Overview
Hello fellow GPMR, Ive seen some topics about what mods to use and I cant seem to find an up to date mod list that keeps the original feeling of Oblivion. This is my attempt to list good and immersive mods that dosent break the Oblivion lore (that much). You will with other words n o t see anime hair, freakish physics or emo Cloud sword listed here. Please know that this isnt a guide of how to use mods and its not suppose to be one either – there are plenty good guides of how to mod Oblivion. Also please do read what the modders ask you to do, some mods needs other to work correctly – Oblivion character Overhaul and blockhead are good examples. The listed tools are very important. Without them a heavily modded game will not work correctly, shakeybreakyGood guides/how to´s: Step Oblivion http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Hishutup/OblivionGuideBevilex’ modlist https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47591/If you find this guide good AF please give a comment or just a thumb up. If you believe it sucks, dont mind to write it in the comments. No more Skooma?
A. Tools
Unofficial Oblivion Patch, shouldnt be playing a Bethseda game without them.
[link]
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch, much needed for the favorite DLC
[link]
Unofficial Official Mods Patch, if you have the rest of the DLC´s
[link]
OBSE v.21, needed for many mods.
[link]
EngineBugFixes, a great mod that is needed for a heavily modded game
[link]
MenuQue – OBSE Plugin, needed for oblivion reloaded and others
[link]
OBSE -Elys- Universal Silent Voice, for new quests without voices
[link]
MoreHeap, makes a havily modded game more stable. Place it where Oblivion.exe is, otherwise shakeybreaky
[link]
NVAC – New Vegas Anti Crash (works for oblivion as well 🙂 )
[link]
Blockhead, needed for oco2
[link]
Oblivion shutter remover. makes the game more stable. Dont forget to change the iHeap
[link]
Oblivion 4GB patcher, a must if you plan to use many mods.
[link]
BOSS, easy to use but important. THIS IS THE PROGRAM FOR OBLIVION, NOT LOOT
[link]
Wrye Bash, creates the important Bashed patched. Just follow the youtube tutorial in this guide and you are up and running. Its like drag and drop in Windows Explorer.
[link]
TES4LodGen, creates distant LOD so you can see the new nice stuff that you have put into the game futher away.
[link]
TE4LL, also important if you want a good LOD
[link]
Land magic, fixes tears in landscape.
[link]
TES4edit, cleans the mods in a fairly easy way. Just follow a youtube tutorial and you are all set
[link]
B. Gameplay, etc.
Alternative Beginnings, you have played the game to often. You dont want to see that dungeon again? Here is the fix. Quite handy to see that the mod works in the game world.
[link]
DarNified UI, change the awfull UI to something less console peasanty
[link]
At Home Alchemy – No Bounty Fix, a small but essential mod.
[link]
Morrowind Lockpicking, takes away the mini game with lock picking.
[link]
Master of Oblivion, I dont enjoy the Oblivion worlds. One or two is enough. This is the mod if you are like me.
[link]
Maskar’s Oblivion Overhaul, an excellent overhaul that works with most of the popular gameplay overhauls (Oblivion xp, OOO 1.4x). A must.
[link]
Oblivion XP update, getting XP by doing stuff such as exploring the world, picking up flowers, talking to npcs and making potions. Really fun and makes the world worth to explorer (for me).
[link]
Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul 1.4x, great mod that makes the world scary and the battles hard fought and rewarding
[link]
Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul Extended, more excellent OOO
[link]
Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul SI, OOO even in SI
[link]
Companion Vilja, its really great if you dont want to be the lonely adventurer.
[link]
MiniMap – Reboot, I like it. Makes the game a bit more modern (I come from modern mmo´s). There are some shutter related issues that can be solved with some few changes (look at the posts)
[link]
A to takes all, cant really play without it. Loot all with “a”. Amazing and simple.
[link]
Kaizits new animations for NPC and player, makes the npc more diverse and fun to talk with.
[link]
Vanilla Combat Enhanced, if you are tired of hitting that npc with your sword 15 times.
[link]
Duke Patricks – Combat Archery Rev 7.3.5, best archery mod there is.
[link]
Vanilla Combat Enhanced + Duke Patricks Combat Archery patch.
[link]
Balanced magic, makes magic power feel rightfully earned rather than comming from bad mechanics.
[link]
Extended Game Mechanics, makes the game a bit more hardcore with the need to eat/drink and manage your stamina
[link]
Inventory is a backpack,
[link]
Real Sleep Extended with portable bedrolls
[link]
Unidirectional Attack, This mod fixes actors’ direction during the attack to make dodging the attack sideways worthwhile.
[link]
C. Audiovisual
Oblivion Fragrance, mists, windmills, leaves falling, snow guts and other atmospheric things that cant be played without
[link]
Children of Cyrodii, children in Oblivion. Nuff said.
[link]
Oblivion reloaded, depth of field, sunrays, purger and buffers cleaner, AO, better skin, greater grass, better distant landscape, better looking water…and so on. [link]
Weather – All Natural, the best weather mod. Highly customised. But requires Wyre Bash and OBSE
[link]
Immersive Interiors, look out from the window and behold the world and weather outside. [link]
Alivewaters, makes it more fun to visit the landscape under the water
[link]
Alivewaters update, much needed
[link]
Animated Window Lighting System and Chimneys, let there be light
[link]
Falling Stars, atmospheric
[link]
Get wet updated, characters are effected by rain.
[link]
Ls More Butterflies and Fireflies, more of them. Many options. Pick just one.
[link]
Clocks of Cyrodiil, maybe some say it breaks immersion. But what I understand they do exists in the world.
[link]
No persistant enchantment glow fix, your new fine magic armor will not glow like its christmas [link]
Glowing Wonders, very nice during night time. They spark and there is a small buzz sound.
[link]
Tavern-Goers, more NPC´s where they should be. In the nice and friendly taverns
[link]
Ducks and Swans for Cyrodiil, more life to the world.
[link]
Wildlife – Raven and Seagull, more life to the world.
[link]
Dot Crosshair, less clutter in the ui
[link]
Realistic Aurora in motion, The aurora is visible at night in and around Bruma and also some other places like: Cloudruler Temple etc.
[link]
Lights of Oblivion – Road Lanterns
[link]
Falling Leaves, atmospheric
[link]
Sounds of Cyrodiil, enhance the games sound really well.
[link]
Storms and sound v3, great mod. When the lighting strikes near you for the first time you will feel it.
[link]
GOSH – Gecko’s Oblivion Sound overhaul,
[link]
D. New land
The Hesu Mod Collection, Each of the mods overhauls, and indeed truly transforms a specific region of the game. Use this insteed of the Unique Landscape
[link]
Sutch Village, a city that was planned for the game by the devs but didnt make it to the finally game.
[link]
ImpeREAL Empire Unique Cities – better looking castles.
[link]
Sutch Unification, if you use other mods around Sutch area.
[link]
The One Stop Patch Shop, if you are planning to use many different land mods this is the place to find pathces that can solve some problems
[link]
Dungeons of Tamriel, suting dungeons below some cities. Great addition to what should have been in the game.
[link]
New Valen, a small settlement in southern part of the original map. Its well made and provides fun exploration in a rather dull area.
[link]
Akaviri Kojima Extended, underused mod. Cant get enough of it [:smile:]
[link]
Weynon Priory Alive, makes the place a bit more alive. Really good.
[link]
CM Solace Mod, a small settlement in the trees. Its an excellent contribution to an area that can be rather boring.
[link]
AFK_wye, makes the small village outside IC to something better and more colorful. The questline is fun and well made.
[link]
Order of the Dragon EV, is finally here! This mod will conflict with most of the new land around Frostcraig DLC, so please use correct patches.
[link] english patch [link] full mod
Elsweyr, The Desert of Anequin, is once again updated by its creator.
[link]
Valenwood Improved (v.021), works well togheter with Elsweyr mod. Its not completed but its an amazing landscape to visit.
[link]
Elswyr Valenwood Improved patch, needed for the mods above.
[link]
Dibella’s watch, a great quest mod that creates a new island to explore. Its a tight adventure with lots of fun things to discover. Great for players with short of time .
[link]
Better dungeons, makes the dungeons fun and with more variation.
[link]
Bravil Docks, creates a living harbour at Bravil. Much needed
[link]
Anvil Bay Expansion, same as Bravil. Much needed
[link]
The Griffon Fortress, beautiful fortress that makes a dull area more fun.
[link]
TalosGatehouse Imperial Isle, makes the IC a bit more immersive.
[link]
Ubanga, a grand new land that is one of the greater mods for Oblivion. The landscape is amazing.
[link]
Castle Seaview, nice castle with a small questline.
[link]
Castle Seaview and The Griffon Fortress Optimised Meshes, more fps without any less graphic.
[link]
Ardah a desert dream, beautiful mod.
[link]
E. Quests
Oblivion Uncut, a project that aims to restore what nobody else has done before.
[link]
Oblivion Uncut – Adaptation to OOO, if you want to combine the above with OOO
[link]
Artifacts of Tamriel 300, find stuff from other ES games.
[link]
Bruma Guild Reconstructed, should have been in the game from start.
[link]
Oblivion Quest Of The Week, short and well made quests that is integreated into the game flawless (what Ive seen).
[link]
Gold Horse Courier, this mod allows the player to do delivery jobs. Its well integreated
[link]
Kvatch Rebuilt 3.x excellent mod. Love to rebuild a wrecked city. It has been developed since 2008.
[link]
Reclaiming Sancre Tor, great mod that is well integreated
[link]
F. Graphics
Oblivion Character Overhaul 2, no futher introduction. One of the greater mods. Gone away are the ugly charecters.
[link]
Oblivion Character Overhaul v2 – Unofficial Patch, even less fugly characters in the game. Hurrha
[link]
Oblivion Character Overhaul 2 neck addon, fixes the oldies necks
[link]
Seamless Heads – Nuska OCOv2 Edition, finally!
[link]
New Brows for OCO v2
[link]
New shadows for trees
[link]
Oblivion Realm HD, makes the Oblivion realm beautiful. Use as base for HD visual
[link]
Bomret Texture Pack for Shivering Isles, good texture for the great DLC Shivering Isles.Use as base for HD visual
[link]
Qarl’s Texture Pack III Redimized – QTP3 R, if you must use QTP3 this is the one version. Use as base for HD visual
[link]
Snus dungeon, makes dungeon more fun to explore. The southern dungeons are more jungle like while the ones near Skyrim is more frosty for example
[link]
Vvardenfell Imports, for players that want Morrowind items in the Oblivion world. Awsome awsome stuff
[link]
Kafeis Better Ring Replacer, what it says
[link]
Kafeis Better Amulet Replace, what it says
[link]
Luxury Castle, should be the mod everyone installs first of all :). Makes the interior great with tons of details.
[link]
Forts Ruins exteriors retexture, good looking textures.
[link]
Caves retexture, good looking textures
[link]
Kvatch HD, nicer looking Kvatch. Works well with the Rebuilt mod
[link]
Forge New Textures, nicer looking forges
[link]
DOWNPOUR – rain retexture, prettier rain.
[link]
Arboretum – retexture for a tree-hugging crowd, for us that loves the important clorofyll
[link]
Weapons Of Morrowind, great mod. Much needed while I play.
[link]
Groundcover for no grass textures, an great mod that take care of the dull areas without grasss
[link]
Artifacts 1-1, provides so much into the game. New buiildings, new gear.
[link]
Madness Armor and Weapons Retex, hd textures for some Shivering island armor.
[link]
Worship in Cyrodiil, provides small shrines inside buildings.
[link]
Better cloudruler temple, beautiful texture work
[link]
Thacadian Elsweyr Map, my choice of map. Small in size and beautiful
[link]
Cosmic Night Sky, pick one that you like. I switch between them.
[link]
Darooz artsupplies, well made mod that is rather “under used”
[link]
Oblivion Grass Overhaul, works really nice. Install it above QTP3 for best effect, also dont forget my patch
[link]
Imperial City Retextured, good modualre texture pack
[link]
Arena HD, good texture
[link]
Statues HD, good texture
[link]
Cathedral HD, good texture
[link]
Cathedral Improver Stained glass, good texture works well with Cathedral HD
[link]
Mesh Improvement Project, fixes the small things that is important for the whole impression.
[link]
Improved Trees and Flora 1&2, better flora and fauna. Dont forget to download the updates
a) [link]
b) [link]
Improved Fruits Vegetables and Meats, what it says.
[link]
Mikes Clothes Replacer v11, nicer looking vanillia cloth
[link]
Insanity’s Improved Armoury Compilation 1.21 FINAL, beautiful armor. Lore friendly.
[link]
Assorted Protective Female Armors, armor for female that is lore friendly.
[link]
Weapon Improvement Project, beautiful and lore friendly weapons.
[link]
Tree Bark HD Reduced, nicer looking tree bark without any fps hit. Yes to that
[link]
Really AEVWD, things will not pop up in the world with this mod. If you use every option from the mod your fps will be down to its knee.
[link]
Enhanced Vegetation, insteed of RAEVWD (that tanks your fps) you can hide the pop ups with larger trees! I use 125% bigger vegetation and its quite good
[link]
Better Looking Armor, smaller in size than Insanitys mod. Very well made and my choice.
[link]
Gecko’s Ayleid Ruins Textures V2 – Parallax
[link]
Gecko’s Fort Interior Textures 2K high res overhaul of Imperial fort interiors.
[link]
Gecko’s Imperial Dungeon Textures – 2K Parallax
True HD, parallax-enabled remake of Imperial dungeon/prison
G. Ok ok, I give instructions of how to use mods then. No more shakeybreaky
How to setup the differnt mods using a mod manager
For your own well beeing please use a mod manager so you can roll back if you mess things up. Wrye bash is the program for Oblivion. Nothing else.
And then we are at the dreaded “Wrye bash” and how to use it.
Its said to be a hard program to understand. And that is such a big lie that has existed to long in my humble opinion.If you know how to drag and drop files in Windows Explorer you will know how to use Wrye.
How you use Wrye bash:
a) install Wrye bash
b) open the program
c) click on “installers” (upper left corner)
d) download mod.
e) drag the mod to the “installers”
f) right click on mod
g) click on “install”
h) run BOSS (no no no not LOOT)
g) click on “mods” (upper left corner)
i) right click on “Bashed patch, o.esp
j) left click on “Rebuild patch”
k) left click on “build patch”.
My grandfather has given a thumbs of my smart ass guide of how to use WB so I believe you can make it. If you need more help this video is a good introduction of Wrye bash that explains how to use the program.
H. Super lore friendly JUNGLE Oblivion
This is a mod list that will overhaul the game to a more jungle like state. Please keep in mind that it will replace most of the texture mods. But, just look how gorgeous it is! Please see this as an alternative look where you transform the game to something whole different than what the devs had in mind.
Most is Endless Jungle [link]
Jungle Ambiance [link]
Jungle Roads [link]
Rice Paddy Fields [link]
Town Wall Retexture [link]
Bettys Animal Planet [link]
Asian conversion [link]
Thank you for reading.
