Difficulty Balance
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.9% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #8 of 127 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
- Description
This is a mod ported Difficulty Balance to SE.
This mod makes that the player and allies have the same difficulty damage factor. As a result, it will be corrected that the higher the difficulty, the less damage will be caused to the followers and the summoned actors. No ESP file.
Vanilla
Damage Dealt = Damage to non-player
Damage Taken = Damage to the player
Difficulty Balance
Damage Dealt = Damage to other than "the player or followers or actors commanded by the player or followers"
Damage Taken = Damage to "the player or followers or actors commanded by the player or followers"
Compatible with mods that change the damage factor of each difficulty level.
- Requirement
Address Library for SKSE Plugins
- Credits
SKSE team for SKSE.
meh321 for Address Library for SKSE Plugins.
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Difficulty Balance removes the difficulty-based damage scaling that reduces damage to followers and summoned actors on higher difficulties, making player and allies share the same damage factor. A lightweight gameplay tweak with no ESP file, it has 3,882 endorsements and was last updated in May 2020.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 3,882 endorsements and over 456k downloads.
- Fixes a real annoyance for high-difficulty players who rely on summons or followers.
- No ESP means it's clean and won't bloat your load order.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020 — may be outdated for the latest game version.
- Only affects damage scaling, so if you want broader difficulty tweaks, this won't cover them.
For players who crank up the difficulty but hate watching their summons and followers get shredded by unfair damage multipliers. Also great for conjuration or necromancer builds that depend on minions. Skip if you're looking for a full difficulty overhaul — this is a focused fix.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since there's no ESP, just drop the file into your Data folder or use your mod manager's 'install from file' option.
- If you're on a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, enable it after other gameplay mods to avoid conflicts.
- Test on a save with followers or summons to see the difference immediately.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Felisky
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Downloads
- 456,363
- Endorsements
- 3,882
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 5/9/2020
- Updated
- 5/9/2020
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