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The views from the bedroom are breathtaking in this house, with a completely open area overlooking the water. If your character is looking for a larger house, the Winterhold Retreat should be perfect. The location is beautiful, right on the coast of Winterhold overlooking the water. This snowy home is located in the Skaal Village, so be sure to keep warm. I wanted to make sure that this list includes houses in many locations, and Ternview Hall happens to be located in the Skaal village in Solstheim!

This house has a ton of interactive features and is great whether you want to roleplay as a member of the Skaal or just want a place to call home while doing the Dragonborn quests.

A beautiful area of Amon's Retreat filled with lush ivy and a fountain featuring Dibella. This cozy house is located directly on Lake Ilinalta, so you can imagine how wonderful the view is. Riverfall Cottage is a beautiful, medium-sized player home located in the city of Riverwood. Hermit's Stump surrounded by mushrooms, deer, and a magical glow. Your alchemy station in Severin Manor, now with shelves full of ingredients just for you. Or maybe you just want more functional features in the house!

This overhaul of Severin Manor helps with all of that and more without drifting too far from the original. The outside of Tel Mos, with cozy warm lighting and dwemer decor. Tel Mos is a small home in the Telvanni style, with some Dwemer mixed in as well. This house definitely stands out, and even has a dwemer-style gear turning on the outside of the house.

This house is beautifully decorated with so many unique items you'll always find something new. The decorations and items in this house are certainly some of the most unique and well-done I have seen. The eerie, intimidating exterior of Hill House sets the mood for the entire estate. Hill House is a gothic-themed house that is intended for vampire characters.

A new ship has arrived at the East Empire Company docks, maybe you should see where it takes you? Your eyes will be drawn to the exterior of Morskom Estate once you set foot in Dawnstar.

Morskom Estate involves a unique quest before you can start fixing it up to live in the house. Morskom Estate sits on top of a tall hill in Dawnstar. Tel Nalta once complete is massive, and so much more than just a player home. Tel Nalta adds a lot more than the average player home. It is a growable Telvanni settlement that is located on Lake Ilinalta. This process can be started by getting a courier letter from Neloth though this is not required and just for immersion purposes.

The exterior of Maple Manor shows off it's many windows, and a beautiful yard surrounding it. Maple Manor is a nice sized player home that is located near Ivarstead. It is considered a large-size player home, so you can expect even more storage than you know what to do with. The home can be purchased for 20, gold. The unique art and features throughout Gleamblossom Hollow are unlike any you have ever seen.

Gleamblossom Hollow is a player home that is absolutely brimming with magic. It is a medium-sized player home with a portal located on the path between Winterhold and Saarthal. One cozy home to rule them all.

With that being said, the map location is shown on the mod page. Greenery, flowers, and much more serve to give this house its incredibly magical feel seen here. Tel Jerdein is located all the way up on the cliffs of the Rift, north of Ivarstead. If not, the location is given on the mod page, of course. Tirashan's exterior is beautifully lit, and features the symbol of the College of Winterhold. Tirashan is a beautiful tower of a home inside its own little pocket realm of Oblivion.

The portal to this realm is located in the Reach, and more details on how to get there are on the mod page in case you want to stumble around looking for it yourself. The dark, mystical theme is perfect for a necromancer, but it can be for any character you like! Skip to main content.

Level up. Earn rewards. Your XP: 0. Updated: 18 Feb pm. BY: Lyric Hicks. Laboratorium A look at the incredibly detailed exterior of Laboratorium.

Adventurer's Sanctum A small reading nook located in Adventurer's Sanctum. Features: Two versions: Hearthfire version with room for 4 children and a spouse, and Non-Adoption version gives that space to followers and re-decorates the area to be more suitable for adults as opposed to children Starting the quest to acquire the house is as simple as getting a letter from a courier Hearthfire gardening, sinks and toilets, property staff, and huge display and storage areas for anything you can think of Get the mod here for SE.

Features: 2 bedroom house with Hearthfire: Multiple adoptions support for your family Dramatic lighting, unique item shelves, and plenty of displays for your treasures Includes a lore-friendly fast travel alternative to the house Get the mod here for SE. Traveller's Inn A dragon's skull overlooks the patrons of your very own inn. Canalside Bunker The Canalside Bunker is fully of overgrown plants, unique art, and much more. Features: 3 follower beds, and 2 child beds supports multiple adoptions Displays for unique items, and named cloud storage for many types of items Nearly all crafting stations no smelter or Hearthfire oven Get the mod here for SE.

Astronomer's Loft A view of the window and lots of shelving from inside of the cozy Astronomer's Loft. Features: Completely free, and extremely accessible to low-level characters by being located in Whiterun Single room with plenty of storage and containers Includes an enchanting book and an alchemy alembic that function as any crafting station would, but saves on space Get the mod here. Springwood Estate A view of the beautifully decorated enchanting area inside of the Springwood Estate.

Features: Room for followers as well as multiple adoptions support Loft with mannequins and displays for all of your gear Forge, crafting, and multiple bathing areas Get the mod here. Oldhollow Chalet This house is hidden away in a cozy landscape filled with rocks and greenery. Features: Auto bookshelves, shield and weapon displays, planters Wood chopping, cooking, oven, enchanting, alchemy, and blacksmith tools Room for you and two followers, but no support for kids or multiple adoptions Get the mod here for SE.

Winterhold Retreat The views from the bedroom are breathtaking in this house, with a completely open area overlooking the water. Ternview Hall This snowy home is located in the Skaal Village, so be sure to keep warm. But this mod also comes with a custom wedding dress and a unique pendant that Mirai can wear. Personal Questline: When you first meet Mirai, it will become clear that she is not as sweet as her appearance may suggest Mirai is not open about how she came to be in Skyrim in the first place, but the player can eventually earn her trust.

Points of Interest: Dedicated Support Follower: Almost every follower mod gives you a combat capable follower, but have you ever wanted a support follower?

Someone who can both heal you and disorient your enemies? Well Celestine does just that! Spell-wise her character is focused on the restoration, conjuration, alteration and illusion schools of magic. So she is definitely equipped to assist the player on their journey. She never initiates combat, she uses an invisibility spell while sneaking, and in battle she more likely to disorient them with illusion spells or buff the player instead of charging at an enemy head on.

Which is to say nothing of the other helpful actions she performs even outside of direct combat. Well the mod author has separate files available for Celestine depending on which body type you prefer. So if, for example, she comes across a troll she will use fire spells since she knows they are weak to fire damage. This includes combat style, when to heal the player, what she wears, and more.

Questline: Questlines for followers is nothing new on the modding scene, but Cerwiden has one that is particularly detailed.

So detailed in fact that the mod author has made an optional PDF file available to anyone who wants to read about it. But to keep this article short, know that this questlines comes with new locations, additional NPCs, new items and more.

Get the mod HERE 3. Points of Interest: A Truly Unique Follower: Follower mods are hardly anything new, and the grand majority of those mods are dedicated toward the races of men and mer. Ideal for anyone who wants a really unique experience!

Separate Endings: As mentioned before the questline has separate endings. This change in regard can affect things such as how she greets the player, the actions she is willing to perform, and even unlocking new abilities. Town Roaming: When visiting a major town or city, Arissa will begin to roam the town of her own accord. Oftentimes she will hang around alchemy and general good stores, but she has been known to get into some trouble after midnight.

Has a Short Quest: In addition to her introductory mini-quest when you first meet her, Arissa will approach after 3 in-game days to start her own main questline. It may be a bit short, but it does help flesh out her character. Get the mod HERE 1.

Vilja in Skyrim Vilja in Solitude Introduction: Based off a similar mod for TES: Oblivion, Vilja is a fully voiced acted bard that comes with a multitude of features such as a wardrobe system and a disposition system. Points of Interest: Highly Configurable: Through both dialogue options and the MCM, the player can configure several elements about Vilja such as her travel behavior, habits, wardrobe and dialogue trees.

Highly Interactive: Vilja has a ton of features that allow her to interact with not only the player, but the world around her. These include things like conversing with other followers, craft certain items, perform as a bard with her own songs, and more. Character Development: When you first meet Vilja will only have minimal skills, having only a few spell options to choose from, minimal combat ability, and only able to play the drums.

But as you travel with her and complete her questline, Vilja will begin improving. She can gain access to better spells, additional instruments, and effective combat experience. S history. But even so, I am a passionate writer at heart. Gamer Since: Log in or register to post comments.

More Top Stories. When we play the Elder Scrolls Online, choices face us at ever turn. Do we get this skill? That weapon? Where should we go next? Not gonna lie, when I delved into the world of Skyrim once again, this time in stunning virtual reality, it left me somewhat disappointed. To make sure it made a splash, trailers were sent out as the skirmishing fire of this new game.

While some fell flat, failing to draw much interest, others left audiences with the hair on the The Top 10 Best Skyrim Wallpapers. Decorate Your Desktop With the Dragonborn Skyrim was probably one of the most beautiful games of The scenery was absolutely gorgeous and then made even prettier with mods and an updated version , and the world it created had plenty of options for artists all around the web.

Download link: Moon and Star by Gan Xingba. The Vigilants of Stendarr is an organization dedicated to stopping Daedric schemes, ranging from manipulating townsfolk to full-scale invasions. Vigilant is a mod that puts you in the shoes of this group, but not all goes as you'd expect.

Taking inspiration from games like Dark Souls , this mod takes players through multiple acts of an engrossing story, complete with new locations to explore and NPCs to interact with. If you want to get fully immersed in this mod, there is a fan patch for Vigilant that voices most of the core NPCs in this mod. You can find that patch here. Made by the same mod team that created Project AHO, Carved Brink is yet another massive quest mod in a new location for players to explore.

This mod focuses on Peryite's part of Oblivion named The Pits. This location has been overrun by Goblins after the original Snow Elf inhabitants vanished.

Carved Brink explores Peryite's own pocket of Oblivion while exploring interesting lore pieces from The Elder Scrolls. It has plenty of well-made characters, quests, and a stunning new open world to explore that has unique methods of traversal. Download link: Carved Brink by Haem Projects. Clockwork appears to be a housing mod for Skyrim at first glance. This mod is really a quest mod that comes with a massive castle for players to explore and live in. After a random encounter in the wild, players will find themselves trapped in Clockwork Castle and must find a way to escape.

A four-part main quest and a couple of side missions are all tied to this single location. Make no mistake, the castle in this mod is massive, filled with interesting rooms players will explore and unlock as they progress through the story. It's a good but short quest mod that includes an awesome looking castle for players to explore. Fans of Skyrim can recite every line that leads up to the dragon attack on Helgen.

Many players know this location well, but Helgen remains forgotten past this opening tutorial. Thankfully, Helgen Reborn exists to allow players to rebuild this outpost. It isn't easy, however. This quest comes with a fully voiced main story that builds up towards rebuilding Helgen. Players get a large amount of control on how to rebuild Helgen, including who guards the location and an ever-evolving display room to show your accomplishments.

It comes with its own player house as well. Fans of Morrowind's alien atmosphere are going to love this next mod. Deeper Snow allows your game to add in better textures for the blankets of snow lying around the north. These will even gradually build if it keeps snowing in the area that your player character is in. To go with the Deeper Snow mod, you should also add Wet and Cold. The north of Skyrim, in particular, is what one would call a chilly place.

Wet and Cold is a mod that adds weather effects to characters and not just your own player character, no sir. There are snowy and icy regions of Skyrim but no good glaciers. The Real Glaciers mod will make any glacier in the north completely unmissable. The recoloring that this mod does is nothing short of utter perfection. These mods are all about the extra details that you might not think about.

Some feel this mod is a bit much for the game, but others will agree that it adds much more realism and feels very appropriate. There are also more chickens. You know, in case you wanted more chickens. To keep the extra details flowing into your game, add in Detailed Cities with your Enhanced Collection mod. Detailed Cities is a good middle level of detail, though, should you only want to download one of these. The colors are a bit washed out in places; unsaturated, in a way. Immersive Saturation Boost brings color and life back to your game.

Strengthening every color and making the world contrast in a beautiful and fresh way. For players who prefer the washed-out look of Skyrim, you may not want to install this one. More flora to bring nature to life in a more beautiful way, better forested areas to breathe an atmosphere of freshness to the land, and a wealth of blooming flowers and blades of green grass everywhere. This mod will sharpen up the flowers further, completely washing away any and all unfocused pixels and making everything look as natural as a game can be.

No more blurred smudges, just breath-taking nature. Sounds of Skyrim adds over new sounds to your game to help create a realistic world. No more unnatural silences; just wind, birdsong, and the sounds of life in every city. The sounds change depending on where you are and the time of day. Potions are pretty heavy in Skyrim when you consider how many of them you need to carry to, you know, not die.

But this mod can make things much easier for your character by reducing the weight of all potions to a measly 0. Already completed the game once and not looking forward to the long-winded grinding of leveling up again? Potion of Ultimate Levelling allows you to immediately up all of your skills to level 85 the moment your character drinks it.

Sneak Tools gives you better stealth options, allowing you to knock people out, kill people from behind, put out lights, and mask yourself to hide your identity. Like all other creatures and people in Skyrim, dragons also have souls. Dragon Knowledge messes around with the story of Skyrim a little and tells your player character that taking in the souls of dragons will give a Dragonborn new knowledge of the world. Skyrim is a game that promotes armor wear.

Craftable Clothing gives you the option to create appropriate and stylish clothing that you can wear instead of constantly walking around in your armor. No one needs a trip to the market in full gear. Fishing is something that can be found in a huge number of MMOs and roleplaying games. But with the fishing mod, you can grab your rod or your net, and start fishing in any river you want to. Monsters Reborn gives you a whole range of new enemies and monsters to fight across the Skyrim world.

Dragons are included, of course, but the new variety can add a little spice to your game and give you the proper level of enemies to fight with the skills you have. Defeating your foes allows you to add their soul to a register that this modification provides. From there, you can call on that soul whenever you like, to aid you in combat.

If you want to add a bit more realism, the Camping Kit allows you to set up a full camp, complete with tent. This kit includes a special campfire which gives off heat but no light; keeping you warm and safe while the bandits are none the wiser.

This mod should definitely be paired up with the amazing Dynamic Fires mod. If you want to light your fires and put them out in the same way you would in real life, Dynamic Fires can add that bit more realism to your Skyrim game. For a better and more logical combat system, download the Duel Combat Realism mod. This mod also puts a little bit of pressure on you to have good armor. And the stealth system that this mod puts into place makes any of your hidden strikes much better.

Better Hunting changes the value of animal parts that you can sell. Engineering lets you to craft a range of Dwemer machines. All of those Dwarven Gears that are cluttering up your inventory will finally have a use.

This mod lets you use the forge to make blueprints for your new machines, as well as other cool things like dwarven spiders, spheres, and guardians. With the Reverse Crafting mod, you can do just that. Melt down own gear to help create new items that are better, shinier, and stronger.

The Glowing Ore Lines mod causes any ore lines that are in nearby rocks to glow. This helps you find mining spots without running around for hours. We all know you can marry NPCs in Skyrim and have various types of relationships with them. With this mod, you can divorce your spouse, marry more than one NPC, and even get your partner to dress up for you.

The Apprenticeship mod forces you to find trainers that can further your skills. The Dwemer Dogs mod is a spell that your character can use to summon a robotic dog which stands directly by your side for an hour. Skyrim will only let you have one companion following you around, but when has any PC gamer stuck to the rules? Convenient Horses makes the horses of Skyrim a thousand times better; allowing you to have conversations while on your horse, and even loot without getting down.

Horses are so basic, though. Why stick with a horse when you could mount up on a troll and go around destroying whatever takes your fancy? If not a troll, then there are over 80 other monstrous and unique mounts for you to travel by.

Puppies and kittens have been supersized, giant spiders are ready and waiting; what are you waiting for?