
Manual installation is just drag and drop, anyone can do it. Ignore other guides that list hundreds of incompatible mods and tell you to use Nexus Mod Manager, as this is what leads to problems. Manual installation is always the safest route. If a mod only comes with a Data folder, that goes into your main Skyrim folder, merging with the Data folder already in there. All of these things are to be dragged and dropped into your Skyrim\Data folder. You don’t need a fomod folder when manually installing mods.

They will often include a meshes, textures, and/or scripts folder as well. It has that name for a reason.Skyrim mods typically include ESM, ESP, and/or BSA files. With this guide we’ll be showing you what Skyrim mods to get in order to make Skyrim a much more beautiful and enjoyable experience! We’ll go over mods that will make Skyrim look better than real life….mods that will enhance the gameplay…and mods that aren’t really needed, but just fun or cool to have.Installing mods is easy! Most of them are just dragged and dropped into your Skyrim\Data folder, but always read the README file included with the mod.
