Critters Ain't Snitches - Animal and Monster Crime Reporting Fix
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ 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
- 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #33 of 115 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Welcome! After publishing my Ultimate Dragon Age: Origins Fixpack last year (it's pretty much the DA:O version of USSEP), I've decided to branch out some. So, please enjoy my first Skyrim: Special Edition mod!
This mod attempts to fix the issue where some animals and monstrous creatures that witnessed you committing a crime (murder, assault, trespassing, stealing, etc.) would report you to the local human authorities. Yes - that's correct... without this patch, if a dog or a giant sees you steal something, they'll rat you out to the local cops and you'll get a bounty on your head. Immersive, it is not. (EDIT: I just realized that USSEP actually does partially fix this issue for horses and chickens only... thus I changed that description to "dogs and giants", heh.)
This mod is in BETA. I cannot currently confirm that it serves its intended purpose because I don't currently know where in game the issue can be replicated consistently. If you are aware of how and where this bug can be replicated, please let me know where in the Posts tab, or try to do it with this mod installed and report back!
There used to be a mod for SSE that handled this issue comprehensively - but poorly, in my opinion - called "I Didn't See Nuthin'" (henceforth referred to as IDSN). The . ESP for it was called SE_crimereport.esp. It was also incorporated into a package called HASTE by the same author. Sometime in January 2018, a few days after HASTE's release, both mods were removed from the Nexus and the mod author deleted his Nexus account for reasons unknown to me. I do not recall the modder's name, and do not feel it necessary to extend credit anyway, because:
If you managed to get a copy of either of those mods that incorporated IDSN's fixes before they disappeared, you should definitely replace it with this mod or just uninstall it altogether. I have a theory that IDSN modified way more factions than was necessary - 28 records in total. CAS (my mod) attempts to fix the issue more thoroughly by modifying only 7 faction records. Of those (allegedly, in theory) unnecessary and redundant edits that IDSN made, four of them conflicted with and overwrote USSEP fixes, and one of them overwrote a key change in SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators. No attempt was made to forward the changes by these important mods. By eliminating what I believe are redundant faction edits, this mod has no conflicts with USSEP. It does not require USSEP either.
According to my research, this crime reporting shouldn't be happening at all. Supposedly, only factions that have a "crime faction" set up should be reporting crimes (see here.). Now, perhaps the reporting is happening because an animal faction is allied to a human faction that has a crime faction. If that is the case, though, then the only way I can see that setting the "ignore crime" flags would fix the problem is if any faction that a cr
This bug fix mod aims to stop animals and monsters from reporting your crimes to human authorities in Skyrim. It's an open beta that needs testing, with 6,645 endorsements and last updated in 2018.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 6,645 endorsements and over 829k downloads
- Targets a real immersion-breaking bug that many players encounter
- Simple concept: stops animals and monsters from snitching on you
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018 — may be incompatible with current Skyrim versions
- Open beta means it may have bugs or unfinished features
- No detailed instructions or compatibility notes provided by the author
For Skyrim players who are tired of wolves and bears running to the guards to report your crimes. If you play stealth or criminal characters, this mod is essential for immersion. Skip if you don't care about crime reporting mechanics or play on a version newer than 2018.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a bug fix mod, place it near the end of your load order to ensure it overrides conflicting scripts.
- Test with a save where you commit a crime near animals to see if the fix works as expected.
- Check the mod's comments section on Nexus for user reports on compatibility with other mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Qwinn
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 829,289
- Endorsements
- 6,645
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 2/7/2018
- Updated
- 6/1/2018
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