Key points
- Minor bugs not fixed officially, but fixed by third-party patches. See Unofficial patches.
- Extensive modding community, including Steam Workshop integration.
- Locked at 60 FPS. The physics and any other simulations are tied to the game's framerate, causing problems if unlocked.
- Graphics glitches present on Nvidia SLI. Disable SLI.
- Official patch causes lip sync glitches; character's mouths move inconsistently with speech. No fix available.
General information
- Bethesda Forums, Skyrim
- Steam Community Discussions
- Tweakguides/Geforce, Skyrim
Availability
- All versions require Steam.
Version differences
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition is a complete edition with all DLC.
- The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim together with all expansions and DLC.
- The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes a single Steam key that unlocks Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim along with all expansions and DLC.[1][2]
DLC and expansion packs
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Unofficial patches
- Best installed along with a Mod Manager such as Mod Organizer.
- Unofficial Skyrim Patch
- Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
- Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
- Unofficial Hearthfire Patch
- Required by many mods such as SkyUI. Enables advanced scripting capabilities. Simply extract into the main Skyrim path.
- Advanced menu interface. Optimized for keyboard and mouse control, supports advanced sorting, search and scaling.
- Powerful and easy to use mod manager with mod virtualization to keep the installation folder clean.
- Can easily directly download mods from the Skyrim Nexus through its own client.
- Provides a native borderless mode along with some other important memory fixes.
Modding Utilities
- Skyrim Configurator, A GUI configuration file editor for Skyrim.
- LOOT (successor of BOSS), third-party pre-launcher. Resolves some mod incompatibilities.
- Wrye Bash, third-party mod manager. Resolves some mod incompatibilities and opens game settings for edits.
- TES5Edit - Used for merging patches and cleaning plugins and master files
Modifications
- Some mods are either incompatible or need to overwrite other similar mods. Read any compatibility notes before installing multiple mods.
- Nexus Mods, Skyrim - Third party mods distributor.
- Skyrim G.E.M.S. - A varied collection of some of the most known and possibly useful mods.
{mm} Skyrim S.T.E.P. - A Extensive guide to enhancing skyrim with the best mods, tweaks and settings.
{mm} Steam Workshop, Skyrim - Subscribed mods are automatically installed and updated.
Remove screen tearing and smoothing mouse movements
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Launcher advanced video settings.
In-game display settings.
Template:Video settings
Enable shadows for trees and rocks
- Setting bDrawLandShadows=1 may greatly increase the amount of shadow striping on the ground, even with mods such as Realistic Lighting Overhaul.
Tweak rendering distance
Input settings
In-game gameplay settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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French |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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VR support
Issues fixed
General troubleshooting
Blurry text/font
Game stutters when playing on a laptop
Quiet audio
Crash on launcher or starting game
Stuttering in first person
Extreme stuttering/slowdowns when looking around in cities
Media keys not working
Mouse not responding
- After playing Watch Dogs, the game may become unresponsive to your mouse.[3][4]
Sneak breaks when reloading a save
Infinite Loading Screens
Other information
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
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XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Dual Core 2.0 GHz
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System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB |
8 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 AMD Radeon 4890 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References