Bethesda hid Skyrim LE shop page in Steam to promote people buying Skyrim SE instead, but the game itself exists same as it did before. You can get Skyrim LE Steam key anywhere you want, for instance, here.

But even before before you'll start modding. Disable Steam overlay, Afterburner overlay, disable all possible overlays, add Skyrim to your antivirus/firewall "white list", disable all possible "boosters", "tuners" programs you may be using. All of them can and most likely will screw up your modded game and/or it's many settings. Follow the guide and use only what's recommended here. If it's written here to limit your fps using enblocal fps limiter - do it, and don't use and third-party software for it, and so on. You got the idea. Also, never have Skyrim installed in Program Files. If you have it there - reinstall it on another drive, or at the same drive, but out of Program Files folder. Also make sure you have latest C++ and DirectX redist, as game requires their components to launch and work properly.

1) Download and install mod manager.
Choose between Nexus Mod Manager (use the .exe file), Mod Organizer 2 or Kortex Mod Manager . All 3 of them are great mod managers, each with something own to benefit player. I personally use NMM. What's the difference? NMM is "simple yet effective". MO is a mod manager packed with tons of cool features, mod manager on steroids if we can say so. Kortex is something in between, more similar to MO, but has own pros and cons over it, about which you can read more on its website. Almost all mods can (and should) be installed via mod manager. Do not install mods manually. The guide contains notices regarding some exceptional cases when you'll need to install some mod/part of mod manually, but for the 99.9% of cases - always use mod manager. You will also find these NMM tutorial, MO2 tutorial and Kortex info page useful.
MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE MOD MANAGER TUTORIAL. DO NOT SKIP THIS. ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT SKIP YOUR MOD MANAGER TUTORIAL AND (IN CASE OF MO, FOR EXAMPLE), MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WATCHED ALL RELATED VIDEOS. ALSO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT MO STORES .INI FILES IN OWN DIRECTORY.

IMPORTANT NOTE #1:
Kortex mod manager was tested by myself for working properly - I liked it, just don't personally prefer it over MO2 or NMM. Also, it's not quite the most popuar mod manager, so it lacks usage tutorials, and you'll need to learn how to use/troubleshoot it yourself. Due to the same reason, I won't be able to provide Kortex troubleshooting support in Discord - but once gain, it's a great mod manager and you should be absolutely feel free to try it.
IMPORTANT NOTE #2: Nexus Mods team is currently developing own mod manager called Vortex. It's looking pretty and user-friendly, but it's sadly pretty dysfunctional and glitchy - it's often simply not able to install mods correctly (without even notifying about that), was reported for uninstalling mods on its own and there are plenty of other issues, from minor to major - often using Vortex may simply lead to messed up mod setup. I won't be able to provide any troubleshooting support if you're using it - it's randomly bugged and doesn't have some features that are crucial for heavy mod lists. Situationally, it can be used for modding some other games with much simplier modding stages, but not in case of TES/FO games. Ever more simple: as for now, DO NOT USE VORTEX TO MOD SKYRIM. Yes, this note still applies for 2022. If it will be fine, I'll let you peeps know.

2) Download and install SKSE. If you already have it - great, if no - install it. It's obligatory.
Download the 1.7.3 installer file (image showing the correct file).
SKSE (Skyrim Script Extender) is must-have for playing modded Skyrim. Most of all popular gameplay mods need it to be installed. Also, almost all memory/stability tweaks and fixes require it. Install it to your Skyrim root directory (not the data folder), where your TESV.exe is. Important! From this time, you should launch and play your Skyrim only using SKSE.exe. Skyrim launcher will be used only for disabling/enabling mods (but this also can be done via mod manager).

3) Go to /data/SKSE and open SKSE.ini. If there's no /skse folder and/or .ini file in it, create and empty SKSE folder and SKSE.ini within the SKSE folder. If you already have the SKSE folder but no ini just create the ini file within the folder OR go here. Download and install the file, which is actually SKSE.ini one (this can be done by mod manager).
Delete EVERYTHING in skse.ini you have now, then paste these lines in it and save (you do NOT need to insert SKSE memory patch value, look further):
[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
EnableDiagnostics=1
[Display]
iTintTextureResolution=2048

4) Download and install SkyUI. Most of popular mods require SKSE and SkyUI. Also get this fix (works just fine in LE, just download the mod archive manually, then add it to your mod manager and install). Optionally (but very recommended as it's just looks so much more alive and beautiful) install animated icons mod for it. Optionally, install this "wider" addon for MCM look. Also install iHUD. If you're using ultrawide monitor - make sure to grab this neat mod.
5) Download and install LOOT.
LOOT is a must-have tool if you're planning to have many mods. It's very easy to install and use.
Its most basic and important function is mod sorting. Many mods should be loaded in strict load order. "This mod should be loaded before that mod, but after that", and so on. LOOT makes miracles! You can automatically sort most of your mods properly by just clicking a button twice. Sometimes (it happens rarely, so you probably won't have to think about it) some mods have direct instructions about how they should be loaded, in this case it's also easy to sort them manually using it. Also, LOOT shows you all you need to know about your installed mods - errors, missing records etc. In many cases, if something is not right - it will let you know and it will advise you. Use LOOT sorting each time after you've installed a few mods. This beautiful tutorial will be useful to you.

6) Download TES5edit.
It's an awesome tool for cleaning your mods. Mods may contain "dirty" records and some other issues, and when you have hundreds of mods, that could be a problem and cause crashes. Clean all mods that have dirty records (until it's directly written by mod author to not do that for some reason) and all Skyrim DLCs. Don't be afraid of it, it's not as hard to use as it may look. Check these awesome video tutorials by GamerPoets. Also there is a lot of info and videos on its Nexus page.
Note: MO2 users can (and should) download and use zEdit instead. zEdit is like a successor to xEdit - but please take into account though that it's still a WIP (work in progress) project. If you're a newbie modder - better just stick to xEdit (TES5Edit) now as it's absolutely fine. zEdit may provide better functionality than xEdit, but it's still not fully stable and there are not as many video tutorials for its usage as for xEdit. It doesn't mean it's bad - quite the opposite, but until it's officially and fully released, I won't be able to provide troubleshooting support for it - so use it at your own wish. There's a basic documentary and description of it here.

7) Download and install Wrye Bash.
Amazing and essential tool to achieve maximum possible compatibility between all your mods and decrease amount of plugins in your order, giving you possibility to install much more mods.
We will use it in the end of our journey, so just grab it and don't use it for now. I'll explain everything later in the guide :)

8) Install Crash Fixes.
The best and most up-to-date mod to prevent almost all of game engine crashes! It's light-weight, one-click to install (using mod manager) and...it just works. No-no, it works for real. You'll notice faster loading and zero or almost zero crashes. Also it replaces SSME/SKSE memory patch, Safety Load and works much better and is more easy to configure. YOU SHOULD NOT USE CRASH FIXES MEMORY ALLOCATION TOGETHER WITH SSME/SKSE/SAFETY LOAD MEMORY PATCHES AND/OR THEIR .INI SETTINGS. DELETE THEM. DON'T USE THEM. USE CRASH FIXES MEMORY ALLOCATION ONLY. I'm not supporting those who will somehow have both installed. After you installed it via mod manager, do the next:
1) Install THIS ONE. Download manually, unzip and place D3DX9_42.dll file to your Skyrim folder (where your TESV.exe is, not in the /data folder).
2) Go to /data/SKSE/plugins/CrashFixPlugin.ini and open it with any text redactor (notepad for example, but I strongly advise this free and amazing text Editor). MO users - open the ini file through MO like shown here.
3) Find and set UseOSAllocators to 1 (UseOSAllocators=1)
4) Find and set CustomMemoryBlock to 1 (CustomMemoryBlock=1)
5) Find and set MemoryInfoConsole to 1 (MemoryInfoConsole=1)
The next two steps you will need to repeat several times during the modding process. Please don't forget about this.
6) Note: better do this substep and further adjusting of the value after you'll finish whole stability section. Launch Skyrim, fast travel to some populated/fps heavy place and open console with "~" button.
7) Look on maximum memory block load. There will be a lot of messages like "blah-blah-blah maximum block load XX %". If the maximum value is 90% or higher - exit the game and find CustomMemoryBlockTotalSizeMb value in CrashFixPlugin.ini. Set it a bit higher (for example, if it was 110, set it to 120), save the .ini file changes, launch Skyrim and check memory block load again. Do this until maximum load won't be higher that 80-85% (check this in populated towns or combat). But don't just set any random high value so this % will be like 20-30% - this may cause stuttering. Find a balance around ~80% as max value reported. Repeat this check a few times per guide, as load will grow as you'll be installing more mods. And ofc, make sure to check it one more time when your mod list is fully complete. Alternatively, you can use my own .ini files where all the settings are already setup up (page header, zip-looking button to download) - but you'll still need to adjust the value most likely, due to our rigs and setups being different.

9) Install Bug Fixes.
Get the "v2 Beta 2v" file. This essential mod fixes several bugs (some of which are just annoying and one is pretty balance-breaking) that were not fixed by any other mods.
One-click install-and-forget.

10) Install Cobb Bug Fixes.
A similar mod with few fixes of absolutely notorious bugs. Even more fixes should come as well.

11) Install [ONE] of these mods:
- Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Install the voiceover addon (works just fine in LE, as it's simply the sound files - download the mod archive manually, add to your mod manager and install as any other mod) on top of the main mod (+ optional addon here or here )
- Skyrim Unbound Reborn
- Random Alternate Start Reborn
- Realm of Lorkhan - Freeform Alternate Start
- Optional Quick Start
Why you need this? These mods provide wide amount of alternative starts the game for those who do not wish to go through the lengthy intro sequence at Helgen. The thing is that vanilla start (scene in Helgen) is VERY heavy-scripted. And when you will install let's say, 200+mods and start a new game, your Skyrim will be very heavy overloaded. And there's very high chance that your game will crash or glitch (because the Papyrus, Skyrim's script engine, is pretty clunky and limited), even if the game itself is absolutely stable. And now these mods save the day! You can just skip this heavy-scripted scene and start anywhere you like. Besides, it has a really wide amount of alternative start, great for roleplay. Which one to use, what is the difference?
Long story short, ASLAL provides more "roleplay-wise" starts - you will appear in a certain cell, depending on your start option choice, and also has plenty of additional start options addons.
Unbound will spawn you randomly, so less "immersive" start, but it allows you highly adjustable character customization (gear, spells etc) which ASLAL doesn't, and the most important - it allows you to play as NON-Dragonborn (but you can "become" it in MCM anytime), which is really a great option.
RASR is somewhat a mix of the two above, a pretty underrated gem
Realm of Lorkhan is a really fresh and unique alternate start mod, which may look not quite "lore-friendly" to some players, but it's really well-designed and give you very interesting starting choices for your character class and even curses - negative attributes to balance class bonuses (if you want so, all these features are entirely optional - my only 2 cents about it is that some class bonuses are still somewhat too strong even with curses, so you may want to adjust them in TES5Edit, which is very simple). Realm of Lorkhan has one pretty immersion-breaking (subjective statement, may be for some players) thing - crystals you appear from after starting the game are not going anywhere and are just scattared across Skyrim. To remove them, use this patch. It works just fine in LE - simply download the file manually, add it to mod manager and install as usually.
Optional Quick Start is a super-simple alternative, which is not quite "alternate start" mod, but rather "skip Helgen into" one.

NEXT 5 STEPS ARE OPTIONAL. PLEASE READ ATTENTIVELY.

12) Read this article. This is not obligatory, but it works and it's very useful.
IMPORTANT! Use its settings only if you're 100% understand what you're doing. If you're very new to .ini files tweaking, don't use it. It's absolutely optional. Messing with these values is not a joke. Once again, If you think something is unclear for you, don't use it. And if you'll use it, don't use the .dll files describied in it, only "play" with Skyrim.ini settings with Ugrids=5 (original value). As an alternative, you can just use my Skyrim .ini files where this step is already done, but depending on your PC specs you maybe will need to adjust one value, which is mentioned in readme file and described in the article itself. Alternatively, my Skyrim.ini file (page header, zip-looking button to download) already has these tweaks - you will only need to change one value in it if you have different VRAM amount.
IMPORTANT #2! Do [NOT] use any other resources or articles related to Ugrids (like "Stable uGridsToLoad" which is doing vice versa to its name, breaking your game).

13) If your game is "not responding" shortly during things like loading, fast travelling etc - use DisableProcessWindowsGhosting.
Q: What's that and why it's hosted on NV mod page?
A: While being hosted on NV mod page, it works for Skyrim as it works through same SKSE function as in its NVSE analogue.
How to install? Simple! Download "DisableProcessWindowsGhosting v2" file from Optional Files section manually, unpack the archive, go inside the folder and place the .dll file to your \SKSE\plugins folder. That's it! :)
Note: this feature is quite experimental, so don't use it "just to have it". Use it only if you have issue mentioned above, and test the game after you've installed it.

14) Download Save game script cleaner. YOU DON'T NEED TO USE IT UNTIL THE NEXT CONDITIONS:
This is not obligatory. If you will not uninstall scripted mods in the middle of playthrough, you don't need it. If you uninstall mods that contain scripts in the middle of playthrough and then save game, so called "orphan scripts" will be still in your save file even mods with that scripts are already gone. This can cause crashes. It's just a save cleaner if your save is really near to dead cause of orphan scripts.

15) Download zMerge (highly recommended) or Merge Plugins. At the one hand, well-known Merge Plugins works just fine. At the other hand, zMerge works just fine with all mod managers, no just MO2 (big thank you Euphemia for once pointing me on this). You will need this if you'll make really heavy load order and reach the 255 plugins (.esp) limit. By merging mods, you can technically have almost endless amounts of mods installed, so you will be limited only by your PC specs and mods themselves (meaning no using broken/dangerous mods and not overloading your game with script-heavy mods). These tool (once again, zMerge is recommended over Merge Plugins) easily merges plugins into one .esp file, drastically decreasing the total amount of plugins and allowing you to install more and more mods.
But why zMerge over Merge Plugins? Simply said, it's more powerful and will allow you to merge more easily compared to Merge Plugins tool. For A to Z simple tutorials about using zMerge or Merge Plugins, watch these tutorials here (for Zmerge) and here (for Merge Plugins).

16) Download Ordenador. You will not need it in most of cases if you have decent PC.
That's an amazing tool for compressing your textures to lower resolution, and also optimizing them (even without changing resolution) with zero quality loss in 99% of cases. Answering the possible question - no, Ordenador is NOT dangerous to your game or textures. If you heared such info somewhere - it's just a misleading gossips. If you will have FPS issues - Ordenador can help a lot by optimizing or compressing your textures. Refer to "advice and tricks for low-end rigs" in that case (but ofc you can use it to gain fps even if your rig is strong).

17) Disable/delete High Resolution DLC files.
Namely the HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack01.esp, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.esp, HighResTexturePack03.bsa, HighResTexturePack03.esp. They are located in your game Data folder. Better just delete the files completely to free some drive space.

18) The last, but important and mandatory step.
Install all these amazing mods/patches/fixes which are oriented on fixing huge amount of various little bugs or irrational things in game or just to make you your game much more comfortable.

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch
This mod should be already considered as part of vanilla game. Result of years of hard work, it fixes litereally thousands glitches and bugs in Skyrim.
Skyrim Supplemental Patch
Astonishing and scrupulously made, must-have patch which corrects hundreds of errors and glitches in Skyrim worldspace. Please also consider supporting this mod author by even the smallest donation if possible - he got his house burnt last year and community help can do a lot for him now.
ENB Particle Patch and Subsurface Scattering Patch
Go to the page linked. Download the 2 patches as shown here manually. Add both archives to your mod manager and install as any other mod.
Load Game CTD Fix
Sometimes, when your game is heavy-modded, skyrim randomly crashes when loading the game from main menu. Here's a simple fix for that. Install it for sure even if you don't have this issue, as a preventive move.
Grid Transition CTD Fix
Fixing (rare/"lucky" but still possible) type of crashes which can sometimes happen when switching grids ingame (basically, moving from one large chunk of exterior territory to another one).
15 minute crash fix for Windows 10 [OPTIONAL]
This tool fixes exactly what is written in its name. So, if you have Windows but not 10, or have Windows 10 but don't have this issue - don't use it. Please take into account that it's not a mod and it should be downloaded, unpacked and ed manually using the installer.
1st Person Candlelight Fix
When I saw this mod first time, I was like "how, nobody have fixed this for years, really?". It fixes the notorious not even a bug maybe, but illogically bleak level of light of Candlelight spell in first person. Simple as that.
ATTENTION: do NOT overwrite this mod by it or any other mod if mod manager will point on the overwriting.
Better Dialogue Controls + Better MessageBox Controls
Improves "hitboxes" of dialogue lines and messageboxes, allows to navigate with keyboard keys etc. Makes your life easier.
Extended UI
Great addition to SkyUI which iproves look of skills menu, sleep/wait menu and adds some console features. Moreover, some mods like perk overhaul need it to properly display long perks/spells description.
Atlas Map Markers + Update
Essential mod that drastically increases amount of map markers. Remember how you was able to fast travel only to Whiterun itself or Dragonsreach? Now you can fast travel to Arcadia's Cauldron, Jorrvaskr etc. More then 700 new map markers! Update mod adds much better control system for this mod via MCM. Note: if getting "SkyrUI error 5" notification when opening the map, just go to SkyUI MCM ==> Advanced ==> Disable map check option. This error is just notification and doesn't cause any issues in game. Disabling that option disabled the nasty popup too.
NPC AI Behavior Fixes
Fixed a bug in the Skyrim game engine that the normal AI behavior of the NPC cannot be updated in time when the player is waiting or sleeping, as well as infamous overhsight in enemies AI when they may stay in the water and look at you angrily but just don't come up. SKSE .dll plugin, doesn't take a slot in your load order.
Modern Toggle Walk-Run Fix
Fixes the old issue of Shift key sticking after leaving conversation or killcam mode.
Equip Enchantment Fix
Fixes an engine bug where custom enchantments on items aren't applied when equipped under certain conditions.
Assorted Mesh Fixes - Updated Fixes various issues with vanilla Skyrim meshes that causes them to render incorrectly.
No More Bright Hawks for ENB
Modifies hawk meshes so they don't practically glow in the dark ENB nights.
Lightened Skyrim
Despite the mod name can make you think it removes something essentil, it's not like that. What this beautiful buddy actually does is removing gazillions of various objects which are hidden from sight or placed simply irrationally, yet still being rendered for no reason. Removing them the mod can give a certain performance boost, depending on your PC specs, without sacrificing anything. Performance gain will always be present, but can vary from rig to rig ofc - on my, pretty strong gaming rig, I noticed from zero difference (mostly) to 1-3 fps (in decent amount of places) and 4-5 fps (some places), but users with weaker rigs will have a much more noticeable benefit in many places.
ENB Mesh Fixes
Collection of mesh fixes for ENB users correcting problematic shader flags and other properties.
RaceMenu
Greatly increased amount of customization option for your character and eleminated lags/crashes during this process if you have plenty of character-related visual mods. Grab this comfy addon for it as well.
CritterSpawn Congestion Fix ==NEW== A fix for the critter (bugs, fish etc) spawner that decreases the general script load of your game. Works just fine in LE as it's only Papyrus script files - download the mod archive manually, add to your mod manager and install as any other mod. Sprint Draw And Sheath Fixes ==NEW== Fixes incorrect movement speed and doubled footstep sounds after drawing or sheathing an item while sprinting or sneaking. Smoother Skies
Smooths the sky transition between horizon, middle and top of the sky. Essential mod for glitch-free skies look, no matter which weather mod or ENB preset is used. If you won't like its approach for some reason/with some ENB preset, you can always a similar mod: Improved Atmosphere Mesh this ones were inspired by.
Dirtcliff Texture Fix 
To fix this mess.
Better Jumping 
You can't jump from sprint in vanilla game. With this, you can - plus there are a few other optional features.
Barter Speechcraft Experience Fix 
Fixes a bug with speechcraft experience gains from bartering that do not account for the amount of items bought/sold at once. Now it will properly give experience for the whole stack.
Proper Stagger Direction In Skyrim, there are perks that allow you to stagger your enemy with spells and arrows. But in vanilla game, your targets will always be repelled backwards no matter you hit them in the knee or ass. This mod fixes that.
Mfg Console 
Super useful mod, which doesn't do anything automatically, but can help you with troubleshooting greatly, showing tons of useful information about any object you click on in console.
Crash Log
This SKSE plugin which provide a somewhat more comprehensive log when a crash occurs. If you'll implement this section carefully and won't use broken mods, you will not experience crashes in general, but ofc, it's not litearlly 100% guaranteed as Skyrim is still Skyrim and some rare unforeseen incompatibility cases can lead to this. Together with MFG console for glitches troublehsooting, this plugin can help a bit more if you'll have some situational crashes - just don't expect it to be some sort of magic - most likely, you'll still need to apply logic and assume why crash is taking place. Yet, this is mostly "just in case" :)
Cathedral Assets Optimizer 
Note: this tool is optional and you'll need it only a few times, depending on your choice. It's needed for a rare occasions of converting SE meshes to LE meshes. If you don't understand what this means atm, just remember this line in general and return here when you will need a hint about it (mentioned several times below in the guide). Usage - download the archive somewhere manually, unpack it and use the .exe file in the folder. Usage itself is pretty intuitive and straightforward, with little tip about SE to LE meshes conversion. While there's no direct SE ==> LE meshes porting option at first glance, you just need to uploaded needed SE meshes in LE mode of program as shown here and optimize them, which will on practice do the conversion.
SE to LE content guide ==NEW== Not actually a mod, but a well-written short page briefly explaining how to port stuff from SE to LE and what you actually need to port and what just works out of the box.

Congrats, you're ready now. 

NOTE: small % of AMD videocard users are reporting "lower half of screen covered with black/brown something" (like this). This also, even more rarely, happens with NVIDIA videocards too. Currently its unknown what's causing it, and the chance is really low, but if you will be "lucky" - don't worry - just disable MIST effect in ENB GUI (shift+enter) and this will fix the issue. Don't forget to SAVE and APPLY changes.

To choose an ENB preset is absolutely matter of taste. However, in this list I've included the most fresh presets that work with latest ENB binaries. You can also take a look at my ENB comparison videos here (older one, but still relevant) or here (the newer one).
Remember that ENB itself will eat some FPS almost at any rig. Sometimes it can cost you 0-5 FPS (so we can say you have no performance loss) up to 20-30 FPS - it all depends on your PC power.
All presets are also markered with one of 3 colors: Green, Yellow or Red depending on their performance impact, so you'll be aware if this or that preset is an FPS-killer. And of course short description and weather/lighting mods compatibility tips. 
If you see that you have let's say stable 55-60 FPS with any of "yellow" ENB presets - you can run almost any ENB preset, even hungry one and be sure that your game will be stable and you will not face noticable stutters and FPS drops. But if you have like 30 FPS - you'll need to think about the ENB - to install performance-friendly one, or refer to "low-end" section (in the end of the guide), or not to install ENB at all and only use ENBoost (the very last option, if you're following the guide attentively and don't have a complete potato instead of PC, you won't need this option).
Regarding the lighting mods compatibility: Many lighting mods also have their own weather modules. Don't use these modules even if ENB is compatible with this lighting mod. Don't. Use. Lighting mods weather modules. Also, combination of Relighting Skyrim + ELE Lite proved itself as having the best compatibility (more or less) with different ENB presets. So even it's not listed in lighting mods compatible at ENB preset page, you can try this. This doesn't mean it will be 100% compatible, but basicaly it will have better compatibility results.
Once again, "imcompatibility" between ENB and weather/lighhting mod will not crash your game. But it may end with weird visuals and unbalanced colors, so always follow the recommended weather/lighting mods for chosen preset.
Regarding the DOF: most of ENBs has DOF (depth of field) enabled and tweaked for this preset. Some people like DOF, some don't like at all, but ENB DOF also can (sometimes, it depends on preset) eat decent amount of FPS. If you find your preset DOF not good for you or need to have a few more FPS, do the following: 1) disable ENB DOF. Open enbseries.ini file look at [EFFECT] section and change EnableDepthOfField=true to EnableDepthOfField=false. Save the file. 2) Optional: install Dynavision. It's a simple mod for DOF and it has MCM menu so you can change it's type (static or dynamic) and strength ingame.
Abbreviations: COT - Climates of Tamriel. VW - Vivid Weathers. NLA - Natural Lighting and Atmospherics. NLVA - Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics. Aurelia - Aurelia - Weathers and Interiors. Azurite - Azurite Weathers Lite. ELFX - Enhanced Lights and FX. RLO - Realistic Lighting Overhaul. ELE Lite - Enhanced Lighting for ENB (Lite).
So, here we go with ENB presets list. Visit the presets pages to read attentively about all the details and also see some screenshots and videos to how it looks like. And once - again - don't bother about weather/lighting mods compatibility now. Just install the ENB you like the most and keep following my guide. You will come to weather/lighting mods section eventually.
The last thing: some ENB presets are updated for the latest ENB binaries, some are not. In most of cases, even a bit outdated ENB will work just fine with the latest binaries (unitl it's not from like 2013), or can be made to work fine with a few tweaks you can in most cases read in that ENB comments section. Or, you can simply use older binaries, but for the best possible visual result ofc it's always a good idea to use ENB preset that is up-to-date.

Rudy ENB ==FPS==
My personal favourite. One of most unique presets on Nexus and one of my favourite. A bit desaturated, an amazing and balanced combination of realistic, fantasy and cinematic visuals. It has some really unique weathers and effects. Also compatible with awesome DARKEND mod (gameplay guide).
It's another huge benefit is that while being 100% up-to-date and having amazing visuals, it has amazing performance, almost close to 0 fps loss at modern rigs.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA, NLVA, Vivid Weathers, Climates of Tamriel, URWL
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX.

Tetrachromatic ENB==FPS==
Awesome, stunning, beautiful! This ENB is a brilliant creation. It looks great, realistic and fantasy-like at the same time. Original version has about 80 custom weathers. It's pretty saturated so some people can find it less lore-friendly for Skyrim. But my personal advise is to try it for sure! It also has 3 levels of performance options. It also has 3 versions - original preset, version for Vivid Weathers and version for NLVA. This is a preset I'm currently using (version for VW).
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla weathers (original version), VW, NLVA (different version have different weather mod compatibility).
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting Skyrim + ELE Lite (compatible, but not necessary as mod author says).

Antique Dragon ENB ==FPS==
New an amazing fantasy ENB preset. Not so saturated as Tetrachromatic, and also with fully-working night eye as well as tweaked adaptation effect, that is great for mages - you'll not more blind yourself with your fire spells in dark dungeons. Amazingly performance-friendly. Maybe the best ENB in terms of performance between all modern presets.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla weathers, but with Vivid Weathers textures (install it and delete it's .esp file).
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (only interiors, without enhancer).

Caffeine ENB ==FPS==
ENB preset from the same author based on Antique Dragon, Rudy and Snapdragon presets. It also has several LUTs (color templates you can switch directly ingame). Amazing visuals and great performance!
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (only interiors, without enhancer).

SUKI ENB ==FPS==
A top-notch preset aimed on photorealism, with dark nights and bright days and surroundings.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA, NLVA, Snowfall.
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting skyrim + ELE, ELFX (technically).

SNOWFALL ENB ==FPS==
Just an amazing preset based on Rudy ENB with REALTIME snow cover. Try it for sure!
Weather mods compatibility: NLVA.
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting Skyrim + ELE (recommended), ELFX, RLO (technically compatible but not 100% tested).

The Grim and Somber ENBS ==FPS==
It is a collection of presets are fantasy and vintage based ENB's with a focus on a dramatic lighting with an intense atmosphere and mood. Do not look for a lot of realism in these ENB's as that is not the goal or aim behind them. Colleciton has 6 presets that support latest ENB binaries. If you like such fantasy and vintage look, try them for sure!
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods.

Aeon ENB ==FPS==
Very detailed and stunningly beautiful preset! It's very bright so may be pretty "matter of taste". It's really FPS-hungry, maybe one of the most I've ever used, but its visuals absolutely worth it.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA, NLVA.
Lighting mods compatibility: any interior lighting mods. Exterios lighting modules are not recommended.

DAHAKA's ENB ==FPS==
Awesome ENB preset for COT5/ELFX. Stunning and bright colors for fans of photorealism as well.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX.

Rampage ENB ==FPS==
Beautiful cinematic and semi-realistic ENB preset based on K-ENB. One of it's main features is that it has 7 presets included and you can change them ingame! On the other hand, it's pretty FPS-hungry. But powerful rig can handle it.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods.

NLA ENB ==FPS==
Still one of the mod qualitative ENB presets. Even it's pretty old, give it a try.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA (obviously as well).
Lighting mods compatibility: Technically any of them, but ELFX gave me the most pleasant result. Can be used with vanilla lighting as well.

Vividian ENB ==FPS==
ENB preset from author of Vivid Weathers mods. One of its best advantages is really rich weather/lighting mods compatibility. Has 4 versions: for Vanilla weathers, Black and White version and 2 more version for weather mods.
Weather mods compatibility: VW, COT, Purity, NLA, RCRN.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (don't use Enhancer), RLO (don't use its weathers), Relighting Skyrim + ELE Lite.

Snapdragon Prime ENB ==FPS==
While mod description page states this ENB is mostly for screenarchery, it's actaully a great preset with different templates (you can choose them in enb GUI directly ingame). Just use "gameplay" DOF with it.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, ELE.

Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics ENB files ==FPS==
Original preset for NLVA weather mod.
Weather mods compatibility: NLVA (obviously :D)
Lighting mods compatibility: any lighting mod.

OrganicENB v2 ==FPS==
Awesome ENB preset, beautiful and realistic. It also has smart installer with many performance and other options.
Weather mods compatibility: COT, VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (core files).

Elder Blood ENB Redux ==FPS==
Weather mods compatibility none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX.

Ruvaak Dahmaan ENB Redone ==FPS==
Great and pretty realistic ENB preset.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, RLO.

Legacy Immersive Visual Overhaul (LIVO ENB) ==FPS==
One of the the most unique presets I saw. It's very "matter of taste" one, but if you like photorealism and strong exposure - try it.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods. Though, as for me, ELFX works just fine.

Dovah Naakin ORIGIN ENB ==FPS==
Amazing bright ENB preset with stunning sky effects and original cloud textures.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (don't use enhancer).

RYA ENB ==FPS==
ENB preset based on previous one. Not so bright and a bit more fantasy-like.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX (don't use enhancer).

Kwanon ENB ==FPS==
Very original preset. It supports huge amount of new land mods which is also great. You can also install an optional tweak for it.
Weather mods compatibility: technically almost all weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: technically almost all lighting mods.

Evok ENB ==FPS==
Several amazing cinematic presets (plus different options and performance version for each of them). Take into account that it has additonal .esp files that you should install as regular mods.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods besides its own.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods besides its own.

Otherworld ENB ==FPS==
Pretty original dark fantasy preset.
Weather mods compatibility: VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX.

LuciEN ENB ==FPS==
Middle-realistic fantasy preset for the author of previous one. It has pretty good performance and about 20 very original custom weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, ELE Lite.

The Baltic States ENBs ==FPS==
Pretty performance-friendly colletion of ENB presets. Presets differs - from realism to great saturation.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods. Though, as for me, personally, ELFX worked just fine.

Mure ENB ==FPS==
ENB preset with some original visuals, sharp, very gloomy and desaturated.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods.

Vivacity ENB ==FPS==
Bright and sharp preset.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods.

Chromogenic ENB ==FPS==
Awesome preset inspired by Tetrachromatic ENB.
Weather mods compatibility: none. Don't use any weather mods.
Lighting mods compatibility: none. Don't use any lighting mods.

- - Zephyr ENB - - ==FPS==
Great preset for COT/ELFX, bright and contrasty.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX.

A Bleak Vivid Weather Enb  ==FPS==
Bleak preset for Vivid Weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting Skyrim + ELE Lite. Patrician ENB ==FPS== New, stunning preset balanced between realism and photorealism.
Weather mods compatibility: NLVA.
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting Skyrim + ELE Lite or ELFX (not officially supported but looks just fine). RuBy ENB ==FPS== One more amazingly beautiful, bright preset. Don't confuse with Rudy ENB :)
Weather mods compatibility: NLVA.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Fantasy Preset ==FPS== Witcher inspired, vibrant fantasy preset.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them. Bloodborne ENB ==FPS== Well-rounded preset with good balance and touch of photorealism.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla or NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Insanity ENB ==FPS== Well-rounded preset with good balance and touch of photorealism.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Nosgoth ENB ==FPS== Dark and vibrant preset inspired by games like Bloodborne, with a bit of saturation touch at the same time.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them. Vivid Fantasy ENB ==FPS== Colorful preset for Vivid Weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: Relighting + ELE, but looks fine with ELFX too. Dark Eden ENB for Vivid Weathers ==FPS== Grim and ambient preset for Vivid Weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Opethfeldt ENB Renewal ==FPS== Opethfeldt ENB was a really great realism-to-photorealism ENB in the early times of Skyrim modding, but its development was abandoned. This preset basically updates it to the latest ENB binaries.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. QIRE ENB ==FPS== Fantasy-realism preset.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla, NLVA, COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. White Orchard ENB ==FPS== Witcher inspired preset.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them. Brilliance ENB ==FPS== A tweaked Caffeine ENB.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Chimera - Performance-friendly ENB for Vivid Weathers ==FPS== Easy on FPS, looking beautiful and greatly fitting Vivid Weathers too.
Weather mods compatibility: VW.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, Relighting + ELE. Project Tamriel ENB ==FPS== Simple but good-looking preset.
Weather mods compatibility: All of them.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them. Nordic Land's ENB ==FPS== Realism-centered preset based on NLA ENB.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. Painting ENB ==FPS== Simple, desatured, painting-like looking preset.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. SkyVision ENB ==FPS== Based on Rudy ENB but made more colorful and bright
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, ELE. VERVE - A Performance ENB ==FPS== Performance friendly, vibrant preset for beautiful Aurelia Weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: Aurelia.
Lighting mods compatibility: RLO, ELFX. GingertainENB ==FPS== Mostly a screenarchery preset - really vibrant, oversaturated, creamy and with strong DOF.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. GLORY ENB V2 ==FPS== A photorealistic preset with warm interiors.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: RLO, ELFX. Simple ENB preset for Picturesque Weathers ==FPS== ==NEW== A bit cinematic, well-balanced preset made specifically for this weather mod.
Weather mods compatibility: Picturesque Weathers.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. KATANA ENB ==FPS== Simple, well-balanced ENB preset without "too much" in any part.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA, NLVA, COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. NORTHERN ENB ==FPS== Pretty unusual preset with cold look and eye-blinding sunsets/sunrises.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, ELFX. Xiphos Enb ==FPS== A "vanilla +" preset with sometimes more fantasy-like colors.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: RLO, ELFX. SUPER24 ==FPS== One more preset for those who don't want to go much far from vanilla tones, but want ENB goodness. Also more somewhat vibrant.
Weather mods compatibility: COT.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, ELFX. Nordrlandjas ENB 2.0 ==FPS== Cold, desaturated preset.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them. LSD Sun ENB ==FPS== Very performance-friendly, a bit creamy ENB preset for low-end PCs
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, ELFX Golden ENB ==FPS== Another simple yet pretty good balanced preset for vanilla purists.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, ELFX. enbMod ==FPS== A photorealistic preset.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla. WinterLight ENB ==FPS== A lifeful preset for Aurelia Weathers.
Weather mods compatibility: Aurelia.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, ELFX. New Look ENB ==FPS== A really well made preset looking part Organic ENB, part Rudy ENB.
Weather mods compatibility: Vanilla.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX, ELE. IxTha profile ==FPS== For a several, pretty different presets, made for ELFX as lighting, and various weather mods.
Weather mods compatibility: COT, Azurite, NLVA and others. Varies per preset, read the mod pages.
Lighting mods compatibility: ELFX. NLA K747 ==FPS== A qualitative preset for NLA.
Weather mods compatibility: NLA.
Lighting mods compatibility: Vanilla, but works fine with ELFX too. Deep Fried Phucked ENB Enhancer ==FPS== A...VERY special preset. Well, you'll see.
Weather mods compatibility: All of them.
Lighting mods compatibility: All of them.

So many awesome presets! I hope you'll find the one and only for you. This list is, of course, doesn't have all possible ENB presets existing on Nexus, but to place them all here would simply have no sense. That's why I've uncluded some really qualitative or original ones here. You, of course, may and should choose the one you personall like :)

Langleys Textures Workshop ==FPS==
Base retexture mod which will be mostly overwritten by other mods, but, depending on how many mods from graphics guide you'll get in the end, may still cover lots of textures here and there.
Static Mesh Improvement Mod ==FPS==
After installing the mod itself, install this one (get the SMIM version).
Also get improvement addons here , here , here, here, here and here ==NEW==.
Ruins Clutter Improved ==FPS==
Ultimate HD Fire Effects ==FPS==
Install the Ultra version

Now choose between the next few mods. Basically, they all covers +/- same amount of textures, installing one after another will just almost completely overwrite the first one you've installed. As an option, you can compare texture images manually and keep the ones you like, mixing these mods. But in most cases, you won't need this, especially if you're a newcomer to Skyrim modding.

Skyrim HD - 2K Textures ==FPS==
Covers huge amount of textures and stick pretty much with vanilla.
Skyrim HD - Terrain Parallax Tribute ==FPS==
Awesome parallax patch for Skyrim HD mod.
NobleSkyrimMod HD-2K ==FPS==
Another amazing and huge texture mod. You can also try to combine this with Skyrim HD (I'm doing this and combination looks great), installing textures one after one manually and comparing texture files. Also install SMIM patch from its optionals.
Tamriel Reloaded HD ==FPS==
Awesome mod, it also covers great amount of textures. It has it own original view and it will be great for those who want to bring some "spring" colors in Skyrim. But on the other hand it looks less lore-friendly. Just a matter of taste :) Note: it's recommended to use "no grass no trees" plugin, if you plan on using a grass mod and don't want the mod's new trees.
If you'll be using Tamriel Reloaded as you main texture pack, I strongly recommend to install the next mod over it and overwrite. It contains tons of greatly improved textures and normalmaps from this mod. Basically, a qualitative addon to it.
Tamriel Reloaded HD Plus ==FPS==
Underground - a dungeon texture overhaul ==FPS== A mod with a huge texture coverage - moderate in general, but with plenty of great textures as well. You may want to install it choosing not to overwrite anything at all, to only get "lacking" retextures, or download it manually and pick whatever textures you like, and then install them.

Now a few other large texture packs covering landscapes:

4K Parallax Skyrim by Pfuscher ==FPS==
A huge compilation of textures by talended Pfuscher. Mod files section has all-in-one pack as well as standalone smaller packs for different places/regions.
Skyrim 2022 Parallax by Pfuscher ==NEW== ==FPS== Updated pack by the same author with many textures looking different. It covers not only landscapes and settlements, but also large amount of various clutter. I'm personally using most of its textures in own setup.
Vivid Landscapes - All in One ==FPS==
This mod is optional - install it if you like its textures more than landscape texture of Skyrim HD/Noble/Tamriel Reloaded.
Note: this mod has a couple of corrupted meshes which can crash your game during certain loading screens. To fix that, simply delete the meshes showed at this image from /meshes/loadscreenart. Thanks to Marmotte for notifying about that.
Septentrional Landscapes ==FPS== This mod installation is optional. It covers only some landscape textures, but you may like some of them more than same ones in bigger packs
aMidianBorn Landscape ==FPS==
This mod installation is optional. Great landscape retexture mod. Install it if you like it's textures more than texture in already installed big landscapes mods, or mix it partially.
An landscape texture pack, alternative to Vivid Landscapes or landscape part of bigger mods above.
Skyrim 2017 Terrain Parallax Textures ==FPS==
This mod is optional, but strongly recommended! It combines various textures from different mods and adds parallax support to them.
aMidianBorn Solstheim Landscape ==FPS==
Great Solstheim retexture mod.

Caves and mines retextures. Choose one:

aMidianBorn Caves and Mines ==FPS==
4k Parallax Mines by Pfuscher ==FPS==
My personal favourite.
CleverCharff's Caves ==FPS== CC's HQ Mines Redone==FPS==
Works absolutely fine in Skyrim LE - just download the mod manually, place it to your mod manager mods folder, relaunch mod manager and install the mod as usually :)
Gecko's Dwarven Ruins Textures ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Install it based on your own taste (can be used on top of mods above).

Now choose one from the next 3 mods which are retexturing Nordic dungeons somehow "forgotten" by big mods before:
Northfire's Dungeons ==FPS==
Gecko's Nordic Ruins Textures ==FPS==
Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins ==FPS==
My personal favourite. Note: do NOT overwrite this mod by anything after you've installed it - it has exceptional quality.
Fine, Let's move.

Parallax Bridges by Pfuscher ==FPS==
Use this mod or the one below.
Brilliant Bridges - HD Bridge Textures ==FPS== Use this mod or the one above.
Blended Roads ==FPS== 
Amazing mod doing exactly how it's called. Like a "Real Roads" mod, just better and should be used instead. Recommended to also install this improvement on top.

Choose [ONE] of the next few tree overhauls. The choice is purely a matter of your personal taste, and each of mods is described below.

Skyrim Flora Overhaul ==FPS==
Use "no grass" version if you're planning to use grass mod (which I personally recommend to do). Also, do NOT use it together with Enhanced Vanilla Trees or Myrkvior below - choose one.
Enhanced Vanilla Trees ==FPS==
Amazing mod which I'm using myself. Besides having double and sometimes tripple the resolution on all applied trunk textures, the meshes have improved shapes to reduce edges and there are optional versions with more foliage, larger tree sizes and custom textures, as well as fully supporting allmighty 3D LODs for DynDOLOD (explained below in the guide). It's an all-in-one complete Vanilla+ tree enhancement package.
This mod is great alternative if your PC can't handle Skyrim Flora Overhaul, and my personal favorite - while giving great performance and plenty of options to choose from, it maintains vanilla look of the trees, but with much greater quality. Do NOT use it together with Skyrim Flora Overhaul or Myrkvior - choose one. Note: this mos also contains Realistic Aspen Trees mod as an optional choice during installation. You can also use this optional pine retexture (works fine in LE - download manually somewhere (2k version is recommended), add to your mod manager and install, approving the overwriting).
Myrkvior - The Flora Of Skyrim ==FPS== New, original trees overhaul with a unique look and great quality. Only moment here is that it's placing plenty of new trees across the game world as well - so if using it, test the game deepy if you'll be using landscape overhauls. Yet, it's giving a really fresh touch to Skyrim trees look and definitely worth a try. Do NOT use it together with SFO or EVT - choose one.
Fabled Forests ==NEW== ==FPS== A simple, performance-friendly, but beautiful vanilla+ trees overhaul. Note: mod is still in development so you can meet some bugs like collision issues or floating trees in some places - but, mod authors gradually fixes those in every new release. Other than that, mod is a great option to look at. Also take into account that, similar to the most of the other large tree overhauls, this mod also places new trees, so test your game extensively when using other smaller landscape addon mods. This said, it's also made with compatibility in mind with some of the popular wilderness immersion mods, like CFTO or road overhauls. David's Trees ==FPS== A simplier tree model replacer + some new trees here and there, a vanilla + tree mod basically. SFO Summer Edition II ==FPS== New "summer" variation of SFO. For those who want to transform Skyrim into something more green and blooming. Do NOT use it together with EVT or Myrkvior - choose one.
David's pine and Tamu75's aspen trees redux ==FPS== Combines the amazing pine tree replacer from David and the aspen tree replacer from Tamu75 into one mod. Supports 3D LODs as well.

Good!

Forest Bark  ==FPS==
4K Parallax Treebark==FPS==
Install Realistic Aspen Trees patch if you will use it.
BTM - Better Tree Mod =FPS==
This mod is optional. Install it if you like its textures more than previous ones. If no - skip.
2K-4K Parallax Forest Treebark =FPS==
This mod is optional. Install it if you like its textures more than previous ones. If no - skip.
Lush Vanilla Trees ==FPS==
This mod is optional. If your PC can handle [NONE] of SFO, EVT or Myrkvior fine - you most likely won't need it. Very fps-friendly alternative to previous mod, but ofc not so rich detailed. Compatible with SFO. NOT compatible with EVT.
Immersive Fallen Trees Mod ==FPS==
SD's Farmhouse Fences ==FPS==
For many years, "Fences of Skyrim" mod was the to-go fences mesh/texture mod, but not so long ago, a next-level 3D fences mod appeared. Grab it!.
High Quality Food and Ingredients ==FPS==
Do NOT overwrite anything by this mod to only get lacking textures.

Water mods:

Realistic Water Two ==FPS==
Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit. Also install ENB textures from the optional files (if you will use ENB of course). You can also try this retexture addon for it.
Other RWT addons:
Watercolor for ENB and Realistic Water Two ==FPS==
This mod installation is optional. Install it if you want more fantasy-like colored water.
ClearWater for ENB and RWT ==FPS==
This mod is optional - use it if you like water to be more "clear" so you can actually see through it when standing at shore.

Pure Waters ==FPS== An [alternative] to Realistic Water Two - don't use both at the same time. Download the file manually somewhere, add to your mod manager and install as usually. If you want only waterfalls from this mod instead, get them here. Files are hosted by the original author of the mod. If you'll have a free moment, rate the mod here.

Transparent wave spray Retexture by Pfuscher ==FPS==
This mod is needed no matter if you're using RWT or PW.

Note #1: Always read the grass mod pages carefully, as each mod usually requires changing settings in Skyrim.ini [GRASS] section. Implement them.
Note #2: If you absolutely love some grass mod, and can use it, but FPS hit is bigger than you expected, you can always play with grass density settings, namely the iMinGrassSize= value. The LOWER the value is, the DENSER the grass is - so if you wanna get more FPS, make the value HIGHER (try 80, 100 or even 120).

Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin ==FPS== + Verdant no Road water grass and landscape edits fix/patch for it.
Set iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=15 and iMinGrassSize=70 in your Skyrim.ini.
You can also use darker grass textures patch if your ENB preset is too bright. There's also a textures replacement addon available.
Northern Grass ==FPS==
A great alternative to Verdant, built from it and some other grass mods.
Unbelievable Grass 2 Redux ==FPS==
Reworked version of very popular grass mod. That's what I'm currently using myself.
Viscous Foliage ==FPS==
Grass on Steroids ==FPS==
Also take a look at some "green" grass mods if you want to transform Skyrim into something more spring/summer-like (yes, still install only one).
Grass Field ==FPS==
Green Grass==FPS==
Voluptuous Grasses-The T H I C C K E N I N G ==FPS==
Mojo Grass ==FPS== Grass Field R ==FPS== Realistic Grass Field ==FPS== Improved version of popular "Grass Field" mod above, with changed textures so grass in each region will be more fitting it. Fantastic grasses and where to find them ==FPS== Fresh, unique-looking and region-fitting grass mod and one of my personal favourites now. You can also see a video showcase of it here. Origins Of Forest - 3D Forest Grass ==FPS== A complementary grass mod to reflect the dynamic growth of a great forest. Can be used together with other grass overhauls. Folkvangr - Grass and Landscape Overhaul ==FPS== Fresh, dense and beautiful grass overhaul - yet also pretty FPS-hungry. Will work just fine in LE if you'll port mod assets using CAO. Stupid Grass ==FPS== A potential pick for low-end rig owners. Short Grass ==FPS== Insanely fps-taxing, but pretty original and dense green short grass mod. For mod to properly work in LE: download the archive manually, unzip it, convert the meshes (files in "meshes" folder) to LE meshes (how to - look in FAQ/Stability section), pack files back in archive, add to mod manager and install as usual. Whiterun Summer Edition - Green Grass for the Tundra ==NEW== ==FPS== Completely changes the grass in the Tundra to be a summer-y and fantasy-like green grass.
Riften Summer Edition - Green Grass in The Rift==NEW== ==FPS== And a similar mod for the Rift region. No Grassias Mod removes overgrown grass and clipping issues caused by grass mods adding it to land textures that aren't suppose to have grass. Though, this mod takes it somewhat too much often, and leaves chunks of terrain bald. A completely optional mod.

Note #1: visit this mod page if you want to learn how to fully enable the "Complex Grass" feature in ENB. You can also visit this patches page for some patches already made (they will work fine in LE after a simple CAO conversion).

Note #2: if using the latest ENB binaries, it's strongly recommended to also install this for (finally 10 years later haha) agrass collision! Includes several options and installation instructions with them.

Note #3: you can also make grass to be more "windy" (sway more noticeable under the wind) by adding the next line under the [Display] in Skyrim.ini - fWindGrassMultiplier=X, where X is the value like 3,5,7, 11 etc. Experiment to your leisure :)

Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains Two==FPS==
Install NON-ENB patch if you won't use ENB and Relighting Skyrim patch if you will use this lighting mod. This mod is my personal favourite.
ScandaNordic Mountains - HD Mountain Textures ==FPS== My personal #2 favourite.
Majestic Mountains ==FPS==
Also optionally grab a retexture for it here .
4K Parallax Mountains by Pfuscher ==FPS==
Tamriel Reloaded - Mountains and Rocks ==FPS==
Standalone mountains/rocks mod from Tamriel Reloaded author.
Metamorphic Rocks ==FPS==
Parallax white piles and mountain==FPS==
Beautiful photorealistic rocks'n'mountains mod.
ONE MOUNTAIN - To Rule Them All ==FPS==
Old'but'good mountain model and texture mod from talented Gamwich - also comes with great performance, useful for low-end rigs.
Dave's UFHD Mountains ==FPS==
True Nordic Mountains ==NEW== ==FPS== 4k dark brown version recommedned.
Hybrid Mountains by Odin ==FPS== Rock Your World - a stone retex mod ==FPS== Kanjs - Chromatic Mountains ==FPS== Harsh Ancient Mountains and Rocks ==FPS== Rum Induced Mountains ==FPS== David's Dirt Cliff Variation ==FPS==
Does exactly how it's named. Can be installed on top on any of previous mods in this section.

Enhanced Landscapes - Oaks Standalone - Marsh Pines - Dilon Vul ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Standalone mod if you want something like "very light" version of Enhanced Landscapes. Also, this mod FULLY supports amazing 3D LODs! Don't use it if you are using EL already.
Winter Overhaul 2019 ==FPS== 
This mod is optional. Amazing landscape overhaul that's making Skyrim look more like...Skyrim. Try it for sure.
Distinct Skyrim Landscapes ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Another landscape overhaul focused on making Skyrim regions more different to each other. It mostly focuses on trees - removing at some regions and adding in other regions, resulting in pretty original change in how Skyrim worldscape feels.

If you want to make Solstheim look more "spring" and colorful, instead of previous two mods you can try one of these:
Solstheim Genesis ==FPS==
I'm not using any of these, but that's my personal favourite in terms of visual changes.
Summer Solstheim HD ==FPS==
Fine, let's move.

Trees Addon ==FPS==
This mod is optional. A really unique mod that places not big amounts but rather separate trees here and there across the Skyrim - only in places where these trees will look really in place and nice! It also features unique trees from Enderal which are looking majestic and fitting many Skyrim regions great as well. Make sure to install the update file as well.
Bent Pines II ==FPS==
This mod is optional. A fresh work from flora mod divine, Vurt, which adds several really huge pines to the tundra with animated branches.
The Blue Forest ==FPS==
This mod is optional. A blue-colored fantasy overhaul for the Rift region.
Fantasy Forest Overhaul ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Fantasy trees and flora additions for the whole Skyrim now.
Dark Forests of Skyrim ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Amazing dark fantasy style overhaul for Skyrim featuring dead and living trees with new forested areas. Personally using it now.
Dark Forests of Skyrim - Solstheim Apocalypse ==FPS== A comprehensive overhaul for Solstheim from the author of the mod above, featuring new types of flora, mushroom forest, ash desert, and thicker forested areas.
Project Rainforest ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Beautiful and with huge coverage, tropical overhaul for Skyrim.

Major road overhauls. Choose one:

Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads) ==FPS==
A simple yet immersive visual overhaul for Skyrim roads, compatible with almost everything possible. Use this mod or the mod below.
Prettier Roads by LGG ==FPS== Upgrade your Skyrim roads with some much needed scenery. Includes lore friendly addons. For the happy explorer. Use this mod or the mod above.
Lux Via ==FPS== Mod is reworking main roads while still focusing on lighting, adding consistent light sources between towns and villages, improving or reworking from scratch many bridges, crossroads and adding a lot of points of interest to make roads a bit more interesting. Note: will be not compatible with the similar road overhauls. Patch for Skyrim bridges is available in the FOMOD installer (together with tons of other patches in a cozy installer).

Good. Let's continue.

The Great Forest of Whiterun Hold ==FPS==
This mod is optional. A massive "treefication" of Whiterun region. You may also be interested in patches for it. Use this mod or the mod below.
Whiterun Forest Borealis ==FPS== Transforms the tundra into a boreal forest, such as those found in the tundra of extreme northern latitudes. Use this mod or the mod above. s6o6t LORE - Dark Anchors ruins and Dolmens ==FPS== Adds 6 Dolmens and Dark Anchors ruins to Eastmarch and to Rift to the places they were in ESO. Scars of Time ==FPS== The timeworn land of Skyrim is filled with landmarks evoking it's vast history, made to stir the mind with days gone by and stories untold. But you've probably seen them all by now, you've had ten years to do it after all. Scars of Time seeks to give you new locations intended to provoke that same feeling of discovery you felt a decade ago.
The Ruins Legendary ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Beautiful mods that adds various ruined structures and alters flora in some places of Skyrim.
Ancient Land ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Inspired by previous one, but more lightweight and a bit different.
Interesting Roads ==FPS== Immersive and non-intrusive addon for Skyrim roads from the author of mod above (and compatible with it). You can see a video showcase of it here.
Stave Church of Skyrim ==FPS== Adds stave churches to 7 optional locations around Skyrim. Purely cosmetical mod.
The Marshlands ==FPS== Transforms much of the hjaalmarch march area into an immersive and claustrophibic forest, particularly around movarth's lair and the abandoned shack near morthal.
Mythical Tundra - Stonehenge and Hilltops ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Beautiful authentic stone additions to the tundra region.
Daedric Shrines series ==FPS== Link leads to a Xtudo profile, but here it's about the group of mods which adds beautiful, high-poly daedric shrines throughout Skyrim, that you can see between the many of his other mods. It's mostly cosmetic placements for travelling immersion and roleplay. Clavicus Vile statue can be found separately here.
Oblivion Gates ==FPS== 
This mod is optional. Adds non-functional Oblivion gates here and there in Skyrim. Use this mod or the one below.
s6o6t LORE - Oblivion gates ==FPS== 
This mod is optional. Use this mod or the one above.
Nordic Ruins of Skyrim ==FPS==
Fresh and simple mod that makes nordic ruins look better.
Northern Clearspring Tarn ==FPS==
A fresh and detailed touch to one of the most beautiful Skyrim places.

Standing Stones Stand Out ==FPS== Adds some clutter to some of the standing stone locations around Skyrim, making these places to stand out from the landscapes around. Use this mod or the mod below. Ryn's Standing Stones ==NEW== ==FPS== Another great visual standing stones overhaul. Works fine in LE.

Unique Flowers And Plants ==FPS==
This mod is not a retexture mod, it adds unique flowers and plants in different Skyrim areas. To install it or not - its' just a matter of taste. Look at pictures at mod page and decide :)
Penitus Oculatus II ==NEW== ==FPS== Adds a military outpost in the mountains north of Markarth. Unmarked Locations Pack ==NEW== ==FPS== This mod adds more than 50 new (usually) tiny, but immersive locations for you to visit. Nice and seamless. Unmarked Locations Pack - Sovngarde ==NEW== ==FPS== And even for the Sovngarde. Ships On The Horizon ==NEW== ==NEW== ==FPS== Adds ships that can be seen in the Sea of Ghosts near Solitude, Raven Rock and Tel Mithryn. Lighting The 7000 Steps ==NEW== ==FPS== Adds little braziers to each of the shrines along the 7000 steps to High Hrothgar. FungusAmungUs 2.0 ==FPS== Simple mod that only adds giant mushrooms to southern Eastmarch near Darkwater Crossing. CG4 Trees and Bushes ==FPS== Scatters 6 types of tree & some bushes onto the land of Skyrim. Read the mod page to see difference between version. Really neat little mod. Additional Hunter Camps ==FPS== New hunter camps across Skyrim.
Quercus Nordica - an Oak Tree Mod for Skyrim ==FPS== Trees addon which places oask in Skyrim regions fitting for this.
Dragons skull - New location ==FPS== Just a new beautoful little place to visit. Half Moon Creek ==FPS== Renovation of the landscape in the area between the Half-Moon Mill, Moss Mother Cavern аnd Evergreen Grove.
Bridges Ferries and Fords ==FPS== Adds over a dosen new bridges in Skyrim wilderness for convenient crossing.



Choose only ONE mods from these 2 bridges mods:
Skyrim Bridges ==FPS==
Covered Bridges of Skyrim ==FPS==
Great, move on.

Flower Fields ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Simple as that - various flower fields across the Skyrim. May look not lore-friendly to some players. A matter of taste :)
Snowy AF Windhelm ==PFS==
This mod is optional. Adds much more snow and some clutter to Windhelm.
Foggy Morthal and Swamp ==FPS==
Great mod that changes morthal weathers and area around it. The only thing weather changes may be not compatible with ENB preset you're using, but it's still just a visual details, it will not cause crashes.
Green Skyrim - summer landscape's textures pack ==FPS==
This mod is optional. Once again it's VERY, VERY OPTIONAL. It will change the look of Skyrim completely. If you don't want spring overhaul - you don't need it.
Summer Overhaul==FPS==
A qualitative work for Skyrim summer transformation.

Climates of Tamriel (COT)
Pros: most lore-friendly, great amount of weathers.
Cons: not updated for a long time and likely won't be updated in future. Also it doesn't cover unofficial DLC-sized mods like Wyrmstooth, Summerset Isle etc.
Patches:
Extended Patches for Climates of Tamriel

Purity
Pros: bigger variety of weather than COT has.
Cons: have also water retexture mod included, so you'll need to reinstall Realistic Water Two (or use its water). Also this mod big flaw is that almost no ENB presets are tweaked for it. File is hosted by the original mod author.

Vivid Weathers (VW)
Before NLVA was released (see below), it was my personal favorite. Brilliant weather mod!
Pros: bigger amount of weathers comparing with COT and Purity. Has an MCM menu to configure brightness and saturation ingame without tweaking any .ini files. Covers most of unofficial DLC-sized mods. Has plenty of ENB presets tweaked for it.
Cons: the most saturated weather mod, some weathers could look less lore-friendly than  in COT or Purity.

Natural Lighting and Atmospherics
Awesome mod, but it changes vanilla weathers only. Also it has some awesome lighting effects. As for me this mod gives the best armor shining (especially during the rain/night/torches lighting etc). If you like it, you should defenitely try NLVA (see below).

Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics (NLVA)
My personal favorite now. The newest one as well. This mod it's just a brilliant combination of two mods: NLA and VW. Mod authors spent hundreds of hours to take and mix the best weathers and other effects from Vivid Weathers and Natural Lighting and Atmospherics. Quality about quantity. The result is fantastic! Today it also has very big amount of ENB presets tweaked for it.
IMPORTANT NOTE: some of people are a bit confused on NLVA installation. To clarify a bit: NLVA has BOTH [weather mod] and [ENB preset]. These 2 are absolutely independent things. You need [only] weahter mod from it's files to have it's weather. So, if you're not planning using EXACTLY NLVA's ENB preset [as well], you don't need to "remove all traces of ENB" as NLVA pages recommends. This is related to ENB installation, which you already have.

Aurelia - Weathers and Interiors
Note: this one is a new weather mod. It works fine and gives some original touch to the game, but as it's new, it's not yet directly supported by popular ENB presets - so just test it yourself with your preferred ENB preset if you like it :)

SVWI - Simple Vanilla Weathers Improved Lightweight weather mod that aims on improving the vanilla weathers, fixing mismatching ambient colors of grass, tree LODs and other stuff.

Autumn Skies AIO Warm, saturated weather mod.

Obsidian Weathers and Seasons My personal second favourite SE weather mod ported to LE.

Aequinoctium - Weathers and Seasons A soft, fantasy/realistic hybrid weather overhaul featuring seasonal weathers.

Azurite Weathers Lite A simple weather mod, a middle between realistic look and fantasy vibes.

Serious Weathers A simple weather which is aimed on a bit of more diversity and basically amplified vanilla weathers - clear weather is actually clear, foggy weather is more foggy etc.

Enhanced Lights and FX (ELFX) ==FPS==
My personal favorite.
Pros: awesome lighting mod with the widest amount of options so the most configurable. Most fresh one.
Cons: somewhat more performance consuming than other other mods and eats lotta FPS in some locations, but there's a fix that can be downloaded here: Unofficial Enhanced Lights and FX ELFX SMIM ENB fps performance patch. Also get this one too.
Important note: if you'll be using ELFX Enhancer module, you need to delete a few records in Unofficial City Patch related to Dragonsreach to avoid conflicts and missing cells in the game. Don't worry, it's absolutely easy. Just run TES5Edit, open Unofficial City Patch .esm file and delete only records showed on this screenshot. Exit TES5Edit. Profit!
Important note #2: do NOT overwrite Rugnarok, Rocks/Mountains, Realistic Water Two, Pfuscher's mines and Rudy's nordic mods meshes. Also, if you're aimed on a heavy mod list - don't choose exteriors option (it may lead to numerous conflicts with settlement mods).
Important note #3: Do not use Weathers, Exteriors or Hardcore modules.

Realistic Lighting Overhaul ==FPS==
Maybe the most performance-friendly lighting mod and also covering almost everything.

Relighting Skyrim
If you don't like both ELFX and RLO you can try this.

Surreal Lighting ==FPS== A lighting mod which brings more fantasy-like, vibrant lighting to Skyrim worldspace. Not officially compatible with most of ENB presets, so check the look yourself.

TESLight-SkyrimLE ==FPS== A simple yet effective, vanilla+ lighting mod.

Now you there's a one optional mod you can . It's compatible with all of lighting mods above, but in a "complex" way - besides adding amazing shadows, it also modifies or adds billions of lighting sources, which may cause weird visuals when using with other lighting mods. So test deeply before keeping it, or just use it alone. You can make compatibility patches yourself via TES5Edit and CK, but this will take a lot of time if you want to make it literally 100% compatible with other big lighting mods.
Let me put it more clear and simple: until you're pretty experienced with xEdit and CK, and don't have several dozens of hours of free time - don't use this mod on top of other lighting mods. Use one or another.

SHADOWS ==FPS==
Simply amazing and very underrated mod that adding and improving shadows. The quality of these shadows is sometimes simply stunning! Just look on the screenshots and you'll get what I mean. But once again, this mod installation is optional and highly NOT recommended on top of other lighting mods until you 100% know what you're doing (lots of manual patching in xEdit).

Towns and cities mods
Between ETAC/JK/Dawn of Skyrim I'd advise to choose only one them you like the most if you're very new to modding. In overall, many of mods in this section can be made compatible, but in that case - read compatibility notes carefully at mod pages. Why "Hold the City Overhaul" isn't in this list? It's bugged af and mod author ignores most of bug reports for months.

Big towns'n'cities overhauls:

Expanded Towns and Cities (ETAC) ==FPS==
The biggest town overhaul mod. It has a great modular installer so you can choose whice part to install and which not to install. This feature allows you to install it with other similar mods with maximum compatibility. Note: use the latest [old] version of the mod - the "shiny WIP" one is stip in early development and has plenty of bugs.
Note: remember that you can use Modular version to get only things like Orc Strongholds, some minor villages other mods don't cover, and use them together with other complex overhauls.
JK's Skyrim ==FPS==
Pros: most detailed from all similar mods. It adds really big amount of objects to towns, making them look very detailed. Also remember that all cities/towns covered in this mod are avaialble as standalone mods, so you can combine them with other mods to your hearts content.
Cons: It's a most performance-hit mod from all the similar mods. It WILL rape your FPS at almost any rig. And if you're also running alot of retexture mods, you can get ~20-25 fps in big towns sometimes. But it's quality worth it. It's all about your rig power.
If you like this mod and want to use it, but it's too much FPS-heavy, you can use this awesome light or superlight version:
JKs Cities - Lite and SuperLite ==FPS==
This versions are also much better compatible with another towns'n'cities mods. Also, if using JK's Riverwood standalone mod, get this fix .
Dawn of Skyrim - Director's Cut ==FPS==
Another great towns'n'cities mod. I would say it's at the middle between performance hit, details amount and lore-friendship. Pretty good compatible with other similar mods.
Spaghetti's Cities ==NEW== ==FPS== Spaghetti's Towns ==NEW== ==FPS==
Spaghetti's Solstheim ==NEW== ==FPS==
Beautiful overhauls for large amount of settlements - cities, towns and villages. The approach of this author is nearly minimalistic, performance-friendly, but beautiful and at the same time - a good alternative to the heavy settlement overhauls above.
The Great Cities - Minor Cities and Towns ==FPS==
Fresh and orignally looking alternative to popular town-affecting mods like JK or ETAC. Realms of Romance ==FPS== A pretty unique settlement overhaul not for everyone as it's really giving the spring and fantasy look to the cities. Yet, if it's something you desire - try it for sure. You can download standalone mods for each city covered seperately if you don't wan't this AIO version.

All-in-one towns/villages mods:

Choose only ONE from the first 2 mods.Third one can be installed on top (especially good with Arthmoor's villages mod)
Arthmoor's Skyrim Villages - All In One ==FPS==
Take into account that this mod may conflict with mods that affects TOWNS, so use carefully.
Dx's ClefJ's Villages ==FPS==
Take into account that this mod may conflict with mods that affects TOWNS, so use carefully.
Settlements Expanded ==FPS==
Fine, let's move.

Gooood. Now a plenty of various smaller mods that changes single city/town/guild hall etc. Take into account that some of them maybe be 100% compatible with big mods above, some may be not, and as they can affect both exteriors and interiors as well. Just read the mod pages attentively and you'll be fine. But still, I've added some of my own mentions as well :)


Interior mods - now choose one the next 2 big mods, the rest can be used together, but at certain conditions (you CAN use ALL of them with towns and cities mods):
Take into account that they may (and will in almost all cases) conflict if you'll be trying to use them together to get the biggest possible coverage, but it's easily fixed - just open mods affecting same cells in xEDit and delete the named cell from one of the mods and save. If you want to see more detailed tutorial with examples - watch the video below :)

Click on "show" to expand the subsection.

Now, the mods adding brand new settlements.
Note #1: in this section are those which are purely cosmetic/immersion ones - they usually add a settlement or a camp somewhere, with and inn, some traders, guards, probably house to buy etc. Yet, if you're looking for a whole new areas (probably in their own worldspace), filled with encounters, quests, bosses and so on - those kind of mods are in their own section in the gameplay guide.
Note #2: take into account that brand new settlements may or may not conflict with your current mod setup - for instance, creature mods which adds new monsters in the wilderness (where a new settlement now may be), encounter mods, etc. If you'll run in some strange issue, don't rush to disturb a mod author, but rather use MFG console to see with what mod there's a compatibility issue present.

Fort/prison overhauls:
Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone ==FPS==
The forts of Skyrim look as though they have been abandoned for 400 years. This mod aims to change that up a little. New structures and walls have been built in the major forts of Skyrim. Some walls are still wooden palisades until a civil war faction takes over from the bandits. The walls and decorations will dynamically change depending on which faction currently has ownership of the fort. Shrines to Talos dominate Stormcloak forts while shrines to Akatosh take up the mantle in Imperial held forts. Grab it for sure.
Tactical Valtheim ==FPS==
Valtheim Keep is a natural chokepoint between two major holds who are currently at war, and should really be much better defended. Now it is. And here's also DSR patch for it.
Serenity - A Silent Moons Camp Overhaul ==FPS== A mod to make Silent Moons Camp into a larger bandit camp, as well as making the lunar enchantment and forge better.
Halted Stream Mine ==FPS== Halted Stream Camp is sitting on top of a decent iron mine. This mod will let you claim the mine for a faction of your choice, preventing bandits from spawning there again. Blood and Silver - Cidhna Mine Expanded ==NEW== ==FPS== Cidhna Mine, Skyrim's most notorious prison and the source of Markarth's vast wealth, finally lives up to its reputation with this MASSIVE expansion. New places, new people, new challenges. Spaghetti's Orc Strongholds - AIO ==NEW== ==FPS== Simple yet beautiful facelift for orc strongholds. Skamp's Claw Keep ==FPS== A complete rework of the Abandoned Prison. Compatible with ASLAL. Iros at Raven Rock ==FPS== A similar mod from the same author, for Abandoned Building in Raven Rock.

This one last mod here you can use on top of other mods:
Farmhouse Chimneys ==FPS==
This mod is not a retexture mod actually, it add chimneys, beautiful and immersive. I recommend it defenitely :)

Vivid Clouds and Fogs ==FPS==
ETHEREAL CLOUDS ==FPS==
Northern Realistic Clouds Legendary ==FPS==
Clouds for Skyrim ==FPS==

Obsidian Mountain Fogs ==FPS==
Morning Fogs Refined ==FPS==
Fogrim ==FPS==

Enhanced Night Skyrim ==FPS==
Horizon of Dreams - Night Sky and Moon Textures ==FPS==
Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 ==FPS==
Skygazer - Constellations HD 2K (with nebulae) ==FPS==
Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD ==FPS==
My moon favorite :)
Arctic Moon ==FPS== Inside the Nebula ==FPS==
Unique, fantasy-looking and simply bloody beautiful mod! I personally don't use it because prefer more lore-friendly look, but it's an amazing one.
Bryce Nebula - Skyrim galaxy replacer ==FPS==
Older version of the mod from the previous mod author. Looks different and still great!
Skyrim Textures Redone - Stars ==FPS==
Qualitative starts retexture from Gorgulla.
Starry Sky ==FPS==
Skyrim Textures Redone - Moons ==FPS==
Skyrim Textures Redone - Enhanced Night Sky ==FPS==
STARS ==FPS==
Another stars retexture from talented ramcoid.
4K Stars and Galaxies ==FPS==
Bright and unique-looking galaxies + stars retexture.
Texture Overhaul Sky Collection Stars of Nirn ==FPS== Texture Overhaul Sky Texture Overhaul Moons of Nirn ==FPS== Night Sky HD ==FPS== Moons Sizes Changes ==FPS== A simple yet immersive mod. Moon size changes for Masser and Secunda. Four different sizes to choose from, with hundreds of combinations possible. Only thing you'll need to do here is to un-eslify the plugin in SSEdit.

First, a large chunk of standalone retexture mods for a single/few objects which don't quite fit into some spefific category, or affect lots of objects. There are plenty of mods here, so they were grouped into a expandable subsection - click "show" to unwrap it:

Texture packs changing the look of cities, guild halls and some other noticeable locations or location types (like bandit forts). Those textures, in like 95% cases are already covered by mods you have at this point, so these retextures are for you to choose from if you like their look more than current one or simply provide more high-quality retextures compared to "base" packs here and there. While all of them are just texture/model replacers which don't add anything to the places themselves, don't underestimate how much refreshed look they can give! Some places have more than one mod for you to pick from, so once again choose one that you prefer the most between several variants - or you can try to manually mix'n'match them yourself :)

Some variants for lockpicking retexture/remodel. Choose one:

Lockpicking Interface Redone ==FPS== JS Lockpicking UI ==FPS== I'm using this one. Lock o Motion ==FPS== EASIER LOCKPICKING - Without Cheating - Nordic Retexture ==FPS==

Some variants for road signs. Choose one:

Weathered Road Signs ==FPS== My personal favourite. CC's HQ Roadsigns ==FPS== ElSopa HD - Unique Hand Painted Road Signs ==FPS== Definitely original work, yet also very vibrant and may look not lore-friendly for many players. A matter of personal taste. My Road Signs are Beautiful - Multilingual HD Retexture ==FPS== Rally's Road Signs ==FPS== Rally's Five Cities Road Signs ==FPS== Mod from the same author - but with different roadsign font. HD Legible Road Signs ==FPS==

Better looking potions. Choose one:

RUSTIC ANIMATED POTIONS and POISONS ==FPS== One potion/poison visual mod to rule them all. XxAwesome_PotionsxX ==FPS== Another beautiful potion replacer, with animations and much fantasy look. Awesome potions Simplified ==FPS== Another beautiful potion replacer, with animations and much fantasy look. ElSopa - Potions Redone ==NEW== ==FPS== Great vanilla+ potion replacer mod from ElSopa. Lots of patches here . Ultimate and extreme potions ==FPS== One more potion models/textures replacer, but this time only for "ultimate" potions type. You can use this one on top of one of two previous ones. Sleeping Tree Sap ==NEW== ==FPS== Potion of Blood ==NEW== ==FPS== Vaermina's Torpor ==NEW== ==FPS== These ones you can also install on top of the massive potion retexture packs above. Get the ENB version if using ENB.

City signs mods. Choose one:

SkyFix - HD Blacksmith Signs ==FPS== + SkyFix - Unique Inn Signs HD ==FPS== + Beautiful Honey Signs ==FPS==
ElSopa HD - Unique Hand Made Signs Overhaul ==FPS== My personal favourite. I'd recommend to also install desaturated pack of textures on top, from mod's Files tab. WiZkiD Signs ==FPS== Great quality and overall look closer to original one at the same time. Skyrim 3D Signs ==FPS== Qualitative models and somewhat ascetic textures. To use mod in LE, just unpack the .bsa archives and run meshes through CAO with "LE" option checked. Then pack the meshes folder, textures folder and .esp plugin in archive, add to your mod manager and . Mystical Illumination - Glowing Signs ==FPS== A [very] original look of the signs, high-fantasy, I'd say. Make sure you've installed the proper version of main file. Stable Signs ==FPS== This one you can use on top of others, if you prefer exactly this mod stable signs over others.

Arvak look. Choose one:

Arvak - Legendary Edition ==FPS== Arvak Replace ==FPS==

Shadowmere look. Choose one:

Better Shadowmere ==NEW== ==FPS== This mod makes Shadowmere's textures a bit darker, offers large amount of model/eyes color/saddle & equipment model variations, gives him better stats and some new abilities to make him even more unique. DSL Demonic Shadowmere ==NEW== ==FPS== Shadowmere Rework ==NEW== ==FPS== Beautiful, realistic Shadowmere rework with high-poly mesh and 4k textures. SE mod, but will work just fine after simple CAO conversion. ShadowmereReplace ==NEW== ==FPS== Fiery red Shadowmere with a bit of demonic touch. Also will work fine after CAO conversion.

Better shrines look. Choose one:

Rens HD Shrines ==FPS== Remiros' Shrines HD ==FPS== JS Shrines of the Divines ==FPS== I'm using this one. Optionally, you can also install this retexture on top.

Gemstones look. Choose one:

Pretty Gemstones ==FPS== Gems as they should be ==FPS== Gemstones Replacers HD ==FPS==

Banners textures. Install first one as base, then choose one:

Sigils of Skyrim ==NEW== ==FPS== 2k version recommended. Take into account that mod offers retexture files for both banners and guard shields. Ennead - Banners ==FPS== My personal favourite for most of the banners covered.

Dragon corpse textures. Choose one:

Enhanced HD Dragon Bones ==FPS== Bloody Dragon Bones ==FPS== RUSTIC DRAGON CORPSE ==FPS== I'm using this one. Frankly HD Dragon Bones ==FPS==

Guard shields textures. Choose one:

Frankly HD Stormcloak and City Guards ==FPS== I'm using this one. It also bumps up quality of stormcloak soldier armors. CC's HQ Guard Shields ==FPS== Ennead - Shields ==FPS== Sigils of Skyrim ==NEW== ==FPS== 2k version recommended. Take into account that mod offers retexture files for both guard shields and banners. ElSopa HD - Hold Guard Shields ==FPS==

Standing stones textures. Choose one:

RUSTIC STANDING STONES ==FPS== Rudy HQ - Standing Stones ==FPS== My personal favourite. Astral Aspect - 4K Standing Stones ==FPS== Lower resolution version are also available.

Dragon priests masks. Choose one:

4K Dragon Priest Masks of Immersion ==FPS== Masks of the Dovah Sonaak ==FPS== I'm using this one. Incredible details. Vanilla-wise look. A lot of options and great compatibility with armor mods. Apophysis Dragon Priest Masks ==FPS== A great alternative - beautiful texture and very original look. Unique Dragon Priest Masks - HD textures ==FPS==

Ships/boats look. Choose one:

Joy of Ships ==FPS== My personal favorite. Boats and Ships ==FPS== DK's Nord Ship Texture Replacers ==FPS== Beautiful Boats - 4K Ship Re-texture ==FPS==

Common dragon retextures and couple others:

RUSTIC DRAGONS ==FPS== My favourite for dragon textures. Use this one or the mod below.
Dragon of Skyrim - Dragonskin retex by Darkdukla ==FPS== Pretty original facelift to dragons - choose this mod or the one above.
AGoT Dragons (A Game Of Thrones) ==NEW== ==FPS== Replaces the base game dragons with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.
HD Serpentine Dragon and Mesh Fix ==FPS== 
Thanatos as Durnehviir ==FPS==
Just an amazing Durnehviir retexture in 2 versions.

Alduin retextures. Choose one:

More Dramatic Alduin Retexture ==FPS== Deathwing Inspired Alduin (Reloaded) ==FPS== Imprefvicticious Alduin ==FPS== Supreme Alduin ==FPS== Drogon Alduin - Monstrrous GoT Dragons ==NEW== ==FPS== Drogon from Game of Thrones as Alduin, with a brand new high-poly model. 8k version recommended. Alduin DragonSkin retex by DarkDukla ==NEW== ==FPS==

Odahviing retextures. Choose one:

Snow Hunter Odahviing ==FPS== Armored Odahviing - Odahviing Reborn ==FPS== Ancient Odahviing ==FPS== Dovah Odahviing ==FPS==

Partysnaxx retextures. Choose one:

Paarthurnax DragonSkin by DarkDukla ==NEW== ==FPS== Rhaegal Paarthurnax - Monstrrous GoT Dragons ==NEW== ==FPS==

Improved horses look. Choose one:

SC - Horses ==FPS== Probably the most beautiful and detailed horse replacer currently existing. You don't need to pay to download it - it's free, just hosted on authoress Patreon. Downlonad the mod archive manually, add it to your mod manager and install as usually. Light Horses of Skyrim ==FPS== One more qualitative hore replacer. zzjay's Horse Overhaul ==FPS== Well-made, vanilla-improved textures.

Ingots/ore mods. Choose one:

Realistic HD Ingots ==FPS== + HD Reworked Ores ==FPS== HD Ore And Ingots ==FPS== CC's Enhanced Ore Veins ==FPS== My personal favorite - recommended to choose "less glowing ore" option. Metallurgy - Ingots Ore and Veins HD ==FPS== Another alternative by talented fadingsignal.

Windows mods. Choose one:

Visible Windows ==FPS== RUSTIC WINDOWS ==FPS== My favorite.

Road maps mods. Choose one:

A Quality World Map and Solstheim Map - With Roads ==FPS== Paper World Map ==FPS== You may also be interested in some addons for it.
Note: may cause map glitches in some new land mods with own wordlspaces. Has no issues with base game. Topographic World Map of Skyrim ==FPS==

Various "specialised" armor, weapons, jewels and other artifacts retextures - meaning that those items are most likely already retexture by the mods you have now, yet, these mods provide either better quality or distinct appearance by introducing new models together with improved textures. There can be several options for a same object - for example, several mods retexturing daedric armor, so there you will have several options to pick from. Note: there are some additional options for some armors and weapons (like Frankfamily faction armors or Vpulse08 weapon replacers), yet as they are highly numerous but made by same authors, those are linked later in this section.

The last few links are gathered exactly here for 2 reasons. Some of these works are absolutely exceptional quality and so, should be installed the very last to ensure nothing overwrites them. Secondly, most of the links are links to mod author profiles - some of them have dozens of retexture/remodel mods, and so, this will simply save a lot of space for the guide and time for you. Some of the mods you may already have though - as some of them I've made sure to link separately because of the great quality.
Note: make sure to choose "Skyrim" game version to download the mods, not "Skyrim Special Edition".

Rougeshot meshes ==FPS== Already almost 30 creature types received much more realistic meshes. Get'em'all! Rallyeator profile ==FPS== Retextures for many "forgotten" objects. Aviform profile ==FPS== Check it to get decent amount of qualitative retexture mods for various little things - animal ingredients, food and even insects! Flash3113 profile ==FPS== You thought that's it? Ha! ElSopa profile ==FPS== And EVER more. Elsopa mostly focuses on absolutely forgotten things in great quality. Meredia's Beacon? Dust piles? Perk menu consttellations? All that and much more. Gamwich profile ==FPS== Gamwich is a highly talented texture artist and also incredibly productive - over 50 texture packs, from small standalone retexture (vampire hounds, spiders or horkers) to a wide-covering mods (like rustic clothing which covers several dozens of clothes in the game). Some of his most noticeable texture mods are already linked above, but he has so much more - and you may prefer his textures look over other mods. Take a peek for sure! High Poly Project ==FPS== Mod stands for its name. Detailed, volumetric models for many clutter items. Also install a fix patch on top. Kajuan profile ==FPS== Definitely the best-looking textures for many creature types. Lucidstorm profile ==FPS== Check out his amazing retextures for stumps, rocks, mushrooms, Solitude stonefloor and glaciers.
Themaster19 profile ==FPS== Check it out for STUNNING retextures, mainly for arrows (yes-yes, arrows). Hype1 profile ==FPS== Absolutely magnificent door meshes and textures for cities. Now has an AIO pack as well, but you can download any door separately if you want only some of them. Frankly HD mods ==FPS== When it comes to vanilla armors (and sometimes weapons) retextures and better models, FrankFamily is simply out of competition. His mods are breathtakingly HD and detailed, while preserving original look. Unrivaled Nightingale, Dawnguard, Thieves Guild, Shrouded, Imperial, Dragonbone armors and some other great retexture mods are here. Rudy HQ - Miscellaneous ==FPS== For all clutter it covers, this Rudy mod is also unrivaled - in both terms of models and textures. Install it last, grab all optional addons you want and don't forget a patch for Smoking Torches and Candles (if you have it). Rudy's "More Lights" mods ==FPS== Also check out his profile for revolutionary mesh mods that allows "Complex Particle Lights" feature from ENB to work on these objects. Embers HD ==FPS== One ember mod to rule them all. Follow the installer and pick options you need. Enjoy! WeldingMans Smelter with ENB Light ==NEW== ==FPS== A much improved smelter, with custom textures for a more rustic look, ENB light, heat blur and minor improvements. Compatible with Embers HD - don't forget to grab the patch. KD - Realistic Fireplaces ==FPS== Same, but now for fireplaces themselves. Mod has smart installer which offers you patches for all correlating mods, including Embers HD above. SDlutz profile ==FPS== Ultra high poly models and realistic, medieval textures for some Skyrim clutter. Phlunder profile ==FPS== Several high-quality textures for various objects. Vpulse08 profile ==FPS== For some absolutely sick vanilla weapon replacers. Avebrave profile ==FPS== For many absolutely sick vanilla unique/quest jewel replacers. Johnskyrim profile==FPS== Whatever object JS makes model and texture for, it's a masterpiece. Check out his profile for the best look of the objects his mods cover. Now located here as a profile, as there are really lots of mods by the author. PraedythXVI profile ==FPS== For incredibly HQ textures and models for some vanilla weapons, armors and misc items.
cunny1975 profile ==FPS== For simple a huge amount of standalone retexture for most various objects, great quality and sometimes unique look which you may like more than other similar mods.
Hanaisse profile ==FPS== For mostly (but not only) beautiful animated meshes and qualitative textures for various ingredients.
Bersark93 profile ==FPS== For mostly( but also not only) unique-looking models and texture for various consumables, as well as various misc objects.
Kanjs profile ==FPS== For not only, but in this case, HQ retextures for most different objects (usually clutter), often with ENB particle lights support.
LossRec profile ==FPS== For lots of beautiful ENB light addons for different objects.
CALEB2 profile ==FPS== For various "glowing" textures for some objects and critters. You can also watch a showcase of them here.
Xtudo profile ==FPS== For...honestly, almost absolutely anything - and always great quality. It's hard to qualify this author mods into a single category, but as for this section, you can find lots of high-quality retextures for everything - from clutter to armors, as well as retexture patches for popular mods, better textures for them as well, and much more.

1) Installing DynDOLOD required mods.
2) Installing DynDOLOD core files, namely the "DynDOLOD Resource SE" via mod manager.
3) Downloading the DynDOLOD files (archive with generators .exe) themselves, namely the "DynDOLOD" file, manually and unpacking it anywhere you want.
4) Installing billboards in the same order you installed trees/landscape mod (i.e. if you have tree mods A, B, C, you should install billboards for mod A, then for mod B, then for mod C, and overwrite). Note - vanilla Skyrim billboards you can get from TES5LodGen Files tab.
5) Generating textures via texgen.exe, archiving them, dropping to your mod manager mods folder, installing via mod manager.
6) Making sure no antivirus is running, or adding DynDOLOLD executable to its whitelist. Disabling ASIS, DSR, Bashed/Merged Patch, Skybirds .esp plugins (if you have them) before running the generator executable.
7) Generating dyndolod via dyndolod.exe (running it as admin), archiving the files, dropping to your mod manager mods folder, installing via mod manager.
8) Activating dyndoldod .esp plugin and plugins you disabled (if) in step 6.
9) Profit :3

Body mods (female):
Body mods texture replacers are absolutely matter of taste. Install each one and choose one you like the most :)
DIMONIZED UNP female body ==FPS==
Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Edition -CBBE- ==FPS==
SeveNBase a custom FemaleBodyReplacer ==FPS==
UNP BLESSED BODY- UNPB REDUX PROJECT ==FPS==
SG Female Textures Renewal ==FPS==
Fine, let's move.

Fitness Body ==FPS==
This mod is absolutely optional. Install it if you want to see some muscles at your female character :)
SNU - A Female Whole Body Musclemap for CBBE ==NEW== ==FPS== Bodybuilder body muscle tones, for female CBBE compatible bodies.
Racial Body Morphs - Diverse body types and height by Race and Gender ==FPS==
Does how it's called. Pretty unique mod. Please note that it's NOT compatible with mods that affects races in any way, but thankfully to mod author, there are patches for popular mods like Imperious at the mod files tab.
High Poly Head ==FPS==
Simple as that - more detailed head mesh.

Skin mods (female):
And again - just a matter of taste :)
Mature skin
==FPS==You can also grab improved specular maps for it.
Sporty Sexy Sweat - wet body skin texture - CBBE UNP UNPB ADEC Vanilla ==FPS==
Fair Skin Complexion ==FPS==
Bijin skin UNP and CBBE ==FPS==
Beautiful skin mod from Bijin series author, with a great balance between beauty and realism.
Demoniac- High Quality Glossy Female Body Texture 8K 4K 2K ==FPS==
PureSkinTexture ==FPS==
Pride of Valhalla - Super HD Skin Set for UNP-UNPB-7B-CBBE ==FPS==
Reverie - Skin ==FPS== High quality, comprehensive, non-beast female textures for gameplay and screen-archery – meticulously crafted with attention to detail at every step. Offers a broad range of options to choose from for all kinds of mod lists.
C5Kev's Succubus Lizard-Like Skin UUNP and CBBE ==FPS== Realistic Natural Skin Tones by Asherz ==FPS== More skin tones, simple and effective.
Seductive Lips HD ==FPS==

Skin mods (male):
Better males - Beautiful nudes and faces - New hairstyles ==FPS==
SkySight Skins - Ultra HD 4K and 2K - Male Textures and Real Feet Meshes ==FPS==
SC - Men Faces ==FPS==
Vitruvia - Skin texture overhaul for males ==FPS==
Males Of Skyrim by zzjay ==FPS== The Veteran Skin ==FPS==
Tempered Skins for Males - Vanilla and SOS versions ==FPS==
Fine, let's move.

Eyes mods:
You can install one of them or all if you like.
The Eyes Of Beauty ==FPS==
llygaid Eye Improver ==FPS==
Natural Eyes ==FPS==
Lind's Human Eyes ==FPS==
Lind's Elven Eyes ==FPS==
If you like two last mods - track this mods author works, she may add mods for beast-races eyes in future.
Eyes of Aber ==FPS==
This mod adds 150 new beautiful eyes, but many of them may look not lore-friendly.
Improved Eyes Skyrim ==FPS==
Ruby Red Vampire Eyes ==FPS==
The Witcher 3 Eyes ==FPS==
Starsight Eyes ==FPS==
Really original mod with dozens of new eyes textures, with unique and still immersive look.
Eyes of Eyes ==FPS== New eyes for humans - fantasy, bright, colorful look. Kala's Eyes ==FPS== Adds 51 new eyes including some blind & heterochromia variants for human males & females.
H.U.E - Handmade Unique Eyes ==FPS== This mod replaces all Vanilla eyes of all races and genders including vampires with custom options. Updated version of the mod. The textures are all handmade and focused in a lore friendly experience and there's a standalone mod version too. All files are 512px and almost everything is customizable.
Mystic Eyes ==FPS== Mer in Skyrim have diverse, colourful, eyes. The beautiful textures of Improved Eyes Skyrim have been revitalised for a replacer that stays true to vanilla whilst vastly improving on quality. Even More Eyes by Koralina ==NEW== ==FPS== 65 new eyes. Feral Eyes ==NEW== ==FPS== Over 100 new fantasy eyes for your characters, including glow and black sclera variants. Kala's Eyes - Vampire Edition ==FPS== Standalone vampire inspired eyes for all races (with lore friendly pupil and iris size according to race) and their vampire forms. Glow or No Glow Options. Eye Customization Overhaul ==FPS== Adds over 1,000 new eye combinations without adding any new textures, controllable by two new sliders in the RaceMenu. Every eye color is now available in any combination of left and right eyes to every race.

Fine, let's move.

Various other appearance mods:

Kireina Skyrim - Human and Elf Facegen Overhaul ==FPS== High-quality facegen replacers for all human and elf races.
Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD textures ==FPS==
Awesome mod, install it for sure! Great retexture of all vanilla hairs, also has 2 resolution options for better performance.
Bed Head - A Vanilla Hair Replacement ==FPS== Choose this one or the mod above.
High Poly Vanilla Hair ==FPS== This mod can (and should) be used with vanilla hair retextures as it modifies only hair meshes, making them looking much more volumetric. You can also watch a showcase of it here.
ApachiiSkyHair ==FPS==
ApachiiSkyHair natural Retexture ==FPS==
KS Hairdos - Renewal ==FPS==
Retexture addon is available and highly recommended. Also get this fix for it.
New HDT Physics for KS-SG Hairs ==FPS==
Shiva's Vanilla Hair Replacer ==FPS==
Mysti's Tincture - Immersive Hair Colors for Skyrim ==FPS==
Replace the vanilla hair colors with new immersive colors.
Elewin Jewelry - Piercings for UNP ==FPS==
Xenius Character Enhancement Complete ==FPS=
Note: this mod doesn't have a FOMOD installer and it has texture for everything related to character facelift - from scars to skin. If you don't want to use all this mod textures, download the archive somewhere, unpack it, pick what you need, zip, add to mod manager and
Northborn Scars ==FPS==
Top Surgery Scars Overlay ==FPS== New scars implemented as a racemenu body paint/overlay.
Vanilla Warpaints Absolution ==FPS== 
My absolute favourite - best vanilla warpaints retexture ever.
Niohoggr Warpaints ==FPS== For ritual or war, from druids to warriors, Niohoggr Warpaints brings a collection of Celtic and Nordic themed warpaints to Skyrim. Probably my favourite warpaint mod by now.
Community Overlays 2 (31-50) Bodypaints Warpaints Tattoos and more ==FPS==
Community Overlay 3 (51- 70) Bodypaints Warpaints and Tattoos ==FPS==
Vanilla Makeup HD - HD Racial Colors and Makeup for all Races and Genders ==FPS==
Barbarian Bodypaints - Racemenu Body and Head Overlays for UUNP CBBE and Males ==FPS==
Yyvengar Bodypaint - Designs of the Lupine - RaceMenu Overlays ==FPS==
Ziovdendian Bodypaint - Designs of the Lupine - RaceMenu Overlays ==FPS==
Community Overlays 1 (0-30) Bodypaints Warpaints Tattoos and more made for the Community ==FPS== 
A beautiful pack of unique body paints.
Lamenthia's Marks of Beauty 50+ face overlays for freckles, moles, age spots, birthmarks and more. They are for female characters, but some of them look good on men as well.
Flamebringer Tattoos - Racemenu Overlay ==FPS== 
Unique looking tattos.
RaceMenu - Animated Overlays ==FPS== Allows you to choose RaceMenu overlays to only show up when you're fighting, as well as offering a selection of particle effects to use in or out of combat.
Weathered and Worn Warpaints ==FPS==
Warpaint ==FPS==
Beards ==FPS==
The Art of Beard - New Facial Hairs ==FPS==
Beards of Power ==FPS== Over a hundred of absolutely spectacularly-looking beards of all posisble shapes and legth, as well as with some decorations. You can see a video showcase of them here.
Brows ==FPS==
ENB Eyebrow Fix ==FPS==
Kalilies Brows ==FPS== Adds 15 new eyebrows for female characters, including asymmetrical ones. Absolutely stunning quality.
Kyoe's Bang'n Brows ==FPS== High-poly version available (only if using high-poly head mod, ofc). SG Female Brows Reworked ==FPS== Better Brow Texture ==FPS== Blackmoon's Brows ==FPS== Supports both vanilla and high-poly head.
Closed Mouths for Orcs ==NEW== ==FPS== Allows your favourite green folk to close their mouths!
ORCODONTIST - Orsimer Mouth and Teeth Fix ==FPS==
Fixes lingering issues of the male and female Orc mouth's.
A smile HD by Mari ==FPS==
SC - 3D Teeth ==FPS== Choose this one or the mod above. Perfect Smile- TeethHeight Slider for RaceMenu ==FPS== Corected smile height for Racemenu sliders. FemFeet Redesigned Fixes ==FPS== Improved and fixed version of popular mod improving female feet meshes.
Facial Piercings ==FPS== 
Wounds Overlays For RaceMenu ==FPS== Has your character been wounded but you have no way to display it? "Wounds" provide 13 new Overlays ("Body Paintings") for Racemenu with many cuts and bruises for the misadventures of your character. Expressive Facegen Morphs ==FPS== This mod replaces the morphs for the vanilla human and elf character creations and adds a morph for Racemenu. naChooey profile ==NEW== ==FPS== For several version of known facelift mods (like Northborn Scars or Kallies Brows, for instance) adjusted for High Poly Head. MOLES - Racemenu Overlay Collection ==NEW== ==FPS== A collection of Racemenu overlays, containing over 300 mole textures for your character: 114 Facial and 215 Body. Lyru's Tattoo pack collection ==NEW== ==FPS== Lyru's Tattoo pack collection 2 ==NEW== ==FPS== Two packs of tattoos adding around 120 new ones in total.

Beast races body/skin/face/other mods:
Monsterraider's profile ==FPS==
Visit this talented texture wizard profile to check out 4 stunning mods for khajiits and argonians (both male and female), in various resolution as well.
Muscular Khajiit Textures and Skeleton ==FPS==
Bodybuilder khajiit? Easy!
Khajiit Paws ==FPS== Texture replacer that adds pawpads to Khajiit hands and feet. UNP compatible.
Male Dragonic Argonian Textures ==FPS==
Female Dragonic Argonian Textures ==FPS==
Beastly Beastmen ==FPS== A throwback to Morrowind, this mod improves upon Argonians and Khajiits so that they no longer look like people in costumes, and look more like actual beast hybrids.
FAR - Forgotten Argonian Roots ==FPS==
BAT - Bigger Argonian Tails ==FPS==
Khajiit Hair ==FPS==
Custom hair for beast races always was a big issue in TES games. This mod adds new hairstyles for khajiits. Still similar to vanilla, but longer and much more detailed :)
Argonian Snake Eyes ==FPS==
Beast Race Bodypaints ==FPS==  Glowing Khajiit Eyes ==FPS== Glowing Argonian Eyes ==FPS== Simple as that. Khajiit Overhaul==FPS== High-poly head meshes and new bodies. BeastHHBB - Beast Hair Horn Beard and Brow ==FPS== New vanilla based models for hair,horns, beard and brows combined with vanilla options for beast races.

And now let's add some physics :)
These mods are absolutely optional. Depending on do you want some more physics or not. Sometimes these effects can look a bit weird, so it's up to you. Try to install them and see their work in action.

HDT Physics Extensions ==FPS==
It is an SKSE plugin that applies the existing Havok physics engine to other uses in skyrim. Swishing hair, flowing skirts, or the ever popular bouncing boobs. This mod is core one and you need to have it installed for any other "HDT" mod to work.
HDT HighHeels System ==FPS==
This mod modifies the height of different high shoes to look properly. It's required by many custom armor and outfit mods.
HDT Breast And Butt Physics - TBBP BBP Supported ==FPS==
This mod adds some physics for sexiness :)

Female overhauls:

"Big" mods that change pretty big amount of NPCs:

"Bijin" mods series.
You can install them all if you like. My personal favorite for these female NPCs. Also each of them comes many options during installation and some additional optional files for your convinience.
Bijin Warmaidens ==FPS==
Bijin Wives ==FPS==
Bijin NPCs ==FPS==
Fine. Let's move.

Pandorable's NPCs ==FPS== 
New and greatly well-done female NPC overhaul that [IS] compatible with whole Bijin series!
Pandorable's NPCs - Dawnguard ==FPS== 
Amazingly well-made Danguard addon in the same style from the same author.
Pandorable's NPCs - Dragonborn ==FPS== 
Great overhaul for Dragonborn DLC NPCs that I'm personally recommending.
Pandorable NPCs Merged All-In-One Plugin ==FPS== As its name hints, mod contain most of Pandorable overhauls in one plugin - but take into account it's plugin only, means you'll need still to install all required mods of her, disable these mods plugins and install this plugin instead. Needed only if you need some space in plugins amount.

The Ordinary Women ==FPS==
This mod change appearance of big amount of female NPCs (60)! If you don't want to look here and there for separate mods and save many .esp slots, try it for sure. You may also want to try this hair retexture for it.
The Ordinary Nameless ==FPS== An comprehensive immersive NPC overhaul for all female nameless NPCs such as bandits, witches, vampires, forsworn, soldiers and afflicted.
SC - Vanilla Female NPC Overhaul ==FPS== A brand new set of textures for vanilla female NPCs, new facegen using high poly heads, with a great balance between beauty and realism.
NPCs of Dibella ==FPS==
Kalilies NPCs ==FPS== Changes the appearance of 59 female NPCs. Standalone. Meant to be used alongside Bijin and Pandorable.
BB's The Dark Brotherhood NPC Overhaul Revisited Women ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's Riverwood NPC - Women ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's Dawnguard NPC Overhaul Revisited - Women ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's The Companions Revisited Women ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's Thieves Guild - Women ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's College of Winterhold NPC Overhaul Women ==NEW== ==FPS== Multiple female NPC overhauls by talented Nightmarezone. A nice balance in look between "model" and "realism" styles, looking lore-friendly while much more beautiful than in vanilla, and often with truly unique, refreshing approach to some characters like no other similar mod did. Metalsabers Beautiful Orcs of Skyrim ==FPS== Female orcs overhaul. It's not fully standalone and thus will use [your] female skin mod for skin textures.
Noobshire NPCs ==FPS==
This mod has an original view. Try it if you want to 24 of its females look a bit older. Thorned Women ==FPS== Female follower replacer with less makeup, more facial edges and suitable hair. Specifically designed for those who want vanilla-shaped weathered warrior women, but still look for something smoother than vanilla.

Mods that change single NPC or a few:

Serana and her family overhauls. Choose one:
Seranaholic ==FPS==
My personal favorite for Serana.
Pandorable's Serana ==FPS== My #2 favourite.
Seductress Serana ==FPS==
BVFE - Serana and Family ==FPS==
Serana Pannochka ==FPS== An original Serana overhaul based on one of main characters in "Viy", movie adaptation of Gogol's book.
Serana Replacer - High Poly Head - 4k FaceTint ==FPS== A high-poly Serana replacer, also available as a standalone follower.
Superb Serana and Seraphina ==FPS==
ThePurpleTie1's Volkihar Family Redone ==FPS== Covers Serana, Valerica and Harkon. Refined Volkihars - Serana Valerica Harkon ==FPS== Anima Nera - SerketHetyt's Serana Overhaul ==NEW== ==FPS== A beautiful Serana replacer, looking inspired by the "Another World" movie to me. Serana Re-Imagined ==FPS== LamaKreis's Maidens of Skyrim - Serana Replacer and Lysanne Follower (High Poly) ==FPS== Pandorable's Valerica ==FPS== My personal favourite for Valerica. A Valerica replacer ==FPS== Another alternative - basically a Seranaholic mod swapped to be used by Valerica, which can make sense to some players as they are mother and daughter.
Fine. Let's move.

A Study in Tragedy - Astrid Replacer ==FPS==
Avelyn or Elisif ==FPS==
You can choose between two version: Elisif replacer or new standalone follower.
Hathaway - High Poly Replacer of Elisi ==FPS== Pandorable's Black-Briar Ladies ==FPS== A replacer for Maven and Ingun Black-Briar. Note - Pandorable has many other great mods, browse her profile.
ThePurpleTie's Ysolda Replacer ==FPS== GLAM Karliah ==FPS== A visual overhaul of a fellow nightingale.
Mature Mamas of Skyrim ==FPS== Initially this mod adds a few generic female followers, but also makes a really nice mature appearance overhaul of Delphine which you can get.
Mjoll Replacer - High Poly Head - 4k FaceTint ==FPS== A high-poly Mjoll replacer, also available as a standalone follower.
Jordis Replacer - High Poly Head - 4k FaceTint ==FPS== Similar mod from the same author, for Jordis.


Male overhauls:

Pandorable's NPCs - males ==FPS== A male overhaul covering 60 NPCs from a talanted Pandorable.
Pandorable's NPCs - males 2 ==FPS== And another 60 lads from her :)
Males of Skyrim + USLEEP patch ==FPS==
This mod cover many males of Skyrim, making them look awesome and still lore-friendly.
The Men of Winter ==FPS==
Another great mod with many males redone.
EulogySC NPCs ==FPS== Replaces 82 Male NPCs in Skyrim, made with compatibility of other NPC appearance mods in mind.
BB's Thieves Guild - Men ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's The Dark Brotherhood NPC Overhaul Revisited Men ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's Riverwood NPC - Men ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's The Companions Revisited Men ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's Dawnguard Revisited - Men ==NEW== ==FPS== BB's College of Winterhold NPC Overhaul Men ==NEW== ==FPS== Men overhauls from talented Nightmarezone.
Hubbies ==FPS==
And one more for them.
Male Npc Overhaul ==FPS==
One more good looking alternative to male facial improvements.
Erik the Slayer - Now Older and Wiser ==FPS==
True that.
Vander Nightbrook - Courier Replacer ==FPS== An amazing mod which provides a fully voiced courier replacer with a visual overhaul as well.
Dapper Deliveries - A Courier Overhaul ==NEW== ==FPS== One more makeover mod for Skyrim's favorite delivery boy. New Courier Outfit By Bishop ==FPS==
Faendal - Rework and Makeover ==FPS== Pretty original Faendal facelift.
Vilkas and Farkas by Netherwalk ==FPS==
TDN Improved Lucien - Spectral Assassin Replacer ==FPS==

Both male and female overhauls:

Inhabitants of Skyrim - NPC Overhaul ==FPS==
Awesome mod that make a great amount of NPCs more beautiful. It also requires ApahiiSkyHair to work, but there's also a version to work without it.
inago777 profile ==FPS== Large amount of NPC apperance improvement mods. Some may look not quite lore-friendly for some players, but they are well-made nonetheless, and in total, cover huge amount of NPCs, including many of the "forgotten" ones. Project ja-Kha'jay- Khajiit Diversity Overhaul ==FPS== Absolutely incredibly mod which overhauls the looks of some Khajiit to add some (lore-friendly) diversity to them. An absolute must-have, imo. Improved Bards ==FPS==
Mod that changes appearance of bards.
The College of Winterhold - NPC Improvement ==FPS==
Awesome mod that changes appearance of almost all key NPCs of Winterhold College.
TM Thalmor Overhaul and follower clones ==FPS==
Awesome Thalmor NPCs beautification mod.
Pandorable's Initiates ==FPS== Beautiful DB initiates replacer from Pandorable. Recommended to use "THE DARK BROTHERHOOD INITIATES" version for custom voices. Note - Pandorable has many other great mods, browse her profile. WSCO - Windsong Skyrim Character Overhaul ==FPS== Vampire Clans and Bloodlines ==FPS== VTBM-inspired vampire NPCs visual overhaul. Jarls Re-Imagined ==FPS== Visual overhaul for all 17 Jarls.
Pandorable's Heroes of Sovngarde ==FPS== Because dead people deserve to be pretty too. Another gem from talented Pandorable.
Tragedian profile ==FPS== Multiple mods from a same author which attempts to make vanilla followers more attractive & improve their combat skills. Pretty underrated mods.
The Ordinary Nameless ==FPS== An comprehensive NPC overhaul for all female nameless NPCs such as bandits, witches, vampires, forsworn, soldiers, and afflicted - shortly said, those forgotten by all other mods.
Bosmer NPCs Have Antlers ==FPS== Simple as that.
Children overhauls (choose one):

RS Children Overhaul ==FPS==
Don't forget the fix and USLEEP patch from its own page.Also take a look at this additional patches page for it.
Simple Children LE ==FPS==
Children overhaul sticking close to vanilla look. Also has lots of patches for popular mods compatibility.
Realistic RS Children Overhaul ==FPS== Currently my favourite children overhaul due to a great balance between improved appearance and realism. Make sure to install the RS Children Overhaul mod itself first, and then install this one and overwrite. You can also optionall install this addon which adds 8 new adoptable children to the game, with the similar appearance style.
TK Children ==FPS==

1) Install VERY performance-friendly ENB:
Antique Dragon ENB or Caffeine ENB (from the same atuhor) are both fresh and up-to-date presets, but with AMAZING love to your FPS.
Still bad FPS?
Install Darklight ENB, El Cheapo ENB or Gameplay Performance ENB (additional palette available).
Still bad FPS?
Install Stakado Cinemascope ENB - yes, it's an ENB from 2012 and it won't look even close to same good as modern presets, but it has all the main features like anitialiasing, bloom, has letterbox and pretty cool cinematic look in overall and it litereally eats ZERO FPS. One of my subcribers (also thanks to you for "advanced" usage tips Slamo) is using this ENB and he has GTX 285. No kidding! A note to advanced users: you actually CAN make it work with the latest ENB biaries for better effects quality and same 0 FPS hit - simply install the latest ENB binaries, but copy ONLY enbseries.ini from Stakado preset. This will allow you to use ENBoost powers with this preset as well (which was made before ENBoost appeared).
As an another option, you can install "I Can't Believe It's Not An ENB" or Skyrim in Color sweetFX preset. Still, any ENB, even Stakado, will look better.

2) Open SkyrimPrefs.ini and find iShadowMapResolution= value
It's usually set to 4096. Change this value to 2048 or even to 1024. Save the changes, close the .ini file. Changing it to 2048 will make almost zero visual quality loss for shadows, but give you 5-10 FPS boost depending on your PC specs and mod list. Changing it to 1024 will ofc make shadows looks worse, but can sometimes give up to 15-20 FPS. One-click boost!

3) Use Ordenador. Simple as that.
Still bad FPS? Just use this amazing tool to optimize textures mipmaps and compress all your textures to 1024 or even 512. Yes, 512 is default resolution of most of vanilla textures (some are even 256 and 128 though), but the thing is mod of good retexture mods will still look MUCH better than vanilla textures, even at 512 resolution, because of great detalization and overall quality. You can also read this pretty detailed manual for Ordenador usage.

4) My PC can't afford DynDOLOD and ENB DOF, but I don't want to see these ugly LODs! What can I do?
You can! Either use DYNAVISION - Dynamic Depth of Field which gives nice DOF with literally 0 FPS hit OR/AND use so called "Fogrim Skryim Mode", which means installing both Obsidian Mountain Fogs and Fogrim (thanks to Slamophiliac once again) while removing or greatly compressing most of your landscape textures. Fog will cover big part of worldscape, especially in distance - this will hide ugly lods and not-so-good textures in overall, so you will be able to not bother about installing high-res retexture mods for them.

5) Install Snow Disabler.
Don't worry it doesn't disable ALL the snow, just the ugly snowdrifts and give some FPS in snowy areas.

6) Use Skyrim Project Optimization
Use "No Homes - Full Version" version! Working good and very simple mod. To ensure it will have 0 conflicts with all your other mods, just place it after official DLCs and USLEEP, and make sure all other mods are placed after it in load order. Can give significant FPS boost to weak and midrange rigs in many cities and interiors.

7) Use Remove Underwater Grass and other stuff too
Can give neat fps boost to wilderness near rivers and seashore.

8) Use Paramount - FPS and Fixes Galore
New and absolutely amazing mod for low-end rig. It Optimizes texture resolution for dozens common object types in the game and removes various minor, not much needed effects and tiny objects - you most likely won't ever notice that, but have a good performance boost.
It also comes with handy FOMOD er, so you can choose all options you want and don't want yourself.

9) Use lighting shaders tweak (taken and tested from this article, big thanks to original author).
This tweak actually works and doesn't break anything in your game - you can always delete the values from .INI file without any consequences. It also decreases visual around you a bit, but the the loss is really minimal, while FPS gain can be from 5 to 15 sometimes, making it really worthy. So:

1) Go to your Documents\My Games\Skyrim and backup your Skyrim.ini file (just copy it and place a copy somewhere just in case).
2) Open Skyrim.ini with any text editor.
3) Add the following lines to the end of the file, after all existing settings:
[LightingShader]
fDecalLODFadeEnd=0.0600
fDecalLODFadeStart=0.0500
fEnvmapLODFadeEnd=0.0
fEnvmapLODFadeStart=0.0
fEyeEnvmapLODEnd=0.0
fRefractionLODFadeEnd=0.0
fRefractionLODFadeStart=0.0
fSpecularLODFadeEnd=0.0
fSpecularLODFadeStart=0.0
4) Save changes by pressing CTRL+S and close the Skyrim.ini. Done :)

10) Find the next settings in Skyrimprefs.ini and change them to these values:
fShadowDistance=6000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=6500.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=6500.0000

11) Want even more performance gain in cities? Install Street Cleaning

12) Have stutters no matter what even with 100% correct enblocal settings?
Implement the ini settings mentioned in this article (4th post from the top) to your SkyrimPrefs.ini file.

13) Lower you ingame resolution.
For example, if you have FullHD monitor (1920x1080), set ingame resolution to 1280x720. While ofc playing on lower resolution is not what you may want, but it's not very noticable after you play a bit, but even downscale from 1080p to 720p can give you 10-20 FPS - which you can use to run ENB and/or run DynDOLOD on low settings, and this benefit definitely overlaps the resolution disadvantage.

14) A couple more mods that can help you save those precious FPS here and there.
No blowing fog during rain A Greener Skyrim Lite Note: this mod doesn't directly save FPS, but can be a really good "summer" Skyrim alternative for low-end PC users. Enhanced Lights and FX Fix - ELFX performance -objects disabled Disable/delete the Exteriors Fixes plugin. Dwemer Centurion Draw Call FIx A simple mesh edit which doesn't result in visuals nerf, but may give a slight performance boost in dwemer automaton encounters.

ENB preset recommendations: Rudy ENB, Patrician ENB, NLA ENB, Elder Blood ENB Redux, Insanity ENB, Baltic States ENBs.

Mod list:

NobleSkyrimMod Skyrim HD - 2K Textures Skyrim 2017 Terrain Parallax Textures 4k Parallax Mines by Pfuscher Also get the ELFX update. Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins Enhanced Vanilla Trees Recommended options - large custom trees, foliage #4, realistic aspen trees support. The rest is up to you. Dont forget to get the billboards file too. Realistic Water Two Don't forget to get ENB textures file. Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit. Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains Two

Now the grass.

Unbelievable Grass 2 Redux [or] Northern Grass [or] Realistic Grass Field

Good.

Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads) Trees Addon Mythical Tundra - Stonehenge and Hilltops Morgenstern's Mushroom Circles Skyrim Bridges Nordic Ruins of Skyrim True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone Lightning during Thunder Storms Wonders of Weather Enhanced Lights and FX In installer options, get the Enhancer module. Do [NOT] install weather, exteriors and hardcore modules. Choose "no breezehome" and/or other similar options if you're planning to use mods that are changing these vanilla homes. Also get this and this. Vivid Clouds and Fogs Obsidian Mountain Fogs For Legendary Edition Real Skyrim Snowflakes Choose [non-physical] snow in installer. Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 Skygazer - Constellations HD Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD Weathered Road Signs RUSTIC ANIMATED POTIONS and POISONS Beautiful Honey Signs - 2K Overhaul SkyFix - HD Blacksmith Signs SkyFix - Unique Inn Signs HD Vivid Landscapes - Imperial Forts Unique Shops and Stores Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone

ENB preset recommendations: The Grim and Somber ENBS (Jyggalag version is my fav), Mure ENB, Dark Eden ENB, Bloodborne ENB, Nosgoth ENB, Caffeine ENB (has several templates you can change in game), Rampage ENB (has several templates you can change in game).

Mod list:

NobleSkyrimMod Skyrim HD - 2K Textures Vivid Landscapes - All in One Note: this mod has a couple of corrupted meshes which can crash your game during certain loading screens. To fix that, simply delete the meshes showed at this image from /meshes/loadscreenart. Thanks to Marmotte for notifying about that. Skyrim 2017 Terrain Parallax Textures 4k Parallax Mines by Pfuscher Also get the ELFX update. Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins Enhanced Vanilla Trees Recommended options - large custom trees, foliage #4, realistic aspen trees support. The rest is up to you. Dont forget to get the billboards file too. Realistic Water Two Don't forget to get ENB textures file. Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit. Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains Two

Now the grass.

Unbelievable Grass 2 Redux [or] Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin

Good.

Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads) Dark Forests of Skyrim Mythical Tundra - Stonehenge and Hilltops Morgenstern's Mushroom Circles Foggy Morthal and Swamp Skyrim Bridges Nordic Ruins of Skyrim

Note: both weather mods are optional and situational - they may give not intended look with some ENB presets which aren't directly supporting them. Grim and Somber ENB, for example, is already giving amazing dark fantasy look and so weather mod is simply not needed.

Climates Of Tamriel [or] Vivid Weathers

Good.

True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone Lightning during Thunder Storms Wonders of Weather Enhanced Lights and FX In installer options, get the Enhancer module. Do [NOT] install weather, exteriors and hardcore modules. Choose "no breezehome" and/or other similar options if you're planning to use mods that are changing these vanilla homes. Also get this and this. Lastly, some of ENB presets (like Grim and Somber) look fine with lighting mods, but still, look better with vanilla lighting - so if ENB preset you like doesn't officially support lighting mods, try both with and without ELFX to see which result you like more.

Cloud mods (only if not using weather mods).

Vivid Clouds and Fogs [or] ETHEREAL CLOUDS

Good.

Obsidian Mountain Fogs For Legendary Edition Real Skyrim Snowflakes Choose [non-physical] snow in installer. Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 Skygazer - Constellations HD Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD Weathered Road Signs RUSTIC ANIMATED POTIONS and POISONS Beautiful Honey Signs - 2K Overhaul SkyFix - HD Blacksmith Signs SkyFix - Unique Inn Signs HD Vivid Landscapes - Imperial Forts Unique Shops and Stores Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone

ENB preset recommendations: Suki ENB, Dahaka ENB, Patrician ENB, Aeon ENB, RuBy ENB, LIVO ENB, Dovah Naakin ORIGIN ENB, Vivacity ENB.

Mod list:

NobleSkyrimMod Skyrim HD - 2K Textures Skyrim 2017 Terrain Parallax Textures 4k Parallax Mines by Pfuscher Also get the ELFX update. Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins

Base tree mod.

Enhanced Vanilla Trees Recommended options - large custom trees, foliage #4, realistic aspen trees support. The rest is up to you. Dont forget to get the billboards file too. [or] Myrkvior - The Flora Of Skyrim [or] SFO Summer Edition II Choosing this one will give the most photorealistic look, but also more "summer" Skyrim look, so see yourself.

Good.

Realistic Water Two Don't forget to get ENB textures file. Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit. Watercolor for ENB and Realistic Water Two

Mountains & rocks mod.

Parallax white piles and mountain [or] Metamorphic Rocks [or] Dave's UFHD Mountains

Now the grass.

Voluptuous Grasses-The T H I C C K E N I N G [or] Realistic Grass Field [or] Mojo Grass

Good.

Glacierslab SC - Glacierslab Addon Photogrammetry 2.0 PT 1 Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads)

Trees addon.

Fantasy Forest Overhaul [or] The Blue Forest [or] Dark Forests of Skyrim Despite the mod name and initial purpose, it looks suprisingly good with photorealistic setup as well, so try it too.

Good.

Mythical Tundra - Stonehenge and Hilltops Morgenstern's Mushroom Circles Skyrim Bridges Nordic Ruins of Skyrim

Weather mod.

Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics Don't confuse these 2 mods - they are different.
[or] Natural Lighting and Atmospherics

Optionally, you can try to use this cloud mod on top of one of weather mods above, but it's somewhat experimental approach:

Northern Realistic Clouds

Good.

True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone Lightning during Thunder Storms Wonders of Weather Enhanced Lights and FX In installer options, get the Enhancer module. Do [NOT] install weather, exteriors and hardcore modules. Choose "no breezehome" and/or other similar options if you're planning to use mods that are changing these vanilla homes. Also get this and this. Obsidian Mountain Fogs For Legendary Edition Real Skyrim Snowflakes Choose [non-physical] snow in installer. Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 Skygazer - Constellations HD Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD Weathered Road Signs RUSTIC ANIMATED POTIONS and POISONS Beautiful Honey Signs - 2K Overhaul SkyFix - HD Blacksmith Signs SkyFix - Unique Inn Signs HD Vivid Landscapes - Imperial Forts Unique Shops and Stores Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone

ENB preset recommendations: Tetrachromatic ENB, Antique Dragon ENB, Fantasy Preset, RYA ENB, Kwanon ENB.

Mod list:

Skyrim HD - 2K Textures NobleSkyrimMod Skyrim 2017 Terrain Parallax Textures Tamriel Reloaded HD Plus Do [not] install the original Tamriel Reloaded HD - this mod textures will work just fine standalone. 4k Parallax Mines by Pfuscher Also get the ELFX update. Rudy HQ - Nordic Ruins

Base tree mod.

Enhanced Vanilla Trees Recommended options - large custom trees, foliage #4, realistic aspen trees support. The rest is up to you. Dont forget to get the billboards file too. [or] Myrkvior - The Flora Of Skyrim [or] SFO Summer Edition II

Good.

Realistic Water Two Don't forget to get ENB textures file. Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit. Watercolor for ENB and Realistic Water Two

Mountains & rocks mod.

Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains Two [or] Metamorphic Rocks

Now the grass.

Unbelievable Grass 2 Redux [or] Mojo Grass [or] Voluptuous Grasses-The T H I C C K E N I N G

Good.

Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads)

Trees addon.

Fantasy Forest Overhaul [or] The Blue Forest [or] Dark Forests of Skyrim Despite the mod name and initial purpose, it looks suprisingly good with fantasy setup as well, so try it too.

Good.

Mythical Tundra - Stonehenge and Hilltops Morgenstern's Mushroom Circles Solstheim Genesis Skyrim Bridges Nordic Ruins of Skyrim

Weather mod.

Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics [or] Vivid Weathers

Good.

True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone Lightning during Thunder Storms Wonders of Weather Enhanced Lights and FX In installer options, get the Enhancer module. Do [NOT] install weather, exteriors and hardcore modules. Choose "no breezehome" and/or other similar options if you're planning to use mods that are changing these vanilla homes. Also get this and this. Lastly, some of ENB presets (like Tetrachromatic) look fine with lighting mods, but still, look better with vanilla lighting - so if ENB preset you like doesn't officially support lighting mods, try both with and without ELFX to see which result you like more. Obsidian Mountain Fogs For Legendary Edition Real Skyrim Snowflakes Choose [non-physical] snow in installer. Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 Inside the Nebula Forge nebula is my favorite here. Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD ElSopa HD - Unique Hand Painted Road Signs XxAwesome_PotionsxX ElSopa HD - Unique Hand Made Signs Overhaul Vivid Landscapes - Imperial Forts Unique Shops and Stores Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone

ENB preset recommendations: Ruvaak Dahmaan ENB Redone, Opethfeldt ENB Renewal, Project Tamriel ENB, OrganicENB v2, The Baltic States ENBs.

Mod list:

Skyrim Realistic Overhaul Enhanced Vanilla Trees Recommended options - large custom trees, foliage #4, realistic aspen trees support. The rest is up to you. Dont forget to get the billboards file too. Realistic Water Two Don't forget to get ENB textures file. Do NOT clean the mod plugins in xEdit.

Now the grass.

Grass on Steroids [or] Northern Grass

Good.

Skyrim Better Roads (SkyBeRoads) Morgenstern's Mushroom Circles Skyrim Bridges Nordic Ruins of Skyrim True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone Lightning during Thunder Storms Wonders of Weather Obsidian Mountain Fogs For Legendary Edition Lorkhans Vision - Night Sky V2 Skygazer - Constellations HD Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD Weathered Road Signs RUSTIC ANIMATED POTIONS and POISONS SkyFix - HD Blacksmith Signs Unique Shops and Stores Imperial Stone-The Forts of Skyrim Redone

This is not the full list of settlement-related mod I'm using - but rather a "base" of them. To make a complete list would probably require a standalone guide as there are plenty of actions needed to make in order to make all of them 100% compatible. But for now, I hope you'll find this list useful too. Please note that to install all these mods is quite a fps-heavy thing - this list is oriented on strong gaming rigs.

Dawn of Skyrim (Director's Cut) The Great Cities - Minor Cities and Towns Paradise City for Skyrim -- Great Trees for Cities Windhelm Exterior Altered The Great Town of Ivarstead Riverwood The Great City of Solitude Settlements Expanded Darkwater Crossing Kynesgrove The Great Town of Karthwasten The Great Town of Shor's Stone Whistling Mine Dragon Bridge South Side Quaint Raven Rock Better Tel Mithryn JKs Skaal village High Hrothgar Overhaul High Hrothgar Overhauled Old Hroldan Ruins The Great Village of Mixwater Mill FadingSignal's Solstheim Lighthouse White Lighthouse Unique Shops and Stores Open mod in TES5Edit and delete all Dragonsreach cell records. Palaces and Castles Enhanced Enhanced Interiors Open this mod and together with previous two ones in TES5Edit and delete all cell records that are conflicting with them. Drengin's Blue Palace Terrace Conflicts with PCE heavily - remove Blue Palace records from PCE if using both.