Racial Body Morphs - Diverse body types and height by Race and Gender
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ 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
- 👍 2.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #27 of 39 Races, Classes, and Birthsigns mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Mod summary: This mod diversifies the heights and proportions(Skeleton nif edits using XPMSE skeleton as a base) of all the races in game based on the lore and previous games. Orcs are big and burly, High elves tower above the other races, and wood elves are as short as they were in previous installments.
Long version: (Copypasted from SE) In Skyrim, despite how unique each of the 10 races are proposed to be, and their historical disparity in strength, size, and speed, all of their bodies look exactly the same, and the height differences between them are smaller now then they ever have been in previous games. In Oblivion races had a weight attribute that scaled them across depending on whether they were on orc, elf, or anything in between, in Daggerfall, some races had completely different character art(Orcs for example):
What's worse is that despite all sharing the same body with no difference in scale or proportions, the race's heads are unique, broad and powerful on orcs, narrow and slender on elves, leading to ridiculous proportions such as this: (This is not edited, this is an orc with average body weight) or this:
What I decided to do was to first do a simple rescale of the races to make their height differences more apparent. In the vanilla game, high elves stood around 6'4", shorter than in any other modern ES games, and the shortest race, Wood elves, stood around 5'9, barely shorter than Imperials/Dunmer/Khajiit and much taller than they were in Oblivion. Secondly I diversified the genders, making the women slightly shorter than the men. Finally, and here's the most important part, I changed the proportions to make each race have a unique silhouette, no longer will the likes of Imperials, Bretons, and Nords be impossible to distinguish, nor Wood Elves/Dark elves. Now each race has a unique height and proportion fitting to their abilities, lore, and stats in previous games.
Changes: From Tallest to Shortest races: High Elf: High elves are traditionally the tallest race in Elder Scrolls, towering above the other races. Despite this they are physically weak, with only bretons having lower physical stats than them. In Skyrim they act as a main antagonist to the player, my aim is to make them fit their magical roots better while making them more noble, alien and intimidating. To achieve this they have been given a height boost, standing an imposing 6'9" to 7 feet(A head taller than an imperial), with long legs, a slender figure, and narrower shoulders. Females have been given the same treatment, but slightly shorter at around 6 and a half feet tall.
Orc: Orcs by far are the most drastic change, anyone who knows anything about Orcs and their modern fantasy depictions, knows that or
Racial Body Morphs gives every race and gender unique height and body morphs based on lore and abilities. A popular cosmetic overhaul for Skyrim with 2,410 endorsements, last updated in 2018.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,410 endorsements
- Adds lore-friendly variety to character models
- Simple concept that enhances immersion
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018 – may need patches for newer Skyrim versions
- Requires a body mod (like CBBE or UUNP) to see full effect
For Skyrim players who want more diverse character models that reflect lore. Great for roleplayers and those tired of identical body types. Skip if you prefer vanilla aesthetics or don't use body mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have a compatible body mod installed (e.g., CBBE) for the morphs to apply correctly.
- Load this mod after other body mods in your load order to ensure it overrides properly.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to easily install and manage this mod.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- Onholyservicebound
- Version
- 1.2a
- Downloads
- 109,186
- Endorsements
- 2,410
- Category
- Races, Classes, and Birthsigns
- Created
- 12/31/2016
- Updated
- 10/1/2018
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