balanced monster mods?

[Spoilerman]

i've been trying to spice up the enemies in my playthrough but all the monster mods i find are either old and broken or so damned OP that i can't take two steps without going TGM.

I tried to ask on reddit but there i basically got suggested to download mihail's mods and those are EXACTLY what i don't want in my game since they shove level 20 or 30 enemies in level 5 enemy camps.

does anyone have a suggestion for balanced monsters the vary things up? extra points if they are spooky

[Dorabella]

Zoroaster's Ring and Necklace  solve it first with this . You will be able to face high level enemies with more peace of mind .Just equip ( with Additemmenu) the ring or necklace

 

 

[Spoilerman]

42 minutes ago, Dorabella said:

Zoroaster's Ring and Necklace  solve it first with this . You will be able to face high level enemies with more peace of mind .Just equip ( with Additemmenu) the ring or necklace

 

 

sadly, two issues:

1) it's a oldrim mod, i'm on AE

2) having to download god items to fix a mod because the modder is too busy smelling his own farts to make it balanced, is quite lame...

[Dorabella]

1 hour ago, Spoilerman said:

1) it's a oldrim mod, i'm on AE

Zoroasters_Ring_and_Necklace-104750-1-0-1600368912.7z  sorry, this is for SE/AE

 

1 hour ago, Spoilerman said:

2) having to download god items to fix a mod because the modder is too busy smelling his own farts to make it balanced, is quite lame...

You can always use it to be competitive, after that, you can just get rid of it

 

However, there are other mods that can come in handy , without having to use any particular object

 

Survival Mode Improved - SKSE . I don't know if it works well with an already started game

 

SXP-37234-3-3-7-1592040582.rar  

 

Perk Point Book You can find it in the inventory. You can adjust how many perk points you earn each time you read the book to spend whenever you like in the perks . Infinitely usable , works well with SXP mod

 

These three mods , properly configured, will put you in a position to take on anyone without major problems

 

[Spoilerman]

2 hours ago, Dorabella said:

Zoroasters_Ring_and_Necklace-104750-1-0-1600368912.7z  sorry, this is for SE/AE

 

You can always use it to be competitive, after that, you can just get rid of it

 

However, there are other mods that can come in handy , without having to use any particular object

 

Survival Mode Improved - SKSE . I don't know if it works well with an already started game

 

SXP-37234-3-3-7-1592040582.rar 167.66 kB · 0 downloads   

 

Perk Point Book You can find it in the inventory. You can adjust how many perk points you earn each time you read the book to spend whenever you like in the perks . Infinitely usable , works well with SXP mod

 

These three mods , properly configured, will put you in a position to take on anyone without major problems

 

thank you for the effort but i'm not really for god-items and chat mods, i was looking for monsters that weren't unreasonably OP. 

i'll keep those mods in mind tho, thanks again

[vhiznu]

On 7/9/2025 at 7:56 PM, Spoilerman said:

i've been trying to spice up the enemies in my playthrough but all the monster mods i find are either old and broken or so damned OP that i can't take two steps without going TGM.

I tried to ask on reddit but there i basically got suggested to download mihail's mods and those are EXACTLY what i don't want in my game since they shove level 20 or 30 enemies in level 5 enemy camps.

does anyone have a suggestion for balanced monsters the vary things up? extra points if they are spooky

 

Have you tried this? https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/147065 

its pretty good and balanced when i tried it on my last playthrough.

 

some replacers from https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/PSBoss/mods?gameId=1704

is also good if you need fresh looks for vanilla enemies and also because they only added variant looks and with vanilla difficulty.

 

Also for mihail monsters, you want to pick and choose, dont install the combined pack. For instance, i only install the goblins and ogres for added monster grunts, and the ice giants and ancient nord sentinel for boss monster who only spawned in some very specific location and also big and slow so you can avoid them easily if still underleveled.

[Spoilerman]

9 hours ago, vhiznu said:

 

Have you tried this? https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/147065 

its pretty good and balanced when i tried it on my last playthrough.

 

some replacers from https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/PSBoss/mods?gameId=1704

is also good if you need fresh looks for vanilla enemies and also because they only added variant looks and with vanilla difficulty.

 

Also for mihail monsters, you want to pick and choose, dont install the combined pack. For instance, i only install the goblins and ogres for added monster grunts, and the ice giants and ancient nord sentinel for boss monster who only spawned in some very specific location and also big and slow so you can avoid them easily if still underleveled.

i'm aware of monster mod and i already tried it but it has a few issues that i already brought up to the author.

namely:

- some small enemies being deceptively strong/aggressive for their level, like bear cubs and snow cats being level 3 and 6 but managing to take away half my hp (240 max) with one attack despite me having 130 armor.

- some enemies like werewolves being too common and near the road

- Some stronger enemies looking almost identical to the weaker variant, like the flame lords (level 12) being too similar to flame warriors (level 5) 

 

i'm still following monster mod and i'll install it back if it gets tweaked. also i'll browse the second link you sent, thanks