Heights of Skyrim - Diverse NPC Heights
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #50 of 166 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Understanding the problem
To explain how Heights of Skyrim modifies these values we first need to understand how Skyrim scales its NPCs. It's common knowledge that each race and gender uses a scale of 0. 95-1. 08, what isn't common knowledge is what these scales amount to in real-world digits. Based on the information provided by creationkit.com (Unit - Creation Kit) we can conclude that 128 units (1. 00) are equivalent to 1. 828m or 6' in height. The exact height of every race can then be calculated by multiplying 182. 88cm with every race scale, which gives us the figures shown below (see: Base Scale).
Base Scale (Vanilla) Average HOS Heights
Race Gender Scale Metric Imperial Race Gender Avg (cm) Avg (ft+in)
Argonian Male 1. 01 184. 7088 6' 0. 72" Argonian Male 181. 6679654 5' 11. 52"
Breton Male 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" Breton Male 177. 8732118 5' 10. 03"
DarkElf Male 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" DarkElf Male 180. 6523146 5' 11. 12"
HighElf Male 1. 08 197. 5104 6' 5. 76" HighElf Male 194. 6622241 6' 4. 64"
Imperial Male 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" Imperial Male 180. 7016178 5' 11. 14"
Khajiit Male 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" Khajiit Male 180. 6781248 5' 11. 13"
Nord Male 1. 03 188. 3664 6' 2. 16" Nord Male 187. 2823514 6' 1. 73"
Orc Male 1. 045 191. 1096 6' 3. 24" Orc Male 191. 9224323 6' 3. 56"
Redguard Male 1. 005 183. 7944 6' 0. 36" Redguard Male 182. 9121869 6' 0. 01"
WoodElf Male 0. 98 179. 2224 5' 10. 56" WoodElf Male 176. 3072787 5' 9. 41"
Argonian Female 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" Argonian Female 172. 7210160 5' 8. 00"
Breton Female 0. 95 173. 736 5' 8. 40" Breton Female 173. 1714317 5' 7. 16"
DarkElf Female 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" DarkElf Female 173. 1714317 5' 8. 18"
HighElf Female 1. 08 197. 5104 6' 5. 76" HighElf Female 187. 5187439 6' 1. 83"
Imperial Female 1. 00 182. 88 6' 0. 00" Imperial Female 173. 2361280 5' 8. 20"
Khajiit Female 0. 95 173. 736 5' 8. 40" Khajiit Female 170. 5464001 5' 7. 14"
Nord Female 1. 03 188. 3664 6' 2. 16" Nord Female 181. 3532151 5' 11. 40"
Heights of Skyrim overhauls the scale of every named NPC in Skyrim to add height diversity, making 860 unique characters across Skyrim and Solstheim match their lore descriptions. A popular immersion mod with 2,558 endorsements and over 211,000 downloads, last updated in December 2022.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 2,558 endorsements and 211k+ downloads.
- Adds meaningful immersion by making NPC heights match their lore.
- Covers a massive scope—860 characters across the whole game world.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in December 2022, so it may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim updates or mods.
- Changing NPC scales can cause visual glitches with animations or furniture if other mods alter the same characters.
- Potential conflicts with other immersion mods that edit NPC records, so load order matters.
For Skyrim players who care about lore-friendly immersion and want NPCs to physically match their descriptions. Perfect for roleplayers and those who notice height inconsistencies. Skip if you prefer vanilla uniformity or use heavy NPC overhauls that might conflict.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage load order easily.
- Place this mod early in your load order to let other NPC mods overwrite if needed, but check for conflicts.
- If you use other mods that edit the same NPCs, test in a new save to avoid issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Jen
- Version
- 2
- Downloads
- 211,840
- Endorsements
- 2,558
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 7/7/2021
- Updated
- 12/23/2022
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