Question about mods, and how they affect acquiring achievements

[ZJTrayGamingYT]

I am an achievement hunter for games, and love doing specific things to try to 100% a game, and Skyrim is one of those that I'd love to fully complete.

I see due to a possible new update (i know Fallout 4 got a next-gen update, but idk about Skyrim, let me know if that's what happened) that the Creation Club got revamped and new mods are in the game. I've never played with mods before (except for the Creation Club mods included in Special Edition) and I'd like to know if downloading a mod through the Creation Club or through outside sources like Nexus will make my save unable to acquire any more achievements.

Stuff like customizing the color of armor or more magic spells sound like some really cool ideas, but I don't plan on getting god mode mods or something, because I wish to actually have fun in my game and not be like Goku, soloing everyone. I just hope that if I actually do get mods (whether through in-game Creation Club or through outside sources) that I'll still be able to 100% this game.

Please share your thoughts and answers below, as I'd really appreciate your assistance!

Thanks.

[hawklaser]

So first off, the Creation Club mods are official ones that Bethesda commissioned to have developed and they don't affect achievements at all. These are different than the newer verified creator ones that the more recent patches set up. The Verified creator ones are ones mod creators got approved by Bethesda. As I haven't updated to that game version, I can't comment on if they affect achievements or not, but it looks like the wiki says they disable them.

However, I think the community patch mods, makes it so achievements do work even when modded on PC. It's been a while since I read their patch notes, and I don't usually track achievements myself, so never paid it much attention.

Originally posted by ZJTrayGamingYT:

I wish to actually have fun in my game and not be like Goku, soloing everyone.

This will most likely happen even in a vanilla playthrough as you progress. Partly due to how the game spawns enemies, and as you accumulate gear(especially if get into smithing, enchanting, and alchemy). The game tends to spawn enemies on the lower side of the potential range for any given area, so you will still see lots of low end enemies as you go. If you would like things to stay more difficult without just inflating or deflating damage values (which is what the ingame difficulty slider does), I'd recommend looking into a mod like "Arena - An Encounter Zone Overhaul". Its has a very good description describing what it goes on with enemy spawning and what it does to adjust things.

[CrackeR]

Nexus has a mod to enable cheevos even if you use mods.
I suggest you use vortex to handle your mods as well.
I have used Vortex forever and have well over 200 mods active in my game, so it is safe and very reliable.

[UsernameTaken666]

TL; DR. Are you new to modding games and / or using the internet search function?

[ZJTrayGamingYT]

Originally posted by UsernameTaken666:

TL; DR. Are you new to modding games and / or using the internet search function?

I've done modding to games like Minecraft and Fallout 4 before, but Fallout 4 was on console, and that disabled achievements. Because of that, I didn't know if mods disabled them on Skyrim on PC, which is why I asked in the first place.

Secondly, I wanted to know if mods worked with the current version of Skyrim, and the posts I looked up that were from game forums, Steam forums, reddit, and more, all showed post dates and comments from over a year to seven years ago. That's why I asked here because I wanted up to date information.

Thanks for the help anyway.

[ZJTrayGamingYT]

Originally posted by hawklaser:

So first off, the Creation Club mods are official ones that Bethesda commissioned to have developed and they don't affect achievements at all. These are different than the newer verified creator ones that the more recent patches set up. The Verified creator ones are ones mod creators got approved by Bethesda. As I haven't updated to that game version, I can't comment on if they affect achievements or not, but it looks like the wiki says they disable them.

I knew that official Creation Club mods didn't affect it, but thanks for letting me know about the newer unofficial ones. I really was asking about stuff like Nexus mods, but thanks a lot for your input.

[ZJTrayGamingYT]

Originally posted by CrackeR:

Nexus has a mod to enable cheevos even if you use mods.
I suggest you use vortex to handle your mods as well.
I have used Vortex forever and have well over 200 mods active in my game, so it is safe and very reliable.

I mean I was asking if Nexus mods straight up disable them in the first place, but that works too then. Thanks for the information, but I'll keep an eye on this forum in case I don't need to download an "Enable Achievements Again" mod.

[Hearthie]

Hijacking for a similar related question. As OP said, all similar searches tend to be outdated now so apologies if it's answered somewhere...

There seems to be mixed responses, but for modding skyrim, is SE the better version? Only ask as AE reviews all complain about the modding aspect, and nexus seems to have more up to date mods for SE. I'm assuming skyrim has had a recent mod breaking recent update nobody wanted?

[hawklaser]

Originally posted by ZJTrayGamingYT:

I knew that official Creation Club mods didn't affect it, but thanks for letting me know about the newer unofficial ones. I really was asking about stuff like Nexus mods, but thanks a lot for your input. :GDNormal:

Sorry if the below didn't make it clear about any unofficial mod disabling achievements. Since the community patch mods, which are unofficial, has been out for ages longer than the new verified creator stuff. Mentioning that I think they re-enable achievements, evidently wasn't enough.

Originally posted by hawklaser:

However, I think the community patch mods, makes it so achievements do work even when modded on PC. It's been a while since I read their patch notes, and I don't usually track achievements myself, so never paid it much attention.

Again, sorry for not being clearer.

Originally posted by Hearthie:

There seems to be mixed responses, but for modding skyrim, is SE the better version? Only ask as AE reviews all complain about the modding aspect, and nexus seems to have more up to date mods for SE. I'm assuming skyrim has had a recent mod breaking recent update nobody wanted?

The Anniversery Edition, technically isn't an edition at all, its more of an upgrade to the SE by being a bundle buy of all the CC DLC mods. The AE really just needs to be thought of as SE+some optional extras. As far as modding concerns goes, the SE and AE as almost identical for the vast majority of mods unless a mod specifically references the AE stuff. Thank Bethesda and their infinite wisdom for choosing a name for the CC DLC bundle that has done nothing except create extra confusion.

And yeah, there was a more recent update that set up the stuff for the aforementioned Verified Creator content, which likely broke the mods yet again for those that didn't set things up for the game to not update when launched.