Ultimate Dragon Allies - Odahviing and Durnehviir
⚪ Last updated 2013⚠️ 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
- 👍 4.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #77 of 140 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
THE PREMISE:
In vanilla Skyrim, I was always really disappointed with how lame Odahviing and Durnehviir were in fights. They were basically overgrown mosquitos who would do next-to-no damage to enemies, especially at higher levels. This is a result of the fact that they share their attacks with enemy dragons, which are balanced to the player's health.
This mod gives Odahviing and Durnehviir their own unique dragon breath attacks that deal massive amounts of damage and greatly amplifies their melee damage as well. I wanted to make them feel as dangerous to enemies as high-level dragons feel to the player. They are now able to obliterate all but the most powerful enemies in a single blast of breath, even on legendary difficulty. I enjoy playing with mods that add increased spawns and large battles around the overworld, so dragon allies now become well worth the shout cooldown necessary to summon them, able to decimate entire groups of enemies and singlehandedly turn the tide of a battle in your favor.
HOW IT WORKS:
All this mod does is creates new, unique breath shouts for Odahviing and Durnehviir that behave in the exact same way as their vanilla counterparts, but deal in excess of 1000 damage each, way overkill for most weaker or low-level enemies, but just enough to still be able to take out enemies with the highest health. Remember that they tend to do a lot of flying around, so when they do attack, you want it to count. Their melee damage modifier is quite high as well, so you'll be able to enjoy seeing them do killmoves on weaker humanoid enemies fairly frequently if they get within bite range of them.
Now all that damage obviously spells instant death for the player and friendly NPCs if they're hit by it, so I've taken a couple measures to prevent this from happening. First and foremost I've added conditions to Odahviing and Durnehviir's new breath attacks which make them do no damage to the player or any of the player's followers. Normally this isn't an issue and the breath won't damage non-hostile NPCs anyway, but in earlier beta versions I ran into a few bugs where my followers would somehow aggro on my dragon which would then make him go hostile and one-shot me with breath. This is an additional contingency that ensures it's impossible for this to happen. I've also added both Odahviing and Durnehviir to the Player faction, which will further ensure that NPCs who are currently friends and allies of the player won't aggro on the dragon ally and vice versa (Note, this change does not actually alter the Player faction's record, so there will be no conflicts with other mods that do make changes to the Player faction)
Also, I've implemented additional functionality into Odahviing's
This Skyrim mod overhauls Odahviing and Durnehviir, making them powerful allies instead of underwhelming summons. It's for players who want dragon shouts to feel epic in combat. With 1,505 endorsements and 33,430 downloads, it's a proven community favorite.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 1,505 endorsements and 33k downloads
- Fixes a common complaint that dragon allies are underwhelming
- Simple concept that directly enhances gameplay
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2013, so may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or mods
- Only affects two dragons, so limited scope
For Skyrim players who love using dragon shouts but are disappointed by how weak Odahviing and Durnehviir are in combat. If you want your dragon allies to actually feel like dragons, this mod is for you. Skip if you're looking for new content or broader dragon overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the Dawnguard DLC installed, as Durnehviir is part of that expansion.
- Load this mod after other dragon-related mods to ensure its changes take priority.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- Gilgamesh
- Version
- 2.2
- Downloads
- 33,430
- Endorsements
- 1,505
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 8/5/2012
- Updated
- 11/16/2013
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