What Skyrim mods should I get?

[JustAGamer]

I just got Skyrim on PC and don't know which mods to get. Anyone got any recommendations?

[AlwaysFSX]

Heh... This list:

[Commander_Z]

Heh... This list:

 This

[JustAGamer]

Thanks

[Entropy]

Ultimate Follower Overhaul

SMiM

Official HD textures or 2K Textures

All of the USKPs

WATER

T3nd0s Skyrim Redone 

CBBE or UNP for better character models

XP32 skeleton (ensures compatibility with a lot of other mods)

 

Also, you may wish to look into ENBs, if you have the graphical horsepower to drive them.

[gundershot]

Hehe, time to whip out my ridiculous guide again: http://tiny.cc/nextgenrim

[Albatross]

My suggestions:

 

System & Bugs:

SkyUI

Unofficial Skyrim patch

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
Unofficial Heartfire Patch

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch

Unofficial high Resolution Pack Patch

A Matter of Time

Fores New Idles

 

ENBs:

BLEAK & UNBLEAK ENB

Opethfeldt

Unreal Cinema

Stakado Cinemascope

Stakado Realistic and Cinematic

RealVision

Project ENB

A Realistic Hope

Real Like ENB

 

Overhauls + Immersion:

Immersive Weapons

Immersive Armors

Immersive Patrols

Immersive Creatures

Immersive HUD

Immersive Sounds

Immersive Animations (requires other mods!)

Immersive First Person View (requires other mods!)

Immersive NPC in the dark

Immersive Wenches

Pipe Smoking

Travel by Boat

Get Snowy

Moonlight Tales

Werewolf Mastery

Convenient Horses

Skyrim Flora Overhaul

Pure Waters

Realistic Waters Two

Pure Weather

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul

Frostfall

Climates of Tamriel

Audio Overhaul

Sounds of Skyrim (my favorite sound related mod)

Ethereal Elven Overhaul

Player Headtracking

Grass on Steroids

 

 

Textures + Improvements:

 

I would link to female/male skin, texture and body mods but I'm not sure if that would break rules here. lol

 

Skyrim  HD + 2K Textures

Improved NPC Clothing

Static Mesh Improvement (SMIM)

aMidianBorn Book of Silence

aMidianBorn Caves and Mines

aMidianBorn Landscape

Eyes of Beauty

Brows

Beards

Dwemer Beards

High Res Face Maps for Men by Geonox

High Res Warpaint and Dirtmaps for Men by Geonox

No More Blocky Faces

ApachiiSkyHair natural Retexture

ApachiiSkyHair BASE MODE

Superior Lore-Friendly Hair HD

Better Vanilla Hair

Better Females

Women of Skyrim

SG Female Retextures

Better Males (can't link; might break rules)

Female Orc Retexture

Immersive Roads

Lovely Hairstyles

New Children

Killable Children (for those pesky bullies lol)

CoverKhajiits

Vampire Lord Retexture (amazing)

Skyrim Horses Renewal

Enhanced Horse Skin

Faster Horses

Detailed Rugs

HiRes Legible Road Signs (a must have!)

Bellyaches Fur and Quilted Saddles

XCE - Xenius Character  Enhancement

Better Shaped Weapons

HD Fire

HD Trees

HD Ivy

HD Scars

HD Foods

Natural Grass Textures

Realistic Smoke + Embers

The Paarthurnax Dilemma

Improved Dragon Textures

Footprints

Splash of Rain

No Snow Under Roofs

Real Clouds

Smoking Torches

Tropical Skyrim (Careful! Replaces Skyrim!)

Prides of Skyrim

 

 

New Places + Houses + Followers:

Falskaar

Wyrmstooth

Moonpath to Elsweyr

 

Bijin Warmaidens

Valkyrja

Hoth

 

Armor, Weapons, Clothing etc etc:

Cloaks of Skyrim

Winter is Coming (another cloaks mod)

Ashara Princess of the Woods

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches

Unique Dragon Priest Masks - HD textures by skyrimaguas

Isilmeriel LOTR Weapons Collection

Weapons of a Third Era

Insanity Shields

Mantle of the Silver Hand

Nordic Ranger Outfit

Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack

Bellyaches New Dragon Species and Ohdaviing Replacer

Horse Armor

More Saddles

[WaffleDealer]

I went for the aurora and twilight followers, the CBBE (NSFW when setting up, it can be made SFW), and the tame beasts mod... everything else seemed not worth the download time.