Daggerfall Expanded Textures
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 169 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod is a prerequisite to enabling the appearance of new custom assets in other mods. It does not place the assets around the world on its own.
Currently, it makes:
-76 region-based tapestries and banners (37 tapestries, 37 banners) (1 region swapping tapestry, 1 swapping banner)
-18 temple-based tapestries and banners (8 tapestries, 8 banners) (1 region swapping tapestry, 1 swapping banner)
-9 arena-based tapestries and banners (3 tapestries, 3 long banners, 3 short banners)
-15 generic tapestries and banners (8 tapestries, 7 banners)
-4 new rideable sprites
-2 new corpses
-23 new wildlife animals
-126 new animals
-8 new nobles
-21 new civilians
-3 new vampires
-7 new temple devotees
-5 new scholars
-5 new warriors
-8 new labourers
-5 new entertainer
-1 new underground
-8 new notable characters
-18 new food items
-5 new work items
-1 new general resource
-3 new natural resources
-5 new external clutter
-2 new wilderness clutter
-11 new indoor clutter items
-5 new statues
-3 new mobile sprite sets (1 animal, 2 NPC)
-32 new biome textures (maquis)
-48 new crop textures (4 seasons)
-65 new paperdoll items
-72 new 3D objects (12 chimney elements (4 models 2 colours)(+4 static chimney bases), 12 canopies (3 tilts, 4 colours), 4 flags, 2 weathervanes, 3 hanging plants, 14 tents (2 designs, 7 colours), 4 pairs of shutters, 3 pillars in 4 colours) 2 structures (1 interior, 1 exterior)
available for modders to utilise in their own creations.
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DET CATALOGUE
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Due to Daggerfall Expanded Textures being the leading project in expanding texture and model resources for modders, it contains all necessary objects to make mods that utilise it work. Additional mods may exist, either done by me or others that modify some of the textures or archives included in DET.
Q&A
Daggerfall Expanded Textures (DET) is a texture pack for Daggerfall that enriches the game's environments with a wider variety of textures. With over 3,200 endorsements and 180,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking visual variety. Last updated in August 2025, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 3,236 endorsements and 180k downloads – clearly a go-to for texture variety.
- Fresh update from August 2025 means it's still being maintained and likely compatible with current setups.
- Simple premise: more textures for Daggerfall's environments – exactly what it says on the tin.
⚠️ Cons
- No specific details on what textures are added or how many – you're going in blind on the actual content.
- Potential compatibility risk with other texture mods or overhaul packs that modify the same files.
- Since it's a texture expansion, it might not be as transformative as a full visual overhaul – could be incremental.
For Daggerfall players who want to breathe new life into the game's environments without a complete overhaul. If you're a modder looking for a solid base texture expansion, this is a proven pick. Skip if you're after gameplay changes – this is purely visual.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since Daggerfall Unity is the common way to play, make sure you're using the mod manager or manual install correctly – check the mod's page for specific install instructions.
- If you're using other texture mods, load order matters – put DET early so other mods can overwrite if needed.
- Back up your original texture files before installing, just in case you want to revert.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Daggerfallunity Mods
- Author
- Ninelan-Ruinar
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Downloads
- 180,912
- Endorsements
- 3,236
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 5/6/2022
- Updated
- 8/16/2025
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
🔧 How to Install Daggerfall Unity Mods
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