HSW - Hide Sheathed Weapons for NPCs

[kaxat]

HSW - Hide Sheathed Weapons for NPCs

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Hides daggers and other weapons from the hips of unarmored NPCs, especially those stripped by lewd mods. Lightweight mod that uses SPID, so it is very configurable.

 

This mod adds a spell that can be distributed to the NPCs of Skyrim with SPID. Any NPC who is given the spell will not display a weapon on their hip or back. The weapon is still available to them for combat, it's just invisible until they draw it.

 

Can optionally unequip helmets from NPCs. Distribute the 'Hide Sheathed Weapons and Helmets' spell instead of the 'Hide Sheathed Weapons' one.

Addons

• SPID Distributor (HSW_Addon_Distribute_vX-X-X.zip) — Example SPID distribution file. It causes females to unequip weapons when unarmored, and helmets when outside of battle. For males it causes then to unequip weapons only.
• Give Leveled Females Wigs (HSW_Addon_Diversify_vX-X-X.zip) — This swaps the outfits for most female Guards, Vampires, and Vigilants, for an outfit that includes a wig instead of a helmet. It makes them look prettier. Requires the SOC KSSMP wig addon to work correctly. Embarrassing admission: This addon could be redesigned to exclusively use SkyPatcher. But I created it before SkyPatcher existed. This mod has been around and unreleased for a long while. In public beta testing for over a year.

Notes

• I see a sheathed weapon on an NPC, why? Unfortunately this is due to a game engine bug. It is a rare occurrence and will go away with time. Eventually the NPC will do something this script listens for and unequip. This script is intended to be light and have little performance impact. Attempting to fix this bug would cause this script to do a lot more work. So I decided patience was the antidote, just wait for the NPC to unequip. Also note this spell only runs when they are not wearing armor. If an item of their clothing is marked as armor, this spell will assume they can display weapons too.
   
• Can I use the in-game console to prevent certain NPCs from equipping weapons? Yes. Select them in the console then use AddSpell HSW_Spell_WeaponsAndHelmet to have them unequip both weapons and helmets. Or use AddSpell HSW_Spell_WeaponsOnly to unequip only weapons.
   
• Can you use IER instead of this? To an extent. I started using IER extensively in my own game. In SES2 I largely replaced this mod with IER. However due to the nature of my goals I found this spell still works better on followers. IER did not have enough conditions for me to consistently hide weapons from them when they were outside of combat. So I use both mods. 

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• Submitter
  kaxat
• Submitted
  07/04/2025
• Category
  Framework & Resources
• Requirements
• Regular Edition Compatible
• Install Instructions

  Install this like you would any other mod. The plugin is a .esp flagged as an .esl, so it takes up no room in your load order.

  Requirements

  • SPID - Spell Perk Item Distributor - Performant framework that does all of its work before you get to the main menu of the game, so it has no impact on performance during the game.

   

  Uninstall

  This is as safe as any plugin can be to uninstall. Ideally you will uninstall in a secluded area like QASmoke, after dismissing any followers.

   

 

[kaxat]

Reserved.

[mnonyhc]

Might be because the enemy was added from enemyPlus but steel Crossbow was not confiscated

[wprarr]

Thank you so much for this wonderful mod! Could you please tell me if it's possible to create a version of this mod for absolutely all NPCs, including armored NPCs? And also add a "Hide Sheathed weapon and helmet AND SHIELDS" feature? Thank you!