
The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, screen-space reflections, and more. It will be interesting to see how far users can take the mod support on consoles in the future. Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The additions of mods on consoles is still a new territory and currently, only Bethesda Softworks is offering such a mod support with their Fallout 4 and Skyrim Remaster for the Xbox One. Vivid Weathers Special Edition (French version)Īfter installing all these mods along with a couple others for “Character beautification, Armor, and Gameplay,” the user was still sitting at around 4GB of modded data out of the reserved 5 GB.Īccording to him, the game seems to hold its 30 fps target well despite all the mods but he did face some crashes after every couple of hours.Superior Rocks – Balanced (again, 4k version is too heavy and causes performance issues).Veydosbrom – Grasses and Groundcover (Dense).Skyland 1k (2k version leads to massive fps drops in this configuration).This looks great but to get to this level of visuals, you will need a long list of mods as shared by the Reddit user who posted this screenshot as well.

Recently, a modded version of the game was making its round on Reddit which revealed a completely different look for the game.


This is where the additional power offered by the Xbox One X proves to be an advantage for the more demanding mods. While it is possible to add mods that improve the visual fidelity of the game, it can also end up with a messy performance for the hardware. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim supports modding on the Xbox One.
