Artifacts and Uniques (Overhaul)
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #5 of 34 Weapons and Armour mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Artifacts & Uniques (Overhaul)
Overhaul all Artifacts and Unique items in order to make then truly unique. Featuring balanced and lore friendly unique enchantments for each item with plenty of utility that will fit different play styles and builds, reasonable stats adjustments, and restoration of some effects similar to previous TES titles.
Daedric Artifacts
Azura Star
- (Azura Star) Reusable soul gem that store souls of animals and most creatures.
- (Enchanter) While in inventory, weapons and staves enchantments cost 10% less charges.
The Black Star
- (Black Star) Reusable soul gem that store souls of most animals, creatures and people.
- (Slayer - People) While in inventory increase physical and destruction spells damage by 5% against people.
Black Books
Most Black Books are the same as in vanilla but a few had it`s effects tweaked for better balance or entirely changed (especially the ones that provided a one-time-a-day power).
Black Book: Epistolary Acumen
Dragonborn Force: Your Unrelenting Force Shout does 100 points of extra damage and may disintegrate enemies (ability).
Dragonborn Flame: When your Fire Breath Shout kills an enemy, a fire wyrm emerges from their corpse to fight for you for 60 seconds (ability).
Dragonborn Frost: Your Frost Breath Shout encases foes in ice (ability).
(Only Dragonborn Force was changed, and the damage was increased from 40 to 100, it`s a subtle change but was necessary to do not change the shout itself and creat compatibility issues).
Black Book: Filament and Filigree
Secret of Arcana: Spells and Enchatments cost 20% less Magicka or Charges (ability).
Secret of Protection: You take 15% less damage from physical attacks and elemental spells (ability).
Secret of Strength: Power attacks cost 40% less Stamina (ability).
(All one-time-per-day powers were changed to permanent abilities with reduced strengh, also balanced the effects to make the former least powerful more appealing).
Black Book: The Hidden Twilight
Mora's Agony: Summons a field of writhing tentacles that poisons foes (Conjuration Expert Spell, Cost 300 Magicka).
Mora's Boon: Restores 200 points of Health, Stamina and Magicka but reduce the maximum value of these stats
Artifacts and Uniques (Overhaul) reworks all Daedric Artifacts and unique items in Skyrim to make them truly unique, with balanced, lore-friendly enchantments, stat adjustments, and restored effects from previous TES games. It includes detailed changes to Azura's Star, the Black Star, and Black Books, offering utility for different playstyles. With 215 endorsements and 7,557 downloads, it's a niche overhaul for players seeking more meaningful artifacts.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 215 endorsements and over 7,500 downloads.
- Adds meaningful utility to artifacts, like the Enchanter perk on Azura's Star.
- Lore-friendly approach that respects the game's setting.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020, so may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim versions or other mods.
- Changes to Black Books might conflict with other mods that alter those items.
- Only covers artifacts and uniques, so if you want broader item overhauls, this won't help.
For Skyrim players who want their Daedric artifacts and unique items to feel special and offer real gameplay benefits. If you're tired of vanilla artifacts being underwhelming, this mod adds utility and lore-friendly tweaks. Skip if you're looking for a complete item overhaul or if you prefer minimal changes to vanilla content.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod changes artifacts, make sure to load it after any mods that also edit those items to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, you can preview the changes in the load order to see which mods might clash.
- For Skyrim Special Edition, ensure you're using the correct version of the mod, as the original may be for Oldrim.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Alex9ndre
- Version
- 3.3
- Downloads
- 7,557
- Endorsements
- 215
- Category
- Weapons and Armour
- Created
- 9/15/2020
- Updated
- 11/26/2020
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