====== Unrecommended Mods ======

Back by popular demand!

A list of mods that you should NOT use with a list of reasons and alternative mods to go with it. Obviously this list is biased as all hell but why did you come to a mod recommendation guide otherwise? Are you lost?

|[[armor|Immersive Armors]]|This one is much less offensive than it's sister mod and I did use it myself for a long time. However mod of these armors have their own updated and individual mod pages and a number of the meshes have not been properly optimized and will lag your game. I would say you should just avoid this mod all together but if you choose to use it there is a nice MCM that lets you toggle the armors you don't like off.|
|[[weapons|Immersive Weapons]]|This has long been an outdated and buggy mess of a mod. Most of the weapons look like they're made of plastic and that's ignoring the laundry list of incompatibles. Of all the mods listed here this one I can't advise against more.|
|[[armor|Immersive Jewellery]]|I used to use this one back in the day but it's super overreaching so I'd recommend you just check out the jewelry section of the Armors guide!|
|[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2262|Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul]]| This is the big controversial one that adds so much bloat I had to mention it in my armor and weapons guide. This completely overhauls the alchemy system in the most intrusive way and turns compatibility into a mess requiring 1000 different patches and if a mod doesn't have a patch because it's old or outdated tough shit. Don't ever use this mod or I will bully you.|
|[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/artifacts-of-v1-65790091|Legacy of the Dragonborn]]|This mod is super popular but should be avoided. The primary problem lies in the amount of bloat and incompatibility this mod brings to the table. After running a script to discover how many references my mods were using I discovered Legacy uses a whopping 10,058 persistent references, 1/4th the size of base game Skyrim and only rivaled by some massive city overhauls I am using. On top of that, Legacy is not compatible with my favorite alternate start mod: Unbound. The storyline pigeon-holds you into becoming the Last Dragonborn and has so many incompatible or incorporated mods I've lost count. Do your own research on this mod before using it though cause I know a lot of people really like the gameplay loop!|
|[[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/718|Civil War Overhaul Mods]]|The Civil War questline is pretty much broken beyond repair but a number of projects have tried to tackle the concept. Civil War Overhaul on LE was a famously broken mod that has a decent remake for SE fixing most of the bugs. Still don't outright recommend that mod until I have a change to play it myself. Open Civil War was a more interesting approach to the concept of a Dynamic Civil War the player could lose based on the Dice Wars browser game. However it too breaks constantly and should be avoided. Warzones is a less popular choice that is a buggy broken mess of a mod that I still see people recommend even today. Immersive Patrols is a might liter take on the concept of civil war battles!|
|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=turycXIxRiw|9279]]|If you know, you know. You sick fuck!|

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====== Skyrim Guide Index ======

  * [[Essentials|Essentials]]
  * [[Gameplay|Gameplay]]
  * [[Creatures, NPCs and Players|Creatures, NPCs and Players]]
  * [[Immersion|Immersion]]
  * [[Quests and Lands|Quests and Lands]]
  * [[Graphics|Graphics]]
  * [[Armor|Armor]]
  * [[Armor Graphics|Armor Graphics]]
  * [[Weapons|Weapons]]
  * [[Weapon Graphics|Weapon Graphics]]
  * [[Animations|Animations]]
  * [[Fun Mods|Fun Mods]]
  * [[Unrecommended Mods|Unrecommended Mods]]
  * [[Paid Mods|Paid Mods]]