Palace Bard - BHUNP UNP HDT
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #199 of 227 Armour mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A modular outfit for female characters. BHUNP, HDT. Pre-built for UNP Base. ESL.
Palace Bard is a modular BHUNP/UNP outfit for female Skyrim characters, featuring 9 color schemes and HDT physics on the hood and skirt. It includes sleeves, collar, hood, gloves, corset, belt, and boots, with a pre-built UNP base and optional Bodyslide support. Craftable at the tanning rack, it also offers beast race hood variants.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 230 endorsements and over 8k downloads
- Modular design means you can mix and match pieces for your own look
- Beast race support is a nice touch for Khajiit and Argonian players
⚠️ Cons
- Requires BHUNP or UNP body mod and HDT, so it's not for vanilla body users
- Older Skyrim versions (pre-1.6.1130) need the BEES patch to detect the ESP
- Only for female characters, so male players are out of luck
For Skyrim players who want a fancy, modular bard outfit with physics and color variety, especially if you're already using BHUNP or UNP. If you're on a vanilla body or don't want to mess with body mods, skip this one.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're on Skyrim version 1.6.1130 or older, grab the BEES patch or the mod won't show up in your load order.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install the zip—it's cleaner than manual drops and easier to uninstall.
- The outfit is already built for UNP, so you can skip Bodyslide unless you want to tweak the fit for your body preset.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Collygon
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 8,102
- Endorsements
- 230
- Category
- Armour
- Created
- 1/2/2026
- Updated
- 1/8/2026
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