More Powerful Divine Blessings and Amulets
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 4.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #16 of 137 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I've heard many a fictional character utter "the Gods are fickle". Having played Skyrim, I can empathize - their favour doesn't last very long. As of writing this, there are mods aplenty to remedy how fleeting blessings are on the SSE Nexus - but none that also make them worth getting in the first place.
How good the vanilla Blessings/Amulet enchanments actually are is subjective, and depends heavily on how you mod your game and what difficulty level you choose. Personally, however, I don't get out of bed for Arkay's Health Fortification effect - all 25 points of it. It's alright at level 1, but quickly loses relevance.
I found myself thinking the same thing about most of the other Blessings/Amulets, and so decided to tweak the values so that collecting Blessings or Amulets felt more worthwhile. Maybe my changes are too tame where flat value effects are concerned, or too much where % effects are concerned, but to me they feel like a decent upgrade over vanilla base values without going overboard.
Blessings were enhanced slightly more than Amulets, the reasoning being that despite their increased duration, they are still temporary and harder to swap between than Amulets (once you've collected them).
All Blessings now last up to two weeks of in-game time (~2. 1x longer than Vanilla). As per vanilla rules, you cannot have more than one Blessing concurrently.
Mephala's Blessing has been changed to empower Sneak, to better reflect their station as the Daedric Prince of Obfuscation and Secrecy, and because their original Blessing is the exact same as Zenithar's. Boring, that.
Voice of the Sky's duration has been extended to match that of Blessings, potentially making your pilgrimages to High Hrothgar more worthwhile. Unless you enjoy slaughtering every wild animal you come across in Tamriel - you do you.
Each Blessing's effect has been empowered:
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[]Akatosh: Fortify Magicka Regen - 10% > 30%
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[]Auri-El: Fortify Marksman - 10% > 30%
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[]Boethiah: Fortify One-Handed - 10% > 30%
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This mod enhances Divine Blessings from the Nine Divines, including Dawnguard and Dragonborn blessings, making them last longer and more effective. Mephala's Blessing now boosts Sneak, and all Nine Divine Amulets are strengthened. A straightforward gameplay tweak for Skyrim players seeking stronger religious bonuses.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 406 endorsements and nearly 10k downloads.
- Simple, focused tweak that makes blessings actually matter for longer.
- Covers DLC blessings too, so it's not just the base game.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018, so it might not be fully compatible with the latest Skyrim versions or mods.
- Could conflict with other mods that alter blessings or amulets.
- No patches for popular overhauls like Ordinator or Wintersun, so you may need to load it carefully.
For Skyrim players who want divine blessings to feel impactful without overhauling the whole game. If you're a roleplayer who loves visiting shrines, this is a nice boost. Skip if you're using a major religion overhaul that already changes blessings.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place this mod early in your load order, before any mods that edit shrine effects, to ensure your changes stick.
- If you use a mod manager, enable it and test at a shrine to see the new durations.
- Check for compatibility patches if you run other gameplay overhauls that touch blessings.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Sunlar
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Downloads
- 9,864
- Endorsements
- 406
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 8/21/2017
- Updated
- 6/20/2018
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