SpiRally's Beautiful Butterflies Enhanced
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #91 of 434 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Special thanks to all my Patrons and supporters, you are awesome!
What started as an idea to update my butterfly mod, became a complete overhaul of Butterlfies and Moths in Skyrim.
A little further down the road, StoneSpiralGaming joined this project and together we´re pretty happy to finally
share with you, what we have been working on for so long.
This mod replaces the Vanilla Butterflies, Moths, Ingredients and Jars (optionally TMD jars), with new Textures, improved
and reshaped vanilla meshes. It also adds 14 new Butterfly species to the game. These will randomly spawn
throughout Skyrim, at hundreds of new spawners and land markers.
Behavior has been tweaked, by including the changes made by Butterflies Unchained
It is designed to work with SE/AE/VR. The plugin is an ESL flagged ESP
All Butterflies and Moths, have their matching ingredient and either Vanilla Jars or TMD Jars.
Each ingredient has unique Alchemical Effects. Version 2. 0 rebalances these effects for fairer gameplay and updates the compatibility patches—please see the sticky post for full details.
You can choose between default size and a 50% smaller version
The FOMOD includes patches for Apothecary, Lepidoptera, CACO, Saints and Seducers and Convenient Horses
Optionally, there´s a version with possible spawns in some selected interior locations
- Temple of Mara
- Temple of Divines
- Temple of Kynareth
- Sleeping Giant Inn
- Frostfruit Inn
- The Drunken Huntsman
- The Bannered Mare
- Dead Man´s Drink
- Vilemyr Inn
The species "Spirally Specialis" will only spawn in one location.
We have hidden a note somewhere near, but it´s on you to find out where that is ;)
These changes have been made to the meshes
- Butterflies have legs now
- Reshaped wings (including ingredients)
- Corrected wings for the Monarch and critter fixes included
- Smaller and thinner bodies (except moths)
- Thinner Antennae for Butterflies/ bigger Antennae for Moths
- Completely UV tweaked all meshes
- Fixed glass on Vanilla Jars (not purple anymore)
- fixes/changes made by the Particle Patch have been incorporated
Most butterflies have their common names, the proper scientific name (some a bit shortened) and
the color variations we came up with, have invented names ofc :)
All included Butterflies and Moths
All included Ingredients
To compliment this mod, check out Rally's Sparkling Torchbugs and Blissbugs and Rally's Bees And M
SpiRally's Beautiful Butterflies Enhanced replaces vanilla butterflies and moths with 14 new species, adds extra spawns, optional interior spawns, jars, and fixes. Includes ENB Light version and multiple patches. Popular with 1,336 endorsements and 393,208 downloads, last updated December 2023.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (393k) shows it's a go-to for butterfly lovers
- Adds 14 new species—way more variety than vanilla
- Optional interior spawns and jar support give extra flexibility
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2023—might not be fully compatible with the latest game version
- Requires patches and ENB Light version for full features, which adds setup complexity
- No explicit mention of compatibility with other mods that alter creatures or spawns
For Skyrim players who want to enhance the game's atmosphere with more realistic and varied butterflies and moths. Perfect for nature lovers and those using ENB who want visual consistency. Skip if you're not into cosmetic creature replacers or if you prefer minimal mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you use ENB, grab the ENB Light version for better lighting effects on the butterflies.
- Check the patches section to ensure compatibility with your other mods, especially if you use mods that alter creature spawns.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to easily install and manage the multiple file options.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Rallyeator - StoneSpiralGaming
- Version
- 1.4
- Downloads
- 393,208
- Endorsements
- 1,336
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 10/15/2023
- Updated
- 12/29/2023
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