Children Fight Back (and Multiple Child Followers Guide)
⚪ Last updated 2014⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 5.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 5 NPC - Children mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod adds a dialogue option to children recruited as a follower, that allows you to tell them to fight alongside you, or run at the first sign of trouble. The page also includes a guide for recruiting multiple child followers.
Children Fight Back adds a dialogue option to child followers in Skyrim, letting you command them to fight alongside you or flee from danger. It also includes a guide for recruiting multiple child followers. A classic mod from 2014 with strong community support.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with over 2,100 endorsements and 41k downloads
- Simple, lore-friendly way to make child followers useful in combat
- Includes a handy guide for getting multiple kids to follow you
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2014 — may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or mods
- Only adds two dialogue options — no other features or customization
For Skyrim players who want their child followers to actually help in fights instead of just being decorative. Also for anyone who's ever wanted to lead a gang of kids into battle. Skip if you're looking for a full overhaul of child followers — this is a simple, focused tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have a child follower mod installed first, like Hearthfire multiple adoptions, or this dialogue won't show up.
- If you're using a mod manager, just download and activate — but check for conflicts with other dialogue mods.
- The guide for multiple followers is on the mod page, so read it before trying to recruit more than one kid.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- PlagueHush
- Version
- v2.0
- Downloads
- 41,620
- Endorsements
- 2,163
- Category
- NPC - Children
- Created
- 11/14/2014
- Updated
- 11/28/2014
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