Tools & utilities

Always load certain records from plugins instead of save, such as weight, opposite gender animations and persistent ref transforms

SKSE64/VR plugin that expands Papyrus script functionality with 374 functions, 37 events, and 4 script objects for Skyrim Special Edition. Documentation for each function is listed in the wiki. Download on Nexus Mods! SKSEVR version

Distributes keywords to items (armor/weapons/ammo) Nexus link

SKSE/SKSEVR plugin and framework that allows swapping base forms at runtime

A patcher pipeline: pick the patchers you want, and it regenerates one merged compatibility patch for your exact load order every time you run it.

Distributes spells, perks, items, shouts and keywords to NPCs from a text file — no plugin, no conflicts, no patch between two mods that both edit the same NPC.

Adds several hundred functions to Papyrus that the game never exposed — the dependency a large share of modern Skyrim mods quietly require.

Sorts your plugins into an order that works, using a community-maintained masterlist of every known conflict, and tells you what is still wrong.

Builds a Bashed Patch that merges the levelled lists of every mod that touches them, so your mods stop cancelling each other out.

SKSE plugin that streamlines activation prompts

The mod manager most of Skyrim modding is built around: every mod stays in its own folder and the game is shown a merged view of them at launch.

The plugin editor and conflict detector every large load order eventually needs — read every record in every mod, see who wins, and patch it.

xEdit's engine behind a modern interface, with a JavaScript scripting layer and the zMerge plugin merger built in.

The scripting extender that a large part of the Skyrim modding ecosystem is built on. Not a mod so much as a prerequisite.

Opens the game's BSA and BA2 archives so you can look inside, preview textures and sounds, and extract exactly the file you need.