TROLL
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #26 of 565 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This is a skin and armor texture overhaul of all the Trolls, including the dlc01 armored trolls. This doesn't mean you need the dlc01 anyway, these are just textures, the ones you don't use will not load. This mod doesn't take any slot in your load order.
For reference, these are the folders:
textures\actors\troll (Full, less the tone maps - four files)
textures\dlc01\actors\armoredtroll (whole - four files)
Trolls look like gorilla, sort of ape mainly anyway, with some grafts similar to the crocodile and snake's skin. A hybrid, a mix between gorillas and reptiles. They have three eyes. I know this isn't new to you, what it's new is that they have three pupil iris now too. This is my main "poetic license" this time, the simple whole black vanilla tint wasn't bad and did its job, but those eyes that look at you are more scary now, to me.
I was inspired by the unique troll inside the game, the Uderfrykte. He was the only one to have pupils, but were really badly made to me (he is really ugly, the head look warped) and I tried to make them more realistic; I liked how they come out, so I have reported the same change to all the other trolls.
They also have new furs, fingernails, skin, tongue, etc... even eyebrows and hair inside the ears they didn't have, as well now. The furs were the most complicated things to make and I'm still not satisfied. The bad part to work on this kind of "animals" indeed, it's that this game uses some additional meshes along the body to simulate the fur fringes in some areas. Have you ever seen an original highland cow model inside the game were the fringed furs look real? They never didn't look really good to me, they create seams, bad crops, and really noticeable fakes visual. Making the furs, like for my Giant (but he didn't have those additional parts of the cloth), consistency between the alpha and the new fur I made, to match, isn't an easy task at all, I have to say. They are also slight different, the Trolls of the dcl01 have indeed another, similar but not the same, alpha diffuse channel. I made one for them all, mixing and editing both. To avoid some more of its many original seams I have done the barber this time, shaving their furs in some places. He's now less hairy, like the foot and around the... butt. What? They sit all the time when you're not playing! I put a little topsoil "there" (like bottom the foots), avoiding so other couples seams. But to avoid all the seams and the mismatch in these additional meshes I'm talking above, it is an impossible task to my infinite patience, because it's not even clear and immediate to understand from where those pieces of meshes take which part of the textures and how they are cropped (I edited the alpha channel, b
This mod overhauls the skin and armor textures for all trolls in Skyrim, including the armored trolls from the Dawnguard DLC. With 26,643 endorsements and 4.9 million downloads, it's a highly popular visual upgrade that improves the look of these creatures without altering gameplay.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community approval (26,643 endorsements) — this is a must-have for texture enthusiasts.
- Covers every troll type, including the armored Dawnguard ones, so you get a consistent look.
- Huge download count (4.9M) means it's been battle-tested by thousands of players.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2022 — may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim updates or mods that alter trolls.
- Purely cosmetic — if you want new troll behaviors or abilities, this isn't for you.
For Skyrim players who want their trolls to look more detailed and menacing without changing gameplay. Perfect for texture overhaul enthusiasts and those building a visually enhanced game. Skip if you're looking for gameplay tweaks or new troll types.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- Load order usually doesn't matter for texture mods, but place it after other mods that alter trolls to ensure it takes effect.
- If you're using an ENB, check the mod's screenshots to see if it matches your visual style.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Kajuan
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 4,870,828
- Endorsements
- 26,643
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 11/19/2016
- Updated
- 4/5/2022
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