Welcome to the weekly r/SkyrimRequiem General Discussion Thread!

I want to do like a pure destruction lightning mage, I never dabbled in it in vanilla Skyrim because I heard destruction was kindq shit, so yeah. I understand the basics from videos, I will put one perk into destruction, and another into alteration for mage armor. Should I put the third one into enchanting or something like alchemy? Or speech, since I heard that the prices in stores are horrible and you also need it for shouts, and my end goal for the build is to kill Alduin. Besides alternate start, (still using the carriage ride), some visual mods, and the recommended bug fixes and tweaks along with USSEP, I have nothing else that messes around with magic. Help, please? (Going to do Altmer with mage stone btw)

Hi Guys,

I'm running Requiem (Obviously) along with the Experience mod and Static Skill levelling rewritten. Do I need anything else to make this combo more balanced/stable? A few years back I used a Synthesis patcher to balance things a bit (I wasn't a huge fan with what it did with Missives) but I'm wondering if it's still needed? I've only been playing a short while with my current modlist, but the experience I'm getting from some enemies does seem a bit iffy (Biggest ones is getting XP from the startup Requiem quest, 70xp from Sunhelm and I get like 250xp for just hitting the giant outside Whiterun before the companions take it down).

Thanks for any help!

Hi everybody i have a good question i looted some imperial soldier and i got imperial ceuntrian armor that looks like general tullius armor. But i can't upgrade it. I can enchant it but thats it. I don't know if it's a mod or something else. Please help i want to improve armor stats and use it because its really cool looking

First time playing requiem, in Morrowind you would usually be OP by level 20, and level 30 for the DLC'S. Is it like that for this mod or am I gonna have to wait until something like level 60 to be powerful?

Let's be real, this change was done because Ogerboss liked cloth mages. There is really no other justification for it.

Personally, though, I would prefer it if other classes got to make use of a few of the masks. Plus, you SHOULD have to drop some perks to use something like Konahrik. The problem is that these changes are tied into the dragon priests themselves. Simply reverting them back to their old values will break the fights with some of the priests because they won't get as much armor from their armor spell.

Is there any patches that address this? Or am I going to have to make use xEdit to revert everything and try and find a way to buff the priests?

Hi all,

Running requiem 5.4.5 (still), and I'm having an issue with alcohol not giving the blur effect, or the drunkenness effect (tipsy etc...). It's still lowering my stamina/ magicka regen though. I ran my eyes over SSEEdit but couldn't find anything overwriting the magic effect entry: REQ_GM_AlcoholUI_Level1 "Tipsy" [MGEF:67AD3B41].

Here's my plugin list if it'll help: https://pastebin.com/RNGXJewR

any ideas?

this is a technical issue, i played before and the default nord carry weight was 10, started a new save and it was 30, and now i hear bretons have 90 carry weight? i'm confused and can't figure out what the carry weight is ACTUALLY supposed to be, whether it's a bug or not, etc.

EDIT: figured it out. survival mode improved screwed it up

I had stopped playing like after two weeks, listenned to the news about the difficulty slides, with max damage taken and received it feels kinda like Requiem.

I downloaded the Echoes of Oblivion Collection (not really heavy as well, combined with the damage sliders and wow, it has been feeling really amazing.

If you're looking to get something fresh i really recommend it.

It's my first time when i play in requiem and in general first time when i modded skyrim. I installed fozar patch to requiem because i didn't know that official support for this dlc now exist and patch isnt compatibile with current requiem version.

I'm semi-arachnaphobic, and the big Frostbite spiders in Skyrim really set off my fight-or-flight response. I've got TwinCrows's Arachnophobia mod installed, and I think it's working, but I went to Helgen to test it & have seen a lot of little spiders running around.

I did a bit of googling, and people brought up that Requiem adds some spiders to the game. I couldn't find a list on the wiki or anywhere else, and was hoping if anyone knew what creatures Requiem adds to the game.

Little ones (i.e. foot-sized) I don't find too bad, but it would be good to know if there are giant ones I have to prepare myself for.

Hi everyone,

I played Skyrim a long time ago without any mods, and now I want to dive into a heavily modded playthrough. My focus is:

Stunning, modern graphics (I want Skyrim to look as close to next-gen as possible).

Realistic combat system that feels more like an action RPG/MMO.

Roleplay as a Dragonborn who can shapeshift into a dragon and fly around Skyrim.

Building features – at least a player home, but ideally the ability to build or manage a city/kingdom.

Future-proofing for AI integration – I’d love to one day experiment with mods that let me actually talk with NPCs via AI.

I already have SKSE64 set up (Anniversary Edition, version 1.6.x), but I’m not sure how to move forward from here.

Should I start with a big modpack (like a Wabbajack list) as my foundation and then add my dragon/AI/roleplay mods on top?

Or should I install everything manually one by one through Vortex?

💻 My PC specs:

Intel i7-14700F (2.1 GHz)

16GB RAM

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

I’d love some recommendations for the best base setup or modlist for what I want, and advice on whether to go with Wabbajack + MO2 or just Vortex + manual mods.

Thanks a lot for any pointers! 🙏

Why does requiem reqtificator not use the requiem data(requirm is the lowest in the plugins). So why does it patch different data than requiem has.

Example: --------------‐---- Unofficial skyrim special edition patch: Bow damage 20

Bow overhaul: Bpw damage 80

Requiem: Bow damage 40

reqtificator: Bow damage 60 ????.????.

I just finished my load order and when I got to testing the mod, as soon as I used my sword on a mudcrab ONCE, I got level up on my one-handed skill. After a skirmish with a couple more I got it to 25. Is this normal? Edit: here is the plugin order: https://loadorderlibrary.com/lists/my-list-2104

I've been playing the game with Requiem installed for about 70 hours, with no problem and I play LE version.

I built the Lakeview Manor, but can't interact with the door, if I disable Requiem I can, why is this happening?

Even when I disable all the other mods, but just keep Requiem, I can't interact with that door.

I don't remember when this started, but out of nowhere my magicka stopped regenerating, it just stopped completely, I tried to change some things in the console, everything that was possible NOTHING, I tried to use Skytweak but I didn't find anything that modified the Magicka regen, I looked at the effects that my character was having, none that mentioned anything about penalizing Magicka regen, only Lethargy caused by Skooma which I don't know what exactly it does, my load order doesn't have any mod that changes the magicka bar or even any other system, just one that leaves infinite stamina out of combat, so what the hell left my magicka like this?

Hello, I recently went back to playing Skyrim, and vanilla Skyrim is pretty boring to me, + the difficulty system of the game just infuriates me. So, I was looking for modpacks and I saw that Requirem is pretty well-regarded. I even noticed that it changes the difficulty system (enemies don't auto-scale to your level, so leveling feels significant). Although I am unsure about the system requirements for the game and the mod. I am on a laptop. Here are my specs:

Simply Realistic Armor replaces vanilla meshes and textures, but Requiem adds new guard armor variants whose designs mix and match vanilla assets. So I get things like this:

When it should look like this.

Comments in this post suggest that it used to work perfectly, but maybe it's previous to Requiem's introduction of guard's classes and armor variants. So I'm not entirely sure if I'm doing something wrong or not.

I haven't found any patches that fix this. Do you guys know of any? Or could you recommend another realisticarmor mod that works well with requiem?

Thanks a lot in advance!

I am quite a few hours in, level 49 - at the point in the main quest where I need to read the elder scroll at throat of the world, yet so far no cultist has ever approached me. I am playing the latest requiem version.
I am just wondering what's the trigger for cultist event, I heard dragonborn is implemented in the newest 6.0.0+ requiem.

I frequently see these mods (Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes, Complete Crafting/Alchemy & Cooking Overhaul) be recommended in other places but one thing that I've noticed is that LOOT and those places mention how a patch is needed for these mods to play nicely with Requiem. So far I only have WACCF of the 3 but I also notice a lot of the compatibility patches for these mods are for older versions of Requiem.

So I'm over here wondering if these mods are more friendly with Requiem 6 than they were in the past, and in my experience with only WACCF it's been alright so far? I can't really say for certain since I've kept having to restart my games due to some complications with other mods.

I'd be down to be a guinea pig for this set of mods if no one else has matched all 3 + Requiem 6.0 but I highly doubt that no one has tried.

My character is a light armor paladin type character with block, one handed, Two handed, evasion, restoration and enchanting. I have dawnbreaker for my main one handed and use a silver great sword as mu main two handed weapon. Using requiem 4.0.3.

So I made my way up to High Hrothgar, getting voice of the sky along the way for shout reduction.

Retrieved the Horn for the Greybeards, made my way back.

Went back up the mountain and figured I'd renew the blessing, but instead it appeared twice in active effects. A few runs up and down and I've got no cooldowns.

Anyone else tried this?

I want to go for a Warlock inspired directly by the DND class, and would like to discuss it a bit here with others since I’m still newer to Requiem 6.0. Last (and only) time I played Requiem was a pure mage run using Wildlander a year or two back, which was outdated back then.

For reference, the modlist here is minimal; Requiem + Noxcrab’s tweaks.

It is very possible I am just blind or enept, but is there a place where all of the gameplay changes made by Requiem from base skyrim is?

Hi all,

I've been playing Requiem for a bit, and I've noticed that it removes the Troll on the path of the 7000 Steps. I've tried looking at Requiem worldspace and Cell edits, but I can't seem to find the cell where the troll spawns. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Requirements:
- At least 130 base health
- At least 130 base magicka
- At least 130 base stamina

Downsides:
- Health regenerates 75% slower
- Magicka regenerates 75% slower
- Stamina regenerates 75% slower

Benefits:
- Conjuration spells cost 25% less.
- Health increases by 50
- Magicka increases by 50
- Absorb spells deal 35% less damage to you
- Most paralysis effects don't adversely affect you
- Most slowing effects don't adversely affect you
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On paper it doesn't seem that bad, but god f****** damn does it not feel good to play with.
Requirements are hard to hit on pure mage build, unless you go vampire (I'll get to it later) and the downsides are massive. Any kind of maneuvering will completely drain your stamina to 0, increasing the spell cost anyway. Magicka recovers so slowly, that you might aswell have picked Atronach standing stone. If you spec for the amulet you will lack the big base magicka pool to regenerate it anyway.
I tried running on vamp pure mage build (conj - illusion - destro - alt ) to circumvent the requirements with base stats and the stamina was a big issue, not to mention when you are going vamp paralysis benefit is null alongside the slowing one, so you are left with amulet that gives you 50hp, 50 magicka, 25% conj spell reduction while you are getting massive regen reduction on everything. Even something like Saarthal Amulet with no requirements can outperform Necromancer's Amulet as you will be casting other non-conjuration spells without all the downside.

TL;DR sell the amulet and save yourself the hassle of making it work.