Ballad of the Bards Vol.1 - College Bard Outfit

⭐ ⭐ (249 endorsements) 📥 24,258 downloads 📌 v1 📅 5/25/2026
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By Kreiste · Clothing and Accessories

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🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 1.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #16 of 79 Clothing and Accessories mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Adds new outfits for the College Bards

Main Features

  • []This mod adds 3 outfits for the Bard's College teachers, current students and the alumni (5 Bards located throughout Skyrim)[/]

    []In order to craft the outfits, you need to complete several Bards College quests.

    [] Brioso Junior Coat & Brioso Loafers : complete Investigate the Bards College. [/]

    []Brioso Ringsets : complete Rjorn's Drum.[/]

    []Brioso Beret : complete Finn's Lute.[/]

    []Brioso Alumni Coat (and its color variants) : complete Tending the Flames.[/]

    []Brioso Senior Coat : Reserved for the teachers and inaccessible to players.[/]

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[]There are 2 versions of the hat: one that can be worn with any hairstyle (tagged as circlets) and a wig version (3 male hairstyles and 3 female hairstyles) [/]

[]They can be crafted at the tanning rack after their quest requirements are met.[/]

[]The outfits are set as clothing so there is no armor rating.

Installation Instructions

  • []Install as usual like any other mods. For Vanilla Female and Vanilla Male body.[/]

    []To give the outfits to the NPC bards, you need to install the NPC Integration addon in the Optional files tab. There are two version, the one that uses SkyPatcher and SPID. It is recommended to only install on of the two, not both. [/]

    []If you're using HIMBO or CBBE, install the / . Be sure to build the body meshes in BodySlide with your currently used preset for consistency. [/]

    []If you think the textures are too low-res, consider using the addon. I personally think you don't need it unless you want to take close-up pictures.  [/]

    Soft Requirements

    Hair Colour Sync or something similar so the wig hair colors will match your hair color and NPCs as well.

    Credits

    • []Kalilies and Stealthic for the hairs used in the wig version of the hats,[/]

    Shout Outs

    • []ousnius for BodySlide & OutfitStudio, and CBBE.[/]

      []Acro748 for CBBE 3BA.[/]

      []po3/sasnikol for SPID. [/]

      []Zzyxzz for SkyPatcher.[/]

      []SeekingAsy1um for the screenshots.[/]

    Thank you all for taking my mods to the front page! Your endorsements mean a lot for me 💖

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📊 Mod Details

Game
Skyrim Mods
Author
Kreiste
Version
1
Downloads
24,258
Endorsements
249
Category
Clothing and Accessories
Created
5/25/2026
Updated
5/31/2026

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