Non-Horse Mount Animation Fix
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #59 of 115 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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[]Bug fix 1: mount animation fix
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]When you get on a modded mount that has non-horse skeleton, the game animates the mounting weird, especially when you mount from the right side: you'll mount in midair. This mod mitigates this issue.[]This is not perfect: the game plays the animation from the center of the mount, so if the modded mount has the seat really far back, the animation will play a bit forward, but this still looks better than before. This is now basically perfect.
[]For example, 4thunknown's Guar mount is a Sabre Cat without its front legs, and you sit on its butt, which really far behind the actual center of the creature.
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]No effect on NPCs riding mounts.[]If you only want this fix, download this file.
[]Bug fix 2: swimming animation and behaviour fix
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[]When you ride a modded non-horse creature mount that has swimming animations (behaviours) into water, the player is also put into swimming animation.
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]After the mount leaves the water, the player is still stuck in running animation.
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[]Open Animation Replacer is optionally used so creatures still perform their swimming animations.
[]This is like JaySerpa's fix, but you can now use your weapons.
[]If you only want this fix, download this file.
[]If you want both fixes, download this file.
Requirements
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[]SKSE
[]Open Animation Replacer
[]Whenever
Fixes broken mounting and swimming animations for non-horse mounts in Skyrim. A small but highly endorsed bug fix mod with over 1,200 endorsements and 674k downloads, last updated in June 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 1,215 endorsements and 674k downloads — clearly a must-have for many.
- Targets a specific annoyance that Bethesda never patched, so it fills a real gap.
- Lightweight and focused — does one thing and does it well.
⚠️ Cons
- Only covers mounting and swimming animations — other mount-related bugs may remain.
- No detailed documentation provided, so you're on your own if issues arise.
- Last updated in June 2025 — may not be compatible with future game updates.
For Skyrim players who use modded non-horse mounts (like bears or dragons) and hate the janky animations. If you're a completionist who wants a polished experience, this is a no-brainer. Skip if you never use non-horse mounts.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the latest version of Skyrim Special Edition or Anniversary Edition, as the mod was updated recently.
- If you use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, install via the manager to keep track of overwrites.
- Test with a non-horse mount (e.g., a bear from a mod) to see the fix in action.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- wankingSkeever
- Version
- 0.4
- Downloads
- 674,233
- Endorsements
- 1,215
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 6/4/2025
- Updated
- 6/6/2025
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