Functional Fearsome Fists - Innate Unarmed Boost
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #56 of 250 Patches mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Overview:
Functional Fearsome Fists adds a perk when equipping any of the Fearsome Fists gauntlets that boosts your unarmed damage based on the gauntlets' material.
Changes made:
- The boost is added via perk and therefore allows you to enchant the gauntlets at your leisure (this includes adding an unarmed increasing enchantment). It will stack with any other unarmed increasing perks, such as the vanilla Fists of Steel perk or Khajiit Claws, but does not scale as you level (there is no unarmed skill).
- The crafted and distributed fists are now all the same type, coming without any enchantment due to the built in boost.
- The names of the Fearsome Fists gauntlets have been changed from their original "Brawler's <Material> Gauntlets" to "<Material> Brawling Gauntlets" so they show next to the rest of that material's equipment.
- Also adds the same perk boost to the Gauntlets of the Pugilist, which are also changed to look like the Fur Brawling Gauntlets.
Damage:
Taken from raw numbers alone, these may seem high, however, when you factor in the lack of a skill line boosting your damage output as you grow, these aren't actually as strong as they might seem in a vacuum.
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[]Tier 1 - 10 Damage - Fur, Hide and Iron (Includes Gloves of the Pugilist)
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]Tier 2 - 12 Damage - Leather and Steel[]Tier 3 - 14 Damage - Elven, Orcish and Dwemer (Without Ancient Knowledge)
[]Tier 4 - 16 Damage - Scaled and Steel Plate
[]Tier 5 - 18 Damage - Glass, Ebony and Dwemer (With Ancient Knowledge)
[]Tier 6 - 20 Damage - Dragonscale, Dragonplate and Daedric
Injected Keyword Support:
03FFF000 - Tier 1
03FFF001 - Tier 2
03FFF002 - Tier 3
03FFF003 - Tier 4
03FFF004 - Tier 5
03FFF005 - Tier 6
03FFF006 - Applies the Ancient Knowledge boost when combined with Tier 1 to Tier 4 keyword.
This patch gives the Fearsome Fists gauntlets an innate unarmed damage boost. It's a simple tweak for players who want those gauntlets to be more viable without relying on enchantments. With 759 endorsements and over 400k downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life fix.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 759 endorsements and over 400k downloads—clearly fills a need.
- Straightforward improvement: makes Fearsome Fists actually worth using for unarmed builds.
- Lightweight patch that doesn't overhaul anything else, so it's safe to add to most setups.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in December 2023—might not be compatible with future game updates.
- Only affects the Fearsome Fists; if you wanted other unarmed tweaks, this won't help.
For unarmed build enthusiasts who want the Fearsome Fists to be a viable endgame option without extra enchantment grinding. Skip if you're not using those gauntlets or if you prefer more comprehensive unarmed overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager, just download and activate—no extra steps needed.
- Make sure you have the Fearsome Fists in your game before installing, or the patch won't have anything to modify.
- Check the mod's comments section for any user-reported compatibility notes with other unarmed mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Jelidity
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Downloads
- 407,226
- Endorsements
- 759
- Category
- Patches
- Created
- 12/3/2021
- Updated
- 12/30/2023
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