Willow - A Custom Voiced Follower

⭐ ⭐ (301 endorsements) 📥 11,693 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 9/16/2025
🟡 Updated this year

By Smaffs · Followers & Companions

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/26/2025 📅 Created: 9/16/2025
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ SKSE64 — Skyrim Script Extender 64 Download ↗
2🔧 USSEP — Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch Download ↗
3🖥️ SkyUI — SkyUI (MCM framework) Download ↗
4🧩 Address Library — Address Library for SKSE Plugins Download ↗
5🔧 SSE Engine Fixes — SSE Engine Fixes Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 2.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #135 of 314 Followers & Companions mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

TLDR — Meet Willow

🎙️ Fully voiced custom follower with ~100 unique lines (and growing fast)

🧠 Teach her spells — hand her spell tomes to build her spell list from scratch

🎲 New in v1. 1: Willow’s betting mini-game — Beat Willow to the Kill; win and pocket 50g, lose and pay up 50g

🪄 Conjuration-focused spellsword — excels in Conjuration magic and one-handed combat

💇 Choose between KS Hair (non-physics) or BDOR Hair (by dint999) (physics) versions

💀 High Poly Head now included

⚔️ Early days: Mostly player-dialogue lines now, more combat chatter coming soon

🏡 Found at the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood (propping up the bar)

🧥 Arrives naked but not afraid — comes with only an iron dagger and her familiar, Ghost

💬 Compatibility with NFF/EFF/AFT — use at your own risk. Custom followers generally should NOT be imported.

💖 Made for fun, not perfection — feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome

Thanks to Thasic, Gozfulk, and LadyDraon for your donations.

Your donatations will go towards upgrading my Elevenlabs subscription, and will help massively in increasing the frequency of updates for this mod. Everyone owes you a big thank you! (myself included).

If you’d like to get a better feel for Willow’s voice, humour, and personality in-game, I’ve included a few videos from my Skyrim Youtube channel below:

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Dialogue/Voiced Lines

Willow currently has approx. 100 voiced lines.

Voiced lines are heavily weighted towards player dialogue menu in these early days, as these are spoken most frequently when interacting with the player (Follow/Wait/Trade/etc).

Willow does have a few combat and IDLE voiced lines, but these are extremely limited at present.

Focus for next update will be adding tonns of combat dialogue.

Teach Willow a Spell

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A new player dialogue option has been added, "Give Willow a spell book to learn a new spell"

This opens up the player's inventory to show all available spell tomes/books you have that could be given to Willow, to learn. Willow will take the spell tome/book and learn the respective spell (standard mana pool restrictions apply. i.e Willow's max mana pool is not great enough to cast a Master spell at low level).

Why even bother with t

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Willow is a fully voiced custom follower for Skyrim with about 100 unique lines, a spell-teaching system, and a betting mini-game. She specializes in Conjuration and one-handed combat, and comes with optional hair physics. Found in Riverwood's Sleeping Giant Inn, she's a work-in-progress with more combat dialogue planned.

✨ Key Features

Fully voiced custom follower with approximately 100 unique lines
Teach her spells by handing her spell tomes to build her spell list
Betting mini-game: Beat Willow to the Kill, win 50g or lose 50g
Conjuration-focused spellsword, excels in Conjuration and one-handed combat
Choose between KS Hair (non-physics) or BDOR Hair (physics) versions
High Poly Head included

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Solid community backing with 301 endorsements and over 11k downloads
  • Unique spell-teaching mechanic lets you shape her combat style
  • Betting mini-game adds a fun gambling twist to follower interactions

⚠️ Cons

  • Early days: combat and idle lines are extremely limited, mostly player-dialogue lines
  • Custom followers generally shouldn't be imported into NFF/EFF/AFT, compatibility at your own risk
  • Arrives naked with only an iron dagger, so you'll need to gear her up immediately
🎯 Is This For You?
For Skyrim players who want a voiced follower with personality and a unique spell-learning gimmick. If you enjoy customizing your follower's abilities and don't mind early-stage content, Willow is worth a try. Skip if you need a follower with extensive combat banter right now.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 5 minutes

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Hand her spell tomes from your inventory to teach her new spells, but be careful—she'll use them in combat.
  • If you use a follower framework like NFF, avoid importing Willow to prevent conflicts; keep her as a standalone follower.
  • She's found at the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood, so head there early to recruit her.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Skyrim Mods
Author
Smaffs
Version
1.0
Downloads
11,693
Endorsements
301
Category
Followers & Companions
Created
9/16/2025
Updated
9/26/2025

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