Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is it, people. How to make realistic lightsabers in Skyrim using vanilla assets.
First I show how I made the hilt. It's the dragonbone warhammer minus the head part. Texture swap nulltextureset onto the model to make it disappear. I used the equipment slot for shield so that the weapon will behave like a two handed sword, and also because when I use other slots, you can't see the hilt in first person. Damage resist and a ward effect were used for the enchantment so that you can block different kinds of damage.
The closest thing I could find to a lightsaber blade is the spear. Pay attention to the sounds I had selected for the weapon. Also notice I had the impact data for flames so the lightsabers would create a fiery sparks effect on hit and sometimes leave burn marks.
Now for the effect use don the blade. The casting light is how it can leave a light shining on your character. Notice how there is also a casting art. This controls how a spell looks equipped in your hand. Now we don't want that, but you need a casting art in order to for the casting light to work, so I use one that doesn't seem to be visible.
The shader effect is how I make the lightsaber blade glow. For the places where you can put a texture, I use a plain white for the blade, and in the places where you select a color I use whatever color I want the blade to glow on the outside, making sure the colors are all the same.
And that's it in a nutshell. So now that you all know how to do it, maybe someone can find an even better way to make lightsabers for Skyrim on the PS4.
This is it, people. How to make realistic lightsabers in Skyrim using vanilla assets.
First I show how I made the hilt. It's the dragonbone warhammer minus the head part. Texture swap nulltextureset onto the model to make it disappear. I used the equipment slot for shield so that the weapon will behave like a two handed sword, and also because when I use other slots, you can't see the hilt in first person. Damage resist and a ward effect were used for the enchantment so that you can block different kinds of damage.
The closest thing I could find to a lightsaber blade is the spear. Pay attention to the sounds I had selected for the weapon. Also notice I had the impact data for flames so the lightsabers would create a fiery sparks effect on hit and sometimes leave burn marks.
Now for the effect use don the blade. The casting light is how it can leave a light shining on your character. Notice how there is also a casting art. This controls how a spell looks equipped in your hand. Now we don't want that, but you need a casting art in order to for the casting light to work, so I use one that doesn't seem to be visible.
The shader effect is how I make the lightsaber blade glow. For the places where you can put a texture, I use a plain white for the blade, and in the places where you select a color I use whatever color I want the blade to glow on the outside, making sure the colors are all the same.
And that's it in a nutshell. So now that you all know how to do it, maybe someone can find an even better way to make lightsabers for Skyrim on the PS4.
