Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In today’s video, I’ll showcase the visual mods that I can’t play without. And trust me, I have tried! All of these 21 mods listed today are some of my absolute favorites ever, and definitely the best I can offer on the graphics side of modding this game. I do hope you like them too! Let me know in the comments how you like your Skyrim: maybe with an ENB, maybe without, maybe with community shaders?

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MOD LINKS:

Rudy ENB SE for Cathedral Weathers
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/39113

Lux
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/43158

Dyndolod
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/68518

JK’s Skyrim
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6289

Lux Via
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/63588

Noble Skyrim
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21423

Skyland - Markarth
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64785

Skyland - Windhelm
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64552

Skyland - Solitude
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24252

Glorious Doors of Skyrim
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32376

The Omnibus - Terrain Complex Parallax AiO
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/83011

Fabled Forests
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/94462

Vinland Grass Patch
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/95273

Water for ENB
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37061

Natural Waterfalls
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/87261

Majestic Mountains
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11052

Dibella’s Blessing
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/82606

Sons of Nirn - Whiterun
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/87325

Pandorable's NPCs - males
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42043

Pandorable's NPCs - males 2
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/50617

Project ja-Kha'jay- Khajiit NPC Diversity Overhaul
nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57610

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Base Graphics Essentials intro
1:16 - Rudy ENB for Cathedral Weathers
2:02 - Lux
2:30 - DynDOLOD
3:04 - Environmental overhauls intro
3:16 - JK's Skyrim
3:49 - Lux Via
4:34 - Textures intro
4:55 - Noble Skyrim
5:39 - Skyland city textures (comparing vs Noble)
6:46 - Glorious Doors of Skyrim
7:34 - The Omnibus AIO (comparing vs vanilla)
8:11 - Fabled Forests
9:08 - Vinland Grass Patch
10:06 - Water for ENB
10:50 - Natural Waterfalls
11:22 - Majestic Mountains (comparing vs Noble)
11:55 - NPC overhaul intro hehe
12:12 - DIbella's Blessing
13:08 - Sons of Nirn
13:50 - Pandorable's NPCs Males
14:30 - Project ja-Kha'jay
15:23 - Support & sneak peek
15:54 - Outro

🖱 RIG + TECH SPECS:
RTX2080, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 32 gigs RAM
OBS for recording, Adobe Premiere for editing, MO2 mod manager
Monitor 144hz 2560 x 1440
Game version: Skyrim Special Edition 1.6.353.0
ENB: Rudy's with Cathedral Weathers
Modlist: patreon.com/posts/mod-list-over-83418928

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