Improved College Entry - Questline Tweaks
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #7 of 14 Guilds/Factions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
Changes to the College of Winterhold:
First Lessons (MG01)
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[]Faralda's force-greet trigger has been moved back to the bridge so you can have a friendlier dialogue with her. (credit: Misc. College of Winterhold Tweaks - Friendly Faralda by SomethingObscure)
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]You can ask Faralda to join the college straight away.[]You can choose a favored school of magic when speaking to Faralda at the entrance.
[]Faralda will not sell you the spell to cast and will instead tell you to go to the court wizards to get it (revert to vanilla behavior by setting MGI_FaraldaSellsSpells to 1).
[]Several errors in the journal entries for the entry tests are fixed.
[]You can enter the College by shouting after completing The Way of the Voice (MQ105).
[]Faralda will not repeat herself saying "Well done indeed." before leading you across the bridge.
[]Faralda will not randomly stop to greet you while leading you to the gate.
[]Faralda will finish lighting the wells even if you run past her.
[]Mirabelle will give you the appropriate robes corresponding to your entry test.
[]You have the option to skip the tour with Mirabelle.
[]Tolfdir will not start the lesson if you have not spoken to Mirabelle and started or skipped the tour.
[]Tolfdir will not repeatedly force-greet you after speaking about the ward spell.
[]Lesser Ward will not be added automatically if you knew Steadfast or Greater Ward.
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[]Tolfdir and the apprentices' automatic greetings that they can use while walking to Saarthal will not stop them from moving.
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]Rearranged some of Tolfdir's dialogue options during the quest to be more natural.[]Fixed Nerien greeting you with generic lines (e.g. "Those are College of Winterhold robes, aren't they?") when he first appears.
[]Reduced mist FX in the burial shaft to increase visibility of the section underneath.
[]Tolfdir will not interrupt himself or randomly force-greet you after his monologue in the burial shaft.
[]Savos Aren will give you a leveled Staff of Turning instead of a Staff of Magelight.
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[]You are completely blocked from entering the Arch-Mage's Quarters at the start of the quest, where entering would break the game.
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]Adjusted the Augur of Dunlain's lines that would play in the Midden Dark as you approach so that they will occur more consistently. (credit: Misc. College of Winterhold Tweaks - The Augur's Admonishment by SomethingObscure)
[]It is possible to break into the Arch-Mage's Quarters either by picking the lock or pickpocketing Savos Aren. This makes it possible to get the Unusual Gem/Stone of Barenziah.
[]Lecture scenes have been altered so that attendees show up ea
Improved College Entry - Questline Tweaks is a Skyrim mod that lets you choose your school and enhances the College of Winterhold questline. With nearly 9,000 endorsements and 2.2 million downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking more control and polish in the mage faction quests.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (8,993 endorsements) — this is a must-try for College questline fans.
- Massive download count (2.2M) shows it's been battle-tested by thousands of players.
- Adds meaningful choice to the mage faction — pick your school instead of being funneled.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020 — may have compatibility issues with the latest Skyrim patches or other mods.
- Requires the base game and possibly other mods to work as intended, but dependencies aren't listed.
For Skyrim players who want more agency in the College of Winterhold questline and enjoy faction overhauls. Perfect for mage characters who want to specialize in a school. Skip if you're fine with the vanilla questline or prefer gameplay overhauls that change combat.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a quest mod, place it early in your load order to avoid conflicts with other College overhauls.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file placement to keep things clean.
- Check the mod's posts page for any known compatibility patches with popular mods like USSEP.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Parapets - SomethingObscure
- Version
- 2.8
- Downloads
- 2,154,810
- Endorsements
- 8,993
- Category
- Guilds/Factions
- Created
- 12/28/2018
- Updated
- 10/13/2020
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