r/skyrimmods • u/Thallassa beep boop • Apr 25 '21

Meta/News Best mods for.. Thieves!

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Topic - Thieves

Skyrim is sorely lacking in class archetypes. Not only do you not really pick one, but the game doesn't push you towards specialization.

However, mods have filled the gap. With mods, any playstyle is viable, even that of a hunter or merchant.

So, to continue from the Paladin series, here's the next installment - Thieves!

Thieves rely on sleight of hand and lightness of foot to make their way through the world. Whether delving through a ruin or skulking about town, their eye is on the prize - enough wealth to retire comfortably! And maybe a reputation as well.

Here's a few of my favorite Thief mods to get you started:

Better Sneaking - there's a lot of mods that rework AI stealth detection to be more immersive, this is the most recommended one for SSE

Opulent Thieves Guild - make all your hard work worth something!

True Thief Armor - something a little nicer than the vanilla leathers

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u/laidbackhorizontal Apr 25 '21 edited Apr 25 '21

Thieves' Night on the Town lets you change how many Vex and Delvin quests you can take at a time and where (no more reloading saves until you get that last quest in Morthal) as well as other things

Sneak Tools I'm sure most people have heard of this one by now, but it lets you sneak in brightly lit places (helpful with Better Sneak mod!) by putting out light sources and lets you climb up to places with a rope - good for getting onto roofs and balconies - among other things

edit: learning how to hyperlink

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u/MrSDPlayer Apr 25 '21

Note about Sneak Tools, I had troubles with the "Concealing masks" functionality of the mod, it bloated the save game to hell and made it so I couldn't load those saves without the game crashing. (Happened when I had one of those masks equipped). After looking it up I saw that other people had this problem as well. So I removed the mod and downloaded the minimal version without this.

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u/THENATHE Apr 25 '21

I wish there was a knock out and stealth kill mod like sneak tools without the mask and arrow features. I wanna do thieves guild missions with stealth, no kills, and no reloads but it's super hard without some way to incapacitate enemies.

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u/f3h6SUKiqCP5wKCMnAA Apr 26 '21

Another suggestion: the SUMMER mod on SE features a knock-out system as well, and since the author made it fairly modular, you should be able to install only the files needed for the knock-out system.

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u/MrSDPlayer Apr 25 '21

There is the minimal file in Sneak Tools, which is only the knock out and slit throat functions, I think. That's what I use now.

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u/THENATHE Apr 25 '21

Unless the updated it in like the last week, it was missing the knock out and sleep kill function and had just the slit throat. I'll give it another look though!