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Secunda is intended to include all the mods you could ever want for a nicely modded, functioning playthrough, all in one place! This modlist will provide you with a gaming experience that enhances the already existing graphics and gameplay with as little hassle as possible so you can enjoy Skyrim: Special Edition sooner rather than later.

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Secunda is intended to include all the mods you could ever want for a nicely modded, functioning playthrough, all in one place. 

The goal of this modlist is to provide you with a gaming experience that enhances the already existing graphics and gameplay with as little hassle as possible so you can enjoy Skyrim: Special Edition sooner rather than thousands of mods later. 

My "everything you need, nothing you don’t" approach ensures you have a game that performs stably, without significant FPS loss, and looks beautiful–including using some Community Shaders! Also, it plays without the bloat of unnecessary features, frivolous additions, or changes that make Skyrim unrecognizable. 

While this list has 1,709 mods and 1,113 plugins in total, this is due mostly to mod requirements, dependencies, and patches.

All these mods were curated so that the game's look and feel is harmonious, highly pleasant, and true to the core experience that enchanted us all to begin with.

After a year of so many lovely people checking out my mod list, I wanted to make it even better by transforming it into a proper guide so this wonderful community can keep benefiting from it.

Secunda has been massively expanded and thoroughly playtested since I originally envisioned it. While I have still not altered any core gameplay significantly, I've curated every single mod here for compatibility, performance, improvement, and ultimately, the most fun you can possibly have with peace of mind that you can actually finally just play Skyrim.



More optimized performance and stable framerate, particularly for Community Shaders.
Better mod compatibility through various utilities and patches.
Vibrant and beautiful graphics that cohesively stay true to Skyrim's original aesthetic.
Heavy focus on numerous immersive mods that enhance the little, crucial details–from dialogue to locales and NPC details.
Added quest expansions and content.
Additional skill tree overhauls to enhance role-playing.
Expanded animations for player and NPCs.
Expanded player customization options.
High fidelity sound and foley overhauls (especially visceral combat sounds) for an incredible audio experience, including music addons that perfectly complement Skyrim’s iconic original soundtrack.
Village, town, city, and interior overhauls (including inns)–using only vanilla resources to reduce the patching headache, with an emphasis on visual distinction and unique feel!




Vision & Intent

While making Secunda, I envisioned it to be a vanilla plus and performance friendly modlist above all.


In my view, “vanilla plus” means including mods that enhance what’s already there, rather than completely transforming the core experience into something unrecognizable. Skyrim has a beautiful art style, engaging gameplay, and a fun story as a starting point. I only wanted mods to highlight this! As such, this modlist is meant to preserve the fantasy aspect of Skyrim. I’m not trying to emphasize any “realism,” aesthetically or gameplay wise.

With all this in mind, I’ve excluded some of the most popular mods such as: player homes, sweeping landscape additions and grass mods, physics mods, city and town overhauls, mods that alter road pathing and textures (yes, I’m glaring at you, Northern Roads, but I like your clutter), sheathing and positioning mods, and plenty of mods that add cool new quests, followers, armour, and weapons.

These mods are impressive. But they’re highly frustrating to get working properly and a patching mess if you want them to play right with each other. Sacrificing game stability and compatibility for eye candy is simply not worth the hassle, especially when alternatives exist that are much easier to install and still look fantastic.


A majority of the mods in this list are actually dedicated to sound, immersion, and animations that vastly improve Skyrim's atmosphere, instead of overloading on graphical fidelity. When it comes to graphics, I’ve carefully chosen mods with textures that do come in 1-2k variants, and then some that have textures also optimized by modders further, so they remain performance friendly. All the AIO mod compilations include highly modular (ha) and intuitive install processes, geared towards performance and accessibility.


Wherever possible, I've opted for mods that are pluginless or available in ESL format.


Most notably, this modlist is not built around ENB because it is very performance intensive. Instead, the focus is on incorporating key features of Community Shaders, which are comparatively much less performance intensive, and using Reahade for other post processing effects.


The Skyrim modding community is truly incredible! But for someone who wants to mod the game and has no idea where to start or which mods they’d like, let alone if they can actually run them, it’s a nightmare of: sifting through endless “best of” mods at any particular time; following outdated guides on Nexus, YouTube, or Reddit; seeing a stunning Skyrim showcase and trying to replicate it based on the popular mods presented; falling for any “one click install” promise for thousands of mods that isn’t already on Wabbajack; constantly chasing mods and being confused about what order to put them in; and altogether feeling hopeless about ever getting to play a nicer version of Skyrim.


Since I’ve gone through all that myself, I wanted to hopefully save you the trouble…so you can just finally play Skyrim!

Quick Prep & Tips


  • You need to create a free Nexus Mods account so that you’ll be able to download and install mods.

  • You will need a free tool such as WinRar to extract a few .zip files. Download it from the website and install. Ignore and close any popups about upgrading. To extract a .zip file, right click on it and hover over WinRar > Extract here (to your desktop)

  • Due to various scripting changes and worldspace edits, a new game is absolutely required!

  • You will need approximately 108 GB of space for all these mods.

  • I don't have a fancy gaming PC and contrary to popular belief, you don't need one. I use a Lenovo Thinkbook 15 Gen 2 ARE laptop with AMD Ryzen 4500U GPU, 8 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 6 thread CPU at 1920x1080 HD resolution. To be clear, these are not "minimum specs," just an indication.

  • The estimated time to complete this modding guide varies according to your own schedule and download speed. Just grab your favourite beverage or snack and pace yourself!

  • It’s a good idea to playtest the game after every section to make sure everything is installed correctly.

  • Throughout the process, LOOT may show you warnings about missing files that aren’t installed yet. Don’t worry, those warnings will disappear once we actually have those files, so do stick to this mod order.

  • Parallax textures have definitely been installed, they just won’t appear properly in the game until Community Shaders - Complex Terrain Parallax is installed.

  • If you don’t want to use Community Shaders, you don’t have to. In that case, select the non-parallax and non-ENB version of files.

  • To conserve VRam, download textures mainly in 1k (or even 1-2k). 2k is fine for landscapes and buildings and 4k is fine for some smaller instances, as indicated. 

  • You can adjust your mod settings and preferences via the in-game Mod Configuration Menu (MCM)

  • Pay attention to Mod Organizer 2’s Downloads Tab to keep track of what you’re doing.

  • Despite your best efforts, sometimes Skyrim will still randomly crash. It just happens. Remember to save often!

With a large load order comes a certain degree of compromise. All these listed mods are very carefully chosen and tested to be working well together, along with their required patches in this specific order. Please do not substitute or add onto what’s listed here.

Setting Up Skyrim SE

To start with, you’ll need to have Skyrim Special Edition. Once you’ve installed it, configure a few settings:
  • Right click on Skyrim SE in your game library > Properties 
  • In the Updates tab, set “Only update this game when I launch it” and “Never allow background downloads”
  • In the Installed tab, click on “Verify integrity of game files,” which will prompt Steam to check again to make sure everything is installed correctly.
Next, navigate to Steam in the upper left corner of your screen > Settings
  • In the In Game tab, disable all the overlay settings, because you don’t want Steam to possibly be interfering with any mods.
At this point, you can launch Skyrim through Steam for the first time to tweak its settings!
Go to Settings > Advanced and untick Snow Shaders in order for the Footprints and snow shaders to display properly.
In Options > Advanced, set Shadow Quality to Medium and Shadow Distance to High.
Save your settings, then start Skyrim.

Once you’ve reached the main menu, exit the game again. You needed to start it this way through Steam just once so it generates the proper .ini files.

From this point on, you’ll always be launching Skyrim through SKSE via Mod Organizer 2.

Downgrading To Skyrim 1.5.97

Downgrading to Skyrim 1.5.97 is essential for this guide and necessary to prevent any future Bethesda updates from wrecking your load order.

On December 5, 2023, Bethesda released updates to Skyrim that broke everyone's load orders. Prior to this, the method to prevent any updates through Steam used to be:
  • Right click on your installed game > Properties > Updates > Automatic Updates > “Only update this game when I launch it” (you will always be launching Skyrim SE from the SKSE loader).
  • Set Background Downloads to “Never Allow Background Downloads”
I still recommend doing this, just in case!

However, as we all found out on December 5, 2023, this method no longer works. Even people who had these settings were forced to have an automatic Skyrim update.

The only way to prevent this from happening again is to downgrade Skyrim to 1.5.97, so Steam can no longer read the App Manifest files.
This straightforward video explains the quick, easy process. It will take you less than 10 minutes and permanently disable updates that wreck your load order.  
While the video will help you visualize each step, here it is written down for your reference:
  • Open the Steam console: Win+R and paste "steam://nav/console”
  • Copy and paste these three lines one at a time into the Steam Console to download the depot files:
    • download_depot 489830 489831 7848722008564294070
    • download_depot 489830 489832 8702665189575304780
    • download_depot 489830 489833 2289561010626853674
  • Just wait for each depot to actually download, Steam’s console will tell you when it’s successfully done.
  • Copy your file path: C:\Program Files (x86) \Steam\steamapps\content\app_489830\
  • Paste it into your File Explorer bar and hit enter. You will now be in the folder containing all the downloaded depot files for Skyrim 1.5.97.
  • Copy and paste the contents of each folder into your Skyrim main directory, where Skyrim.exe is located, overwriting existing files when prompted.
  • Go to Steam\steamapps and find the file: appmanifest_489830.acf
  • Right click on it > Properties > Check the Read Only option for the Attributes > Apply > OK 
Please do take the time to downgrade to version 1.5.97. Once you've done that, you're going to be looking for mod versions 1.5.97, so pay attention to that!


Skyrim INI Tweaks

One of the best things you can do to greatly boost Skyrim’s performance is to apply certain .ini file tweaks!
First, manually download BethINI.
Extract this tool anywhere you’d like—I keep mine in the Skyrim main directory—run it, select the High preset, just make sure to also tick Recommended Tweaks.
  • Select Skyrim Special Edition
  • Ignore the pop up about updating BethINI
The following tweaks are suggested in the extremely helpful Sweet Sweet Frames guide:
BethINI settings:
  • Under the Basic Tab, to reiterate, choose the High preset and ensure you've ticked Recommended Tweaks. 
    • Make sure Lock FPS and Clamped (60 FPS) are set!
  • Under the Detail tab, reduce the God Rays to Low.
  • Save and Exit. Select No for the pop up about setting iFPS to its default value.
  • Return to the Skyrim SE launcher and see if God Rays are still set to Low. If not, set this setting to Low again.
Next, we'll apply the suggested tweaks to the Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini files:
  • Find these files in My Games > Skyrim Special Edition
    • In MO2, you can find your .ini files when you click on the puzzle icon > INI Editor
SkyrimPrefs.ini:

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist - Set to  2048
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist - Set to  4096
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance - Set to  2048 
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance - Set to  4096

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist - Set to  8192
fTreeLoadDistance - Set to  32768

fBlockLevel0Distance - Set to  16384
fBlockLevel1Distance - Set to  32768
fBlockMaximumDistance - Set to  131072

File > Save to save all your changes

Skyrim.ini

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure - Set to 15
iMinGrassSize - Set to 40
File > Save to save all your changes

Back in the SkyrimPrefs.ini:

iMaxSkinnedTreesToRender - Set to  60
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1500

Then, disable autosaves in the SkyrimPrefs.ini by setting bSaveOnPause, bSaveOnTravel, bSaveOnWait and bSaveOnRest to 0.

File > Save to save all your changes

Once you've applied all these Tweaks, click Save and exit the INI Editor.


Downloading & Configuring Mod Tools

Mod Organizer 2 is the mod manager you’ll use to mod Skyrim. Download the main file from Nexus.
  • From your Downloads folder, drag the MO2 installer onto your desktop. Then run it.
  • When you get to the part where it asks for the install directory, do one of the following depending on your situation:
    • Keep the default C drive location if that’s where you have space and you’ve also initially installed Steam/Skyrim SE there.
    • If you have an additional drive, say a D drive, where you keep your games/media stored, and that’s also where you’ve initially installed Skyrim SE: create a new folder named “Modding” in that drive, then point MO2’s installer to that location so it will install there.
  • Keep all default settings suggested by the installer.
  • When it asks if you want to create a shortcut, I recommend doing so.

Once the install process is complete, you can click Finish and MO2 will start.
  • MO2 will prompt you to create an instance. Select Portable Instance.
  • Next, you will choose the game you’re modding. Click browse to find where you installed Skyrim SE and select it.
  • For the data install location: if you installed MO2 to the default location earlier, just keep the autofilled location MO2 uses. If you installed to another drive, check “Advanced Options,” click the three dots for the Base Directory bar > navigate to the Modding folder in your other drive > create a new folder named “MO2 - Secunda Skyrim SE” > make sure it’s highlighted when you click on it, then choose Select Folder.
  • Connect to your Nexus Mods account.
  • A tutorial pop up box will show. Click “Never ask to show tutorials” then choose Yes.
  • MO2 will ask if you want to “associate with nxm links,” choose Yes so that when you download mods from Nexus Mods, you will almost always use the “Download with Mod Manager” button.
Here’s how to familiarize yourself with MO2 quickly and easily:
  • Close the dialogue at the bottom of the screen showing messages, you don’t need it.
  • Navigate to Tools > Settings > Style and choose a theme from the dropdown menu. I prefer Dark.
  • Find the Profile dropdown bar > Manage > Create > Name it Secunda Skyrim SE and do not select Default .ini game settings
  • To create a separator for mod sections, right click on an empty spot on the left side of the window and “Create Separator”
  • Sometimes you will download mod “update” files. MO2 will ask if you want to Merge, Replace, or Rename them. Unless stated otherwise, Rename them to “(mod name) - Update” or something similar.
The left side of the MO2 window is where all the mods will be installed.
The right side of the MO2 window is where all the Plugins are found (and also where you manage Downloads)
  • In the Plugins tab, check off all the available plugins at this point to activate them.
To download and install a mod in MO2:
  • Click on the links in this modlist
  • Go to the indicated file and click “Download with Mod Manager”
  • Navigate to the Downloads tab to the right in MO2
  • Once the mod is finished downloading, double click on it (sometimes you’ll go through a FOMOD installer with options) and it will appear on the left side of the window. 
  • Tick the box to install and enable the mod!
Be aware that for a few indicated mods, you will need to manually install through MO2.
  • Rather than using the “Install with Mod Manager” button, these mods will be downloaded manually and appear in your computer’s Downloads folder.
  • Grab the archived mod from your Downloads folder and drag it onto your desktop.
  • At the top of MO2’s toolbar, find the disk icon to “Install a new mod from an archive”
  • Select the downloaded mod to import it into MO2 (ignore any popups about BSA archives, just click “no” and “remember selection” if they do come up)
  • Install and enable the mod as usual by ticking the box!
Now you’re going to install your second modding tool, LOOT: Load Order Optimization Tool.
  • On the LOOT Github page, download the “win64.exe” file.
  • Drag the file from your Downloads folder onto your desktop.
  • Run the installer.
  • For the install location, the default one is fine.
  • Make sure “Download the latest master lists” and “Create desktop shortcut” options are both checked.
  • Install LOOT!
LOOT will automatically sort your load order and manage any mod conflicts.
To do this, you need to add and run it through MO2.
Navigate to the app dropdown menu just beside the Run button:
  • Choose Edit
  • Choose the + icon beside the Executables button
  • Add from file > browse to where you’ve installed LOOT and select its executable
  • Apply, then OK
LOOT is now added to the apps dropdown menu! Whenever you use it from now on, select it and then Run.
Do that now, so LOOT will open in its own window. 
On the top left side, find the drop down bar and choose Skyrim as the game LOOT will be sorting.
To sort mods:
  • Click Update Masterlist
  • Click Sort Plugins
  • Accept LOOT’s load order
Finally, you’ll install the SSEEdit script:
  • Download the file manually and put it anywhere you want. I prefer to keep mine in the Skyrim main directory for easy access.
  • Just like you did with LOOT, add SSEEditQuickAutoClean as an app in MO2.
Well done, you now have everything you need to mod Skyrim!


Cleaning Skyrim's Master Files with SSEEdit

For a solid modding foundation, it’s important to clean Skyrim’s master files.
You’ll be using SSEEdit’s Quick AutoClean script to do this.
The files you will be cleaning are:
  • Update.esm
  • Dawnguard.esm
  • HearthFires.esm
  • Dragonborn.esm
  • Survival Mode.esl
  • Adv.DSGS.esm
  • Fish.esm
Make sure to select one file at a time, then click Okay. Wait for the script to work its magic, then exit the app and repeat for each file.


Playtesting

Before you add any mods past the Core Stability, Fixes, & UI section, start a new game in Skyrim and choose Skip Introduction.

  • You'll get a pop up message summarizing the prologue and you can choose to go with Ralof or Hadvar.
  • Skyrim’s introduction perfectly sets the tone, so I do recommend at least watching it. But even on an entirely unmodded Skyrim, the opening cart sequence and Helgen Keep are prone to game breaking bugs and crashes. This is true even more so for a heavily modded game, so that’s another good reason I recommend skipping it.
Once you leave the cave, save and exit your game. You will use this save to test your game stability as you mod along.
Try to install mods in batches of 4-8 using MO2  > Run LOOT > playtest and make a proper save in the surrounding area (e.g. near water, near Riverwood, beside some trees or the Standing Stones, ect). Repeat testing throughout this modlist.
Here are some useful console commands (open the console using the tilde key ~, the wavy hyphen) to test the weather:
  • fw 0010e1f2 (sunny and nearly cloudless)
  • fw 0010e1ef (cloudy sky)
  • fw 0010e1f2 (cloudy sky with fog)
  • fw 0010a7a6 (cloudy sky with fog and light rain)
  • fw 0010c32f (dark cloudy sky and very stormy)
  • Press T to wait in game for a few hours and test different times of day
Remember to install mods using the “Install with Mod Manager” button unless stated otherwise!

For AMD Users

  • Open AMD Software Adrenalin Edition. Select Skyrim SE. Under Display to the right, turn off AMD FreeSync. Then, turn off Radeon AntiLag but keep on Radeon Image Sharpening (mine is at 70%) 

  • Turn on Radeon Chill and set both minimum and maximum FPS to 59. For the setting Wait for Vertical Refresh, select “Off, unless application specifies.”

  • Under Advanced settings, set Anti-Aliasing to Use application settings. Anti Aliasing method is Multisampling. Toggle off Morphological Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering. Set Texture Filtering Quality to Performance. 

  • Although I just use Skyrim SE's vanilla Depth of Field, as a general rule of thumb I also disable Surface Format Optimization to be on the safe side and avoid my whole screen getting blurred. 

Set Tessellation Mode to “Use application settings” and turn off OpenGL Triple Buffering.



Core Stability, Fixes, & UI

SKSE


Download the old file from October 2021, because it’s for Skyrim 1.5.97 and install it with MO2:

A box will pop up, warning you about the directory. Click the arrow next to the main skse 2_00_20 folder, then right click the Data folder and select "set as data directory.”

Now download the file again manually. Place the Data and src folders, and the .dll and .exe files into your Skyrim SE main directory (where your SkyrimSE.exe is).

Go to game root folder > Right click SKSE_loader.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Change high DPI settings > select Override high DPI scaling behavior > Handled by Application 

This is a good spot to playtest! Add skse.64_loader/SKSE as an executable in MO2. Launch Skyrim through SKSE in MO2. In the pause menu screen, you should see version 1.5.97 in the lower left corner so you know it’s installed correctly.
 
DLL Plugin Loader 
Manually download the mod.
Go to your Skyrim Special Edition root directory. This is the same folder where the actual SkyrimSE.exe is, usually "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\"
Rename "binkw64.dll" to "binkw64_.dll" <- now there's a _ at the end.
Put the "binkw64.dll" from the downloaded mod archive into the folder mentioned in step 1.
If you did it correctly you should have two files in your folder now: "binkw64.dll" and "binkw64_.dll"
Net Script Framework Skyrim SE V18
No Bethesda Intro
Main Menu Design Replacer (I use Clean)
Main Menu ReShaped
SkyUI
SkyUI Flashing Savegames Fix
SkyUI Plugin With Master Added (get the ESPFE file)
SkyUI Ghost Item Bug Fix
Animated Celtic Icons For SkyUI SE
Wider MCM Menu for SkyUI (Novice)
Immersive HUD
True HUD - HUD Additions
QuickLootEE
No Lockpick Activate SKSE - Updated (download the last file for Skyrim 1.5.97 in the Old Files section)
Dear Diary - Paper SkyUI Menus (make sure to select the QuickLoot menu replacer option, don’t install the Loading Screen and Main Menu replacers and the font changes)
Dot Crosshair - With Sneak Eye (get the second main file)
Main Font Replacement SE (I use Magic Cards)
Starlit Lakes Loading Screens
Immersive Load Screen Message Overhaul (first main file)
Address Library for SKSE Plugins (download the All In One - Special Edition file)
Backported Extended ESL Support
MCM Helper (get the 1.5.97 Backport file)
SSE Engine Fixes (download Part 1 with MO2, then download Part 2 and extract the contents to your Skyrim main directory, where SkyrimSE.exe is)
Bug Fixes SSE (for Skyrim 1.5.97)
Optional Quick Start (enables you to skip the legendary Skyrim introduction if you want and more importantly for modding purposes to playtest quickly)
Survival Mode Prompt Removed (first main file. You can enable Survival Mode in the Gameplay settings at any time if you want)
Recursion Monitor
Skyrim Priority SE/AE 
Skyrim Project Optimization SE (get the ESL version)
Shadow Boost
SSE Display Tweaks (once you’ve installed this, right click on the mod in MO2 > Open in explorer > you’ll be in SSE Display Tweaks in SKSE > Plugins and then set DisableActorFade=true in its .ini configuration file > File and Save your change)
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (v.1.5.97, it will download manually, so just install it manually in MO2)
Vanilla Script (micro) Optimizations 
Cleaned Skyrim SE Textures (use the PRE 1.6xx second main file, users report 5-10 FPS gain and I can confirm it works effectively)
Stay At System Page
Better Dialogue Controls & Better MessageBox Controls
Dialogue Interface Reshaped
1st Person Candlelight Fix
Picta Series - Improved Sky Meshes (main file)
No Edge Glow - Magic and Transformations
Yes I’m Sure (get the version 1.5.97 file)
Guard Dialogue Overhaul (use the ESL file)
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul
Follower Commentary Overhaul (You can find FCO in the MCM. From there, you can set the “How Often” threshold to whatever you want. I have mine at 15%, as I find the commentary occurs too frequently for my liking at higher values)
Scaleform Transition Plus Plus 
Whose Quest Is It Anyway (get the version 1.5.97 file)
Atlas Map Markers SE
JContainers SE (install the 1.5.97 file)
MFG Fix (install the 1.5.97 file)
Auto Parallax
Unequip Quiver SE 
Better Jumping SE
Sprint/Sneak Movement Speed Fix
Barter Limit Fix
Critter Spawn Congestion Fix
powerofthree’s Tweaks
Believable Weapons (pick the scabbard option for Greatswords in the installer)
Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes (in the installer, choose 2-1k texture and choose the Believable Weapons patch with Greatsword scabbards option)
Armor and Clothing Extension (download the SPID patch and 2-1k textures file too)
Major Cities Mesh Overhaul (get the second file)
Assorted Mesh Fixes (get both files)
Equip Enchantment Fix (install the 1.5.97 file)
Navigator - Navmesh Fixes (use the ESL option)
More Informative Console
Copy and Paste in Console (get the second 1.5.97 file in the Old Files section)
Console Commands Extender 
powerofthree’s Papyrus Extender
PapyrusUtilSE - Modders Scripting Utility Functions (get the third main file for Skyrim SE 1.5.97)
Payload Interpreter
SkyPatcher (get the second main file for Skyrim SE 1.5.97)
Base Object Swapper
AnimObject Swapper
Spell Perk Item Distributor 
Sound Record Distributor 
Merge Mapper
Keyword Item Distributor
Sonders Keyword Distribution Resources
Container Item Distributor (main file)
Footprints (install the non-ENB version)
SPID For Footprints
Footprints - Alternative Design
Ultimate Fix - SPID For Footprints (And Kids Addon)
Footprints - Alternative Design - Complex Parallax Addon
Footprints Bright Snow Fix
Complete Crafting Overhaul Remastered
Quests Are In Skyrim (install the second file)
Save Unbaker
Vanilla Scripting Enhancements (first main file)
ConsoleUtilSSE NG
Scrambled Bugs (download the third main file for Skyrim 1.5.97)
Actor Limit Fix (download the third main file for Skyrim 1.5.97)
Animated Static Reload Fix
No More Radial Blur - Performance Optimization
HD Local Map
Trainwreck - A Crash Logger
PrivateProfileRedirector SE - Faster Game Start (INI File Cacher) 
(download the third main file for Skyrim 1.5.97)
Unofficial Material Fix (first main file. Also get the Stone Solitude Castle Floor file)
SSE Reshade Helper

Faithful Weathers Reshade

Download the latest version of Reshade.

Download the performance friendly FW Reshade preset manually and extract the .ini file into the main Skyrim directory (where SkyrimSE.exe is).

Install Reshade: browse and select SkyrimSE.exe > Reshade will automatically detect DirectX 10/11/12 (or just select it yourself) > click browse and find the FaithfulvHDR Reshade.ini preset file you extracted to your main Skyrim directory > Reshade will automatically detect shader effects > click Next and then Finish.

Launch Skyrim SE. Reshade’s shaders will compile briefly.
Press Shift + F2 (possibly Shift + Fn + F2) or your Home key (#7 on the number pad, if you’ve got it) to access Reshade’s interface.
From the dropdown menu, select the FaithfulvHDR.ini preset file.

All done!


Camera


RBEs Enhanced 1st Person Camera Bob (Skyrim SE) (Standard Version)
Smooth Cam (choose the Skyrim SE and ESL options)
Smooth Cam - Modern Camera Preset
“Open the SmoothCam MCM, go to Presets, and load ‘ModernPreset’ which uses the 4th preset slot.”
No Furniture Camera

Sound

Music Type Distributor
Unofficial High Definition Audio Project (install Music, English Voices Part 1 and English Voices Part 2, more language options are available)
Audio Overhaul For Skyrim (make sure to select the Enhanced Blood Textures option while installing)
Immersive Sounds - Compendium
Audio Overhaul - Immersive Sounds Integration Patch
Regional Sounds Expansion
Reverb Interior Sounds Expansion
Acoustic Space Improvement Fixes
Talkative Dragons
Talkative Dragons Audio Replacer
Phoenix Sounds - Compendium
Yggdrasil Music and SoundFX Overhaul SE - Yggdrasil SoundFX (only use the SoundFX optional file)
Louder Nature - Birds and Insects
Ambient Bird Sounds Expanded
Wildwood Echoes
Murder of Songbirds
Nordic Winds
Blackreach Eerie Ambience (additionally grab the Water Loop optional file)
Distant Dragon Roars
Ambient Warfare
Whispering Tombs of Apocrypha
Revenant Spirits of the Soul Cairn
The Standing Stone Sounds (check Ryn’s patch in the installer)
Volkihar Soundscape Overhaul
Dungeon Sounds Overhaul
Murmurs and Mead
Esbern Voice Consistency Fix
The Black Door Revoiced
Night Mother Revoiced
Improved Horse Step Sounds
Witcher Horse Step Footsteps
Witcher Horse Sounds for IHSS
Hircine Restoration Project
Meridia Revoiced (first main file)
Potema Revoiced (first main file)
Peryite Voice Redux
Thundering Shouts (get the Normal Pitch main file)
Still - Skyrim Inspired Music (first main file)
Hun Lovaas - Skyrim Fan-Made Combat Music (main file)
Melodies of Civilization - Skyrim Fan-Made Music (main file)
BA Bard Songs
NPC Dialogue Audio Enhancer
More Painful Death Sounds SE (main file)
Bleeding Edge - Bladed Weapons SFX Overhaul (both files)
Skullbreaker - Blunt Weapons SFX Overhaul
Seismic Tide - Skullbreaker Fists Addon
Bulwark - Shield Audio Overhaul
Better Low and Critical Health Heartbeat Sound Replacer
Binaural 3D Surround Sound for Headphones - HRTF (download manually and extract it to your Skyrim main directory)

Community Shaders

Rather than ENB, I highly recommend installing Community Shaders, including the full suite of addons.

It enhances Skyrim’s graphics with new effects that are astounding yet also highly optimized and performance friendly.

Community Shaders
Vanilla HDR
Tree LOD Lighting
Complex Parallax Materials
Water Blending
Light Limit Fix
Water Parallax
Water Caustics

Please note, these particular shaders will cause a performance hit. Use with caution if you think your PC can handle it!

Grass Lighting
Grass Collision
Screen Space Shadows
Subsurface Scattering
Dynamic Cubemaps
Wetness Effects


Once you have all the shaders and effects you want, launch the game and wait for all the shaders to compile.

In game, press the “End” key (on Windows keyboards that should be Fn + End) to bring up the Community Shaders Settings menu.

You’ll need to tweak the values a bit to optimize performance. Please refer to this image album for my settings.

These are just the ones I use, feel free to experiment to find what works best for you!

Weather

Faithful Weathers (get the main file and the vHDR config file)
Mists of Tamriel (main file and the also the Faithful Weathers v1.1 optional file)
Pouring Rain
TB’s Improved Rain
TB’s Better Snowflakes - A Falling Snow Improvement Mod
Storm Lightning for SSE and VR (Minty Lightning 2019) (main file)
Thunder Sounds - Wizkid Mix
Rainsong
Skyrim SE Improved PudIles (first main file)
Puddles - My HD Version by Xtudo (1k SIP file)
Isoku’s Alternate Sunglare SE 1k


Base Graphics Overhauls

Static Mesh Improvement Mod (in the installer, read through all the presented options carefully. I use the Full version with no issues, but there are Lite and Performance versions specifically as well)
Misc. SMIM Fixes
Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM - Quality Addon
SMIM Improvement Mod (check the meshes for animals, the new Dwemer Post, Dynamic Things Alternative, and the SMIM Quality Addon option)
Silver Objects SMIMed
SMIM Upper Furniture and Other Fixes (use the 1k Smooth Dark file)
Skyrim Objects SMIMed - Glazed and Nordic Pottery
Ancient Pottery
Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM - Texture Optimization
Underground - A Dungeon Texture Overhaul (also get the Whiterun Tower Fix file)
Underground - Complex Parallax Addon
Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack Revamped (in the installer, I choose Bellyache’s Choice but select whatever you prefer)
Iconic’s Spiders of Skyrim Retexture (2k)
Fluffy Spiders (Fully Fluffed)
Cutie Foxes SSE Port (main file)
Wolves Of Skyrim (both files)
HD Skeever
Goat HD by Pfushcer (first main file)
High Poly Mudcrab n Retexture
Kanjs - Deers (2k)
Rabbit Replacer
Hanging Dead Rabbits Replacer
Hanging Dead Pheasants Replacer
Hanging Dead Chickens
Hanging Dead Chickens - BOS
Fluffy Rabbit Replacer (both files)
Diverse Catches - Base Object Swapper Fish Racks
Butterfly Improved (main file)
Pigeons
Kanjs - Nest and Eggs (1k)
Diverse Bird’s Nests - Base Object Swapper
Skyland AIO (for your information, this already conveniently includes Blended Roads! Choose Dark for the landscapes. In the installer, DO NOT SELECT WINDOWS, REPLACE ROAD SIGNS, and NIGHT SKIES, and ensure to choose Realistic Water 2 because we’ll need it soon)
Skyland Landscapes Complex Parallax
Tundra - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Pine Forest - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Coast and Marsh - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Field Grass - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Volcanic Tundra - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Reach - HD Texture Replacer With Parallax (2k)
Serene Shores (2k) 
GG’s Impoverished Whiterun (Parallax, and then overwrite with the 2k Textures file)
YAR - Yuril's Additional Resources Parallax
Whiterun Defensive Stockade Walls
JS Common Cages
JS Lockpicking UI SE (2k)
Security Overhaul SKSE Lock Variations (choose 2k in the installer)
Security Overhaul SKSE - Regional Locks
Remember Lockpick Angle
Bears Of The North (main file)
Dust Effects by HHALEYY
TB’s Improved Dust Particles
Dusty Vampire Dust 
Deadly Spell Impacts
Dead Spell Impacts - 2k Textures
Project Clarity - Clutter Textures Redone (use the half-res file)
Forgotten Retexture Project (use the half-res file)
Rustic Clutter Collection (1k)
Skyland Bits and Bobs - A Clutter Overhaul (Performance Version file)
TB’s Improved Smoke (1k in the installer)
CC’s Enhanced Ore Veins (2k)
MM - Real Lantern (2k)
Oil Lamp Trap Retexture - 2k Grey and Cracked
Burnt Wood (the Glow file)
4k Bedroll
Rudy HQ Hay SE
CleverCharff’s Sovngarde (2k)
Stunning Statues of Skyrim
Unofficial Material Fix - Stunning Statues of Skyrim Patch
Iconic Statues (2k)
Rally’s All The Things (Rally’s Cut)
TB’s Candle Flames Improver (1k)
El Sopa HD Iron Tools Redone SE (1k)
Joy Of Ships (1k, and the Parallax file too)
Realistic HD Food Remastered
Rustic Cooking (1k)
Kanjs - Beef and Human Flesh Animated (1k, With Glow in the installer)
Kanjs - Heart Animated and Beating Motion (1k, With Glow in the installer)
Kanjs - Daedra Heart Animated and Beating Motion (1k, With Glow in the installer)
Slightly Better Garlic - Base Object Swapper Support (get the Single BOS file)
Bread 1k
Ash Yam 2k
Ash Yam - Optimized Textures (1k, also get the Eating Animations and Sounds patch)
Braided Bread 2k
Braided Bread - Optimized Textures (1k, also get the Eating Animations and Sounds patch)
Boiled Creme Treat 2k
Boiled Creme Treat - Optimized Textures (1k, also get the Eating Animations and Sounds patch)
Halffaces - Milk Jug Diversification BOS (1k)
Rustic Animated Potions and Poisons (1k)
Wizkid Forgotten Potions and Poisons
Sleeping Tree Sap 2k
Sleeping Tree Sap Optimized Textures 1k
Clay Brick 2k
Basic Dining Set Replacer (1k)
El Sopa HD Dirt Blast (1k)
Kanjs Bones (1k)
Unreal 2k Mammoth Skeleton Retexture
Corpses Burned UHD (2k)
Sewer Rats SE (get the Less Rats Edition file)
Sewer Rats SE Optimized Textures (1k)
CC’s UHD Coal Piles - AIO - SMIM
FYX 3D Coal In The Shovel 1k New Textures
Kanjs Ectoplasm Animated (1k)
Kanjs Nordic Barnacle (1k)
El Sopa HD Ants SE (2k)
Kanjs Torch (2k)
Bucket of Milk and  Water Animated
Kanjs Kettle Remade (1k)
Kanjs Kettle of Water
El Sopa Better Bloody Rags (1k)
Improved Sparks (10x)
El Sopa - HD  Grindstone Redone (1k, and then get the Improved Sparks 10x Patch file)
Grindstone Variants - Base Object Swapper (get the El Sopa Variant main file, then the Improved Sparks 10x file)
Improved Weapon Impact Effects Correct Metal SE
Folded Rag Diversification
Folded Rag Diversification 4k
Halffaces - Cask Large Closed
Halffaces - Cask Diversification
TMD Winery (get the For ENB file)
Diverse Winery - TMD
Rallys Common Furniture (2k)
Rally’s Upper Furniture (2k)
Rallys Noble Furniture - BOS Addon (2k)
Higher Poly Vanilla Noble Furniture - Rallys
Higher Poly Vanilla Noble Furniture - Rally’s BOS Patch
Halffaces - Diverse Wooden Bowl (BOS) Lite (2k)
Halffaces - Diverse (BOS) Wooden Plate (2k)
INI Tweaks for Halffaces’ BOS Mods
Halffaces - Diverse (BOS) WoodenChair01 (2k)
Higher Poly Vanilla Alchemy Stations - Clutter - ENB
Lore Friendly Wooden Swords Replacers (first main file)
Lore Friendly Wooden Swords Replacers - Corrected UVs
Lucidstorm’s Medieval Chair Replacer - Base Object Swapper (both files)
Snazzy Bookcases - Base Object Swapper
Snazzy Common Wardrobes - Base Object Swapper (also get Rallys patch)
Snazzy Upper Wardrobes - Base Object Swapper (also get the WACCF and Rallys patches)
Snazzy Silver Inkwells - Base Object Swapper
TB’s Better Plaster 2k Performance
TB’s Ladle (2k Performance Version)
El Sopa Safe and Strongbox Redone (1k)
Snazzy Strongboxes - Base Object Sweapper (main file, the El Sopa Patch, and the JS Purses and Septims patch)
El Sopa HD - Meridias Beacon (1k)
Smoking Torches and Candles (choose the Classic and Quality options in the installer)
Venerable Nordic Temples (2k)
Venerable Nordic Temples - Parallax Support (1k)
Ruins Clutter Improved
Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins SE (only get the Levers, Pots, Chests, and 4k Pots and Chests addon files)
Nordic Metalworks (1k)
El Sopa - Gem Holders Redone (1k)
Rugnarok (2-1k)
Peltapalooza (Full)
Nordic Rugs (1k)
RUDL - Removing Unpleasant Details From Logs (both files)
WAVY Waterfalls Effect (also includes its own heat wave effects! Download the ESL main file and the Alt Refracting Ring File)
Rapid Rocks (Dark Grey Version)
After The Civil War - Siege Damage Repairs
Extended Encounters (ESL file)
Sleeping Expanded - Animations and NPC Reactions
Go To Bed (get the 1.5.97 file)
Sleepwear Clothes SE (Non HDT Underwear file)
Use Those Blankets (also get the Noble Sheets Use Your Own Textures file)
Rudy HQ Miscellaneous SE
Diverse Foods - Base Object Swapper (main, Hearthfires Patch, and the INI Update files)
Rally’s Orc Furniture 2k
Rally’s Dark Elf Furniture 2k - ENB Light
Dark Elf Lantern - ENB Light - Community Shaders Light Limit Fix Light - Animated Glow
Rally’s Barsets 2k
Rally’s SMIM Chests 2k
Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul
Better Noble Chair - 1k Optimised Version
Rally’s Thrones 2k
Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul - Rallys Noble Furniture Patch
SD Horn Candles 1k
Rally’s Nord War Horns
Rally’s Instruments HQ
Colourful Lutes In Tamriel
Pretty Gemstones SSE (first main file)
Blowing In The Wind  (in the installer, select No Snow Under The Roof, RLO, and SMIM Merged All)
Blowing In The Wind Lite (moveable lanterns with Base Object Swapper) (both main files)
Nocturnal Moths (select Blowing In The Wind and Blowing In The Wind Lite)
Catches Cook On Campfires - Base Object Swapper
Cooking In Kettles On Campfires - Base Object Swapper (also get the 1k textures file)
Scallions of Skyrim - High Polygon Leeks
Sensible Bribes - Based On Speechcraft Not Level
Delphine’s Map Reveals Dragon Mounds
Modern Brawl Bug Fix
Courier Delivers To NPCs
Scared Of Shootings -NPCs React To Aiming Bows
Universal Unwanted Effects Clearer
World Encounter Hostility Fix - Performance Version
No Force For Illusion Spells
Sit On Stuff
Shouting Obliterates Skeletons
Sharpen Other Swords II - AnimObject Swapper
Haystacks (2k)
Press E To Heal Followers
Jorrvaskr - No More Silverware - Base Object Swapper
3D Dwemer Sun - Subterranean Object SMIMed
Sconces of Solitude BOS
Windhelm Entrance Offset Fix BOS
Windhelm Fence 3D
Unique Eastmarch Windhelm Bridges
Riften Temple Sconce Fix
Sconces of Skyrim - Markarth and Dwemer Brazier Improved
Stones of Solitude - Better Blended Rock Piles
Shaders of Solthsteim - Ash and Moss (also get the Parallax file)
Spiders of Solthsteim - Transparency Fix
Bright Falling Leaves Fix
High Poly Soul Husks
High Poly Canticle Tree
A Canticle Tree
SPID NPC Trap Safety
High Gate Ruins Puzzle Reset Fix
Labyrinthian Shalidor’s Maze Fixes
Shadows Of Sunlight - In Small Exterior World Spaces
Riekling Barrels SMIM
No Sunlight Through Mountains
Skyland Offset Shingles Fixed - Aligned Whiterun Roofs
Skyrim Objects SMIMed - Farm Mills
Whiterun Objects SMIMed - Dragonsreach Stairs - And Some Other Stairs Too
Windhelm Bridge Stairs (Vanilla)
Ships On The Horizon - Animated
Random Barrel Roll - Base Object Swapper
Simplicity of Settlements - Dragon Bridge
Iconic’s Dragon Retexture (4k)
Rustic Dragon Corpse (2k)
Eyes of the World-Eater
Blood (Green) Dragon Texture Fix
Gecko’s Dwarven Ruins Retextures
Skyrim Artwork Imports
Gemling Queen Jewelry SE
Circlet USSEP Fixes (second main file)
Rally’s Banners of Skyrim (2k)
Diverse Cairn Banners - Base Object Swapper
Banners of Victory
Wizkid Signs (choose the Moveable By The Wind and No Snow Under The Roof options)
Carriage and Ferry Travel Overhaul
CFTO - Fixes and Winterhold
CFTO Companions Radiant Quest Fix
WizKid Carriages (2k, also get the Burnt Wood patch)
Real Clouds SE
Horses Gone Wild SE
Tiny But Useful - Yet Another Patch Hub (in the installer, select: Environs - Kolseggr, Markarth Outskirts, Mihails Bloody Mammoth Carcasses - Dynamic Things Alternative, and Northern Scenery - Whiterun Tundra options. Then get the Horses Gone Wild 2k Upscale file)
zzjay’s Horse Overhaul SE
Patches O’ Plenty - Horse Overhaul Fix
Archet's Dark Brotherhood - Improved Shadowmere (I prefer the red saddle version)
Arvak - My Version by Xtudo
Iconic’s Arvak Retexture (2k)
Spriggans SE
Butterflies Unchained (ESL)
Lepidoptera - More Butterflies and Moths
Populated Cities, Towns and Villages SE Edition
El Sopa HD Medieval Anvil (1k)
Embers XD (1k, make sure to select Realistic Lighting Overhaul and Smoking Torches and Candles, also install the Burnt Wood update file)
FYX - Campfire Reacts to the Wind - Embers XD Edition
Embers XD - Fire Them Sparks (also get the CRTTW Patch)
Skyland Blacksmith Texture Overhaul - Embers XD Patch
Rudy Fix For Smoke
Animated Forge Water (pick the Elsopa and Embers XD option in the installer)
Diverse Campfires - Base Object Swapper (first two main files)
Praedy’s Sky AIO SE (1k)
Skygazer Moons SSE - Masser and Secunda HD Texture (Glow)
Calamity - Skyrim Moon Texture (get the Masser Replacer file and install manually in MO2)
Blood and Wine - Towns and Villages
GG’s Markarth Outskirts (main file, choose: ENB Light version, ESPFE plugin, Performance Patch, USSEP patch, Unofficial Skyrim Modders Compatibility Patch, CFTO Compatibility Patch, Natural Waterfalls Compatibility Patch, and the CFTO Fixes and Winterhold Patch. Then get the Small Update file)
CleverCharff’s Markarth and Dwemer Ruins 2K
ALT - Markarth's Forge Parallax
Markarth - A Reflective Experience
Dwemer Pipework Reworked (download version 4, as well as the Boiler with Darker Glow Light for ENB Light file)
Dwemer Tech Glowmapped
Dwemer Automatons Glowmapped
MD’s Farmhouses (2k)
Nordic Stonewalls (I use version 1, also get the farmhouse stone floor file)
Touch Of Detail - Shack Meshes
Static Swaps Variety - Practice Dummies (and get the DTA patch)
Training Dummies Retexture 2k (get the Rain Barrel Fix file too)
Archery Target Retexture 2k (also download the 2k mesh file)
Static Swaps Variety - Odds and Ends
El Sopa HD Keys Redone SE (1k)
SD’s Farmhouse Fences SE (1k, I use Version 2)
Nordic Jarl Longhouses (AIO With Decor)
Beautiful Sigils of Shalidor (4k)
Glorious Doors of Skyrim SE
Gorgeous Ruin Door SE (2k)
Rustic Windows (1k)
DK's Realistic Nord Ships SSE
Falkreath Gravestone Diversity - Base Object Swapper
Improved Wall Baskets - Meshes and Textures
Vanilla Table Replacers (2-1k)
Vanilla Table Replacers BOS
Water In Wells - Mesh Only Animated Wells
FYX - Smooth Wells (get the Water In Wells - Parallax file)
Ryn’s Dragon Mounds Collection AIO
Ryn’s Standing Stones AIO
Ryn’s Anise’s Cabin
Ryn’s Alchemist’s Shack
Ryn’s Bleak Falls Tower
Ryn’s Bleak Falls Barrow
Ryn’s Bleakwood Basin (get the USSEP Patch as well)
Ryn’s Farms
Ryn's Faendal's House
Ryn’s Hod and Gerdur’s House
Ryn’s Sven and Hilde’s House
Ryn’s Alvor and Sigrid’s House
Ryn’s Karthspire
Ryn’s Secunda’s Kiss
Ryn’s Ustengrav
Ryn’s Halted Stream Camp
Ryn’s White River Watch
Ryn’s Standing Stones - Farms AIO Patch
Ryn’s Riverwood Patch Collection (in the Installer, tick At Your Own Pace - Thieves Guild options)
Ryn’s Whiterun City Limits
Ryn’s Broken Tower Redoubt
Ryn’s Lund’s Hut
Ryn’s Saarthal (get the Vanilla boss fight file)
Ryn’s Golden Glow Estate
Ryn’s Robber’s Gorge
Ryn’s Valtheim Towers
Ryn’s Lumber Mills
Half Moon Creek SE
WAVY Waterfalls Effect - Half Moon Creek Patch
Ryn’s Skyrim Official Patch Hub (get the second and third Main files)
Northern Ice
Animated Ice Floes (select Northern Ice Meshes)
No Snow Under The Roof (autoclean with SSEEdit)
Snowy Landscapes In Snowy Regions
Snowy Roads For Snowy Regions
Snowy Ships For Snowy Regions (get the Simplicity of Snow file and select Realistic Boat Bobbing SE, No Snow Under The Roof, and USSEP options in the installer)
Snowy Carts For Snowy Regions (choose the CFTO option in the installer)
Paraphernalia - Snow Color Fixes (for Simplicity of Snow)
Simplicity of Snow (check the “Show Encased Cobbles” option in the installer, and also get the Parallax Meshes file)
Daedric Shrines - AIO  (2k)
Ryn's Alchemist's Shack - Patch Collection - Shrines Altar Version
Daedric Shrines AIO Xtudo Patches - FIXES (also get the Azura Statue Replacer, Meridia HD Pedestal, and Molag Bal - Not A Replacer files)

Grass, Trees, & Plants

Happy Little Trees (select All Trees in the installer. Download the update file too)
Skyland Happy Little Trees Bark (1k)
Aspens Ablaze
Skyland Happy Little Trees Bark - Aspens Ablaze Patch
Happy Little Logs (all three files)
Immersive Fallen Trees
Immersive Fallen Trees Patch
Bent Pines II (also install the Bent Pines II Navmesh file)
Blubbos Tree Replacer for Reach
Gildergreen Regrown
Falling Gildergreen Petals SE
Evil Dead Trees - Dying Trees In Evil Places (Base Object Swapper version)
No More Glowing Vibrant Thistle and Textures SSE
No More Dead Shrub (seriously, get the third file)
Insignificant Object Remover (the performance gain from this is significant! In the installer, there’s no need to select the no dead shrubs option because we’ve already removed them)
Remove Small Rocks (main file and get the patch file for Verdant too)
Less Vanilla Trees (in the installer, choose the 50% option)
Remove Floating Beehives
HD Remastered Blended Roads (1k)
Blended Roads - Simplicity of Snow Patch
Misc. Blended Roads Fixes
Dragon Bridge Blended Roads Fix
Blended Bridge Dirt
Edmond’s Official Unique Flowers and Plants SSE
Mari's Flora (Medium)
Mari's Flora Texture Tweaks
High Quality Ivy BOS
Less Ugly Tundra Grass
Renthals Reach Mountain Moss (Desaturated)
Rally’s Hanging Moss (Desaturated)
Vine Maple Redone (1k)
Fall Forest and Yellow Shrubs Redone (1k)
Cathedral 3D Tundra Shrubs
Cathedral 3D Stonecrop
Cathedral 3D Dragons Tongue (I like the Dark Orange variant)
Cathedral 3D Snowberries (get the Green and Variegated file)
Cathedral Snowberries - Inventory - Wreath - Hearthfires Planter
Pine Shrubs Begone (both files, Merge them in MO2 when prompted)
Cathedral 3D Thistle
Cathedral 3D Tundra Cotton
Cathedral 3D Lavender (Vanilla size file)
Cathedral 3D Mountain Flowers (and the Hearthfire patch)
Cathedral 3D Mountain Flowers BOS
Cathedral 3D Solstheim Grass
Cathedral 3D Sword Ferns
Cathedral Mushrooms
Cathedral 3D Clover Plant (Hybrid 3D)
El Sopa Creep Cluster SE (1k)
Mora Tapinella 2k
Better Blended Mushrooms
KG’s Elves Ear
KG’s Frost Mirriam
TB’s 3D Driftwood (2k Optimized file)
Sacred Trees
No More Ugly Branches
Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin
Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods
Landscape Seam Fixes
Rudy HQ - Falling Leaves and Needles (get the For ENB SE file)
Generic Grass Limiter
No Grass In Objects (get the 1.5.97 file)
No Grass In Caves
Flickering Meshes Fix (in the installer, select Parallax for all options)
Skyrim Is Windy
Snowy Surfaces Sound Collision and Aesthetics (select Vanilla Parallax Meshes and Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB in the installer)
Clovers Don’t Float
Grass Sampler Fix
Realistic High Altitude Tree Line
Dovahnique’s Diverse Deathbells BOS (in the installer, choose With ENB light)
Dovahnique’s Diverse Deadly Nightshade BOS
Dovahnique’s Diverse Decaying Fungal Pods BOS
Grass FPS Booster (choose Verdant in the installer)
Flora Additions - Snow Gum
Flora Additions - Cypress
Flora Additions - Willows (main file, select whichever areas you want to disable in the installer)
Flora Additions - Waterplants
A Quality World Map (Classic with All Roads)


Armour, Weapons, & Clothing
Cathedral - Armory (also install the Update file)
aMidianBorn Book of Silence SE (Complete)
Rustic Clothing (2-1k)
La Femme Lycana SSE
Unplayable Faction Armors SSE (main file, as well as the Complete Crafting Overhaul Remastered patch, and the Weapons, Armor, Clothing, and Clutter Fixes patch)
El Sopa Quivers Redone (1k)
El Sopa Quivers Resized (10%)
El Sopa - Shields Redone
Legendary Alpha Shields (also download the Optimized Meshes update file)
Legendary Alpha Shields SE Fixes (also get the 1k textures file)
Legendary Alpha Shields 2 (ESL)
Legendary Alpha Shields 2 SE Fixes (ESL)
Nicos Raven Shield SE 
Cloaks of Skyrim
Cloaks of Skyrim Retextured SE (1k)
Cloaks of Skyrim Retextured Female Mesh Patch
Divine Cloaks (Enchanted Main file and Tattered Cloak of Stendarr Fix file)
Daedric Cloaks
Wolf Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select the option for Cathedral Armory)
Nightingale Armor and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Ancient Nord Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select Vanilla, CC Items, and El Sopa’s Quivers options)
Ancient Nord Stalhrim (select the Believable Weapons patch in the installer)
Stalhrim Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select the Cathedral Armory, Vanilla, and El Sopa’s Quivers options)
Lunar Weapons Replacer
Visage of Mzund -My version by Xtudo
Dwemer Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select the Vanilla options, the Fishing CC Option, El Sopa’s Quivers option, Xtudoès Visage of Mzund, and don’t select Keening in the installer)
No Smiling Female Dwarven Helmet - Dwemer Armors Retexture SE
Stylish Dwemer Blades (Replacer)
Stylish Dwarven Weapons 4k Bronze-like Textures
Dawnguard Arsenal SSE
Dawnguard Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, pick the Dawnguard Arsenal option in the installer)
Bonemold Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, choose the Curios CC option)
Ancient Falmer Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Falmer Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Chitin Armors Retexture SE (Half Res)
Volkihar Knight - Vampire Armor
Vampire Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, also select the Volkihar Knights option in the installer)
Kozakowy's Female Vampire Armor Replacer (select No CBBE and the UNP option in the installer)
Guards And Stormcloaks Retexture SE (Half Res)
Bandolier - Bags and Pouches Classic SE
Bandolier - Tighter Female Fit
Detailed NPCs - Bandoliers Bags and Pouches for NPCs (SPID) (get the Reduced Values optional file)
Thieves Guild Armor Retexture SE (Half Res, choose the option to retexture the Bandoliers)
Forsworn Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, choose the vanilla options and the Old God’s Armour retexture option too)
Robes Retexture SE (Half Res. Make sure to choose the Fishing and Armor and Clothing Extension options in the installer)
Leather Armors Retexture SE (Half Res)
Iron Armor and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Choose the Cubemap options and get the CC Curios options, also Believable Weapons, then check the Cathedral Armory patch in the installer)
Steel Armor and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, check the Cathedral Armory patch in the installer)
Blades Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select the Cathedral Armory patch in the installer)
Elven Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Glass Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Choose the Cathedral Armory, Believable Weapons, and El Sopa’s Quivers patches in the installer)
Carved Nordic Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Orcish Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Select the Curios CC option and then install the Cathedral Armory patch)
Silver Armor and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res)
Ebony Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res, only the vanilla, the female gauntlet fix, and El Sopa’s Quivers options)
Dark Brotherhood Armor SE (main file and Iconic Death’s Red Variation)
Ancient Shrouded Armor Replacer (get the WACCF Compatibility Patch too)
Dark Brotherhood Armors Retexture SE (Half Res)
Dragon Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Install the Cathedral Armory option, as well as El Sopa’s Quivers and El Sopa’s Shields)
Dragon Priests Retexture SE (Half Res. Make sure to pick the SPID and Cloaks of Skyrim options)
Diverse Dragon Priests (main file)
Diverse Dragon Priests - Optimized Textures (1k)
Masque of Clavicus Vile (2k)
Unique Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. Choose the Masque of Clavicus Vile)
New Legion (install the Base file and then the Textures HD file after, Autoclean with SSEEdit)
Imperial Guard Centurion Armor SE (also download the ESL Replacer file)
Daedric Armors and Weapons Retexture SE (Half Res. In the Installer, make sure to pick the option for El Sopa’s Quivers)
JS Unique Utopia SE - Daggers (1k)
Kanjs - Blade of Woe (1k)
Kanjs - Keening Animated (1k)
Practical Pirate Outfit
Toughened Traveler Outfit
Ahzidal's Armor Set SE (get the V2 file)
Dragon Rider Armor (2k)
Dragon Rider Armor - No High Heels Patch
Common Clothes and Armors (1k)
Armor Variants Expansion (main file, Hide Normal Fix, CCOR Patch, and Cathedral Armory Patch)
Armor Variants Patch Collection (auto-detect patcher)
Sanctified Steel (main file)
Dawnguard Weapons Are Silver (both files)
TB’s HD Cubemaps

Combat, Magic, & Levelling

Pristine Vanilla Movement
True Directional Movement
Animation Queue Fix
Paired Animation Improvements (get the Horse Mount and Dismount Double Sound Fix file too)
Open Animation Replacer (previously known as Dynamic Animation Replacer)
Animation Motion Revolution
Super Fast Get Up Animation
Dynamic Dirt and Blood
Enhanced Blood Textures (in the installer, pick the SPID option)
First Person Combat Animation Overhaul 2.0 - Size Matters (AIO)
Precision
Precision Trail Replacer - Simple
Dynamic Impact - Slash Effects X  (choose the EBT compatible option in the installer)
First Person Target Locking Fix
Crosshair-aligned Crossbow
Don’t Sheath Bound Weapons
FleshFX
Custom Skills Framework (get the 1.5.97 file)
Elemental Staffs SE (main file, then overwrite with the Basic 2-1k file)
Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul
Mysticism - FleshFX Patch
Elemental Staffs SE Mysticism Patch
Adamant - A Perk Overhaul
Scion - A Vampire Overhaul
Manbeast- A Werewolf Overhaul
Stormcrown - A Shout Overhaul
Same Sex Perks AIO
At Your Own Pace - Scion Patch
Visual Animated Enchants (plus Dragonbane mesh fix)
Lightning VFX Edit
Flame VFX Edit
Frost VFX Edit
Enchantment Art Extender
Enchantment Art Extender for Skyrim 1.5
Vibrant Weapons EAE
Forget Spell (get the 1.5.97 file)
Piercing Expert Spells
Piercing Expert Spells - Mysticism
Deadly Spell Impacts for Mysticism
Paraphernalia - End Of Life (both files)
Better Combat Escape SSE
Better Player Combat Expressions
Death Expressions DX
Run For Your Lives
ABS - Arrows and Bolts Sink (ESL File)
Dismembering Framework
Dismembering Framework Creature Asset Pack
Dismembering Framework Official Humanoid Asset Pack
Dismembering Framework - Enhanced Blood Textures Patch
Dismembering Framework - Creature Asset Pack - XTudo Patches (get the Hulking Draugr file)
Wash That Blood Off 2
Epic Dragon Combat Redone - And Many Other Dragons (Ultraperformannce file)
Majestic Dragons - Larger and Immersive Proportions (Glorious file)
Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine (In MO2, right click on the installed mod and rename it to simply “Nemesis.” Then add it as an executable in MO2 and launch it. Update the engine first, select Precision, Payload Interpreter, and True Directional Movement -Headtracking and let it run)

All Those Little Immersive Details

Modding has truly come so impressively far that it isn't hard to make Skyrim look good.

By the same measure, Skyrim should also play and feel good.

This section is the heart of Secunda, brimming with all those little details that truly elevate the game into the epic, memorable, and fun adventure it was always supposed to be.


Animated Clutter SE
Recipe Auto Learn
Tools Not Weapons
Vampires Have Claws
Septim Not Gold (Weightless file)
Wet and Cold SE
Get Snowy ENB Version (in Plugins, find the Obsidian Weathers Patch and untick it)
Dripping When Wet (SPID)
Improved Wet and Cold Water Drips
Soaking Wet
Loki’s Wade In Water
Wade In Water Redone (get the NG file)
Splashes of Skyrim
Splashes of Storms
Orc Strongholds Use Orcish (also get the Cracked Tusk Keep file)
Immersive War and Violence (autoclean with SSEEdit)
Heal Injured Guards
Mourning Restored
Undead FX
Immersive Death Cycle (download Undead FX Addon too)
Flies Around Corpses
Forsworn Brutality (get the ESPFE file)
Flying Crows SSE
Giants Overhaul - Mihail Monsters and Animals
Male Giants Variety
Mihail’s Male Giant Variety - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures 
Giant Club Variety
Giant Club Variety - Optimized Textures
Uderfrykte Replacer
Uderfrykte Replacer - Optimized Textures
Kanjs - Ash Spawn (2k)
Spooky Scary Hulking Draugrs (overhauls Cannibal Draugrs from Dawnguard DLC)
Spooky Scary Hulking Draugrs - Optimized Textures
Vampire Falmer Overhaul
Vampire Falmer Overhaul - Optimized Textures 
Frost Giant Overhaul 
Frost Giant Overhaul - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures
Fire Wyrm and Magic Anomaly Overhaul
Mummified Animals
Mummified Animals Collision Fixes
More Hircinic Aspects of Hircine
More Hircinic Aspects of Hircine - Optimized Textures
Crows and Ravens
Crows and Ravens - Optimized Textures
Nocturnal’s Birds Replacer
Nocturnal’s Birds Replacer - Cleaned and Optimized Textures
Roasted Cow Replacer
Roasted Cow Replacer - Optimized Textures
Mammoth Expansion
Mammoth Expansion - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures
Mihail Mammoth Expansion Fluffy
Mihail Mammoth Expansion Ryn’s Whiterun City Limits Patch
House Cats
House Cats Diversified (get the No Head Tracking version main file, as well as the No Collars optional file)
Chickens and Chicks
Chickens and Chicks - Optimized Textures (also get the Fluffy Patch)
Roosters (2k)
Hot Lava Heat Distortion (get the ENB Light file too)
Talkative Dragon Priests (get the ESP file)
Talkative Falmers
Talkative Wispmothers
Talkative Hagravens
Talkative Spriggans
Talkative Storm Atronachs
Talkative Flame Atronachs
Whale Bones on Coasts
Whale Bones on Coasts - Optimized Textures
Bloody Mammoth Carcasses
Bloody Mammoth Carcasses - Optimized Textures
Whiterun Watchtower Doesn’t Start Broken
Simple Horse SE (Once you're in the game, wait a minute or two for MCM to register this new menu. Then, find Simple Horse in the MCM and tick the "Followers Ride" option)
Better Third Person Selection (once the MCM menu registers in-game, find this menu and also tick First Person)
Immersive Patrols (the Main version file)
Imperial Tents Animated (get the No Collision file too)
Small Nordic Tent - Animated (get the No Collision - Rally’s Mesh file too)
Large Nordic Tents Replacer for Skyland Animated
Falmer Huts - Animated
Bards College Teachers New Clothing (SPID)
Stable Masters New Clothing SE (SPID)
Ferrymen New Clothing SE (get the CFTO and the CFTO Fixes files)
Carriage Drivers New Clothing SE (get the CFTO file)
The Raven of Raven Rock SE (use the ESL file)
Follower Trap Safety
I’m Walkin’ Here
I’m Talkin’ Here
Rich Skyrim Merchants
Shame of Skyrim (Distributes over 200 different notes randomly to bandits, necromancers, warlocks and more! Enhances immersion by humanizing NPCs)
Dynamic Things Alternative - Base Object Swapper
Clouds All Over (choose AIO Less Dense)
Rally’s Solthsteim AIO
Rally’s Solthsteim Parallax
Rally’s Solthsteim Landscapes Complex Parallax Edition
Solthsteim Ash Storms with Glowing Embers
Rudy HQ - More Dramatic Red Mountain Plume
Striding Silt Strider
Bandit Lines Expansion (also get the Dark Elf Voices and Werebeasts Don’t Talk files)
Civil War Lines Expansion
Forsworn and Thalmor Lines Expansion
Vampire Lines Expansion (get the Orc addon file too)
Extended Guard Dialogue (also get the Dawnguard VA Fix file)
Dialogue Expansion - Windhelm
CleverCharff’s Apocrypha
CleverCharff’s Apocrypha - Parallax
Slightly Better Rock Cairns (grab the 2k Parallax main file and then the Update 1.3 Parallax optional file)
Slightly Better EVIL Rock Cairns (get the 2k Main file, the Parallax Meshes file, and the Texture Patch update file)
High Poly Solthsteim Mushroom Trees 
High Poly Blackreach Mushrooms
Aetherium Falmer Cave Ceiling Glow
Blackreach Tentacle Mesh Fix
Animated Tentacles for the Glowing Mushrooms
Wizkid Hunter’s Camp Overhaul (2k)
The Citadel of Snow - Lively Windhelm Bridge
Lively Farms (tick Eating Animations and Ryn’s Farms patches in the installer)
Skyrim Is Cold (also get the Ferryman New Clothes file)
Solitude Interiors Mesh Fixes (main file and the Parallax fix files)
Jorrvaskr Basement Floor Seams Fix (main and Parallax fix files)
Wizkid Hagraven Clutter and Bones
Wizkid Specific Signs
Wizkid Riften and Ratway (2k Parallax)
Edmond and Rudy’s Atrocious Riften Texture Fix SE
Wizkid Pinewatch
Wizkid Pavo’s House (first main file)
Wizkid Sepolcri - A Complete Burial Sites Overhaul (main file)
Wizkid Icy Windhelm
Khajiit Has Wears - A Caravan Khajiit Outfit Skypatcher Overhaul
Khajiit Has Wares - A Caravan Camp Overhaul (choose the Northern Roads, Peltapalooza, and Skyland Tents Tweak options in the installer)
Khajiit Has Tents
Khajiit Has Tents Animated
Market Stalls Animated
Vendor Carts Animated (use Rally’s meshes)
Rally’s Market Stall Animated
Pinecones
Winterhold College Gate Glow Restored - Cut Content Restoration
College of Winterhold - Glowing Symbols ENB Light
TMD The Rift Leaves
Old People Sounds AIO
Kanjs - Cow
Unique Wooden Bridges - Base Object Swapper
Diverse Windmill Sails - Base Object Swapper
Bandit Hounds Overhaul
Diverse Dogs
Pitbull Mastiffs (after you've added this mod, uncheck its Plugin because only the textures are needed)
Attack Dog Replacer SE by Xtudo (Pitbull Mastiffs 1k file) 
Kanjs - Books AIO Animated (1k)
Burned Book 2K
Kanjs - Bee and Honey (1k)
Kanjs - Focusing Crystal Animated (1k)
TB’s Immersive Gyro for SMIM (2k Performance Variant)
Kanjs - Potion of Blood Animated (1k)
Kanjs - Sanguine Rose Animated (1k, in the installer choose the ENB option)
Kanjs - Skull of Corruption (1k)
Kanjs - Vampire Coffins (1k)
El Sopa HD Dragonborn Skull (1k)
Serena Dialogue Addon
Serena Dialogue Addon Patch Hub (pick the I’m Glad You’re Here, NPCs Wear Amulets of Mara, and Cure Serena Quest Plus options in the installer)
Serena Hood Fix with Animation
JS Shrines of the Divines
Statue of Sithis
Dark Brotherhood Tenets
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Decor - The Door of Roses
Night Mother
Solitude and Temple Frescoes 2019 (get the Complete SSE file)
Solitude and Temple Frescoes - Meshfix and Cubemap Patch (get the file for the 2019 version)
HD Textures for Solitude and Temple Frescoes (With Shrine Base)
More To Say (Merged file, and Sissels Book Quest patch)
Detection Meter
Oxygen Meter 2
To Your Face
Don’t Send Me There Again
No Crime Teleport
El Sopa - Skeleton Key Redone
El Sopa - Azura’s Star Redone
JS Unique Utopia - Rings
JS Knapsacks (2k, in the installer, select the Wet and Cold option)
JS Initiate's Ewer
JS Bloodstone Chalice
JS Dragon Claws Anniversary Edition (2k, yes, it’s for Skyrim SE and get the Animated Gem Claws file too)
JS Barenziah SE
JS Purses and Septims SE
Read or Take SKSE
Horsemen Torch Wield and Mount Tweaks SE
Dialogue Expansion - Shor’s Stone
Riften Dialogue Expansion
Dialogue Expansion - Imperial Soldiers
Brawl Lines Expansion and Fixes
Narrative Gameplay Consistent Dialogue Tweaks (also get the Brawl Lines Expansion and The Choice Is Yours patch files)
Extended Bandit Dialogue
Falmer Servant Lines Expansion (all three files)
Simple Fishing Overhaul - Animations and Improved Quest Dialogue
Carriages and Stables Dialogue Bundle (get the CFTO patch too)
Immersive Speech Dialogues
Improved Follower Dialogue - Lydia
Improved Follower Dialogue - Brelyna Maryon
Improved Follower Dialogue - Aela the Huntress
Improved Follower Dialogue - Mjoll the Lioness
Improved Follower Dialogue - Jordis the Sword-Maiden
Improved Follower Dialogue - Erik the Slayer
NPCs React to Frenzy
NPCs React to Invisibility
NPCs React to Necromancy (And More)
Immersive Rejections
Misc Dialogue Edits (check the At Your Own Pace - Misc option in the installer)
More Dialogue Options (check the At Your Own Pace - Thieves Guild option in the installer)
Unique Region Names
Regional Save Names

Now we’re going to install Northern Roads…without the roads and the accompanying patching headache, just the atmospheric clutter!

Northern Roads
Northern Roads - No Bridges and No Roads (get this file because, although the bridges look cool, they unfortunately introduce many floating objects and cause conflicts with Realistic Lighting Overhaul)
El Sopa - Northern Roads Resculpted
Northern Roads Resculpted - Reach Bridge Fix
Rally’s Banners of Skyrim - Northern Roads Patch

For a wonderful sense of immersion, we’ll install Environs, which breathes more life into Skyrim as the months pass and makes it seem as if the world is responding dynamically to events!

Environs - Master Plugin
Environs - Abandoned Abodes
Environs - Hoggar’s House
Environs - Riften Warehouse
Environs - The Shrines of Talos
Environs - Kolskeggr
Environs - Whiterun Watchtower Doesn’t Stay Broken (also get the patch file for Whiterun Watchtower Doesn’t Start Broken)
Environs - The Greenwood Shack
Environs - The Ruined Tundra Farmhouse
Detailed Landscapes - Gleamblossoms and Caveworms in Falmer Hives BOS 
Detailed Landscapes - Morthal AIO
Moon and Stars - Sky Overhaul SKSE (select 1.5.97 in the installer)
Civil War Battlefields (also get the USSEP file)
Military Camps Begone
Animals Swim (Sort Of)
Frogs (1k)
Sea Turtles (1k)
Slaughterfish Eggs Are Eggs (also get the Alternate Egg file)
Salmon Retex - Realistic Salmon
Salmon Retex - Fins Patch (With Rope file)
Ancient Atmoran Remains
Ancient Atmoran Remains - Optimized Textures (1k)
Immersive Winterhold Jail (additionally get the No CC Assets and Relighting Skyrim patch files)
Immersive Courier (Vanilla)
Windhelm Lighthouse SSE
Real Water for Mara’s Statue BOS
Wizkid - Hall of the Dead Stained Glass Windows
Wizkid - ECPLW - ENB Complex Particle Lights For Windows
Wizkid Fixed Highpoly Nordic Metal Grate (main file)
Fjori and Holgeir In Sovngarde
Ulfric…Tullius…Give Me A Break
DVA - Dynamic Vampire Appearance
Ultimate Mannequin Fix and Overhaul
Better Hearthfire Nails (also get the 1k file and overwrite)
Scrumptious Stew HD - Hearty Meat and Vegetable Stew
Cooking Pots SMIMed BOS (all three files)
Store Entrance Doorbells
More Tavern Idles SSE (Compatibility Version file)
Closing Time
College Students SE (ESL file)
Diverse Cathedral 3D Snowberry Wreaths BOS - Veriegated
Diverse Candles BOS
Northern Vanilla Farmhouses (Parallax)
Unique Northern Vanilla Farmhouses BOS (Snowy)
Slightly Better Nordic Henges BOS (Parallax)
Unique Wooden Bridges - High Quality Ivy Addon BOS (Both Bridges file)
Diverse Farm Fences BOS (both files)
Less Repetitive Farmhouse Stonewalls - Para and SoS
FYX - 3D Farmhouse Walkway (get the SMIM x Round Posts Parallax main file, then the Simplicity of Snow Parallax and the Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes Parallax files)
Taller Posts for Farmhouse Walkways (Parallax)
Felsaad Tern Replacer
Slightly Better Tern Feathers
Slightly Better Hawk Feathers
More Silver and Dwemer Kitchenware BOS (main file, as well as the Rudy HQ file and the WACCF-CCOR Patch file)
Diverse Hearthfire Ovens BOS (the EmbersXD - Rustic file)
Diverse Archery Targets BOS (More Targets main file, and the DTA Patch file)
Wall Mounted Dead Animals Fixes (Bears of the North version)
Snazzy Wall Mounted Trophies BOS (also get the DTA Patch file)
Fluffy Wall Mounted Dead Animals (Bears of the North main file, followed by the Wolves of Skyrim, Bellyaches Creatures, and DTA files)
Fluffy Hanging Rabbits SMIM
MM Real Elks (1k)
More Realistic Fur and Antlers for Hagraven Clutter (main file and DTA patch, then the More Complex Bone Totem file, followed by its DTA patch file)
Slightly Better Hagraven Feathers (overwrite the main file with the 1k textures)
Slightly Better Sabre Cat Eyes (overwrite the main file with the 1k textures)
Better Dartwings (overwrite the main file with the 1k textures)
Slightly Better Small Antlers (main file, the DTA patch file, and the 1k textures)
Slightly Better Large Antlers
Better Pelts and Hides (main file)
Slightly Better Honey Nut Treat
High Poly Sweet Rolls 2k
Actual Sweet Roll Variants BOS
Actually Useful Butter Churns BOS
HD Wheat (1-2k)
TMD Jars of Skyrim (ENB file, comes with autodetect patcher so just install)
Slightly Better Honey In A Jar BOS
Realistic Paper Parchment and Scrolls (both files)
Slightly Better Scrolls (main file and texture fix file)
Tanning Rack 001
Renthal’s Tanning Rack
Immersive Tanning Rack Replacer
Various Immersive Tanning Racks BOS
Fluffy Beds and Bedrolls (first main file, followed by the Diverse Hay Bedrolls and Rudy Misc files)
Fluffy Beds for Rally’s Common and Upper Class Furniture (Vanilla BOS, Vanilla Pillows, and Rallys Fluffy Upper Beds files)
Fluffy Hanging and Floor Pelts
Water In Wash Basins
Snazzy Interiors - Morthal Falian’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Morvayn Manor
Snazzy Interiors - Riften Black Briar Manor
Snazzy Interiors - Riften Snow Shod Manor (both files)
Snazzy Interiors - Rorik’s Manor
Snazzy Interiors - Solitude Bryling’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Solitude Erikur’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Vittoria Vici’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Whiterun House Battle-Born
Snazzy Interiors - Whiterun House Gray-Mane
Snazzy Interiors - Windhelm Blacksmith
Snazzy Interiors - Windhelm House of Clan Cruel-Sea
Snazzy Interiors - Windhelm House of Clan Shattershield
Snazzy Interiors - Windhelm Viola Girodano’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Falkreath Dengeir’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Karthwasten Hall
Snazzy Interiors - Markarth Endon’s House
Snazzy Interiors - Markarth Guard Tower
Snazzy Interiors - Markarth Nepos’ House
Snazzy Interiors - Markarth Treasury House
Snazzy Honningbrew Meadery
Snazzy Interiors Patch Collection (this is an auto-detect patcher, but you also need to make sure to select the At Your Own Pace - Thieves Guild options)
Northern Scenery - Ysgramor’s Tomb
Northern Scenery - Bleak Falls Barrow
Northern Scenery - Angarvunde
Northern Scenery - Ansilvund
Northern Scenery - IronBind Barrow
Northern Scenery - Whiterun’s Tundra (also get the BOS file)
Watchman’s Whiterun Hold - Secondary Locations
Watchman’s Guldun Rock
Watchman’s Redoran’s Retreat
Watchman’s Drelas’ Cottage
Solitude Towers Flags SSE (ESP file)
Oblivion Gates (first main file)
Ruins Puzzle Pillar Retexture (first main file)
Rustic Reliefs (main file and Parallax optional file)
Dovahnique’s Diverse Dark Elf Lanterns BOS (get the Nocturnal Moths file)
Dunmeri Furniture In Gray Quarter
CleverCharff’s Soul Cairn 2k
TB’s Parallax Soul Cairn (2k)
Statue of Kynareth
Statue of Kynareth - My Patches by XTudo (2k textures file)
Rest For The Weary - Better Beds In Whiterun Temple
Travelers of Skyrim SSE (get the Vanilla main file, Bags and Pouches Addon, the Dragonborn Addon, then the Dragonborn and Bags and Pouches Addon file)
Skyrim Trading Posts Remastered SSE
 Solstheim Trading Posts
Interesting Roads
Northern Roads Patch Collection (This is an auto-detect patcher. However, there’s a section that requires you to manually pick the Reach Bridge Fix option, so watch out and do that)
Unique Towns BOS
Unique Towns - Retextured
Unique Towns - Addon
Unique Towns - Nordic Jar Longhouses (also get the Parallaxed Meshes file)
Unique Northern Vanilla Farmhouses BOS (Snowy)
Forgotten Containers (both files)
FYX - Black Briar and Riftweald Manors - Parallax
Black Briar Banners (I like the Woven Edition)
Casual Skyrim (No Beds file)
Ideal NPC Bumping (main file)
Skip Vampire Lord Tutorial
Bury Sinderion
Call Follower (ESL)
Auto Sleep For Me Now (main file)
Sit For Me Now
Wedding Outfit Commission
Wedding Guests Wear Fine Clothes (SPID)
Better Skyrim Parties (first main file and AIO Patches file, choose the Pandorables NPCs and Pandorables Males patches in the installer)
Snow Hares
Hanging Snow Hares BOS
Better Hearthfire Intro Letter
Better Thieves Guild Caches
Find Those Jewelry (first main file)
Vampire Goblet Replacer (2k, Wooden main file)
Vampire Goblets Optimized Textures (1k)
Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions
Adoptable Beast Children
Cheeky Kids
Quit It With The Bullying Braith (full version)
Stop Being Mean To Mean I Saved Your Daughter
Arcadia Stop (Confidently Correct file)
Bear Beats Dragon - Civil War Aware Banners In Solitude (second main file)
Missing In Action - Skyforge Steel Reward
Oh S___ Not You Again
Mage Robes For Challengers SPID
College Ghosts College Robes
Aranea of the Temple SPID
Aranea Intro Dialogue Tweak
Dunmeri Ghosts - Dunmeri Gear
Sleeves for Guards - Cloaks of Skyrim and USSEP
Climate Aware Stormcloaks (both files)
The Red Wave Fix
Better Docks
Animated Ships
Animated Ships - Finer Sails
Riften Docks Overhaul
Animated Ships Patches AIO (choose Better Docks and Ryns Farms patches in the installer)
Realistic Boat Bobbing (all three files)
Realistic Boat Bobbing Patch Hub (get the Better Docks, CFTO, No Snow Under The Roof, Riften Dock Overhaul, and USSEP patch files)
Realistic Boat Bobbing - Row Boats
My Road Signs Are Beautiful - English
Rain Extinguishes Fires
Rain Extinguishes Fires NG
Rain Extinguishes Diverse Campfires
Vanilla Ice Adjusted
Hearthfire Has Snow (Both file)
Snow Statics Consistency
Crystal Clear Frozen Lakes and Ponds (in the installer, select Complex)
Improved Windstad Manor Fish Dock and Round Posts
Sriders Blank Nif
FYX - Eastern Empire Company Building Parallax
High Poly Dwemer Bowls and Pots
Blue Retching Netch (both files)
Tiber Septim Room Improvement
Nelacar Room Improvement (first main file)
Bust of Tiber Septim
Bust of Tiber Septim Expanded
The Jagged Crown Tweaks
Ulfric and Elisif Wear The Jagged Crown (get the Stand Version USSEP file)
Relaxed Vendors
Whistling In Skyrim
Cough In Your Hands Not My Face (get the main file, followed by the Hotix file, then get the 50% Idle Chance File)
Touch of Detail - Shack Doors (main file)
Touch of Detail - Chicken Coops
Static Swaps Variety - Fishing Poles
Static Swaps Variety - Crate and Barrel (also get the DTA patch)
Static Swaps Variety - Festival Flags SMIM
Plant Size Variety
Cozy Dragonsreach Balcony
Hammerfell-Themed Amren’s House
Inner Sanctum - Snow Elf Ruins Overhaul (main file, as well as the Lock Variations and Throne Replacer files)
Benches of Skyrim
Skyrim Farmhouse Inns (main file, then the Embers XD patch and the Realistic Lighting Overhaul patch files)
Amon’s Graveyards Addon
Lavinia’s Memorial

For the following Graveyard files, make sure to check the Complete Navmesh options (when available), along with the Sepolcri and USSEP options:


Skaal Burial Site Graveyard
Karthwasten Burial Site Graveyard
Shor’s Stone Burial Site Graveyard
Dawnstar Burial Site Graveyard
Kynsegrove Burial Site Graveyard
Winterhold Burial Site Graveyard (both files)
Dragon Bridge Burial Site Graveyard
Riverwood Burial Site Graveyard - New Location
Markarth Cemetery Graveyard
Draugr Patrols and Cavalry
Draugr Patrols and Cavalry - Optimized Textures 1k
Quaint Chapels of Skyrim
Logical Riften Well (Vanilla file)
Riften Plaza Well -Logical Riften Well
High Quality Shadowmarks
Windhelm Brazier Replacer
Windhelm Brazier Replacer BOS (Standard Version, also get the Throne Swap Addition file)
SMIM Minewood HD Texture Replacer (1k)
JS Embalming Tools (1k)
JS Torture Tools (1k)
JS Solitude Sewer Cover SE (1k)
Size Matters - Base Object Swapper Scale Transforms for Various Objects (second main file)
El Sopa Big Backpack HD
Praedy’s Castle Volkihar SE (2k)
Castle Volkihar HD Parallax
Iconic’s Moon Crest Retexture (also get the Unofficial Material Fix patch file)
Skeleton Replacer HD SE (2k)
Unique Skulls HD SE (1k)
Praedy’s Chantry of Auriel AIO (2k, choose Bridge 1 or 2 in the installer as you like)
Auriel’s Chantry HD - Parallax (first main file, then get the corresponding Bridge Parallax file too)
Inner Sanctum - Snow Elf Ruins Overhaul - Praedy’s Chantry of Auriel Patch
Iconic’s Morthal Quest Coffin Retexture
Iconic’s Bust of the Gray Fox (2k)
Iconic’s Weathered Dragonstone Retexture (2k, also get the Mesh Tweak file)
Iconic’s Falmer Rosetta Stone (2k)
Iconic’s Falmer Eye Gem Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Blackreach Crystals Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Azura’s Star Dungeon Retexture (in the installer, select 2k and also the Lighting Tweak)
Iconic’s Jurgen Windcaller Tomb and Horn Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Frost-Flame-Storm Atronach’s Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Gargoyle and Death Hound Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Vampire Lord Retexture (2k)
Iconic’s Werewolf and Werebear Retexture (2k)
Riverwood Smelter
Sleeping Giant Redesigned Northern FH Parallax
Riften Bee and Barb Redesigned Overhaul
Dovahnique’s Diverse Vendor Carts BOS
Medieval Textiles for Dovahnique’s Diverse Vendor Carts BOS
FYX - Dawnstar Fixed Fences (Vanilla)
Brandy-Mug- Fixed Consistency
3D Dwemer Barriers and Shelves (Alternate UVs file)
Oil - My HD Version by Xtudo (1k)
High Poly and Improved Hitch Posts
FYK Jorrvaskr Parallax
FYX Raven Rock Docks and Fences Round Posts Parallax
FYX Riften Canal (Performance Version file)
FYX Riften Canal and Round Posts Parallax
FYX Temple Of Mara - ENB Light - Parallax
3D Whiterun Trellis (both files)
FYX 3D Whiterun Castle Bridge - 3D Trellis - Parallax
FYX 3D Whiterun Guard Towers
FYX 3D Solitude Signpost (Riften Ropes file)
FYX Windhelm Stable Roof Parallax
Stockades Of Skyrim 3D
FYX 3D Stockades - SOS 3D Parallax
Solitude Objects SMIMed - Solitude Well
Solitude Objects SMIMed - Festival Ropes
Solitude Objects SMIMed - Castle Dour Spire
Solitude Skyway
Drengin’s Blue Palace Terrace SE
Drengin’s Blue Palace - Mesh Only Replacer
Better Blue Palace Courtyard SSE


Water

Natural Waterfalls
Natural Waterfalls Patch for Rapid Rocks
Natural Waterfalls Patch for GG’s Markarth Outskirts
Realistic Water 2 (and the update file, Merge in MO2)
Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB - Bright Waterfall Fix for Realistic Water 2
Water Effects Brightness and Reflection Fix
Water Effects Brightness and Reflection Fix - Realistic Water 2 Patch (also get the Splashes of Skyrim file)
FYX - Water Splash (second main file)
Landscape and Water Fixes 
Unique Region Names - Patch for RW2
Half Moon Creek SE - Realistic Water 2 Patch
Improved River Sound (Softer Version)
TB’s Better Foam


Lighting

Relighting Skyrim (Autoclean with SSEEdit, also get the With Window Shadows File)
EVLAS (download the Underside file in addition)
Realistic Lighting Overhaul SSE (select all options in the installer, then autoclean RLO Exteriors with SSEEdit)
Skyrim Farmhouse Inns - Realistic Lighting Overhaul Patch


Questing

At Your Own Pace (download all the main files, except Skyrim Unbound)
Quest NPCs Run 
Stones of Barenziah Quest Markers
True Thane SE (download the Hearthfire patch as well)
Missives
Missives Notes Retexture
Missives - The Witcher Board HD
Missives - Quests Edits for Unique Missive Boards
Diverse Witcher Missives Boards BOS (second main file)
Missives - Notes Retexture Darkened
Notes With Something To Read SE (the Text version file)
The Choice Is Yours
Infiltration Quest Expansion
Innocence Lost Quest Expansion
Save The Dark Brotherhood
Your Choices Matter - A Dark Brotherhood Expansion SSE (get the Save The Dark Brotherhood Patch file)
The Heart of Dibella Quest Expansion
The Whispering Door Quest Expansion
College of Winterhold Quest Expansion (also get the Easy Mode file)
Caught Red Handed Quest Expansion (get the USSEP Patch too)
Narrative Gameplay Consistent Dialogue Tweaks - Caught Red Handed Patch
The Only Cure Quest Expansion
House of Horrors Quest Expansion
Nilheim Misc Quest Expansion
Paarthurnax Quest Expansion
Respect for the Arch Mage
Thieves Guild Master Recognition
Boethiah’s Calling - Alternate Questline
The Taste of Death Quest Addon
Mehrunes Dagon’s Shrine Unlocked - Pieces of the Past Alternate Ending
Sidequests of Skyrim
Sidequests of Skyrim Dialogue Patch
Bounties Are Worthwhile - Leveled Bounty Rewards
Serena Cure Quest Plus
Andrealphus Scene Tweaks


Player & NPC Customization

UNP Female Body Renewal (main file)
Expressive Facial Animation - Female Edition
Expressive Facial Animation - Male Edition
SkySight Skins (main file)
Tempered Skins (get the second file)
Vanilla Hair Remake (choose the first no physics file and the no physics file for NPCs)
High Poly Vanilla Hair
Vanilla Hair - Salt and Wind
Lovely Hair Colors (for Salt and Wind)
Hvergelmir’s Aesthetics - Brows
Hvergelmir's Aesthetics - Beards
Beards of Power (download the first main file, then get the Greybeards NPC Replacer Sampler file)
Smile In HD (main file)
Whiter Teeth For All SE
Argonian and Khajiit Teeth Fix SE
Closed Mouths For Orcs
Rutah’s Warpaint 2k
Lamenthia’s Marks of Beauty 2k
Vanilla Warpaints Absolution
Community Overlays 2 (first main file)
Female Makeup Suite 2k
Lyru’s Tattoo Pack Collection
Stoja’s Warpaints High Resolution Makeup Kit SSE (second main file, also get the two optional files)
Complete NPC Overhaul - Argonians
Project ja-Kha'jay- Khajiit NPC Diversity Overhaul (select USSEP and Tempered Skins installer options)
Resplendent Royals (choose the Full Version and 2k in the installer, then get the Fix file too)
Pandorable’s NPCS
Pandorable's Warrior Women - Mjoll Uthgerd Adelaisa
Pandorable’s NPCS - Males
Pandorable’s NPCS - Males 2
Pandorable’s NPCS - Males 3
Pandorable’s NPCs - Alternative Faces (get the three main files, followed by the 1k Faralda file)
Pandorable's Heroes of Sovngarde
Pandorable's NPCs - Dawnguard (get the USSEP version main file)
Pandorable's NPCs - Dragonborn
Pandorable's Shield-Sisters - Aela Ria Njada
Pandorable's Dashing Defenders - Beleval Ingjard
Pandorable’s Lethal Ladies
Pandorable’s Black Briar Ladies
Pandorable’s Brelyna and Nevri
Pandorable’s Frea
Pandorable’s Frida
Pandorable’s Valerica
Pandorable’s Marvelous Miners
Pandorable’s Devoted Dames (also get the Hoodless Senna file)
Pandorable’s Wicked Witches
Pandorable’s Dunmer Damsels
Azuk the Hammer
Aumriel - The Pale Lady
Lydia of Whiterun (also get Lydia’s Scalp Fix, Improved Follower Dialogue Patch, and the USSEP Patch)
BloodMoon - Aela Overhaul (get the ESL file too)
The Wolven Widow - Elisif Overhaul
Anima Nera - Serena Overhaul (2k, then get the Mistmatch Fix file)
Universal Cured Serena Eye Fix
The Eyes of Beauty (also get the file for Elves)
The Eyes of Beauty - Vampire Eyes SSE
Eye Normal Map Fix SSE 
Subtle Cube Eyemap
Face Discoloration Fix (get the 1.5.97 file)
NPCs Wear Amulets of Mara
Married NPCs Wear Wedding Bands
Skyrim Children Refine
Legacy of Ysgramor
Legacy of Ysgramor Optimized Textures and Fixes (get the 1k Original Textures file, the Fixes file, and the Smaller Shields file)
Handicapped Citizens
Detailed NPCs - Bandages for NPCs
Detailed NPCs - Equipped Spell Tomes for NPCs
Detailed NPCs - Scarves for NPCs
Detailed NPCs - Fingerless Gloves
Detailed NPCs - Fishing Gear
Feminine Khajiit Textures (UNP 1k)
Masculine Khajiit Textures (Vanilla 1k)
Slof’s Fluffy Khajiit Tails SSE
Digitigrade Beast Races for Skyrim SE
Hold Guards Keep Armor SE
Mead Keg Backpack SE
Mead Keg Backpack to NPCs - SPID
Detailed NPCs - Skull Headdresses for NPCs SPID (also get the ESL optional patch file)
Drugs For Bandits (SPID) (Simple Version file)
Faction Specific Loot - Eagles of Alinor (main file, then the WACCF and Encounter Zones files)
Faction Specific Loot - Children of the All-Maker (get the PAN NPCs DB patch file too)
Faction Specific Loot - Blades of Mephala (get the WACCF patch as well)
Jailors and Turnkeys (also get the Climate Aware Stormcloaks Patch)
The Jarl’s Household Guards
The Redoran Council Guard
Civil War Officer Corps (main file, followed by the USSEP Patch)
Imperial Honor Guard - No Hadvar
Imperial Honor Guard - Centurion Armor
Horik Halfhand - Imperial Guard Centurion Armor SE SPID
YOT -Your Own Thoughts


Player & NPC Animations
XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended (main file, in the installer select Basic)
XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - Fixed Scripts
Offset Movement Animation
Self-Targeting Staff Animation Fix
Weapon Switch Animation Fix
Open Animation Replacer - Dialogue Plugin
Form List Manipulator
Dynamic Activation Key
Disable Turn Animation
Conditional Expressions - Subtle Face Animations
Conditional Armor Type Animations
Leviathan Animations II - Male Idle Walk and Run (get the CATA addon too)
Leviathan Animations II - Female Idle Walk And Run (get the CATA addon too)
Leviathan Animations II - Sprint (get the CATA addon too)
Vanargand Animations II - Unarmed Non Combat Locomotion
Vanargand Animations II - Unarmed Pugilism Stance
KG Animations - Two Handers
Leviathan Animations - Two-Handed High Stance
Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Sneak Locomotion and Attacks
Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Normal Attacks
Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Power and Sprint Attacks (get both)
Goetia Animations - Conditional Shouts
Thu’um - Fully Animated Shouts
Large Stagger Animation (download the Update file)
Subtle Feminine Stagger Animation (OAR)
Goetia Animations - Enchanted Staves (also get the Alternate Movement file)
Goetia Animations - Sneak Magic
Goetia Animations - Magic Spell Casting
Vanargand Animations - Archery
Vanargand Animations - Crossbows
Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Normal and Power Attacks
Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Sneak Strikes
Vanargand Animations - One Handed Mid Stance
Vanargand Animations - One Handed Normal Attacks
Vanargand Animations - One Handed Power Attacks
Vanargand Animations - Sneak Archery
Vanargand Animations - Sneak Crossbows
Vanargand Animations - Sneak Idle Walk and Run
Vanargand Animations - Sneak Thrust Attacks
Feral - Claw Unarmed Attacks (second main file)
New Creature Animation - Troll
New Creature Animation - Falmer
New Creature Animation - Giant (get the Normal Speed file)
New Creature Animation - Frost Atronach
New Creature Animation - Werewolf (No Rolling file)
New Creature Attack Animation - Riekling and Goblin
Wolf Attack Animations
Dynamic Random Spell Idle (second main file)
Smooth Random Equip Animation - Unarmed
Smooth Random Equip Animation - One Handed
Smooth Random Equip Animation - Two Handed
Smooth Random Equip Animation - Dagger
Smooth Random Equip Animation - My DAR Conditions SE
Smooth Random Idle Animations (get the Shield On Hand file)
Randomized One Handed Block and Idle Animations (get the Both Genders Block and Idle files)
Dynamic Fus Ro Dah
Jump Behavior Overhaul
Sharpen Other Swords - Believable Weapons
Dismember Those Chaurus
Dismember Those Mudcrabs
Divines Prayer Animations - My DAR Version by Xtudo (get the Default main file, as well as the Molag Bal and Sanguine files)
Random Swimming Animations (No Vanilla file)
No More Swimming In Air
More Powerful Mining Animations
Riding Animation Overhaul
Subtle Feminine Mount Sprint Animation SE (OAR)
Powers Have Animations (main file and Alternate Animations file)
Reanimated NPC Animations (OAR)
Reanimated NPC Animations - Unofficial Addon
Simplified Reanimation
Draugr Magic Casting Animation
Look Around - Searching Animations for NPCs (first main file)
Unique Animations Reworked
Subtle Feminine Bard Drum Animation
Lute Breast Cripping Fix
Flute Animation Fix
Dynamic Female Wall Leaning (OAR)
Random Male Wall Leaning (OAR)
Seamless Varied Masculine Idles
Arm Movement Animations OAR
Crawling Bleedout (Everyone file)
Player Character Gestures
Organic Player Animations (grab the Shield Patch file too)
Warming Hands
Dynamic Female Hand Warming (get the Randomized file)
Take A Seat - New Sitting Animations
Dynamic Sitting Idles (first main file)
Modern Female Sitting Animations Overhaul (get the Randomized Conditions file too)
Jarl Sitting Animation Replacer
Better Tomboy Animations (first main file)
EVG Conditional Idles
EVG Conditionals Extended
Male Player Animations OAR (also get the OAR patch and Shield patch files)
Female Player Animations OAR (also get the OAR patch and Shield patch file)
Followers Salute Casually
Lively Children Animations
Lively Cart Driver Animation Replacer
Conditional Tavern Cheering
Blind People Animations
Blind People Animations Play In The Dark and When Blinded
NPC Animation Remix (grab the Shield Patch file too)
Gesture Animation Remix (grab the Shield Patch file too)
NPCs Take Cover
The Clever Prisoner
No Spinning Death Animation (get the Merged file)
Improved Table Sit Transition Animations
Improved Idle Laydown Animations
First Person Animation Teleport Fix
Dynamic Torch Idle Animations (also get the Randomized Conditions file)
Immersive Interactions - Animated Actions
Dynamic Female Weather Idles
Seamless Varied Feminine Idles
Slope Animations (These animations can look a little awkward specifically when running/sprinting up and down sloped areas. So in MCM: find EVG Clamber > Configuration >  turn off Upwards Run and Downwards Run for both Player and NPCs)
Eating Animations and Sounds SE
EAS Diverse Foods
Immersive Equipping Animations
Animated Ingredients
Animated Potions (first main file, then the Rustic Animated Potions Mesh Patch file)
Ghosts Float Animations
Dynamic Horse Petting Animations
Dynamic Looting and Harvesting Animations
Dynamic Looting and Harvesting Animations - Missives Patch
Another Killmove
Greatswords Kill Animation
Absolutely Play Random Death Animation
EVG Animation Variance
I’m Glad You’re Here


Now run Nemesis again! Launch the executable you added earlier in MO2. 

Make sure all the following options are selected:

Precision
Eating Animations and Sounds
Payload Interpreter
Offset Animations
Horsemen Torch Wield Fix
Jump Behavior Overhaul
True Directional Movement - Headtracking
Animated Shouts
Animation Teleport Bug Fix

Update the engine, then launch and let it run!

Patching Up

QUASIPC - Qwinn’s Unified Automated Self Installing Patch Compendium
Mesh Patch for Various Mods (SMIM Blended Roads, Assorted Mesh Fixes, Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes, SMIM Assorted Mesh Fixes Patch, SMIM Quality Addon Unofficial Material Fix Patch, and Unofficial Material Fix - Assorted Mesh Fixes Patch)
Vanilla Civil War Dialogue Fix
Unofficial Skyrim Modder’s Patch SE (main file)

Unofficial Skyrim Modder’s Patch SE - Patch Emporium (first main file)

FPS Optimization

It’s important to optimize Secunda for even better performance.


Lightened Skyrim
Lightened Skyrim - Base Object Swapper Edition
eFPS Boost
eFPS Boost Patches
SSE FPS Stabilizer


Ruddy88 ESLify (This tool automatically detects plugins that are suitable to be flagged as ESL, allowing you to surpass the 256 plugin limit. Extract the .zip folder to the same folder where you have SSEEdit. Then add it as an executable to MO2 and run it, following the on-screen prompts. Only close the window when the tool indicates you can do so!)


Finalizing

Congratulations on making it to the end of my Secunda modding guide!

After everything is done, take a moment to make sure you’ve done the following:

Activated all Plugins in MO2
Sorted your load order with LOOT
Cleaned any outstanding “dirty” plugins flagged by LOOT with SSEEditQuickAutoClean
Ran Nemesis with all the necessary selections
Deleted your test saves so you can start a brand new game

 Thank you for taking the time to consider my modding guide, I hope you found it useful and have lots of fun playing Skyrim SE!!!