Permanent Legendary Bonuses
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 14 Skills and Leveling mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
After conversations with ASUnited, we've decided that it would be best if I support the mod going forward.
As such, I've converted it for SSE and will attempt to continue to support and improve it for the foreseeable future.
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The "Legendary" system in Skyrim is, by default, a thin bandage on the leveling soft-cap wound in Oldrim of yesteryear. Example...
A young novice illusionist starts with a few magic tricks (15), and eventually grows into an immensely powerful mind-bender who can befuddle the strongest of opponents (90). Then one day she reaches the pinnacle of her training and becomes a paragon of her craft (100), only to discover that being a truly legendary illusionist means that tomorrow she'll hardly be able to magically calm a carrot (15).
Sound familiar? Why would anyone want to prove how amazing they are by opting for selective amnesia of their primary skills with literally no benefit? No idea.
Permanent Legendary Bonuses aims to fix this by providing a permanent boost to the skill that's being sacrificed, among other bonuses and benefits.
Now when our master illusionist decides to take her craft to the next level, she'll gain a 10-point Illusion skill bonus. She'll still start back at 15, but this time she'll have an additional 10 points of effective Illusion level (15/25). Leveling again to max will be interesting too (100/110). Most importantly, though, this same skill being honed will result in the bonus being stacked for each Legendary. So she decides to go for it again (15/35), works her way up to the top again (100/120). Each Legendary skill gain provides an increased gain in both the new beginning, and in the re-mastery of the skill.
In addition to skill-based bonuses, there are special bonuses applied for the archetypes of skills being sacrificed...
Combat (Archery, Block, Heavy Armor, One-handed, Smithing, and Two-handed) — 5 health and stamina per Legendary
Magic (Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Enchanting, Illusion, and Restoration) — 10 magicka per Legendary
Stealth (Alchemy, Light Armor, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Sneak, and Speech) — 20 carry capacity per Legendary
Customization
Since Permanent Legendary Bonuses makes use of SKSE64, and SkyUI has at le
Permanent Legendary Bonuses lets Skyrim players keep skill bonuses after making a skill Legendary, instead of losing all perks. It's a quality-of-life tweak for players who want to reset skills without losing progress. With 2,511 endorsements and 84,198 downloads, it's a well-received mod, though it hasn't been updated since 2018.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 2,511 endorsements and 84k downloads.
- Solves a real annoyance for players who reset skills often.
- Lightweight and focused—does one thing well.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2018, so it may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim versions or other mods.
- Could conflict with other mods that alter the Legendary skill system.
- No detailed description means you're trusting the mod's reputation over specifics.
For Skyrim players who hate losing all their perk progress when making a skill Legendary. If you're a completionist who likes to reset skills for leveling but want to keep some bonuses, this is for you. Skip if you're fine with the vanilla Legendary system or want more complex overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to load this mod after any other mods that affect the Legendary skill system to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, enable it and test a skill reset early to see the bonus in action.
- Check the mod's comments section for any known compatibility notes from other players.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Nekoyoubi
- Version
- 0.5.0
- Downloads
- 84,198
- Endorsements
- 2,511
- Category
- Skills and Leveling
- Created
- 10/7/2017
- Updated
- 3/25/2018
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