Ancient Nord Armors and Weapons Retexture SE
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📋 About This Mod
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This mod retextures the Ancient Nord armor, Ancient Nord Weapons, Nord Hero Weapons, Helm of Yngol, Draugr's armor, Hulking draugrs' armor and CC Fishing's Ancient Nord weapons and Nord hero weapons. I also added an optional mesh replacer to add pants and/or cubemaps to the Ancient Nord armor.
Also contains optional retextures for many mods such as Haugbui, Ancient Nord Armoury EXTREME AE, Ahzidal's enchanted armor, D. E. A. D, The dragon cult, Legacy of the dragonborn, Yngol armor SSE, Skyrim Immersive Creatures SE, Nordic wanderer armor and Elsopa's quivers redone.
I do not touch the Draugr NPCs themselves, only their armor. So it is compatible with any Draugr Retexture / replacer
The textures for the Ancient Nord armor are based on Cabal120's aMidianBorn Book of Silence. I used their normal maps as a base to create my retexture. Everything else is based on vanilla textures.
Works with every mod that also works with vanilla textures, such as Heavy armory and animated armory. If you see any major stretching or dark spots when using a mesh replacer, please let me know by linking the mod in the comments and posting a picture of the bugged area (please spoiler the picture to not take too much space) and I will see if I can fix it.
Fomod lets you pick and choose what you want.
Textures are 2k except Chest armor textures, which are 4k.
Half-res version available in Optional files (Chest, weapons and shield are 2k, everything else is 1k)
FOMOD OPTIONS
BASE INSTALL
Choose which of these you want to install
ANCIENT NORD ARMOR
For the ancient nord armor, you will have the choice between textures only, cubemap addons (metallic reflections) and/or pants.
Textures Only
Pants addon
Cubemap addon
Cubemap addon and pants
DRAUGR'S ARMOR
These only affect the armor textures, not the draugrs' bodies. Which means this is compatible with any draugr replacers
HELM OF YNGOL
Comes in two options. "Ancient nordic" which matches the ancient nord armor or "Ebony" which makes it match with my ebony armor textures. Giving this
Xavbio's Ancient Nord Armors and Weapons Retexture SE overhauls the visuals of Ancient Nord and Draugr armor, Nord Hero weapons, Helm of Yngol, and CC Fishing variants. It includes consistency patches for multiple mods and an optional mesh replacer to add pants. A popular, high-endorsement texture mod for Skyrim Special Edition.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust with 7,494 endorsements and 2.5 million downloads
- Covers a wide range of gear, from standard Ancient Nord to CC Fishing content
- Optional pants mesh gives you control over the look
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit install instructions in the description—you'll need to know your mod manager basics
- Consistency patches require you to identify which mods you have and install the right ones
- Last updated in July 2026, so it's current, but if you're on an older game version, check compatibility
For Skyrim players who want a cohesive, high-quality retexture of the Ancient Nord aesthetic without overhauling the entire game. If you use mods that alter these armors or weapons, the consistency patches are a must. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes—this is purely visual.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install—it'll handle file conflicts automatically.
- If you use other mods that touch Ancient Nord gear, grab the matching consistency patch from the Files tab.
- The optional pants mesh is a separate download—grab it if you want the armored look with covered legs.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Xavbio
- Version
- 2.0.2
- Downloads
- 2,489,096
- Endorsements
- 7,494
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 5/11/2023
- Updated
- 7/14/2026
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