A selection of Jadrax's favourite mods
Jadrax tends not to use other people's mods, but some have caught his eye. Nothing will get added to this list unless Jadrax actually uses/used it in his games of Oblivion. This tends towards mods that add content and quest, rather than radical overhauls or better[1] bodies. Thus this list is Jadrax's own personal opinion based upon his own taste and preference, and should not be taken as anything other than a list of content you may wish to try.
Note that this list is not necessarily always up to date.
Place Mods
Mod |
Author |
Description |
Notes |
Elsweyr - the Deserts of Anequina |
Iliana |
- Adds the northern part of Elsweyr to the game, a land of Khajiit, Deserts, Dinosaurs and Skooma.
- Huge lore friendly content mod, with a vastly different feel. New mount options, new cities, new items.
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- Still under development, so some places (notably Corinthe) are not currently even close to being finished.
- Cities are typically 'open' in the main, which can lead to some significant stuttering.
- Requires either 'OBSE -Elys- Universal Silent Voice' or its own soundfile mod.
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Vergayun |
Arthmoor |
- Adds a fishing village to the dock and graveyard associated with Fort Variela.
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- Not a huge mod, but fills a gap I personally found annoying.
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Stirk |
Tamriel Rebuilt Team |
- Adds an island west of Anvil, with quests.
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- The island for some reason only has one shop... and that's a book shop.
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Wretched Pit and Witherstone Caverns |
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- Adds two dungeons, of unusual design.
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- The shipwrecked fleet cohabits a spot also used by a Fort Akatosh watchtower, which perhaps explains why they sank.
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Support Mods
Mod |
Author |
Description |
Notes |
Cobl |
The Cobl Team |
- A library of common oblivion items and scripts.
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- required by hundreds of mods.
- no where near as comprehensive as it could have been.
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Script Extender
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- Ian Patterson
- Stephen Abel
- Paul Connelly
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- see this wiki for details
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- required by hundreds of mods.
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OBSE -Elys- Universal Silent Voice |
Elys |
- Means that any mod with no audio dialogue displays with proper pauses and lip movements.
- Pretty much a requirement for many mods.
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Tweaks
Mod |
Author |
Description |
Notes |
Book Jackets |
Daleth |
- Adds unique meshs for all standard books
- Libraries and Bookshops now look very impressive
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- A lot of books appear to have been placed upside down on shelves. That is not the fault of this mod though.
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Chameleon-NoRefraction |
Demuerte |
- Makes the transparency effect for chameleon graded by the effect, rather than simply off or on.
- Means you can see yourself when you have the Ring of Khajiit.
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- Some content lazily has Chameleon set to 1 to create invisibility, which this mod breaks.
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Landmarks with Wells |
Daleth/Wrye |
- Adds a Landmark mapmarker to every Ayleid Well, Runestone, Doomstone and Wayshrine.
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- Kind of a cheat, but honestly looking for these things can drive Jadrax up the wall.
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Priced Clutter |
Turgothh |
- Sets the price of all the zero cost clutter to 1 gold instead.
- Hourglasses and Crystal Balls are priced at 5 gold instead.
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- Other Clutter Pricing Mods exist, but most set prices way higher.
- Allows you to buy clutter from some vendors.
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Mod Editing Tools
Mod |
Author |
Description |
Notes |
Tes4Edit |
ElminsterAU |
- Allows you to look and edit records in esps.
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- Incredibly powerful editing tool.
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Wrye Bash |
Wrye |
- Automates load orders, tells you about conflicts and more
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- Not exactly what you would call easy to use, or indeed install.
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Coming soon/ish/maybe
Recent Mods by Jadrax[2]
References
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