Mudcrab Burrowing
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #92 of 154 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Mudcrabs have an idle animation where they burrow into the ground. A neat little detail. Unfortunately, this animation can play anywhere - including where it looks out of place.
Using the SurfaceMaterial condition of Open Animation Replacer 2. 3. 0+, the burrowing can be restricted based on the material of whatever it is standing on. No longer shall they burrow into shipwrecks, solid stone, or ice floes.
The burrowing is now limited to objects or landscape with any of these materials:
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[]Mud[/]
[]Sand[/]
[]Gravel[/]
[]Dirt[/]
[]Ash[/]
[]Snow[/]
As a result, mudcrabs may often appear to be still, and not doing anything. But that's just their vanilla behavior. A lot of the animals do that.
These limitations are not race specific, so will apply to any creature that tries to use these animations.
Your own choice of texture replacers will determine how much anything marked as gravel looks like gravel, or how much the sand looks like sand.
Report any issues in the comments.
Requests will no longer be considered.
Mudcrab Burrowing is a small animation mod for Skyrim that restricts mudcrab burrowing to appropriate terrain types like mud, sand, dirt, ash, gravel, or snow. It requires Open Animation Replacer and has 562 endorsements, indicating solid community support. Ideal for players seeking more realistic creature behavior.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 562 endorsements and over 328k downloads
- Simple, focused fix that enhances immersion without overhauling combat
- Works with Open Animation Replacer, a popular framework
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Open Animation Replacer, an extra dependency not everyone has
- Only affects mudcrabs—doesn't touch other creatures or gameplay
For Skyrim players who notice mudcrabs vanishing into solid rock and want a quick realism fix. Perfect for immersion-focused modlists that already use Open Animation Replacer. Skip if you don't care about creature behavior or don't want to install another framework.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure Open Animation Replacer is installed and up to date before adding this mod.
- Load this mod after Open Animation Replacer in your mod manager to ensure proper overwrite.
- If mudcrabs still burrow oddly, check that you haven't overwritten the animation files with another mod.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- EndlessAnnoyance
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Downloads
- 328,973
- Endorsements
- 562
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 10/1/2024
- Updated
- 10/1/2024
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