Don't Stay in The Water - NPC Water AI Fix
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ 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
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #52 of 172 Patches mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Don't Stay in The Water !
But your enemy, just staring at you angrily, just won't go ashore.
Do you think this is an AI error?
Each race has a flag to control whether they will fight in the water, but its setting is stupid, just like Skyrim itself has removed the function of underwater combat, and their underwater combat tags still work normally, which is very The bad thing.
NPC Water AI Fix (This Mod):It corrects the value of this flag, and only starts to find movable NPCs through lists during the game initialization phase and modify their values, so this plug-in will never affect your normal game process (You can understand it as just changing their attributes), this plugin is safe for any user.
The Mod I ported from Skyrim LE: NPC AI Behavior Fixes-Plugin.
(Only the Water AI function of NPC is ported, because other functions may have better repairs in the special edition, or I am not able to do it temporarily.)
Let's see how enemies with smarter Water AI will fight the player in the water:
You can watch a video uploaded by a user to check the effect of this mod.
Precautions for plug-in use:
Version 1. 0 does not use Address Library for SKSE Plugins, so it only supports Skyrim SE version 1. 5. 97. You cannot use it in older versions. (Not for the time being, I will add support for later versions)
In addition, it has no INI file, because it only needs to implement one function, so I don't want to do it. You only need to install it, make sure it is successfully loaded, and then it will take effect.
If you don't want to continue using its functions after installation, you only need to delete the Mod normally. It is an SKSE64 Plugin and will not affect the game data.
A SKSE64 plug-in that fixes the bug where enemies remain in water and stare at you instead of attacking. With 5,145 endorsements and 2.2M downloads, it's a highly popular quality-of-life patch for Skyrim players.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (5,145 endorsements, 2.2M downloads)
- Solves a frustrating immersion-breaking bug
- Lightweight SKSE plugin, no heavy dependencies
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2023 — may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim version
- Only addresses water AI, not other enemy pathfinding issues
- Requires SKSE64, which some players avoid
For Skyrim players who are tired of enemies standing in water doing nothing. If you're on the latest game version, check compatibility first. Skip if you don't use SKSE64 or don't mind the bug.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure SKSE64 is installed and launched via skse64_loader.exe, not the default launcher.
- Place the plugin in your Data folder or use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2.
- If you're on the latest Skyrim version, check the mod's comments for compatibility patches.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- DevourerPi
- Version
- 5.1
- Downloads
- 2,193,378
- Endorsements
- 5,145
- Category
- Patches
- Created
- 7/9/2021
- Updated
- 5/5/2023
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