Ace NPC Overhaul - The Great City Of Winterhold And The Frosted Hammer
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 8 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
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #67 of 112 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
The Great City Of Winterhold and its The Frosted Hammer addon are great mods that adds a few new NPCs, however as far as I can see, there are no overhauls of them, leaving you with ugly vanilla-style NPCs. This mod aims to fix that.
What does it do?
Gives the NPCs added by The Great City Of Winterhold and its Frosted Hammer addon an appearance overhaul with high poly heads and apachii sky hair (as vanilla hair is ugly). I've taken screenshots of what they look like. ESL flagged.
Installation/Uninstallation
It should be safe to install/uninstall at any time. Simply download the mod and install it with your favourite mod manager.
Conflicts
As far as I know no other mod edits or overhauls the same NPCs so should be compatible with everything.
Known Issues
None :) Enjoy
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Ace NPC Overhaul enhances the NPCs from The Great City Of Winterhold and its Frosted Hammer addon by giving them high poly heads and Apachii Sky Hair. This cosmetic mod is for Skyrim players who want more detailed and stylish NPCs in those specific locations. With 46 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche but active improvement.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Gives Winterhold's NPCs a much-needed visual upgrade with high poly heads and fancy hair
- Tightly integrated with The Great City Of Winterhold and its Frosted Hammer addon, so it's a perfect match if you run those
- Recent update (Dec 2024) means it's still being maintained, and 21k downloads show people are grabbing it
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects NPCs from those two mods, so if you don't use them, this is useless
- Requires Apachii Sky Hair as a dependency, which is an extra install step and potential compatibility headache
- Low endorsement count (46) compared to downloads suggests it might not be widely tested or could have issues
For Skyrim players who use The Great City Of Winterhold and The Frosted Hammer and want those NPCs to look better with high-res heads and stylish hair. Skip if you don't use those mods or if you prefer vanilla-style NPCs.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have The Great City Of Winterhold and The Frosted Hammer installed first, then load this mod after them in your load order.
- You'll need Apachii Sky Hair installed separately—grab it from the Nexus and activate it before this mod.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- InvinsibleAce
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 21,616
- Endorsements
- 46
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 12/29/2024
- Updated
- 12/29/2024
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