Seranaholic - Use your custom skin texture (Serana and Valerica)
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 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
- 👍 1.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #235 of 252 Body, Face, and Hair mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Permissions
I cover all variations of v1. 8 and v1. 6 of Seranaholic including the NO FANGS version. I open permissions to anyone who wants to use my files or base their file edits on mine to cover other versions of Seranaholic. Feel free. Proper credit would be nice but I won't run after you with a bucket of rotten bananas if you forget it.
Description
Simple ESL flagged ESP and FaceGen nif files that makes Serana use your custom skin. This mod depends on Seranaholic, covers version 1. 6 and 1. 8 completly. Also covers Valerica which is available in the original Seranaholic mod's optional files.
There's not much more to say aside from a great thank you to bchick3 for porting the excellent Seranaholic mod and of course, a great thanks to the original author, rxkx22.
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Installation and compatibility
This mod will replace the meshes from the original SE mod(s).
IMPORTANT - LOAD ORDER
• Load AFTER Seranaholic and Valerica (if you installed Valerica too)
The files are ESL flagged so they will not take a place in your load order!
WIGS and HDT SMP - INCOMPATIBLE
A great thanks to user TheOneKayaus for pointing this out. If you are using KS Hairdos - HDT SMP (Physics) along with the Seranaholic mod Seranaholic and Valerica - Hair Physics Patch (KS Hairdos - HDT SMP), my patch (this mod) will not work. There is possible ESP edits to do and I need to change the NIF files. So until I get there in my modding process, I cannot support the WIGS or any other HDT-SMP hairs. I also am not a big fan of wigs so in the mean time, if Serana uses hairs with physics there's a huge chance that this mod won't work and I suggest using other Seranaholic replacers for your custom skin.
Ain't there other mods that do this?
Yep! And I tried them, they come with hordes of files and they replace other important files and they require possible updates. They also never changed my body skin to the one I was using. SOOO, I chose to go on and
Seranaholic - Use your custom skin texture is a small compatibility patch for Skyrim Special Edition that makes Serana and Valerica use your custom skin texture. It requires the Seranaholic mod and covers versions 1.6 and 1.8, including the No Fangs version. The mod is ESL-flagged, so it won't take up a load order slot, and the author has opened permissions for others to build upon it.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tight integration with Seranaholic—covers both 1.6 and 1.8 plus No Fangs, so you're set regardless of which version you run.
- ESL-flagged means zero load order impact—perfect for mod lists already at the limit.
- Open permissions from the author—great for modders who want to adapt it for other versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Seranaholic as a hard dependency—if you don't use that mod, this is useless.
- Only affects Serana and Valerica—if you wanted custom skins for other NPCs, look elsewhere.
- UNP compatibility is unconfirmed—if you're on UNP, you might hit texture mismatches.
For Skyrim players who use Seranaholic and want their custom skin texture (like CBBE) to apply to Serana and Valerica. If you're not using Seranaholic or don't care about custom skins on those two, skip it. It's a niche patch for a specific setup.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Load this mod AFTER Seranaholic and Valerica in your mod manager—when asked to overwrite, say yes to the meshes.
- Since it's ESL-flagged, you don't need to worry about load order slots, but make sure your mod manager supports ESL files (most modern ones do).
- If you're using UNP, test in-game first—the author uses CBBE, so UNP might have texture seams.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- David Richard
- Version
- 1.3.0
- Downloads
- 13,708
- Endorsements
- 243
- Category
- Body, Face, and Hair
- Created
- 12/19/2021
- Updated
- 7/3/2025
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