Any Horse For Any Follower
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 4.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 8 Followers & Companions - Creatures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod allows you to select any horse in the game, (FROM ANY MOD), and give it to any follower in thegame, (FROM ANY MOD). This version provides eight slots for horses, and eight slots for followers. It works with any type of follower, housecarls, hirelings, other vanilla followers, and followers that are standalone or recruited through a multi follower mod. if they are your follower, you can give them a horse that they will ride when you ride your horse. It is not required to buy the horses. You can if you wish, but you don't have to. When the horse is selected, it will not register as stolen. You can give eight followers one horse each, or if you only have a couple followers, there is the option to give them each four horses. etc... The horses will follow at a distance when player is on foot, and fast travel if they are not being ridden. If they are Being ridden during fast travel, they usually show up a short time later, or can be forced to show up immediately upon a second fast travel to the same place, or by using the games wait feature for one hour. Once the slots are filled, they cannot be changed, (future feature perhaps). You can uninstall the mod, do a clean save and reinstall the mod to start over with a clean slate. Considering the short amount of time it takes to select and give a horse away, (a few seconds),this shouldn't be an issue. There are only four scripts in the game. One to start the quest, one to select a horse, one to give the horse away, and one to summon the horses, (they may spread out during combat or just wander away further than you'd like.) The horses have a follow package and a stay put package. They will remain stationary when not being ridden, and start following after a certain distance from the player is reached. This distance is roughly equal to the distance between say, Whiterun Stables and Honningbrew Meadery, maybe a quarter mile I guess. There are only four steps to get started.
They are as follows:
Step 1 Go to Whiterun Stables and pick up the three spell tomes near the barrels in the right most stall.
Step 2 Learn the Set Horse spell, the Give Horse spell, and the Summon Horses spell.
Step 3 Find the horse you want a certain follower to own and select it using the Set Horse spell.
Step 4 Give it to your follower by using the Give Horse spell.
That's all there is to it. Personally, I like to use the last slot for my own horse, so I can summon it with the rest of the herd.
Just a note, don't let your followers see you ride their horses, it could produce undesired results.
(Unless losing your follower or reloading after dying is not important to you)
The horses used in the videos are from Swift Steed Stables.
The followers used in the videos are from Cortex Follower Series, (and Lydia obviously).
I can't thank mitchalek enough for his Convenient Horses mod which was the main inspiration for this endeavor
This mod lets you assign any horse from any mod to any follower from any mod, with eight slots for each. It's a flexible tool for Skyrim players who want to customize their companions' mounts, compatible with modded horses and followers.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 267 endorsements and over 6,000 downloads.
- Opens up tons of customization for your followers' mounts.
- Simple concept that fills a real gap for modded setups.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in October 2023, so it might not be fully compatible with the latest game patches or newer mods.
- Only eight slots each for horses and followers, which could be limiting if you have a huge roster.
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter follower or horse behavior, so test carefully.
For Skyrim players who use modded followers and horses and want to mix and match them freely. If you're tired of followers stuck on default horses or want your custom mount to match your companion, this is for you. Skip if you rarely use followers or horses in your playthrough.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the horse and follower mods installed before using this mod, and load this mod after them in your load order.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- Test with a single follower and horse first to see how it works before assigning multiple slots.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- jmrblues1
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 6,248
- Endorsements
- 267
- Category
- Followers & Companions - Creatures
- Created
- 9/21/2021
- Updated
- 10/12/2023
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