angry husbad scene, that not unlike the above was too ubiquitous)
- Dragon Attacks in Cities - actually you can keep it if you like fighting dragons in cities, just be aware it's this mod and not a strange bug 
- Jarl Housecarl escort prisioners event - disable (issues have been reported, until it's fixed it's saver to keep it toggled off)

Timing is Everything - not giving specific instructions here, just reminding you this mod is precious to delay or anticipate quests to your liking, and even preventing a few from happening at all if you don't want to play them in one playthrough.