Patches and fixing irritating Skyrim bullshit

• {STEAM} Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch - everyone should have this, ok? ok
• {STEAM} Unofficial High Resolution Patch - fixes some shitty looking textures
• {STEAM} Cutting Room Floor - Legendary Edition - adds stuff that was never properly implemented by game developers but was meant to be
• {NEXUS} DLC Integration
• {NEXUS} Clothing and Clutter Fixes
• {NEXUS} Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade
• {NEXUS} Better MessageBox Controls
• {NEXUS} Better Dialogue Controls
• {NEXUS} OneTweak - you want this to play in borderless windowed mod, trust me
• {NEXUS} Mannequin AI Fix - mannequins are reskinned character models and there's a famous glitch where they change their position when area loads up before the game realizes they shouldn't move, this fixes it
• {STEAM} Acquisitive Soul Gems - if you don't want puny souls in your precious and expensive big gems you gotta have this
• {NEXUS} Zim's Immersive Artifacts - cause if something is called an artifact then it should be actually worth using goddamnit

Convenience

• {STEAM} Lockpick Pro - it's the mod you install when you hate the lockpicking minigame. i use it!
• {STEAM} Pick up books without reading them - all in the title
• {STEAM} Unread Books Glow - you can see which books are unread, cool!
• {STEAM} Unmined Ore Glows - ORE IS PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITHOUT IT OK
• {STEAM} Instant Mining - so you don't have to wait for the character to finish hitting rocks with a pickaxe before getting those precious precious ore and gems
• {STEAM} Longer Blessings - because honestly I always forget to go to a shrine to refresh that shit
• {STEAM} Auto Unequip Ammo - your quiver is only visible when you have your bow out
• {STEAM} Ash pile expiration - ash piles bother me, you don't need to install this if they don't irritate you though

Interface and other cool shit

• {STEAM} Jaxonz MCM Kicker - for those mods that have in-game menus, this little thing makes sure they actually show up
• {STEAM} SkyUI - you need this interface mod so the game won't be bloody irritating
• {STEAM} Item Sorting - changes item names so gems are grouped together etc, less irritating to manage your inventory. also marks which books are quest related and which give you skills!
• {STEAM} Improved Container Names - changes names of some barrels and shit, it's cool
• {NEXUS} Convenient Horses - manage your freaking horses in a way that's not irritating af; also you can store shit in horse's bag!
• {NEXUS} Immersive Amazing Follower Tweaks - manage your freaking followers in a way that's not irritating af
• {NEXUS} My Home Is Your Home - you can tell your follower they live somehwere else now, so they go there when you tell them to get lost - like your house for example
• {STEAM} Jaxonz Named Save - not necessary, but it's the thingie to get if you wanna have custom names for your save (like for example "JUST BEFORE ALDUIN FIGHT YOLOOOO")
• {STEAM} Jaxonz Protect Favorites - so you won't sell your favourite enchanted bow by accident

Make that world map better!

• {STEAM} Quality world map - now you can actually see where the roads are! also looks nicer in general
• {NEXUS} Map Markers Collections - includes Stones of Barenziah Quest Markers, The Cartographers Map Markers, Labeled Mines, Unmarked Places - Dragon Mounds, Unmarked Places - Shrines
• {STEAM} Dungeon quest awareness - locations that are connected to quests have it written in the name on the map

Make that crafting better!

• {NEXUS} Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade - adds bulk crafting, smelting items into ingots, missing recipes, etc.
• {NEXUS} Smithing Perks Overhaul
• {STEAM} Something Equals - smelting, tanning and cooking now actually gives you smithing/alchemy xp! cool!

Make NPCs not shit

• {NEXUS} Vendor Sale Delay - GONE - cause those guys need to SHUT UP and let you sell stuff
• {STEAM} Run For Your Lives - so those idiots don't suicide on dragons
• {STEAM} When Vampires Attack - so those idiots don't suicide on vampires
• {STEAM} NPC Death Alert - so you know to reload if any of those idiots walk into a dragon after all
• {STEAM} No Spinning Death Animation - make dying people look less stupid
• {STEAM} Realistic Ragdolls and Force - make dead people look less stupid
• {STEAM} Reduced Distance NPC Greetings
• {STEAM} Guard Dialogue Overhaul
• {STEAM} Social Awareness, Better Guard Dialogue
• {STEAM} Open Face Guard Helmets
• {STEAM} Better Combat AI
• {STEAM} I Yield! I Yield!
• {NEXUS} Common Clothes - oh look now you won't see ten women wearing the same fucking dress

More NPCs!

• {STEAM} Immersive Patrols - I like running into fellow travellers on the road, it's nice
• {NEXUS} Inigo - do you want a cool custom voices follower that's absolutely amazing and you get him right at the beginning of the game? Inigo is your guy then. you don't need vanilla followers when you have him. Unfortunately seems like Nexus download is bugged...
• {STEAM} Pelo's Marksman Supplies - if you will play a character who uses bows at all I recommend getting this guy so you have a good place to buy arrows

Make shit all pretty and shit

• {STEAM} Climates of Tamriel - really pretty weather and lighting, I love it...
• {STEAM} Supreme Storms - when there's a storm it should be a STORM not a puny shower
• {STEAM} Static Mesh Improvement Mod - improves environment models basically so they are more detailed, game looks much better with this thing
• {NEXUS} LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Weapons - fixes weird ass proportions of weapons
• {NEXUS} LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Talos Statue with Greatsword - totally unnecessary mod but also TALOS DESERVES A BIIIIIG SWORD AM I RIGHT
• {STEAM} Unique Uniques - unique weapons in the game actually look different than usual! woo!
• {STEAM} Better Potions - yay pretty potions!
• {STEAM} Morrowind-colored Soul Gems - yay pretty soul gems!
• {STEAM} Pure Waters - water doesn't look like shit anymore!
• {STEAM} HQ Snow Texture - snow doesn't look like shit anymore!
• {STEAM} Nicer Shrubs, Plants & Grass - plants don't... you get the drill
• {STEAM} More Grass - more lush environments without fps loss! woo!

Stuff that adds stuff in the world

• {STEAM} Enhanced Cities - THIS. PRETTY. GET.
• {STEAM} City Shrines - adds shrines in cities
• {STEAM} Bells of Skyrim - adds big badass bells in cities
• {STEAM} Immersive Fallen Trees - adds fallen trees throughout the world, it's nice and in places serves as convenient bridge where there was none before!
• {NEXUS} Man Those Borders - adds border gates on roads between holds, it's a cool touch
• {NEXUS} Hold Border Banners - adds banners on roads between holds, looks well with above
• {NEXUS} Lanters of Skyrim - adds lanterns on roads. if you ever travel at night you need this. also looks nice!
• {STEAM} JC's Small Wayshrines - adds small shrines you can quick travel to, they are cute
• {STEAM} Dolmen Ruins - adds a bunch of ruins that just look cool
• {STEAM} Ancient Watchtowers - where there was nothing now there's a tower that you can conquer and also quick travel to! it's cool
• {STEAM} Underwater Treasure - who doesn't like more treasure *_*

MMMM THAT MUSIC AND AMBIENT, HELL YEAH

• {STEAM} Sounds of Skyrim
• {STEAM} Enhanced Soundtrack Part 1 - Explore
• {STEAM} Enhanced Soundtrack Part 2 - Everything Else
• {STEAM} Extra Music Pack for Skyrim
• {STEAM} New Bard Songs

Some equipment!

• {STEAM} Amulets of the Divines - you can combine all the gods amulets into one that has all of their effects. hunting down all the amulets to make this is pretty fun!
• {STEAM} Knapsack Backpacks - wearable backpacks that give you a bit more inventory space!
• {STEAM} Moon and Star ring - the ring to get better prices, based on one from Morrowind
• {STEAM} Rings of Old - a few cool rings based on some from Morrowind
• {NEXUS} Wearable Lanterns - you can wear a lantern on your belt! eliminates the need to constantly pull out torches if you don't have light spell
• {NEXUS} Royal Armory - New Artifacts - important NPCs get their own unique weapons
• {STEAM} Alchemist's Compendium * - book listing all ingredients and their effects
• {STEAM} The Complete Book Of Alchemy * - book listing all potion recipes

Bases and houses and whatnot

• {NEXUS} Thornrock - if you want a cool house with good storage, space to move around with your follower and a display shelf with automatically updating achievement-trophies for finishing important quest lines, get this
• {NEXUS} Follower basement - this is your follower storage if you'd like to have them in one place. why? i dunno. it's cool. i guess you could go there to chill with them or something.