special editon [Question] What are the main NSFW mods for Skyrim Special Edition?

[LonelyIsTheNight]

Hi, a few months ago I bought Skyrim but suddenly, BOOM, Oblivion Remastered came out.

The latter has had my full attention, but once I finish it I want to get into Skyrim, so I'd like to ask for help related to "What are the main NSFW mods for Skyrim?" given that there are a lot, like really A LOT of them in Nexusmods, and people keep making new ones.

To give an example of what I'm looking for (and of course with their respective dependencies), what I would describe as the main NSFW mods for BG3 would be:

1. Sindae's Texture Pack
2. Beautiful Curvy Body and Sexy Outfits (Over 700 Outfits) / Or your preferred body type from Sindae
3. Lune's Baldur's Gate 3 Adult Animations Framework / And maybe Lune's addons

With that you have sexier bodies, outfits and even sex animation, I'm looking for something like that for Skyrim.

1.  Nude body type (for females curvy has priority over vanilla body)
2. NSFW outfit replacer
3. Sex animation framework

As another example, right now Oblivion Remastered has the first two

1. Nude body: Natural Bodies of Oblivion (NBO) with Body Morph
2. Outfit replacer: Threads Of Debauchery - NSFW Armor and Clothing Replacer

[Vyru]

The absolute basics are 

SKSE

Address Library

FNIS (there are newer alternatives that are slightly faster, i'm personally still using FNIS and never had any issues with it. There's also some mods / animations that only work with FNIS like my Shadowmere Riding Gear mod, the original one it is based on and probably some others)

XPMSSE

Once you got these you can install Sexlab and build from there. For more animations you want SLAL to load them, here's a List of animation packs. If you never modded a Bethesda game before (excpet Oblivion Remasterd which is new and doesn't have anywhere near as much options as Skyrim yet) i recommend to read all the mod descriptions carefully and make sure not to miss any requirements to prevent running into errors and make sure to run FNIS everytime you install anything that contains new animations. As for the mod manager most people say MO2 is the best, i can't confirm that as i've always been using Vortex and it worked just fine for me. Once sexlab and animations are working you can check for more mods here.

 

1 hour ago, LonelyIsTheNight said:

1.  Nude body type (for females curvy has priority over vanilla body)

I recommend CBBE and CBBE 3BA and for male body HIMBO and you will also need BodySlide and Outfit Studio to build bodies and outfits.

 

1 hour ago, LonelyIsTheNight said:

2. NSFW outfit replacer

BD's Armor and Clothes Replacer is my favorite. Keo's Skimpy Outfit Replacer is not bad but a bit outdated and doesn't support 3BA physics.

 

That's just a rough breakdown of the absolute basics, there are better and more detailed guides, shouldn't be difficult to find. 

 

Last time i answered a post like this people popped up and started correcting me like:

 

"blah blah SexlabP+ is better... blah blah FNIS is outdated... blah blah UNP is better than CBBE... blah blah"

 

Some of this might be true but Sexlab and FNIS are still working perfectly fine and the body type is just a matter of personal opinion / taste.

Edited May 12, 2025 by Vyru

[liniul]

I think if you want as a (im)proper fundation (pun) you will want  all the above mods from the previous post  plus racemenu, bodyslide and outfit studio so you can have all the cool clothes and body modifications,

 

Then you want to be able to have all the cool mods with animations for combat,flying,dancing, immersive  so OAR + an animation engine such as FNIS or Pandora .

 

Use SLAS (sexlab animation searcher ) if you use the sexlab version for skyrim SE not skyrim SE AE.  P+ when  I tried it did not play well with older sexlab mods in my opinion.

SLAS from memory should be installed on new game but I think it's been a while since i installed it.

 

The list is endless for cool mods for skyrim so remember that the plugin limit for esp+ems is a pitifully low 260 but the limmit for esl's is in the 1000's.

[Vyru]

4 minutes ago, liniul said:

plus racemenu

Totally forgot to mention racemenu yeah... but i think once you start downloading / installing stuff and make sure to read descriptions and requirements you will automatically run into basic stuff like OAR / DAR, racemenu etc. 

[UsernameTaken666]

Too bad there’s not a guide or anything.

[LonelyIsTheNight]

1 hour ago, Vyru said:

The absolute basics are 

SKSE

Address Library

FNIS (there are newer alternatives that are slightly faster, i'm personally still using FNIS and never had any issues with it. There's also some mods / animations that only work with FNIS like my Shadowmere Riding Gear mod, the original one it is based on and probably some others)

XPMSSE

Once you got these you can install Sexlab and build from there. For more animations you want SLAL to load them, here's a List of animation packs. If you never modded a Bethesda game before (excpet Oblivion Remasterd which is new and doesn't have anywhere near as much options as Skyrim yet) i recommend to read all the mod descriptions carefully and make sure not to miss any requirements to prevent running into errors and make sure to run FNIS everytime you install anything that contains new animations. As for the mod manager most people say MO2 is the best, i can't confirm that as i've always been using Vortex and it worked just fine for me. Once sexlab and animations are working you can check for more mods here.

 

I recommend CBBE and CBBE 3BA and for male body HIMBO and you will also need BodySlide and Outfit Studio to build bodies and outfits.

 

BD's Armor and Clothes Replacer is my favorite. Keo's Skimpy Outfit Replacer is not bad but a bit outdated and doesn't support 3BA physics.

 

That's just a rough breakdown of the absolute basics, there are better and more detailed guides, shouldn't be difficult to find. 

 

Last time i answered a post like this people popped up and started correcting me like:

 

"blah blah SexlabP+ is better... blah blah FNIS is outdated... blah blah UNP is better than CBBE... blah blah"

 

Some of this might be true but Sexlab and FNIS are still working perfectly fine and the body type is just a matter of personal opinion / taste.

 

49 minutes ago, liniul said:

I think if you want as a (im)proper fundation (pun) you will want  all the above mods from the previous post  plus racemenu, bodyslide and outfit studio so you can have all the cool clothes and body modifications,

 

Then you want to be able to have all the cool mods with animations for combat,flying,dancing, immersive  so OAR + an animation engine such as FNIS or Pandora .

 

Use SLAS (sexlab animation searcher ) if you use the sexlab version for skyrim SE not skyrim SE AE.  P+ when  I tried it did not play well with older sexlab mods in my opinion.

SLAS from memory should be installed on new game but I think it's been a while since i installed it.

 

The list is endless for cool mods for skyrim so remember that the plugin limit for esp+ems is a pitifully low 260 but the limmit for esl's is in the 1000's.

 

 

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I needed. A good starting point.

 

16 minutes ago, UsernameTaken666 said:

Too bad there’s not a guide or anything.

 

I might do a guide of the recommended mods myself when I begin to install them, but not in the close future, having two open worlds downloaded at the same time would take too many GB for too long, and for now Oblivion is the game of the moment

 

Oblivion is my first time modding a Bethesta game, but it's not my first time playing one and these things are LOOOOOONG

 

[FauxFurry]

There are not any such things. There are lots of choices, some of which are more well supported than others. That is one of the benefits of having such an active, engaged modding community working for over a decade to produce things to appeal to a wide variety of tastes. It would be better to search for various guides that can help to set up specific body types or frameworks so that you can compare them against one another then to make your choice.

The fact that something has more downloads, support or endorsements does not mean that it is objectively better, it might just mean that it has been around for longer or that the majority of people are comfortable with using it rather than something else which requires more set up or has a higher polygon count or requires more processing power than the alternative. 

[Vyru]

48 minutes ago, UsernameTaken666 said:

Too bad there’s not a guide or anything.

That's bullshit, probably trolling

 

17 minutes ago, LonelyIsTheNight said:

I might do a guide of the recommended mods myself when I begin to install them

There's more than one, took me a second to find this one and i remember there was others / more. 

[Vyru]

16 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

There are not any such things. There are lots of choices, some of which are more well supported than others. That is one of the benefits of having such an active, engaged modding community working for over a decade to produce things to appeal to a wide variety of tastes

I agree, that's why i posted the absolute basics like Skript Extender, Adress Lybrary, Skeleton, Sexlab etc. and then linked the "Adult Mods" Subforum to find more. Bodytype and Skimpy Outfit replacers are just suggestions / favorites i'm using. 

[Count Chocula]

10 minutes ago, Vyru said:

That's bullshit, probably trolling

I'm going with sarcasm rather than trolling.

[UsernameTaken666]

 

11 minutes ago, Vyru said:

That's bullshit, probably trolling

 

There's more than one, took me a second to find this one and i remember there was others / more. 

What, exactly, is "bullshit"?

[Vyru]

15 minutes ago, chocula said:

I'm going with sarcasm rather than trolling.

Ok, sarcasm then... but as you can see here:

45 minutes ago, LonelyIsTheNight said:

I might do a guide of the recommended mods myself when I begin to install them

Someone was about to waste their time thinking there really was no guide when there are plenty made by expirienced people. Sarcasm is fine and funny but maybe that wasn't the right place for it. Someone was asking for help how to get started, why not just try being friendly and helpful instead of misleading and sarcastic? 

Edited May 12, 2025 by Vyru

[Count Chocula]

8 minutes ago, Vyru said:

Ok, sarcasm then... bus as you can see here:

Someone was about to waste their time thinking there really was no guide when there are plenty made by expirienced people. Sarcasm is fine and funny but maybe that wasn't the right place for it. Someone was asking for help how to get started, why not just try being friendly and helpful instead of misleading and sarcastic? 

I agree with that attitude. I'm a pretty sarcastic guy, but if someone asks for advice, I will sincerely offer advice to the best of my ability, and note the limitations of my expertise. If it's wrong it's because I was wrong, not because I was being a sarcastic dick.

[Vyru]

Here's another one not sure how up to date it is, but the basics are always the same. 

[UsernameTaken666]

Clearly it's too much to ask people to do ANY reading / research / searching for a DECADE + old game. Resources everywhere, but yeah. It's cool. I did not insult, throw slurs, or anything. Anyways, it's fine. I'll sleep ok tonight.

[Vyru]

1 minute ago, UsernameTaken666 said:

I did not insult, throw slurs, or anything.

Never said you did... in my personal opinion there is nothing wrong with asking how to get started nor with offering advice / support instead of being sarcastic. If it bothers you that someone is asking a question instead of searching for a guide there's always the option of just ignoring it. I'm also not interested in further arguments about it, it's just my opinion and i'm not claiming it's more valid than yours. 

[UsernameTaken666]

1 minute ago, Vyru said:

Never said you did... in my personal opinion there is nothing wrong with asking how to get started nor with offering advice / support instead of being sarcastic. If it bothers you that someone is asking a question instead of searching for a guide there's always the option of just ignoring it. I'm also not interested in further arguments about it, it's just my opinion and i'm not claiming it's more valid than yours. 

And there is also the option of ignoring my comment. Take care.

[Vyru]

2 minutes ago, UsernameTaken666 said:

And there is also the option of ignoring my comment. Take care.

So you're saying the best option would have been to let the Topic Author believe there actually is no guide and let them write one on top of trying to get started modding Skyrim which can be overwhelming at first? 

[Count Chocula]

4 minutes ago, Vyru said:

So you're saying the best option would have been to let the Topic Author believe there actually is no guide

That would appear to be what the person is saying.

 

On topic, has anyone mentioned clothing? I always like to have Vtaw's armor/clothing mods and a few select DeserterX clothing/armor mods installed. I can't have Jenassa's body being sexy and then leave her in vanilla leather armor.

Edited May 12, 2025 by chocula

[Vyru]

1 minute ago, chocula said:

That would appear to be what the person is saying.

And there's a perfect example where sarcasm is appropriate 😝

[UsernameTaken666]

I REALLY regret not adding the /S to my original comment. Be that as it may, if THAT is what the OP believed, then lol. Anyways, I'm out. Yall have a great night

[Vyru]

5 minutes ago, chocula said:

On topic, has anyone mentioned clothing? I always like to have Vtaw's armor/clothing mods and a few select DeserterX clothing/armor mods installed. I can't have Jenassa's body being sexy and then leave her in vanilla leather armor.

Vtaw has great stuff i have some installed too! Then again posting all my fave clothing / armor creators would have been too much so i went with just replacers ~

[Count Chocula]

1 hour ago, UsernameTaken666 said:

I REALLY regret not adding the /S to my original comment. Be that as it may, if THAT is what the OP believed, then lol. Anyways, I'm out. Yall have a great night

Adding /s makes your sarcasm no longer sarcasm, because the point of sarcasm is the double meaning. Putting /s removes the double meaning.

 

And more on topic, perhaps someone already mentioned a male body replacer like SoS or HIMBO+TNG and I just missed it. But you need one (well, in my opinion you need one) to erect a fully functional NSFW installation.

[Jyratx]

It all depends on what kind of setup you're going for. Maybe just a little bit of nudity, or full blown sex with anything or everything, including fetish content? For nudity, body mods such as CBBE/UNP/Ultimate Body Enhancer (females) SoS/Himbo (males). For sex, there's the Osex/Ostim series (but I'm not familiar with them), and Sexlab right here on Loverslab... that is to say, Sexlab and all of its requirements. For fetish stuff, primary Sexlab and the better animation packs will have you covered and there's a ton of of BDSM and slavery mods here, the primary one being Devious Devices.

 

But like I said, it really just depends on what you're interested in. If you're trying to do stuff like futa content, I really can't help you much because that's not my cup of tea. For player/npc nudity and sex, me and a ton of others here can. 

[Vyru]

5 hours ago, chocula said:

And more on topic, perhaps someone already mentioned a male body replacer like SoS or HIMBO+TNG and I just missed it. But you need one (well, in my opinion you need one) to erect a fully functional NSFW installation.

I did mention HIMBO in my first reply but totally forgot about SOS / TNG 🫢