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Bethesda Game Studios has announced a new update for Skyrim on consoles, scheduled to release Thursday, August 20th, 2026. This post will serve as an up-to-date thread for what we know now and what will come once the patch goes live, all confirmed details will be added here.

For now, here’s everything we know:

Increased Mod Storage Limits

Bethesda stated that this update will increase mod storage capacity on consoles. They haven't specified how much space we're getting. But this post will be updated once the patch notes are released.

Improvements to Creations

We can only assume it'll be like Fallout 4's, some important ones to note are:

• Archives are now supported on PlayStation. New file types (.nif, .dds, .bink, .cdx, .csg, .wav, and .fuz (with embedded .wav)) for PlayStation Creations. 
• Creations up to 2 GB in size can now be uploaded for Xbox.

 

Load Orders Should Not Be Affected

In the Tweet, they said this update should not disrupt existing load orders. But they encourage players to log into your save game if you haven't done so in a while as a precaution. I guess to save the Load Order using the function in the Creations menu.

Anyway, that's it for now. The previous discussion was technically based on a Tweet made for Fallout 4 and so now this will be the official thread for Skyrim. I hope we are able to provide more useful information here regarding the update. Just because we will have more space, doesn't mean modding guidelines change and I am sure players will experience problems if they aren't aware of what's happening.

Also, I won't be removing the other posts, but I do encourage you guys to discuss things here.

Happy modding! I won't be around much; I have things going on right now, but I will definitely be keeping an eye on this.

Now that we finally have more space for mods on Xbox, I'm thinking about rebuilding my LO and going for some of the bigger mods I couldn't fit before.

I'm definitely adding Skyrim Revoiced this time 😂

What are some big/heavy mods you guys consider essential? Graphics, quests, gameplay, cities, animations, audio, anything really.

Basically, if you suddenly had a lot more mod space, what would you absolutely put in your LO?

Do we have any details about that?

For storage?

Since rn 5 gb, hopefully it’s 100

I've been waiting for this announcement for sooooooo long, been keeping my list cleared and ready to go, and now it's finally here!!!!! I'm about to put together a masterpiece in the coming weeks.

Obviously it's gonna take some time as there's gonna be stuff to work through. Obviously with any update it's gonna break some things, and there's gonna be testing to see what the system can actually handle, not to mention the flood of random porters that's gonna happen. But once the dust settles I will be putting together an ultimate list that should be greater than anything I've done prior.

Skyrim Lament 2.0 is on the way 😁

I'm not sure if this has been asked already (apologies if it has) but with the new massive mod limit increase do we know if any of the large PC mods that were previously too massive to be ported will be? Additionally, I'm curious what you guys hope will be ported going forward!

Thats it really, u guys thinks its just storage?
I really wish they fixed the reordering problem, maybe give us pagination for searching etc…
Wishful thinking but some engine fixes to allow more mods would be nice aswell xD

Any recommendations maybe make it more souls like? Or more in dept. maybe like Elden beast? Or something similar

Aside from the obvious stuff like gameplay overhauls, what big quest/expansions should we avoid using together? Just to be clear I'm talking about mods like Bruma, LOTD, Interesting NPCs, etc.

With the upcoming update, I am curious what I can start adding that will not tank performance? I am thinking of additional areas, voice files, sounds and music. Thoughts?

What should I be staying away from?

Hi everyone! I'm new to the subreddit and was hoping someone might be willing to help me? My boyfriend plays Skyrim on Xbox and has been working on a mod list, but he's having issues with the load order and one or more mods keep breaking it. He's spent a lot of time trying to troubleshoot it and with his birthday coming up I thought it would be really nice to gift him a working mod list lol. Full disclosure, I know nothing about Skyrim modding so I'm definitely out of my element here. I was even considering paying someone on Fiverr to fix the load order but I don't know enough to tell who's legit and who's not. Before I went that route, I figured I'd ask the community first. Would anyone here be willing to help if I post the mod list? You'd be saving me from accidentally buying a birthday gift made entirely of Xbox crashes and error messages. 🙏

EDIT: Posted mod list in the comments for any friendly feedback, thank you <3

Hello there, fellow modders! I’m currently trying to create a mod load order after a long break from the Skyrim scene. I’m aiming for a visually appealing and challenging run. I want animations for combat idling and walking that look fluid and natural, depending on the weapon and the action. Additionally, I need to keep my characters’ needs in check. Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. The current animation mods I’m using feel lackluster and don’t quite match my expectations. I’m also looking for new armor mods, as some of the ones I have are a bit too revealing for my taste. The idea I have for this mod order is to create a character similar to Arwen from Lord of the Rings, while incorporating some of the gritty, drawn-out combat mechanics found in games like Dark Souls or Chivalry. If you’ve played those games, you’ll know that you have to be more strategic and think ahead instead of just wildly swinging like a berserker. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Unofficial Skyrim special edition patch

Simple workaround framework

Caliente’s beautiful body enhancer CBBESE

campfire complete camping system

cheat room Xbox one

veydosebrom regions

landscape fixes for grass mods

sky king Fantasia landscape

happy little trees version 2.2 1K

Dawn dramatic atmospheres

XP 32 max skeleton special extended

CBBE lover girl skin – 2K

PB’s crystal clear muscle maps

dark souls underwear for CBBE option one

song of the green Auri follower

refined auri - cbbe

Aesthetic elves

[XB] elven ears for Breton npcs and player

Eyes of aber

Hairstyles of wonder

Leviathan animations AIO

Gritty animations requiem 2.0

Magic casting animations overhaul SE

Valravn integrated combat of Skyrim,

[XB1] super simple bathing

[XB1] Super simple needs

Oden – Skyrim magic overall

Apocalypse - magic of Skyrim

Strange runes lite

Amazing follower tweaks

Amazing follower tweaks managed followers, boost add-on

Amazing follower tweaks no friendly spell damage add-on

Serana dialogue add-on

True blood serana v2 Xbox

viridian knight armor 2k

Sovereign’s slayer armor SE CBBE

Hedge mage armor

Traveler mage robes and armor

ELLE - Elaine – CBBE version

Rose noire CBBE

Viper armor, CBBE 1k

Elle - demon - my CBBE version by xtudo

Real bows 1K

Nicoroshi creations

Dark nova standalone Daedric greatsword

Weapons of the third era SSE/AE

Drake Knight great sword

Ancient refuge, snow elf house

AI overhaul

More to say 9.0.2

Realistic conversations (xb1)

Tenebrous - gaslighting edition

Jk’s interiors AIO

RITON AIO

Jk’s Skyrim AIO

Jk’s outskirts AIO

The great cities towns and villages bundle for AI overhaul and JK’s Skyrim

No Grassias ultimate by knight4life

JK’s interiors AIO patch for use with JK’s interiors AIO

JK’s Skyrim - AI overhaul sse patch

Alternate start live another life

As the title says, it does a loud sound and the crashes any time I try and get close to it, and it's the same spot every time. Its getting annoying because I spent hours getting the the mods for this mod list (link provided, mod list is from The Dragonlord on YouTube) someone please help.

The following is a list I've been putting together for my nephew over the past few days.

For reference, I primarily do curation for PC although I am still working on my first published list over there. Almost done, needed a break, so I started toying with an Xbox list. I'll have a handy little excel tool I made to that I'll have to port to a google sheet which I plan on sharing after I'm done BTW.

This list is almost done. A few housekeeping things to work through, like too many lighting mods, that I'll handle later. But, I had to drop an ~220 MB item due to SKSE dependency and now I've got a hole to fill. Enter Reddit.

My thoughts were adding more content, like Burma although that's too big, followers, although they also tend to be pretty big if the audio files are included, FDE's, or town cleanups and adds. Some player home options and such are also being considered.

I think I've got enough difficulty adds and landscape refinements. I use Nordic Faces as the NPC base catch all. You can take a look to see if you can find any glaring holes. The summary of space being used and what's left is at the top of the listing.

I do plan on sharing the finished product and process here once I'm done.

Thanks in advance.

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Total mods: 124

Mod content: 4.6992 GB

Baseline reservation: 26.57 MB

TOTAL storage used: 4.7251 GB of 5.00 GB cap (94.5022% utilization)

Remaining headroom: 281.49 MB (0.2749 GB)

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1. Nordic Faces - Immersive Characters Overhaul — 993.57 MB

2. Falskaar [XB1] — 614.83 MB

3. [XB1] The Grey Cowl of the Nameless - 10th Anniversary Edition SE — 595.66 MB

4. Cathedral Landscapes V3 - Grass & Terrain LoD — 457.44 MB

5. SMIM 1K - Static Mesh Improvement — 290.75 MB

6. Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition (USSEP) — 267.05 MB

7. Elsopa Cloaks of Skyrim Retextured 1K (Standalone) — 105.42 MB

8. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Stormcloak and Guard Armor Replacer — 103.22 MB

9. Happy Little Trees by T4GTR34UM3R — 101.14 MB

10. Sneak Thief - An Opulent Collection — 81.18 MB

11. Open World Bosses — 73.83 MB

12. T4's Majestic Mountains v4.01 - 1k — 73.12 MB

13. SKYRAD'S SKYRIM | WEATHER & SEASONS PLUS — 61.81 MB

14. Triumvirate - Mage Archetypes [XB1] — 61.65 MB

15. Blood & Wine Town & Villages 1K — 59.42 MB

16. Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim — 59.38 MB

17. RS Children Overhaul — 54.95 MB

18. Convenient Horses [XB1] — 52.87 MB

19. Bandit Cavalry — 51.95 MB

20. Dragon War - A Dragon Overhaul — 41.96 MB

21. Follower Commentary Overhaul — 36.6 MB

22. Skyrim Fantasy Overhaul - Fantastic City Walls SE-AE Nexus v1.3 *Optimized for Xbox* — 35.71 MB

23. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Imperial Armor Replacer — 34.1 MB

24. (UNP) Mature Skin Complexion - 2k — 33.32 MB

25. Faction: Pit Fighter — 30.38 MB

26. Vanilla Hair Variety Plus - Salt and Wind Bundle — 30.14 MB

27. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Ebony Armor Replacer — 23.1 MB

28. Extended Guard Dialogue — 23.1 MB

29. Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul — 22.83 MB

30. Immersive Patrols (Large Battles) — 21.01 MB

31. Sounds of Skyrim Complete v2.0 — 20.54 MB

32. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Steel Armor Replacer — 20.53 MB

33. [XB1] CHRIS57 AND SUNDARCRON MALE BODY — 18.49 MB

34. A Quality World Map - Classic — 18.16 MB

35. Bandit Lines Expansion — 15.52 MB

36. Enhanced Blood Textures — 15.44 MB

37. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Hide, Studded, and Scaled Armor Replacer — 15.13 MB

38. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Iron Armor Replacer — 14.3 MB

39. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Fur Armor Replacer — 11.12 MB

40. Trial of the Stone Legion [XB1] — 10.15 MB

41. Summermyst Plus — 9.87 MB

42. Headhunter - Bounties Redone — 9.84 MB

43. Cathedral Water and Seam Fixes — 9.83 MB

44. Revenge of the Enemies v2.2 — 9.69 MB

45. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Wolf Armor Replacer — 9.15 MB

46. Relight My Skyrim Bundle 2 - RLO version — 8.41 MB

47. SKYLAND NIGHT SKY — 7.62 MB

48. Cutting Room Floor — 7.44 MB

49. Kala's Eyes - Replacer Version — 6.03 MB

50. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Steel Plate Armor Replacer (Nordic Style) — 5.81 MB

51. Deadly Bosses Of Skyrim (Deadly Bosses Overhaul) XB1 Edition — 5.57 MB

52. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Dwarven Armor Replacer — 5.43 MB

53. Alternate Perspective - Alternate — 4.93 MB

54. UNP Female Body (Pinup Vanilla) — 4.8 MB

55. Lawless - A Bandit Overhaul [Lite] — 4.69 MB

56. EasierRiders Dungeon Pack XB1 — 4.38 MB

57. Realistic Armor Overhaul - Leather Armor Replacer — 4.31 MB

58. Deadly Bandits of Skyrim — 3.63 MB

59. Extended Encounters — 3.56 MB

60. Notice Boards [XB1] — 2.83 MB

61. [XB1] Spellsiphon - Immersive Combat — 2.55 MB

62. XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended — 2.43 MB

63. AFT AE — 2.39 MB

64. Simple Workaround Framework — 2.13 MB

65. Realistic Item Rebalance — 2.03 MB

66. Guard Dialog Overhaul - No Extra NPCs (XB1) — 1.9 MB

67. Just Blood — 1.66 MB

68. Arch Enemies - Difficult Bosses and Unique Enchantments — 1.63 MB

69. Weapon Balance Overhaul AE — 1.57 MB

70. Fatality - Combat and Movement Overhaul — 1.36 MB

71. Violens - A Killmove Mod SE [XB1] — 1.25 MB

72. Ryn's Standing Stones AIO — 1.23 MB

73. Smite and Stagger v2.0 — 1.14 MB

74. Elaborate Enchantments — 1.03 MB

75. Skyrim Reborne XB1 — 940.1 KB

76. Horse and Riding Animation — 757 KB

77. [XB1] Conduit - Short-term Weapon Infusions — 749.6 KB

78. SkyHUD - Oblivion Preset - Pastel — 696.3 KB

79. Instincts - Animal Taming in Skyrim — 651.1 KB

80. Vibrant Weapons Lite — 574.7 KB

81. Adamant - A Perk Overhaul (5.8.5) — 573.7 KB

82. Female Imperial Hold Guards — 500.8 KB

83. Immersive Persuasion — 421.8 KB

84. Open World Loot v2.6 — 415 KB

85. Know Your Enemy - Trait Based Resistances and Weaknesses by TJHM4 — 305.5 KB

86. Better Spell Learning - Apocalypse Patch — 304.3 KB

87. Luminosity Lighting Overhaul — 244.8 KB

88. Better Spell Learning — 241.9 KB

89. Northern Steel - Expanded Nord Enchants - Rebalance [XB1] — 224.6 KB

90. Apothecary - An Alchemy Overhaul (1.3.5) XB1SR — 216.8 KB

91. Bandit Healers [XB1] — 215.3 KB

92. TAOS: The Art of Smithing (Xbox) — 150.4 KB

93. TS - Immersive Patrols Addon - Civil War — 137.3 KB

94. Enchanter's Merchant — 125.5 KB

95. Better Stealth AI for Followers — 113.3 KB

96. Guardian Stone Bosses (XBOX1) — 76.5 KB

97. Upgrade Leveled Items — 73.9 KB

98. Immersive Speech Dialogs — 71.4 KB

99. Crime Overhaul XB1 — 68.4 KB

100. Kat's Smelt Down Everything SE — 66.1 KB

101. Sound of War: Combat Sounds — 52.4 KB

102. Lanterns in small towns — 42.1 KB

103. Modern Combat AI — 33.7 KB

104. Enhanced Enemy AI — 33 KB

105. [Xbox] Realistic Wildlife Behaviours — 15.2 KB

106. Immersive Movement — 8.3 KB

107. Levelled Dragon System [Xbox] — 8 KB

108. Economy and Crime — 7.5 KB

109. Simply Stronger Dragons — 7.2 KB

110. Turija Not a Sneak Thief [XB1] — 6.9 KB

111. Peacekeeper — 6.8 KB

112. Levelling Merchants Wallets X — 5.9 KB

113. Tougher Named Dragons — 4.2 KB

114. Athletik Combat - Realistic Movement and Dodging — 3.9 KB

115. Realistic AI Detection (RAID) - High — 3.8 KB

116. Super Simple Smithing Overhaul — 3.7 KB

117. Encounter Dragons in Skyrim — 2.8 KB

118. Morrowind Imports — 2 KB

119. Horse Riding Camera Tweak — 1.4 KB

120. Lovely Hair Colors (For Salt And Wind) — 1.4 KB

121. Savvy Merchants - A Simple Economy — 468 B

122. Improved Melee Range — 452 B

123. Infinite Torches (Torches Last Forever) — 378 B

124. Believable Crime Report Radius — 301 B

Despite using Logical Load Order, the mod use those blankets isn't working and the NPC's aren't actually using them when I find them laying in bed.

- USSEP

- Realistic water 2 resources

- Simple workaround framework

- Reforging to the masses

- RTTM Balancing

- More to say 9.0.2

- Extended guard dialogue

- Become a bard

- After the civil war siege damage repairs

- Hold guard armor unchanged

- Cloaks and capes

- Chainmail cloak

- Wearable lanterns

- Disable auto vanity mode

- Lord friendly levels full

- No Disarm

- Dirt and Blood

- Wintersun

- Imperious

- Ordinator

- Apocalypse magic of skyrim

- Apocalypse Ordinator patch

- C.O.I.N

- Diverse dragons collection

- Seasonal wildlife distribution

- Whales off the coast

- Blue Whale animal series

- Veydosebrom

- Blended Shorelines

- XP32

- Fluffworks

- Divine wolves

- LW Addon Animated world

- Skyland AIO

- Notthern Shores 1k

- High poly project by LucidAPS

- Jarls with sleeves

- Open face guard helm

- Imperial castles of skyrim fort battlements

- Detailed rugs

- Shish15's scandanordic mountains

- Cathedral snow

- Shish15's photorealistic farmhouses

- LH's unique signs

- Ennead banners

- JS's common cages

- DK's Realistic ships

- The original sleeving skyrim

- Nordwarua'a stormcloak armor

- Imperial retexture Penitus and tullius

- Imperial tetexture sleeves and pants

- Nordic guard shields

- Enhanced Blood Textures lite

- Skeleton replacer HD 2k

- Mihails crows 2k

- Book covers of skyrim tweaked and fixed

- Divine texture pack trees

- Lucid APS High poly project (V5.x)

- Realistic food and beverages

- Transparent icicles

- Realistic transparent glass armor and weapons

- Leaves of riften

- Qwafeess braziers

- 2024 Ultimate HD fire effects

- Thrones of skyrim

- Artefajkes unique artifacts

- Use those blankets

- Imperial gladiator sword

- Touring carriages

- Cities of the north AIO bundle

- COTN Holidays patch

- JK's interiors AIO

- JK's interiors USSEP patch

- JK's interiors Wintersun patch

- JK's interiors After the civil war patch

- Better Innteriors COTN compatible

- FOS Forests of skyrim

- Obscure scholarship the obscure college of winterhold

- JK's interiors obscure college of winterhold patch

- Fortified whiterun

- Simple Inn Bath

- Holidays

- Lucien

- COTN lucien patch

- Inigo

- Opening scene overhaul

- Jarl Balgruuf dilemma

- Serious civil war consequences

- Realistic water two

Recently updated this this morning, and now all it wants to do is place it above USSEP, which deactivated it, so when I put it at the bottom of LLO, it still will not let me activate it and when I exit back out to the home and reenter the game, thinking maybe that's what i need to do, it's back at the top.

Help!