Elven Armors and Weapons Retexture SE
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #77 of 565 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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This mod retextures the Elven armor set, shield and weapons, Thalmor Robes, Snow elf armor, auriel's shield and bow, CC Elven Hunter (including the restored helmet from the unofficial patch), CC Elite crossbow's Elven crossbow, CC Horse armor - elven's horse armor and CC The cause's Ayleid wights and lich. Also contains optional retextures for many mods such as Sentinel, Amidianborn content addon, bosmer armor pack, Oblivion artifacts pack SE, and more!
The textures for the Elven armor are based on Cabal120's aMidianBorn Book of Silence. I used their normal maps as a base to create my retexture. Every other textures are based on vanilla normal maps
Works with every mod that also works with vanilla Elven textures, such as Heavy armory, Animated armory, etc.
Fomod lets you pick and choose what you want.
Textures are 2k except Chest armor textures, which are 4k.
Half-res version available in Optional files (Chest, weapons and shields are 2k, everything else is 1k)
Low-res version is available in optional files (chest, weapons and shields are 1k, everything else is 1k)
FOMOD OPTIONS
Pick and choose which vanilla retextures you want and which CC retextures you want to use.
VANILLA ITEMSELVEN ARMOR
Gold version
Gold version of the elven armor, closer to vanilla
Black version
Black version of the elven armor, inspired by amidianborn content addon
Amidianborn content addon / Sentinel version
Use this option is you use the mods Amidianborn content addon or Sentinel. It will make the elven armor use the gold textures and the thalmor armor use the black textures. The gilded elven and gilded thalmor armors added by these mods do not use unique textures. They use the same textures as the regular and thalmor versions, but swap the cubemap for a golden one. Which means this option will affect their look too.
ELVEN WEAPONS
Gold version
Gold version of the elven armor, closer to vanilla
Xavbio's Elven Armors and Weapons Retexture SE overhauls the visual quality of all Elven-themed gear in Skyrim Special Edition, including the base Elven armor, shield, weapons, Thalmor robes, and Creation Club content like the Elven Hunter, Elven Crossbow, Ayleid enemies, and Elven Horse. With over 8,000 endorsements and 3.1 million downloads, it's a community favorite for players seeking a cohesive, high-resolution upgrade to their Elven equipment.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community approval—8,397 endorsements and 3.1 million downloads speak for themselves.
- Covers way more than just the base set—Thalmor robes and CC content included, so your whole Elven look stays consistent.
- Xavbio keeps it updated—last touched June 2026, so it's likely compatible with current Skyrim SE patches.
⚠️ Cons
- Pure texture replacer—no mesh changes or new models, so if you wanted a visual overhaul beyond textures, this isn't it.
- Requires the Creation Club content to be installed to see those specific retextures—if you don't own them, you're missing part of the package.
For Skyrim players who want a cohesive, high-quality upgrade to all Elven-themed gear without changing gameplay. Perfect for completionists who own the Creation Club add-ons and want everything to match. Skip if you're looking for new armor models or gameplay tweaks—this is purely cosmetic.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this is a texture replacer, just drop the files into your Data folder or use a mod manager—no plugin needed, so load order isn't an issue.
- If you have the Creation Club content, make sure it's installed before this mod so the retextures overwrite correctly.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to easily uninstall if you ever want to revert to vanilla textures.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Xavbio
- Version
- 2.0.1
- Downloads
- 3,089,237
- Endorsements
- 8,397
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 3/18/2023
- Updated
- 6/10/2026
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