The best new Skyrim clothing mods which add beautiful cloaks, robes and outfits for Player Characters and NPCs including merchant and maidsHi and welcome to my latest hub on Skyrim, the fifth installment in the wonderful Elder Scrolls series. Ever since Skyrim was released, hundreds of enthusiastic and talented modders have been creating wonderful mods, today I will look at the best clothing mods available. These mods will either replace existing in game clothing or introduce new clothes to the game. As with all my hubs on Skyrim, all clothing mods that I discuss will be as lore friendly as possible. In order to install these mods, I recommend using either Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer to manage, install and check your mods for updates as well as to organise your mod load order. I have a hub that introduces Nexus Mod Manager, which is a brilliant utility that is: Has a great user interface with pre-configured mod categories A built in download manager linked to Skyrim Nexus

My hub on Nexus Mod Manager can be found here: Mod Organizer is a more advanced utility that has a number of unique features: Profiles allow for multiple configuration files and installed mods It detects mod conflicts and load order problems All mods are installed separately, which keeps the game folder clean and allows mods to be removed easily Improved NPC Clothing by Baron David, a Skyrim mod that improves the look of all default NPC clothingThe first mod we are going to look at is the Improved NPC Clothing mod as well as its expansion. Both are written by the modder BaronDavid and aim to replace all the vanilla clothing textures in Skyrim with new high resolution ones. You can see from the screenshots above, the mod improves the textures without changing the overall look of the clothes. The colours are more vibrant while remaining close to the default ones. The detailing is excellent and the clothing textures are much more defined. It is for this reason that you should use this as a base mod to ensure that all clothes in Skyrim are improved and also look consistently good.

2X Clothing Re-Mix – Kobayashi’s Mix, a Skyrim mod that improves the look of all default NPC clothingThe second mod is another mod that replaces all the vanilla clothing textures with higher resolution textures. Ideally, you should choose one mod or the other, but by manually installing specific parts of the mod you can mix and match if you like. 3 Ton Air Conditioner Duct SizeUnlike Improved NPC clothing, the author Kobayashi345 has gone for a more realistic look. Asus Rog Notebook CoolingBeggars, farmers and miners clothing is all dirty as you would expect given their jobs. Miniature Dogs For Sale MiamiThe author has also gone to great lengths to balance increasing the resolution of textures without impacting performance. I would recommend this mod over Improved NPC Clothing if:

You have an older PC and are concerned about game performance The dirtier look appeals to you Both mods are excellent and it comes down simply I believe to a personal preference. You can see the effect of 2X Clothing re-mix above. If you are using either Mod Organizer or Nexus Mod Manager, you can install them one at a time and decide for yourself which look you prefer in game. Now, we will move onto mods that replace specific clothing or add new clothes to Skyrim. Cloaks of Skyrim a mod that adds high quality cloaks for both NPCs and Player CharactersThe first mod we will look at is the excellent Cloaks of Skyrim mod by Noodles. This hub adds almost one hundred cloaks to Skyrim. Cloaks from this mod: Are added via crafting Can be found in the possession of a number of NPCs including guards Are also to be found in loot Not only can these cloaks be worn without the need to remove any other clothing or items, they also give you protection against the cold.

/hub/The-top-Elderscrolls-V-Skyrim-Immersion-mods-available-Wet-and-Cold-Frostfall-and-Realistic-Needs-and-Diseases) then these cloaks will be an essential item of clothing for your Player Character. Opulent Outfits a Skyrim mod that adds beautiful and high quality mages robes, merchant and maid clothingThis mod replaces a number of clothing sets in Skyrim to a very high standard indeed. The mod is written by BaboonCru and comes in several parts. The first part upgrades all Mage robes in Skyrim and is an essential mod if you are choosing to play as a mage character, although as the robes are so beautiful I would recommend that you install them regardless of your character class. The second part is a texture replacement for maid and merchant NPCs throughout Skyrim. You can see an example of the standard of this mod in the picture to the right. The clothing added by these mods is simply beautiful as you can see. Elaborate Textiles a clothing mod to improve Redguard outfits, Yarl’s clothing and Wedding Dresses in SkyrimA number of Non Player character’s clothes are retextured by this mod created by Miss Obsidienne.

Along with those retextures, there are a number of optional retextures that I would also install. These include replacements for: Once again, the standard of these mods is truly wonderful and makes such a difference to how the NPCs you share Skyrim with look. Monk Robes Revamp and Wizard Robes Revamps, a series of Skyrim clothing mod to greatly improve the robes worn by monks and wizards in SkyrimThe next mods that we will look at today is a series of mods by Lind that replaces the clothes worn by the priests, priestesses and wizards in Skyrim. The author of this mod has completely remade the robes including a new rope belt and a tiered gown effect. The screenshots below shows just how good the robes now look! These mods are excellent and the quality of the textures is excellent. Frost Mage Robe a Skyrim Clothing mod that adds beautiful mage robes to SkyrimThe last mod I will look at today is a beautiful craftable robe for your Player Character. The mod is made by DenassaG.

These textures are simply beautiful and are superbly detailed. They are 4096x textures, but will run on any decent PC. If you are a mage character, I would thoroughly recommend installing this excellent mod. ConclusionIn today’s hub, we looked at replacing the vanilla clothes worn by Non Player Characters (or NPCs) firstly with a higher quality mod that replaced all textures. There are two alternatives: Improved NPC clothing which replaces all clothing for NPCs with high definition, high quality textures that make all clothing in the game look significantly better 2X Clothing Re-Mix – Kobayashi’s Mix is another total replacer mod, this time though the author balanced any improved textures with performance. The changes are not as striking as Improved NPC clothing, but they are an improvement on vanilla and are perfect for those of us with older PCs The choice between the two is largely a personal choice between the look of both mods as well as whether performance or graphic quality is more important to you.

Next, we looked at a number of excellent mods that built on the work done by the total replacement mods and improved specific clothing or clothes for specific people in game. First, we looked at Cloaks of Skyrim which adds almost one hundred cloaks to NPCs. They are also available to player characters, either by killing the owner of a cloak, or by finding them in loot Next, Opulent Outfits introduces beautiful mage robes to Skyrim and also updates the clothes of maids and merchants Elaborate Textiles updates the clothes of a wide range of NPCs, improving their clothes still further while still retaining the vanilla look Monk Robes Revamp improves the look of the clothes worn by the priests and priestesses in game. These clothes have been rebuilt from the bottom up and they really improve on the vanilla clothes worn by these NPCs Lind's Court Wizard Robes - Blue Robes Texture Replacer enhances the look of the wizard's robes in Skyrim. The mod is also available in red, grey and brown variants

Many thanks for reading, I hope that you found some mods here that when added to Skyrim have helped to make it beautiful and made your game play more immersive and enjoyable. Please feel free to leave any comments you may have below. © 2015 Robbie C Wilson How to Install and Configure Mod Organizer for Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and OblivionMod Organizer is an advanced mod manager for Skyrim. It installs mods separately to keep your game folder clean and allow for easy mod removal. It detects conflicts, checks load order and much more. How to Use CBBE or UNP with Mods to Create Player CharactersUsing body model mods such as CBBE and UNP as well as high quality texture replacers, such as Apachii hairstyles and Coverwoman you can make your Player Character look beautiful (or handsome). How to Find the Cause of a Skyrim Crash, Which Mods Caused It and How to Resolve It Using Papyrus Logs and Windows GrepLearn how to fix Skyrim game crashes. Skyrim can crash when starting, loading an exterior cell or fast travelling.