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Legendary Edition is less stable and on the 32bit old creation engine.
If you mean the game version, then the latest is fine. Just make sure to turn off automatic updates and launch it through a Mod Manager. Version 1170 has plenty of support now.
- I'm on 1.6.640, and it's the next best version with the most mods available. Satbility? Subjective, and really depends on the user.
- 1.6.1170 is the current version and will really depend on what you want. Many of the mods in the collection that I'm using have yet to update to 1.6.1170, so I can't say that it's the best version to go for myself.
All versions have issues, but all are pretty stable and many mods have fixed many bugs. That stability however, will depend on what mods that you're running and how many.
- Skyrim Legendary Edition, which is the 32-bit version and still buyable albeit dellisted.
- Skyrim Special Edition, which covers the version that I listed.
Beyond that, there's only the Anniversary Edition DLC, but it's still for the Special Edition.
If you just want to stick with the only the Special Edition, and mod from there, then you'd only need the Special Edition and not the Anniversary DLC. That's version 1.5.097 and the last update to the Special Edition before the AE DLC.
The versions that I named of this game covered which versions has the most mods available.
Its a much better base. More stable, less bugs, the mods are still being maintained.
Most mods that work with SE, do work with AE, or there are already patches to make them work.
OP, I would recommend to buy only the Anniversary Edition of the Skyrim game, as it is the latest edition with Creation Club included (good for newbies), and the critical mods like USSEP, SKSE, AddressLibrary, PayloadInterpreter, PapyrusUtil, SkyUI, etc., already work with AE latest version (1.6.1170).
Game goes on discounted sale frequently, so buy it when it's at a historic low (look at sites like GG.Deals, SteamDB or IsThereAnyDeal.com to find the historical low price and price history trend, for any game you are aiming to buy).
Don't waste money buying Skyrim SE and then Anniversary upgrade DLC, as that's costlier approach. Just buy AE at a discount.
* Skyrim : Anniversary Upgrade (let me nickname it as AU; it's paid DLC, requires SE)
* Skyrim VR (only useful if customer has compatible VR headset)
* Skyrim : Anniversary Edition (popularly nicknamed as AE) : this edition is the complete edition - it includes both SE & AU
Skyrim: Legendary Edition (popularly nicknamed LE or Oldrim) is delisted on Steam and other digital storefronts, but may be available as box pack on Amazon, etc.
Cost of AE is cheaper than cost of SE+AU.
So AE is the version that newbies should buy.
If you recommend to a newbie to buy SE only, they will end up paying more for the Anniversary Upgrade, should they decide they want its content later.
Anything 1.6+ is after the AE edition update, and has the 4 CC creations added, hence Skyrim version 1.6.x is considered AE.
Skyrim Anniversary Edition: 1.6.1170 (Steam), 1.6.1179 (GoG)
(SKSE utility does not support Epic games version of Skyrim, so it's irrelevant if we tend to use mods)
Skyrim Legendary Edition: 1.9.32
Latest version numbers can be verified on the SKSE page:
https://skse.silverlock.org/
AE is increasingly being supported by modders, and all the critical essential mods/utilities (SKSE, AddressLibrary, PayloadInterpreter, SkyUI, Nemesis, etc.) are already updated to work for AE. Over a period of time, AE will be the de-facto edition that modding community supports, and SE and LE will become legacy editions. Already, LE is considered legacy, and many mods for it are abandoned (or considered complete, with no further updates or support planned) and modders have since moved on to SE and AE.
Hence, please always recommend AE (as it is the complete edition, according to Bethesda) to newbies, rather than incomplete edition SE (yes, we modders can hate the CC, because of the "paid mods" debacle, but both Bethesda and the modding community have since moved on, and some of the famous modders have their Creations listed on CC, so it is moot to think modding community does not support CC).
This is the way.
You're not even obligated to use Survival Mode when Survival Mode is in your load order, lol...
Use a mod like Alternate Start LAL (Live Another Life) or Skyrim Unbound (see discussion here), and then you're NOT even obligated to:
* start from the cart intro and Helgen destruction event
* be the Dragonborn (as Ulfric demonstrated, non-Dragonborns could learn to use the Way of the Voice (Shouts) too)
* join either of the warring sides (Stormcloaks or Imperials) of the Civil war
* join any of the vanilla Guilds (mods allow to join esoteric guilds/orders such as Thalmor or Cultists, or to even start your own Guild -- see discussion here )
* do the main quest (there are mods for side quests and random dungeon/wilderness encounters - see discussion here)
* walk & run (why be stuck on the ground, when you can fly?! There are mods for such aerial desires too! Try "Edmond's More Draconic Aspect" with its mod dependencies/requirements!)
* have 1 spouse and 1 child (get more spouses and adopt more children; mods needed: Hearthfire Multiple Adoption, Multiple marriages, Custom Family Home)
* ride on horses and carriages (mods allow to: drive a dwemer bike, ride a dwemer train, tame & ride beasts/creatures as mounts, fly on a summoned dragon, fly using wings, glide using a paraglider, summon and upgrade your own caravan/carriage, ride a flying broomstick like a witch, hover as a lich race or dragon priest race, fly using an enchanted staff)
* etc.
Skyrim is truly an amazing open sandbox game where imagination, engine and mod programming are only the limits.