Permanent Legendary Bonuses
⚪ 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
- 👍 6.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 26 Skills and Leveling mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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About
Since its introduction, the "Legendary" skill system sounded like a cool idea, but was missing something: incentive. It's great to have the ability to make a skill legendary, continue to level it, and receive extra perks/health/etc. but it feels like the legendary skill itself should receive some kind of small perk or bonus.
As of right now, the most efficient way to grind levels beyond 85 is to constantly reset smithing, alchemy, and enchanting. With a small, additive bonus given to skills as their "legendary level" increases, it becomes beneficial in the long-term to reset the skills you use most often (combat skills, armor, etc.)
What this mod does
This mod rewards players making a skill "Legendary" by providing that skill with a small, permanent bonus. The bonus will increase for each additional time you make the corresponding skill legendary.
- []After a skill has been made legendary, you will receive a passive ability that grants a 5-point bonus to that skill. []The bonus will increase by 5 points for every subsequent legendary level []You can view the bonus under your "Active Effects" tab in the Magic menu
All of the magic effects are called Legendary Skill Name, so they should group together in the menus and be easy to notice.
The bonus will also be visible (green "level" number) the next time you open the skills menu (star sign menu).
The bonus will increase by 5 for every subsequent time that skill is made legendary. There is no limit to how high the bonus can be increased, but I believe the game stops counting skill bonuses once they reach 199.
Requirements
You MUST have SKSE v 1. 6. 16 to use this mod- []Download SKSE []SKSE installation help video
Installation and Removal
Installation
Download and activate with the NMM (Need testing)
Manual Install
- []Download the main file from the files section []Unpack to your Skyrim/Data directory. If asked to overwrite, say yes. []Activate the .esp
- Load any saved game and play
If you load a game that already has legendary skills, you will receive the bonuses immediately. They are added silently, so check your active effects.
Permanent Legendary Bonuses is a small Skyrim mod that grants a permanent skill bonus each time you make a skill Legendary, with the bonus stacking for each additional reset. It's for players who want to be rewarded for leveling skills to 100 multiple times without losing all progress.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,752 endorsements and 28,146 downloads.
- Simple, lightweight mod that adds meaningful progression to the Legendary system.
- Encourages replayability by rewarding repeated skill resets.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2014 — may be incompatible with the Special Edition or Anniversary Edition without patches.
- Only affects skills you make Legendary, so it's useless if you never reset skills.
For Skyrim players who enjoy leveling skills to 100 and resetting them for perks, but hate losing all that progress. It's also great for completionists who want to max out every skill multiple times. Skip if you rarely use the Legendary system or prefer overhaul mods that change the whole skill tree.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to install this mod before you make a skill Legendary, or the bonus won't apply retroactively.
- If you're playing Skyrim Special Edition, check the mod's comments for a possible port or use a mod manager to handle compatibility.
- Test the bonus on a low-level skill first to see how much it increases before committing to a full playthrough.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- ASUnited
- Version
- 0.09beta
- Downloads
- 28,146
- Endorsements
- 1,752
- Category
- Skills and Leveling
- Created
- 1/24/2014
- Updated
- 1/15/2014
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