Arachnophobia - Spiders are Wolves - Chaurus are Bears - No Cobwebs or Eggs
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #3 of 32 Overhauls mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod intends to do more than the other arachnophobia mods. This one makes the dungeons more interesting, and keeps the game quality.
It tries to be so good, you'll forget spiders ever existed in Skyrim!
Affects ALL of Skyrim, including Solstheim DLC!
Version 1. 0
- Rewrites "Frostbite Spider Venom" book into "Wolves of Skyrim" book
- Changes all spiders in the game into new cave and snow wolves.
- Changes Dwemer robot spiders into deep wolves.
- Replaces all cobwebs, webbed corpses, and egg sacs, with bones.
- Replaces Spider eggs (ingredient), with sapphires.
- Changes Bleak Falls Barrow: Arvel starts out dead, loot the Golden Claw from his corpse.
Update 1. 1
- Replaced Chaurus with "Cave Bears" or "Elder Cave Bears"
Update 1. 2
- Removed Chaurus egg sacs
- Removed Cave Worms & Purple Light FX to remove traces
- Changed loading screen references to Spiders / Chaurus to instead talk about the Wolves of Skyrim
- Replaced Ash Hoppers with "Ash Wolves"
- Replaces spider / chaurus eggs you might find on shelves, etc. with gems.
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Arachnophobia replaces all spiders and chaurus with wolves and bears, removes cobwebs and egg sacs, and swaps cobwebs for bones. This is a quality-of-life overhaul for players with arachnophobia, offering a safer Skyrim experience. With 1,258 endorsements and 81,384 downloads, it's a well-received mod for those seeking creature replacements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (81,384) shows it's a go-to for arachnophobes
- Simple, focused concept: swaps scary critters for friendly ones
- Removes cobwebs and eggs, so no nasty surprises in dungeons
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2022, so may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim updates or mods
- Replacing chaurus with bears might make some encounters easier or harder, changing game balance
- Potential conflicts with other creature overhaul mods that touch spiders or chaurus
For Skyrim players with arachnophobia who want to explore without freaking out. Also for anyone who just prefers wolves and bears over creepy crawlies. Skip if you're fine with spiders and want more creature variety instead of replacements.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, just download and install; load order usually doesn't matter for simple replacers.
- Check if you have other mods that alter spiders or chaurus; this mod might need to load after them to take effect.
- For Skyrim Special Edition, make sure you grab the correct version if available, as the mod might be for the original Skyrim.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- TwinCrows
- Version
- 1.3
- Downloads
- 81,384
- Endorsements
- 1,258
- Category
- Overhauls
- Created
- 6/15/2020
- Updated
- 1/11/2022
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