Reworked and improved crafting, spells, and much more.

Skyrim is my first elder scrolls and after playing vanilla on an xbox for a solid year I switched to steam and started playing with the mods just for fun, now I find the vanilla version too easy even on the hardest of levels.

Twelve new sidequests and two non-linear guild questlines: Work your way up the Golden Sickle, Enderal's merchants guild and infiltrate the ranks of the Rhalâta, the enigmatic cult ruling the Undercity. Honestly no, while I don't use more then graphics mods I simply can't go back to vanilla.

I had a lot of trouble in the rooms of high level mages killing my melee character with a metric ton of ice attacks. New quests, environments, characters, dialogue, armor, weapons and more with Mods, there are no limits to what you can experience. I will say the first 30-40 levels are the best though after that combat either gets much easier or ridiculously cheap if you can't negate magic damage.

Improved performance and stability for a smooth experience. Even without mods Skyrim is a great game if you can get past the crappy combat.

Two 'crafting classes' that utilize alchemy and enchanting for combat – use potions to shapeshift into a werewolf as the Lycantrope, use enchanting to craft spirit companions as the Phasmalist.

A housing system allowing the player to design their own homes.

An overhauled skill system with classes and new special abilities.

Overhauled gameplay with classes, experience points, survival mechanics and challenging combat.

Multi-faceted, believable characters with own ambitions and motivations.

German and English voice acting by professional voice over artists. New quests, environments, characters, dialogue, armor, weapons and more with Mods, there are no limits to what you can experience.

An unconventional story with believable characters and psychological undercurrents.

An open world with its own lore and hand-crafted, detailed and diverse landscapes – explore deserts, heathlands, forests, jungles, mountains, and more.

Skyrim with mods vs without