The Ultimate Guide to Skyrim Texture Overhauls (For Your 2024 Modlist)

Hello fellow Skyrim modders! Today it's time to delve in to the most popular Skyrim texture replacers, and take a closer look at what they actually do in the game and how they differ from each other. I'm hoping that this video will help you choose a base texture pack for your game, or maybe think about changing it up for a change!

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MOD LINKS:

Skyland AIO

Skyland Landscapes Complex Parallax

Skyrim 202X by Pfuscher - Formerly 2020

Skyrim 202X Downscale

Noble Skyrim Mod HD-2K

CleverCharff's AIO

Skurkbro's Retexture Project AIO

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Skyland AIO
3:04 - Skyrim 202X
5:22 - Noble Skyrim
7:13 - CleverCharff's AIO
8:52 - Skurkbro's Retexture Project AIO
10:46 - Comparisons - locations
13:45 - Comparisons - terrain
15:39 - Texture compatibility and combining
16:24 - My opinions
17:16 - Outro

🖱 RIG + TECH SPECS:
RTX2080, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 32 gigs RAM
OBS for recording, Adobe Premiere for editing, MO2 mod manager
Monitor 144hz 2560 x 1440

🎵 MUSIC by Adrian Von Ziegler

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[The-Skyking]

Awesome video. Thanks for the shoutout. I will say vanilla textures are pretty much 1k. Skyland doubles the resolution to 2k, as do most other texture mods.

[johnbell]

Though not strictly an AIO, Skyland overwritten by Fantasia (covering only landscapes) also by SkyKing, provides a strong base for a fantasy themed Skyrim.

[anotherrandomguy]

Absolutely love the R roll at 15:59 for irresistible

[strangeduckling]

I like when the retextures take into account and play on the uniqueness of the original vanilla assets, such as interestingly shaped roof tiles or brightly (or faded) painted or dyed colours :)

When you mentioned how one of the mods retextures animals, I realized how badly I want a video about that! I'd LOVE a complete (lore-friendly) creature overhaul, including textures, ai, etc.
It's been a while, but there were some cool mods out there that added more realistic herds and packs (iirc the herds included baby animals and whatnot), as well as ones that make the aggro on creatures like wolves less intense and more realistic

[inkyGhosty]

You always go above and beyond doing all the work for these showcases. Excellent video.

[katnerd]

Noble Skyrim has been my go-to for years. Mainly I just love the wood textures for porches and stuff. :)

[DustDragon]

Personaly, I'm using Noble Skyrim as a base, then Omnibus, and then specific textures for cities, caves, snow, some buildings, etc...
As you have showcased Omnibus, I highly recommand you to check Fantasia landscapes! It's VERY GOOD and I will use it for my next LO ^^

[vanyakalinka]

The mods you pick are always pleasing to the eyes just as much as your voice is pleasing to the ears. Hope we get to see you on screen one day

[benjiblazed]

I love how I can come back to your videos for reference on mods and play around with the different ones in my list! It really has made modding so much more fun to have a reference point! Thank you for the in depth presentations and recommendations as always! 🩵🩵 Always love getting notifications for your new videos! 😅

[mwidenst]

Noble Skyrim had been my go to mod. I recently moved over to Skyland. It is now my favourite by far. I tried some others but they all felt either too overly clean or too fantasy-like. Skyland has a nice realism to it. I especially love the Markart textures.

[pseudo]

I've been running Skyland + Clevercharff + Chanty College + individual textures for quite a while now. Still very happy with it.

[ElioAurum]

Your voice is so calming! And your setup is beautful.

[PaxBisonica]

Tho not mentioned in the video, i would like to give a special shoutout to riton67000 and it's ongoing "Riton" texture packs. So far they've covered almost all the major cities and it's farmhouse textures are now easily my favorite amongst all modders!

And of course, thank you for the hard work you put into the videos. It's borderline comfort food esque af this point :)

[barmeyblonde]

I currently use Skyland AIO + Noble and overwite individual cities and textures from there. I like a lot of Clevercharff's textures for cities, and love Skurkbro's landscape and terrain textures, particularly his ice textures. Aesthetically, I love 202X, but my computer dies just looking at it. I might try customizing a bit more this go around. As always, THANK YOU so much for retrieving that claw --no, wait --for doing solid side-by-side foundational comparisons. It's a massive help to see them showcased next to each other.

If I may, in the future, please take the time to linger a good 15 seconds at least on each texture in the comparison sequence. I had to keep pausing, going back, and quickly looking at a single part of the screen several times for each texture just to know what I liked and didn't like, let alone started comparing them to my tastes. We just need time to sit with the visuals, take them in, then compare. I often take notes when watching your comparison videos, so it was less enjoyable and more work to come to my own conclusions. (I alsohad to search for title of the mod --it was hidden by your subtitles; maybe put it in the upper left corner?)

Those are technicalities, though, and I still got some great information, and always enjoy your commentary. Your videos also always tempt me to go back to Cathedral Weathers and try it with Rudy's, but I'm really enjoying Obsidian Weathers with Silent Horizons right now (I've been using Cathedral for years --time to try new things!). You can never do enough of these videos. I love them. Thank you for taking so much time and effort to share your beautiful take on Skyrim!

[myPixelFactory]

For my current modlist I am using Skurkbro's Retexture (all pack except landscape) + Atlantean Landscape (+ simplicity of snow)
I am pretty happy with the results.

[antisenpai]

A new cozy mod video from BCG? Great way to start my weekend 😊 Great video!

[platatrinity]

My Choioce is Skyland AIO + Bits and Bobs-A Clutter Overhaul + Fantasia, it´s Beautiful. Thank you for the nice MV 😊

[DD-Tauriel]

Skyrim 202x's wet mud's parallax textures looks insane for skyrim. Seems like i will never finish modding skyrim. Everytime someone is releasing amazing mods❤

[grave_note]

Awesome comparisons for these packs :3 it’s funny, the Skyland AiO just looked like vanilla to me since i’ve used it so much, definitely still my favorite tho I do switch out a few of the textures

[anadventurerlikeyou]

I have been using Skyland AIO for quite a while, and this video re-confirmed my choice. It's a perfect balance of detail with a rustic feel. To me, Noble Skyrim is just too clean. But, to each their own! Thanks for the up-to-date comparison video!