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Quests and Lands

updated August 1st, 2022

So you've done all of Skyrim's quests, and it's taken you all of six hours! Whew! Now you need something substantial to do, but your retard strength broke your keyboard while failing to spell "Quest mods". Fear not my intrepid mongoloid, for we have you covered with the following adventuring mods. We'll organize these mods by there respective authors first. If they have only made one quest mod, they will be put under another category.

In this section, we will discuss:

-Trainwiz Mods

-Quests

-Towns and Settlements

ThirteenOranges

ThirteenOranges is a well know Skyrim modder who has made numerous mods. All of them are well crafted to be great experiences. He's made quests, new locations and towns, and even a new faction. Oranges was a promising quest modder who was killed by Nexus Nazis for arbitrary reasons, and thus had to find new life in the Steam Workshop. His quest mods are all quite high quality, as you'll see. Really, just get them. The new Pit Fighter faction is actually the revival of the Windhelm arena, which was cancelled by Bethesda because of their tight release date.

We highly recommend you to try all of his mods! They're all well constructed and will keep you playing for hours!

Pitfighter is not included because that has its own official port at which you can get here on the link button.

Trainwiz

ALL PRAISE TO TRAINWIZ! GLORIOUS MODDER TRAINWIZ! Trainwiz is a /tesg/ regular, or should I say he used to, and a well known modder like ThirteenOranges. He's made many Morrowind mods as well, which all revolve around the Dwemer or trains; but mostly trains.

TrainFight Returning for the 10th anniversary of Skyrim here's the newest trainwiz mod! Fight on trains!	World Eater Beater An overhaul of Skyrim's final boss! Now on SE and significantly less buggy!	The Wheels of Lull A DLC-sized mod, but unlike Falskaar it was made by someone actually competent in a tenth of the time. Linking together all of Trainwiz's other mods, descend into the underworld of Nirn, around fifteen new quests, you'll confront strange new characters, with huge ass dungeons, puzzles, and unique weapons galore. It's probably the least train-related mod he's made.
The Lost Wonders of Mzark Lost Wonders of Mzark is a quest/dungeon mod for those who prefer a more puzzle-oriented game. The enemies you encounter within must be disposed of in careful ways, and you'll find more than just fights awaiting you in the depths of Mzarnumez. You might think of it like Dead Money, but for Skyrim.	Aethernautics- A Space Travel Mod Aethernautics is a quest mod that adds several new areas, a new weapon type, new armors, new enemies, and of course, a spaceship that has space travel!	Blackreach Railroad Blackreach Railroad is a travel and quest mod for the steam-oriented player. It adds a locomotive, a train line, and a series of train stations around Blackreach and other Dwemer ruins. After a short quest to reactivate the train, the player may then freely ride the engine throughout Blackreach. In addition to this, the player may choose to ride on uncharted track, thereby unlocking new stations throughout Skyrim. And for those wondering, you do indeed get a train hat.

Slimesire

Slimesire is a newer quest modder known for some stand out daedra themed quest mods. Highly Recommend playing all of these, especially Identity Crisis and The Tale of Tsatampra Xiros! All of his mods add new player homes and some add new forms of fast travel

Identity Crisis Explore the Asylum of Julianos and do battle with the Daedric Prince of Maddness!	The Tale of Tsatampra Xiros Explore a pocket realm of Hermaeus Mora and discover forbidden secrets!	King of Worms I Queen of Dawn A new hand touches the beacon! Will you use it to preserve Meridia's light or will you serve the King of Worms!
Providence and Pestilence Travel to the Pits of the Taskmaster and uncover a new alien environment!	Krovaxis Discover a demonic shrine to the King of Rape, MOLAG BAL!	Waking Nightmare Travel deep below riften and battle servants of the Mistress of Nightmares as you uncover the mystery of a missing mage!
Zulfardin Enter an ancient temple of the lady of decay and do battle with horrible spiders! Spooky!

Quests and Dungeons

One hit wonders made by some other people. They are all unique, but most of them include no islands or continents to explore. A great change of pace compared to the wilderness of Skyrim. You can find dangerous dwemer factories or even calm and somtimes melancholy Nordic crypts.

Civil War Aftermath SE Allows you to finally eliminate the other side of the civil war.	Lakvan's Stronghold - Shadowkey Dungeon and Player Home A dungeon based on the lore from everyone's favorite Goatse exclusive: Shadowkey! Comes with a custom follower too!	Dungeons - Revisited Overhauls a handful of vanilla dungeons to make them into true labyrinths!
Artifacts of Skyrim - Revised Adds a ton of new artifacts all around Skyrim with their own Puzzles, Lore and Dungeons! Taken off the nexus but preserved here for your pleasure!	Falmeroon - Legacy of the Snow Elves Explore more snow elf ruins hidden throughout Skyrim with their own quests and secrets to uncover!	Inconvenient Dungeons Removes the many Q shaped dungeons in Skyrim, inspired by one of those never ending video essays about the funny dragon game.
Collecting the Edda Restores the final quest to the Bards College that actually makes the guild feel like it has some weight to it's shorter questline.	House of Horrors - Quest Expansion Did it never sit right with you that you were forced to kill the Vigilant in Molag Bal's quest? Did you always wish you could have a good guy ending and team up with Tyranus? This mod will make that happen! Destroy the Mace of Molag Bal and send his spirit back to Oblivion!	The Only Cure - Quest Expansion Are you a paladin who still wants to kill the Elf Orchendor without serving the Daedric Prince of Disease? Don't want to bother collecting his grocery list for the 6th time? Just really hate cats? This mod is for you!
Caught Red Handed - Quest Expansion The whorehouse in Riften is now expanded with multiple paths for the quest and an immersive way to high Haelga for yourself	Leaps of Faith - A Misc Quest Adds several new locations to jump off a cliff with it's own custom animations!	G.R.I.M. - Gratuitous Reaper Improvement Mod Remember the Reaper Boss Fight? Propbably not but with this mod you will! Travel into the Reaper's realm of Oblivion and do battle with a true boss fight!
TsunDal - A Tsun Bossfight Overhaul A visual and mechanical overhaul of the Nordic God that will allow you to call upon his spirit in battle!	Ghosts of Akavir - A Boss mod Adds new Akavirir boss fights to the handful of Blades ruins throughout the game!	Solstheim - The Lost Levels Solstheim – The Lost Levels is an add-on for the Dragonborn DLC that adds 6 caves, 8 plants, 1 book and 4 quests. The content is based on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and its expansion, Bloodmoon.
Sidequests of Skyrim "Skyrim will have infinite quests!" - Todd Howard	Beyond Skyrim - Bruma SE The first chapter in the Beyond Skyrim series, Bruma, aka Skyrim 2.0.	Finding Susanna Alive - A Blood on the Ice Trigger Revision This mod changes how Blood on the Ice is triggered to ensure that you'll be able to meet Susanna the Wicked alive and well in Candlehearth Hall before the butcher strikes.
Finding Helgi... and Laelette - A Laid to Rest Overhaul A home in Morthal burned down under mysterious circumstances; some say it was the murder of a wife and daughter. A woman leaves home without saying goodbye to her husband and son, ostensibly to join the war. Are these events connected? This is an overhaul of "Laid to Rest" and the third mod in the "Finding" series.	Finding Derkeethus Fixes some issues with the quest to find Derkeethus, such as moving his cell key to a more logical location (i.e. not inside his cell with him), exposing the quest information in your journal, optionally adding a quest marker, and expanding the dialog options for all those involved.	Finding Velehk Sain This mod creates additional content surrounding the strange gauntlet in the Midden Dark, as well as the four missing Apprentices from the College of Winterhold.
Heimfeigr A port of Archon Entertainment's Heimfeigr mod. A mysterious new Nordic Tomb located north of Winterhold.	Nilheim - Misc Quest Expansion Fixes some issues with the misc quest at Nilheim and gives a bit more flexibility to your encounter with good old Telrav, adding a couple of additional dialogue choices and options for roleplaying.	GLENMORIL SE Another massive questline by Vicn this time inspired by Bloodborne. It's still a WIP
Paarthurnax - Quest Expansion A fully voiced, quite expanded new take on the quest Paarthurnax, giving both the Blades and Paarthurnax good reasons for their stances, and you, Dragonborn, the final choice.	Maelstrom A strange island has risen from the depths of the sea, an expedition to uncover its mystery is already on its way. Following the expedition's footsteps you uncover a tale of treachery, madness and dark secrets before you self are drawn into the Maelstrom. Features a fully voice acted follower and a multipart dungeon questline with two endings.	Voyage to the Dreamborne Isles SE Embark on a grand quest to strange new lands, help people in need, and conquer your nightmares.
The Shadow of Meresis The Shadow of Meresis adds "an extensive quest, leading you to various places all over Skyrim. In addition to new locations and dungeons you'll meet new NPCs with more than 200 fully voiced lines of dialogue spoken by three actors. The playtime is about two to three hours."	Wyrmstooth The East Empire Company commissions the Dragonborn to slay a dragon that is interrupting trade routes throughout Skyrim. But is the dragon stirring up trouble with a particular reason and what sinister motive does it have for its actions?	Penitus Oculatus A quest where you can join the Penitus Oculatus after the vanilla "destroy the dark brotherhood" quest and get all the rewards.
Project AHO Project AHO is a large quest modification, comparable in size to a medium-sized DLC. Designed in the best traditions of Bethesda Game Studios, this mod adds to Skyrim a hidden settlement of Great House Telvanni. Determine its fate for yourself!	Carved Brink From the creators of Project AHO, Carved Brink is another DLC-esque quest/dungeon mod, it adds some amazing rooms to explore, quests to finish, collectibles to find and screenshots to take this mod is BEAUTIFUL. ... buuuut the writing is kind of bad and dialogue is laughable at times, very incoherent in my opinion, AHO definetely does a better job in the writing department. Still very much worth a playthrough.	Unslaad Another great quest mod by Vicn. This one is a small, and fluffy, quest that takes you to a castle of a half-dragon girl. Even has an fun boss fight! That's something new for Skyrim.
Notice Board Adds notice boards around cities that serve as radiant quest hubs. This notice board contains many different quest notes. Every note starts a quest when it is selected (it immediately show you the quest description once chosen). Most of them are radiant quests. This means that are repeatable (with different characters or locations). As an alternative, also look at Missives and decide which is your preference.	Missives Similar to Notice Board in its mission, but different in application, Missives quote "adds a large number of localized radiant quests found at Missive Boards of varying difficulty and with varying rewards." The author lists all the issues he had with The Notice Board that led him to create Missives, head it on the mod page and decide which is best for you	Clockwork (Clockwork Castle) Clockwork is a quest mod for Skyrim set in and around Clockwork Castle; a full-featured player home. Once found, you may call the castle home... but if you want to leave, you'll need to discover how to escape.
VIGILANT A very Dark Souls/Bloodborne inspired quest mod that is full of unique locations and unique bosses.	Darkend A pretty unique and Dark Souls inspired island fortress you can travel to. There are plenty of places to explore there and enemies to fight, but there isn't exactly a quest there.	Legacy of the Dragonborn (aka Dragonborn Gallery) is a mod centered around endgame content. Meet the curator Auryen Morellus at the museum in Solitude and he will help guide you in your quest to gather the many relics of Tamriel's history as well as provide a fully equipped player home and many many more quests as well.
The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal A really well made and interesting quest mod that makes you travel all the way to Hammerfell to find the Gray Cowl from Oblivion. The story is fairly simple and fun and so are all of the new places you visit. The only real problems is the voice acting but that's to be expected with most mods and that it's pretty lore breaking. Highly recommend this if you're looking for a new quest mod to dig into.	Moon and Star A nice and simple quest mod revolving around dunmer and dwemer. It has good voice acting and actually adds a lot of extra things to go along with the quest itself. Well worth a try!	Moonpath to Elsweyr Probably one of the coolest and most unique quest mods out there. The only downside is that the locations are very linear, it's pretty short, and the quests are boring. It looks cool though, right?
Skyrim Sewers 4 What better way to play an Elder Scrolls game without going THROUGH THE FUCKING SEWERS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! None.	Undeath Stop necromancers from doing necromancy things in this amazing new questline. It's really well done and it even adds a ton of new features to the Necromancy school of sorcery as well. New spells and traits can be unlocked when you finish this quest!	Beyond Reach Beyond reach is an expansive world space mod that takes place... beyond the reach, just east of High Rock! Explore dark and grim looking locations as well as partake in a variety of new quests.
Forgotten City The Forgotten City is an expansion mod offering a unique 6 - 8 hour experience: a murder mystery investigation set in an ancient underground city. You'll need to solve it using your wits, and the ability to travel through time. It has a dark, non-linear story in which you'll interrogate suspects, explore the city and its many secrets, and navigate challenging moral dilemmas. -10/10 IGN "it's okay"	The Hanging Gardens - A Quest A quest mod playing out on a remote abandoned Dwemer island/outpost with a secret, featuring a medium length quest for mid/high level player characters with an interest in exploring, new surroundings, and a good fight. Features voiced NPC, unique items & ingredients found only on the island, 2 smallish worldspaces, 14 or so interior cells, sea travel complete with pirate raids, a metric ton of dwemer treasure and a foe thought long gone from this realm.	Inferno- Envoys of End - SSE port The Ascended have arisen once more to set their plans in motion, this time accompanied by powerful beings of a world unknown. Only you, the Dragonborn can set the world right once again.

Quest mod add-ons

Here we have add-ons to some of the quest mods above. These mods are translations, voice acting, new meshes/textures, fixes and much more!

Star-Made Knight A texture and model replacer for basically every Divine Crusader armor set inspired by the AllinAll animation.	More to do in Hammerfell Adds some new quests to Hammerfell	Camels and new animals in Alik'r Desert Adds a bunch of new creatures of Hammerfell.
Missives - Notes Retexture Retextures the missives.	Missives - Worldspace Additions Adds new missive boards to the various new lands you install	VIGILANT - My patches by Xtudo SE-AE A bunch of patches for Vigilant to fix and add new enhancements. Check out the Owl Archive Discord Server for even more patches for Vigilant!
Knight-Errant (VIGILANT SE Add-on) Adds weapons and armor from Vigilant to the leveled list.	UNSLAAD - Delayed Start Adds quest requirements for Unslaad. Very customizable!	GLENMORIL - Delayed Start Adds quest requirements for Glenmoril. Very customizable!
VIGILANT - Delayed Start Adds quest requirements to Vigilant! Very customizable!	Unslaad Weapons and Armors Retexture SE New textures for Unslaad!	Faction - Pit Fighter - Revamped Overhauls Pit Fighter with some bug fixes and newer armors!
Moonpath To Elsweyr Retexture SE Retexture of most custom textures from Moonpath To Elsweyr.	Glenmoril - NPC Overhaul Overhauls appearance of NPCs in the mod "GLENMORIL".	Vigilant - NPC Overhaul Overhauls appearance of all NPCs in the mod "VIGILANT". No esp.
Vigilant Book Covers Adds Covers to all Books, Journals and Notes in the mod VIGILANT.	Beyond Reach - Tweaks and Enhancements A compilation of tweaks for Beyond Reach.	Vigilant Armors and Weapons Retexture SE This mod retextures most armors and weapons from the popular mod "Vigilant" by Vicn. All textures are upscaled to twice their original size
Unslaad English Voiced Gives the quest mod Unslaad voice acting.	Gray Cowl of Nocturnal Alikr Flora Overhaul This mod adds a lot of flora in and around the colony, plus some more in the other oasis scattered across the desert.	Notice Board - Dragonborn DLC - Better Solstheim Quests This mod fixes the Notice Board on Solstheim. It expands the patch to have more suitable quests for Solstheim.
Vigilant Voiced - English Addon The mod before you is an English voice acting addon for Vigilant, brought to you by 23 incredibly talented voice actors and the author of the latest English translation. Every single character you will meet during your journey as a Vigilant of Stendarr is now voiced and waiting to talk to you.	Custom Skills Framework Allows mod authors to create unlimited amount of new custom skills with their own perk trees.	Custom Skills - GLENMORIL Adds a perk tree fitting for a witchhunter.
Custom Skills - VIGILANT Adds a skill tree fitting for a Vigilant of Stendarr.

Towns and Settlements

The small towns suck, like Riverwood and even so called "holds" like Morthal. Most of them are just little huts and they just look boring compared to towns in Oblivion or even in Morrowind! So here are a few mods to liven up the small settlements and add new ones too. NOTE: You should carefully read the mod page descriptions. Some of these mods could be incompatible together!

Snakestone's Guide

Lets face it, Skyrim feels empty and the "cities" are small and boring. Snake's guide will help make the towns and cities feel bigger and lived in, it will also add more life to Skyrim in the ways of more towns and cities for you to explore.

Dawn of Skyrim (Director's Cut) for SSE

A complete re-imagining of BluePianoTwo city overhauls. Each city has been overhauled to fit their themes better while not cluttering the place with trees everywhere. For example, Whiterun has more trading stalls for a trade city and Windhelm has an extended grey quarter which feels more cramped. These overhauls also add extra NPCs and vendors to make the towns feel more lively compared to the dozen unique characters living in the cities besides the guards.

JK's Skyrim

Yet another collection of city overhauls for all five of the main holds. Like the Dawn of Skyrim series, these mods add more clutter and architectural pieces around each city. What's great about these mods is that they are being made compatible with Dawn of Skyrim. So now you can have both overhauls at the same time to make your cities even twice as unique! Just remember to download the compatibility patches for each hold.

Nordic Lore Integration - The Stone of Snow-Throat Shor son of Shor's meditation cave for communing with his father. Allows the player to return to Sovngarde through a dragon claw.	The Dibellan Baths Adds a bathhouse in Markarth based off of Reman Cyrodiil cum lore.	GG's Thieves Guild Headquarters Overhauls the Thieves Guild with it's own dynamic loot displays as you go through the questline.
Nightingale Hall Restored - Karliah as a Follower Revamps the Nightingale Hall and allows the Dark Elf waifu from the thieves guild to join your travels.	Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone Overhauls the Forts of Skyrim to become the small towns abandoned by the Empire due to the Civil War.	RedBag's Rorikstead A massive overhaul of Rorikstead to turn it into a small Viking Village. Make sure you get the JK patch if you want to use the two together.
The Great Village of Kynesgrove Overhauls the village of Kynesgrove with whole new NPCs, houses and assets to flesh out the Dragon's Grove!	Rodryk's Dragon Bridge Overhauls Dragon's Bridge with it's own custom assets	Ryn's Standing Stones Overhauls the locations of the Standing Stones themselves.
Markarth Outskirts Overhauls the outskirts of Markarth, nearly doubling the city in the process.	Zenithar Workshop SE Vicn's gift shop featuring items from other games and numerous new flavors of Skooma.	Beyond Skyrim - Wares of Tamriel SE Beyond Skyrim's gift shop with some good voice acting and nice looking weapons and armor.
TESG Winterhold Fixes Small mod that fixes up Winterhold.	Expanded Towns and Cities (SSE) Expands upon existing towns, villages, settlements, cities, etc. (This is a complete rebuild of the LE version - Not a direct port.) So far includes Darkwater Crossing, Dawnstar, Riverwood and Rorikstead. Other towns will be added as they're completed. (Morthal currently in-progress.)	Riften Docks Overhaul Docks overhaul for Riften created by combining and tweaking several high-quality mods.
Whiterun Expansion Redone SSE Whiterun is at the center of Skyrim making it the trading capital. Whiterun is also the first city the player is likely to visit. Therefore we should be treated to a much larger city to begin our journey. Whiterun will almost double in size by expanding the northeastern region of the city.	Obscure's College of Winterhold This mod is an expansion and overhaul for the College of Winterhold, including two new towers, a re-imagined Arcanaeum and Hall of the Elements, revised set dressing and clutter in many areas, changes that appear over time, door signs to assist with navigation, support for many other mods, and not a trace of hay.	Riften Extension - Southwoods District Extends Riften beyond its walls with a new district running along the southern road. Includes seven new buildings ,an outdoor eating space, and 20 new npcs with ai packages.
The Great City of Solitude SSE Overhaul of the Solitude Docks, works with Enhanced Solitude!	The Walls of Whiterun Adds walls and ruins around Whiterun's outskirts.	Fortified Whiterun Fortified Whiterun seeks to bring realistic and logical defenses to our most beloved city.
Capital Whiterun Expansion Just like the Windhelm mod this mod overhauls Whiterun, giving it more shops, buildings and NPCs. It also adds more housing districts. It's a must have mod. Oh and it even has a JK patch.	Capital Windhelm Expansion A massive overhaul of Windhelm, changing the layout and look of the city. It also adds new houses, NPCs and areas to explore. Best part is it has a JK Skyrim Patch.	Dark's Whiterun Market This mod adds a market in the outskirts of Whiterun.
Enhanced Solitude SSE The best Solitude mods, merged together into a single plugin, with multiple fixes, tweaks and enhancements.	The Great Town of Shor's Stone SSE Makes Shor's Stone the town it was always meant to be!	The Great Village of Old Hroldan SSE Makes Old Hroldan the village it always should have been!
The Great Town of Ivarstead SSE Makes Ivarstead the town it was always meant to be!	The Great Town of Karthwasten SSE Makes Karthwasten the mining community it always should have been!	Cities of the North - Falkreath A new set of unique buildings for the capital of Falkreath Hold.
Cities of the North - Dawnstar A new set of unique buildings for the capital of the Pale.	Cities of the North - Morthal A new set of unique buildings for the capital of Hjaalmarch.	Cities of the North - Winterhold A new set of unique buildings for the capital of the northernmost Hold.
Windhelm Bridge Overhaul Removes all the flora and snowdrifts from the bridge, removes flora from the rockcliff near the entrance to Windhelm City (dead shrub and tree vine mapel), also removes a few CWrubble. It adds a market on the way to the city so you can stop by and trade there is also a guardpost inside/underneath the bridge.	Tactical Valtheim Tactical Valtheim is a redesign of Valtheim Towers into Valtheim Keep. Built on and around the original Valtheim, trying to make it into an actual fortress while maintaining something like the original atmosphere and style.	Apachii Divine Elegance Store This mod adds a small comfy store near Markarth. The amazing part is this mod sells tons of different modded clothing and accessories.
Solitude Exterior Addon This mod adds a small huddle of buildings just outside of Solitude, near the farms.	Books of Skyrim Adds a comfy little bookstore to Solitude.	Windhelm Lighthouse Adds a lighthouse to Windhelm since they kinda need one.
Legendary Cities - Tes Arena This mod adds ten historical cities to Skyrim present in TES:Arena. This mod adds these settlements back into the game.	Immersive Fort Dawnguard An overhaul of Dayspring Canyon.	Immersive College of Winterhold This mod changes a bunch of shit on the College, it allows you to give the role of Archmage to Tolfdir, changes many of the rooms and adds new ones. A pretty in-depth overhaul of the College.
Winterhold - Expanded Ruins This adds extra ruins to Winterhold, making it feel like something bad really did happen which caused parts of the town to sink.	Immersive Dawnguard Dayspring Pass This mod adds map markers and changes the Dayspring Canyon entrance to be more immersive and believable. So now, it looks like an actual pass instead of just this little cave in a mountain.	Hold Border Banners Adds banners at crossroads which mark the borders between each region/hold in Skyrim. It reminds me of how faction regions were split in WOW except in this game, it doesn't really matter gameplay wise and is only for aesthetics.
Helgen Reborn Adds a new questline and story around the rebuilding of Helgen. It includes new NPCs, shops, and the voice acting isn't half bad either.

FAQ

Q: Why isn't this or that mod in the guide?

A: Some mods haven't been officially ported to Special Edition yet, if a mod you like isn't listed, try converting it yourself.

Q: Will you be adding more to these guides?

A: Of course! We'll try to keep all the guides up to date and will notify everyone if something has changed or has been added on. We also accept submissions if the mod is good enough!