New Female Guard Voices
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ 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
- 👍 1.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #33 of 103 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Did you know that every single female guard and soldier in Skyrim has the same voice type (Female Nord)?
Well not any more. New Female Guard introduces two original voices - Female Guard for the Stormcloaks side and Female Breton for the Imperials.
Features
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[]Will say anything a regular guard will say, including vanilla quest lines and scenes, with more than 2000 lines of audio included[/]
[]50+ original lines added[/]
[]New guards will spawn anywhere a regular guard will[/]
[]Integrated compatibility and voice lines for a number of popular mods with patches available for others[/]
[]Voice sample included so you can clone the voice and use it for your own expansions and other mods[/]
[]Idle comments - guards will now talk to themselves and 'sing' if you're not too close to them[/]
[]Directional bump dialogue - guards will say different things if you bump into them from the front or the back[/]
[]Six new high poly faces for those that use helmet removing mods, three Nords for Stormcloak side and Imperial, Redguard and Breton for the Imperial side[/]
[]Includes features from several of my other mods including going to sleep comments and snoring[/]
[]NEW - optional MCM to control whether they sing and/or make idle comments[/]
Compatibility
The mod adds (by script) the new guard voice types to the following FormLists - DefaultNPCVoiceTypes, GuardVoiceTypes & VoicesCommonCombatant.
This means that any mod that uses one or more of these as a condition may need patching. otherwise you will get blank lines where the subtitles will say something but there is no audio. I've tried my best to ensure wide compatibility but it's highly possible that I've missed something.
If this is the case you have five options -
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[]Put up with the blank lines[/]
[]Make a patch yourself to block out the lines (instructions included in the article)[/]
[]Generate the audio for the lines yourself using a TTS service[/]
[]Kindly ask the mod author of the incompatible mod to make a patch (but don't expect them to)[/]
[]Ask me to make a patch (but I can't promise that I will do it quickly, if at all)[/]
I've generated all the lines for the following mods, so if you have them ins
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[]Put up with the blank lines[/]
Adds two new voice types for female guards that spawn seamlessly into the world. ESL flagged for load order efficiency and compatible with many popular mods. A well-received NPC enhancement with over 2,300 endorsements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,320 endorsements and nearly 119k downloads
- ESL flagged means it won't eat your load order slots
- Seamless integration with popular mods
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects female guards, so if you're looking for broader guard variety this won't cut it
- Voice type additions can occasionally conflict with other mods that alter guard voices, so check your load order
- No custom follower or quest integration—pure ambient voice overhaul
For Skyrim players who want more variety in guard dialogue without overhauling the whole game. If you're tired of hearing the same female guard voice everywhere, this is a quick fix. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes or new quests—this is purely audio.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's ESL flagged, you can place it anywhere in your load order, but keeping it near other NPC overhauls helps avoid conflicts.
- If you use a mod manager, let it handle the installation to ensure the voice files are placed correctly.
- Test in a guard-heavy area like Whiterun to hear the new voices immediately.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- JobiWanUK
- Version
- 1.01
- Downloads
- 118,980
- Endorsements
- 2,320
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 7/24/2024
- Updated
- 2/9/2025
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