Skyrim Better Clothes Mod

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The best new Skyrim clothing mods which add beautiful cloaks, robes and outfits for Player Characters and NPCs including merchant and maids

Hi and welcome to my latest hub on Skyrim, the fifth installment in the wonderful Elder Scrolls series. Ever since Skyrim was released, hundreds of enthusiastic and talented modders have been creating wonderful mods, today I will look at the best clothing mods available. These mods will either replace existing in game clothing or introduce new clothes to the game. As with all my hubs on Skyrim, all clothing mods that I discuss will be as lore friendly as possible.

In order to install these mods, I recommend using either Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer to manage, install and check your mods for updates as well as to organise your mod load order.

I have a hub that introduces Nexus Mod Manager, which is a brilliant utility that is:

Simple to use
Has a great user interface with pre-configured mod categories
A built in download manager linked to Skyrim Nexus

My hub on Nexus Mod Manager can be found here:

Mod Organizer is a more advanced utility that has a number of unique features:

Profiles allow for multiple configuration files and installed mods
It detects mod conflicts and load order problems
All mods are installed separately, which keeps the game folder clean and allows mods to be removed easily

Improved NPC Clothing by Baron David, a Skyrim mod that improves the look of all default NPC clothing

The first mod we are going to look at is the Improved NPC Clothing mod as well as its expansion. Both are written by the modder BaronDavid and aim to replace all the vanilla clothing textures in Skyrim with new high resolution ones.

You can see from the screenshots above, the mod improves the textures without changing the overall look of the clothes. The colours are more vibrant while remaining close to the default ones. The detailing is excellent and the clothing textures are much more defined. It is for this reason that you should use this as a base mod to ensure that all clothes in Skyrim are improved and also look consistently good.

2X Clothing Re-Mix – Kobayashi’s Mix, a Skyrim mod that improves the look of all default NPC clothing

The second mod is another mod that replaces all the vanilla clothing textures with higher resolution textures. Ideally, you should choose one mod or the other, but by manually installing specific parts of the mod you can mix and match if you like. Unlike Improved NPC clothing, the author Kobayashi345 has gone for a more realistic look. Beggars, farmers and miners clothing is all dirty as you would expect given their jobs. The author has also gone to great lengths to balance increasing the resolution of textures without impacting performance.

I would recommend this mod over Improved NPC Clothing if:

You have an older PC and are concerned about game performance
The dirtier look appeals to you

Both mods are excellent and it comes down simply I believe to a personal preference. You can see the effect of 2X Clothing re-mix above. If you are using either Mod Organizer or Nexus Mod Manager, you can install them one at a time and decide for yourself which look you prefer in game. Now, we will move onto mods that replace specific clothing or add new clothes to Skyrim.

Cloaks of Skyrim a mod that adds high quality cloaks for both NPCs and Player Characters

The first mod we will look at is the excellent Cloaks of Skyrim mod by Noodles. This hub adds almost one hundred cloaks to Skyrim. Cloaks from this mod:

Are added via crafting
Can be found in the possession of a number of NPCs including guards
Are also to be found in loot

Not only can these cloaks be worn without the need to remove any other clothing or items, they also give you protection against the cold. If you play as I do, the excellent Frostfall mod (to learn more about Frostfall, check out my hub on that and a number of other excellent immersion mods that can be found here: http://robbiecwilson.hubpages.com/hub/The-top-Elderscrolls-V-Skyrim-Immersion-mods-available-Wet-and-Cold-Frostfall-and-Realistic-Needs-and-Diseases) then these cloaks will be an essential item of clothing for your Player Character.

Opulent Outfits a Skyrim mod that adds beautiful and high quality mages robes, merchant and maid clothing

This mod replaces a number of clothing sets in Skyrim to a very high standard indeed. The mod is written by BaboonCru and comes in several parts.

The first part upgrades all Mage robes in Skyrim and is an essential mod if you are choosing to play as a mage character, although as the robes are so beautiful I would recommend that you install them regardless of your character class.

The second part is a texture replacement for maid and merchant NPCs throughout Skyrim. You can see an example of the standard of this mod in the picture to the right. The clothing added by these mods is simply beautiful as you can see.

Elaborate Textiles a clothing mod to improve Redguard outfits, Yarl’s clothing and Wedding Dresses in Skyrim

A number of Non Player character’s clothes are retextured by this mod created by Miss Obsidienne. Along with those retextures, there are a number of optional retextures that I would also install. These include replacements for:

Redguard Outfits
Wedding Dresses
The Yarl’s clothing

Once again, the standard of these mods is truly wonderful and makes such a difference to how the NPCs you share Skyrim with look.

Monk Robes Revamp and Wizard Robes Revamps, a series of Skyrim clothing mod to greatly improve the robes worn by monks and wizards in Skyrim

The next mods that we will look at today is a series of mods by Lind that replaces the clothes worn by the priests, priestesses and wizards in Skyrim. The author of this mod has completely remade the robes including a new rope belt and a tiered gown effect. The screenshots below shows just how good the robes now look! These mods are excellent and the quality of the textures is excellent.

Frost Mage Robe a Skyrim Clothing mod that adds beautiful mage robes to Skyrim

The last mod I will look at today is a beautiful craftable robe for your Player Character. The mod is made by DenassaG. These textures are simply beautiful and are superbly detailed. They are 4096x textures, but will run on any decent PC. If you are a mage character, I would thoroughly recommend installing this excellent mod.

Conclusion

In today’s hub, we looked at replacing the vanilla clothes worn by Non Player Characters (or NPCs) firstly with a higher quality mod that replaced all textures. There are two alternatives:

Improved NPC clothing which replaces all clothing for NPCs with high definition, high quality textures that make all clothing in the game look significantly better
2X Clothing Re-Mix – Kobayashi’s Mix is another total replacer mod, this time though the author balanced any improved textures with performance. The changes are not as striking as Improved NPC clothing, but they are an improvement on vanilla and are perfect for those of us with older PCs

The choice between the two is largely a personal choice between the look of both mods as well as whether performance or graphic quality is more important to you.

Next, we looked at a number of excellent mods that built on the work done by the total replacement mods and improved specific clothing or clothes for specific people in game.

First, we looked at Cloaks of Skyrim which adds almost one hundred cloaks to NPCs. They are also available to player characters, either by killing the owner of a cloak, or by finding them in loot
Next, Opulent Outfits introduces beautiful mage robes to Skyrim and also updates the clothes of maids and merchants
Elaborate Textiles updates the clothes of a wide range of NPCs, improving their clothes still further while still retaining the vanilla look
Monk Robes Revamp improves the look of the clothes worn by the priests and priestesses in game. These clothes have been rebuilt from the bottom up and they really improve on the vanilla clothes worn by these NPCs
Lind's Court Wizard Robes - Blue Robes Texture Replacer enhances the look of the wizard's robes in Skyrim. The mod is also available in red, grey and brown variants

Many thanks for reading, I hope that you found some mods here that when added to Skyrim have helped to make it beautiful and made your game play more immersive and enjoyable. Please feel free to leave any comments you may have below.

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So, you’re about to start an exciting new adventure in Tamriel. Maybe you’ve played Skyrim before. Maybe this is your first go-around. If you’re playing on console, a wealth of options are now available to you, all thanks to the power of mods.

Accessing mods is easy: there should be an option right on the main menu:

Once selected, you will be prompted to sign in to your Bethesda account. If you don’t have one, you can make on here. From there, you should be able to see the most popular mods, highly rated mods, and more:

It’s literally just a matter of selecting your preferred mod, and downloading it. Easy. Do note that if you have mods active, your save file will disable achievements and trophies.

It’s also worth noting that, depending on what platform you are playing on, your options will greatly differ. Unfortunately, on PS4, mods are more limited—Bethesda says that PS4 mods will not be able to use “external assets,” which is a bummer. Some of the most famous, classic Skyrim mods, like the one that replaces Dragons with Thomas the Tank Engine, use all sorts of outside assets. Alas.

You can see this limitation on display when you compare the mod offerings. PS4, as of this writing, only has 47 mods on day one. Xbox One, by contrast, has 122. Both will gain many more mods as the days go on, but if you have a choice between the two versions, I’d suggest going with Xbox One—no shade, but that platform has more options. Bethesda says that in terms of storage available, you get 5 GB of mods on Xbox One and 1 GB of mods on PS4 as well.

With all of that said, what should you download? While you can view mods through the in-game interface, you can also sort through them on the official Bethesda website. Online, if you are logged in, you can queue up mods to download on your console, which is handy.

Here’s what you should get, ranging from serious mods to totally ridiculous tweaks. It’s not Skyrim unless it’s both hardcore yet absurd, after all.

Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch, by Arthmoor

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“A comprehensive bugfixing mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition. The goal of the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (aka USSEP) is to eventually fix every bug with Skyrim Special Edition not officially resolved by the developers to the limits of the Creation Kit and community-developed tools, in one easy-to-install package. Features: - Hundreds of gameplay, quest, NPC, object, item, text and placement bugs fixed. - Created by the authors of the Unofficial Oblivion Patch series. - No unsafe changes (such as deletions of stock objects). - Designed to be compatible with as many other mods as possible.”

Download for Xbox One here.

Call of Trainwiz, by TrainWiz

“People have often asked me “Trainwiz, if you are a wizard, and a train wizard, what train spells do you know?” So, to show those people, I created this mod. It adds a shout that, when used, will create an effect similar to Alduin’s meteor shower spell. Except instead of meteors, they’re trains. It will rain trains. You have read this correctly, and you have been warned. I take no responsibility for any damages sustained while it’s raining [censored] trains.”

Download for Xbox One here.

Just Walk: No Fast Travel by DylanJames

“Just Walk” is a mod that disables Fast Travel and Fast Travel Messages in all of the vanilla worldspaces.

Download for Xbox One here, and for PS4 here.

Cutting Room Floor, by Arthmoor

“A content restoration mod for Skyrim and the official DLCs. From the depths of the ether, or just the cutting room floor, comes forth several NPCs, some quests, and other miscellaneous content which was created but never implemented in the game. If ever you had the feeling that Skyrim was missing something, you were probably right! This mod should relieve a bit of that. Villages that were supposed to exist have been brought back. Quests that were partially implemented have been completed. Various items have been restored that were still in the data files. NPCs have been brought back to the game and given homes where appropriate. Plus plenty of other random bits of stuff that was mentioned in the game but didn’t exist yet.”

Immersive Poisoned Apples, by Bombchu

“Purification of Skyrim is my love letter to Oblivion’s Dark Brotherhood questline. After finding the recipe, you’ll be able to craft Poisoned Apples at any cooking station if you have the ingredients. You can then offer the them to denizens of Skyrim in conversation, depending on your relationship with the individual and your speechcraft skill. Also, depending whom you ask, you might see surprising responses ;) You’ll also be able to sneak them into the pockets of unsuspecting victims to be discovered and consumed soon after. Note that this method does not work when used on members of the Thieve’s Guild.”

Elemental Destruction Magic, by reaperix

“Elemental Destruction Magic Adds earth, water, and wind as new types of destruction magic. Besides dealing the same amount of health damage as their vanilla counterparts, each new type of destruction magic has a unique secondary effect as well. Water spells stop enemy Magicka and Stamina regeneration for several seconds, earth spells stop Health regeneration and have a chance to stagger targets, and wind spells have a chance to blow targets away. This mod contains 30 new spells, including 24 destruction spells, 6 conjuration spells, 3 weapon enchantments, and 3 armor enchantments, and 6 new perks. New spell casting enemies that use these new spells have also been added. This mod also includes the spell Ash Cloak, to replace the vanilla Whirlwind Cloak spell and adds a new Dragon Priest masks for each element.”

Download for Xbox One here. A similar mod, Phenderix Magic Evolved, adds 350 new magic spells on PS4, and can be downloaded here.

Campfire: Complete Camping System, by Chesko

“Campfire is the most feature-rich camping gameplay mod for Skyrim, and the foundation of Frostfall. You are immediately granted two new Survival Skills, found in your Magic menu: Resourcefulness, and Instincts. Build a campfire from a small, fragile spark to a roaring blaze, and use it to cook with a cooking pot (or just grill right over the flames). Sit with your followers, keep warm, and let the larger campfires uplift and inspire you (granting a small XP bonus). Create tents at any tanning rack. Stalk your prey using Instincts to see the sounds of nearby moving creatures, and be able to smell the dead (and undead!) from a long distance. Create and buy camping equipment using items in the world around you. Build 4 different kinds of tents, create tanning racks, a portable enchanting kit, and more. Use found deadwood to build hatchets, arrows, and other useful creations. You can create over a dozen useful items on-the-spot no matter where you are in Skyrim.”

Frostfall: Hypothermia Camping Survival, by Chesko

“REQUIRES CAMPFIRE: COMPLETE CAMPING SYSTEM. 3.3 RELEASED. EXPECT UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT! ENJOY! You are now prepared to face a colder, harsher Skyrim. The three main components of Frostfall are hypothermia, cold water survival, and camping. Frostfall adds a deep, immersive level of gameplay to Skyrim, while keeping tedium to a minimum. An immersion mod should never get in the way of having fun. Frostfall tracks your location, weather, time of day, worn clothing, and more, to determine your current condition in a seamless way that feels easy to jump into and start playing. It is highly customizable, whether you’re looking for a lightweight immersion enhancement or a deeper challenge.”

Beast Skeletons, by Prometheus

“The Elder scrolls world feature several races, but , don’t you find strange that in all dungeons and caves you only find human skeletons and skulls? This mod solves this little immersion problem by adding new skeletons for all races in a lore and non intrusive way . After all Skyrim is still a human dominated land so those beast skeletons will be rare, but yet , now will exhist in world.”

Funny Followers, by Trainwiz

By now you’ve probably realized that there just aren’t any followers out there that really tickle your fancy! You’re disappointed, and expected followers that were a bit more... well, funny.

The Forgotten City, by The Modern Storyteller

The Forgotten City is an award-winning, critically acclaimed expansion mod offering a unique 6 - 8 hour experience: a murder mystery investigation set in an ancient underground city. You’ll need to solve it using your wits, and the ability to travel through time. It has a dark, non-linear story in which you’ll interrogate suspects, explore the city and its many secrets, and navigate challenging moral dilemmas. It features multiple endings, an original orchestral score, and professionally voiced dialogue.

Rain and Snow FX, by Chesko

Rain and Snow FX allows your character to show frost and wetness (complete with dripping particle effects) when in the rain and in snowstorms. Your skin will also be wet during and just after swimming. When the weather clears or you walk into an interior, the effect will quickly go away. When in the snow, your skin and armor will ice over in a noticeable way. When in the rain, the effect is more subtle, but your skin will be shiny and dripping.

Ars Metallica by Arthmoor

A simple mod to expand on the crafting system in Skyrim. The crafting system is one of Skyrim’s better features, but for thieves and archers, there’s not much use for the system. Light armor is dead easy to come by in already finished forms, but arrows can sometimes be scarce in the types you may want. Lockpicks have been known to be somewhat scarce too, yet are relatively basic to construct.

Alternate Start - Live Another Life, by Arthmoor

Misery and despair have haunted you all your life. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, you’ve been arrested and thrown in the dungeons. Your trial was supposed to be weeks ago, only nobody has come for you. It’s been so long since seeing daylight you no longer know what month it is anymore. The dungeon is cold, damp, and worse still, you’re running out of food. At least you have that leak in the wall for water. It seems as though you’ve been forgotten, soon to rot away and die.

The eight have forsaken you! Or... have they? Live Another Life provides an alternative means to start the game for those who do not wish to go through the lengthy intro sequence at Helgen. You will be given the opportunity to choose your race and then choose a new life for your character to lead. A wide variety of choices will be available. What you choose will have a lasting impact, so choose carefully or the gods may forsake you again!

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul by Cloudedtruth

Adds over 5,000 lines of completely voiced dialogue for NPCs for more than 50 voice types, focusing mainly on friends, followers, spouses, and rivals. All dialogue is voiced using the original voices from the game, achieved through re-adding existing dialogue in new and suitable places, as well as editing together multiple lines to form brand new dialogue.

Rich Merchants of Skryim, by Micah Ghost

This is a simple mod that increases the extremely low vinilla merchant gold level to 10,000 gold for every merchant in game.

Immersive Indigestion, by AlpineYJ

This mod adds some indigestion to most of the NPCs in Skyrim. In other words, they now burp and expel flatulence. This is especially so when they are eating, exerting large amounts of effort (swinging a weapon), or when they discuss parts of the civil war with you. Yes, some of the sounds I created myself using my own indigestion. I won’t tell you which ones. :)

VioLens - A Killmove Mod by The-Reko

VioLens - A Killmove Mod SE gives you in-game control over both Ranged and Melee Killmoves.

Ring Of Increased Carry Weight by Micah Ghost

A simple mod that adds a one ring that gives the wearer 1000 points of extra carry weight per ring, and another that adds 1000000 carry weight. It’s your choice.

Katnip for Khajiits

This mod adds dried catnip to Skyrim, purchasable from the Khajiit caravans. If you are a Khajiit, the effects will be like that of a drug - similar to how catnip affects cats in the real world. First, you’ll get a hit from the initial intake - the world will seem as though it’s in overdrive for a few seconds (using the Slow effect). Once this has worn off, you’ll see through a drugged haze (using the Sleeping Tree Sap effect), but your power in illusion will increase, as your perception of other realities is boosted. You will also find that your hunting instincts are sharpened (one-handed skill fortified by 10%).

P.S. Make sure to read the full description for these mods - in order for them to work, you will sometimes need additional files / other standalone mods.

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