Updating the guide

Before updating the guide perform the following simple steps:
  1. Disable the finishing line.
  2. Use Merge Plugin Hide to unhide all merges.
  3. Pay close attention to the mods name in MO2 when updating.
  4. Hide whatever merges that aren’t regenerated.
  5. Regenerate any merges listed. Make sure for each merge to uncheck then recheck any plugin in zMerge to update its internal loadorder.
  6. Regenerate any Finishing Line stuff listed.

Note

VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE IN STEAM

    Prerequisites Page

  • Official Bethesda Content - Skyrim Lite Loader.

  • Official Bethesda Content - Creation Kit Downgrade Patcher.

  • Mod Manager - Setting up Skyrim Lite Loader.


  • Mod Installation Page 1

  • Optimized Baseline Textures - Creation Club Anniversary Cleaned and Upscaled.

  • Unofficial Patch - Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patches.

  • Other Fixes - Creation Club (Rare Curios) - Poison Apple texture swap fix.

  • Other Bug Fixes - CritterSpawn Congestion Fix.

  • Other Fixes - Fish Plaque Fix.

  • Other Bug Fixes - Genuinely Intelligent Soul Trap patch for Rare Curios Flawed Varla Stones.

  • World Encounters - Moonpath To Elsweyr Retexture SE.

  • World Encounters - Moonpath to Elsweyr- Hyena Replacer.

  • World Encounters - Wyrmstooth - Rare Curios Ingredients Patch.

  • Modified and Expanded - Vanilla Radiant Quests and Systems - Missives - Bigger Trigger Box.

  • Legacy of the Dragonborn - Legacy of the Dragonborn Visual Overhaul.


  • Mod Installation Page 2

  • Mesh Fixes - Creation Club Asset Patch.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dwemer Artifacts SE.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dwemer Ichor Barrels SE.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dwemer Kitchenware SE.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dwarven Oil SE.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Essence Extractor SE.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - SMIM Barrel Expansion - Mead Barrel - Oil Barrel - Butter Churn.

  • Grass - Grass Fixes for Creation Club Mods.

  • Locations - Skyrim Sewers 4 and Saints and Seducers Patch.


  • Mod Installation Page 3

  • Late Loaders - Sconces of Skyrim - Markarth Braziers Improved.

  • Morthal City Overhauls - Rob's Bug Fixes - TGC Morthal.

  • Solitude City Overhauls - Rob's Bug Fixes - Solitude Docks Updated.


  • Mod Installation Page 4

  • Animations - Lively Children Animations (DAR).

  • New Followers and NPCs - Remiel-Custom Voiced Dwemer Specialist and Companion.

  • New Followers and NPCs - The Practical Dwemechanic - A Remiel Replacer.

  • New Followers and NPCs - Sofia - At Your Own Pace Patch.

  • Follower Management - Simply Order Summons.


  • Mod Installation Page 5

  • Sound Improvement - Immersive Sound Compendium - CC AE Patch.

  • Basic Needs and Survival - CC Fishing Campfire patch.


  • Mod Installation Page 6

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - Creation Club - Misc Patches.

  • Magic, Spells and Enchantments - A Guiding Light - Gray Cowl of Nocturnal Patch.

  • Magic, Spells and Enchantments - Bound Fishing Pole.

  • ENB Particle Lights - Elytra and Bliss Bug ENB Light.

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn - Creation Club Patch Hub.

  • Compatibility Patches - Modest - Frostall Food and Drinks - Lexy's LOTD Unofficial Patch.


  • Finishing Line Page

  • LOOT Rules - Low Priority Overrides Group - Added rule for Missives - Bigger Trigger Box Range.esp

  • LOOT Rules - Load After LOOT Rules - Added Load after rule for CC-Fishing_CCOR_Patch.esp

  • LOOT Rules - Load After LOOT Rules - Added Load after rule for Water for ENB - Patch - Expanded Towns and Cities.esp

    Prerequisites Page

  • Official Bethesda Content - Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Downgrade Patcher - Swapped to Skyrim Lite Loader.


  • Mod Installation Page 1

  • Legacy of the Dragonborn - Legacy of the Dragonborn - NPC Overhaul by 1N - Swapped to Legacy of the Dragonborn Visual Overhaul.


  • Mod Installation Page 2

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - SD's Horn Candles SE - ENB Light 098 Alpha Patch - Mod no longer needed Covered by LUX.

    Prerequisites Page

  • Official Bethesda Content - Skyrim Special Edition - Updated to version 1.6.353.0

  • Official Bethesda Content - Skyrim Special Edition: Creation Kit - Now pointing to Steam.

  • Tools - BethINI - Updated to version 3.6.1

  • Tools - Cathedral Assets Optimizer - Updated to version 5.3.13

  • Tools - Lexy's LOTD SE CAO Profiles for v5.3.13 - Updated to version 5.3.13

  • Tools - Lexy's LOTD Synthesis Profile for v0.22.1 - Updated to version 0.22.1.1

  • Script Extenders - Skyrim Script Extender - Special Edition - Updated Special Installation Instructions.

  • BethINI - Updated Interface section of BethINI.

  • DynDOLOD - DynDOLOD Standalone 3.00 - Updated to version Alpha-90

  • ENB Series - ENB Series Binaries - Updated to version 0.475

  • ENB Preset - Ljoss ReLUX for Cathedral Weather - Lexy's LOTD Official ENB Preset - Updated to version 1.1

  • Post ENB ini Tweaks - Skyrimprefs.ini - Removed [LOD] and [Terrainamanager] Edits leave at Bethini High Settings Default.


  • Mod Installation Page 1

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Base Object Swapper - Updated to version 1.5.0

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - powerofthree's Papyrus Extender - Updated to version 5.1.0

  • Unofficial Patch - Unofficial Skyrim Patch - Updated to version 4.2.6a

  • Perks and Leveling - Experience - Updated to version 2.1.1

  • General User Interface Improvements - Better Third Person Selection - BTPS - Updated to version 0.5.4

  • The World of Skyrim - Dynamic LOD - DynDOLOD Resources SE 3 - Updated to version Alpha-26

  • World Encounters - Gray Cowl of Nocturnal Alikr Flora Overhaul - Updated to version 1.7se

  • Modified and Expanded - Vanilla Quests - At Your Own Pace - Main Quest - Updated to version 2.0.2

  • Modified and Expanded - Vanilla Quests - Nilheim - Misc Quest Expansion - Updated to v1.12

  • Modified and Expanded - Vanilla Quests - Paarthurnax - Quest Expansion - Updated to version 1.11

  • Modified and Expanded - Vanilla Guilds and Factions - Obscure's College of Winterhold - Updated FOMOD to add the Blacksmith Forge Water Fix.

  • Legacy of The Dragonborn - Legacy of the Dragonborn - Player Homes Displays - Swapped to Option 2 as per Gutmaw suggestion.


  • Mod Installation Page 2

  • Weather Systems - Lucid Rain - Updated to version 2.11

  • ENB Related Files - Particle Patch for ENB - Updated to version 1.0.9

  • Mesh Fixes - Assorted Mesh Fixes - Updated to version 0.54

  • City Retextures - Skyland - Winterhold - renamed to Skyland - College of Winterhold and updated to version 1.5

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - CC's Enhanced Ore Veins SSE Edition - Updated FOMOD to Add AE Patch.

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dragon Claws AE (Anniversary Edition) - Updated to version 1.3

  • Statues and Shrines - JS Shrines of the Divines SE - Updated to version 1.3

  • Ice and Snow - Simplicity of Snow - Updated to 0.6.1

  • Water - Water for ENB - Updated to version 1.64

  • Trees and Flora - Bent Pines II - Updated to version 2.02

  • Grass - Veydosebrom Regions - A Skyrim Grass Overhaul - Updated to version 1.2.1


  • Mod Installation Page 3

  • Expanded Cities, Towns, and Villages - Expanded Towns and Cities SE Version - Updated FOMOD to add CC Fishing Add-On for Dawnstar.

  • Late Loaders - Embers XD - Updated to version 2.5.9

  • LUX - Lux - Updated to version 4.2

  • LUX - Lux - Variants - Updated to version 1.1.1

  • LUX - Lux Orbis - Updated to version 2.6.1

  • LUX - Lux Via - Updated to version 1.4.1

  • New Creatures and Encounters - World Eater Beater - Updated to version 2.0.1


  • Mod Installation Page 4

  • NPC Retextures - Pandorable's Warrior Women - Mjoll Uthgerd Adelaisa - Updated to version 1.4

  • Animations - Immersive Interactions - Animated Actions - Updated to version 1.66

  • Animations - Gesture Animation Remix (DAR) - Updated to version 1.1.0

  • Skeleton - Savage Skyrim - Updated to version 4.00

  • Skin and Body - Feminine Khajiit Textures (Grey Cat and Leopard) - Updated to version 3.2

  • NPCs and Behavior - Immersive Patrols SE - Updated to version 3.0

  • NPCs and behaviour - Have Some Class - Updated to version 1.01

  • Dialogue and NPC Interaction - Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul SE - Updated to version 0.4.0.1

  • Dialogue and NPC Interaction - Serana Dialogue Add-On - Update to version 3.0.0.1

  • New Followers - Kaidan 2 Extended Edition ADDON Voice fixes new dialogue and DLC - Updated to version 4.4

  • New Followers - Immersive Kaidan Start - Updated to version 2.1.1

  • New Followers - Lucien - Fully Voiced Follower - Updated to version 1.6.3, also added Creation Club - Rare Curios Patch and Creation Club - Saints and Seducers Patch.

  • Follower Management - Swiftly Order Squad - Follower Commands UI - Updated to version 1.6.1


  • Mod Installation Page 5

  • Sound Improvements - Audio Overhaul - Immersive Sounds Integration (AOS - ISC Compatibility Patch) - Updated to version 1.1.0

  • Basic Needs and Survival - SunHelm Survival and needs - Updated to version 3.1.2a


  • Mod Installation Page 6

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - Kryptopyr's Patch Hub add Patches for Fishing, Rare Curios and Saints and Seducers.

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - OMEGA Lexy LOTD CACO Consistency Patch - Updated to version 1.05

  • Gameplay - Realistic AI Detection (RAID) - Updated to version 3.1

  • Gameplay - Completionist - Skyrim Completion Tracker (SE-AE) - Updated to version 3.7.2.1

  • Immersion - Dynamic Things Alternative - Base Object Swapper - Updated to version 0.2.1

  • Immersion - YOT - Your Own Thoughts SE - Updated FOMOD to Add the Free Creation Club Patches.

  • Compatibility Patches - Ancient Dwemer Metal - My patches for SMIM Dawnguard Dragonborn - Added, ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Moon and Star, and various JS Patches.

  • Compatibility Patches - JK's Interiors Patch Collection - Updated to version 5.10

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn Patches (Official) - Updated to version 2.7

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn SSE - The Curators Companion - Updated FOMOD to Add the Free CC Mods.

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn - Followers Patch (Inigo-Auri-Kaidan-M'rissi-Hoth-Vilja-Remiel) - Added Remiel Patch.

  • Compatibility Patches - SkyrimSE Patches - Updated to version 1.3.7

  • Consistency Patches - Lexy's LOTD Special Edition Consistency Patches - Updated to version 1.50

  • Consistency Patches - Teldryn Serious - Consistency Patch - Updated to version 1.01

  • Consistency Patches - ToK - Consistency Patch -Updated to version 1.02

  • Conflict Resolution - Lexy's LoTD SE OMEGA - Conflict Resolution - Updated to version 1.70


  • Merge Page

  • Landscape Fixes for Grasses Merge - Add Fishing and Saints and Seducers Patches.

  • Snazzy Patches Merge - Merge Updated.

  • YOT - Your On Thoughts Merge - Added Fishing, Survival, and Saints and Seducers Patches.


  • Finishing Line Page

  • Bash Override - Lexy's LOTD SE - Bash Override - Updated to version 1.23

Regenerate

Landscape Fixes for Grasses Merged, NPC Retexture Merge SSE, OMEGA CACO Patches Merged, Snazzy Patches Merged, YOT - Your On Thoughts Merged, Nemesis, Ruddy88, Bash Patch, Synthesis, xLODGEN, DynDOLOD

Note

This update requires a new game.