Chitin Armors and Weapons Retexture SE
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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
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #190 of 565 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
CHITIN ARMORS AND WEAPONS RETEXTURE SE
"The dunmer or Morrowind construct chitin armor out of the shells of native insects layered with resinous glues"
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Retextures the bonemold armor and shield, falmer armors and weapons, shellbug helmet, chaurus, Chitin Heavy Armor, Chitin Armor, Chitin Shield, and Morag Tong Armor.
This mod contains textures only. Meaning it is compatible with every mod that works with vanilla Chitin textures.
Fomod lets you pick and choose what you want.
Textures are 2k except Chest armor textures and creatures, which are 4k.
Half-res version available in Optional files (Chest and creatures textures are 2k, everything else is 1k)
Low-res version vailable in Optional files (Chest and creatures textures are 1k, everything else is 512)
Choose which of these you want to install
Bonemold Armor
Chitin Heavy Armor
Chitin Light Armor & Morag Tong Armor
Falmer Armor
Falmer Heavy Armor
Falmer Weapons
Shellbug Helmet
Chaurus, chaurus hunter, and chaurus hunter fledgling
Consistency patches
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Distinct improved bonemold - BSM patch
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If you like my work, check out my other mods here!
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In loving memory of my father, who always e
Xavbio's Chitin Armors and Weapons Retexture SE overhauls the visuals of bonemold, falmer, shellbug, chaurus, chitin, and Morag Tong gear in Skyrim Special Edition. Pure texture replacer with no meshes or plugins, safe to install or remove anytime. Boasts 5,874 endorsements and 2.1 million downloads, making it a community favorite.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community approval — 5,874 endorsements and 2.1 million downloads speak for themselves.
- Pure texture replacer, so it's lightweight and won't mess with your load order or require patches.
- Covers a ton of gear in one go — bonemold, falmer, chitin, Morag Tong, and more — so you get a consistent visual upgrade across multiple armor sets.
⚠️ Cons
- No screenshots or detailed previews in the description, so you're flying blind on the exact visual style until you try it in-game.
- Only textures — if you were hoping for mesh improvements or new models, this won't deliver that.
- Last updated March 2026, but no explicit confirmation of compatibility with the latest Skyrim patch or any DLC — though texture-only mods are usually resilient.
For Skyrim players who want a cohesive, high-quality visual refresh of some of the game's more exotic armor and weapon sets without touching gameplay. If you're a completionist who loves collecting and displaying gear, this is a must-have. Skip if you're looking for new armor models or gameplay changes — this is purely cosmetic.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's textures only, you can drop the files into your Data folder manually or use a mod manager — either works, but a mod manager makes uninstalling cleaner.
- Load order doesn't matter for texture replacers, but if you use other texture mods for the same items, the one loaded last wins — place this after other retextures if you want Xavbio's style to take priority.
- If you're on Skyrim Special Edition, make sure you grab the SE version specifically — the original Skyrim version won't work correctly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Xavbio
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Downloads
- 2,108,171
- Endorsements
- 5,874
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 6/28/2023
- Updated
- 3/25/2026
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