A collection of mods both from steam and skyrim nexus that improve the look, and feel of the game without changing essential gameply. This collection will vastly improve graphics, make minor, but in my opinion, need changes to some aspects of gameplay, adds more NPCs and life to skyrim and a little immersion without adding extra ways to die. This is an easy one stop shop for a fresh start to skyrim. All mods included are compitable and tested to work together. Pick and choose what you want skip what you don't. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments for other mods you think would work well with this, and let me know if you have tested them with this pack.

With all the mods from both sources you will need at least a mid range computer. These mods have all been tested, and work well with no performance impact on a AMD quad core running at 2.6GHz, ATI Radeon 6670 1GB GDDR5 and 8GB RAM. If you are getting a lot of crashes check your video card first to ensure it is not overheating. If you are on a low end machine skip the ENB and HD texture mods and you should be ok. Feel free to leave question and comments.

I did not make ANY of these mods, please do not credit me as such as each author has done and excellant job and deserves individual credits.


Skyrim Nexus mods:
A Quality World Map: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929
(adds HD map with the option to remove clouds)
Burn Freeze Shock Effects: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14692
(adds new textures to show burnt, frozen, and shocked corpses via magic)
Categorized Favorites Menu: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4862
(Awesome mod that makes the favorites menu much more streamlined)
Cloaks of Skyrim: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12092
(Adds a huge number of cloaks that are both fully craftable and added to loot lists and NPCs)
Deadly Spell Impacts: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2947
(Retextures vanillia spell impact decals with higher quality ones)
Finer Dust: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2636
(does exactly what the name implies)
Footprints: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22745
(Adds footprints in the snow from NPCs and player)
Hectrol SPIDER WEBS Deluxe HighRes Retex: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1731
(Makes spiderwebs look more like, well spider webs)
Move it Dammit for NPC Companions and Followers: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4020
(Makes NPCs move if you bump them, no more Lydia blocking your way)
Realistic lighting with customization: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/7654
(enhances lighting effects)
Realistic Paper: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/937
(Better paper texture)
Realistic smoke and embers: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/836
(makes fire and smoke look more real)
Skyrim HD 2k Textures: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607
(must have!! Retextures almost everything with much better looks that bethesda HD pack)
Super Realistic Ore Textures: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3794
(changes ore texture)
SKYRIM ENHANCED SHADERS FX - ENB: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/822
(my personal favorite ENB, depth of field is subtle, no over or under saturation, if not your thing check out some of the other top endorsed ENB's such as Sharpshooters)

Mods to ensure stability:

Wrye Bash: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1840 ensures non of your mods conflict and makes it easy to see which are if any.

BOSS: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6 BOSS properly orders your mods to cut back on glitching, crashing, and other issues from mods being in the incorrect load order.

NOTE: I have added RCRN, I found some flickering issues with SSAO enabled on ENB, apparently these are directly related to ATI cards and it is not currently fixable without disabling SSAO in ENB. It is also possible to install both RCRN and ENB if you do a quick google search for instructions. If you don't mind not using SSAO or have an Nvidia card I advise using ENB, if using ENB without SSAO bothers you and you have an ATI card, use RCRN. I included the Legacy version in this collection which is a little brighter at night than the Pure, if you want darker nights use Pure.

I will update this as much as I can. I will play test more mods and either add them here or make other collections that work with this one and link them, also I will try and add some screenshots with my current settings.

If you want JUST the graphical enhancements (no gameplay changes or addons) try Skyrim Renewd: Just Graphics http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=96461623

Please feel free to comment with any issues, suggestions, ideas. I want this to be a comprehensive collection of mods that will work together to make Skyrim the best it can be. I may also try my hand at modding and add a few unique mods if I think of something no one else has done better.