Back when mods were announced to be coming to Xbox One two E3s ago, it seemed like a big deal. Some thought it would be a huge point for the console over competition until it was later announced that it would be coming to PlayStation 4 too.

Well, now over a year later, those plans have been scrapped by Sony. Bethesda posted saying that PlayStation 4 users shouldn't expect the functionality any more, and made pretty sure to heap the blame on the corporation. What's more, it's been confirmed the mods won't be coming to Skyrim: Remastered either.

After months of discussion with Sony, we regret to say that while we have long been ready to offer mod support on PS4, Sony has informed us they will not approve user mods the way they should work: where users can do anything they want for either Fallout 4 or Skyrim Special Edition.

Like you, we are disappointed by Sony's decision given the considerable time and effort we have put into this project, and the amount of time our fans have waited for mod support to arrive. We consider this an important initiative and we hope to find other ways user mods can be available for our PlayStation audience. However, until Sony will allow us to offer proper mod support for PS4, that content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PlayStation 4 will not be available.

The Best Skyrim Graphic Mods That Make The Game Look Awesome. Bethesda released The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in November 2011. But, many players still enjoy the game. One reason is because of all the mods that fans have created and released over the years. Mods, and total conversions like Enderal: Shards of Order have kept Skyrim fresh on PC for half a decade, so a console remaster will almost certainly feature Fallout 4-esque mod functionality. Although Sony have somewhat dropped the ball with mod support on PS4 (only giving players 1GB of extra space and denying all external assets when creating them), it hasn't stopped.

Sony also don't allow early access games on their consoles either, and my gut tells me this is the same intiative. Clean, curated, complete experiences only on the system, but it seems to be to a fault here. Mods are messy, awkward and can break games, but that is their glory too. Sony seem to have missed the mark on this one.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is amazing. It was already fantastic when it first released on PSVR last year, and now that it takes full advantage of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive’s more powerful hardware and improved controllers, this may very well be the definitive version of Bethesda’s timeless RPG epic. I certainly can’t get enough of it.

And even though Bethesda isn’t officially supporting mods for Skyrim VR, most of the Skyrim Special Edition PC mods do still work as long as they don’t rely on the Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) and you’re okay with doing a bit more tinkering than usual. We’ve got a guide on using mods with Skyrim VR right here.

So now that we have Skyrim VR on PC and we’ve got mods, the question is which mods are the best? That answer might be a bit different for the VR version of the game so we’ve done our best to put together a comprehensive list of recommended mods, split into a few different categories. Our goal with these mods is to toss in as much as we can that still retains a lore-friendly approach to the game and will still feel like Skyrim, but just make it better and offer more.

The Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch

Before you install any other mods you should grab this one. This fixes a bunch of bugs that Bethesda never got around to fixing and it applies to the VR edition as well.

Best Skyrim VR Graphics Mods

This one is actually a collection of several different mod files, each of which address different areas of the games textures from the landscapes and bridges to cities and mountains. Definitely get them all. The better GPU that you have, the better your performance will be but the visual improvement is just absolutely worth it.

Makes the plants and grass and trees look way better.

Road signs in vanilla Skyrim are almost unreadable and they just look downright blurry in VR. This fixes that.

Textures and meshes are two different things. You don’t really need to know the difference, but just understand that you’ll want this mod on top of the Skyrim 2017 Textures mod to address the areas that one misses.

Skyrim does not have the best looking character faces. It’s a fact that Bethesda still struggles to make a decent looking NPC. Luckily, modders are helping out with this nifty mod.

This mod enhances all of the water throughout the entire game to make it look even better. Standing beside a peaceful lake or watching a cascading waterfall in VR is extremely calming. Make sure and grab the LOD fix as well.

Once you’ve got the base visuals and textures enhanced, this mod is really the cherry on top. It will improve all of the weather effects and really make Skyrim feel like the dangerous wilderness that it is.

This is the best and most comprehensive lighting mod, but it’s not 100% confirmed that it really works with Skyrim VR. I have it installed and don’t notice much of a difference, so maybe a better one is out there. This one is great for non-VR Skyrim though.

This mod is very customizable for the blood detail, color, and splatter size. I love cranking it up so that I feel like even more of a badass warrior while playing.

Best Skyrim VR Sound Mods

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If you’re like me then you probably wish Skyrim had a bit more ambient noise. Chirping birds outside, creepy moans in dungeons, or the chatter of townsfolk all help make the game feel more immersive. This mod adds a ton of great, immersive audio to the game that felt missing before.

The default audio is flat and inaccurate in Skyrim VR. This fixes that.

Sounds are supposed echo and bounce off of surfaces. This mod helps everything sound and feel much more realistic.

Best Skyrim VR Immersion Mods

This is another mod collection that adds a bunch of lore-appropriate detail to every city.

I always thought it was weird there weren’t many light sources around at night time, so this fixes that.

Sometimes the draw distance is a bit crummy with trees and mountains and other objects, so this actually adds some atmospheric fog in the distance around mountains. It’s a great effect and helps mask some of the draw distance issues.

A lot of the book covers look like trash and are repeated throughout the game. This one makes every book and readable object unique!

Some people hate how dramatic the ragdoll can be in the base game, so this can tone it down for you. Or, if you’re like me, maybe you crank it up a little bit higher.

This one just adds a bunch of minor magical-themed enhancements to the college to make it feel more like a proper Mage’s College.

This one adds a bunch of varied birds. That’s about it.

This mod does a lot, but the short version is that it makes NPCs behave more realistically. Definite must-have for immersion.

Adds lore-appropriate guards and soldiers to the overworld on patrol paths. They can help you in battle if nearby and even fight each other when they cross paths.

Exactly what it says. Adds more bandits sprinkled around the wilderness.

It always bothered me how isolated the College of Winterhold was, so this adds school outposts to the major cities.

It never made sense to me why wards couldn’t block melee attacks — this made mages feel under-powered at times. This mod fixes that.

Best Skyrim VR Follower Mods

This mod lets you take multiple followers, manage their outfits, spells, and combat style, and even assign them to a certain home and level up their skills. They’ll also ride horses, make camp, and even dance with you.

Easily one of the best modded followers ever made for Skyrim. He’s fully voiced with tons of personality. Grab this mod if you want an excellent companion on your journey.

If you’d rather take a female companion that’s less annoying than Lydia, Sofia is a good choice. She’s also fully-voiced and really well-done with a great sense of humor.

Best Skyrim VR Weapon and Armor Mods

Adds a ton of lore-friendly armor to the game, spread out throughout all of Skyrim, so you find it all naturally.

Carry weight always feels too small? This is nifty lore-friendly way to increase how much you can carry by equipping bags.

Lets you and NPCs wear cloaks. That’s it. I love this one.

Adds more clothing variety.

Lots of new weapons added to the game and spread out.

Same as before, but more.

Same as the other two, but more still.

Makes the artifacts in Skyrim more powerful and unique than before.

Best Skyrim VR Gameplay and Content Mods

Mihail actually has a whole collection of mods that add all kinds of creatures, animals, and monsters. Look through the list and pick the ones you want.

More dragon diversity with unique models, textures, and even new abilities. Definitely makes things a bit more exciting.

Enchanting is one of the most underrated but most powerful parts of Skyrim, this mod makes it even better.

After spending almost seven years with the spells in Skyrim it’s time for a change. This mod adds 155 new spells that all feel lore-friendly without breaking the game. A lot of these abilities frankly should have been included to begin with and makes playing a mage way more fun.

I’m a sucker for things that streamline my access to content, so this one just adds a simple notice board near each tavern that can assign the randomly generated Radiant Quests at will. Super nifty.

Does Skyrim Ps4 Have Mods

Now finally, before you play, make sure you follow these instructions to get the mods set up correctly and then download LOOT to sort and organize them into the correct load order. Then you should be good to go!

Does Skyrim Remastered Ps4 Have Mods Mod

That’s it for this list. There are thousands of mods for Skyrim out there, many of which work with Skyrim VR, so we can’t possibly include them all here. For more suggestions check out this stickied thread on the game’s subreddit.

We left out large quest mods, location expansions, or major overhauls because those typically alter the game and throw in non-lore-friendly content, so we intend on doing follow-ups to this article to focus on some of those larger standalone expansion-style mods instead.

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