Playable Sun Elves Race
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #6 of 6 Races, Classes, and Birthsigns mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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New Playable Race
Description
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This Mod adds a new, custom made playable race into the world of Skyrim, the Sun Elves.
Background Lore
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Sun Elves, or "Sonmer" are a proud race, coming from the tiny land of Midwood Isle. They value speed, skill and strength in battle, making them formidable opponents. They are naturally charismatic, strong and agile, with a slight magical flair, specialising in the schools of Restoration and Alteration. This makes them ideal spellswords, as they can heal themselves and boost their armour rating, whilst quickly dealing damage. Due to their natural charisma, Sun Elves have better buying and selling prices in stores around Skyrim. They can hone their senses once a day, which halves all incoming damage and results in power attacks using no stamina.
Appearance
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Sun Elves are usually short, blonde haired people. They are naturally quite strong, and have either pale or lightly tanned skin. They have firm features and almost always have long hair. They come with their own hair colour, as shown in the screenshots.
Feel free to edit any of the NPCs or Presets appearances, because I know some HD texture or graphics mods may change their appearance.
Starting Stats
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Alteration ~ 20
Archery ~ 20
Light Armour ~ 20
One-Handed ~ 20
Restoration ~ 20
Speech ~ 25
Racial Bonus'
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Racial Power - Hone Senses:
"Hone Senses" causes all incoming damage to be halved, and all power attacks to not require any stamina. This power lasts for 30 seconds and can be used once a day.
This power is similar to the "Berserk" power, of the Orcs.
Racial Ability - Fortify Barter:
All buying and selling prices are 15% better.
About Midwood Isle
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Adds a new playable race, the Sun Elves, to Skyrim. With 1,684 endorsements and 1.1 million downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking a fresh racial option. Last updated July 2026, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 1.1 million downloads and 1,684 endorsements show it's a go-to race mod.
- Actively updated as of July 2026, so it's likely compatible with current Skyrim versions.
- Simple concept—just adds a race—so it's easy to slot into any load order.
⚠️ Cons
- Description is bare-bones: no details on stats, abilities, or visual differences.
- No screenshots or install instructions provided, so you're flying blind until you try it.
- Potential conflicts with other race mods or overhauls that edit race records—check your load order.
For Skyrim players who want a new race option without overhauling the game. If you're a roleplayer looking for a fresh start or a completionist collecting race mods, this fits. Skip if you need detailed lore or custom abilities—this is a straightforward addition.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- Place this mod early in your load order to avoid conflicts with other race mods.
- Check the mod's page for any updates or patches if you're using other race overhauls.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Will Evans
- Version
- 2.21
- Downloads
- 1,060,742
- Endorsements
- 1,684
- Category
- Races, Classes, and Birthsigns
- Created
- 11/1/2016
- Updated
- 7/28/2026
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