Nature of the Wild Lands - Desaturated Textures
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #3 of 174 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Depending on your visual setup and personal preference, you might think the original NOTWL trees are too saturated and bright. Since I am not a fan of vibrant colors myself, I took it upon myself to recolor every texture manually. It was a bit more work than I originally anticipated. These textures are the same resolution as the original mod. Also makes the snow trees a bit brighter and colder.
Thanks to fxxkthisworld for giving me permission to share it on nexus.
Thanks to Rhys for extensive testing and images
Place this mod right after Nature of the Wild Lands.
A texture recolor for Nature of the Wild Lands that desaturates the tree textures for a less vibrant look, with brighter and colder snow trees. Same resolution as the original mod, placed after it in load order. 161 endorsements, updated April 2026.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved (161 endorsements) with a solid download count (7,813).
- Hand-tuned recolor for players who find the original too vibrant.
- Keeps original resolution, so no performance hit from higher-res textures.
⚠️ Cons
- Only changes colors—no new tree models or gameplay tweaks.
- Requires the original Nature of the Wild Lands mod to work, so it's not standalone.
- Compatibility risk with other texture overhauls that touch the same tree textures.
For Skyrim players who love Nature of the Wild Lands but want a more muted, realistic palette. If you're fine with the original's saturation, you don't need this. Skip if you're looking for new tree shapes or gameplay changes—this is purely a visual tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place this mod right after Nature of the Wild Lands in your load order, as the author instructs.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to ensure correct overwrite order—this mod should overwrite the original textures.
- If you use other tree texture mods, test in-game to see which one wins the conflict.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- riverbord
- Version
- 1.01
- Downloads
- 7,813
- Endorsements
- 161
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 1/24/2025
- Updated
- 4/17/2026
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