High Poly NPC Overhaul - The Great Town of Ivarstead
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 6 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
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #12 of 108 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
REQUIREMENTS
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[]High Poly Head 1. 3 (warning: this is a link to a different website (NSFW))
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]Expressive Facial Animation -Male Edition- by Niroku[]Expressive Facial Animation -Female Edition- by Niroku
[]KS Hairdos SSE OR High Poly NPC Overhaul - Resources
[]The Great Town of Ivarstead SSE
WHAT DOES THIS MOD DO?
This is an appearance overhaul for the NPCs added by The Great Town of Ivarstead SSE.
It doesn't contain any meshes or textures other than FaceGen data.
It will use whichever body and textures you already have installed.
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This is an appearance overhaul for the NPCs introduced by the mod 'The Great Town of Ivarstead'. It's a niche cosmetic addition for players who use that town overhaul and want the new characters to match the high-poly aesthetic. With 450 endorsements and 80,909 downloads, it's a moderately popular companion mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing (450 endorsements, 80k downloads) shows it's trusted
- Fills a specific gap: makes Ivarstead's new NPCs look consistent with high-poly overhauls
- Lightweight addition if you already run The Great Town of Ivarstead
⚠️ Cons
- Requires 'The Great Town of Ivarstead' — useless without it
- Only affects NPCs from that mod, so impact is limited to one town
- Last updated in 2020, so may have compatibility issues with newer mod versions
For Skyrim players who use The Great Town of Ivarstead and want its NPCs to look better. If you don't use that mod, skip this. It's purely cosmetic, so don't expect gameplay changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have The Great Town of Ivarstead installed first, or this mod won't do anything.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to avoid overwriting files manually.
- Load this mod after the town overhaul in your load order to ensure the NPC changes apply.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Zhalroth
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 80,909
- Endorsements
- 450
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 8/16/2020
- Updated
- 8/16/2020
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