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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Developers
Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Creation Engine
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2011
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim guide on StrategyWiki
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Wikipedia
The Elder Scrolls: Arena 1994
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall 1996
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire 1997
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard 1998
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2006
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011
The Elder Scrolls Online 2014
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 2016
The Elder Scrolls: Legends 2017
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR 2018
The Elder Scrolls: Blades TBA
The Elder Scrolls VI TBA

This page is for the original release. For the Special Edition, see The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

Key points

A wide array of bugs have been fixed through the community patches. See Unofficial patches.
Active modding community, more mods can be found here and here.
Due to the v-sync used as a frame limiter, disabling it or playing with a non ~60 Hz screen will result in the physics behaving incorrectly.[1]

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Geforce Tweak Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Also available in The Elder Scrolls Anthology.
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
Owners of Skyrim and all DLC will receive The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition for free.[2]

Version differences

The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim along with all the main expansions and DLC.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition is a complete edition of Skyrim with all its DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dawnguard Available here.
Windows
Dragonborn Available here.
Windows
Hearthfire Available here.
Windows
High Resolution Texture Pack Free. Available here.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Instructions

Enabling Data Files

Instructions

Double cursor fix

Fixes the double cursor bug when alt tabbing out and back in the game.

OneTweak

Provides a native borderless mode, skips the main intro along with some other tweaks and fixes such as the double cursor issue.

Elys Alt+F4 Tweak

Allows the player to close the game by pushing Alt+F4, while also fixing an issue which caused media keys to not work.
Not needed by anyone using ENB or ENBoost, as per the STEP modification guide. Installing both Elys Alt+F4 and ENB at the same time may cause issues with the hotkeys they are supposed to enable.

Mods

Before installing any mods, SKSE and either Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer should be installed.

Unofficial patches

Community-created patches which fix many issues which otherwise remain unresolved in the official patches, such as rendering issues and subtitle coding errors.
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch

--- Or use the Legendary Patch that combines all 4 previous patches into one. The old unofficial patches are no longer being supported. ---

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch

Mod Organizer

Powerful and easy to use mod manager with mod virtualization, in order to keep the main installation folder clean.
Features a configuration editor, the SKSE executable can also be set to be launched through the configurator.

SkyUI

SkyUI is required by certain mods in order to tweak and configure them.
Advanced user interface, optimized for keyboard and mouse usage while being highly customizable.

SKSE

Available as a Steam-based mod for ease-of-use.
Required by most mods.
Instructions
Instructions

ENB

Use the installation instructions from the preset if used
Fixes issue when there is no more available video memory, a problem that occurs when using high resolution texture mods.
Allows for significant graphical improvements, such as real-time reflections, image-based lighting, and volumetric sky rendering.
Can force V-sync, frame limiter, and Borderless-Windowed mode.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72850/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72850/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Stores up to 200 MB of game saves online (maximum 1000 files).

Video settings

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Fast-Sync Tweak

Instructions

Frame rate (FPS)

This tweak allows playing the game at high frame rates without the normal glitches that happen.
It is unknown as to whether it will impact your saves, break quests, or cause lag. Use at your own risk.
Instructions

Input settings

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Mute on focus lost

Instructions

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Headsets
SteamVR
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
A workaround is available here.
Windows Mixed Reality
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer.
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Ambient Occlusion Bleeding on NVIDIA graphics cards

The official Ambient Occlusion flag 0x00000029 has bleeding issues.[3]
Instructions

Blurry text

Instructions
  1. Open the Start menu and write Edit Plan then push Enter.
  2. Open Change advanced power settings, then go to Processor power management, Maximum processor state and set the value to 90%.

Stuttering on a laptop

This fix only applies to laptops running on Windows 7.
Instructions

Quiet audio

Skyrim has multiple issues with Realtek HD boards.
Instructions
Instructions

Crash on startup

Instructions

Slowdown and stutter in cities

Instructions

Media keys not working

See Elys Alt+F4

Double cursor

 See Double cursor fix

Mouse not responding

After playing Watch Dogs the mouse may become unresponsive, close the game and restart the computer.[4]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok Physics are tied to framerate. Going over 60 frames per second will cause physics issues.[1]
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.99f

Enabling shadows to be cast from trees and rocks

Instructions

Skyrim Configurator

Allows the game to be fully tweaked.
Certain tweaks are unstable and may break the game.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Dual Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/72850/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (72850) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References