War Hammer and Battle Axe Movement Fix
🟠 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
- 👍 0.7% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #108 of 115 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
War Hammer and Battle Axe locomotion fix
Simple behaviour edit that REMOVES the arm blends from the 2hw locomotion and idle turn animations, thus actually(not like the previous update) fixing the War Hammers and Battle Axes movement animations janking up after moving
Vanilla bugged version Fixed version
The animations are just vanilla 2hm locomotion animations but with the 2hw arms added in Blender, so there's no more arm blend in game
ALL ANIMATIONS CAN BE REPLACED WITH OAR
Installing:
Install like any other Nemesis mod:
Tick "Two Handed Weapon Movement fix" in your Nemesis mod list
Click "Update Engine"
Click "Launch Nemesis Behavior Engine"
Jobs down and bobs you're uncle and all that
Should work with Pandora though there may be caching issues
Nemesis/virtual file systems seem to have a bit of trouble with Windows Defender, make an exclusion for it in Windows Defender, If you have issues with your Nemesis mods, you may need to clear your Nemesis cache:
Open up the mod that contains your Nemesis output and go to "Data\Nemesis_Engine\cache" delete everything inside there, this will untick any mods you ticked, and revert the mod order back to default then re run Nemesis
Updating:
When updating from a previous version, you need to REPLACE and NOT merge updates, this is very important, else you can get crashes, mods not working, broken vanilla behaviours, general bugs, Nemesis errors etc, this applies to ANY BEHAVIOUR MOD, not just this one, if manually updating remove the old version completly
Re run Nemesis make sure "Two Handed Weapon Movement fix" is ticked liked in the image above,
Click "Update Engine"
Click "Launch Nemesis Behavior Engine"
You should be good to go
The gist of this mod is, In vanilla Skyrim, the 2hw animations used one walk and one run animation called arm blends that are 48(walking) and 20(running) frames long, these are applied to the some of the upper body bones and layered on top of the 2hm movement animations, the 2hm movement animations do not have the same amount of frames
The 2hw locomotion logic uses incorrect speed values to switch animations between walking and running, while the 2hm movement use correct speed values, also the arm blends are 48(walking) and 20(running) frames long while n
A Nemesis mod that fixes the janky locomotion bug for War Hammers and Battle Axes by removing arm blends. With 3,614 endorsements and over 516k downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life fix for Skyrim players using Nemesis.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 3,614 endorsements and over 516k downloads
- Directly addresses a common annoyance for two-handed weapon users
- Simple, focused fix—no bloat, just the locomotion fix
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Nemesis, which can be intimidating for modding newcomers
- Only affects War Hammer and Battle Axe animations, not other weapon types
- Last updated March 2025—may not be compatible with future Skyrim updates
For Skyrim players who use War Hammers or Battle Axes and are tired of the janky movement animations. If you're already using Nemesis, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't use those weapons or prefer a more comprehensive animation overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you run Nemesis after installing this mod to generate the patches.
- If you're new to Nemesis, follow a guide to set it up properly—it's essential for this mod to work.
- Check your load order to ensure this mod is placed correctly, especially if you use other animation mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- NickNak
- Version
- 2
- Downloads
- 516,404
- Endorsements
- 3,614
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 7/2/2021
- Updated
- 3/15/2025
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