The Woodcutter's wife ported and fixed
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #39 of 96 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
To this day, those who walk the pine forest late at night tell tales of a weeping woman glimpsed between the trees. She carries a bloody axe, the stories say, and is terrifying to behold.
This mod adds a creepy weeping ghostly woman to the forests of Falkreath at night. She is based off the ghost in the in game books "The Cabin in the woods" and a "Woodcutter's wife". This is a port of the original mod made by "ominousVoice". All I did was port it and fix a few bugs, as the original mod accidently deleted a little vanilla dialogue.
The original mod can be found here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12740/
A fixed and ported version of OminousVoice's 'Woodcutter's wife' mod, based on the in-game book 'A woodcutter's wife.' The 2.0 update cleaned up the mod and flagged it as ESL. With 162 endorsements and 5,928 downloads, it's a niche but appreciated fix for an existing mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid endorsement ratio (162 endorsements on 5,928 downloads) shows the community trusts this fix
- ESL-flagged in 2.0 means it won't eat your plugin limit — nice for load order hoarders
- Ported with the original author's permission, so it's a legit continuation
⚠️ Cons
- It's a port of an older mod, so expect it to carry over any quirks from the original
- ESL flagging can cause issues if you're not on the latest game version or if other mods overwrite it
- Small niche mod — if you're not into book-based NPC tweaks, this won't change your game much
For Skyrim players who loved the original 'Woodcutter's wife' mod and want a cleaned-up, ESL-flagged version that won't bloat their load order. Also for lore enthusiasts who enjoy mods based on in-game books. Skip if you're looking for major gameplay overhauls — this is a focused NPC mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's ESL-flagged, make sure your Skyrim version supports ESL files (it does if you're on Special Edition or later).
- Place this mod after any mods that modify the same NPC to ensure the fix takes priority.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement — it's a simple drop-in.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- OminousVoice
- Version
- 2.0
- Downloads
- 5,928
- Endorsements
- 162
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 1/5/2021
- Updated
- 10/19/2025
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