HearthFire - High Poly Head NPC Replacer
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 9 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
- 👍 5.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #109 of 125 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Hearthfire dlc
NPC Overhaul
Well, it's been a while. I wanted to get the rest of my male NPCs done, but my arm won't let me do anything big. I barely could finish this... long story. Anyway, I did manage to get something small done. It's something I've wanted to do for a while. I have recreated all three housecarls, carriage drivers, and bards using the High Poly Head.
You will need the DLC's.
Please endorse if you love this mod. It keeps me motivated to create more.
Please read thoroughly before downloading
Seriously... DO IT
1. APPEARANCES: There are NO skin textures attached to this mod. That means you will have to suffer atrocious vanilla skin textures if you download. The good news is, it will accept any skin mod you wish to use. Please be aware that your NPCs will look a bit different than mine using different skin textures. I also use Silent Horizons ENB and Cathedral Weathers, so your images may look different from mine.
2. ANIMATIONS: I am using High Poly Head Version 4 and it requires Expressive Facegen Morphs and Expressive Facial Animation Male. High Poly Head is baked into the mod, but not the animations. With that said, some have used this mod without them with no problems. If you find beard clipping or weird eyes, install these mods. If not, you should be fine.
3. EDITING: Please do not ask me to change appearances or remove tattoos, or ask me to remove NPCs. I won't do it and you can't make me. Please... just stop asking. Thank you!
4. LOAD ORDER: These do NOT work with other NPC mods that change the appearance of HearthFire NPCs. NPCs should go down towards the end of your load order.
5. REQUIREMENTS: You will need to have USSEEP downloaded. Seriously, everyone should have this by now. It just makes my life a heck of a lot simpler that I don't have to do patches and extra files. I'm sure since you realize that this is for a DLC, you will need said DLC. I'm going to assume that almost everyone has all DLCs.
6. All the men in the images use Tempered Skins with SOS Light. The women used Bijin Skin for CBBE. All used KS Hairdos.
Mods to avoid:
Same NPC overhauls - blackface issues
Mods that change the body size - neck seam issues (floating heads)
Improved Eye Reflections (Oldrim) - cataract looking eyes
My other NPC Replacer Mods:
HearthFire - High Poly Head NPC Replacer overhauls the appearances of all three housecarls, carriage drivers, and bards from the Hearthfire DLC using High Poly Head technology. It requires the DLCs and USSEEP, and is compatible with any skin texture mod. The mod has 704 endorsements and was last updated in March 2021.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 704 endorsements and over 13k downloads
- Gives Hearthfire NPCs a fresh, high-poly look without forcing a specific skin texture
- Author is active and responsive, though updates are slow due to health issues
⚠️ Cons
- Requires USSEEP and the Hearthfire DLC, so it's not for vanilla-only setups
- May cause beard clipping or weird eyes if you skip the required animation mods
- Incompatible with other NPC overhauls for Hearthfire characters, so you'll have to choose
For Skyrim players who want to give the Hearthfire housecarls, carriage drivers, and bards a more detailed, high-poly look without changing their skin textures. If you're using a skin mod and want consistent NPC appearances, this is a solid pick. Skip if you don't have the Hearthfire DLC or USSEEP, or if you prefer a full NPC overhaul that covers more characters.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install the required animation mods (Expressive Facegen Morphs and Expressive Facial Animation Male) to avoid beard clipping and weird eyes.
- Place this mod near the end of your load order, after other NPC mods, to ensure it takes effect.
- Since it has no skin textures, pick a skin mod you like and test in-game to see how the NPCs look with it.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- PoeticAnt44
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 13,829
- Endorsements
- 704
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 3/7/2021
- Updated
- 3/8/2021
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