Dawnstar Fish Market
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 6 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
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #26 of 45 Cities, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
For a while I had planned to add something to Dawnstar in the docks area, I just wasn't sure what. After a suggestion from Mixaloubos regarding a Dawnstar Fish Market, I knew exactly what I wanted to add! So here it is, a relatively simple little mod, but hopefully one that adds a good bit of immersion as well as a couple interesting Fisher-Husbands.
Awaad runs the smaller of the two fish stalls, but specializes in angling for salmon and slaughterfish - which gives him a bit of an extra inventory (slaughterfish eggs and scales). Awaad is married to Fruki and lives in their shared abode. He packs up his stall a little earlier than most merchants (6pm) to give him and his best pal Skardi time to grab dinner before meeting their wives after work.
Skardi Cracked-Oar runs the larger of the fish stalls, and will usually have species of arctic fish available, as well as salmon. Skardi is married to Irgnir and they share a house together. He also closes his stall at 6pm to head out for dinner, then tavern time with the wife.
Both NPCs have high poly heads, per usual with my mods.
The mod is set up to use vanilla meshes and vanilla skyrim texture paths for the npcs which means they should shift appropriately according to any/all body, mesh, or texture replacers you use.
Compatibilities / Patches
These mods are either compatible without a patch, or have a patch provided:
JK's Skyrim - Compatible with provided patch. For JK's + COTN use the provided combo patch.
Cities of the North Dawnstar - Compatible with provided patch.
Expanded Towns and Cities - Compatible with provided patch. For COTN + ETAC combination, use the combo patch. The same patch will work for Complete and Modular versions.
Great City of Dawnstar - Compatible with provided patch. This patch also works for the Great Cities - Minor Cities and Towns version. For the Great City of Dawnstar + COTN Dawnstar use the provided combo patch
Great Cities of JK's North - Compatible with provided combo patch.
Capital of the Pale - Compatible with provided patch. The same patch will work for the all in one version Capitals and Towns of Skyrim.
Arthmoor's Dawnstar - Compatible no patch needed
Interesting NPCs - Compatible no patch needed
Immersive Citizen
Adds a small fish market to Dawnstar with two new fish merchants, Awaad and Skardi, who are husbands of existing NPCs Fruki and Irgnir. This is a lightweight ESP-FE mod that requires the Fishing Creation from Skyrim Anniversary Edition, offering a simple lore-friendly addition for players wanting more commerce in Dawnstar.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 358 endorsements and over 64k downloads
- Lightweight ESP-FE plugin won't eat your mod slots
- Adds lore-friendly merchants that tie into existing NPCs
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Skyrim AE and the Fishing Creation, so Oldrim or SE players are out of luck
- Only adds two merchants and a market—don't expect a full city overhaul
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter Dawnstar's layout or NPCs
For Skyrim players who want a bit more life in Dawnstar without a heavy overhaul. If you're on AE and enjoy small, immersive additions, this is a nice touch. Skip if you're on SE without the Fishing CC or if you're looking for major city changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the Fishing Creation installed and enabled before adding this mod, or the merchants won't appear.
- Since it's ESP-FE, you can safely place it anywhere in your load order, but keeping it near other Dawnstar mods helps avoid conflicts.
- If you use a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting other Dawnstar edits.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Socalista
- Version
- 1.01
- Downloads
- 64,206
- Endorsements
- 358
- Category
- Cities, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets
- Created
- 5/24/2024
- Updated
- 5/26/2024
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