Wetness Effects - Community Shaders
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #48 of 108 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
OVERVIEW
This Community Shaders addon adds a collection of realistic wetness and weather effects to Skyrim. Supports SE, AE, and VR.
FEATURES
RAIN WETNESS
Rain wetness introduces a physically modeled rain system that tracks precipitation, runoff, and evaporation depending on the weather. This allows rainwater to build up gradually over time and stick around after the weather changes just like in the real world.
When it is raining, characters and surfaces appear wet.
Wetness effects physically model a layer of water on top of objects and leverage dynamic cubemap reflections to give a far more realistic appearance of wetness than approaches that simply adjust an object's specular reflection.
PUDDLES
Once it has rained long enough, puddles form and stick around after it has stopped raining until they eventually evaporate based on the weather.
RAINDROP EFFECTS
While raining a variety of splashes and ripple effects have been added:
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[]Objects will show visible rain drops as they land, and raindrops will drip down the sides of walls.
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]When raindrops hit a puddle they will show ripple effects, and when enough drops are hitting the puddle chaotic ripples will appear.[]Precipitation occlusion is used to ensure that raindrops effects are only shown on uncovered surfaces.
SHORE WETNESS
Shores near bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and seas will appear wet.
INSTALLATION & REQUIREMENTS
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[]Install Community Shaders and all it's requirements.
[]Install this mod below it.
CONTRIBUTORS
[]riverwood: Rain wetness precipitation and evaporation logic, wetness and puddle enhancements
[*]doodlum: Shore wetness, better pbr-based wetness effect
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[]Install Community Shaders and all it's requirements.
Wetness Effects is a Community Shaders feature that adds realistic wetness and weather effects to Skyrim, supporting SE, AE, and VR. With nearly 10,000 endorsements and over 2 million downloads, it's a popular visual enhancement for players using Community Shaders.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 9,794 endorsements and 2.1M downloads show it's a go-to for wetness effects.
- Works across SE, AE, and VR, so you can use it no matter which version you're on.
- Ties into Community Shaders, meaning it's part of a modern, actively maintained visual overhaul ecosystem.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Community Shaders as a dependency, so it's not a standalone mod—you'll need to set that up first.
- Last updated May 2026, but if you're on an older game version, you'll need to verify compatibility with your setup.
For Skyrim players who already use Community Shaders and want more realistic wetness and weather effects. Perfect for visual enthusiasts who want that extra immersion during rain and snow. Skip if you don't use Community Shaders or prefer lightweight mods without dependencies.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure Community Shaders is installed and updated to the latest version before adding Wetness Effects.
- If you're on VR, double-check that your Community Shaders build supports VR—some features are SE/AE only.
- Use a mod manager like MO2 or Vortex to keep track of load order and avoid conflicts with other visual mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- riverwood doodlez profjack
- Version
- 3.1.0
- Downloads
- 2,052,328
- Endorsements
- 9,794
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 3/16/2024
- Updated
- 5/2/2026
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