Diverse Weapons
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #6 of 169 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description:
The mod changes the graphics of weapons depending on their material. This means that a daedric sword will look completely different than a steel sword, silver staff than mithril staff, etc. Each type of weapon will have its own unique look, both in first person and in inventory, over 11400 sprites!
With first person sprites I'm trying to keep the original atmosphere of early 90's renders and do it exactly the way it was done in Daggerfall (or at least the way I think it was done). That's why the meshes are simple and lowpoly, materials are non PBR, and renderer is non ray trace based. Paperdoll sprites are also rendered, but additionally corrected by hand to match the original style a little better. Every sprite is palletized to match original Dagerfall palette.
Currently done:
Wabbajack (FPP and Inventory)
Katanas (FPP, Inventory, fancy magic)
War axes (FPP and Inventory)
Longswords (FPP, Inventory, fancy magic)
Shortswords (Inventory)
Broadswords (Inventory)
Daikatanas (Inventory)
Claymores (Inventory)
Staffs (FPP and Inventory)
Battle Axes (FPP and Inventory)
Long Bows (FPP and Inventory)
Short Bows (Inventory)
Maces (FPP and Inventory)
Wakazashis (Inventory)
Daggers (FPP, Inventory, fancy magic)
Tantos (Inventory)
Sabers (FPP, Inventory, fancy magic)
Warhammers (FPP and Inventory)
Flails (FPP and Inventory)
Light flails (for Roleplay Realism) (Inventory only)
Archer's axes (for Roleplay Realism) (Inventory only)
For now, this weapon uses closest equivalent for FPS animations.
Installation:
Drop the content of the archive to the StreamingAssets of your Daggerfall Unity directory. The mod should be activated by default. In case there are problems with displaying some sprites, move the mod to the bottom of your loadorder. Mod will only work with 1. 14. 4 version of DFU or above!
For Weapon Widget users, select Diverse Weapons settings preset in Weapon Widget mod options.
Or check this two options:
Double Scale Textures
True Texture Size
Changes:
v 1. 7. 3
- hotfix for Archer's Axe idle sprite
- hotfix for Short Flail idle sprite
- hotfix for Bow idle sprites
- updated readme
v 1. 7. 2
- Magic daikatanas fix
- Silver staff paperdoll fix
- Fancy magic sprites (daggers, sabers, swords)
- Full Weapon Widget support + settings preset!
v 1. 7
- added sabers (FPP)
- new magic animations for swords
v 1. 6. 1
- added Wabbajack artifact (FPP and Inventory)
v 1. 6
- added war axes (FPP and Inventory)
Diverse Weapons is a visual overhaul for Skyrim that gives each weapon type its own unique appearance, so daedric swords look distinct from steel ones and silver staves differ from mithril. It's a popular cosmetic mod with over 1,600 endorsements and 80,000 downloads, last updated in April 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,613 endorsements and over 80k downloads—clearly hits the mark.
- Gives every weapon type its own visual identity, so your daedric sword won't look like a steel one anymore.
- Last updated April 2025, so it's still being maintained.
⚠️ Cons
- Purely cosmetic—if you want gameplay changes, this isn't it.
- No compatibility info provided, so it might conflict with other weapon retextures or overhauls.
- Description is thin on specifics, so you'll have to test it to see if you like the new looks.
For Skyrim players who are tired of weapons looking too similar and want more visual variety. If you're a roleplayer or screenshot enthusiast, this adds nice differentiation. Skip if you're looking for new weapon stats or mechanics—this is all about looks.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a texture/model replacer, make sure to load it after other weapon mods to ensure its visuals take priority.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, you can preview the changes before committing.
- Check if your other weapon mods are compatible—if they also change textures, you might see conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Daggerfallunity Mods
- Author
- RealAKP
- Version
- 1.7.3
- Downloads
- 80,134
- Endorsements
- 1,613
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 10/18/2021
- Updated
- 4/26/2025
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