What Are The Best Mods for Skyrim Requiem?
Do you love Skyrim, but have played it so much that you don’t know what to do anymore? Or, did you try it but didn’t like it because it was too easy?
There is a solution for all that!
The mod Requiem offers a complete roleplaying overhaul to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds more challenge and realism to the game. It incorporates RPG elements that were not present in the vanilla version such as an unleveled world that strengthens character progression, truly rewarding quests and exploration, and a new perks system.
Even if you die a lot more than in vanilla Skyrim, the whole experience is much more rewarding.
Also, Requiem is compatible with other mods, although some of them will require a patch or a ‘Reqtified’ version of the mod. If you are new to Requiem, I recommend you try it first without mods and then add whatever you want.
And, as always, follow the installation instructions and pay special attention to any needed patches. All the listed mods can be found on Nexus Mods and can also be used with vanilla Skyrim. It is always recommended to back up your saved files before installing new mods.
If you want to give Skyrim new life, or if you’ve already done this overhaul but you want to enhance your experience, here are the 15 best mods to use with Skyrim’s Requiem.
15. Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Alternate Start - Live Another Life Mod Showcase
Alternate Start - Live Another Life by Arthmoor gives you the chance of a different start. You can start as a Skyrim homeowner, a soldier, or inn patron,or even choose the original Helgen start. If you’re tired of playing as the Dragonborn, being the savior of the world and the center of attention, you’ll be glad to know that you can also decide if you want to be Dragonborn or not.
The mod gives you much more freedom in shaping your character and increases immersion by giving your character a backstory. But, most of all, it shuffles a new life into the game.
You can add this mod to Requiem to add even more freshness to Skyrim.
Choose a new background story for your character, which will determine where you appear in Skyrim for the first time.
14. Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival
Introduction to Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival
Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival by Chesko adds a realistic survival challenge to Skyrim. It makes the environment as brutal and dangerous as it should be.
With several levels of harshness, you’ll be forced to prepare yourself before adventuring in the cold, and to keep yourself warm. Among many other cool features (pun intended), Frostfall includes immersive camping and crafting systems, and a new endurance skill.
Follow the requirements and the instructions before installing. You’ll need the Campfire mod, SKSE (Skyrim Script Extender), and SkyUI (we all need SkyUI in our lives anyway).
Frostfall adds a new layer of realism to Skyrim: temperature.
13. Wet and Cold
Introduction to Wet and Cold
Wet and Cold by isoku is the perfect companion to Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival, although you can also use it on its own to add realism to Skyrim’s environment.
The mod adds water and snow effects to the characters, as well as awesome hoods, cloaks, and gloves to keep your Dragonborn warm. You’ll also find new backpacks that will allow you to carry more weight in an immersive way.
Wet and Cold will make you want to roll under a cozy blanket when you play in winter.
12. D13 Faster Get Up Stand Up animation
While playing with Requiem you’re going to be knocked out so frequently that this mod will become essential.
D13 Faster Get Up Stand Up animation by Darkangel13 is quite self-explanatory. It makes the animations to get up from a bed and to stand up when knocked out a bit faster, which can save you some precious time to counter-attack.
Get rid of your characters’ arthritis with this mod!
11. Immersive fast travel mods
If you’ve turned off fast travel in Requiem but you still want to be able to fast travel when you’re in a rush, these are two very lore-friendly mods that will help you with that.
Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships - Overhauled by dj20 adds carriages that were missing in smaller settlements (such as Ivarstead) as well as ferry boats and ships. With this mod you’ll need to pay a fee to be able to travel, but you’ll also be allowed to travel to undiscovered locations. It’s the most immersive way of fast travelling around Skyrim.
Overview of Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships - Overhauled
Another useful mod is Road Signs Fast Travel by Kesta, which adds immersive fast travel points to road signs like those seen in The Witcher. They will allow you to travel to the towns and cities written on the signs, but only after you’ve discovered them, just like in the vanilla fast travel feature.
You can combine it with Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships - Overhauled or use it on its own.
You can disable the original map fast travel so that you can only use carriages and signs to fast travel.
10. Hunterborn
Overview of Hunterborn
Perfect for hunter character builds, Hunterborn by unuroboros expands the hunting system in Skyrim with many more customizable options. It allows you to tweak the value of pelts and adds new animal ingredients, recipes, and abilities, among other things.
Hunterborn also includes new items to equip and you can level up your hunting skill for better results and crafting recipes. And, it includes patches for several related mods such as Frostfall, and of course Requiem.
You can add and customize hotkeys to make the new actions faster to use.
9. Suspicious City Guards
Suspicious City Guards
If you like roleplaying with sneaky thieves and assassins, this immersive mod will make your underground activities a bit more difficult.
Dloader’s Suspicious City Guards will make guards become suspicious whenever they see you sneaking around in cities and towns, and they’ll start watching you more closely. But, don’t worry, they will only arrest you if they see you committing a crime.
“I used to be sneaky like you, then I had a guard breathing down my neck.”
8. Dynamic Things
Dynamic Things - Woodpiles and Barrels and More Oh My by dominoid makes static objects found throughout Skyrim more useful.
With this mod, you’ll be able to search items such as woodpiles and hay bales for firewood and hay. You’ll also be able to drink or bottle mead, water, skooma, or blood from the smaller mead barrels, and to mine stone from static rocks or chop firewood from trees and tree trunks.
And with this mod you can level up your combat skills by attacking training dummies or shooting at archery targets!
Bid farewell to all those impractical barrels and crates that you were not able to search.
7. Thieves Guild Requirements
As an honorable Dragonborn, isn’t it annoying how Brynjolf is always pestering you to join the Thieves Guild and accusing you of being a thief even if you’ve never stolen anything?
Thieves Guild Requirements by kryptopyr aims to change that. Now, Brynjolf will only approach you if you have stolen items, picked pockets, and increased your sneak skill.
You can customize the entry requirements as well as many other features from the Thieves Guild questline.
6. Inconsequential NPCs
Inconsequential NPCs Overview
Inconsequential NPCs by ripple adds over 40 new and fully voiced NPCs to Skyrim, including orphaned children, mercenaries, and guards. They are completely lore-friendly, and they’ll add more flavor and realism to the world as they blend in seamlessly.
A new children gang in Markarth. Watch your purse!
5. Missives
Missives Overview
Like The Witcher 3, Missives, created by IronDusk33, adds many new radiant quests to bulletin boards. Be a courier, gather ingredients, kill things, retrieve stuff, and get paid for it.
This mod combines very well with Requiem because it encourages you to move around and explore, giving you more chances to level up.
Missives gives your character new reasons to wander around Skyrim.
4. Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul
Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul Feature preview: Elemental bombs
Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul by kryptopyr completely overhauls the alchemy and cooking systems in Skyrim. It adds many more ingredients to cook and mix, new tools, effects, throwable bombs, and a new cooking skill.
Its features can be customized in the Mod Configuration menu (added by SkyUI). You can find the compatibility patch for Requiem here.
Portion control.
3. Simply Knock
Simply Knock Demo
SimplyKnock by Chesko is one of those little mods that makes Skyrim so much better. It allows you to knock on locked doors, giving you the option to ask for permission to go inside. It adds more immersion and realism to the game as until now it only gave you the option to pick the lock.
Now you’ll be able to talk with an NPC at night to complete a quest, or just go inside and stay at your friends’ place until morning, avoiding having to rent a room at the inn.
Don’t worry, you little thief, you’ll still have the option to pick the lock with this mod.
2. ENB Presets
ENB Presets
The ENB tool (0.366 is the newest version) allows you to install presets that will overhaul the visual aspects of Skyrim, adding new effects and features such as flower blooming, color filters, or sunrays.
Presets can be found on Nexus Mods. Just type ‘ENB’ in the search bar to see all the available options. Select your favorite and make Skyrim more beautiful than ever.
RealVision ENB is a preset made by SkyrimTuner.
1. Sky UI
Skyrim UI Overview
Finally, the SkyUI mod by schlangster upgrades the menus to make their navigation simpler and easier. It’s required by many mods on this list, and it allows you to tweak them to suit your needs through a new Mod Configuration menu.
Say no more to endless scrolling. Meet the UI that should have been in the game from the get-go.
If you don’t have it yet, this mod is an absolute must!
