Goetia Animations - Sneak Magic
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #44 of 201 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This pack will replace the following animations while sneaking:
-The idle, walk, run while wielding magic or hybrid magic/melee.
-The magic equip, swap and unequip with either/both hands.
-All idles and movements while aiming with magic.
-Casting with any spell or staff with any hand configuration.
With the release of this mod, I'm happy to say that, through the Vanargand and Goetia series, all the essential ranged animations in the game have been remade, with the main goal being keeping the aim direction persistent (facing the crosshair) regardless of movement direction, aiming in 3rd person is now much more consistent than vanilla across the different ranged playstyles.
For hybrid magic/melee playstyles: The movement from this mod will automatically take priority over the movement provided in my previously released sneak mods (Vanargand Sneak Thrusts and Strikes) when a spell or a staff is equipped in either hand, this will ensure that the character will keep facing the crosshair as opposed to facing the movement direction.
The animations apply to the PC and NPC alike.
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Requirement
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[]Open Animation Replacer.[/]
Recommended
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[]True Directional Movement Highly recommended[/]
[]Magic Sneak Attacks Enables sneak damage multiplier for magic [/]
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[]Goetia Animations - Magic Spell Casting[/]
[]Goetia Animations - Enchanted Staves
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[]Use any mod manager or manually copy the content from this mod's 'Data' into your Skyrim SE 'Data' folder.[/]
Special thanks
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[]True Directional Movement Highly recommended[/]
Goetia Animations - Sneak Magic replaces all third-person magic animations (spells, staves, spellsword/hybrid) while sneaking, and fixes jittery/inconsistent aim direction with magic during movement or turning. Requires Dynamic Animation Replacer (DAR). A popular animation overhaul with over 10k endorsements and 2.8M downloads, last updated in September 2022.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 10,155 endorsements and 2.8M downloads — this is a proven animation overhaul.
- Fixes a real annoyance: magic aim jitter while moving, which is a common complaint in third-person play.
- Covers all magic styles (spells, staves, hybrid) so you get a unified sneak magic experience.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Dynamic Animation Replacer (DAR) — if you don't have it, you'll need to install that first.
- Last updated in September 2022 — may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or other animation mods.
- Only affects sneaking animations; if you want non-sneak magic overhauls, you'll need other mods from the same series.
For Skyrim players who play stealth mages or spellswords and want smoother, more natural magic animations while sneaking. Also for anyone annoyed by the jittery aim when moving and casting. Skip if you don't use third-person or don't care about animation polish.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Dynamic Animation Replacer installed and enabled before adding this mod, or the animations won't trigger.
- Use a mod manager like MO2 or Vortex to install and manage the mod, and check for conflicts with other animation mods that affect magic.
- Test in third-person view while sneaking and moving to see the aim fix — it's most noticeable when strafing or turning.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Verolevi
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 2,819,603
- Endorsements
- 10,155
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 9/17/2022
- Updated
- 9/20/2022
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